SB Nation User Blog: appleshampoo

live-update comment usability bug

appleshampoo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:40:27 -0000

Hi folks,

I've been really annoyed recently with what looks to be a usability bug in SBN2.0, so I'm posting to see if other people are experiencing it or if it's just my uncommon setup (Firefox + Ubuntu GNU/Linux).

It happens when you are scrolling through comments, either using Z or C+X, although I'll reference 'X' for this post, since that's how I do it. When a new comment appears above you. If at this point you hit X (or Z) to try to mark the comment you are currently visiting as 'read', it will actually mark the new comment above your focus as 'read', and you lose the ability to scroll to and find the new comment (other than by manually searching for it).

You can try to mitigate the bug manually by scrolling back to your current comment anytime you notice a new comment has appeared above you (you can usually notice the screen shifting down). But then you get into a race condition, because if you hit 'X' within a very short amount of time of a new comment appearing above you, you'll usually un-mark the wrong comment. This gets really bad in heavy game threads, as you can hit 'X', then wait for a few seconds as a bunch of new comments come in, and then end up marking a comment way above you as read which wasn't even on the page when you hit 'X'.

Anyway I'll stop rambling now as hopefully I've laid the problem out pretty clearly. I'm surprised no one else has bitched about this, hence my suspicion it's not an issue in IE or on Windows. In any case I should probably just talk to the SBN tech folks, but I wanted to get some feedback first. Does SBN have an official support channel or bug-tracking site somewhere for us proles? Or should I just funnel my feedback through the mods? It doesn't seem like the fix should be too hard, just don't change the focus when a new comment appear above the current focus.

Thanks for reading, and let's go get 'em Erik.

MLB jersey sizes

appleshampoo — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:46:32 -0000

I'm thinking about dropping too much money on a Felix Venezuela WBC jersey, because I think they look really sharp, and I've been needing a jersey for a while now (hopefully they don't get knocked out and he gets at least another outing, but anyway).

This is the one at which I'm looking; however, I'm a little distressed about the size options. Looking at this sizing chart, based on my dress shirt/pant size measurements I should probably be a medium, but in regular t-shirts I'm usually a large/XL depending on the fit. These things always look huge, so I'm wondering if the sizes just run a little big. Any experiences from you guys that have bought the MLB replica jerseys in the past would be great. Thanks!

For some reason I thought some people here might find this amusing.

appleshampoo — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:06:31 -0000

For some reason I thought some people here might find this amusing.

LL wiki, is it dead?

appleshampoo — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:28:37 -0000

I noticed it's no longer sidebar-linked (or I'm blind), although there have been edits as recently as 25 Jan:
Recent Changes
However, I can't edit any pages whether I'm logged in or not.

Mostly I just wanted to fix Ichiro's page, which still says he's a center fielder. I'm sure there are lots of other potential improvements that could be made, but it might be best to let it die given how outdated it is.

Filling the other position?

appleshampoo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:39:11 -0000

Maybe I'm missing something, but I haven't seen or heard much about the Broncos looking for a new GM. Quote from Bowlen's press conference:

On if he will be looking for a new general manager
"We haven’t gotten to that point yet."

So does that mean he might keep the GM responsibilities for himself? For the historically ignorant, before Shanny took over GM duties, did the Broncos have a separate GM in place or was Bowlen making the personnel decisions?

New-ish here

appleshampoo — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:52:27 -0000

Hey folks,

I have been lurking off and on here for a while and have decided to start posting more, I hope I can contribute positively to the discussion. Since I haven't been around much, please let me know if any of my posts are re-hashing old subjects that have been beaten to death, etc. Also are there any ground rules here or anything, beyond the basic SBN stuff?

I am a 12-year Broncos fan, but over that span I haven't paid much attention to the off season and personnel management, mostly I have just watched the games. I'm hoping to change that as it will give me something to do during the NFL off-season, and I enjoy following baseball player deals and off-season shenanigans (highly recoment LL if you are a Mariners fan).

I grew up in Boise, ID and hence have a tendency to be a Plummer fanboy, which I will do my best to keep to a minimum...I have fond memories of his '04-'05 seasons (especially the win over NE, so so sweet) and try to block out his '06 collapse from memory as much as possible, though it's why he's not playing anymore.

Also being from Boise I'm a huge BSU Broncos fan and am stoked that Denver picked up Clady and he had an awesome season, and was intrigued to see Putzier back on the roster at the end of '08.

That's it, I'm in Seattle and have never been to a Broncos game in person...hoping to make the trip to Invesco sometime in the next few years. Also if the NFL doesn't re-jigger their scheduling algorithm, Denver will come here in '10, which I will absolutely go to.

Good Denver Broncos blog?

appleshampoo — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:47:49 -0000

Hey folks,

I'm wondering if there are any Broncos fans out there who read a good blog. I drop by Mile High Report (the SBN Denver blog) every now and then and usually just can't get in to it (and other times feel myself getting stupider while I read it). For example this post where the guy says the Chargers haven't been to a SB. I knew immediately after reading it that he was wrong and they had lost to the 49ers sometime in the 90s, but it took 'till the 8th reply for someone to point it out...eesh, i'm not even an NFL nut and I knew that one.

Maybe I'm being nitpicky, but I have been spoiled by the rather intelligent discussions, good grammar, and overall class of LL.

Congratulations on picking up your KhalilBot 5000!

appleshampoo — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:12:51 -0000

Congratulations on picking up your KhalilBot 5000!

I found this amusing, although not as funny as the original Gaslamp ball post about the Uncanny Valley.

Moyer in Chicago

appleshampoo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:37:08 -0000

I was in Chicago last weekend and went to two games against the Phillies at Wrigley. Jamie Moyer pitched on Sunday but sadly my camera was dead. I got some shots of him shagging balls during BP on Saturday though. If you're interested here they are on facebook (don't need an account to view)

It was fun seeing Wrigley, I have never been to any of the "old" ballparks, and I was surprised at the lack of new technology - no big screen video or even a display with the batting orders.

Moyer got the W on Sunday, going 5.1 innings, giving up 2 runs, and striking out 4.

info on contracts, etc.

appleshampoo — Fri, 25 May 2007 22:21:19 -0000

Is there an easy source to view what the current contract is for any given player. I guess this is probably a stupid question since most people just know them off the top of their head, e.g. the Jeff Weaver deal is so incredibly bad that no one will forget how much money he's making.... But in the general case I often find myself wondering "wait how much are we paying this guy, and how long is he going to be around.."

I couldn't find anything obivous on the officially un-official seattlemariners.com players pages (which are basically just the MLB.com player pages). baseball-reference has transaction histories, but that's all.