# pkg set-publisher -p http://pkg.openindiana.org/sfe
# pkg install runtime/javascript/nodejs

The current version is 0.8.16, built less than 24 hours ago. Cool.

• Building node.js on OpenIndiana | blueslugs.com Building node.js on OpenIndiana
• dilshod/xlsx2csv · GitHub “Converts xslx xml excel files to csv format. It is fast, and works for huge xlsx files.” And works well enough to stop me from custom-coding a handler for each spreadsheet I get handed.
• CoffeeLint – Lint your CoffeeScript A style checker for CoffeeScript.
• Typeset.css – a no-nonsense CSS typography reset for styling user-generated content like blog posts, comments, and forum content “A no-nonsense CSS typography reset for styling user-generated content like blog posts, comments, and forum content.” Reset with good stylistic bias.
• Replacing Grub With Syslinux – jasonwryan.com Example of syslinux with arch/pacman.
• The Perfected Self – Atlantic Mobile
• Generating Poisson random values — The Endeavour “Below is an algorithm that has expected run time independent of the argument λ. The algorithm is fairly simple, though it takes a moderate amount of theoretical justification to explain. It goes back to 1979 and so may not the most efficient algorithm available. It is definitely not the most efficient algorithm if you need to generate a large number of samples using the same parameter λ.”

$ uname -a
SunOS cooler 5.11 oi_151a5 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

(cooler is in its seventh year of service, having run many builds of Solaris, OpenSolaris, and, now, OpenIndiana.) First, you’ll need a GCC 4.x compiler. If you attempt to use the 3.4.3 gcc compiler, you’ll get

cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-fno-tree-vrp"
cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-fno-tree-sink"

in the output from your failed build. So, use the Illumos GCC 4.4.4 build, which you can install via

$ sudo pkg install developer/illumos-gcc developer/gnu-binutils

which led to the installation on my system, of 3 packages, and a total of 56.9MiB of content downloaded. Include these new tools in your path for the build:

$ export PATH=/opt/gcc/4.4.4/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:$PATH

To help the node build find the appropriate Standard C++ library for linking, we set the linker run path, via the environment. (By having a correct run path, our node binary won’t need LD_LIBRARY_PATH to be set to pick up libstdc++.so.6.) We can then configure, and issue the (GNU) make to start a build:

$ export LD_RUN_PATH=/opt/gcc/4.4.4/lib
$ CC=gcc ./configure --prefix=$HOME
$ CC=gcc gmake

You can test the resulting binary

$ ./node
> process.version;
'v0.8.16'
> ^D

and install the node platform to the configured location.

$ CC=gcc gmake install

And now you have a working node.js for your OpenIndiana system. npm is installed as well, so you can begin downloading the modules needed for your development. (If you’re running OmniOS, it looks like the “managed services” repository includes a pkg(5)-installable node.js package, so you can install that interpreter directly. Maybe that’s what cooler should run next.)

A morning craving for a gyro sandwich led to a search session. The reviews suggested we try Rainbow Pizza, a Greek-Italian restaurant, tucked away in a valley among the San Mateo hills. Good gyro, physically enormous menus. I think we’ll go back to try the pizza.

I haven’t thought about that steaming cup logo lately. (Or Sun Sans…)

$ post-review 7fdd345e22783b289be128205cc0c47935057e20
Error creating review request: HTTP 500

Your administrator mail address should receive a message with a body like

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.3.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 111, in get_response
  response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.3.3-py2.7.egg/django/views/decorators/cache.py", line 79, in _wrapped_view_func
  response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.3.3-py2.7.egg/django/views/decorators/vary.py", line 22, in inner_func
  response = func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Djblets-0.6.22-py2.7.egg/djblets/webapi/resources.py", line 397, in __call__
  result = view(request, api_format=api_format, *args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Djblets-0.6.22-py2.7.egg/djblets/webapi/resources.py", line 581, in post
  return self.create(*args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ReviewBoard-1.6.11-py2.7.egg/reviewboard/webapi/decorators.py", line 127, in _check
  return view_func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Djblets-0.6.22-py2.7.egg/djblets/webapi/decorators.py", line 88, in _checklogin
  return view_func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Djblets-0.6.22-py2.7.egg/djblets/webapi/decorators.py", line 62, in _call
  return view_func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Djblets-0.6.22-py2.7.egg/djblets/webapi/decorators.py", line 231, in _validate
  return view_func(*args, **new_kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ReviewBoard-1.6.11-py2.7.egg/reviewboard/webapi/resources.py", line 5984, in create
  Q(local_site=local_site))

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.3.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/models/manager.py", line 132, in get
  return self.get_query_set().get(*args, **kwargs)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.3.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 351, in get
  % (self.model._meta.object_name, num, kwargs))

MultipleObjectsReturned: get() returned more than one Repository -- it returned 2! Lookup parameters were {}

each time a review is submitted against one of these repositories.

You can fix this condition by correcting the Mirror Path of the new repository; it’s not a ReviewBoard issue.

• How to Build a Plyometric Box – Plan for a pylometric box, rectangular
• Crossfit journal – Pylo box with slanted sides – Plan for a slanted side pylometric jumping box.
• 113 Design Guidelines for Homepage Usability (Nielsen Norman Group) – A laundry list for basic site quality/usability.
• Treating JavaScript like a 30 year old language – Jeremy Kahn’s Dev Blog – Some style and tools recommendations for programming JavaScript.
• Juice Labs – Chart Chooser – HTML5 tool to select appropriate chart based on (simple) requirements.

• Google+ Photographer’s Conference | May 22-23, San Francisco – Interesting list of presenters and topics. Some videos are available on the conference's G+ page.
• How P2 Changed Automattic — Matt Mullenweg – P2 is a conversation focused WP blog theme. Simon Phipps is experimenting with P2. Filled a communications gap at WordPress.
• Untitled (http://twitter.com/schahn/status/186503261086429186/photo/1) – Never seen ads on corner flags before.
• Clone Digger – "Clone Digger aimed to detect similar code in Python and Java programs. The synonyms for the term "similar code" are "clone" and "duplicate code"."
• SwiftKey – smarter typing for everyone – SwiftKey X has saved me 10,000 keystrokes! Check it out at

Classic 101 Burgers and Shakes [Yelp] makes a reliable, basic burger. It’s one of the few hamburger-serving restaurants from the tour I return to without hesitation. (When I’m not up for a new location, Classic 101, with its generally predictable serving latency, is the current default.) They make an excellent malted milkshake, too.