Today's Work

Today I wrote and started testing cycles.pl, a script to detect repeating urls.

Today's Work

Jessica Kim complained about problems with my tozope script. I looked at her problem and found she wasn't passing a complete url to the script. I modified the script so that it no longer requires the http and so that it puts a proper title on each uploaded document. In the afternoon she had some puzzling problems with the html on a web page she built. I suggested some changes that fixed half her problem. The other half is differing type sizes inside and outside a table. This is due to a "feature" in TableTemplates. So I directed her to others for a solution. After that I started thinking about cycle, a web spider to detect repeating urls on the zope site.

Today's Work

I finished debugging exceed.pl, my script that warns me when there are problems with the Zope process. I put into cron on feline and zps. I added a list of stop words to searchterms.pl, so it doesn't report common words like "the". I also added a stemming subroutine, but I didn't like the results, so I yanked it.

Today's Work

I moved the STLogo link change (CNSHD219969) and the WebSearch port # bug fix (CNSHD212577) to production. Then I installed Redhat 7.3 on my laptop. There was a problem in that the grub bootloader created by the install did not include Windows, so I had to modify the grub configuration file. I looked at the org/ess permissions bug (CNSHD211590), but could not duplicate the problem. I'll try to work it from home. I also debugged on my big-brotherish script, exceed. It works, but I'll have to change the tests that determines when it alerts. me.

Today's Work

I installed the localDisplaymethod fix on production this morning. Then I modifified, documented, and delivered tozope.pl to Jessica Kim, the latest in a series of scripts for batch uploading files to Zope. The previous version of the script removed all metadata editing from addstis. This version puts default metadata back in. The next version will allow setting metadata values somehow.

Mozilla kept crashing on me and what is worse losing my configuration. After this happened for the thirs time, I downloaded the latest nightly build from Mozilla. To cheer myself up after having to set up Mozilla yet again, I downloaded the cool Orbit theme.

Today's Work

Today I wrote a message to Jessica about the new "privileged" role. Then I looked up all the old Zope calls and nagged people about them. This resulted in some software changes, which I moved to test.

Today's Work

Today was a short day, I was out this morning. I created a new Zope account for Warren Hack. I moved the localDisplayMethod fix to test (8083) along with the Metrics folder. I tested the localDisplayMethod fix and found that it worked. I made small changes to the Remedy Schedule worksheet, converted it to html and uploaded it to the project wiki. About then, my web client (Mozilla) crashed and wouldn't recognize my preferences when I started up again. So I spent the next hour configuring Mozilla's browser and mail program.

Today's Work

Today I moved Harry's metadata form fix and Jim's isViewable mod into production. I also investigated complaints by Gary Truslow about problems with the 8082 version of the ESS folders. And I did a revised schedule for the Remedy rework project.

Today's Work

Perl 5.8 is using a new hashing algorithm. I know this marks me as terminally geeky, but I look at hash algorithms the way some guys look at new sports cars.

I did some piddly Zope administration stuff, but about the only thing I accomplished was testing Jim's modification to the isViewable method. But because I got in late and donated blood, it was a short day.

Today's Work

A company called Random Factory is bundling astronomical software for Linux and selling it on a CD. This includes software I've written while working for STSDAS.

Today I created a majordomo list for Zope alerts. I redid the workflow diagrams for Remedy. I tweeked the searchterms script and put it in cron. And I wrote exceed, a Big Brotherish perl script for checking the status of Zope.