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Chrome OL Bug Fixed

steve — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:41:42 +0000

Just wanted to give a quick update on the Chome ordered list bug that I found. They have patched webkit and released it! And I can attest that the developer channel version I’m running (4.0.249.30) no longer breaks when viewing this test page. The system works!

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=21088

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/51201

Picasa 3.5, now with name tags and more

steve — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:57:56 +0000

Official Google Blog

via Picasa 3.5, now with name tags and more.

This is a very cool feature that I’m really excited is now available. Will probably take a long to time to go through all our pictures, though!

BTW this post is a quickie via the new “Send to” feature of Google Reader that I learned how to make work with Wordpress.

Roman Numeral Bug in Google Chrome

steve — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:54:55 +0000

I don’t usually come across bugs in software that have not already been reported, so I thought it would be cool to share this really odd bug I found in Google Chrome a while ago. For some reason when creating a simple Ordered List in HTML and setting the type to Roman Numerals (both lower and upper will break I think), Chrome blows up once you hit the number 2,388!

Check out my test case here: http://stevenolte.com/chrome-ol-bug.html

I’ve seen it crash in v2 and also the latest 3.0.195.10. I did of course report the bug.

Update: galderon pointed out how it’s only happening for roman numerals that are longer than 12 characters (great work Doug!) The lowest number that is greater than 12 characters just happens to be 2,388. Writing a quick Perl script reveals the following additional numbers that would also crash it (but we stop at 4,000 since browsers stop writing the roman numerals at that point):
2388: MMCCCLXXXVIII 2788: MMDCCLXXXVIII 2838: MMDCCCXXXVIII 2878: MMDCCCLXXVIII 2883: MMDCCCLXXXIII 2887: MMDCCCLXXXVII 2888: MMDCCCLXXXVIII 3288: MMMCCLXXXVIII 3338: MMMCCCXXXVIII 3378: MMMCCCLXXVIII 3383: MMMCCCLXXXIII 3387: MMMCCCLXXXVII 3388: MMMCCCLXXXVIII 3488: MMMCDLXXXVIII 3688: MMMDCLXXXVIII 3738: MMMDCCXXXVIII 3778: MMMDCCLXXVIII 3783: MMMDCCLXXXIII 3787: MMMDCCLXXXVII 3788: MMMDCCLXXXVIII 3828: MMMDCCCXXVIII 3833: MMMDCCCXXXIII 3837: MMMDCCCXXXVII 3838: MMMDCCCXXXVIII 3848: MMMDCCCXLVIII 3868: MMMDCCCLXVIII 3873: MMMDCCCLXXIII 3877: MMMDCCCLXXVII 3878: MMMDCCCLXXVIII 3882: MMMDCCCLXXXII 3883: MMMDCCCLXXXIII 3884: MMMDCCCLXXXIV 3886: MMMDCCCLXXXVI 3887: MMMDCCCLXXXVII 3888: MMMDCCCLXXXVIII 3889: MMMDCCCLXXXIX 3898: MMMDCCCXCVIII 3988: MMMCMLXXXVIII

Update 2: The issue report I filed has been assigned. w00t!

Amazing Origami

steve — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:30:50 +0000

A fascinating look into modern Origami. He actually makes it look easy!

Free the Airwaves!

steve — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:20:48 +0000

Google is making sure that the future of the Internet is not swayed by lobbyists.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/theres-more-than-one-important-vote.html

This is pretty important, if you have the time please sign the petition.

The white spaces can:

Pave the way for universal wireless broadband access;
Extend broadband wireless to rural areas that currently aren’t connected at all;
Enhance the reliability of public safety communications;
Enable distance learning for students in remote locations or for whom traditional classroom-based learning is impractical; and,
Bring high-speed mobile internet access to every high school and middle school in the country.

Photosynth Team Does It Again

steve — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:05:52 +0000

This update is too cool not to share. Photosynth has been updated to do some much smoother and smarter transitions. Check out the video:

Found at:

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/14/1231203

http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080814/uni-washington-microsoft-research-yet-another-mindblowing-3d-photo-viewer/