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Accessible March Madness 2011 via Greasemonkey

NOTE: Check this blog periodically for updates to the Accessible NCAA Bracket script. Be sure you have the latest version: Latest version: 1.7 Updated: April 2, 2011 New in this version: Added support for the Final Four In the Active Games section, replaced the phrase "0:00 in the 1st half" with "halftime" Added preliminary support […]

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Hot Apple Cider, Falling Leaves, and Three Great Conferences

Autumn is hands-down my favorite season. It’s time to throw on a sweater and an extra comforter, sip hot apple cider, and make big pots of scrumptious and spicy vegetarian chili. Autumn is also the season in which three of my four favorite conferences are held. I look forward each year to networking with others […]

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Accessible March Madness

The NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament is now down to four teams that will compete in Indianapolis next weekend to determine the National Champion. Since 2006, I have created an Accessible NCAA Tournament Bracket, and this year for the first time I hosted an accessible tournament pool that allowed screen reader users and non-mousers to fill […]

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New Years Eve, Prince (The Artist), and Alternate Text

Each New Years Eve since 1982, I have found myself humming that defiant yet celebratory New Years anthem by Prince, "1999". This reminds me of something I have often puzzled about, but until now have never blogged about or even mentioned to anyone. From June 7, 1993 to May 13, 2000, Prince went by the […]

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The Eye vs. The Eye

Last week I watched “The Eye”, the 2002 Chinese thriller directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Angelica Lee (aka Lee Sin-Jee) as Mun, a young blind woman who receives a corneal transplant, and discovers that she can see ghosts. I was mesmerized by this film. The suspense was great, the soundtrack was interesting and […]