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As I type this in anger, I keep seeing some stupid oyaji smiling at his garden, chuckling at some oversized roach prancing on his foot and a pigeon taking a shit on his cap since the guy just fed the thing a bunch of moldy bread crumbs. For a polluted, filth soaked city, Tokyo has this bizarre mixture of the natural, which to me ends up just sucking and turning the landscape into a bigger shithole.]]> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:41:02 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/9/9/2456036147eb252f7852b704431ce8be.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/13/bdfebbe853dae8856c306c974fd0b471.html
Well, the solution if you're using prototype is the following. First upgrade your prototype to 1.5.1+. You might have to use the beta to get it working. Next, do not send the JSON data structure as part of the response header from the server. You have to send it as part of the body. Use "Content-Type: application/json" as your header. Then display your data structure.

On the client side, you might have to modify your javascript if you're using Ajax.Request and utilize the convenience methods that automatically serialize JSON. For instance, if you have a function that looks like:

var ajax = new Ajax.Request(
url,
{
method: 'post', parameters: params, onComplet: someFunction
}
);

then in your function called someFunction, you probably will need to do something like:

function someFunction(r)
{
var json = r.responseText.evalJSON();
// do something with the json data structure
}

i was using the other form of:

function someFunction(r, json)

so the inbound data structure wouldn't get passed if the size was too big. this is a pain and hopefully they can address the convenience mode too. but it was a real pain handling this.

on a similar note, if you upgrade your prototype, you may also have to upgrade your scriptaculous javascript. Additionally, I ran into a "too much recursion" type of error. Geeze.]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:30:52 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2007/10/13/bdfebbe853dae8856c306c974fd0b471.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/6/9/fb8d533f235411bff82a1d2ae6530d25.html Flash woes can be purely pinpointed on Adobe. The biggest complaints I've been reading are that Flash is not open source so developers have no chance to go in and fix the issue for Linux. PulseAudio people, Firefox people, Ubuntu people, etc. are all pointing the finger at one point. Well, if this is true, then Adobe should at the very least open source the Linux version of their plugin to the community. I'm going to be forced to remove the flash plugin from my browser temporarily in case some stupid site in flash takes down my whole system.

(Updated)

In the meantime, I read that the new Flash Beta 10 plugin solves these problems. I've linked the plugin here so you can get it. Also, I believe you need to add libflashsupport using something like apt-get or synaptic for compatibility since there might still be some issues with PulseAudio and Flash.

Funny how Adobe's Beta software works far better. This isn't something new for me either. But again, if they just open source their stuff I think these frustrations might go away....]]> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:37:38 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/6/9/fb8d533f235411bff82a1d2ae6530d25.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/6/15/3ee1f0d33b123c068b610b7e965f12ed.html
My biggest issues seem to come from Firefox usage and media files. This is really bothersome since I use my desktop for internet browsing. Now, I can't even trust it for that purpose.

Anyway, this is really depressing since my Windows system seems more stable than my Linux desktop. Heck, I have to hard reboot my system whenever it freezes. I don't think the guys over at Ubuntu are going to be able to fix these issues anytime soon either.]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:51:19 -0600 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/6/15/3ee1f0d33b123c068b610b7e965f12ed.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/11/12/1f717f4c2f69e6ee549b0e4902d1c3ac.html
The AdBlock Plus one is pretty annoying. I haven't narrowed it down, but the gist of it is that one of the URLs that you click when attempting to access an enlarged photo causes the blocker to be activated. Then your mouse icon will spin indefinitely. Because I haven't figured out which url causes the issue as of yet, I just temporarily turn off AdBlock Plus when I want to see a picture. But this is pretty annoying. I don't know if this implies that the URL has been associated with some script that got flagged by the AdBlock Plus guys, but it's pretty damn annoying.

The other bug is just plain stupid. I don't know if AdBlock Plus also incurs this error, but I hope that Facebook takes a look into it. I'm not getting paid by the hour.]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:25:39 -0700 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/11/12/1f717f4c2f69e6ee549b0e4902d1c3ac.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/11/12/6b69ffc9cc268d0bf15ed07c81743620.html
But here's the killer: many LEGITIMATE email messages go TO the spam folder.

It seems that if you don't have the email address entered into your contacts list, then there's a distinct chance Yahoo stupidly will consider an email for no good reason to be a spam email. Combine that fact with how many spam messages STILL get through, then you've got a real shitty problem.

Now, you might say, "Well, it's a free service, you have no right to complain."

Uh, I actually pay for my service.

So I have EVERY right to complain.

But this situation is becoming ridiculous and scary. Recently, I missed a few legitimate email messages dealing with my moving situation. Yahoo stupidly placed them into the spam folder and I didn't notice until now.

So the spam folder is absolutely meaningless because now you're forced to look through each spam to ensure that the messages are legitimate.

I honestly don't want to switch my email account to gmail (I have one account there), but I'm very tempted to do something to prevent this from happening again.

If Yahoo's stock keeps plummeting, it's not because of the market. It's because the people they hire are unmotivated and create crap that doesn't work. I may not be the best programmer in the world, but given Yahoo's resources, money and position, you would think they could do better rather than be so fucking lazy about things.]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:34:05 -0700 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/11/12/6b69ffc9cc268d0bf15ed07c81743620.html http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/11/29/8d90ab6ac90d01e25d05ff9d803a01bd.html
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

But this URL doesn't exist. Instead, you need to enter the following URL:

http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/

In short, no https.]]> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:42:25 -0700 http://www.keithwatanabe.net/blogs/2008/11/29/8d90ab6ac90d01e25d05ff9d803a01bd.html