Grafton street in Dublin is one of the main tourist destinations. On a chilly Sunday evening back in November we walked around a bit. Listen to the sounds of Dublin.
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On 11/26 we were in Dublin. Here’s some audio from the day. Things start out with us walking around the outside of Trinity college. The two quiet sections are inside the college in a room with the Book of Kells and another large library room known as the Long Room that has hundreds of rare books. You then hear us walk through the college gates, part of a Dublin city tour and more stops on…
One CommentImagine me sitting down to write about food. I mean honestly I’d not win any awards of the diversity of food that I find interesting. Still the food here has been a tantalizing mixture of spices and flavors. We’ve eaten six dinners thus far and five of mine have been Indian cuisine. Admitedly, largely variations on chicken and rice with some naan bread tossed in for good measure. On Saturday night in Agra we dined…
Comments closedWith three days of Delhi exploration under our belts, the differences and similarities between here and the U.S. are interesting. To be sure the similarities are from our experiences thus far few. Walking to breakfast this morning in our hotel it was quirksome to say the least to hear Bing Crosby’s White Christmas in a place where I suspect it never snows and there’s nary a pine or spruce tree to be found. I guess…
2 CommentsIn Delhi for less than 12 hours and the pizza count is already at 1. Did you expect anything else? This is Finicky Ford when it comes to food after all. And I resisted the urge to stop at any pizza joints in Ireland or England, holding that in reserve for India. So of course our first lunch had to be at a Pizza Hut just down the road from our hotel. Seriously we arrived…
Comments closedSeems that podcasting is all the rage so I’ll give it a try. I finally found a Movable Type plugin that can handle audio. Configuration looks pretty straight forward so hopefully I can get it up and working before the trip. I’d like to post some audio highlights as we travel.
One CommentIt has been a long time since I’ve upgraded much of my personal audio gear. For years I’ve been content with a basic cassette walkman because most of what I do is listen to the radio while I walk to the bus and travel to and from work. Alas my radio has pretty much given out as I can no longer turn it off without removing the batteries. Switching from AM to FM has become…
Comments closedA comment about braille signs on hotel room doors caught my attention in this article. Far too often folks slap a few braille and large print signs on doors and think they’ve done all they need to in order to make something accessible. This article is worth reading because it makes the point that accessibility is really about going beyond basic compliance to whatever accessibility standard you are using.
Comments closedCall this a self-serving blog post since the position is working on my team, but we have an opening for someone to come lead accessibility testing for Internet Explorer. The link has the full job details and I’m happy to answer any questions on the position.
Comments closedKitchen remodel 2005 is just about finished. More on the entire process in a different post but after so many have asked how things are looking I’ve put some pics online. You can see everything done to date in these photos. The project should be done sometime this week and final pics will get posted then. These photos have no alternative text and are really just a file copy of a directory of pictures. Once…
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