A blackout last Friday did a pretty good job of killing the exubero.com server. It looks like a power spike got through the surge protector and left a smoking crater where the CPU normally sits. I've got a new one on order, but with limited time it could be a few weeks to get back … Continue reading Smoking Crater
Month: Aug 2004
Two Column Layout
I'm in the middle of updating the exubero.com site to try and get a more three dimensional and less blocky look and feel. Phase one of this project is to convert to a proper two column layout (now complete). I borrowed design ideas from Dan Cederholm's SimpleBits to come up with a right floating content … Continue reading Two Column Layout
How to Crash Firefox
When I was working on updating the styles for CruiseControl, I managed to hit a combination of css styles and html elements that would reliably crash Mozilla Firefox. I have raised this issue in bugzilla
Working on CruiseControl
Using CruiseControl day in and day out for months on end gave me a lot of appreciation for the power of the tool, but I wasn't really satisfied with the standard of the documentation available. In the spirit of open source development, I fixed it. The problems I saw (and fixed) were: There was no … Continue reading Working on CruiseControl