Yes. It’s 1:26 am, and I’m working on stuff. Really, I’d like to be in bed. Asleep. And I’d like to stay there for three days.

But alas, instead, if you are having problems with dropdown JavaScript menus appearing BEHIND a Flash object, try adding this to the parameters you’re passing to the Flash object:

wmode="transparent" 

Or if you’re using SWFObject, you can do something like this instead:

var so = new SWFObject("crappy.swf", "crappy_swf", "100%", "100%", "9", "#ffffff");
so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");
so.write("flash");

Maybe that will save you some headaches. It saved me some.

UPDATE

Apparently it might be better to use

wmode="opaque" 

Apparently it’s less CPU intensive, and it seems to do the same job (that’s how it worked for me, anyway). I believe the differences are as follows:

Opaque makes Flash behave like any other page element, allowing you to easily float content over it using JavaScript and DHTML.

Transparent makes the page background underneath the Flash video appear through any transparent areas of the Flash video.

There is an awesome article over at seattlepi.com containing the text of an email written by Mr. Gates regarding his experience trying to download and install MovieMaker on his computer. The email really cracked me up, and I think it’s worth a read.

It’s probably also worth noting, that instead of all that rig-a-ma-roll, one could just buy a Mac (which happens to include iLife, which includes iMovie). The Surgeon General agrees that my strategy would keep your blood pressure a lot lower, and increase your life expectancy by about 10 years.

I got a good laugh yesterday at the Amazon reviews page for the Denon Ultra Premium Link Cable (aka – 1.5 meter CAT5) – selling for the MSRP of $499. That’s right, $499.

If you need something to laugh at on this rather grey-looking Tuesday, I highly recommend the amazingly insightful reviews over at Amazon, including what this gentleman had to say:

After I took delivery of my $500 Denon AKDL1 Cat-5 uber-cable, Al Gore was mysteriously drawn to my home, where he pronounced that Global Warming had been suspended in my vicinity.

Yes, I had perfect weather: no flooding, no tornadoes, the exact amount of rain necessary, and he pronounced sea levels exactly right and that they were not going to rise within five miles of my house.

Additionally, my cars began achieving 200 mpg and I didn’t even need gasoline. I was able to put three grams of cat litter into the tank and drive forever.

What’s more, the atmosphere inside my home became 93% oxygen and virtually no carbon dioxide. In fact, I now exhale oxygen.

One heck of a cable.

Didn’t notice any improvement in audio quality though.

The $800 Apple iCable is clearly superior.