Tom Lachecki

(Tomalak Geret'kal)

Web 2.0 RFC

My definition of Web 2.0: comments please.

PowerPoint and the Windows MCI

A few months ago a friend came to me with a problem. She is a college lecturer teaching the use of IT programs, including Powerpoint. When compiling a lesson one day she found that she could not persuade Powerpoint to embed a video clip taken on her digital camera. It would play fine when opened in a media player, but not in Powerpoint.

Give Me The Time Of Day

What should I find but the answer to any desires any man or woman could ever have had for a DHTML date/time picker?

Bit Late For Standards Now, IE

It's nice to hear that IE7 is going to address many of the well-known "sidesteps from convention" when it comes to CSS standards, but isn't the damage already done?

The End Of Sane Life As We Know It?

People often point out just how litigious American society has become, with people trying to sue just about anyone over anything that upsets them. Apparently, this is beginning to filter down to children as well.

Not So 'Smart' Now

The University of Nottingham has just decided to make blanket changes to infrastructure that will cause disruption right the way through the first term of the new year.

Beatles webcam helps foil burglary

LONDON (Reuters) – An American helped foil a burglary in northern England whilst watching a Beatles-related webcam over the Internet, police said Friday.

Spam By Co-Incidence

When I started getting spam on an ISP email account that I don't even use, I got suspicious. At first I wondered if PlusNet had leaked account names or something. But eventually I figured it out.

IE Is Background-Image Shy

As I began sprucing up my Portfolio a little, I came across a nasty IE bug that I'm sure I'd read about before. I was disappointed to be able to find precious little about it on the web but one blog which explains it quite nicely.

Unintentionally Outrageous URLs

Some horrendously embarassing situations for companies who didn't think through their choices of website URL all too clearly.

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