Solving XUL Permission Denied Exceptions
Our company has a XUL-based CRM-ERP application that I maintain. Like most applications we run into bugs from time to time. We’ve had an ongoing battle with some very annoying permission denied exceptions. The exact error varies but it’s always in the form “Permission denied to [accessing|get|set property] XULElement.something”. Here are some examples:
- Permission denied accessing XULElement.parentNode
- Permission denied to get property XULElement.selectedIndex
In: Web Development · Tagged with: CRM, ERP, Javascript, XUL
Site Resurrection!
That’s right my friends, The Dan Experiment is back. While I haven’t posted anything in months and no new worthwhile content has been posted in at least a year I haven’t forgotten about my blog. I started working on a whole new installation of WordPress a month ago. I found time here and there to install plugins, find a new theme, and copy over the old data. The updated blog is now live!
Major Changes Soon!
Nope, the site’s not dead, far from it. Major changes are underway, changes I started planning back in July on my last update. This includes a different theme, new logo, new ideas, and a series of articles. Some of the planning is complete as are some ideas for the first few articles. I don’t have much more to say at this time. Stay tuned…
Template Tweaks
The template tweaks are nearly complete. Here are some of the changes I made:
- Changed the way links are handled under the “Browse” sidebar. Height is no longer defined as this caused text overflow from long subjects. Removed background image, added dashed line between links, changing spacing.
- Fixed validation errors caused by a plugin and “target” on some of the links.
- Improved layout style in CSS and PHP files and eliminated some redundancy. This resulted in a reduction in overall page size.
- Made page fluid instead of fixed width. Post content now resizes with the browser. This isn’t noticeable unless your resolution is 1280 px wide or more.
In: My Websites · Tagged with: CSS, php, wordpress templates, wordpress vulnerabilities
New Theme, Updates Soon
I’ve changed the site theme to Tomodachi. It’s going to take some tweaking (links are sized incorrectly) but I like it. I’ll be updating a lot of things around the site, including the static pages, plugins, and more.
I’m going to shift some of my posts to cover my observations and ideas on web development, design, hosting, and related topics. I already have some topic ideas, such as “What To Look For In A Web Developer / Designer.”
What’s this? A post?!?!?
That’s right my friends, a new post after a year and 3 months of nothing. Recent ideas rekindled my interest in this site. As I’m heading off to the gym in a few minutes I don’t have time for a major update, but here are a few high points that occurred during my off time:
- Graduated from college with an AS in Business Administration in April ’07.
- Sentenced to probation with community service and restitution for my past crimes in April ’07
- Landed a web development job in November ’07.
In: Education / Learning, Goals, Health & Fitness, My Websites
I’m Back!
I decided to switch to a new, cheaper server. I’m now up and running on the new VPS. I wrote a new post on the old server by accident and it didn’t get moved over 
I’ll try to summarize what has been going on with me.
I’ve been participating in a 12 week fitness competition, Body For Life. I’ve been keeping a daily log on the bodybuilding.com forum. The log can be found here: http://workout.thedanexperiment.com
I have a few things to post about in the blog so watch for updates soon! I promise!
Another Trade – WIT
One trading strategy I wholeheartedly believe in is CANSLIM. I’m not going to go into details about the method, you can read about it at the link provided and all over the web. It’s a fundamentals based strategy that relies on great earnings and great companies. When I was researching CANSLIM months ago I stumbled onto Pitbull Investor. I used their free trial with demo trading and had decent results, somewhere around 5% in one month. I finally ordered the system a few weeks ago. It’s basicly a simplified version of CANSLIM with the addition of the cup and handle chart pattern. Every week their automated system publishes a list of stocks that fit their guidelines. The past few weeks have created very small lists and none of the companies jumped out at me. Then this weekend the new list was longer. I found two stocks that interested me, WIT and MEOH. Both are fundamentally great companies but WIT is in a cup and handle chart pattern. They were also scheduled to release earnings today. I used the rest of my cash account to buy WIT yesterday at $16.96. Today they beat the predicted EPS of $0.10 by $0.02, pushing the stock up over 4% to $17.84 as of right now. I’ll be holding this stock until it reaches the target of $20.62, it goes sideways, or I find a new stock that I feel has better potential.
Investing again…
It took a while but I’m finally back in the market. After selling my house I decided to put aside $5,000 to open a new brokerage account. While OptionsXpress has a LOT of great features their fees are a bit high. I’m keeping $1,000 with them as a backup account and for the tools they provide (free L1 streaming quotes, calculators, market scanners, etc). I put the $5,000 in a ChoiceTrade account. I haven’t decided if I’m going to stay with them yet but I’ve begun trading. Their website is bare bones and they don’t allow anything beyond basic options trades (no spreads, etc). Their fees are very low though, only $5 for stock trades (unlimited shares including penny stocks) and $0.75 per options contract ($6 minimum).
Sorry About The Downtime
Sorry about the downtime everyone! Due to issues with Amex the bill didn’t get paid like it was supposed to and the site went down while I was 350 miles away visiting my parents without access to the proper card to pay it. That’s also one of the reasons why I haven’t had any updates in a while. Now that it’s back I’ll be posting more regular updates. I have a bunch of images to add to the gallery as well.