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06/06/2007 19:22 #39552
Server MoveCategory: artvoice
Moved the server from the upstairs to the downstairs of artvoice. TOok only a couple minutes and everything went smoothy. Thank you Jaimie Moses for letting us serve from you data center and thanks Jake for setting everything up.
05/31/2007 22:34 #39485
Sorry about that multi image bug todayCategory: bug fix
The multi-file image upload is back. I would have fixed it earlier in the day but I had to go get drunk at Thursday n the Square first. For future reference, whenever something is broken on the main site, you can always do almost everything from the mobile site. e.g. upload images, publish journals, read comments, chat, messages, etc
The bug
For the technies out there you might find it interesting that as of firefox 2.0.0.3 you cannot use the externalInterface calls on flash objects from javascript unless the flash file is showing. It took me forever to figure that out. That is dumb as far as I am concerned. I can't even tell if it is a bug or a feature seeing as they don't mention it anywhere.
Anyhow, to get around it I move the 1px wide flash files around so that it is always in view in the newest version of surebert.sticker.js once, you see it, it can go out of view and still work. So much for that. The new version of surebert took advtage of this but I had forgot to upgrade to that version when I made the changes last night.
I know I keep saying I have all this updates coming but I really do I am just waiting on having a new powerbook later in June so that I can easily test all the operating systems at once. The key will be having 3GB of ram!
The newest surebert 1.56 forgoes the obfuscation and just strips comments, gzips and caches the js files. They just as fast and it is all automated. In the new version of estrip the css will done the same.
So it works again. Have fun.
The bug
For the technies out there you might find it interesting that as of firefox 2.0.0.3 you cannot use the externalInterface calls on flash objects from javascript unless the flash file is showing. It took me forever to figure that out. That is dumb as far as I am concerned. I can't even tell if it is a bug or a feature seeing as they don't mention it anywhere.
Anyhow, to get around it I move the 1px wide flash files around so that it is always in view in the newest version of surebert.sticker.js once, you see it, it can go out of view and still work. So much for that. The new version of surebert took advtage of this but I had forgot to upgrade to that version when I made the changes last night.
I know I keep saying I have all this updates coming but I really do I am just waiting on having a new powerbook later in June so that I can easily test all the operating systems at once. The key will be having 3GB of ram!
The newest surebert 1.56 forgoes the obfuscation and just strips comments, gzips and caches the js files. They just as fast and it is all automated. In the new version of estrip the css will done the same.
So it works again. Have fun.
05/31/2007 00:53 #39472
Some UpdatesCategory: estrip
The journal area now stretches the whole way down past the user data.
I am now compressing surebert with gzip instead of javascript.
The themes and latest journal box is no longer pushed down in Safari.
Hopefully, in three weeks I will have a mactop and can do more testing in safari, although I think the site generally works in it.
Maybe I will opensource textBling tomorrow.
I am now compressing surebert with gzip instead of javascript.
The themes and latest journal box is no longer pushed down in Safari.
Hopefully, in three weeks I will have a mactop and can do more testing in safari, although I think the site generally works in it.
Maybe I will opensource textBling tomorrow.
05/17/2007 13:47 #39324
Buffalo Wireless OrgCategory: web
I received this message on the 6th but didn't notice it until today. this seems like a fantsic community internet asset and I wanted to pass along the info.
Hi Paul,
I am writing because I came across your site estrip.org a long time ago and recognized that it is an important community portal in the Elmwood area. Currently I am starting another community project in the area that I thought you might be interested in, based on your interests in technology and community.
Recently I set up the web site
The site, and the list serve that I set up, are aimed at getting people together to create a community wireless network. As opposed to projects like Buffalo Wifi (http://www.buffalowifi.org), which just seems to provide free access points in areas convenient for businesses, Buffalo Wireless (http://www.buffalowireless.org) is modeled after projects that descend in some way from MIT's Roofnet project. Currently some of the most successful community wireless networks include Portland's Personal Telco Project and Seattle Wireless.
Basically, the project in Buffalo would aim to provide Internet access that is run by local communities and users, rather than large corporations. It would do this by the construction of a mesh network running protocols like OLSR (http://www.olsr.org). As we start the project, we need users interested in having access to the Internet that they control. I have already contact the local Linux Users Group and have several very technical users interested in helping to set up access points (although more certainly won't hurt).
The primary thing that we need right now in order to get the network off the ground is to find individuals who are willing to share roof real estate on which to locate an access point, and especially those who are willing to buy the access points that we will install on their roofs. I am trying to spread the word in the Elmwood area in particular because of geographic density and the large portion of the population in this area that already uses the Internet on a daily basis.
If you are interested, please check outlink and sign up on the list serve in order to receive project updates. In addition, I would appreciate if you would spread the word to anyone in the area whom you think might be interested in helping out in any way.
Please let me know if you have any questions or advice for the project, and I hope to hear from you soon!
Best,
Justin S. Leitgeb
Email: justin AT buffalowireless.org
Buffalo Wireless
Personal Web Site
Hi Paul,
I am writing because I came across your site estrip.org a long time ago and recognized that it is an important community portal in the Elmwood area. Currently I am starting another community project in the area that I thought you might be interested in, based on your interests in technology and community.
Recently I set up the web site
The site, and the list serve that I set up, are aimed at getting people together to create a community wireless network. As opposed to projects like Buffalo Wifi (http://www.buffalowifi.org), which just seems to provide free access points in areas convenient for businesses, Buffalo Wireless (http://www.buffalowireless.org) is modeled after projects that descend in some way from MIT's Roofnet project. Currently some of the most successful community wireless networks include Portland's Personal Telco Project and Seattle Wireless.Basically, the project in Buffalo would aim to provide Internet access that is run by local communities and users, rather than large corporations. It would do this by the construction of a mesh network running protocols like OLSR (http://www.olsr.org). As we start the project, we need users interested in having access to the Internet that they control. I have already contact the local Linux Users Group and have several very technical users interested in helping to set up access points (although more certainly won't hurt).
The primary thing that we need right now in order to get the network off the ground is to find individuals who are willing to share roof real estate on which to locate an access point, and especially those who are willing to buy the access points that we will install on their roofs. I am trying to spread the word in the Elmwood area in particular because of geographic density and the large portion of the population in this area that already uses the Internet on a daily basis.
If you are interested, please check outlink and sign up on the list serve in order to receive project updates. In addition, I would appreciate if you would spread the word to anyone in the area whom you think might be interested in helping out in any way.
Please let me know if you have any questions or advice for the project, and I hope to hear from you soon!
Best,
Justin S. Leitgeb
Email: justin AT buffalowireless.org
Buffalo Wireless
Personal Web Site
jsl - 05/18/07 13:06
Buffalo Wireless map URL
Sorry, the URL for the Buffalo Community Wireless Project map is wrong in the previous comment. It is:
:::link:::
Buffalo Wireless map URL
Sorry, the URL for the Buffalo Community Wireless Project map is wrong in the previous comment. It is:
:::link:::
jsl - 05/18/07 13:04
Thanks for posting this email to the site! I set up the initial site at :::link::: and have received a very enthusiastic response so far, with about 11 people on our list serve in under a week. We've also got five possible nodes on the map at :::link::: I also have a journal on estrip.org at :::link::: which I will use to post information about the project in the future.
BTW, the idea behind a mesh is that not all nodes have to be connected to the Internet. The problem is that the open-source solutions for this (mostly using OLSR on OpenWrt, a linux distro for embedded devices) are apparently kind of tricky to get running, and you have to have line-of-sight access between the nodes. Anyway, more later. Thanks again for posting this info!
Thanks for posting this email to the site! I set up the initial site at :::link::: and have received a very enthusiastic response so far, with about 11 people on our list serve in under a week. We've also got five possible nodes on the map at :::link::: I also have a journal on estrip.org at :::link::: which I will use to post information about the project in the future.
BTW, the idea behind a mesh is that not all nodes have to be connected to the Internet. The problem is that the open-source solutions for this (mostly using OLSR on OpenWrt, a linux distro for embedded devices) are apparently kind of tricky to get running, and you have to have line-of-sight access between the nodes. Anyway, more later. Thanks again for posting this info!
uncutsaniflush - 05/17/07 19:50
This sounds really cool. I'm a bit hazy on the details of a mesh network (i.e. do all nodes have to have an internet connection or can they just connect to other nodes that do in an ad-hoc sort of way)
I think I'm going to investigate this and subscribe to the list-serv.
Thanks for sharing this, (e:paul).
This sounds really cool. I'm a bit hazy on the details of a mesh network (i.e. do all nodes have to have an internet connection or can they just connect to other nodes that do in an ad-hoc sort of way)
I think I'm going to investigate this and subscribe to the list-serv.
Thanks for sharing this, (e:paul).
05/15/2007 19:19 #39293
Backdated JournalsCategory: estrip
Now that i have discovered all these journals from elementary school I can't think of a better place to put them than here. The thing is they were written in 1985.
I am debating how to handle this situation. The purist in my wants a system where they can be entered in for the appropriate dates back in 1985. Another part of me wants to write journals today, as I found the old ones now, and talk about it that way as part of my current existence.
It is such a hard decision. Does anyone else have old journals they want to migrate over?
--paul
I am debating how to handle this situation. The purist in my wants a system where they can be entered in for the appropriate dates back in 1985. Another part of me wants to write journals today, as I found the old ones now, and talk about it that way as part of my current existence.
It is such a hard decision. Does anyone else have old journals they want to migrate over?
--paul
jacob - 05/16/07 04:44
Um, deleting comments doesn't work. I'm using Firefox.
Um, deleting comments doesn't work. I'm using Firefox.
mike - 05/15/07 23:26
I DO! I DO!
I DO! I DO!
twisted - 05/15/07 22:56
No matter what date you put at the top, it's still a flashback. It would be cool to see them uncensored in a format as true to the original as possible. And even more interesting with some commentary from the perspective/context of here and now. Maybe keep the journal pub date current and include a FLASHBACK date at the top of the entry saying when they were originally written.
Bring 'em on!
No matter what date you put at the top, it's still a flashback. It would be cool to see them uncensored in a format as true to the original as possible. And even more interesting with some commentary from the perspective/context of here and now. Maybe keep the journal pub date current and include a FLASHBACK date at the top of the entry saying when they were originally written.
Bring 'em on!
theecarey - 05/15/07 21:27
wow, I wonder who has really old journals? I've been wanting to transcribe my written ones into an electronic format for years. With commentary, references, location, etc in another font or format for the purpose of others reading the material. With perhaps a section on what my current thoughts are of what I had written- for prosperity, reflection, entertainment etc. It would be a huge (and nerdy) under taking for me, as writing has been consistent (and lengthy) since about 1985, as well. There must be others with a similar interest?
even the option of pulling old entries from other, blogging sites (pre estrip) to here..
It would be an interesting and probably unique project to bring to fruition. Imagine the stories, history and perspective of peoples thoughts throughout the past few decades- especially for those who wrote without an audience. This would take remembering to a whole new level!!
I'll stop for now. We'll catch up soon :)
wow, I wonder who has really old journals? I've been wanting to transcribe my written ones into an electronic format for years. With commentary, references, location, etc in another font or format for the purpose of others reading the material. With perhaps a section on what my current thoughts are of what I had written- for prosperity, reflection, entertainment etc. It would be a huge (and nerdy) under taking for me, as writing has been consistent (and lengthy) since about 1985, as well. There must be others with a similar interest?
even the option of pulling old entries from other, blogging sites (pre estrip) to here..
It would be an interesting and probably unique project to bring to fruition. Imagine the stories, history and perspective of peoples thoughts throughout the past few decades- especially for those who wrote without an audience. This would take remembering to a whole new level!!
I'll stop for now. We'll catch up soon :)
james - 05/15/07 20:56
When I unearthed my meticulously kept journals from a very young age to 17 I did the sensable thing...
I burned them.
Back before this whole emo thing, no one suffered as much as I did. No one hated this world and the human filth parade more than me.
The journals were so horrendous it isn't even funny.
There is a show touring around called "Salon of Shame" in which people read from their journals of old, talking about the most embarrassing moments of their lives. It sounds like a crackin good show.
When I unearthed my meticulously kept journals from a very young age to 17 I did the sensable thing...
I burned them.
Back before this whole emo thing, no one suffered as much as I did. No one hated this world and the human filth parade more than me.
The journals were so horrendous it isn't even funny.
There is a show touring around called "Salon of Shame" in which people read from their journals of old, talking about the most embarrassing moments of their lives. It sounds like a crackin good show.
jenks - 05/15/07 19:25
you could make (e:oldpaul) or something...
I've had more the opposite- I've found old journals that I don't want to DELETE, but just make private... I like the little eye button. :)
you could make (e:oldpaul) or something...
I've had more the opposite- I've found old journals that I don't want to DELETE, but just make private... I like the little eye button. :)
Now that 0.0.4 is out, is the "Flash must be showing" bug still in effect?
Thanks Paul!