JBVoices
Breezing the shoot. Random mutterings of a Web Developer.

If you are entering the holiday break secure in the knowledge that your site passes all the Cynthia automated checks….. check again.

Hi-Software have given us all a Christmas present.

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Office decorations have been outlawed due to Health and Safety regulations. 70% of UK schools aren’t having a Nativity Play any more due to the fact it might offend other religions. ACAS, the arbitration and conciliation people have pointed out that if your office Christmas party doesn’t provide an age neutral entertainment package then you could be sued for ageism.

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The Nielsen Norman Group have released a free 148 page report as a Christmas gift.

Containing 75 Best Practices for Design of Websites and Intranets, Based on Usability Studies with People Who Use Assistive Technology, it’ll give you something to do over the holidays.

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Lets face it we can all have a run of bad luck. Things will occasionally just appear out of the blue and slap us in the face like a wet kipper but some people seem to get more than their fair share. This morning I was talking to a friend who has permanent bad luck. Everything goes wrong for him to the point he now expects it to. His outlook on life is, expect the worst and then if it doesn’t happen it’s a nice surprise.

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I looked up the official definition of host today as my understanding of the word seems to be way off beam.

Here’s what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say on the subject…

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…..Thinking he’d impaled his foot or something equally drastic I arrived to find him howling with laughter and pointing at a small pile of leaves that had run off down the garden. Now that’s not something you see every day I thought. Athletic leaves.

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