June 14, 2002
30 days to a more accessible weblog

diveintomark is running a series of articles, 30 days to a more accessible weblog.

I was a little worried that he was just going to keep up with the character sketches. Good they were, once you accept that making your site accessible is important, you don't need to keep on being told why. (I must say, SubAverage's parody was funny.)

Instead, Mark is going to give us some practical advice on how to make our sites more accessible. Good.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 03:33 PM
Guns Are Only Deadly If Used For Their Intended Purpose

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. At least, if they've got a gun, they do.

I think that we in the UK don't really get the whole US gun thing. It's not so much that we don't approve of gun ownership (though most don't). It's that we really don't get why people want a gun...

I wouldn't mind having a gun when people let their dogs off the leash in my local park, I must say. Why is it that a farmer is allowed to shoot a dog which is worrying his sheep, but I'm not allowed to shoot a dog which is worrying my children?

Posted by Simon Brunning at 01:16 PM
Design Pattern Matrix

Netobjectives' Design Pattern Matrix is a design pattern quick reference.

Worth a hard-copy, I reckon.

Posted by Simon Brunning at 01:04 PM
Developing for the J2EE Tomcat Platform

Developing for the J2EE Tomcat Platform is a J2EE tutorial from masslight.

This could not have come at a better time - Java Tools For Extreme Programming turns out to assume a lot more J2EE knowledge that I currently have.

(Via diveintomark)

Posted by Simon Brunning at 12:57 PM
/CSS/ - a guide for the unglued

The CSS Panic Guide is a good set of CSS related links, covering what, how and why.

(Via MetaFilter)

Posted by Simon Brunning at 12:42 PM
Sex Tips For Geeks

ESR's Sex Tips For Geeks. Is this serious? It certainly looks it.

(Via Scripting News)

Posted by Simon Brunning at 12:38 PM
The Open Source Initiative

The Open Source Initiative is trying to make the case for open source in the commercial world.

Python's site is the first to carry its logo. ;-)

(Via Python Daily URL)

Posted by Simon Brunning at 12:33 PM