Marla Lecin

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Freelance #WebDesign and Webmaster. I've been on the Internet since it was the Arpanet!

My interests include:
#DoctorWho, #GhostsCBS, #MrsMaisel, #TheOrville #SciFi,
#TheBeatles, #RV travels,
(#motorhome #motorhomes)
#SCA #medieval #recreation.
#npr #wnyc listener & supporter

My Webdesign Portfoliohttps://mlecin.com/design/index.html
Webmaster atwww.sca.org
Resides inNew Jersey, USA
Kids In The Hall - Sketch Comedy

I claim this chest in the name of Spain

YouTube
Visiting #ColonialWilliamsburg this week!

1/3 #sephora - your employee MAI, in customer service serving the East Coast of the US, is about to become famous for discriminating against the #Disabled.

You are an ONLINE shopping Mecca for men and women WHO ARE HOMEBOUND BECAUSE OF #Illness OR #disability.

Your return policy — the only way we have to test product colors, etc. if we can’t leave our homes — is now #DiscriminationDisability territory.

Giving up spreadsheets for 40 days. It's going to be Excel Lent.
“A new film called SHTTL takes a dramatically different approach to telling the Holocaust story: It depicts the Eastern European Jewish world on the day before it disappeared.” https://forward.com/fast-forward/531274/yiddish-film-offers-authentic-recreation-of-shtetl-life-before-it-was-destroyed/
Yiddish film offers authentic recreation of shtetl life before it was destroyed

A new film called SHTTL takes a dramatically different approach to telling the Holocaust story: It depicts the Eastern European Jewish world on the day before it disappeared. Why did writer-director Ady Walter leave the “e” out of the word “shtetl” in the title? Inspired by an experimental French novel in which that letter never...

The Forward
"Sorry I missed your call this morning, I was up past midnight watching C-SPAN" is not something I ever imagined I would say.....

10 Image #CaptionTips from a transcriptionist:

1. Any words are better than nothing.
2. You don't need to say it's "a picture of…" screen readers will already say it's an image.
3. Start with the framing or format (i.e. close up, landscape, meme, text).
4. Think about the reason you're posting the pic and describe that first, add background details if you have time.
5. Pretend you're talking to someone on the phone and want to tell them about this cool thing you're looking at.
6. Transcribe any and all text in the image, even if it's the only thing you do.
7. If you've described the image in your post, you don't need to copy and paste it again in the caption. But again, don't leave it blank, just put something like "as described."
8. You can add small subjective notes, but don't give too much interpretation of the image in your own opinion.
9. Caption jokes are fun, as long as they still describe the image objectively.
10. Use punctuation, and capitalize words properly. A lot of us have interacted with this tech when calling customer service or talking to Siri, so keep in mind that you're writing for a computer to read, and it needs all the help it can get.

2/ Please consider buying from an indie bookstore. We don’t support a huge employee pool, but we do support: a husband, 3 cats (all rescues or ex-ferals), a rapidly aging 1902 Victorian farmhouse, and a (usually) thriving business in a small town in Vermont that NEEDS thriving businesses to fight against the nearby Walmart Superstore….
It’s a winter wonderland & we’re open for the holidays! Come shop with us! #StarCatBooks #WinterSolstice2022 #IndieBookshop