I'm a "pro" occasional user at Flickr. After routinely posting sets for public viewing, today it didn't work. After a couple of frustrating hours investigating it (not easy to do -- two browsers are needed to do the testing), it appears to be a problem with the "safety" settings on the photos. The symptom was that the first photo of the set would show, but not the remaining photos of the set. The safety settings were the same as before, but they weren't showing unless I was logged in -- as though the photos were private, but they were in fact public. The "fix" was to use the batch edit feature on the set to reset the safety settings ("Set safety filters") -- even though the individual photo settings were already set. Go figure, er, photo, Flickr.
Best guess as to cause: transient glitch in the uploader.
2008-12-07
PSU (Power Supply) Epidemic
If I didn't know better, I'd suspect a new and innovative malware attack on power supplies. What is it with computer power supplies these days? In my small office network, no less than six have failed over the past 20 months!
The latest was a pair of Antec SP-450 SmartPower 450W that failed. These were included in the Sonata II case, which Newegg and many other retails sold with considerable success. I deployed two of these units a couple of years ago, and both have failed in the last 90 days.
According to at least one source, Antec no longer uses their own PSU.
There are numerous failure reports about the SP-450 lots shipped with the Sonata II, and posted in several forums. But this is not to pick on Antec alone. The failures I've seen have crossed all brand and capacity boundaries.
I do worry about breaking my Antec PSU tester, which does get very hot if left in test mode for very long.
Yes, I have UPS / power protection on all but one of my machines.
While I'm on the subject, the Antec Sonata II case has a number of good features, but one of them is not a good design for replacing the PSU. Because a case structural member is located between the motherboard area and the PSU, you must squeeze the PSU through a couple of steel rails. With the MBO installed, the fan assembly prevents a clear shot of the allowed space for remoal and replacement. AFAIK the PSU can't be accessed by removing a side panel or pulling it out the front, or by removing a rear plate.
The latest was a pair of Antec SP-450 SmartPower 450W that failed. These were included in the Sonata II case, which Newegg and many other retails sold with considerable success. I deployed two of these units a couple of years ago, and both have failed in the last 90 days.
According to at least one source, Antec no longer uses their own PSU.
There are numerous failure reports about the SP-450 lots shipped with the Sonata II, and posted in several forums. But this is not to pick on Antec alone. The failures I've seen have crossed all brand and capacity boundaries.
I do worry about breaking my Antec PSU tester, which does get very hot if left in test mode for very long.
Yes, I have UPS / power protection on all but one of my machines.
While I'm on the subject, the Antec Sonata II case has a number of good features, but one of them is not a good design for replacing the PSU. Because a case structural member is located between the motherboard area and the PSU, you must squeeze the PSU through a couple of steel rails. With the MBO installed, the fan assembly prevents a clear shot of the allowed space for remoal and replacement. AFAIK the PSU can't be accessed by removing a side panel or pulling it out the front, or by removing a rear plate.
Windows ruler window - Shift-R Annoyance
Periodically, I'll be typing as fast as possible (i.e., wearing out the backspace key), and suddenly Windows decides I've summoned the following window. What causes this?
Some folks think it's caused by the IE7 web developer toolbar. Try disabling it to see if that helps. (A temporary measure - you'll probably need the toolbar for some other IE7 problem soon enough).
(Google: the window says "Ruler Snap to X/Y Axis Hide Tick Marks Snap to Element Hide Endpoints Hold down the Crtl key down to create multiple rules. Ctrl-M shows/hides the window magnifier.")
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