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Learning by Shipping – this re …
Learning by Shipping – this reminds me of the idea behind “Crossing the Chasm”. Early adaptors use a product in ways they find useful and maybe in ways the original maker didn’t even think of. Different market segments use products in different ways often. I might be (reasonably) happy to compile and manually install open source software, but 99% of people won’t, and that’s one major reason they don’t use Linux or anything but Windows/Mac OS.
After installing Mozilla with …
After installing Mozilla with the xft patch as mentioned before this is what it looks like. I had to install the latest Galeon too, but I wanted to do that anyway.
Originally the default font Galeon used was “serif” but the serif fonts didn’t look very good, they’re a bit “busy” or “smudged”. The sans serif fonts though look better IMO. This is the font other apps on the RedHat 8.0 desktop use too. I’ll probably comment later after I’ve used the browser for a few hours, so look out for that!
Something in the latest Apache …
Something in the latest Apache or PHP releases causes Spackle updates to fail. After much trouble-shooting I tracked it down to the way POST requests were formed by Spackle.
Originally each client would send a request to the server with the POST made up of a complete URL in the POST part, ie.
http://192.168.1.1/~spackle/client.php?action=update…..
instead of
action=update….
In client.sh, change the following:
echo -n “$server&action=update&data=” > content
to
echo -n “action=update&data=” > content
Spackle hasn’t working for months because of that. Must contact the author again.
Say Bye-Bye to the Pie (Chart) …
Say Bye-Bye to the Pie (Chart) – This looks interesting. Software that’ll tell you stats about your website side-by-side with your site as you navigate around. I should think that it could give you more detailed stats than a generalized log analysis program and make that information more accessible.
John's back but he's stressed …
John’s back but he’s stressed out from moving and starting a new job. Good luck with it!