XKCD

“The Sun is really bright[citation needed] and its light illuminates the Earth.[citation needed]” – XKCD This is making me laugh more than it should.

Tornado Request Headers

Here is a list of the request headers available in Tornado. Accept-Language Accept-Encoding Connection Accept User-Agent Accept-Charset Host Cache-Control This is how you would access the values associated with these headers: 1 2 3 class MainHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler): def get(self): self.write(self.request.headers["User-Agent"])

Disable Buttons on Jquery Mobile

In your HTML: 1 <a href="#" data-role="button" class="ui-disabled">Navigation</a> Add class=”ui-disabled” to your button.

“PageHandlerFactory-Integrated” has a bad module

I was receiving this error: HTTP Error 500.21 - Internal Server Error Handler "PageHandlerFactory-Integrated" has a bad module "ManagedPipelineHandler" in its module list. This link provided a solution for the issue. There are two solutions on this page. The bottom solution that involves using aspnet_regiis.exe is the one that worked on my machine. In case ...

Could not load file or assembly ‘Oracle.DataAccess’

Here is the error I was receiving: Could not load file or assembly ‘Oracle.DataAccess’ or one of its dependencies. Below are a few links to help out if you are receiving a similar error. But first, here is how I solved the issue. In IIS go to whatever the app pool that running your website, ...

Project ‘Project Name’ is missing required source folder: ‘gen’

I came across this error in the recent branching of YAAIC. It was quite a simple fix, for me. Go to Project Properties by right clicking on the project and selecting Properties Select Java Build Path from the left menu Select the Source tab You should see the gen folder referenced as well as the ...

Firefox Flex Debug Player Crash

I was having issues with Firefox while debugging Flex applications. For some reason Firefox kept crashing or timing out. I followed this post. Solved my problem! Let me know if you are having further issues.

Class IIMEClient could not be found

Are you getting this error in your Flash Builder 4 environment? VerifyError: Error #1014: Class IIMEClient could not be found. Fret no more. Change the following lines in your name-app.xml: From: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/1.5"> To: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.0"> For those who cannot see the difference; I replaced the xmlns ...

Center Elements in Adobe Flex When Using s:layout

Center Elements in Adobe Flex When Using s:layout
This is something I found quite irritating. When you are using <s:layout> <s:VerticalLayout /> </s:layout> it generates a container around the rest of your components. Thus, whenever you try to align those components they are bound to the limits of the auto generated container. Which means you will get something like this: This is bad. ...

Ten Harsh Truths About Institutional Websites

This video was created by Paul Boag. Props. Every organisation makes mistakes running their website; the nature of those mistakes varies, however, depending on the size and type of organisation. Institutional websites are often large unwieldy creatures plagued by bureaucracy. In this talk Paul will share some of the harsh truths surrounding these websites and ...