Comments on: Leak Meter

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:47:43 +0000

That’s why it isn’t up here, Steve. It must have been in comments to another thread that I mentioned that I was going to put it up, but didn’t after checking the resource usage.

I knew something was wrong when when my normally silent systems unit kicked in the secondary fans because the CPU was working hard, and then a glance at the DSL modem showed that it was working its diodes onto death.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:31:51 +0000

Be aware before you install it: the new widget is exTREMEly bandwidth-intensive because of the live video feed it contains. I tried it on my site for a day but commented it out just now and replaced it with a link to the PBS page. .-= last blog ..Truly From The Depths, Via PBS =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:53:39 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Westmark (Beth).

Beth, it belongs to PBS. They published it in early May.

I always appreciate links, but it isn’t necessary. The current best guess on the rate is over 4 million gallons/day.

Nice house, BTW.

By: Elizabeth Westmark (Beth)

Elizabeth Westmark (Beth) — Thu, 20 May 2010 02:37:13 +0000

Thanks, Bryan. Would you mind if I embed the meter on my blog? I'll let my readers know where I found it. It's horrible to watch, but critical to keep right up front the way you are doing. .-= last blog ..Fly =-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:52:13 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Westmark (Beth). Welcome, Beth. The problem was caused by browsers being helpful and caching. The original widget was edited and people had a problem until they "flushed" their cache.

By: Elizabeth Westmark (Beth)

Elizabeth Westmark (Beth) — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:27:28 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Bryan. (By the way, I'm on Firefox -- have not experienced a problem adjusting the meter.) .-= last blog ..Fly =-.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 16 May 2010 08:10:41 +0000

you didn’t waste my time at all! i’m still tempted to play with it some more.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:54:11 +0000

Ah, well. Sorry, hipparchia; those were my first two thoughts. Blogger will let you apply your own local styles, but the folks who invented CSS had a love of complexity that makes the precedence rules hard to predict in specific circumstances. (Ever wonder why no browsers (at least none I know) have a developer feature that will show you all the styles that apply to a selected text? Too hard, that's why.) Anyway, sorry to have wasted your time. .-= last blog ..Eight-Inch Tarballs Wash Up On La. Coast =-.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:41:55 +0000

i tried playing with the css stuff, on my test blog, but blogger wasn’t buying any of that, and i’m not about to try it on somebody else’s blog. that sounds like it ought to work [but then that’s what i thought about the iframe]… if lambert wants to try it, he now has your suggestions and mine to start from.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:38:07 +0000

i tried the iframe trick. no go.