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» Love this! No idea why it doesn't do what you expected, did you wait for like a day wi…
» Excellent idea and implementation! Do you think it would be a strong enough handle if …
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» I have been experimenting with casting pewter into a silicone mold and all my tests hav…
» Beautiful results from such a simple technique! I have to try this sometime.
» A french seam is slightly different, it's like a flat-felled seam that isn't stitched d…
» Lovely work! I'd no idea a steam former could be so simple. *thinks of many bentwood …
» Love this! No idea why it doesn't do what you expected, did you wait for like a day wi…
» Excellent idea and implementation! Do you think it would be a strong enough handle if …
» It's fairly easy to use an oxy-acetylene torch to heat your plate along a line and then…
» I will definitely make one of these. All the points you make in the intro really resona…
» I got mine from someone's garage where it had been sitting for I think years. I don't …
» I have been experimenting with casting pewter into a silicone mold and all my tests hav…
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Oct 7, 2011. 4:29 PMalo bianco
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I was just looking through your tutorial on how to make articulated wings.
First of all, let me say - it's fantastic! By far the best, most comprehensive tutorial out there. So thanks.
Buuuuut, I would really really love to here any suggestions (maybe even another tutorial???) on how to merge this frame with a final 'feathered' version.
It seems that a lot of people have difficulty folding the wings once feathers have been put on. All this video's I've seen that work well with feathers don't explain how they did it!
I would be so grateful if you could help me out :)
First of all, let me say - it's fantastic! By far the best, most comprehensive tutorial out there. So thanks.
Buuuuut, I would really really love to here any suggestions (maybe even another tutorial???) on how to merge this frame with a final 'feathered' version.
It seems that a lot of people have difficulty folding the wings once feathers have been put on. All this video's I've seen that work well with feathers don't explain how they did it!
I would be so grateful if you could help me out :)
May I have a bigger size picture of your profile's avatar?
Sure, use any of the sizes: http://www.instructables.com/file/FDOJQXLF03GBBAF/
Link back to Instructables, though, OK?
Link back to Instructables, though, OK?
Thanks a lot, I don't want to use it anywhere, just I wont to know who is in the picture. Because that looks a few wonderful for me! :)
Aug 10, 2010. 6:48 AMLowney
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I have a problem! I'm slow so this has probably been answered before, but how come there's no featured banner on my instructable when I recieved an email that read like this:
Hi!
Your Instructable "The Juggernaut" was just featured by one of our editors!
Being featured means we think you are awesome. Keep up the great work!
Look for your featured Instructable, within the next 30 minutes, here:
http://www.instructables.com/play/?sort=FEATURED
http://www.instructables.com/play/knex/?sort=FEATURED
Eric
Founder and CEO of Instructables
I recieved it on 08/08/10 at 16:06 London time.
Thanks!
Hi!
Your Instructable "The Juggernaut" was just featured by one of our editors!
Being featured means we think you are awesome. Keep up the great work!
Look for your featured Instructable, within the next 30 minutes, here:
http://www.instructables.com/play/?sort=FEATURED
http://www.instructables.com/play/knex/?sort=FEATURED
Eric
Founder and CEO of Instructables
I recieved it on 08/08/10 at 16:06 London time.
Thanks!
Dec 19, 2008. 11:54 AMAnarchistAsian
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learning chinese... mandarin chinese? COZ I SPEAK MANDARIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 31, 2009. 1:52 PMtimmy1234s
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lol. I can understand, partially speak and partially read chinese too. Yay!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 24, 2010. 3:16 PMM4industries
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I can't carry much conversation, but I also know a little Arabic as well as being close to fluent in Spanish.
ˆ}fnÝ I figure if I know English, Spanish, and Chinese there's very few places in the world I can go and not find some common language with someone. So far I'm fluent in English... Y hablo un poquito Espanol... —nÝ
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Dec 19, 2008. 12:16 PMAnarchistAsian
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oh... just one thing... i only speak it... =-/
hmm... same here, with spanish being mandatory in texas...
hmm... same here, with spanish being mandatory in texas...
http://www.instructables.com/community/Stats-cards/
How about just a little recognition for me and the guys who did the top trumps ible?
You don't have to, but it would be nice :P
How about just a little recognition for me and the guys who did the top trumps ible?
You don't have to, but it would be nice :P
I totally should have given you guys the shout-out, and I just now added it. I can only plead, as my excuse, that I'd just spent like 2 post-midnight hours being unable to find the PDF image bug we introduced and I was not thinking straight any more. Thanks for the reminder!
LOL LOOK AT THIS: www.instructables.com/id/Smell-Graffiti/
Look at the the box where the the rating thing and stats thing is! It is all italicized!
Hello and welcome! Now get off yer damn ass and write an Instructable!
Hi Rachel,
I was trying to write a Perl script for Kiteman to retrieve some user stats from instructables. When I use a perl module which retrieves page source from a URL it gives me this:
<html><body><h1>403 Forbidden</h1>
Request forbidden by administrative rules.
</body></html>
Can you confirm that ibles does something to prevent page crawling please? I couldn't get around it with any way I knew :(
I was trying to write a Perl script for Kiteman to retrieve some user stats from instructables. When I use a perl module which retrieves page source from a URL it gives me this:
<html><body><h1>403 Forbidden</h1>
Request forbidden by administrative rules.
</body></html>
Can you confirm that ibles does something to prevent page crawling please? I couldn't get around it with any way I knew :(
Rachel! With all the the due respect I believe that you have awesomely beautiful eyes!
hey plz check your inbox!
and dont reply to this comment cause it wont show up on my comment tracker thing
...just read the pm and respond via pm
and dont reply to this comment cause it wont show up on my comment tracker thing
...just read the pm and respond via pm
testing this fix: <a href="http://www.instructables.com">http://www.instructables.com</a><br /> does it work?<br />
Oct 15, 2009. 1:13 PMLowney
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Sorry but I have a new problem with the text editor! I can no longerpaste text into the comment box! I am using Google Chrome. I triedinternet explorer and it worked fine, but I much prefer using GoogleChrome! Is there any way to fix it?
Oct 14, 2009. 1:13 AMsensebridge
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<object height="344" width="425"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6jVsClyXX9s&hl=en&fs=1&" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6jVsClyXX9s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" /></object>
Oct 11, 2009. 2:32 AMLowney
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I still get the invalid format message! It was after you "fixed it" because it was just 5 mins ago :(
Huh... Can you tell me what browser and version you're using, and what operating system? Also, what was the text of the comment you were trying to post (you can PM me this if you want).
thanks!
thanks!
Oct 11, 2009. 1:09 PMLowney
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In answer to your question:
-I use google chrome
-I use windows vista OS
-The comment I tried to post is pictured. It was just a text comment: no links, pictures etc.
-I use google chrome
-I use windows vista OS
-The comment I tried to post is pictured. It was just a text comment: no links, pictures etc.
Thanks, this is super helpful. I don't have a solution for this yet but we are working on it. It seems you are able to post things after a few tries, I'm sorry it takes that long and we'll fix this as soon as we can.
Apr 19, 2009. 8:40 AMcomodore
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Hey,
Sorry to bother you, could you please take a look at my question?
http://www.instructables.com/answers/Magnetic-LevetationA-Magnet-Levitating-between-t/
Thank you!
Comodore
Sorry to bother you, could you please take a look at my question?
http://www.instructables.com/answers/Magnetic-LevetationA-Magnet-Levitating-between-t/
Thank you!
Comodore
This is weird! When I click on the header below, it takes me to the wrong instructable. (http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-sew/)
Is it because there's a period in the title of my how to sew ible, you think?
Is it because there's a period in the title of my how to sew ible, you think?
Are you moving things around? I've noticed alot of bugs/problems, along side new headers? Just checking before i start bug reporting..
Did make some changes last night, production doesn't seem too happy this morning so may have to roll back. Other than slow load times and occasional site not found messages, what problems are you seeing?
This when i head for the topics, hit view all, and hit recent topics, it lists them in the wrong order (oldest first)
Slow load times, and occasional 503 on the whole site. (no 503s today yet)
I will post more bugs if and when i find them..
Slow load times, and occasional 503 on the whole site. (no 503s today yet)
I will post more bugs if and when i find them..
Hey, Rachel, would you mind telling us who the top loggers-in (in-loggers? log inners?) are? Please? I'll give you a cookie. Or three. And I don't mean evil tracking malware. :-)
hmm, that may be hard, but im sure i might make the top commenters list.....as i have the fastest comment rate, 3000 comments in 3 months is fast, doncha think?
? You have 6000+ comments in the space of a year.......Oh, my comment counter doesnt say 3000 yet. It did at one point, but then The counter got reset when I changed my name..............
Hey, out of chance, you have the same number of forum topics as instructables.
Sorry. That was kind of random...
Sorry. That was kind of random...
Wow, umm, I just realized how much you look like my spanish teacher...
Oct 31, 2008. 8:55 AMFlumpkins
says:
Uhhmmm..... I can't see some of my comments on my comment tracker. I probably have about 1935. I only see 1921. I won't be able to see this comment. Can you help me?
Rachel, I've been having a back-and-forth discussion with 'NachoMahma' under his documentation of Instructables' text-to-HTML formatting. I'm writing this note to you as a public comment, not to be critical, but so that the information content is findable by others. I hope that's okay with you.
I have found several things from the EdgeWall site which don't seem to function here at Instructables. It seems like we're both at the stage of trying random things and seeing whether they work or not.
I'll mention a couple of specific things I'd ask to have enabled at the end, but
first...would it be possible for you or someone else to provide (maybe just by editing NachoMahma's FAQ forum topic) authoritative documentation on which features (and which macros) are and aren't implemented (or enabled) in Instructables' backend formatter? If you already have that, maybe you could give NachoMahma a link to it to include in his topic?
It appears that the backquote notation for having inlined "monospace text" (techinically, <Code>...</Code> markup) doesn't work here (for example, `monospaced text`). Is that disabled on purpose? If not, could it be enabled?
It also appears that "inlined" images, in particular images pulled via external URLs rather than the user's library, don't work either. At EdgeWall, this mechanism is handled via a macro
When I try to use it, I just get the "Unknown Macro" box. Is this disabled on purpose? My particular use case was trying to use an image from someone else's library without wasting disk space by making a copy for myself; didn't work :-/
I have found several things from the EdgeWall site which don't seem to function here at Instructables. It seems like we're both at the stage of trying random things and seeing whether they work or not.
I'll mention a couple of specific things I'd ask to have enabled at the end, but
first...would it be possible for you or someone else to provide (maybe just by editing NachoMahma's FAQ forum topic) authoritative documentation on which features (and which macros) are and aren't implemented (or enabled) in Instructables' backend formatter? If you already have that, maybe you could give NachoMahma a link to it to include in his topic?
It appears that the backquote notation for having inlined "monospace text" (techinically, <Code>...</Code> markup) doesn't work here (for example, `monospaced text`). Is that disabled on purpose? If not, could it be enabled?
It also appears that "inlined" images, in particular images pulled via external URLs rather than the user's library, don't work either. At EdgeWall, this mechanism is handled via a macro
[[Image(<filename>|<URL>)]]
When I try to use it, I just get the "Unknown Macro" box. Is this disabled on purpose? My particular use case was trying to use an image from someone else's library without wasting disk space by making a copy for myself; didn't work :-/
Oct 12, 2008. 3:04 PMKeith-Kid
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Hey Rachel! While I think the old layout looked better, at least the top of the site, I have to say, the new layout is great! Takes a bit of getting used to, but overall its much more organized! I love that favorite and other options are right over an instructable instead of below it. Great job to you and to anyone else who might have helped!
Aug 22, 2008. 8:34 PMFlumpkins
says:
Hello Rachel, I just wanted to let you know that a bug or something happened to me while in the chatroom. I would type what I want, but it would show as a blank message. Everyone else in the room saw it too. Just wanted to let you know. P.s. I did try refreshing, I opened a new tab and close the old one. Thanks! - Justin
Apr 20, 2008. 4:24 PMKeith-Kid
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Ahh!!! Can't post my forum topic!!
This goes on and on! Its super long!
if its any help, this is the link to the error
This goes on and on! Its super long!
if its any help, this is the link to the error
Feb 25, 2008. 12:28 PMKeith-Kid
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I have a question. Please keep in mind I have no clue abou this stuff, so please simplify the answer
When there's and error or might be an error on the site, how exactly do you test the code to find out what's wrong?
When there's and error or might be an error on the site, how exactly do you test the code to find out what's wrong?
Testing and debugging software is a large and complicated area of knowledge, so a simple answer is hard. Usually when I discover a problem, I run the same code that's on the live site, on a different machine where I can stop the server when I hit the error. Then I reproduce the error, if possible, and look at the output messages. If I can't reproduce the error locally, debugging becomes much more difficult, as I can't stop the production servers to inspect the state of the system, even if I somehow knew about the error exactly when it happened!
Feb 26, 2008. 11:13 AMKeith-Kid
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oh ok I was almost right. I thought most of the time you HAD to work on the server itself
Jan 31, 2008. 5:08 PMGorillazMiko
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You're like, really cool, along with these people. ;-)
Dec 8, 2007. 5:38 PMDoctor What
says:
Mr. BeanyMvBeanBean is onto something, rachel. You look alot like someone I know too. From my past. I can't remember at the moment, but I swear I have seen you somewhere before. Any connection with WA?
Nov 27, 2007. 5:31 PMCharles IV
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Is your last name barth cause you look alot like somebody i know's mom
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