http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/ en-us Copyright 2007 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:51:31 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Throughout the term, we've had a couple of SPAM explosions. Call this the bane of Web 2.0. One issue raised by Juweria and Dean is how to stop the emails coming to you every time you get a comment. This seems to be the major irritant. To stop emails, just go into your blog's detailed settings under feedback. About halfway down the page you'll find settings to control when you get an email for both comments and trackbacks. http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/04/spam_explosion.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/04/spam_explosion.shtml spam Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:51:31 -0500 We've been experiencing a blogging misconfiguration error when posting. The problem was fairly simple. Our rebuild system rebuilds the main page and a giant index of all posts. Now approaching 1300 posts for the semester, the system was timing out on the rebuild of the giant index and giving the misconfiguration error. Nothing was misconfigured. It was just taking too long. The error received while tracking back was the first sign of this problem. Trackbacks come near the end of the rebuild process. Even with track backs off, the problem slowly progressed in scope as the total number of entries grew. At some stage after midnight last night, it became impossible to post. Attempting a few test posts on different blogs convinced me it was not just an issue with one blog. I then noticed how long the posting was taking and considered the rebuild process. That's when the solution struck me. update: Rosie has, quite rightly, asked what the fix was. Well, at this point, I am no longer rebuilding the complete archives list with every post. That shortens up the time to build enough that the process does not time out.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/blog_system_now_fixed_you_can_track_back_again.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/blog_system_now_fixed_you_can_track_back_again.shtml bug bugfix Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:26:50 -0500 a previous entry on fixing this.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/toward_smoothing_out_the_blog_system.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/toward_smoothing_out_the_blog_system.shtml bug Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:22:38 -0500 Re: Error saving blog posts in movable type (Praneeth's Blog) Chidamabaram, I guess most of us are getting the same error. You are right it actually publishes but it would be better if we would save it is a draft. Dr.Gibson said he is working on it. The issue seems to be trackback autodiscovery. If you turn it off, you will be able to publish normally. Here's how to do it.

• Log in to your account
• Choose settings
• Under "New Entry Defaults", disable trackback autodiscovery
• Save your changes

This problem seems to be affecting only some people. There was a misconfiguration in one of the blogs. If you tried to use trackback autodiscovery during this period (by simply writing a post with a link in it), you are likely experiencing this issue.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/fixing_the_posting_error.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/fixing_the_posting_error.shtml Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:58:40 -0500 Some of you have been receiving an "Internal Server Error" message when you try to publish. As a result, you attempt to republish several times. As it turns out, the error message seems not to indicate a real problem. The original post actually publishes. However, to be safe, I recommend clicking back and saving the post as a draft. The issue began showing up about the time Jeff's blog had a legitimate problem that was causing his site not to work. This other problem may be due to server load. Bud http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/intermittent_publishing_bug.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/intermittent_publishing_bug.shtml bug Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:34:54 -0500 We have been having strange errors posting lately. I'm testing to see what is up. http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/i_am_testing_to_see_how_posting_works.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/i_am_testing_to_see_how_posting_works.shtml test Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:34:42 -0500 your blog? It is suddenly not rebuilding. I edited your individual entries template to make it so at least the individual entries would publish, but the other archive templates seem broken. There is an error that says the blog rebuilder is not finding module 1210 or something like that. You must have a module that somehow does not exist. This all seems to have begun after March 19.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken.shtml blog Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:49:08 -0500 your blog? It is suddenly not rebuilding. I edited your individual entries template to make it so at least the individual entries would publish, but the other archive templates seem broken. There is an error that says the blog rebuilder is not finding module 1210 or something like that. You must have a module that somehow does not exist. This all seems to have begun after March 19.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken_1.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken_1.shtml Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:49:08 -0500 your blog? It is suddenly not rebuilding. I edited your individual entries template to make it so at least the individual entries would publish, but the other archive templates seem broken. There is an error that says the blog rebuilder is not finding module 1210 or something like that. You must have a module that somehow does not exist. This all seems to have begun after March 19.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken_2.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken_2.shtml blog Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:49:08 -0500 Jeff, have you changed the modules in your blog? It is suddenly not rebuilding. I edited your individual entries template to make it so at least the individual entries would publish, but the other archive templates seem broken. There is an error that says the blog rebuilder is not finding module 1210 or something like that. You must have a module that somehow does not exist. This all seems to have begun after March 19. http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken_3.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/jeffs_blog_is_broken_3.shtml blog Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:49:08 -0500 James Goebel via email. He tried to come to IS696, but a sudden work commitment made it so he could not come. He will however be at IS449. If any IS696 want to present in IS449, you may. This is a good chance to get in front of a well-placed entrepreneur.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/james_goebel_coming_to_is449.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/james_goebel_coming_to_is449.shtml Iteration1Review Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:44:32 -0500 Official Google Blog: Three summers of open source Everything is ready. All systems are go. We're now accepting applications for the third Google Summer of Code, Google's program for introducing college students to open source software development. Some students, very interested in coding, should consider this activity. It pays $4500 and gives good visibility. You can do it in addition to some other job. The deadline is tight, March 24, so go out and have a look at the site.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/googles_summer_of_code.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/googles_summer_of_code.shtml google OSS Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:58:14 -0500 By the iteration due date, all student groups should write a blog post linking to their slides and their mashup. The posts should be tagged with Iteration2Site and the group name, for example: Iteration2Site, TeamExtreme. Reviews should be done over the following week. Again, you should list strengths and weaknesses. Tag your posts with Iteration2Review and the name of the group you are reviewing. For instance, if you are reviewing MapYourBuddies, your review should be tagged: Iteration2Review, MapYourBuddies. http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/upcoming_iteration_2.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/03/upcoming_iteration_2.shtml Iteration2Review Iteration2Site Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:24:46 -0500

Iteration1Review

Iteration1Site

YourGroupTeamName

Then, within the next week, each person should write a review of each team's mashup. Failure to do the review will count against your individual Iteration 1 grade. The review should note strengths and weaknesses of each mashup. It should link to the blog post announcing the mashup and to the mashup itself. The review should use the following tags:

• Iteration1Review
• TeamNameOfGroupReviewed

I look forward to reading a lot of good reviews.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/02/iteration_1_blog_reviews.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/02/iteration_1_blog_reviews.shtml Iteration1Review Iteration1Site Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:25:34 -0500 Slashdot | Social Networking Sites Opening Their APIs "Business Week magazine is looking at social networking sites opening their APIs to third-party developers to enable social applications not supported by the network itself. Facebook is setting an example by releasing their API from beta into 1.0, and many others are expected to follow the suit. Quoting from the article: 'Since Facebook, a network of 17 million college students, started a pilot program last summer, third-party developers have created some 100 new applications. Now a Facebook user name and password can be used to log in to content-sharing and chat site Mosoto, and to automatically import Facebook friends into Mosoto's buddy list for chat. Facebook itself does not offer a chat function.'" To be honest, I thought the facebook thing was a joke at first. Who'd use it? But apparently, social networking sites are all opening up for mashups (with the exception of myspace). It sounds like the main motivation is to hang on to users. Remember data is the new Intel Inside.]]> http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/02/map_your_buddies_catching_a_trend.shtml http://learningremix.net/w2007integ/fgibson/2007/02/map_your_buddies_catching_a_trend.shtml MapYourBuddies Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:24:05 -0500