Peter Drake HAS MOVED @peterdrake@qoto.org

A guy sees an advertisement in a pet-shop window: "Talking Centipede £100."
The guy goes in and buys it. He gets home, opens the box and asks the centipede if he wants to go for a beer. The centipede doesn't answer, so the guy closes the lid, convinced he's been swindled. 30 minutes later he decides to try again. He raises his voice and shouts, "Do you want to go for a beer?"
The centipede pokes his head out of the box and says, "Pipe down! I heard you the first time. I'm putting on my shoes!"

#BoardGames10x10

01.04. Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Baker Street Irregulars

Final score = 55. 135 for our solution minus 80 for <cough> 16 leads more than Holmes. Had the solution not had what we considered a flaw, our score probably would have been 25 points higher.

Spoilers, both photo and alt text, can be found behind the Sensitive Content warning.

#BoardGames

Not sure who needs to hear this today, but remember, your local public library benefits from being used! Usage statistics are how librarians argue for funding! By using this shared service more, you are making it BETTER for everyone else!

It's the glory of the commons, not the tragedy of the commons. Go to the library!!!

#Violet is training for a new career as a throw pillow.

#DogsOfMastodon

Stretching is one of the most important parts of the morning #dogsofmastodon #dogs #doberman

@esther

As a legally blind person touchscreens or touch buttons on every device are the bane of my existence.

The iPhone is very accessible, Android phones are reasonably accessible to the blind. But hardly anyone makes the touch screen on an appliance screen reader accessible.(apart from very expensive products made especially for the blind).

Why does the espresso machine at work need touch sensitive buttons? I've learned that I need the second button from the top. But since I can't touch the top of the machine to feel where the buttons are without instantly activating any other button on the way I find it very difficult to make a cup of coffee .

Touch screens are worse. and when some company does make them accessible for legal reasons (ATMs for example), they do such a shitty job you may as well ask for sighted assistance anyway.

#accessibility #blind