Michael Mathews

@micmath.me.uk

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Web developer, digital accessibility advocate. Ex BBC. Ex New Yorker. American expat living in the UK. Old skool liberal. Curmudgeon. He/Him #autism #ASD 🌈♾️🌻 #a11y #webdev #LGBTQ+ ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️

Dinosaur plush toy wearing a orange and white hoodie with pointed ears.
A close shot of a clear plastic bottle labelled “Crystal Pepsi” in a sleek rounded font and the red and blue Pepsi logo. The drink inside looks like clear carbonated water; this is emphasised by the backlit lighting with the sun shining through the clear Pepsi liquid.
Screengrab from the movie Disney's "Old Yeller" showing the main characters, a boy aged about 8 kneeling in the grass next to a large blonde dog. They are surrounded by trees and appear to be looking intently at something below and out of view. The boy's expression is as if he is conversing with the dog.
Today's Time magazine homepage is open in my web browser with the source code displayed in a pane next to it. At the top of the HTML source is a comment containing a huge figlet (a banner created by combining letters and punctuation characters to form much larger letters) spelling out the name of the magazine: "TIME."
HTML snippet showing three elements: the first is a div with ID set to "topic descriptor" and ARIA hidden set to "true." This div has the text "Holiday Drink." Next is an H1 element with ARIA describedby set to "topic descriptor." This H1 has the text "Santa's Flaming Brandy and Eggnog Surprise." Finally, there is a paragraph with placeholder text "lorem ipsum."
Clip from a Minecraft game. The character is stacking building blocks on top of each other.
Captain: “It’s been a tough year since the election.” TinTin: “Captain, it’s only been 9 days.”