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Yesterday morning, I got a rather nasty surprise. Early in the morning, I was happily able to send mail. Then at about 10 or so, I tried to send a reply to a message on a mailing list and got the following rather unhelpful error message. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server …
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A long time back, Carin mentioned the lack of an accessible Food Basics flyer and how it would be awesome if they had one because we buy a lot of our groceries there. For a while we put this thought out of our heads because they said if something was done it would be well …
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This information has been updated to reflect the September 2 2012 changes. Second update: I think I fixed all my gaps, errors and booboos. Am working on figuring out where the community bus fits into this mish mash o goodness. Also. Guelph Transit said they’ll be putting up a text version of the bus layout …
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Have you ever wondered just how long it would take someone to crack your passwords for your email, online logins, etc. if they were just guessing all combinations of letters and numbers? Well, here’s a calculator that can give you an idea. It looks like it’s by the Shields up guy, so I might believe …
This happened last Monday, and I’ve been meaning to write about it ever since in the hopes that it might help someone else. The phone rang, and the caller ID said number unknown, but I decided to pick it up anyway. It then rang in my ear. Auto-dialer fail! Then, a heavily accented voice started …
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Holy hell. I just read an article in Accessibility News about one person’s nightmares with the TTC, Via, and wheelchairs. Good god. I hope that maybe a couple of things this person did in this article might help someone else who is trying to travel this season. This person is one determined individual. the fact …
Edit: It appears the programmer isn’t so bad. It is a problem between the layout of the dialog and screenreaders. See this post. Although I stand by what I said in a general sense, forcing software on folks is not what he’s all about. For once, I’m very happy to say I was wrong. Why …
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Remember last September when I was talking about Meetup? Well, nothing has really changed, except I have a new reason for Meetup to piss me off. I have limped along for a year dealing with their half accessible interface. I cannot choose a Meetup place by choosing from my venues because the options to choose …
So the time is coming for me to renew my passport. I got it at the beginning of 2006, so it won’t be long before it expires. I decided I would start looking into it now, even though that probably seems absurd. But since this is a passport and forms can be yucky and complicated, …
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This is a great idea. DirectionsForMe.orgis a new site created by Horizons for the Blind that aims to offer accessible package information for many different products. It will provide preparation and use directions, ingredient lists and nutritional information among other things. The database is searchable and also browsable by category in case you don’t quite …