Comments on: Teetering on the brink

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:13:39 +0000

@Prachee: I got lucky–Apple was nice enough to replace my power supply under the extended warranty. The replacement seems to be a newer model with better build quality and more stress protection at the point where my previous supply had failed.

I’m definitely going to be more careful with my power supply this time. These things always seem to break down at the worst possible moment!

By: Prachee

Prachee — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 23:38:29 +0000

I had the exact same problem with my non-Apple power supply. It was for my gateway laptop that was available for purchase for what must have been 1 week. I got a very slim version of the laptop they now sell. When Arvind went to see if he could pick up the same model a few days after I got mine, they no longer sold that model . . . As you can imagine, a few years later when my power cord completely detached from the brick from similar improper use, Gateway had no clue what the hell I was talking about. They practically have no record of that laptop model/associated accessories at all. After hours of trolling, I finally found the exact same AC adaptor I had from a place called pc-partners.com for the very reasonable price of $25. Disaster averted.

By: eri

eri — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:30:25 +0000

hey i read your RSS feed too.
i’ve been seeing just excerpts, too, so I clicked the “Atom” link. now it looks fine to me.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:58:10 +0000

Now I remember why I was using the RSS feed: the WordPress Atom feed doesn't validate.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:46:38 +0000

OK, apparently I was subscribing to the RSS feed instead of the Atom one. I must have clicked the giant “RSS” button at the bottom of my template. Subscribing to the Atom feed instead seems to fix my problems.

I wish I could edit these templates. The RSS feed is obviously broken.

So for future reference: when subscribing to a WordPress blog, click the “Atom” link.

By: Richa Avasthi

Richa Avasthi — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:16:25 +0000

Dude, I'm seeing the full posts on my feed. Are you using the Atom feed or the RSS 2.0 feed? The feed URL I use is http://blogs.ravasthi.name/tepumpkin/feed. I'm using the similar one for your feed, and seeing excerpts. Also I see bulleted lists just fine in my RSS feed. What gives?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:56:27 +0000

Um, your RSS feed is also showing only excerpts. Just saying.

I originally had the full article, but then I noticed WordPress completely mangles them by removing all the HTML markup. So a top-ten list would get mashed into a giant sentence, and hyperlinks wouldn’t show up.

I’m slightly in favor of the nicely formatted excerpt as opposed to the mangled and occasionally unreadable full post. But I can switch if it really bothers you. After all, you’re probably the only person reading my RSS feed.

By: Richa Avasthi

Richa Avasthi — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:38:07 +0000

Hey...could you do me a favor and change your RSS feed to show the entire post and not just an excerpt? 頼むよ。 Unless you're doing it on purpose, in which case you should explain yourself.

By: eri

eri — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:40:49 +0000

Improper use.. 0_o
Good luck.. at least you can return with your laptop fully charged.