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Hosting Uptime Guarantees – Are They Worth the Paper They Aren’t Printed on?

Hosting uptime 99.9% – sounds good? Certainly in theory a 99.9% uptime guarantee means you should expect no more than about 9 hours a year downtime (or about three quarters of an hour in a month). Unfortunately the picture is more complicated. Firstly it’s clear that no-one can offer a cast-iron guarantee that their service [...]

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Guerilla Web Accessibility

There is a vast amount of information and advice available about web accessibility, and it can be overwhelming so this is my take on the essentials that you need to know. This is only an introduction and not meant to be comprehensive. What is Web Accessibility In a nutshell it is a means of making [...]

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Can You Drive if You are Blind? What about Reading a Website?

You can drive if you are blind, although your ability to drive safely will vary depending on a number of factors including whether you have any assistance (and bearing in mind that dogs no longer need a licence in the UK). You can even do so legally if not on a public road (in the [...]

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