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Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 30 at 2:16 pm PT Groupon has revised its results for the fourth quarter due to higher-than-expected return rates. The announcement sent its shares tumbling in after-hours trading. Liz Gannes in News on March 30 at 1:35 pm PT
The term web standards can mean different things to different people. For some, it is ‘ table-free sites ‘, for others it is ‘ using valid code ‘. However, web standards are much broader than that. A site built to web standards should adhere to standards (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, DOM, MathML, SVG etc) and pursue best practices (valid code, accessible code, semantically correct code, user-friendly URLs etc). http://www.maxdesign.com.au/articles/checklist/

Max Design - Web standards checklist

Boston’s Fenway Park turns 100 on April 20 and the Red Sox marketing machine is cranking out a season’s worth of promos, events, a coffee table book--and even a symphony recording. Are the Red Sox in danger of over-romanticizing (and over-commercializing) America's most classic ballpark? READ MORE ›

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Nearly a year ago, I posted a short entry on Flash video, “ How to Load External Video (FLV) .” As of today, that article has received more feedback than any other on this blog, often asking how to tell when a video file has completed. The article describes a technique for loading external FLV files without the use of either the FLVPlayback Component or the older Media Components. Looking back, I believe I should have referenced that detail somehow in the title, because many of the questions have ended up pertaining to FLVPlayback, which has its own complete event.

David Stiller’s blog » Blog Archive » How to Determine the Compl

http://www.quip.net/blog/2007/flash/actionscript-20/how-to-determine-completion-of-flv

Obama, Dems near deal on health care - Health care reform- msnbc

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and top congressional Democrats closed in on agreement Friday on cost and coverage issues at the heart of sweeping health care legislation, their marathon White House bargaining sessions given fresh urgency by an unpredictable Massachusetts Senate race. President Barack Obama attacked the measure put forward by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, W-Wis., and backed by the Republican-controlled House. A White House statement said there are "no final agreements and no overall package." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34877253/ns/politics-health_care_reform/t/obama-dems-near-deal-health-care/