Category: Weblog Concepts

  • Javascript error on my page

    Andrew Bayer pointed out that he was getting this message when trying to load RFB in IE 6 for Windows: Line: 508 Char: 76 Error: Expected ‘)’ Code: 0 It turns out the culprit was my half-assed attempted to install ThinkBlank’s metalinker code into this page. In so doing, I apparently included an extra closing…

  • Nevermind…

    It appears that restarting Radio fixed the problem, whatever it was. Probably some overnight bug thang. Never underestimate the power of power-cycling! Inspirational lyric of the moment: A hypnotist A fancy talker Ruben Remus ain’t no doctor –Bob Dylan & the Band

  • Very strange Radio error

    I was trying to post an entry about a Javascript error on the RFB home page when instead of Radio successfully posting the entry and returning the usual desktop weblog homepage, the ordinary text box was replaced with this error message: [Macro error: Can’t evaluate the expression because the name “” hasn’t been defined.] If…

  • Too late to redirect my RSS feed?

    Well, I wandered back through a week of Scripting News and found the link Dave posted to how to redirect your RSS feed. The instructions are clear and easy to understand, but I realize now that it requires the ability to upload a file to replace the old rss.xml file at http://blogs.salon.com/0001111/ (and in the…

  • What does it mean to be part of the Salon blog community?

    Last week one of the two filchyboy blogs rocketed to the top of the Salon daily ranking charts with off-the-scale traffic numbers, even though an examination of the referrer logs showed nothing special going. Andrew Bayer commented on this in his Dreaming of China blog, discerning that filchyboy had placed the Javascript code into the…

  • Stuff I've downloaded but not installed or used yet

    I’m getting behind in my software download/install lifecycle: kung-log the latest mozilla beta chimera Netnewswire ASCII Movie Player (via BoingBoing) Archipelago Also, I’m looking for some tips on good free discussion-board software for integration into blogs (not this one, just general advice), especially the type that could be integrated so as to automatically generate a…