Comments for nater kane and friends http://www.naterkane.com/blog the blog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:37:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Parameters string and the Prototype Ajax.Request method by JDD http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/330002866/ JDD Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:07:18 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5859 This may be related to this bug: http://prototype.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8886/tickets/169-ajax-request-fails-in-ie Not sure what is causing it though. - JDD This may be related to this bug:
http://prototype.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8886/tickets/169-ajax-request-fails-in-ie

Not sure what is causing it though.
- JDD

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5859 Comment on Parameters string and the Prototype Ajax.Request method by JDD http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/330002868/ JDD Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:03:32 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5858 this is something else I think because var foo = ''; console.log(foo.toQueryParams()); //empty object is returned So there is no problem with empty strings and toQueryParams(). this is something else I think because

var foo = ”;
console.log(foo.toQueryParams()); //empty object is returned
So there is no problem with empty strings and toQueryParams().

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5858 Comment on A Tweetcar named desire by nater kane http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/310753949/ nater kane Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:21:50 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=166#comment-5778 @chris You're so very right. Most of the folks who I've followed over the past year who were very high volume tweeters, and not close friends, I no longer follow now. Mainly just to reduce the trivial noise many (Robert Scoble, Dave Winer, etc...) generate. Having built what is now essentially a messaging platform that was initially designed as a <abbr title="Content Management System">CMS</abbr> has put quite a bit of strain on their database(s?). There was a recent article I read, the link escapes me though, that talked specifically about the CMS vs. Messaging platform differences when it comes to Model design, and that relying on Rails' ease of throwing something together, has left a system that is stuck doing more legwork on the Read than on the Write. @chris You’re so very right. Most of the folks who I’ve followed over the past year who were very high volume tweeters, and not close friends, I no longer follow now. Mainly just to reduce the trivial noise many (Robert Scoble, Dave Winer, etc…) generate.

Having built what is now essentially a messaging platform that was initially designed as a CMS has put quite a bit of strain on their database(s?).

There was a recent article I read, the link escapes me though, that talked specifically about the CMS vs. Messaging platform differences when it comes to Model design, and that relying on Rails’ ease of throwing something together, has left a system that is stuck doing more legwork on the Read than on the Write.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/29/a-tweetcar-named-desire/#comment-5778 Comment on A Tweetcar named desire by Chris Harrison http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/310753950/ Chris Harrison Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:58:47 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=166#comment-5777 You've missed another issue... A lot of the super-users are the most vocal about Twitter stability, but in their rush to add thousands and thousands of followers they've contributed heavily to Twitter's instability. One person with 30,000 followers creates 30,000+ actions each time they send a message that Twitter has to keep deliver and keep track of somehow. Compare that versus a user like me (@cdharrison) that has around 250 followers and 250 friends... each note I send out taxes the system far less. I think @ev, @biz, et al. have done a pretty damn good job so far keeping a service that is free up and running for us geeks. They should be commended, not criticized, for what they've done. You’ve missed another issue… A lot of the super-users are the most vocal about Twitter stability, but in their rush to add thousands and thousands of followers they’ve contributed heavily to Twitter’s instability. One person with 30,000 followers creates 30,000+ actions each time they send a message that Twitter has to keep deliver and keep track of somehow. Compare that versus a user like me (@cdharrison) that has around 250 followers and 250 friends… each note I send out taxes the system far less.

I think @ev, @biz, et al. have done a pretty damn good job so far keeping a service that is free up and running for us geeks. They should be commended, not criticized, for what they’ve done.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/29/a-tweetcar-named-desire/#comment-5777 Comment on Alpha PNG Backgrounds in IE, another sleight update… by digi http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/302842564/ digi Fri, 30 May 2008 15:01:32 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/alpha-png-backgrounds-in-ie-a-sleight-update/#comment-5715 To Imran Hossain: The object that the filter is applied to must have layout before the filter effect will display. You can give the object layout by setting the height or width property, setting the position property to absolute, setting the writingMode property to tb-rl, or setting the contentEditable property to true. Take from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532969(VS.85).aspx To Imran Hossain:

The object that the filter is applied to must have layout before the filter effect will display. You can give the object layout by setting the height or width property, setting the position property to absolute, setting the writingMode property to tb-rl, or setting the contentEditable property to true.

Take from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms532969(VS.85).aspx

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/bgsleight/#comment-5715 Comment on A Tweetcar named desire by nater kane http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/300874179/ nater kane Thu, 29 May 2008 18:04:38 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=166#comment-5708 since very few people actually read what i write the meta-noise that i generate here is minimal. friendfeed however seems to be the new champion of meta-noise. since very few people actually read what i write the meta-noise that i generate here is minimal. friendfeed however seems to be the new champion of meta-noise.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/29/a-tweetcar-named-desire/#comment-5708 Comment on A Tweetcar named desire by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/300874180/ Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins Thu, 29 May 2008 09:37:20 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=166#comment-5705 In commenting on the noise and complaining about it, are you creating meta-noise? :-p In commenting on the noise and complaining about it, are you creating meta-noise? :-p

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/29/a-tweetcar-named-desire/#comment-5705 Comment on Sentiment, like Moodstats but with less effort by nater kane http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/297416386/ nater kane Thu, 22 May 2008 18:57:40 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=162#comment-5653 Abdur, thanks for the heads up. My overall sentiment on summize for from:naterkane is still "bad", but that just tells me that i need to adjust my outlook and write more posi-tweets. Being able to prefix a query with <code>from:</code> is a nice feature, maybe providing a legend of what prefixes the API supports on the sentiment page would be a good idea. Abdur, thanks for the heads up. My overall sentiment on summize for from:naterkane is still “bad”, but that just tells me that i need to adjust my outlook and write more posi-tweets.

Being able to prefix a query with from: is a nice feature, maybe providing a legend of what prefixes the API supports on the sentiment page would be a good idea.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/22/sentiment-like-moodstats-but-with-less-effort/#comment-5653 Comment on Sentiment, like Moodstats but with less effort by Abdur http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/297416387/ Abdur Thu, 22 May 2008 14:11:29 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=162#comment-5652 Sorry you are having a bad day. You can focus your query to only your tweets with from:naterkane, glad to see you like the sentiment stuff. Sorry you are having a bad day. You can focus your query to only your tweets with from:naterkane, glad to see you like the sentiment stuff.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/22/sentiment-like-moodstats-but-with-less-effort/#comment-5652 Comment on Participating without Participating by naterkane » blog » post » Sentiment, like Moodstats but with less effort http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/295981652/ naterkane » blog » post » Sentiment, like Moodstats but with less effort Thu, 22 May 2008 10:48:07 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/?p=159#comment-5651 [...] folks over at Summize have built Sentiment, and I just wrote about it being used by Get Satisfaction to pull in commentary from twitter related to companies, products, services, etc. They take 5 [...] [...] folks over at Summize have built Sentiment, and I just wrote about it being used by Get Satisfaction to pull in commentary from twitter related to companies, products, services, etc. They take 5 [...]

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/22/participating-without-participating/#comment-5651 Comment on My tree gets a facelift by rebecca http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/291495535/ rebecca Thu, 15 May 2008 15:27:32 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-tree-gets-a-facelift/#comment-5614 Cleaning up the neighborhood! Cleaning up the neighborhood!

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/15/my-tree-gets-a-facelift/#comment-5614 Comment on Parameters string and the Prototype Ajax.Request method by nater kane http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/289588061/ nater kane Tue, 13 May 2008 17:39:56 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5601 <a href="#comment-5600" rel="nofollow">Kangax</a>: The copy of Prototype that i was using here, <a href="http://www.prototypejs.org/assets/2008/1/25/prototype-1.6.0.2.js" rel="nofollow">Prototype 1.6.0.2</a> defaults <code>paramters</code> to an empty string, so I'm not quite sure of where you're looking. Granted, <code>null</code> makes more sense than either option, but that's another point altogether. [js num=1157]Ajax.Base = Class.create({ initialize: function(options) { this.options = { method: 'post', asynchronous: true, contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', encoding: 'UTF-8', parameters: '', // <-- empty string evalJSON: true, evalJS: true };[/js] Kangax: The copy of Prototype that i was using here, Prototype 1.6.0.2 defaults paramters to an empty string, so I'm not quite sure of where you're looking.

Granted, null makes more sense than either option, but that's another point altogether.

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JavaScript:
  1. Ajax.Base = Class.create({
  2.   initialize: function(options) {
  3.     this.options = {
  4.       method:       'post',
  5.       asynchronous: true,
  6.       contentType:  'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
  7.       encoding:     'UTF-8',
  8.       parameters:   '', // <-- empty string
  9.       evalJSON:     true,
  10.       evalJS:       true
  11.     };

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5601 Comment on Parameters string and the Prototype Ajax.Request method by kangax http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/289588062/ kangax Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:37 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5600 Feel free to submit any bugs/suggestions to prototype's bugtracker: http://prototype.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8886-prototype/tickets Ajax.Updater "defaults" its parameters to an empty object internally, so I'm not sure how this error could appear. Feel free to submit any bugs/suggestions to prototype's bugtracker: http://prototype.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8886-prototype/tickets

Ajax.Updater "defaults" its parameters to an empty object internally, so I'm not sure how this error could appear.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/05/06/parameters-string-and-the-prototype-ajaxrequest-method/#comment-5600 Comment on Clearing the contents of a DOM Element by kangax http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/289588063/ kangax Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:49 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/01/08/clearing-the-contents-of-a-dom-element/#comment-5599 Which memory loss are you referring to? I'm not aware of any "leaks" when clearing contents of an element by settings its innerHTML to an empty string. Which memory loss are you referring to? I'm not aware of any "leaks" when clearing contents of an element by settings its innerHTML to an empty string.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/01/08/clearing-the-contents-of-a-dom-element/#comment-5599 Comment on Alpha PNG Backgrounds in IE, another sleight update… by Imran Hossain http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/288389614/ Imran Hossain Mon, 12 May 2008 00:19:58 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/alpha-png-backgrounds-in-ie-a-sleight-update/#comment-5590 Hi, thanks for the code. For me the code works only for a split second. As in I can see the repeating background transparency working - but then it goes back to previous state. It works perfectly for the non-repeating backgrounds. Hi, thanks for the code. For me the code works only for a split second. As in I can see the repeating background transparency working - but then it goes back to previous state. It works perfectly for the non-repeating backgrounds.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/bgsleight/#comment-5590 Comment on Alpha PNG Backgrounds in IE, another sleight update… by PaySo http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/273334951/ PaySo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:23:44 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/alpha-png-backgrounds-in-ie-a-sleight-update/#comment-5425 Any chance that i can see this on a working example? I use the superslight all the time but am sick of the limitations to be honest. Any chance that i can see this on a working example?

I use the superslight all the time but am sick of the limitations to be honest.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/bgsleight/#comment-5425 Comment on Alpha PNG Backgrounds in IE, another sleight update… by John Svid http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/249965254/ John Svid Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:14:08 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/alpha-png-backgrounds-in-ie-a-sleight-update/#comment-4987 Wow great site! Some really helpful information there. I’m sorry for little off-topic, but I want to ask you about design of this site. Did you make this template yourself or got from any templates website? Looks pretty cool for me. Wonderful well this reading. Wow great site! Some really helpful information there.
I’m sorry for little off-topic, but I want to ask you about design of this site.
Did you make this template yourself or got from any templates website?
Looks pretty cool for me. Wonderful well this reading.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/bgsleight/#comment-4987 Comment on agnostic and deliberate by Steve http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/249965256/ Steve Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:16:35 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/01/04/agnostic-and-deliberate/#comment-4868 Do you write god as "g-d" so that your post doesn't get scraped by holy bloggers? Do you write god as "g-d" so that your post doesn't get scraped by holy bloggers?

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/01/04/agnostic-and-deliberate/#comment-4868 Comment on I can’t figure out how to accept friend requests on this thing by smackr http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/226155777/ smackr Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:01:45 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/01/21/i-cant-figure-out-how-to-accept-friend-requests-on-this-thing/#comment-4764 f you man! throwing sheep and scrabulous are the only things I like about facebook! That and creating groups about my inequities! Gooooo livestock throwing!! yay! whoohoooohooo! and all that. f you man! throwing sheep and scrabulous are the only things I like about facebook! That and creating groups about my inequities! Gooooo livestock throwing!! yay! whoohoooohooo!

and all that.

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2008/01/21/i-cant-figure-out-how-to-accept-friend-requests-on-this-thing/#comment-4764 Comment on Alpha PNG Backgrounds in IE, another sleight update… by Joel http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/naterkane-comments/~3/218634964/ Joel Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:16:15 +0000 http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/alpha-png-backgrounds-in-ie-a-sleight-update/#comment-4726 oops, I needed a height on the element that has the png background! oops, I needed a height on the element that has the png background!

]]> http://www.naterkane.com/blog/2007/03/26/bgsleight/#comment-4726