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Month: September 2008

Congress Needs Some Spelling Assistance

Obviously this is not, in the grand scheme of things, a huge deal. That said, for the curious try the following:   Navigate to http://www.house.gov. Enter the zip 98052 in the box for locating a representative by zip. Note the resulting page which indicates that 98052 is not enough info.   The 5 digit ZIP code 98052 was not enough information to determine your Representative. There are muiltiple Representatives who share this 5 digit ZIP…

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Amazon’s Inaccessible Election Map

Today’s Seattle times has an article talking about how Amazon has created a map illustrating the political leaning of a state based on book book purchases from this state. I mention this heare because after trying the page, it could serve as a model of how to make an inaccessible web page. It seems like every rule about basic web accessibility was ignored.   Unable to see pictures, well you are out of luck. Need…

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Definitely Feels Strange

Anyone who’s a football fan knows all to well the saga that’s played out over these past many months with Brett Favre and his retirement/unretirement. With the 2008 NFL season now underway, it definitely feels strange to see Favre playing for the Jets and tossing his 443rd touchdown for a team other than the Packers. Only time will tell how it all works out for everyone involved and I guess it keeps things interesting.

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Google To Launch Web Browser

According to multiple news sources and the Google blog, Google is going to be releasing a web browser called Chrome on 9/2. Here’s the full Google blog posting.

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