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Did you know that building your site to comply with the W3C’s Content Acessibility Guidelines has another hidden benefit? High accessibility overlaps heavily with effective white hat Search Engine Optimisation. Your site will not only be highly spiderable for search engines and accessible to people with disabilities, but it will also be completely accessible to devices that connect to the internet, such as handhelds and cellphones. It’s the way forward. If you’re going to go to a lot of trouble and expense, make sure you build your site to last.

If you need to redesign your site to comply with A, AA or even the strictest AAA Accessibility standards, contact me.

Olivia: Okay, time for your bath.
Tristan: No.
O: Yes.
T: No.
O: Yes, every day you need to get a bath. And guess what? You’re going to have one right now.
*dead silence*
T: When I grow up, I’m going to make my own rules.
O: Yep. You can make up new rules every day, just like your dad.
T: And I’ll only have baths every few days. And maybe I won’t bath at all.
O: You can do that if you like, but your girlfriends will think you smell funny, laugh at you and run away.
T: Not if I bath. Then I’ll smell nice.
O: Ahuh. Then they’ll think you’re really handsome.
T: Girls think that anyway.
(more…)

Remember the other day when I said if I had to work for an employer I’d want to work for Google? Well guess what!
Google is opening an office in Pittsburgh!

I love clever ads, and the 2am films team have produced some hilarious stuff.

These are my favourites. Seriously worth watching them all!

Underpants
Skateboard
Black Magic
The Transformers: kitchen and van
Inside Story
Driving
Leg it
Barmaid
MG Rover
Lucky
Coverage
Break-up

Let me know if you liked these, and I’ll post more great ads from other agencies soon.

“A strike by New York City transit workers tomorrow could put ride sharing to the ultimate stress test. The city will reportedly bar any vehicle with less than four passengers (sorry Miata owners) from going through tunnels or over bridges into the city. ” – Wired Magazine

So the bus drivers and subway operators of NYC are striking, and in an effort to prevent mass chaos and the city literally piling up on top of itself, the city has declared that it won’t let any cars with less than four people enter the city.

The Wired Article sums it up, but here’s the full story if anyone’s interested.

Brighton and Hove has apparently been taken over by gangs of evil Ninjas!

GIANT’s manifesto

Thanks Surely Mongog!

Wow, Toddler Toe Socks! From the new Sock Dreams Kid’s Socks section. So cute!!!

Apparently, the good Lord and I share more in common that merely omnipotence and the ability to turn puppies into snow:

“Wal-Mart critics make shopping choice a religious question”

As the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart sets the example for every other business as to how to run a successful store.

You can read the cold, hard facts at WakeUpWalMart.com (you don’t have to sign up, just click “Skip to Homepage”).