Another Galleon (local radar) weather fix

It’s been almost three years since I last fixed the local radar image in Galleon’s Weather application. Earlier this week TCF user ajayabb pointed out that just like last time, the image was showing N/A again.

I tracked down the bug to a change in weather.com’s HTML page and was able to make a simple change to fix it.

“Official” Galleon releases are few and far between (2.5.5 was released two years ago) so rather than wait for that you can download my revised weather.jar file here. Just replace the existing one in the ‘apps’ sub-directory and restart the Galleon server.

WIJFR: FreedomTM

The computer program Daemon has taken over the Internet, and millions have joined its virtual world. Now the effect is spilling into the real world as Daemon assumes control of financial institutions, and the program’s real-life converts flock to small towns to re-create a sustainable lifestyle amid the agribusiness monoculture of the Midwest.

During my trip to Arizona last week for Spring Training ’11 I finished “FreedomTM,” Daniel Suarez’s sequel to “Daemon.”

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