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Like myself, Victor is moving. Unlike myself, Victor is moving with five kids. Five kids.
Can you imagine the size of the moving van?
Speaking of kids, time to send congratulations over to Gary Turner – he’s expecting his first baby in December. Congrats, Gary!
Update Not that anything’s being announced or anything (*ahem*), but check out some very cool ultrasound pics that Ben and Tempe have provided.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about Mark Pilgrim’s Thirty Days to a more Accessible Web. The series covers basic steps we can take to make sure our weblogs and web sites are accessible.
His first tip is on DOCTYPES.
I tested my weblog against the 508 accessibility test at Bobby and according to the results, not necessarily trivially easy to read, I should meet this standard. However, I don’t meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 standard.
Does anyone meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 standard?
Once I’m settled, I’m enlisting the help of experts among my virtual neighbors (weblog translation – I’m whining, begging, and groveling for help because everyone knows I’m a back-end developer and know shit about front end stuff) to make sure my weblog and web sites are accessible.
If you have a weblog, don’t you have something to do about now?
(And once you’re done with that, move your tushie over to AKMA’s and give him some requirements and suggestions for Thread the Needle.)
Client: When can you tell me what you think of the software?
Me: When do you need the evaluation?
Client: Tomorrow.
Me: Tomorrow?
Client: Yes, we’re meeting with our clients tomorrow.
-sigh-
Me: Well, what’s the potential user load for the software
Client: Half a million customers
-pause-
Me: At once?
Client: Yes. What do you think it will take?
Me: A miracle
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I found out this morning that one can still have ADSL without having phone service. My phone is disconnected but the ADSL is still active.
Once the internet has you, it doesn’t want to let you go.
This posting was previously titled The Untouchables. However, I removed the previous contents because I realized this morning that the writing was unfair. I was writing about another author in a context that didn’t necessarily give her a comfortable forum with which to respond. And that’s not right. My apologies to Meg for criticizing her work in a way that didn’t allow her to respond. Sorry, Meg. You deserved better.
I still don’t agree with what Meg wrote in this one instance, even with Jeff’s lovely entry into the discussion – but we’ll leave it at that and close the subject. I left the skeleton of the pulled posting because of the comments. In particular Ruzz has a nice comment and Stavros has a link to a nice posting – I didn’t want to pull these.
I did pull another post, though I know that Mike Sanders has written on it. However, he has pulled out those components of the posting he finds to be relevant to his writing. I should apologize to Mike, but at this time, I’m just too tired to issue yet more apologies.
What’s that you say? Weblogging means never having to say you’re sorry?
I will finish the Thread the Needle application as quickly as possible. Once started, this app should take on a life of its own and grow beyond any one person’s control – that’s how I’m designing it.
Though Needle isn’t necessary for dialogs to continue (dialogs have been occurring successfully without the technology). hopefully, it will provide a way for new voices to enter the dialog and be heard. Those at the center of a discussion don’t need Thread the Needle; it’s being built for those at the edge.
Update: U Blog Senior Lecturer in Tionian Area Studies and Chaplain AKMA and PorridgeBoy’s good twin, Gary Turner (the one who doesn’t put salt in his porridge) have stepped up to gather requirements from the weblogging community for Thread the Needle. Thanks, guys.
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My DSL connection is supposed to be down but was able to connect just now. Hmmm. I wonder if they’ll leave the connection on until the phone is disconnected? Oh well, gives me time to do a couple of additional posts before turning all of my attention to packing, packing, packing, storing, driving long distances (3000+ miles by the time I’m done), and then unpacking.
(Join us in the latest saga of “Shelley Powers: Women on Wheels” as she continues her quest to live at least once in every point of the known galaxy.)
Instead of packing this past week, I’ve been working on a new contract of which I can tell you no details other than it’s good to be back in operation. Very good. I’ve also worked through the details of my two week trip back to St. Louis. No peekies – my itinerary is known to no Man nor Woman. Well, me. I’m a woman. So I guess it’s known to No Man, One Woman.
In the meantime stuff’s been happening. Jeneanne Sessum was interviewed by Frank Paynter, supplying yet more needed discussion about life, work, family, and sex. I tried to find the interview with Denise, but couldn’t locate it. Frank, suggestion – can you pull your interviews into separate pages?
In addition, I’ve also been interviewed – by none other than the Head Lemur. Yup. We have buried the hatchet and become buddies and Lemur was kind enough to allow me to have a say at his web site. So, move your cute butts over to Head Lemur and read the interview.
There was also some rifting going on in the virtual neighborhood earlier in the week – a subject I suppose I shouldn’t discuss. However, I am the Bird, which means it’s my job to tromp all over taboo and delicate subjects with the grace and precision of a stoned elephant with an inner-ear imbalance.
So…
If we’re truly a “connected community” rather than brain dead news linkers providing inane commentary while worshiping at the footsies of technology, then we should be able to:
…one another. Life happens.