EVOLT -- An essential list for those who design to 21st century standards.

CLONMEL -- It's a beautiful day when I can run my three-year old Dell laptop without it hanging. When it was new with its Windows 2000 operating system, all sorts of multimedia programs were prone to memory leaks. They caused the system to slow down and lock up instead of crash. Ever since XP was installed, the computer never locked up. Programs simply ceased to respond to keyboard inputs but they could be surgically terminated through the Task Manager. This means I have lost one coffee break a day because I don't ever have to reboot. All this is old hat to power users. But to multimedia teachers, it means being able to get more out of practical lab sessions.

WEB REFERENCE -- JavaScript and databases have a mixed history, due in part to JavaScript's success. Currently, Web security provisions restrict the ability of a Web program to read (and write) local files. There are some workarounds to that challenge.

WEBREFERENCE -- We teach JavaScript as a core skill in our multimedia degree programme. Jacques Surveyor gives several reasons why that's a very good idea.

NEW MEDIA MUSINGS -- JD Lasica cites seven things RSS is good for along with five reasons companies should publish an RSS feed.

PIEPMATZEL -- A quite subject listing of beautiful designed websites that should inspire and enhance knowledge through reverse engineering.

HANDELAAR -- While John Handelaar tirelessly tweaked the CSS layout behind his search-engine-friendly, 25000-legacy-articles gallery, he hit upon a finding that stemmed from four hours of tedious web coding. Web developers would do well to benefit from his discovery. He wanted to avoid using tables for the usual reasons. He needed to "put a left button in first and float it left, then the right button floated right, then the larger one in the middle. Our ‘banner’ <div> is set to be text-align center; to make all three be evenly spaced."

WEB REFERENCE -- It's better to be able to show three columns through a template while knowing people can get the best print job from the page by using a "PRINT" button enabled by JavaScript. We can write JavaScript code that will create Internet Explorer's DeviceRect and LayoutRect elements on the fly.

WIRED -- John Dowdell has spotted "increasing bits of evidence over the last week" that points to a revival of Webmonkey. In fact, it is linked to the front page of Wired. Plus, it has a blog. But it has not been updated since January 2004.

SURVEY MONKEY -- While working with some of the most talented teenagers I've encountered in Ireland, I learned about Survey Monkey. This online survey software has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily