Zach Matthews
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This thread has certainly been more entertaining than I expected.
Ok Chrome’s guys pointed me to a workaround which I have implemented until they release the next dev version. The site is fine in Chrome Canary and should now be fine in regular Chrome.
Anybody keeps having the issue (Tim Pommer?) please let me know.
Thanks,
ZachHey Don –
Even if the loop were to crack, it’s easily fixed with a heat gun and a little bit of the right kind of heat-shrink tubing (get the clear stuff). I made a bunch and in my testing those welded loops were the strongest kind of knot one could tie on a fly line.
Zach
It is definitely fixed; I just watched it barf on a 302 response and then force a 200 response (re-downloading the files) out of the server. It happened in a split second.
This issue seems to be due to a non-standards-compliant response from some http servers. I think the issue is that no browser has ever really paid attention to the meta data on a 302 response page (which we as web designers can’t even see or alter unless we are running our own servers with access to Apache’s back end, which no one on a shared or semi-dedicated package like this site has).
So suddenly Chrome up and decided to be ultra standards compliant and thus exposed all the servers which had never particularly bothered to make sure the 302 page reflected a proper “content-type” setting.
All super annoying. “Content-type” is one of those stupid sub-classification tags that serves only to satisfy the code programmers’ need to list all possible variables, when 99.99% of the time the type is either html or (and this is why Chrome is barfing), css.
When you code a site like this, you come to believe that half the time the people who invent these code languages are just classifiers, classic “splitters” instead of “lumpers”. They want every little image link to have an “alt=” definition, etc. Just look how many variables you can optionally set for a simple < a href = > link:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp
Who cares? A link just needs to point the browser to a url unless you’re trying to do something crazy like open it in a specific size of window. Crap like this drives me crazy–it is the tyranny of the nerd.
Zach
Well, I downloaded Google Chrome Canary, which is their next, not-yet-released build, and, knock on wood, the problem seems to have been resolved. Which may be why no one has responded to my bug fix notice.
Zach
Hmm. It might take you a while of browsing, Ian, because you need to generate a 304 server response, which is what it sends when everything is cached on your local box and nothing has changed. Here’s my Google Chrome bug report with screenshots from my work PC, but it’s happening on Chrome in OSx as well.
That’s awesome, Eric, thanks for the detailed response. The kind of intricate detail that goes into these carvings is really what makes them look better than, say, a fiberglass replica mount, which I have never thought looked very good.
We’d love to see more photos.
Zach
Great stuff Eric, thanks for swinging by.
I have a carving question. For me one of the areas of a carved fish that looks the least real is up inside the mouth. On this one you’ve really hollowed it out quite a ways back, but with a lot of carvers they just kind of seem to give up and leave an obvious divot there. I’m sure it’d be hard as hell to actually carve the inside of a trout’s mouth, but have you ever tried? And if so does the effect of realism grow even stronger? For me this is kind of the Uncanny Valley effect when it comes to carved fish, and I wonder if it can be defeated.
Zach
Hey Mike –
Awesome, we’re making progress. Now we can call you something other than “Mr. Shadow.”
Just so you’re not continuing to dig the hole deeper, I’ll explain. Tim Pommer was in charge of Scientific Anglers’ fly line testing lab in the years leading up to Bruce Richards’ retirement, then took over for Bruce as chief line designer until recently. He’s not speculating. He’s one of the two or three most knowledgeable people about fly lines on the planet, a trained engineer with hundreds of hours of experience cutting up competitors’ lines as well as designing his own (most of which were seriously good and won awards). Here’s his interview on the podcast:
Similarly, this isn’t really a typical fly fishing board. Most of the guys here work in the industry in some capacity, whether as writers like myself, professional guides, or business and fly shop owners. I recognize that you didn’t start this thread (I did), and maybe this is not the place to give business advice, but I really do believe you’d be better off just answering some basic questions and taking the knowledge level of this community seriously.
What tapers are you using? Are they compound or simple WF tapers? Do you have any personal input into the line’s design or are you simply sourcing these from a manufacturer? What is your engineering background? Have you worked for other fly fishing companies in the past? These are the kinds of questions that most people will have about a new product, and it’s the kind of thing you might want to address in your marketing.
Zach
I haven’t noticed any issue with mine, guys, but yeah, I will probably take them up on it. Might as well get a new shutter.
Zach
Yeah I agree, I almost fell through my monitor checking out the detail on that duck yesterday. Great shot!
Zach
Shadow –
Have to agree with you here:
honestly it has been nothing but unbiased opinion
Not to like toot my own horn or whatever, but I’ve been writing about fly fishing products in the national media since 2006.
There’s some basis to our questions.
Not that you need an extensive background writing unbiased national magazine articles about this industry to, you know, have a few questions about the $20 Asian import fly line. I am just not sure you’re giving the guys on this board enough credit. (And I’m pretty certain you haven’t figured out who Tim is yet). Generally speaking you don’t want to underestimate your potential customers. Buzzwords and reassurances are awesome (!) great (!) and spectacular (!) but most people just want their questions answered so they can decide for themselves.
Zach
Don’t listen to Ian, he only designs rods and knows nothing of fly lines. Tim, have you figured out how to texture a light bulb yet?
Hey thanks Phil, I am glad people are reading those. I try to mix it up in there.
Shadow, if you’re still reading this, I’ll review one of your lines if you want to send one. I’ll even send it back if you include return postage; my standard offer when I review a product–I have drawers full of lines and don’t need another. I promise to be unbiased.
Zach
Is this the article, David?
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/nobody_knows_anything.shtml
Thanks man,
Zach