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My T-Shirt Design

UPDATE MARCH 2013: T-shirt design updated with new domain

I designed a Web Axe t-shirt on a neat new website, ooShirts.com (although I haven’t tested the accessibility). ooShirts is an apparel startup company located in Berkeley, California. I hope to give away a couple Web Axe t-shirts sometime soon, maybe at CSUN 2012. And you can always order your own!

Fixing Alt – MacGuyver Coffeemaker

Post author By Dennis
Post date July 15, 2011
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No coffeemaker and need coffee?! So you search the web and find an article about brewing coffee MacGuyver-style, but can’t access the large image which contains the vital points. Lifehacker’s article Brew an Emergency Cup of Coffee with Two Paper Cups and a Filter is practical and fun, but the image containing the crucial steps is missing alternative text. So to save my fellow coffee fans in a time of crisis, here’s the alt text:

Acquire 2 paper cups, 1 filter, boiling water, a cutting instrument.
Cut one cup towards the top so that it creates a ring at least 2 inches tall. Place the filter over the other uncut cup.
Slide ring down over the filter, which is sitting on the uncut cup. Push down until small amount of filter is visible on all sides.
Place desired/available coffee grounds in the cup over filter.
Begin slowly filling open portion with near boiling water. Do not over fill and occasionally stir.
Brewing may take anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes including set up and brew. However, it’s a hell of a lot better than having no coffee at all.

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Music About Web Accessibility!

Post author By Dennis
Post date February 14, 2011
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Here’s a great list of music about web accessibility! Includes the premiere of the full Web Axe theme song.

WCAG 2.0 Theme Song by David MacDonald (YouTube).
Assistive Technology Boogie – fun, and it’s accessible Flash! (direct Flash link)
“Man With Small F” (The Inaccessible PDF Song) by Terrill Thompson. Listen at end of Web Axe Podcast 77 (Interview with Terrill Thompson) or from Terrill’s album Flavors.
inaccessible song by Daniel Davis.
Listen to the Web Axe theme song! (MP3) composed by my good friend Jeff Ensign.

Anyone have a song to add?!

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Where Are We?

Check out the Web Accessibility Enthusiasts mapper on Frappr! Add yourself to the map and see where the accessibility gurus are located in the world. You can also add pictures, tags, etc.