function fix_flash() {
    // loop through every embed tag on the site
    var embeds = document.getElementsByTagName('embed');
    for(i=0; i<embeds.length; i++)  {
        embed = embeds[i];
        var new_embed;
        // everything but Firefox & Konqueror
        if(embed.outerHTML) {
            var html = embed.outerHTML;
            // replace an existing wmode parameter
            if(html.match(/wmode\s*=\s*('|")[a-zA-Z]+('|")/i))
                new_embed = html.replace(/wmode\s*=\s*('|")window('|")/i,"wmode='transparent'");
            // add a new wmode parameter
            else 
                new_embed = html.replace(/<embed\s/i,"<embed wmode='transparent' ");
            // replace the old embed object with the fixed version
            embed.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeBegin',new_embed);
            embed.parentNode.removeChild(embed);
        } else {
            // cloneNode is buggy in some versions of Safari & Opera, but works fine in FF
            new_embed = embed.cloneNode(true);
            if(!new_embed.getAttribute('wmode') || new_embed.getAttribute('wmode').toLowerCase()=='window')
                new_embed.setAttribute('wmode','transparent');
            embed.parentNode.replaceChild(new_embed,embed);
        }
    }
    // loop through every object tag on the site
    var objects = document.getElementsByTagName('object');
    for(i=0; i<objects.length; i++) {
        object = objects[i];
        var new_object;
        // object is an IE specific tag so we can use outerHTML here
        if(object.outerHTML) {
            var html = object.outerHTML;
            // replace an existing wmode parameter
            if(html.match(/<param\s+name\s*=\s*('|")wmode('|")\s+value\s*=\s*('|")[a-zA-Z]+('|")\s*\/?\>/i))
                new_object = html.replace(/<param\s+name\s*=\s*('|")wmode('|")\s+value\s*=\s*('|")window('|")\s*\/?\>/i,"<param name='wmode' value='transparent' />");
            // add a new wmode parameter
            else 
                new_object = html.replace(/<\/object\>/i,"<param name='wmode' value='transparent' />\n</object>");
            // loop through each of the param tags
            var children = object.childNodes;
            for(j=0; j<children.length; j++) {
                if(children[j].getAttribute('name').match(/flashvars/i)) {
                    new_object = html.replace(/<param\s+name\s*=\s*('|")flashvars('|")\s+value\s*=\s*('|")[^'"]*('|")\s*\/?\>/i,"<param name='flashvars' value='"+children[j].getAttribute('value')+"' />");
                }
            }
            // replace the old embed object with the fixed versiony
            object.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeBegin',new_object);
            object.parentNode.removeChild(object);
        }
    }
}