links for 2009-04-06

Sometimes the only option is to laugh...

A good list of tips, but I was concerned by this point that seemed to fly in the face of any accessibility requirements: "Write captions that provide additional information. Do not tell us what we can see in the photo (if we can see it, you don’t need to tell us)".

"The most common theory (not tested it myself) is that by switching your language from EN-GB to EN-US in your Gmail (Google Mail) settings you can get rid of the annoying small i'. A-ha, so it is in fact a further part of their culturally imperialistic plan to eradicate the English "variation" of English and make EN-US the globally accepted standard, through the use of poor punctuation and capitalisation/capitalization

"The URL Shortener Mega Chart" tracks every feature you might need to check, including if the service passes the right kinds of codes on to search engines

"Linkbait can be a very effective tool for search engine optimization. Social media is important for marketing your small or large business in 2009. The sky is blue. Women have secrets. Thanks for nothing, Dave. We’re actually dumber for having listened to you just now."

I'm still running an antiquated edition of Movable Type to power currybetdotnet, and I'm always losing the old documentation...