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A List Apart: Articles: The Accessibility Hat Trick: Getting Abbreviations Right
'..abbreviations and acronyms stand out as one of the trickiest areas of AAA to implement well.'
(tags: accessibility css guidelines howto reference usability web webdesign)

Is Web Accessibility on the wrong track? Part 1 | David Galbraith
Yahoo, Ebay, Amazon, Google (and the 'newer' Flickr, Digg, and Del.icio.us) [...]

The weekend bag has been packed with warm clothes and I cannot wait to get on that flight to Copenhagen tomorrow morning! If I know myself well, I will have trouble going to sleep and will be up and ready to go four hours before departure time, just in case.
If this ad for a Danish [...]

Behind Brokeback Mountain - an interview with producer James Schamus | Towleroad
Long and insightful interview on the way Brokeback Mountain came to be. The whole cast did an Oprah show to air soon, and the audience's response to them blew him away.
(tags: gay media movie film cinema brokebackmountain jamesschamus)

YouTube - McDonald's Brokeback Mountain Happy Meal
'A [...]

According to a recent survey carried out by Gay Times and Diva magazines, homosexuals in Britain have higher salaries than their straight counterparts
Or, as some news editors across the globe put it:

It helps to be gay if you want more pay
More pay if gay in the UK

[...] gay men in the U.K. earn an average [...]

I have been scenting myself with Paul Smith for years now, ever since it has been on offer at 40% off in every London airport duty free shop.
Before that, it was Dolce and Gabbana for four years for the very same reason. By the way, it still is 40% off in the above shops, but [...]

cleaning_chart.pdf (application/pdf Object)
'A periodic table of cleaning tasks, from scrubbing down the shower to purging the pantry, handily organized and color-coded by how often they should be done.'
(tags: home cleaning periodicchart housework)

Next weekend Dr B. is taking me to Copenhagen for my birthday (and our anniversary, and Valentine's day, all happening within the space of two weeks).
In addition to the precious advice given to me by a Danish friend living in London ('It's cold. And very wet. And there isn't much to do'), is there anything [...]

lernu!
'lernu! is a multi-lingual website whose goal is to inform internet users about Esperanto and help them to learn it, easily and free of charge.'
(tags: course language tutorial Esperanto learning)

russtaglibro
A weblog in Esperanto (and sometimes English, and Polish)
(tags: weblog blog esperanto polish)

Stillettos and Sneakers - The Golden Globe Awards
Transgender actress Alexandra Billings watches born-woman actress Felicity Huffman collect an award for the (transgender) role Alexandra auditioned for but lost to the better-known Desperate Housewives thespian.
(tags: goldenglobes acting awards transgender alexandrabilling felicityhuffman)

Song Search by Tapping - Search for music by tapping the rhythm of the song's melody.
I [...]

Microsoft Research Group Shot
A tool to create the perfect group photo out of a series of (very similar, taken in rapid succession) photos. So maybe I can be in a picture with my eyes open for once.
(tags: image microsoft photo software windows editing)

I thought by now everybody had come across Mr Gisby's Totally Gay Pet Shop in some form or another. I was wrong.
So here is one of my favourite strips…

…and a nice big fat link to plenty of more strips on the Mr Gisby's Totally Gay Pet Shop official website, hoping that strip creator Andrew Georgiou [...]

Advanced Security for Outlook | MAPILab
Allow or block access for future occasions and Outlook Security will cease to annoy you with messages concerning attempts to access e-mail addresses whenever you sync with other devices.
(tags: data email microsoft security windows outlook sync)

Blackmailers target $1m website | BBC NEWS | Technology
My bitterness for not having had the [...]

all things alceste » web -> cloudTagFlickr
Free PHP script that 'pulls your tags from flickr, and arranges them in a number of ways according to the relative counts of the given tags'
(tags: flickr folksonomy php tags tagcloud script)

Big Brother: Chantelle wanted for Travelodge campaign | Digital Spy
Well, she is a Paris Hilton lookalike - only [...]

Q. How do you say "Shit!" in Esperanto?
A. "Feck!" - 'The similarity between the Esperanto fek and the Irish English expletive feck is coincidental. The etymology of the Esperanto fek is traceable to the Latin noun faex (singular form of faeces).'
(tags: language esperanto feck)

Unable to sleep because of a stuffed nose, a bit of a cough and a sweaty chest. So I've just got up for a hot drink and a quick browse of the BBC News website to find out if the world had stopped turning while I was asleep.
Now, I usually avoid reading any news from [...]

Building a PHP-Based Content Management System
'Writing your own CMS can lead to a solution that is better suited to your requirements, better addresses the needs of your users, and is better understood by your development team.'
(tags: application howto database development mysql php tutorial web)

Build An Automated PHP Gallery System In Minutes [PHP & MySQL Tutorials]
'…a [...]

What is DHTML?
'DHTML is the combination of several built-in browser features in fourth generation browsers that enable a web page to be more dynamic'
(tags: dhtml html javascript dynamic web development)

IT Jobs Watch Average Salaries, Contractor Rates & IT Skills
Easily searchable, and providing average and median rates for both permanent and contracting positions in the IT [...]

Why is Menzies pronounced Mingis? | BBC NEWS | Magazine
'Blame the "yogh", a letter in old English and Scots which has no exact equivalent today.' Same reason why Dalziel is pronounced "Dee-ELL"
(tags: pronunciation english language phonetics)

TV Genius - What do you want to watch?
UK TV show search on what's on in the next ten days. Over 1 million users. Can register to be sent text and email reminders whenever a show is on.
(tags: media reference tv uk)

Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary
Submit or browse entries that aren't already in the online dictionary. Favourite [...]

Just my luck.
I emigrate from Italy largely on grounds of shame to be associated with a country that is run by an offensive joke-cracking baboon, only to settle in a London borough that is represented by an MP who is currently taking part in Big Brother.
Watch out for next week's Celebrity Stars in their Eyes [...]

Confessions of a Diet Coke addict | Guardian Unlimited
Turns out my litre-a-day habit is not *that* bad, caffeine- and aspartame-wise.
(tags: coke drink food health addiction fat fitness caffeine aspartame diet)

IE DOMInspector - Inspect and edit the live HTML DOM
'IE DOM Inspector is an add-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer that allows you to inspect and edit [...]

Make your own sports drink | BBC SPORT | Health & Fitness
'Sports drinks are really easy to make – not to mention a lot cheaper than buying expensive bottles in shops.'
(tags: sports drink gym training fluids body exercise)

Jump The Shark | Chronicling the Moments of When TV Shows go Downhill
Often-quoted reasons: Same character, different actor; [...]