While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author chose
for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server at
http://secrets.textdriven.com on each startup and update.
The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2 months,
and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that he
has lost interest in secrets.
No. It is more the case that the author doesn't know ruby very well
and for some reason the server keeps going down.
I'm trying desperately to get it into a more reliable form, but have
been stretched for time..
On May 5, 12:08 pm, "robert.ba...@gmail.com" <robert.ba...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author chose
> for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server athttp://secrets.textdriven.comon each startup and update.
> The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2 months,
> and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that he
> has lost interest in secrets.
I've got a boatload of space and bandwidth at Dreamhost that I am
hardly using at all. i would be happy to slice off some. :) If Ruby
is the part that's proving unreliable DH supports both it and PHP
(which I have extensive knowledge of). Shoot me an email off-list if
you're interested.
> No. It is more the case that the author doesn't know ruby very well
> and for some reason the server keeps going down.
> I'm trying desperately to get it into a more reliable form, but have
> been stretched for time..
> On May 5, 12:08 pm, "robert.ba...@gmail.com" <robert.ba...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author chose
> > for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server athttp://secrets.textdriven.comoneach startup and update.
> > The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2 months,
> > and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that he
> > has lost interest in secrets.
> I've got a boatload of space and bandwidth at Dreamhost that I am > hardly using at all. i would be happy to slice off some. :) If Ruby > is the part that's proving unreliable DH supports both it and PHP > (which I have extensive knowledge of). Shoot me an email off-list if > you're interested.
> -nick
> On May 5, 3:10 pm, Alcor <j...@gmail.com> wrote: >> No. It is more the case that the author doesn't know ruby very well >> and for some reason the server keeps going down. >> I'm trying desperately to get it into a more reliable form, but have >> been stretched for time..
>> On May 5, 12:08 pm, "robert.ba...@gmail.com" <robert.ba...@gmail.com> >> wrote:
>>> While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author chose >>> for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server athttp://secrets.textdriven.comoneach >>> startup and update.
>>> The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2 months, >>> and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that he >>> has lost interest in secrets.
> > I've got a boatload of space and bandwidth at Dreamhost that I am
> > hardly using at all. i would be happy to slice off some. :) If Ruby
> > is the part that's proving unreliable DH supports both it and PHP
> > (which I have extensive knowledge of). Shoot me an email off-list if
> > you're interested.
> > -nick
> > On May 5, 3:10 pm, Alcor <j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> No. It is more the case that the author doesn't know ruby very well
> >> and for some reason the server keeps going down.
> >> I'm trying desperately to get it into a more reliable form, but have
> >> been stretched for time..
> >> On May 5, 12:08 pm, "robert.ba...@gmail.com" <robert.ba...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author chose
> >>> for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server athttp://secrets.textdriven.comoneach > >>> startup and update.
> >>> The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2 months,
> >>> and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that he
> >>> has lost interest in secrets.
I'm not so good with the web technologies. It basically works, but it is completely open for anyone to edit. If anyone wants to lend a hand, I'd love some help.
I'd like to have a much nicer form and some ajaxy goodness for showing the records.
>>> I've got a boatload of space and bandwidth at Dreamhost that I am >>> hardly using at all. i would be happy to slice off some. :) If >>> Ruby >>> is the part that's proving unreliable DH supports both it and PHP >>> (which I have extensive knowledge of). Shoot me an email off-list >>> if >>> you're interested.
>>> -nick
>>> On May 5, 3:10 pm, Alcor <j...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> No. It is more the case that the author doesn't know ruby very well >>>> and for some reason the server keeps going down. >>>> I'm trying desperately to get it into a more reliable form, but >>>> have >>>> been stretched for time..
>>>> On May 5, 12:08 pm, "robert.ba...@gmail.com" >>>> <robert.ba...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote:
>>>>> While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author >>>>> chose >>>>> for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server >>>>> athttp://secrets.textdriven.comoneach >>>>> startup and update.
>>>>> The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2 >>>>> months, >>>>> and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that >>>>> he >>>>> has lost interest in secrets.
And its in Ruby? :\ I'm more of a PHP jockey, but I've been wanting
to give Ruby a shot for a while now. I'd definitely be willing to
help out some if possible.
-nick
On May 6, 3:09 pm, "J. Nicholas Jitkoff" <j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not so good with the web technologies. It basically works, but it
> is completely open for anyone to edit.
> If anyone wants to lend a hand, I'd love some help.
> I'd like to have a much nicer form and some ajaxy goodness for showing
> the records.
> On May 6, 2008, at 11:33 AM, peelman wrote:
> > Fancy :) What's holding you up? Other than lack of time to sit down
> > and finish it :)
> > -nick
> > On May 6, 11:32 am, "J. Nicholas Jitkoff" <j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Thanks for the offer. :)
> >> I'm trying to get it all running on google app engine
> >>> I've got a boatload of space and bandwidth at Dreamhost that I am
> >>> hardly using at all. i would be happy to slice off some. :) If
> >>> Ruby
> >>> is the part that's proving unreliable DH supports both it and PHP
> >>> (which I have extensive knowledge of). Shoot me an email off-list
> >>> if
> >>> you're interested.
> >>> -nick
> >>> On May 5, 3:10 pm, Alcor <j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> No. It is more the case that the author doesn't know ruby very well
> >>>> and for some reason the server keeps going down.
> >>>> I'm trying desperately to get it into a more reliable form, but
> >>>> have
> >>>> been stretched for time..
> >>>> On May 5, 12:08 pm, "robert.ba...@gmail.com"
> >>>> <robert.ba...@gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> While Secrets was a GREAT program while it lasted, the author
> >>>>> chose
> >>>>> for the program to be required to connect to the secrets server
> >>>>> athttp://secrets.textdriven.comoneach > >>>>> startup and update.
> >>>>> The server has been producing an 500 server error for over 2
> >>>>> months,
> >>>>> and with no response from the programs author it is obvious that
> >>>>> he
> >>>>> has lost interest in secrets.
I understand that you are having problems coding the new site, but you
should at least put some kind of explanation up at the textdriven.com
address rather than just a 505 error. This is really inconsiderate
towards your users. A simple text message would do... something like:
"The site is being moved to a new location, check my blog for updates
to learn when it is read." With a link to a blog or twitter account
where people can get updates.
I see http://secrets.blacktree.com apparently online, but the secrets
pref pane still gives a 500 error probably because it's looking at
textdriven.com.
Hmmm. "Inconsiderate?" Not to jab or anything, but everytime I got
that error I liked to remind myself that this was a FREE app and the
main functionality was still intact. Your suggetion of posting status
updates on the main site seems reasonable, IF the developer has time.
For what it's worth, I've been happily using SECRETS for months now
and was just wandering through because I wanted to recommend it as an
alternative to Cocktail:
> I understand that you are having problems coding the new site, but you
> should at least put some kind of explanation up at the textdriven.com
> address rather than just a 505 error. This is really inconsiderate
> towards your users. A simple text message would do... something like:
> "The site is being moved to a new location, check my blog for updates
> to learn when it is read." With a link to a blog or twitter account
> where people can get updates.
Not everything in this world can be reduced to its price. We still
have social obligations to family, friends, strangers - and even users
of free products, whether or not we benefit financially from those
relations.
I'm glad to see that the problem has been fixed with a new update.
On Jun 8, 2:52 am, Coordinator-M <markbal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm. "Inconsiderate?" Not to jab or anything, but everytime I got
> that error I liked to remind myself that this was a FREE app and the
> main functionality was still intact. Your suggetion of posting status
> updates on the main site seems reasonable, IF t
