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Cube Fodder: Tangle Desktop Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5a38.shtml
Gadgets: Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a3c.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Tshirts: Kids: newbie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59cc.shtml
Caffeine: Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/5a35.shtml
Gadgets: Super Bright GREEN Laser Pointer!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1d.shtml
Gadgets: SoundBug - Turns Glossy Surfaces Into Speakers!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5a15.shtml
Tshirts: It Must Be User Error
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/59fe.shtml
Gadgets: Key Katcher Privacy Device
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a05.shtml
Gadgets: Mini Wireless Color Video Cam (for RC rovers)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59eb.shtml
Cube Goodies: Levitron Desktop Levitation Toy
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59a9.shtml
Tshirts: Bug Off, I'm On My Break
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/apparel/5a00.shtml
Watches: onHand PC Watch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/gadgets/5a1a.shtml
Caffeine: Hyperglow Caffeinated Beer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/beer.shtml
Gadgets: Desktop Zero Point Infinite Power Generator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/zero.shtml
Cube Fodder: New Desktop Mini Fridge/Warmer
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/5991.shtml
Mods: New Lian-LIi Cases
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/cases-mods.shtml
Cube Fodder: LED Binary Clock
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59e0.shtml
Cube Fodder: Rogers Connection Magnetic Set
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/fun-stuff/59b4.shtml
Caffeine: Warp Mints In Cinnamon Flavor
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/caffeine/59de.shtml
Sourceforge
Automated Security Tools
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51027
Release Candidate 1
phpLotto
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53340
phpLotto 1st Release
Legend of the Wonderer TCG
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=44698
battle system in the project Docs
Advanced Simlulation Toolkit
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=48818
Recruiting
PHPortal
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28568
PHPortal version 0.1.9 released!
PCGen -- A d20 Character Generator
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25576
PCGen 2.6.3 is available
MySQL Objective C API for Cocoa
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42424
SMySQL version 0.7.0
i810 Framebuffer Device Driver
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39579
Video Overlay Support for the Intel 810 and 815 Framebuffer
'Just For Fun' Network Management System
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46041
JFF Network Management System 0.6.4
VietPad
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=46758
VietPad 1.0.2 Release
Slashdot
Case Modders - Think Small
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/1630257
[0]sysadmn writes "Mini-ITX is a relatively new form factor for PC
motherboards measuring only 170 mm x 170 mm. The folks at Mini-ITX.com
have [1]this page of interesting projects, including full systems built
into 1/10 scale models of a Ford Focus Rally car and a VW Beetle.
Another project [2]recycles a SparcStation IPX from 40 Mhz Sparc to 800
Mhz Via C3. Not to be outdone, motherboard maker Via has its own
Mini-ITX [3]project page, with several cool automobile systems."
Links
0. http://paul DOT joslin AT weirdness DOT com
1. http://www.mini-itx.com/projects.asp
2. http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/sparc/
3. http://www.via.com.tw/en/VInternet/projects.jsp
Open Source Satellite Control
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/2110209
[0]Debra writes "Have you ever wondered how you harness a [1]satellite
control system written in three languages, on four development
platforms, and deployed to multiple client environments? With open
source, naturally. When one wrong move can cost millions, you must rely
on teamwork, smart design, and open standards to keep the project -- if
not the satellite -- from going down in flames. This article covers
software engineering basics, taking advantage of outside solutions, and
scripting multi-million-dollar manuvers."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sat/?t=gr,lnxw01=OSsat
Covad On The Mend
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/217242
[0]ewhac writes "The [1]San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that
[2]Covad, who filed for bankruptcy protection last year, is [3]slowly
regaining strength. With $246 million in cash, Covad claims it has
enough to carry it to profitability. They've also struck a deal with
AOL to provide high-speed connectivity to AOL customers. The battle
isn't over, though, as [4]Pacific Bell continues to undercut Covad's
offerings. Covad is effectively Pacific Bell's only remaining
competitor for DSL service. As a happy Covad customer through
Speakeasy.net, I'm pleased I won't be forced into PacBell's or AT&T's
hands any time soon."
Links
0. http://ewhac.best.vwh.net/
1. http://sfgate.com/
2. http://covad.com/
3.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/09/06/BU223276.DTL&type=printable
4. http://pacbell.com/
Awari Solved
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/2058208
[0]Gerard Jendras sent in a submission about applying computing power
to an ancient game. The game of [1]Awari has been solved: [2]with
perfect play, the game always results in a draw. There is a Java applet
to [3]test your skills against.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~awari/
2. http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=readRelease&Releaseid=10699
3. http://awari.cs.vu.nl/
Libranet 2.7 Released
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/194231
[0]Jon wrote in with news that [1]Libranet 2.7 has been [2]released.
I've never tried Libranet, but Debian 3.0 is a fine, up-to-date OS with
the usual Debian installation (harder than necessary), so if Libranet
offers that Debian goodness with a better installer it should be an
excellent choice for both experienced and newbie users.
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.libranet.com
2. http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/5081.html
Single-Chip GSM Phone on Virtual Horizon?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/1826233
An anonymous reader writes "There's still the alphabet soup and
corporate conflicts regarding cell phone standards in the U.S. but...
there might be some hope for a [0]single-chip GSM phone, which might
open up some interesting possibilities."
Links
0. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,518169,00.asp
Online Marketing for an Indie Band?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/1650211
[0]nometa asks: "I'm working with an [1]indie band, and despite
excellent reviews, a great album (produced by Sylvia Massey of Tool
fame), and excited responses by crowds whenever we play, it seems
near-impossible to get past the 'gate-keepers' of the music industry.
Majors (and several indies, sadly) don't see a pretty boy band, push
for fluffy singles over good songs, and generally act like they still
have clue about what people want. We've had great success, however, on
our websites selling CDs and pulling in new fans, and would like to
push online music marketing further. Do any Slashdot readers have
suggestions for pushing our music out further online?" We all know the
problem with today's music industry, this is not the place for that
horse-pill. Instead let's focus on how an independent music group can
go out there and make it on their own, and do so using existing
technology (including the Internet), to its best potential. So what
suggestions do you have for young, aspiring bands who want to make
their music, and not sell their soul in the process?
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.tallman.org/
XBox Linux HOWTOs
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/1622236
killmenow writes "Following up [0]this slashdot story from a few days
ago, today [1]The Register is [2]reporting that the [3]XBox Linux folks
have released a [4]HOWTO for getting SuSE 8.0 running. Cool...I may
have to go buy an X-Box now." There's also a [5]HOWTO for Debian if
that's your style. All of these require an XBox with modified
hardware... There's also a story about the XBox online gaming service
that implies Microsoft will be scanning your machine to make sure you
haven't modified it, but we can't link to it since silicon.com has some
sort of stupid registration requirement. Anyone find the story
elsewhere? Ah, News.com has a [6]story about XBox Live.
Links
0. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/02/2211237&tid=106
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/
2. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26995.html
3. http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/
4. http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/articles.php?aid=2002247064525
5. http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/articles.php?aid=2002248060056
6. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-956785.html
FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/1630208
[0]bkuhn writes "The FSF has posted a [1]a call for nominations for the
2002 FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software. Get your
nominations in to [0]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by 15 October 2002."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.gnu.org/award/2002/2002.html
Larry Wall On Perl, Religion, and...
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/1343222
Not only did Larry Wall answer [0]your questions, but he said they
were excellent questions. You've got to love Larry Wall, not just
because he's a nice guy and created Perl, but also because he is the
first Slashdot interview guest ever to send his answers preformatted in
squeaky-clean HTML. We appreciate this like you wouldn't believe.
They're great answers, too -- straightforward, heartfelt, and
entertaining. Enjoy!
Links
0. http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/25/236217&tid=145
Freshmeat
Apache Tomcat 4.1.10 (4.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96258/
The goal of the Jakarta Project is to provide commercial-quality server
solutions based on the Java Platform that are developed in an open and
cooperative fashion. Tomcat 3.x is an implementation of the Java
Servlet 2.2 and JavaServer Pages 1.1 Specifications. Tomcat 4.x is an
implementation of the Java Servlet 2.3 and JavaServer Pages 1.2
Specifications, and is a re-implementation of the Tomcat servlet engine
from the ground up.
bigloo 2.5b
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96242/
Bigloo is an implementation of the Scheme programming language. It
relies on an optimizing compiler from Scheme to C. Bigloo enables
connections between Scheme code and C code. It proposes many extensions
to Scheme such as a regular parser compiler, an lalr parser compiler,
pattern matching, an object layer, etc.
Buffalo Snooper 0.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96246/
Buffalo Snooper is a tool to trace library calls and print not just the
obvious information, but also warn about any problems found with the
arguments passed. It aims to be a bit like SnoopDOS (an old Amiga
program), but with more commentary.
cacti 0.6.8a (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96225/
Cacti is a complete frontend to rrdtool. It stores all of the nessesary
information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL
database. The frontend is completely PHP driven. Along with being able
to maintain Graphs, Data Sources, and Round Robin Archives in a
database, cacti also handles the data gathering. There is SNMP support
for those used to creating traffic graphs with MRTG.
CyberNeko Tools for XNI 2002.09.06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96254/
NekoXNI is a collection of small, useful XML tools written for the
Xerces Native Interface (XNI) that is the foundation of the Xerces2
implementation. The NekoXNI tools are written to illustrate the power
and flexibility of the XNI framework, as well as provide useful tools
for XML application developers. The current collection of XNI tools
includes an HTML Parser, DTD Converter, a Style Processor, a RelaxNG
Validator parser configuration, and an XML Pull Parser.
d20 ListView 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96259/
d20 ListView is a tool to manage D&D 3rd Ed. combat. It allows the
building of lists of creatures and resolving of attacks and healing. It
stores init bonuses, AC, touch AC, HP, and status.
DMI Gallery 1.3.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96235/
DMI Gallery is an editor-oriented image gallery application based on
DMI. The editor just needs to FTP full-sized pictures into the
directory and small and medium-sized thumbnails are automatically
created. If a text documents with the same name as the picture is
uploaded, it will be inserted as a description. DMI Gallery provides a
complete set of navigation controls, and allows designers to create
templates in their favorite HTML editor to customize the look and feel
of the image gallery.
e2fsprogs 1.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96266/
The ext2fsprogs package contains essential ext2 filesystem utilities
which consists of e2fsck, mke2fs, debugfs, dumpe2fs, tune2fs, and most
of the other core ext2 filesystem utilities.
FOX 1.1.14 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96223/
FOX is a popular C++-based toolkit for GUI development. It includes a
rich set of widgets and has powerful yet simple layout managers, MDI
widgets, and mega-widgets. FOX incorporates support for XDND for drag
and drop, X clipboard and X Selection, watching other I/O channels and
sockets, timers and idle processing, object serialization and
deserialization, a registry to save persistent settings, and 3D widgets
using Mesa or OpenGL. FOX works on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX,
Tru64 Unix, Windows 9x,NT,2K (VC++, GNUWIN32, Borland, VisualAge C++),
FreeBSD, and Sequent.
Gambit 0.97.0.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96219/
Gambit is a set of tools for doing game theory on finite games. It
features a graphical interface as well as a scripting language for
doing repetitive or econometric tasks on games.
Gaphor 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96257/
Gaphor is a UML modeling tool written in Python (2.2). It utilizes the
GTK+ widget library, and is designed to be very extensible.
GAUL 0.1840
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96236/
The Genetic Algorithm Utility Library (GAUL) is a programming library
designed to assist in the development of code using genetic algorithms.
Both steady-state and generation-based evolution is supported, together
with the island model. GAUL supports the Darwinian, Lamarckian, and
Baldwininan evolutionary schemes. Standard mutation, crossover, and
selection operators are provided, while code hooks additionally allow
custom operators. It provides data structures and functions for
handling and manipulation of the data required for a genetic algorithm.
Additional stochastic algorithms are provided for comparison to the
genetic algorithms. Much of the functionality is also available through
a simple S-Lang interface.
Hird Of PHP Parts 0.9.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96234/
HOPP is a function-oriented, programmer-friendly PHP library. It
provides libraries for a custom static cache, WYSIWYG editable
templates, database abstraction, authentication, calendar-based
directory navigation, common MIME types, custom debug and error
logging, and featureful and abuse-resistant poll generation.
iBackup 2.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96231/
ibackup lets you automate (with cron) the backup of system
configurations. It is easy to extend it for your systems and adapt to
your needs. It supports exclude lists, upload, and encryption of your
backups.
Kemistry 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96244/
Kemistry is a collection of chemistry applications written for the K
Desktop Environment. Most of the applications are simply ports to KDE
of existing X11 applications.
KMyIRC 0.2.5 (Alpha)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96240/
KMyIRC is an attempt to provide an IRC client for KDE which is
high-quality and easy to use, but not bloated. It was created because
it was felt that the other KDE-based IRC clients were either not
user-friendly or burdened with features that are not useful to the
average IRC user.
lfnews.php 3.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96214/
lfnews.php retrieves the latest LinuxFreak.org news for a Web site. It
is designed as a PHP include and features filecaching.
MIMEDefang 2.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96275/
MIMEDefang is a flexible MIME email scanner designed to protect Windows
clients from viruses. However, it can do many other kinds of mail
processing, such as replacing parts of messages with URLs, adding
boilerplate disclaimers, and so on. It can alter or delete various
parts of a MIME message according to a very flexible configuration
file. It can also bounce messages with unacceptable attachments.
MIMEDefang works with Sendmail 8.11/8.12's new "Milter" API,
which makes it more flexible and efficient than procmail-based
approaches.
MUSCLE 2.20
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96227/
MUSCLE (Multi User Server Client Linking Environment) is a messaging
server and networking API. It is portable to any OS with a sockets API
and a C++ compiler. It lets programs communicate via streams of
PortableMessages (very similar to BeOS's BMessage class) layered over
TCP streams. The included server program ("muscled") lets its
clients message each other, and/or store information in its serverside
hierarchical database. The database supports queries via regex and
"live" updates via a subscription mechanism, and may be
subclassed to if application-specific logic is needed.
Netpbm 10.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96224/
NetPBM (formerly PBMplus) is a package of over 220 programs that
convert from one graphics format to another and do simple editing and
analysis of images. There are no interactive tools in this package, and
nothing that displays graphics of any kind. It is like a non-GUI
equivalent of ImageMagick, GIMP, and Adobe Photoshop, etc. Over 100
graphics formats are handled, including JPEG, MPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF,
BMP, XWD, XBM, G3 fax, and special formats used by digital cameras and
handheld computers. Over 40 editing functions include scaling,
cropping, quantization and dithering, colorizing and uncolorizing,
blurring, and dimming. Netpbm programs are often invoked by other
programs, for example in CGI scripts that manage web site graphics. It
also includes a C function library which helps you write programs to
process graphics at a lower level than the Netpbm utilities.
NSS-MySQL 0.42
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96256/
NSS-MySQL allows you to create Unix users or groups from a MySQL
database. It features full passwd, group, and shadow support.
Onyx 4.0.0 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96237/
Onyx is a powerful stack-based, multi-threaded, interpreted, general
purpose programming language similar to PostScript and Forth. It can be
embedded as an extension language into other applications, and was
designed to have a small memory footprint. It is among the smallest
embeddable interpreters available.
Reality Cyanide client 1.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96274/
Reality is a client for Cyanide. Cyanide is intended to be the most
dynamic multi-player online role-playing game ever made. This client
uses an isometric perspective to present scenes. It is programmed with
Python, pygame (SDL), and OpenGL. Full 3D movement is possible, and the
server's code can be exchanged online.
RoadMap 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96233/
RoadMap is a program for Linux that displays street maps. The maps are
provided by the US Census Bureau, and thus only cover the US. Specific
areas are displayed by selecting a street address (street number,
street name, city, and state). RoadMap has been designed to be usable
on both a desktop or laptop computer, or on a PDA.
Rubber 0.99.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96243/
Rubber is a building system for LaTeX documents. It is based on a
routine that runs just as many compilations as necessary. The module
system provides a great flexibility that virtually allows support for
any package with no user intervention, as well as pre- and
post-processing of the document. The standard modules currently provide
support for bibtex, dvips, pdftex, makeindex, cweb, and
graphics/graphicx (currently with automatic epstopdf conversion and
Metpost compilation).
SMTP client class 2002.09.06 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96253/
SMTP client class is a class that connects to a SMTP mail server to
send messages. It can relay message delivery to a defined SMTP server
or directly deliver messages to a recipient's SMTP server, allows a
programmer defined server address, server port, connection timeout,
origin host address, user/realm/password authentication credentials,
setting sender and recipient address as a separate step from the
sending the headers and the body of the message, returns message
delivery success, detects extensions supported by the SMTP server, and
takes advantage of the SMTP PIPELINING extension to buffer SMTP
commands, providing much faster queueing of messages when delivering to
a large number of recipients (bulk mail).
The GNU oSIP Stack 0.8.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96248/
oSIP implements the Session Initiation Protocol (published by IETF as
RFC 3161). It can provide signalling capabilities for multimedia
applications (IP phones, etc.). It provides a fully usable parser for
the SIP syntax and implements the "transaction layer" as
defined in the draft. It also provides an SDP parser and extra features
for the User Agent. It can be used to build both proxy and IP phones.
The partysip SIP proxy server 0.4.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96249/
partysip is a modular SIP proxy server. It can be used as a registrar
and a stateless and stateful SIP server. New capabilities, such as
instant messaging and answering machines, can be added by plugins.
The Zope Shell 1.50
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96245/
ZShell is an external Zope method which allows you to manipulate the
ZODB using standard Unix shell commands from within Zope's Management
Interface in your Web browser.
ToDo Manager 0.60.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96271/
ToDo Manager is a simple task manager that is easier to deal with than
keeping track of pieces of paper or text files. The interface is
designed to be uncluttered and easy to navigate while still having most
of the functionality you would expect. It is written in Python.
wmweather+ 1.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96222/
wmweather+ will download the National Weather Serivce METAR bulletins,
ANV and MRF forecasts, and any weather map for display in a WindowMaker
dockapp. It includes forecasts, a weather map, and a sky condition
display.
Xdebug 1.0.0rc1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/96238/
The Xdebug PHP extension aids script debugging by providing a lot of
valuable information, including stack and function traces in error
messages, memory allocation traces, and protection from infinite
recursions.
Slashcode
Zoo2
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/06/174240
Zoo2, which is the friends and foe system, is now running on Slashcode,
UsePerl, and Slashdot. This allows one to not only mark friends and
foes, but to see second level relationships like friends of friends and
foes of friends. There are still bits and pieces to the interface to
happen but the base code is complete. Check it out from CVS If you
login you can see the additional URL's for zoo in the lefthand menu
bar.
The Bookiejoint is back for 2002
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/05/0451223
The Bookiejoint is back for another season of pro football picks! The
Bookiejoint is an online game that's beat-the-spread. It's based on
Slash, and it's free to anyone who wants to take a shot at the glory of
winning it all. Sign up before the regular season starts at
http://bookiejoint.org/!
Sectional Topic Icon Spreads?
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/04/0557202
I like the way slash puts the most recent topic icons at the top right
of the front page. What I don't like is that the ones for the front
page ("articles") are the ones that show up on every section. Even if
none of those topics are eligible to be used in that section. Is there
some way to get the topic icons on sections to reflect what's actually
showing on the front page of that section rather than what is on the
front page?
Passing variables to templates through Story
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/03/1534246
I have only been playing with SlashCode for the last couple of days
and am afraid that my theme is already getting me into a lot of
trouble. I decided that it would be neat if the heading for the
stories/boxes on the page where different colors. I do not want random
colors I want the colors to go in a specific order which I just set in
an array in the .pl files in htdocs for now. When you click read more
and view the story in article.pl I want to the corresponding title box
etc. on this page to match the color that the story was on the main
page. I have this pretty well working now however the only way that I
can find to do it is very sloppy at best. I have been pulling the
functions such as displayStory() from the module and including it in a
.pl file that I am calling with require from these scripts. The only
thing that I change in these functions is the hash that is being passed
to slashDisplay() in order to pass the variable on to the template
file. I know that it would be slightly better doing this with modules
and overriding these functions to add in that variable but even so
upgrading my theme for the next version of slashcode still seems like
it would be hell. I am wondering if the functionality could be added so
that with functions such as displayStory() or displayLink() would take
a hashref that would have the values I want to pass along to the
template? I know what I am doing is kind of odd and won't be done often
but it seems that it may often be valuable to pass special variables
along to the templates that change each iteration through a loop (such
as the loop in index.pl of the slashcode template).
RDF/RSS not automagically updating
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/09/02/0635259
Our rdf file hasn't automagically updated in 3 days... is there
something I can do to force it to update? I've also noticed that the
deletion queue wasn't getting completed until I kicked freshenup.pl. It
looks like everything else is being done properly (stories being moved
to older stories, authors tables being refreshed, etc.) Does anyone
have any ideas? Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.
WildFaith.org
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/30/1926246
We've helped setup yass for an initiative that flows into the UN's
International day of Peace, Ceasefire, and Non-Violence, which occurs
on Sept 21st. Wild Faith is building a network of distributed actions
to celebrate this day, and get more people involved. Slash has provided
the platform for rapid publishing of new info as the day draws near, as
well as the ability to allow others to comment and participate.
Slash DB Question: Part II
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1551232
Following my previous post asking where user settings are saved (Thanks
to thelink (http://thelink.concordia.ca) for his speedy response), I
have an additional, almost identical question for the Slashcoders out
there. On the Comment options page (users.pl?op=editcomm), does anyone
know where the follwing settings are saved? "Email Display" "Signature
Dash" "Reason Modifier" "People Modifier" "Anonymous Modifier" "NewUser
Modifier" (Both the percentage field and the bonus) "Display Link
Domains" Sorry to be such a pest. I've pretty much figured out all the
other settings on this page.
Playball4free.com
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1528200
A new slash site (our first) talking about MLB and the coming strike.
Please check it out... --wrttnwrd
Submiting Long Story question
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/28/0442225
How do you only post part of the story and then when you click read
more it shows a larger story. I know /. uses it and I was wondering
how. Bruce Gillham
Disappearing/Reappearing Topics and Sections
http://slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/0542208
I've recently installed Slash 2.2.6 and for the most part, it's running
beautifully. The only thing that's succeeding in driving me nuts is
that my defined topics and sections appear in the dropdown menu
inconsistenly when posting a new article or when searching. So one
minute all topics/sections will appear, and for the next new article,
one or two may appear, and the next, all but one appears, but it
happens with no rhyme or reason. All topics and sections are correctly
listed in their respective backslash sections and in the database
table. I've restarted slash (apache and the server), but it didn't
help. Is it one of those things that are handled by some hidden
scheduled process, like the authors table? Any suggestions anyone can
offer would be greatly appreciated. Jasmine
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