Like many IBM news posts, the article included a video embed "for more information." Clicking the vid, I was greeted with a copy of this clip.

That's right. I was rickroll'd by IBM. I honestly did not see that coming.

WordPress 2.7 posting UI screenshot

Second, near the end of the standard install guide for WordPress, there's a link to a separate guide on how to install and update WordPress direct from Subversion. Too bad I discovered these instructions after doing my first install from the packaged version, but it was definitely worth the effort to switch over to installing directly from Subversion.

On a somewhat related note, the real Planet Accessibility site is now live. If you were reading or included in my stop-gap Accessibility Daily feed, make sure you go subscribe and register with Planet Accessibility.

http://www.drhorrible.com/

I didn't know what to think of the opening with Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible) recording his vlog. But as soon as he started singing, I started laughing. By the time Nathan Fillion (Captain Hammer) appeared, I was loving it.

Acts II and III are due in a few days. Catch them before they disappear.

The kids always have a blast, and this year was no exception. Some of the 21 projects demoed this year included the following:

• Carolina Rocker: A rocking-horse game that combines exercise and acoustic localization.
• Carolina Beat: An accessible version of Dance Dance Revolution for a good exercise workout to music.
• Braille Twister: A twister game using a DDR pad to form Braille letters and get exercise.
• Sweet Beat: A vision-based, edible (yes, edible) music tracker.
• Deep View: Auditory display of complex diagrams.

I believe the estimated attendance this year was something like 80 kids and 90 adults. About 30 or so stopped by to try my demo of Clique. While many of the kids were young and not yet familiar with using desktop applications, they still enjoyed figuring out Clique's commands, typing messages, and hearing Clique's output. And when they got bored, they jumped to the ever popular Nanomanipulator demo in the same room to touch carbon nanotubes using a PHANTOM and Atomic Force Microscope data.

While the day is intended to give these kids a trip to remember, I think I have just as much fun watching their reactions to the various projects. I find it equally wonderful to see the CS department staff, faculty, and students band together to create a memorable experience for all of the visitors.

Now that the structure is decent, I think I’ll work on expanding the content, particularly the articles section. There are four on my wish list (+1 in my head) that I need to write down. It gets more important by the day as I start to forget all sorts of details about GNOME accessibility as PHP/JS/Dojo/Zend and Web accessibility start filing my head.

On the topic of forgetting, I just remembered that I still have some outstanding accessibility-related patches to commit for pyatk. They’re a first step toward making it possible for Python developers to implement accessible custom widgets (e.g., pycairo widgets). If you’ve got some free time and would like to hurry the work blocking meta bug #377642 along, please contact me.