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Sakai SVN Vendor Branch Outcome

Soo… yesterday I completed my 2.3.1 Sakai vendor branch merge, and it’s now up on a Rutgers test server. It’s been sanity tested, and is ready for further banging. Speaking of banging… it did take quite a few steps to get to this stage… **Note:** 2.3.1 is a *small* merge, I think it was only ...

SVN Vendor Branch Wrangling

So… working on doing a relatively small SVN vendor branch upgrade, and so far finding things much more difficult than it seems like they should be. Problem 1: This was my fault — I checked in a vendor drop using `svn_load_dirs.pl` which had different line endings from my existing SVN tree. Of course, that resulted ...

ICE – In Case of Emergency

via email: > The idea follows research carried out by Vodafone that shows more than > 75 per cent of people carry no details of who they would like > telephoned following a serious accident. > > Bob, 41, who has been a paramedic for 13 years, said: “I was reflecting on > some of ...

Reset and Cancel Buttons

Reset and Cancel Buttons (Alertbox Apr. 2000) Most Web forms would have improved usability if the Reset button was removed. Cancel buttons are also often of little value on the Web. It is one of the most basic heuristics for interaction design to support user control and freedom by allowing users an ’emergency exit’ out ...

Debt meets middle-class life

that stubborn monthly balance on the credit-card bill. For the average American family, it’s been growing steadily over the past few decades, lurking like a visitor who’s overstayed his welcome – and no one knows quite how to get rid of him. Somehow, people have drifted away from the thriftiness that emerged from the Great ...