Blogging against Disablism day

Just a quick entry right now as time is not my friend today. But I had to mark Blogging against Disablism day.

Organised by Diary of a Goldfish, today sees a number of bloggers writing about a wide variety of issues. I know from last year that many of these blogs are well worth a read, and can range from moving to insightful and hysterically funny - sometimes all three...

If I get the chance to sit down with a cup of coffee to read some I'll try and pick out some of my highlights from this year's event. But in the meantime, go and have a browse.

Gene therapy breakthrough for sight

BBC News is reporting an interesting story about a young man who has had his sight restored following gene therapy.

This treatment is at a very early stage, and has only been tried with a total of three patients, of which only one has benefited from significant improvement to their sight.

Gene therapy remains an exciting prospect however, precisely because it is at such an early stage of development. Who knows what conditions will be treatable in the future?

Faller at the first hurdle

3.55 pm, Saturday 5th April; 20 minutes to go until the Grand National is underway. Like millions of others, I've stuck a pin in the form guide, and selected the three-legged donkey that will crash at the first fence taking my hopes with it. As it is April, I'm looking out the window at a hail storm. So I thought I'd place my bet over the interweb.

When I tried to visit the website of one of the major UK bookmakers, I was greeted with the message, "The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties..."

That's poor website management. We all know how popular the National is, so why they didn't get extra bandwidth to cope with the extra demand mystifies me. I mean, just how much money will they lose today?

The only saving grace is that at least *I* won't lose my money this year.