Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

Who’s Watching?

May 29, 2009Matt 1 Comment »

I noticed an article on IT News Australia this morning about talk of the “Australia Card” identification card/system coming up again.
This got me to thinking a bit today, and also trends I’ve noticed previously and things that people have pointed out to me and that sort of thing. Who really is watching?
Think about it? How [...]

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Peekaboo Internet Explorer 7

February 13, 2009Matt 1 Comment »

I posted yesterday regarding a problem I was having with Internet Explorer 7 rendering some JavaScript controlled pop ups incorrectly in one of my current projects.
I ended up fixing it by applying a position: relative; and z-index: 100; to each <p> tag. Nothing below 100 would display the text.
It turns out its a variant of [...]

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JavaScript and IE Problem

February 12, 2009Matt 1 Comment »

IE and problem in the same sentence, not surprising is it?
I’m working on a project at the moment where I’ve come up against a rather frustrating problem in Internet Explorer. I have a series of pop ups on a particular page that are opened with JavaScript when help links are clicked. The JavaScript for them [...]

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Accessible CSS - Azimuth and Elevation

February 9, 2009Matt No Comments »

This morning, I came across this CSS property that I’ve not seen before whilst I was having a look at whats available in CSS for special devices, like screen readers.
CSS 2 introduced the azimuth CSS property which is effectively targetted at users browsing the web with screen readers. I’m not sure that any of the [...]

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Say No To Internet Censorship In Australia

December 11, 2008Matt No Comments »

Come along to the #nocleanfeed rallies and protests Australia wide on Saturday the 13th of December.

For more info, have a look here and here.
While you’re at it, if you haven’t already signed the petition, head on over to GetUp’s Save The Net Petition.

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Palm Treo 750 Review

August 1, 2008Matt 2 Comments »

I received a completely unexpected present from a good friend of mine a couple of months ago, a new Palm Treo 750 running Windows Mobile 6.
I am quite fond of the design of the Palm Treo’s as they manage to incorporate an (almost) full keyboard along with a reasonable sized screen (240px * 240px) without [...]

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Getting My Windscreen Fixed - O’Brien Glass

May 14, 2008Matt No Comments »

I got a chip in my windscreen driving down to Lismore on Friday, and unfortunately, it started to crack so I needed to get it fixed before it got too bad and the whole windscreen needed replacing.
So Monday, I gave Windscreen’s O’Brien (O’Brien Glass) a call before I headed back up to Brisbane.
I called the [...]

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