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February 7th, 2012 at 12:51 PM
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meta: a couple of site updates (mobile apps)

1) user pages have returned from the dysfunctional wilderness

2) restoration of the apps is in process but will take a few more days. Sorry about this -- this was not my intended upgrade path but due to the kludgy nature of the existing API* on the site and an unfortunate fiasco with the intended test site, I blew up the extant services. We are moving to a stable release that should make it easier to expand and improve the services in the future. 

*[unncessary detail that developer types might find interesting: some guy extended and vastly improved the services module a while back when we were first deploying the iPhone app, so we took his code from his github and found that it worked -- pretty much unlike the official services module. That was outside of any upgrade paths and whatnot and now that the services module has been updated to his new standard we were going to have to deal with this eventually. I was just hoping it wouldn't be user-facing. Fail.]

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February 7th, 2012 at 12:58 PM | I have been unable to log on using my home phone (Score:5 Normal)
Erik_in_Dayton
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Please advise.

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February 7th, 2012 at 1:19 PM | You're doing it wrong. (Score:5 Normal)
I Bleed Maize N Blue
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You're doing it wrong. *snort*

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February 7th, 2012 at 1:36 PM | Me and my Bell Systems "Travelling Crime Lab" can help... (Score:4 Normal)
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Me and my Bell Systems "Travelling Crime Lab" can help...

Moeller: "You know what we’re gonna do right now?  He’s gonna throw it to Desmond and Desmond’s going to score a touchdown…”http://www.umich.edu/~ripp/a

February 7th, 2012 at 12:59 PM | I'd upvote this, but it (Score:5 Normal)
JimLahey
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I'd upvote this, but it wouldn't affect your point total anyways.

I've decided to lay off the food for a while, and go on the booze.

February 7th, 2012 at 1:00 PM | how does this affect alex (Score:5 Normal)
ish
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how does this affect alex kozan?

February 7th, 2012 at 1:04 PM | He has been trying to commit (Score:5 Normal)
NYC Fan
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Problem is he has less than 100 pts so he needs the app to be working to start the thread.

February 7th, 2012 at 1:01 PM | I don't understand 95% of what you just wrote but (Score:5 Normal)
redwhiteandMGOBLUE
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I don't understand 95% of what you just wrote but

Moeller: "You know what we’re gonna do right now?  He’s gonna throw it to Desmond and Desmond’s going to score a touchdown…”http://www.umich.edu/~ripp/a

February 7th, 2012 at 1:40 PM | Most of it's not important. (Score:5 Normal)
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Most of it's not important. Basically, he's updating the software for the site to the latest version. The latest version has better upgrade paths so this hopefully shouldn't happen again in the future.

My Ideal Offense: Part I

February 7th, 2012 at 1:49 PM | Thank you... (Score:3 Normal)
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Moeller: "You know what we’re gonna do right now?  He’s gonna throw it to Desmond and Desmond’s going to score a touchdown…”http://www.umich.edu/~ripp/a

February 7th, 2012 at 1:41 PM | API (Score:2 Normal)
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As a software developer I feel honored that I can count myself amongst the tens of people who understand what Brian's technical update was about.

My username is spelled "mgordoblue", but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

February 7th, 2012 at 2:00 PM | cos() (Score:2)
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cos()

My Ideal Offense: Part I

February 7th, 2012 at 2:06 PM | System.out.println("Good (Score:1 Normal)
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System.out.println("Good one!");

My username is spelled "mgordoblue", but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

February 7th, 2012 at 2:26 PM | My take: (Score:5 Funny)
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The Twitter

February 7th, 2012 at 2:57 PM | console.log('dorks'); (Score:2)
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console.log('dorks');

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February 7th, 2012 at 4:45 PM | echo "right back at you"; (Score:2)
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echo "right back at you";

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February 7th, 2012 at 5:00 PM | Response.write("Zing!") (Score:2 Normal)
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Response.write("Zing!")

My username is spelled "mgordoblue", but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove".

February 7th, 2012 at 4:16 PM |   while (readingOP) { if (! (Score:2 Normal)
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while (readingOP)
{
	if (!softwareEngineer)
	{
		this.isConfusing = true;
		continue;
	}
}

 

 

February 7th, 2012 at 6:17 PM | I just keep pushing buttons on my phone hoping it works (Score:2)
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I know this will make the app work if I keep trying.

February 7th, 2012 at 7:39 PM | That's how I operate all the (Score:2 Funny)
awnitsol
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That's how I operate all the electronics in my house. At least, that's how I do it when my kids aren't around.

February 7th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | If you people had called Mabel on the switchboard, (Score:3 Normal)
LB
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she would have taken care of things. These new-fangled phones are touchy.

Adequate doesn't cut it here - G. Mattison

February 7th, 2012 at 2:03 PM | better idea (Score:1)
superstringer
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Brian, can't you just have a #6 or #8 stick her hand in the bright goo and make it all work better?

February 7th, 2012 at 2:38 PM | I'm confused (Score:1)
htownwolverine
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dim x as integer
do until x > 5
x = 1
x = x + 1
loop
Who is Jon Falk?
February 7th, 2012 at 4:47 PM | You can condense your code by (Score:2 Funny)
joeyb
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You can condense your code by combining lines 3 and 4 into x++ = 1

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February 7th, 2012 at 5:20 PM | What's the rush it's not like (Score:2 Funny)
htownwolverine
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What's the rush it's not like I'd be going anywhere?

Who is Jon Falk?
February 8th, 2012 at 2:00 PM | Or also... x = 2.  Have fun (Score:1)
jka347
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Or also... x = 2.  Have fun waiting for x > 5.

February 7th, 2012 at 2:39 PM | If any users have further (Score:4 Normal)
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If any users have further problems with mgoblog, I highly suggest that you delete the "System32" folder from your computer.  Improves performance a lot.

 

Note: By improve I do not mean improve. 

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February 7th, 2012 at 3:25 PM | I've found that a far (Score:5 Normal)
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I've found that a far quicker, simpler, easier, and less intrusive method is to enter the following key stroke:

 

ALT + F4

 

It's also a great cheat code for most major computer games.

This is home...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgijdypJUEQ

February 7th, 2012 at 7:44 PM | Did not know what Alt + F4 (Score:1)
awnitsol
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Did not know what Alt + F4 would do. I do now.

February 7th, 2012 at 2:51 PM | ... (Score:2)
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Woo user page

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February 7th, 2012 at 3:42 PM | Did we win? (Score:2)
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Did we win?

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February 7th, 2012 at 4:00 PM | (No subject) (Score:3 Normal)
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February 7th, 2012 at 7:35 PM | He's pissed... (Score:1)
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Only one floppy drive and 512k of memory. He really wanted one of those new fangled 10MB hard drives, too.

February 7th, 2012 at 4:04 PM | Will this work? (Score:1 Normal)
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The Blog, the Blog, the Blog!

February 7th, 2012 at 4:18 PM | My life has felt rather (Score:1)
jka347
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My life has felt rather meaningless without my MGoDroid app...

February 7th, 2012 at 4:48 PM | I drink to make the pain go (Score:5 Normal)
joeyb
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I drink to make the pain go away.

My Ideal Offense: Part I

February 7th, 2012 at 6:20 PM | I have to talk to my wife at night now (Score:3 Normal)
Pdeaner
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That doesn't make the pain go away though.

February 7th, 2012 at 9:36 PM | Testing Code (Score:1)
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I DON'T OFTEN TEST MY CODE, BUT WHEN I DO, I TEST IT IN PRODUCTION.

February 12th, 2012 at 11:48 PM | iPhone app unavailable (Score:1)
Brown Bear
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I'm sure it is still down for repairs but was it also removed from the app store? I just got a new iPhone and couldn't find the app to download.

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