DLD 3/31-4/1: killfile and the three bears

by Apricot on Mar 31, 2007 9:16 AM PDT Comment 56 comments

Hi folks, the Apricot bunch was planning to go to the Rivercats-A's showdown on Thursday and report all about it with pictures and delightful commentary. Oh, it was going to be grand.

We had tickets for Home Run Hill and then we were going to take a rainbow ride home across a sparkly rainbow. But instead Hopey got sick, so we missed the game entirely. Dagnabit. So instead you get this little geek fable.

Once upon a time was a script called killfile.user which allowed users of Firefox browser to selectively block the posts of annoying AN users. One day AN changed the layout of the site and killfile stopped working. Well, the poppa bear said, "This sucks!" and e-mailed Daniel Martin, the bright and responsive author of killfile.user and asked for help. Within the day, Daniel had fixed the script. But the momma bear had trouble downloading the script from the original site, so the baby bear hosted the new version at a temporary mirror and said, to use this neat script, you need to install Firefox, Greasemonkey, and then go the temporary mirror above, which will make Firefox install the script (you may need to unblock the popup). Then restart Firefox and look for the "kill/hide comment" links next to every commenting user. This script should work across the SB Nation. And they lived happily ever after until the next layout upgrade to AN.

A's, Giants in the zone / Strikeout pitchers Harden, Cain look ready in exhibition at AT&T Park
Although it was an exhibition game, Friday night's A's-Giants matchup at AT&T Park did have some inherent luster. Each team started its young, strikeout-collecting right-hander: Oakland's Rich Harden and San Francisco's Matt Cain.

A's sign infielder Todd Walker
With first baseman Dan Johnson out indefinitely because of a torn labrum in his hip, the A's wasted little time in adding an infielder to their roster. On Friday, Oakland signed 11-year major-league veteran Todd Walker to a minor-league deal.

A's are hurting as opener nears
Shortly after the A's arrived Thursday for their annual exhibition game with their Triple-A cousins, the Sacramento River Cats, manager Bob Geren gave an optimistic assessment of his team. "If we have our guys out there consistently, we're going to be fine, especially with Bunnies' fine shiny ass."

This is getting depressing, so instead watch two otters take a nap holding hands.

ps. The new diary/comment editing with the auto-link insertion is nice, but if I'm not allowed to use "alt" and "title" in an image link, then don't make it an option in the submission form!

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use the temporary mirror

Wow, you really can't edit your diary, huh? Raises the stakes for drunk diarying...

Anyway, you should use the temporary mirror instead of the original, because there is some weird updating problem with the original.

by Apricot on Mar 31, 2007 9:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

test

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

okay

i can reply (using the post button) to a comment, but i can't post my own comments (because there's no post button).

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually

I noticed this issue when I tried to post the first new comment. And I had no comments to reply to. I was all alone. In (cyber)space, no one can hear you (post a) scream.

by Apricot on Mar 31, 2007 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

:Hmmm

I didn't see the part about Bunnies' shiny ass in that article...where was it again? ;)

I like how everyone is going "awww..." in the background of that otter video.

I need a new sig.

by Squeaky on Mar 31, 2007 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i installed it

and now i can't post comments. in fact, i can't even press the preview button for some reason.

currently trying to post with IE to see if it works...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

well crud

I get the same issue. I think the comment preview does something funky with javascript that killfile must intercept. I'll talk to the author again.

by Apricot on Mar 31, 2007 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

apricot, you broke my AN

(posting with IE again)

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 9:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

moo ha ha

by Apricot on Mar 31, 2007 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it "game over" for evil geniuses?

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Mar 31, 2007 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

for you

the sexism of the shirt is outweighed by its applicability to Sal, so I'm posting it.

ps. why do some comments pop up the old dialogue, and some the new fancy inline one?

by Apricot on Mar 31, 2007 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

there are two

one for regular comments, one for responses to other comments. i don't think it's actually supposed to be like this, it's just incomplete site redesign.

remember back in like 1995-96 when almost every website had crappy animated gifs of construction workers on the front page? this site is under construction!

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The image that keeps coming back to me

is the homeowner nightmare of hiring a contractor for a bathroom remodel, paying his 50% deposit, having him tear out the tiling and fixtures, and then disappearing while he reels in more suckers, not returning your phone calls for three weeks while you're showering with a garden hose in the back yard and pissing into the open drain pipe where your toilet used to be.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

<urinates on AN>

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Except we're not paying...

...although it is the posters that make the site go 'round.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Mar 31, 2007 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

generating revenue

with each page view

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

True, though

I was actually thinking of Blez as the poor homeowner, consoling himself with the pastel artist's rendering of what the pristine new bathroom was supposed to look like, while waiting waiting on hold for the 100th time with Snidely Koslash and Sons Website Design Co.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

so are you saying...

every time a blog is micturated upon in this fair city, i have to compensate the owner?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 1, 2007 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it game over for salb918?

Not really. {secret smile}

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Mar 31, 2007 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Sal

you entered your name but nothing else in the spreadsheet. Judging by your comment, I'm guessing that something came up as you were doing it.

by mikeA on Mar 31, 2007 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I was doing an experiment...

...and things started to go wrong. I'll finish it up soon.

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Mar 31, 2007 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Canadien mobsters strike again

Kielty missed a couple games because of "food poisoning".

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/...

Insert new, original, thought provoking sig line (...HERE...)

by grover on Mar 31, 2007 9:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

actual links

the first one is for the beat writers (slusser, urban):

A WSJ Writer Stands Up For Blogs
http://cubtown.baseballtoaster.com/a...

Lies, darn lies ... and baseball statistics?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseba...

lookout landing hall of fame
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/story/...

sal is brutally honest with the angels fans. no one likes you!
http://www.halosheaven.com/comments/...

the rev once again compares stats to astrology
http://www.halosheaven.com/story/200...

non-baseball: ian thorpe may have been doping
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/APW...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 10:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

No plug

for the Rev's sister's garage sale?

I hate AN. There is never any info about garage sales on the front page.

by mikeA on Mar 31, 2007 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not the Thorpedo!

Though the size 17 feet should perhaps have been a tip off.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And the webbed toes...

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Mar 31, 2007 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stoneman: cool enough to be different

The LAT piece tells us that "Angels General Manager Bill Stoneman said he used OPS, the now-popular combination of on-base percentage and slugging percentage, as an executive with the Montreal Expos two decades ago."

Did he use modern statistical wisdom to guide the Gary Matthews Jr. signing?

"Not really," Stoneman said. "It's more scouting-related...
Stoneman said he considers "a lot more" than statistics in evaluating players.
"What kind of a person is he?" Stoneman said. "How does he fit within the club? Does he play with a lot of heart? Is he a distraction to the club? There's a lot of thought that goes into it."

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I remember that article

On a recent morning, Beane took note of a website that attempted to calculate how many runs the A's could score with every possible lineup combination.

"With the Internet and blogs, you have so much more," Beane said. "You've almost got a 'wisdom of the crowd' situation."

Wasn't it on Catfish Stew?

by Zonis on Mar 31, 2007 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That ought to teach

those bastards at HH. Or at least, that ought to get me alienated from their group pretty quickly.

this damn thing, I mean

See the latest dumbass thing I've done -- camUra

by hunter on Mar 31, 2007 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's what you guys get

for attempting to manipulate AN. Just sit back, relax and take whatever AN is giving to you, and you'll be back in the know.

by Philip Christy on Mar 31, 2007 10:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

If it's inevitable, you might as well enjoy it.

"Everyone knows about it, but nobody's heard of it. Oh, it exists." ~ Dan Johnson

by Poppy on Apr 1, 2007 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

{Prepares handbasket}

Stat Wonk Futurist

by salb918 on Apr 1, 2007 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Help posting a pic! Please.

Sorry, no link to dump yet.

I know how to post a picture off the web, however I cannot figure out how to do my own.

I opened up an account on Yahoo pictures and uploaded my pictures but I cannot figure out how to link to them to display them in a diary. Yhe url part inside the quotes is not right.

Does Yahoo work for this? Do I need to upload them somewhere else to be able link link and display them???

by easyraider on Mar 31, 2007 10:23 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I always use photobucket

Is there perhaps some minor element about the yahoo pic url, like and extra set of ""s, or a missing http, or something like that?

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I cannot find any urls

in the properties of the pictures that end end .jpeg or .gif

by easyraider on Mar 31, 2007 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Trying photobucket

Thanks FSU.

Hopefully (another) Spring Training diary coming soon.

by easyraider on Mar 31, 2007 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Try...

<$img src="LINK"$>
Um...I'm not sure if that works. I think I might be missing a tag. but try it...delete the $s.

And...on with the show!

by Squeaky on Mar 31, 2007 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also,

make sure you right click and copy the image location for the link part.

And...on with the show!

by Squeaky on Mar 31, 2007 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, the image location part...

is what I am having a problem with. I have the command part down pat. I can display other pictures from the web...just not my Yahoo pictures.

I usually pull the image location url from properties but that url is not working in the command. Can I pull it from somewhere else?

by easyraider on Mar 31, 2007 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does it work if you right click?

On the photo...I always get some options about save picture as...set as wallpaper...stuff like that. On there is a "Copy Image Location."

Otherwise can you click on the image until it is just displayed in one window, without any background? Example:
http://www.tristarproductions.com/Sa...

The URL should be the image location.

I don't really know what else to try...

And...on with the show!

by Squeaky on Mar 31, 2007 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes when I grab images

the right-click doesn't offer me a Copy Image Location option. When that happens I select the properties option, then manually choose the image location shown there.

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the suggestions

I think there is some sort of block from Yahoo.

I can get the url but it does not work. If I paste that url in an IE address bar and go there I get back an error from Yahoo that I do not have permissions.

Looks like I need to upload them somewhere else.

Maybe I will try photobucket unless anyone has any other ideas/sites.

Thanks again.

by easyraider on Mar 31, 2007 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Opening day is so SOON!

Yay...!!!!

So I decided to go to the Rox opener despite any conflicting obligations.

And now I'm all excited. :-D

And...on with the show!

by Squeaky on Mar 31, 2007 10:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We're not all gonna die!

Avenger will save us!

Just call me Waddy Lad, cattle rustler.

by LawDaddy on Mar 31, 2007 10:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wowsers!

Go..................Dan!

by mikeA on Mar 31, 2007 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The A's read my comment

in the game thread.
http://www.athleticsnation.com/comme...

by mikeA on Mar 31, 2007 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's a good column in Saturday's NYTimes

by Joe Nocera, about how stupid and shortsightedly greedy the MLB/DirecTV deal is.

But I can't link to it, since the NYTimes.com folks have put it behind their pay wall. Hmmmm.....Pot, meet Kettle.

Instead, you might want to check porches in your neighborhood for the telltale blue bag, or go through the pile of paper at your local latte house. It's good, but no new info -- Nocera comes to the same conclusion as most of us have:

Negotiations between cable and MLB continue) Which is not to say there's a high likelihood of any kind of breakthrough. That would be the smart play. And let's face it: the men who run baseball have a history of not making the smart play.

"(Zito) swings like a girl and runs like a woman." -- Dan Haren, January 27, 2007.

by Englishmajor on Mar 31, 2007 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not necessarily pot meet kettle...

Now if the New York Times was like ESPN 360 and didn't permit you to register because you're not with a participating ISP...THEN it's pot meet kettle.

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Mar 31, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sides still talking; deadline extended to Sunday

Per Sandomir's note in the New York Times. (I think his lede is a bit tongue in cheek, suggesting that MLB is begging cable and Dish to carry EI.)

by cynthia2003 on Mar 31, 2007 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In case you thought MLB couldn't get more obtuse

witness the case of MLB's "Civil Rights Game" exhibition in Memphis today.

Nice idea. Now, what idiot decided to invite the Cleveland Indians, they of the stomach turning Chief Wahoo logo? Interestingly, the logos will be removed from the Indians and Cardinals uniforms, suggesting that at least someone in MLB realizes that the grinning red-faced caricature isn't exactly a vision of enlightenment. It's bad enough that this repulsive thing is allowed to persist at all; to include it in a civil rights appreciation is head-clutchingly stupid.

(hattip deadspin)

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." --Dr. Johnson

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 31, 2007 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

curtis granderson interview

http://thebiglead.com/?p=2035

Q: Who’s the best player not on the Tigers that nobody is talking about? The most underrated player in baseball?

Marco Scutaro (Oakland A’s) is a player that always hits very well against us, in our ballpark or Oakland’s ballpark. He seems to hit every ball up the middle and as a hitter if you do that you have a real good chance of being successful, because you are doing things mechanically right and your timing is really good.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Mar 31, 2007 5:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

baseball america roster study

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...

Behind its Three Aces--Tim Hudson, Barry Zito and Mark Mulder--Oakland finished second in the ranking with 82 seasons produced, though the organization can also claim Jeremy Bonderman, Rich Harden and Joe Blanton as its own. The Athletics also churned out six-time Gold Glove third baseman Eric Chavez, but should probably lose points for unleashing shortstop Angel Berroa on the world.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Apr 1, 2007 9:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Longtime A's public-address announcer Roy Steele, who was ill for much of 2006, was back behind the microphone Sunday and is expected to resume full-time duties during the regular season.

link

"Everyone knows about it, but nobody's heard of it. Oh, it exists." ~ Dan Johnson

by Poppy on Apr 1, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs