article archive - 08/2013 - all archives
JR:
ToledoWX weather Web app changes and fixes to make - 7Aug2013
- [done]
From the error log:
: Argument "undef" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at /home/toledotk/ToledoWX/bin/wx-get-forecastio-info.pl line 62.
: Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /home/toledotk/ToledoWX/bin/wx-get-forecastio-...
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- Aug 07, 2013
JR:
Media purchases
- March 2012 - The New Republic bought by a Facebook co-founder.
August 2013 - Boston Globe bought by owner of Red Sox, John Henry, who also owns a media company.
In 2011, the Times turned down a $300 million offer from Aaron Kushner, CEO of ...
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2 min read
- Oct 09, 2013
- #media
JR:
To read or view 4Aug2013
- https://quip.com/blog/pop-up-magazine
#toread
- Aug 04, 2013
JR:
Add dropbox support
- maybe.
store markup content at dropbox.
append to the markup: createddate and date (modified date).
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/start/php
Perl:
https://github.com/s-aska/p5-WebService-Dropbox
h...
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- Aug 07, 2013
- #todo_later #junco
JR:
Investigate removing the nav bar when typing in split screen editor
- javascript/jquery/minified
when typing or when focus exists in the left pane, hide the nav bar and enlarge the windows.
or only hide the nave bar when left pane is centered.
but how to bring back the nav bar?
maybe bring back nav bar when mouse c...
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- Aug 07, 2013
- #junco #todo_later
JR:
Investigate adding an image zoom feature.
- javascript/jquery
click an image within blog post, and the background fades out and the image enlarges.
click away and everything goes back to normal.
example:
https://medium.com/design-ux/2234ce29b6f8
the image for IA Writer
#junco
#todo_late...
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- Aug 07, 2013
- #junco #todo_later
JR:
Resolved - change the slash short cut link to point to the post command
- implemented on 20Aug2013
instead of pointing to "microblogpost"
point to "post"
"post" is a new function that can display either a microblog or blog posting.
i thought about replacing microblogpost and blogpost with the new post function, but i l...
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- Aug 20, 2013
- #resolved #junco
JR:
Migrating tt blog and wiki posts to junco
- if automating this procedure, do the following to the markup:
replace tag=name with #name
remove commands such as:
frontpage=
comments=
any others
in the title:
replace colon punct with a hyphen or space-hyphen-space
maybe run import procedu...
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- Sep 01, 2013
- #name #juncotodo
JR:
Working with unicode from javascript via ajax
- UCS Transformation Format - 8-bit
UCS = Universal Character Set
on the server, use:
in conjunction with HTML::Entities::encode
44 recipes for working with Unicode in Perl 5.
unicode tables
HTML Entities or Not
Also you shoul...
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1 min read
- Oct 09, 2013
- #unicode #perl
JR:
Lamestream media's lack of comparable coverage for the Manning trial.
- That's how they earn the term "lamestream media."
Jul 31, 2013 - Did the media drop the ball on the Bradley Manning trial?
Corporate or government-led corporate media knew they could not get as many rubes interested in the Manning trial as with oth...
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3 min read
- Nov 10, 2017
- #media #politics
JR:
Plain Dealer newspaper downsizes due to changes from print to digital
- July 31, 2013 The de-newspaperization of America
reporters who work for the Plain Dealer of Cleveland -- an iconic name in American journalism, a newspaper that's published as a daily since 1845 and won a lot of awards over the years -- were ordere...
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5 min read
- Oct 08, 2013
- #media #web #technology #programming #design #education #business #blog_jr
JR:
Why do political candidates today meet with the newspaper editorial board?
- My Aug 1, 2013 comment posted at Toledo Talk in response to Toledo mayoral candidates being interviewed by the Toledo Blade editorial board.
The candidate who refuses to kneel at the throne of the Blade editorial board is the best candidate beca...
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2 min read
- Aug 16, 2013
- #web #politics #media #moronism #blog_jr
JR:
Do not create a hashtag link if tag is all numerics
- [implemented on 7aug2013]
typically, when a pound sign preceds text that contains all digits, then it's not a real hashtag and more of a number, such as a ranking.
so ignore hashtags if the tags is all digits. user can add one alpha or an underscor...
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- Aug 07, 2013
- #resolved #junco