Boo hoo hoo! Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo! Why am I crying? Well, Craigslist changed their audio equivalent for their visual word-verf box, and it’s a. bad, and b. no longer has the bit from Jo Co’s skullcrusher mountain. Man, it’s a bitch to use now. It took me three attempts. I pity anyone with …
Category Archives: advocacy
>Quiet Car Legislation
>A little while ago, I talked about hybrid cars and their dangers. Now, there’s apparently a bill going through the house of representatives that if passed, would legislate that all hybrid cars make a minimal amount of noise. Apparently sighted joggers, bikers, etc. are getting ker smucked by them too because they expect to hear …
The Drivers On The Bus Go Bla Bla Bla
Yesterday, I saw something freaky. I saw a bus driver who was so into his cellphone conversation that he didn’t notice people calling out for him to stop the bus at a given place. He was so oblivious that when that person calling out for him to stop did manage to get other people to …
Horrible, Earworms Dot Org
Oh god. I got this a few days ago and didn’t really give it much thought. Now it came again, so I guess it needs blogging. There’s a site called blinddollars.org that’s asking for the U.S. government to make the currency so that each denomination is of a different size. It’s not a ridiculous idea, …
Rogers Rage Update
Well, I got a response from the support Gerbils at Rogers, and wow, it was only semi-formulaic and completely useful! Amid the standard issue “thank you for using our online customer service” and “We appreciate your feedback” crap, there was a decent response! They are escalating my concerns to the web-team, and they’re going to …
Rogers Rage
Ok, now that I’m not full of Seething rage at the stupidity that I’m about to describe, I think I’ll describe it. What’s that, little part of my brain that’s looking at the rest of my brain wondering what’s wrong with me? What’s that you say? Why am I so mad at this? I really …
Toronto Adventures
Last Thursday, there was a free workshop at the CNIB in Toronto about human rights, disabilities and the workplace. I figured I’m sure there was something I could learn, so off I went. It was a pretty good trip, full of adventures, so I thought I’d write about them. Hope it won’t be too boring. …
Rogers Website Update
Well, I heard back from Rogers in response to my email about their inaccessible website. They said they would forward my message to the appropriate department. I can’t be sure if that’s an actual department or the big trash can, but one can hope it’s actually getting seen by someone. That promotion is over, but …
Say Hello to a Broken Website
Ok, time to throw the advocacy hat back on, on a smaller scale. I got something in the mail from Rogers. It said I was eligible for a gift because I’d been with their wireless service for a while. I thought, woohoo, free gift! First of all, in order to get this gift, I had …
Oh My God I’m Putting on My Advocacy Hat Again
It’s funny, as soon as I voted in the municipal election and got the idea that this should be available at provincial and federal elections, another voice in my head said, “You know it won’t be easy, don’t you?” and it was right. I called Elections Ontario today, since we’re having an election in October. …
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