morning reading

[jazzfish]

Data: "Every time during that 7 days I ran into a particular kind of inaccessibility, I wrote to the owner/relevant authority and asked them to fix it. I aimed for short, factual, informative request letters." ... with the results you might expect if you took two minutes to think about it. Useful to have for shooting down the "disabled people need to just ask for accommodations, then they’d be given them" theory.

Researchers discover original bacteria of the Black Death: "Our next goal is to sequence the entire DNA." I can't think of anything that could possibly go wrong with this plan.

Mr. Nobody: How Children Use Metaphor to Get to Sleep, Cope, Grieve and Grow: as the title says. Wow.

Actual content later.

Comments

[firecat]

I think it's more heineous than that: It's because whoever it is that makes restaurant websites is telling them to do it that way (probably because if they code a fancy flash web site they can charge more) and the restaurants are all copying each other because restaurants are desperate not to stand out among other restaurants in a way that might turn customers off, which also is why they all offer the same menus.

[rbandrews]

I figured the menu thing was because they all order food from the same restaurant suppliers (which probably also supply recipes). I've noticed definite trends in Chinese places; most Chinese restaurants are one of about five different types. Very occasionally I'll find one that's unlike any other place I've been in before, and those I'm willing to drive across town for.