New bug from bugfix release? No author info box on forum topics or Questions
I notice that on forum topics and Questions (both new and old), the author information box is missing. It's still present on Instructables pages. I presume this is a bug introduced with today's bug...
View ArticleTwo new bugs: big gap for new comments box, and no Rich Editor
Welcome back, Matt! Here are two more newly introduced bugs to add to your list: The "Add Comment" action introduces an absurd (roughly two windows' worth) amount of white space between the...
View ArticleLosing user information? "You haven't joined any groups."
So I went to my profile to get the link to a group, and discovered that all of my group memberships have been lost :-( It says, Manage Your Groups You haven't joined any groups. Explore groups to find...
View ArticleLayout changes not mentioned in Rachel's update
There were two fairly substantial (from the user's perspective) changes that Rachel forgot to mention in her Site Update post. First, by moving the search box and button up to the masthead, they have...
View ArticleTwo bugs with Instructables layout update -- Step 1 is inescapable
In a recent post, I mentioned that the presentation of Instructables had changed slightly. Instead of the first ten steps in a "table of contents", now you see the Intro and Step 1 in full. It turns...
View ArticleFirst call! Bug in brand new Food channel -- two "Dessert" categories
The brand new Food channel already has a bug! The Dessert category appears twice in the sidebar list. By: kelseymhContinue Reading »
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Tesla's "magnetic wave" communications idea proposed for mine safety
A report in Science Magazine describes a proposal to use Nikola Tesla's magnetic amplitude modulation as a way for trapped miners to communicate with the surface. By: kelseymhContinue Reading »
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User statistics report -- changing duration zeroes result
The newly-resurrected user statistics feature appears to have a bug. If you switch the time duration from "last month" to "last year", all the bin values go to zero, and the plot scale runs from -1 to...
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User statistics report -- breakdown by traffic source is buggy
Here's the second bug I've found with the resurrected user statistics report (/you/stats/). If you choose the option "By Traffic Source", the y-axis scale and detailed numbers get really weird. The...
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12x Blu-ray laser built into a Star Trek (TOS) toy phaser, with sound effects!
I know Kipkay did it first, but this is still awesomely awesomeful :-) I saw this on MAKE's blog; the original posting is from Jay at Hack'N'Mod. Using a 12x Blu-ray laser (405nm) running at 465 mW,...
View ArticleJavaScript errors on recently posted Questions -- cache server?
Three Questions posted this morning all come up with "the same" ERROR 500 from JavaScript, included at the end of this topic: Why does my multimeter read 18vdc on a 12vdc walwart? Why does my...
View ArticleRepaired plain-text editor -- preview doesn't respect line breaks
Thanks again to Rachel for deploying a fully operational plain-text editor! I've just noticed a minor, but slightly annoying, bug. When I use the preview link, all the text is run together just as it...
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DIY scanning tunnelling microscope
I caught this on the MAKE blog; the full article is at ChemHacker. Sacha De'Angeli has announced the release of "version 0.1" (proof of concept) for a do-it-yourself scanning tunnelling microscope. If...
View ArticleWhere have all the oranges gone? Long time passing...
Yes, I know this was announced as a feature, but it's still a bug in my book! Why has the orange masthead been abandoned? It's the characteristic color of Instructables. Taking it away is diluting...
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I like the new profile comments navigation
One thing Rachel didn't mention in her recent announcement was that they've tweaked the interface for navigating comments on your profile page. We now have numbered pages buttons, the same way the...
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Be a caveman with Swedish style!
I saw this on the MAKE blog: Helmut Smit is an artist/designer. This brilliant Ikea Hack "harks back to one of humanity's basic needs: making fire." As Ikea does not sell matches or lighters, Smits...
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Design and development in the New World
From the MAKE blog, I found an outstanding article in The Economist on product development in the age of rapid prototyping. In their usual fashion, The Economist gets into the nuts and bolts of how a...
View ArticleAdding Instructables to Groups no longer allowed?
Three years ago, Noah documented a then-new interface to add published Instructables to Groups to which a user belonged. Some time in the last few months, that interface, the Add To Your Groups...
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Purdue University -- I AM A MAKER
From NBitWonder by way of the MAKE blog, Purdue University has made Makers their Homecoming theme: I think work should be about making things work. Better. Faster. Smaller. Smarter. So I build bridges...
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Flexible LEDs to boost biomedicine
Nature News is reporting today on the development of thin flexible sheets of LEDs which could be used for medical diagnostics, or even implanted in the body to use with light-activated drug delivery....
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