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It seems Internet Explorer is quite strict about having multiple IDs in a document with the same selector. This, combined with the way I read the Prototype documentation, had me walking around in circles for ages completely unable to identify the bug. How annoying!
So I've documented it here, with a test to demonstrate it. I'll submit a ticket for the Prototype document shortly, as it does give the impression this will work.
16 Oct 2008 19:24 [category: /geek] #
Geo: -36.489320,149.741006
16 Aug 2008 15:01 [category: /travel] #
Geo: -35.650248,150.292883
16 Aug 2008 10:59 [category: /travel] #
Things are getting desperate in the hunt for Bin Laden, with Britain's Special Boat Service being called into the hunt in Northern Pakistan. Last time I looked, there wasn't a lot of water up on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. Is this the equivalent of Switzerland having a navy?
16 Jun 2008 11:14 [category: /politix] #
In case you hadn't heard, IceTV lost their case in the Federal Court. IceTV provide(d) an electronic programme guide (EPG) service commonly used by people with personal video recorders (PVR) that work like Tivo. In other words, you can say to your recorder "record The Simpsons whenever it is on" and the PVR, knowing the programme guide, can just schedule those recordings. Any time you want to watch some Simpsons, there'll be loads sitting there for you.
Fortunately for PVR users, there's alternative, though I suppose it's legally-dubious in that it uses screen scraping and the like to replicate the EPG. It works brilliantly though.
To my non-lawyerly eyes, this judgement seems rather far-ranging. It seems that basically any collection of data can now be covered by copyright, no matter how you recreate it. The court viewed the act of scheduling programmes on a television channel as a creative act. Having worked extensively with schedulers in a past life, I'd tend to agree, it is something these people agonise over. But I think the impact is going to be quite widespread.
For example, let's say I wanted to set up a web site that allows people to compare phone plans. I use publicly-available information about the various suppliers' pricing to build a database that is looked up to recommend a specific plan from a specific provider. This would now seem to be a breach of copyright. I work with people who design phone plans, and I can tell you it's a very creative process -- though perhaps not for the right reasons.
So this judgement seems to have impacts far beyond the commercial channels' obsession with preventing people form skipping their shitty, all-to-regular ads. It could, in fact, prevent efficient markets as in my example (though telcos go to great lengths there anyway). Is this a desirable outcome?
16 May 2008 11:41 [category: /geek] #
Seen on Bridge Road just now on my way to work: a couple rugged up for the most arctic of winter days. Wooly hats, gloves, scarves, thick coats. It's 17 degrees out there.
Hilarious!
16 Apr 2008 09:22 [category: /weird] #
We're making progress with the bathroom. Phil's finished up yesterday, with all the fixtures in. Follow the link to see some photos. Today we sanded and painted the undercoat layer. During the week we'll finish it off and put in things like the towel rail and bog roll holder.
The sliding door gives the room an enormous amount more space, and the fixtures we bought are spectacular. The sky light is great and, even after losing a window, it's really sunny in there. Really happy with how it's looking.
16 Mar 2008 21:03 [category: /diy] #
Before I left London, I bought an iAudio X5 audio player. The main selling point was that it plays mp3, ogg and flac, along with the fact it just shows up as a USB mass storage device, unlike other players that require their own annoying software.
Anyway, the left audio channel in the headphones stopped working recently. It would cut back in if I put some pressue on the headphones. Seems it's not an uncommon problem, as it's widely discussed in the forums.
I've never been much of an electronics whizz, mainly because me with a soldering iron is like a blind man trying to solder with a hot brick. But I think I've got better in recent times.
So I whipped off the cover, worked out how to get the daughterboard holding the headphone jack out, and managed the solder. Worked perfectly first time! Whacked a little blob of solder on all the contact pads, and away we go.
Normally when I try these kinds of hardware hackery, I end up with a very expensive and useless brick.
Yay me!
16 Jan 2008 21:42 [category: /geek] #
There's one of these boxes sitting in a pile of junk outside a house around the corner from home. Anyone have any idea WTF it is? I'm intrigued because it has ethernet, SCART, printer, serial and composite video outs.
