HTML/Javascript question:

We have a form with some textareas on it. Sometimes we need to disable a textarea - we do that by putting a "disabled" in the textarea tag. But then we lose the vertical scrollbar functionality. Is there a way of disabling a textarea but still keep the vertical scrollbar functionality?

eta: A quick google says:

Why do you have to use textarea anyway? Just put the text outside. Put it in a div and put a border on it if you want the block to look like a textarea.

Could do that. Anyone know of another way? eta: Can I still get a scrollbar that way?

eta: OK, I used Javascript to set the readonly property to true, instead of using the "disabled" thing. The textarea is not grayed out but my boss says that's OK.

My new baby: [link] [link]

So preeety. We luves our preciousss.

Don't scare me like that!

Whoo! I just utilized my new every two to replace the usb mobile broadband modem which was severely bent because of, umm, dropping. I replaced it with Verizon's little mifi, which means both the SO & I are on the internet at the same time! And shortly my Cradlepoint router will show up, and I can plug this one up, and my ethernet devices will have internet! Like my Wii! And Vonage, so we'll have VOIP again! Whoo!

Death Star speaker will destroy the world of lame surround sound

While it looks like it could power your own personal Death Star, this sphere is actually a 62 channel speaker that makes a regular 7.1 channel surround rig look decidedly quaint.

Created by Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), the "death star" sphere has 62 individually driven speakers that they say will create a holographic sonic image of a singer.

No word on whether there are plans to actually put this into production, I guess someone will have to make a 62 channel receiver first.

So my new Cradlepoint router and MiFi modem are love. The setup was super simple, except for the part where I failed to turn the modem on and then spent fifteen minutes troubleshooting why it didn't see the device.

Now I'm trying to set up cascading routers so that the Cradlepoint and my existing Linksys play together. Does anyone have experience with this? And there's a switch involved, too, downstream of the routers. I kinda have no idea why I want to do it this way; I think I'd be fine just pulling the Linksys out of the chain altogether. I guess just so I wouldn't have to make changes to the existing stuff? So everything would still login to lothlorien (old router) and benefit from the connectivity of rivendell (new router)?

Which, wait a minute, must be working, because I'm online connected to lothlorien right now asking you about this? This is such a sea change for me, not needing the dongle. Hee.

Okay, so it's probably fine, and I just need to figure out what ip address it ended up with so that I can still manage the router through the offline web interface.

Okay, nevermind, as usual the act of typing it let me figure it out. I now have lothlorien set up just as an access point, living in a demilitarized zone on rivendell. That should work, and no one should have to change anything. Now to tackle voip. And then maybe the Wii! Whee!

Look at me talking to myself! VOIP and fax SUCCESS! I am so happy getting back all my office functionality that I haven't had in over two years since I had to give up cable internet.

So, I'm back on my iBook. My G4 magically came back o when I randomly pressed the power button as I passed by on Sunday.

Whee! glorious speed! it was wonderful! I downloaded ahems, I caught up on a few places I couldn't go to here, ...and I absolutely did not back up any bookmarks that I could have used here.

Then this morning came. Dead again, (only without Emma Thompson.)

Random stabbing of the power button until I get the replacement, but I am a patient and determined button stabber.

Stab............stab........stab........