Last Wednesday, Yahoo greyed-out its homepage to commemorate the events of last September 11. On the MACCAWS list, a discussion began about how easy it would have been to do this using CSS. Others commented how this was a good way to see the Web as the colour blind do (yes, it was also mentioned that most people who are colour blind can see some colour).

That led to Nathan Wright mentioning a set of Web-based tools to test your site for accessibility. Though not perfect (some only work in IE on Windows), they can be useful for a quick test.

Everything you wanted to know about regex*.

*But were afraid to ask.

The finalists for the Online Journalism Awards were announced, and one of the categories was quite a surprise to me — unfortunately, I can’t say what the surprise was because of an NDA.

I can say that The Globe and Mail was nominated for its coverage of the federal budget last year. Along with this, the only Canadian nomination, there are some excellent pieces listed, especially in the independent feature category.