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Month: February 2018 (16 Shevat 5778)

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| Thursday 1 February 2018 (16 Shevat 5778)

You know the left and right in this country have more in common than either would like to admit when each can borrow the other’s conspiracy theories, change a minor detail, and then re-tell them to anyone who will listen. Everybody’s the same when you play in the fever swamps.

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| Friday 2 February 2018 (17 Shevat 5778)

My sleep schedule is totally messed up thanks to coming down with the flue this week, so I took some of my current awake time to finish owning my bookmarks. I now have my Pocket feed as a subscription in PressForward on my personal site. #indieweb

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| Friday 2 February 2018 (17 Shevat 5778)

OK, one more time for the folks in the back. “Works best with $FavoriteBrowser” is not OK. Ever. It wasn’t OK when Internet Explorer was the favorite, and it definitely isn’t OK now that Chrome’s the favorite, and it’s a damn shame that browser discrimination is back in style.

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| Sunday 4 February 2018 (19 Shevat 5778)

It’s not even 9AM, and I’ve already had my fill of the patriarchy for today. Can we speed up the destruction please?

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| Sunday 4 February 2018 (19 Shevat 5778)

Didn’t like either team, but glad it wasn’t a Patriots win because I hate the Patriots more than the Eagles. Also, Patriots fans, cry the tears into the shot glass before you pour the liquor. It’ll mean you don’t have to stir. I will enjoy drinking your tears with my scotch.

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| Monday 5 February 2018 (20 Shevat 5778)

Tired of fighting with the Facebook algorithum and finicky Twitter clients. Spending some time this evening to set up the infrastructure to consume Twitter and Facebook via RSS.

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| Tuesday 6 February 2018 (21 Shevat 5778)

If Freedom Scientific had spent less time whining and throwing Mozilla developers under the bus, and more time following NV Access’s example of rolling up sleeves and playing ball, Jaws users wouldn’t still be required to use Firefox ESR.

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| Tuesday 6 February 2018 (21 Shevat 5778)

OK partners in code, it’s informal poll time. If you use a braille display when coding, and you need to make an edit, do you find it quicker to use routing buttons on the display to move the cursor, or your keyboard? Asking for a friend.

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| Tuesday 6 February 2018 (21 Shevat 5778)

Current status: Preaching the good word about the open, inclusive, independent web to anyone who will listen. #indieweb

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| Wednesday 7 February 2018 (22 Shevat 5778)

Blindness professionals should be encouraging this community to take control of its own technological destiny, not encouraging reliance on or loyalty to vendors who have been out of touch with all but the highest-paying customers for well over a decade.

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| Wednesday 7 February 2018 (22 Shevat 5778)

Espeak rules. Eloquence drools.

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| Thursday 8 February 2018 (23 Shevat 5778)

Ug this week has been exhausting, especially yesterday. I’m still tired from yesterday. The end of Friday can’t come fast enough.

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| Monday 12 February 2018 (27 Shevat 5778)

Glad to see the NFB finally taking HR620 seriously. It’s been a bill for over a year now and I don’t recall seeing anything but scattered traffic from members who aren’t leaders on this until now. Praise where it’s due and all that.

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| Monday 12 February 2018 (27 Shevat 5778)

Nothing says “lovin” like the “do not disturb” feature on my phone.

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| Tuesday 13 February 2018 (28 Shevat 5778)

If that New York politician is correct, and Tide Pods are just like gummy bears, then I shouldn’t have been able to resist eating them as I selected one to put in the washing machine with my last blanket. Spoiler alert: I did.

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| Thursday 15 February 2018 (30 Shevat 5778)
The Family Y
Augusta, Georgia

69 °F Overcast

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| Thursday 15 February 2018 (30 Shevat 5778)
Zaxby's Chicken Fingers & Buffalo Wings

Lunch with good company.

Augusta, Georgia

73 °F Partially cloudy

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| Thursday 15 February 2018 (30 Shevat 5778)

Dear blind people who willingly and enthusiastically assisted the law firms conducting so-called drive-by accessibility lawsuits, just so you could make a little extra cash. I hope you enjoyed the gravy train, because you have helped imperil all our civil rights as a result. Thanks for a ton of nothing. You’d better hope HR620 doesn’t pass the senate. And if it passes the senate, you’d better hope that Donald Trump decides not to sign it. If it gets to the president, I’m not holding my breath. The Trump Organization has been sued eight different times over ADA violations. So, I hope those $1,000 checks you got per settlement you participated in were worth it.

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| Thursday 15 February 2018 (30 Shevat 5778)
Kangaroo Express
Augusta, Georgia

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| Thursday 22 February 2018 (7 Adar 5778)

Friendly reminder that sliders suck, there’s a fair amount of data to back that assertion, and you really shouldn’t use them unless you absolutely have to. By “have to”, I mean when they serve the stated goals of your site, which is almost never.

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