Archive for March, 2006

Snowboarding in Meribel Mottaret, March 2006

Posted on March 19, 2006 ~ Filed Under Diary

Sarah and I are just back from a week’s snowboarding in 3 Valleys. We had a blast. Here’s what happened, with some tips for anyone thinking of doing the same. Pics are also online.
Getting to Meribel Mottaret on the Eurostar snowtrain
We took the Eurostar snowtrain from Waterloo on Friday night, arriving at Moutier (at the […]

Snowboarding in Meribel Mottaret (and a bit of 3 Valleys) - a brief piste guide for the snowboarder

Posted on March 19, 2006 ~ Filed Under Diary

One of the most annoying things about boarding is how all the pistes are graded for skiers. Sometimes a blue is a perfect, easy, snowboarding run - wide, gentle, a little bumpy. Sometimes a blue is the snowboarder’s worst nightmare - narrow, flat, uphill… So, here’s our guide to the runs that worked for us […]

“New standards for website access” - but you’ll have to pay to find out what they are

Posted on March 8, 2006 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

The BBC reports today that the British Standards Institution has produced a report about website accessibility, giving lots of helpful information to ensure websites are accessible to disabled users. Thinking that sounded very interesting, I dashed over to the BSi website, RNIB website, and the Disability Rights Commission website, all of which were linked from […]

Coming out to the doctor

Posted on March 8, 2006 ~ Filed Under Culture, Diary

Doctor: Are you using any family planning methods?
Me: No.
Doctor: Do you have a need for any family planning methods?
Me: No; I’m a lesbian.
After years of prolonged conversations with doctors and nurses, I have discovered this is the only way to stop them trying to get me to take contraceptive pills, and I now try to […]

Ebay usability really sucks

Posted on March 3, 2006 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

Ebay is a fantastic concept with some mind-bogglingly poor execution. Just a rant, really, but I am fed up with the following:

Having to log in to Ebay every time I start a new session, despite saying I would like to be ‘remembered’.
The new Javascript thingy that pops up to tell me what else I could […]