Neo needs a fix

This post is for all those using Neo. Looks like Blogger has changed their JSON feed content slightly in their latest code drop. They seem to have killed index.html (as Steven wanted). This will cause Neo to misbehave. It will show the title Posts labelled "" instead of Recent Posts in the second column. Here's how you can fix this in your template. Find this section of code

if (label == "index.html") {
 labeltitle.innerHTML = '<center><h2>Recent Posts</h2></center><hr/>';
} else {
 labeltitle.innerHTML = '<h2>Posts labelled "' + label + '"</h2>';

and change the first line in red to this instead.

if (label == "") {

If this doesn't fix the problem, let me know.

Hacks broken; Blogger working on a fix

Yesterday, Phydeaux3 found that Blogger feeds are broken. Feeds are the bread and butter of most of our hacks and so you will see that hacks like Recent Posts/comments and Neo will be broken. Pete, the nicest Blogger developer, has commented in Phydeaux3's blog that yesterday's build broke something. He has also promised to work on it today. So, let's all cross our fingers and wait....

And yes, I am still alive :) Here's something that I am working on. About 4 months after it was created, Neo will be available free of cost soon. Like all those software products that are made free of cost a while after their release, I have decided to make Neo priceless now! (but with limited support for installation, moving widgets etc).

UPDATE 4/26/07: Blogger seems to have fixed this problem within a day. All glories to Pete who reads hacker blogs.

What's wrong with my Digg promotion?

First off, I thank those who digged my Peekaboo posts hack. But, I am a little disappointed with the response I got. After spending countless hours helping hundreds of people apply this hack since last August, I get only unsatisfactory response for the one favor I asked for, that only takes few minutes :(. If you patiently browse through the comments in that post, you will see that I have resolved most of the issues that people faced while trying this hack. Or is my post not worthy of promoting? I don't think so especially when useless things like this can appear in the Digg main page.

Things to do when you are bored at home

To top it all, somebody even buried my link! (Bury - Digg's facility to express dislike). I really don't understand what's going on! Of course, it is a bit selfish on my part to promote my blog and expect lot of new visitors from Digg (and yeah I have adsense also at the unnoticeable corner of my blog). But, I have a lot to offer for any visitor who has a blog with Blogger. It is a win-win situation in business terms. So, what's wrong with my Digg promotion?