Site Issues
A number of you have emailed to tell me the site looks funky, and I have no idea why it would. Please explain what the problem is, what browser you are using, and what OS, and if you can put up a screen cap on an image hosting service, that would be appreciated.
If any of you know what has caused this and have a workaround, please fill me in.
July 28, 2009 12:53 pm
Posted in: Site Maintenance
608 Comments
608 Responses
ksecus - July 28, 2009 | 12:55 pm · Link
looks fine to me. Just got here …
01jack - July 28, 2009 | 12:58 pm · Link
The css is not being applied. Someone in another thread said (I think) that if you leave a comment, that drops a cookie and then the css is used. I’ll see if that’s true in a second.
amok92 - July 28, 2009 | 12:58 pm · Link
John:
FireFox 3.0.10 on Centos OS 4 (Red Hat knock off) – FF’s error console
Error: The stylesheet http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css was not loaded because its MIME type, “text/html”, is not “text/css”.
Source File: http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=24657
Line: 0
01jack - July 28, 2009 | 12:59 pm · Link
Yep. That cleared it up.
Alan - July 28, 2009 | 12:59 pm · Link
All you have to do is log off the site and clear your browser cookies and you’ll see what the problem is…
Unless you at least comment and gain a comment cookie your browser will be served a valid CSS file. Otherwise you’re out of luck.
Dave - July 28, 2009 | 12:59 pm · Link
Hi John
Looks funky here. Looks like the css isn’t loading properly. Viewing on mac Firefox 3.0.12.
I’d blame Obama.
MikeJ - July 28, 2009 | 12:59 pm · Link
Sounds like when your host cleaned up the site they screwed the mime types.
Halteclere - July 28, 2009 | 1:00 pm · Link
Mozilla browser with XP Pro OS here.
I haven’t noticed anything funky about the site, but the comment formatting buttons are gone and only the text examples of the HTML formats is visible.
I.e.
Aaron - July 28, 2009 | 1:00 pm · Link
Well, I use Opera 10.0 Beta, and it looks weird—it’s all white, just text. Here’s a photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5.....766370504/
J - July 28, 2009 | 1:01 pm · Link
the css is whacked until you comment and get a cookie.
Halteclere - July 28, 2009 | 1:02 pm · Link
Editing comments is now not possible either. If it was I would have cleaned up the block quote I just posted (it wasn’t supposed to be a nested block quote).
Frank - July 28, 2009 | 1:03 pm · Link
Ubuntu Linux Firefox. Same error as John, I also notice that trying to load your CSS file directly http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css redirects to the front page of the site.
That’s probably the problem.
clussman - July 28, 2009 | 1:03 pm · Link
Hmm. Looks fine in the latest version of FF but I’m getting the “Plain Screen of Just Text” on my iPhone. As noted above, the difference is probably that one of them is getting cached files (stylesheets, etc.) and the other one isn’t.
Mike - July 28, 2009 | 1:04 pm · Link
I’m seeing it in Firefix 3.5.1 on OS X 10.5.7.
Darcy - July 28, 2009 | 1:04 pm · Link
Only wonky here at work (IE, ancient edition). Blogroll and ads are gone, everything is stripped down. Works just fine on latest Firefox and Safari at home.
The Grand Panjandrum - July 28, 2009 | 1:04 pm · Link
I miss my wife asking why the hell I am reading about finding a Thai girlfriend. Other than that everything seems fine to me.
Terry - July 28, 2009 | 1:05 pm · Link
It looks to me like the style sheet isn’t being loaded. When I examine http://www.balloon-juice.com/w…../style.css, it’s is a copy of the main HTML page from a couple of days ago. That’s about when the problem started. I think the style sheet file got overwritten by the main Balloon Juice page.
akaoni - July 28, 2009 | 1:05 pm · Link
I’m using XP and IE 7 and my screen looks just like Aaron’s posted pic above.
dancinfool - July 28, 2009 | 1:05 pm · Link
Site is all white, no ads, no columns, and the balloon image is on the far left of the page. Commenting to see if it corrects when I post.
auntieeminaz - July 28, 2009 | 1:06 pm · Link
@J: Worked for me last night. Using IE8
Alan - July 28, 2009 | 1:06 pm · Link
For those of you that see the site just fine. Clear the cookies on your browser and then look. You’ll see the site displayed without a CSS file. Make a comment and everything will be go back to normal.
akaoni - July 28, 2009 | 1:07 pm · Link
Comment cleared out up the problem here too.
Frank - July 28, 2009 | 1:07 pm · Link
Indeed, adding a comment fixed the problem. is your server is applying some restrictions to certain files on users with no cookies?
gex - July 28, 2009 | 1:07 pm · Link
Don’t mind me. Just fixing my CSS by leaving a comment after clearing cookies nuked the CSS.
Zam - July 28, 2009 | 1:07 pm · Link
Firefox vista pro
robot eating - July 28, 2009 | 1:08 pm · Link
cookie for me?
Zam - July 28, 2009 | 1:08 pm · Link
Commenting cleared it up
area man - July 28, 2009 | 1:09 pm · Link
I’m using Firefox as well and it does look funky. Testing to see if posting fixes display problem. If that doesn’t help, I blame the tiny Hollywood starlets. Also!
gex - July 28, 2009 | 1:09 pm · Link
@amok92: Same here. amok92 seems to have found the culprit.
Ash Can - July 28, 2009 | 1:10 pm · Link
I’m using Internet Explorer and have no problems. (Like other commenters, I don’t see the formatting shortcut buttons or any preview, but it’s been like that for days now.)
area man - July 28, 2009 | 1:10 pm · Link
Yep, that did it. Re-engaging lurk mode.
Tom - July 28, 2009 | 1:10 pm · Link
Seeing if commenting will fix.
Steeplejack - July 28, 2009 | 1:10 pm · Link
Just as a reference point, the site has worked fine for me the last few days under both Opera 9.64 and Internet Explorer 8. My OS is Windows XP Service Pack 3.
It appears that (some) people are needing to get a CSS file refreshed.
MikeJ - July 28, 2009 | 1:10 pm · Link
weird.
Jamais Cascio - July 28, 2009 | 1:11 pm · Link
Ignore me. Long time reader, first time comment—and it’s just to get the CSS cookie.
Angela - July 28, 2009 | 1:12 pm · Link
The style is all wrong. Viewing on Firefox
Maus - July 28, 2009 | 1:12 pm · Link
Looked weird the last few days, FF 3.5.1, W2k8 R2, just went back to normal today.
L Boom - July 28, 2009 | 1:12 pm · Link
Having the same problem using Firefox 3.0.11 and leaving a comment to see if that fixes it.
Trinity - July 28, 2009 | 1:14 pm · Link
Looks like this on top: http://i466.photobucket.com/al.....irefox.jpg
and the ads show up at the bottom of the page: http://i466.photobucket.com/al.....300EST.jpg
It has been like this from both my work and home computers.
I’m using Firefox 30.0.12
forkbeard - July 28, 2009 | 1:14 pm · Link
Good to know about the “post a comment” fix. It’s been looking odd for awhile on my computer.
Ajay - July 28, 2009 | 1:16 pm · Link
I use FF and it happens to me from time to time. All I see is text and no frames etc. Refreshing it couple of times fixes it. Very rarely has it lasted more than few refreshing attempts.
manfrommadras - July 28, 2009 | 1:17 pm · Link
check
Violet - July 28, 2009 | 1:17 pm · Link
@Ash Can:
Same here.
Scott H - July 28, 2009 | 1:17 pm · Link
Fixed by posting a comment. [Safari 4.0.2]
ChicagoTom - July 28, 2009 | 1:17 pm · Link
It looks like the CSS isn’t being applied.
Using FF 3.0.11 and Ubuntu 8.10 I get the error in the firefox error console :
Error: The stylesheet http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css was not loaded because its MIME type, “text/html”, is not “text/css”.
Source File: http://www.balloon-juice.com/
RedKitten - July 28, 2009 | 1:18 pm · Link
The only funky-looking thing about the site, IMHO, is the sad lack of Lily and Tunch photos. We’re still hoping for the shot of the two of them snorgling, in order for our sad little lives to be made complete.
Aqualad08 - July 28, 2009 | 1:18 pm · Link
Yes, there does not seem to be pictures of beautiful women making out on this site. Please fix that.
misstwitch - July 28, 2009 | 1:18 pm · Link
Looks funky on both Firefox and Flock… I may have to leave another comment to fix my home computer if this works…
Wayne - July 28, 2009 | 1:19 pm · Link
OK, I’ll post this and see if that fixes it.
Anthony Carbone - July 28, 2009 | 1:19 pm · Link
Hasn’t worked for days on both Safari and Firefox.
Ethan's Mom - July 28, 2009 | 1:20 pm · Link
This may turn out to be the post with the most comments evah!
manfrommadras - July 28, 2009 | 1:20 pm · Link
check again after clearing cookies
nwithers - July 28, 2009 | 1:21 pm · Link
Firefox 3.5.1 on both my work (Windows Vista) and home (Windows XP) computer. on both computers the website looks very spare without the regular formatting or side bar information
nwithers - July 28, 2009 | 1:22 pm · Link
Also, after posting and refreshing, the formatting is back.
Matt - July 28, 2009 | 1:22 pm · Link
Hmm.
Rheinhard - July 28, 2009 | 1:23 pm · Link
I am currently in the office where the default browser is of course Windows Internet Explorer, where at the moment this site seems to look OK (however it has been borked in the recent past). However I have also taken the liberty of installing Apple’s Safari, and in Safari I still get the borkedness, as seen in this screencap.
OS NameMicrosoft Windows XP Professional
Version5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13
Safari v 4.0.2 (530.19.1)
yaco - July 28, 2009 | 1:23 pm · Link
A comment to clear this mess up.
mslarry - July 28, 2009 | 1:23 pm · Link
just leaving a comment to fix the problem…
Spiffy McBang - July 28, 2009 | 1:23 pm · Link
Comment = test
milo - July 28, 2009 | 1:23 pm · Link
comment test
williamc - July 28, 2009 | 1:24 pm · Link
The site’s been f-ed up for the last couple days, nothing I could find was working, so I just decided that the Porkulus has failed and you weren’t getting paid Obamabucks to maintain it anymore…
/snark
You Don't Say - July 28, 2009 | 1:24 pm · Link
I get what Aaron took a screen capture of …
You Don't Say - July 28, 2009 | 1:25 pm · Link
@You Don’t Say: Now it’s back to normal … post comment.
Dr. Squid - July 28, 2009 | 1:25 pm · Link
Let’s see if this makes it something other than bloody boring.
Minty - July 28, 2009 | 1:26 pm · Link
Posting a comment to get the cookie.
Treefrogjohn - July 28, 2009 | 1:26 pm · Link
Leaving a comment to see if it brings back the formatting. I’m seeing a white screen with no ads, etc. Using Firefox on a Vista PC. Saw the same thing at home running Safari on a MacPro.
Spiffy McBang - July 28, 2009 | 1:27 pm · Link
Testing again.
Treefrogjohn - July 28, 2009 | 1:28 pm · Link
Yep, it worked fine for me as well. I may have to repeat this on my home computer tonight.
Spiffy McBang - July 28, 2009 | 1:28 pm · Link
Ok, I’m using Firefox 3.0.12 on XP Pro, and clearing cookies/leaving a comment isn’t fixing it.
Brad - July 28, 2009 | 1:28 pm · Link
Leaving a comment to try to fix this….
cliff - July 28, 2009 | 1:29 pm · Link
Mmmmm Cookie! =P
Frans - July 28, 2009 | 1:29 pm · Link
Gimme a cookie.
Ash Can - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
As I type this now, I’m viewing the site on Firefox, and the format of the site is indeed whack. Let’s see if posting this fixes the formatting on Firefox for me…
Alan - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
@Spiffy McBang:
Interesting…
I’ll test it with FF3.51 …
Marlowe - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
The site looks fnky on IE 8, thoguh it appears fine on Firefox.
smiley - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
a comment for commenting’s sake
Frans - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
That worked. Amok92 at 3 is right.
Ash Can - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
...And yes, it did.
cliff - July 28, 2009 | 1:30 pm · Link
Well, the cookie by comment don’t work here. still f’d up; firefox 3.5.1
White House Department of Law (fmrly Jim-Bob) - July 28, 2009 | 1:31 pm · Link
Safari 3.04
The formatting toolbar doesn’t show above the comment box. Also, most comments by right-leaning contributors look stupid. Is there a fix for this?
rc - July 28, 2009 | 1:31 pm · Link
Just getting a cookie
Jeff - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
Test
cliff - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
Whack. The second one (comment) did it.
Evil Parallel Universe - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
I’d wait till this is fixed to use your Time Machine.
Spiffy McBang - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
And now it works! wtf
But I’m happy.
Alan - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
@Alan: I commented and then refreshed which, evidently, loaded the style sheet. So again, the comment fixed it.
KDP - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
Comment to clear funky display.
FF 3.0.12 – WinXP SP3 - display no good for past 2 days
Marlowe - July 28, 2009 | 1:32 pm · Link
Leaving a comment and reloading appears to have fixed the issues on IE 8.
Ben - July 28, 2009 | 1:33 pm · Link
Having problems with Firefox 3.0.12 on OS X 10.5.6. Will post again if commenting doesn’t clear it up.
The Other Steve - July 28, 2009 | 1:33 pm · Link
This is clearly Obama’s fault.
Tim F. - July 28, 2009 | 1:35 pm · Link
OSX Leopard, Firefox 3.0.12 . The site looked primitive (e.g., no graphics and super-basic layout) for the last 48 hours. It looks fine now. The management part of the site never had a problem.
SadieSue - July 28, 2009 | 1:37 pm · Link
It’s completely screwed-up on my computer as well & has been for a few days. I did wonder why you didn’t mention any problems as I assumed (yeah, I know) that everyone was seeing it the way I was. =D
I see it exactly the way #9 Aaron, #39 Tinity, & #48 Rheinhard do (they posted screenshots) & I first noticed the day (or so) after all the loading issues happened.
I’m viewing it on Firefox 3.5.1 using a Mac Mini (Intel) OS 10.5.7 & if what I’m reading above is true, my commenting should fix this though since I have my preferences set to automatically delete all cookies after I close Firefox, this fix will only be for today. Hope this helps.
The Moar You Know - July 28, 2009 | 1:37 pm · Link
Opera 9.63/Vista SP1, listening to Rush’s Vapor Trails, not too many rightards commenting today, everything seems fine save for a paucity of Tunch and Lily pics.
inkadu - July 28, 2009 | 1:37 pm · Link
This is excellent news for John McCain.
fizzlogic - July 28, 2009 | 1:37 pm · Link
Testing for comment fix
SadieSue - July 28, 2009 | 1:37 pm · Link
Yep, now it looks normal.
4tehlulz - July 28, 2009 | 1:38 pm · Link
Same stylesheet issue as everyone else:
Firefox 3.5.1 on XP SP3 (work) and Windows 7 RC (home).
ChicagoTom - July 28, 2009 | 1:38 pm · Link
After posting a comment the site looks good again.
General Winfield Stuck - July 28, 2009 | 1:40 pm · Link
That’s pretty much it for me. I use CC cleaner to clear cache and cookies, so now I went into CC cookies section and added bj cookie to leave alone and keep when cleaning group.
4tehlulz - July 28, 2009 | 1:40 pm · Link
Huh. Posting a comment didn’t fix it for me—before and after clearing cache.
Evolved Deep Southerner - July 28, 2009 | 1:41 pm · Link
Just commenting to de-funkify the appearance of the site.
iwantcssfile - July 28, 2009 | 1:41 pm · Link
same formatting program since sunday across my firefox, opera, and safari browsers (not browser specific). delurking to comment yesterday fixed the problem.
g-rant - July 28, 2009 | 1:42 pm · Link
test
Evolved Deep Southerner - July 28, 2009 | 1:42 pm · Link
And now that doesn’t work. Still funked up.
Drew Thaler - July 28, 2009 | 1:42 pm · Link
Two things:
(1) For some reason, accesses to pages that don’t exist are returning a copy of the homepage.
(2) The site’s CSS file is treated as if it does not exist (until you get a cookie?)... so the browser gets HTML where it was expecting CSS, and correctly ignores it.
This link should yield a 404 error, since it refers to a page that couldn’t possibly exist. But instead it gives you a copy of the homepage: http://www.balloon-juice.com/T.....RIGHT.html
Similarly, if you load up the CSS file directly you get the same thing—suggesting that it also doesn’t exist somehow: http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css
iwantcssfile - July 28, 2009 | 1:42 pm · Link
...same formatting problem (edit function disabled, wasn’t during moderation yesterday)
4tehlulz - July 28, 2009 | 1:43 pm · Link
This gets weirder. I just turned off accepting third-party cookies and now it’s almost fixed (don’t have style buttons, though).
Bad Horse's Filly - July 28, 2009 | 1:43 pm · Link
Google chrome looks the like screenshots you’ve gotten. Firefox 3.0.12 looks fine, but unable to edit a post. IE 7-ish (at home) looked fine last night and I could edit. And that’s all the browsers I have at my disposal (and I’m really just posting this to see if it clears it up, liked noted above).
General Winfield Stuck - July 28, 2009 | 1:43 pm · Link
And once again for those who use Firefox, which is all teh smart people, here is an add on text format toolbar.
Cookie Monster - July 28, 2009 | 1:43 pm · Link
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
g-rant - July 28, 2009 | 1:44 pm · Link
mmm…cookie
General Winfield Stuck - July 28, 2009 | 1:44 pm · Link
@Evolved Deep Southerner:
you have to re-load page for it to kick in
Bad Horse's Filly - July 28, 2009 | 1:44 pm · Link
In Chrome, like other browser’s mentioned above, when you comment, clears up the visual aspect, but edit feature is still disabled, as in FF.
tazcorky - July 28, 2009 | 1:44 pm · Link
dipping my toe in the cookie/comment conspiracy
Mike - July 28, 2009 | 1:44 pm · Link
man
bystander - July 28, 2009 | 1:45 pm · Link
FF 3.5.1 / Windows XP (sp3)
NJDave - July 28, 2009 | 1:45 pm · Link
test to see if comment …
Sean - July 28, 2009 | 1:45 pm · Link
I have the problem on both a Windows machine using Firefox and connecting with the iPhone. And while commenting…it wouldn’t hurt to have a mobile device friendly page as well!
Skepticat - July 28, 2009 | 1:46 pm · Link
Wonky here (Firefox 3.0.12 on Mac OS 10.5.7); hope a comment will jar it loose. I fear that otherwise we won’t be able to see Tunch and
Lily.
fizzlogic - July 28, 2009 | 1:46 pm · Link
iPhone test…
Darin - July 28, 2009 | 1:46 pm · Link
I spose I’ll try to take a cookie then.
HP Stevens - July 28, 2009 | 1:47 pm · Link
Gimme a cookie, too, toots.
AntiCliche - July 28, 2009 | 1:47 pm · Link
Leaving a comment. The http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css link redirects to an html page instead of the actual stylesheet, so most styles aren’t applied.
Why would cookies affect the way this is handled? You don’t serve up css as a static file?
Skepticat - July 28, 2009 | 1:47 pm · Link
Comment, reload—Bingo!
MJR - July 28, 2009 | 1:47 pm · Link
test
MBL - July 28, 2009 | 1:48 pm · Link
Somebody fix the pilot light on my water heater so I can take a shower, please.
aulaitcru - July 28, 2009 | 1:48 pm · Link
comment test
Evolved Deep Southerner - July 28, 2009 | 1:48 pm · Link
@General Winfield Stuck: Thank you, General. It’s back to normal – for now.
Screamin' Demon - July 28, 2009 | 1:49 pm · Link
@Trinity:
So am I, on Mac Leopard. Looks the same as always. No problems at all.
drew42 - July 28, 2009 | 1:49 pm · Link
here’s my test comment to get the css…
Drew Thaler - July 28, 2009 | 1:50 pm · Link
And I can confirm that once you’ve commented and got the cookie, the CSS file is again CSS and not a copy of the homepage.
This is almost certainly something that has gone wrong in the Apache config. I can’t guess without actually seeing the conf file, so you’ll need one of the techs to sort it out.
J - July 28, 2009 | 1:50 pm · Link
Getting a cookie…
bystander - July 28, 2009 | 1:51 pm · Link
@General Winfield Stuck: Thanks for the tip.
rflaugher - July 28, 2009 | 1:51 pm · Link
test 1, 2
vigouge - July 28, 2009 | 1:52 pm · Link
comment test
fizzlogic - July 28, 2009 | 1:52 pm · Link
I had to reload after I commented. But the comment fixed it on the iPhone.
marcopolo - July 28, 2009 | 1:54 pm · Link
Using Mac Leopard and I get the white screen with text. Hope adding a comment clears things up.
Cameron - July 28, 2009 | 1:54 pm · Link
I’m using Firefox 3.0.12, and I get the all-white screen noted above. Trying the comment fix…
Cameron - July 28, 2009 | 1:55 pm · Link
As noted by many above, the comment fix worked for me.
dmbeaster - July 28, 2009 | 1:55 pm · Link
comment reload
marcopolo - July 28, 2009 | 1:56 pm · Link
And it did.
Tiparillo - July 28, 2009 | 1:56 pm · Link
Well, I use Opera 10.0 Beta, and it looks weird—it’s all white, just text. Here’s a photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5…..766370504/
This is what it looked like for me yesterday until I commented. Running IE 7.0.6 @ work
shoutingattherain - July 28, 2009 | 1:57 pm · Link
Cookie me. Cookie you.
Amylw - July 28, 2009 | 1:59 pm · Link
I need a cookie.
Bnad - July 28, 2009 | 1:59 pm · Link
Hoping this works to fix, Firefox 3.0.12 and not seeing boxes or formatting.
dbell - July 28, 2009 | 1:59 pm · Link
comment test
Tony Dismukes - July 28, 2009 | 1:59 pm · Link
Chrome on XP Pro, getting the same stylesheet problem as everyone else. Leaving a comment to see if that fixes things …
Bnad - July 28, 2009 | 1:59 pm · Link
Posting a comment and then reloading worked.
Jason - July 28, 2009 | 1:59 pm · Link
I have a cookie. I’m just commenting to be a dick.
Comrade Scrutinizer - July 28, 2009 | 2:00 pm · Link
Shoot. I was gonna comment that I liked the new site design.
Katinula - July 28, 2009 | 2:00 pm · Link
Just doing my best to fill up the comments (and get a cookie)...
Tony Dismukes - July 28, 2009 | 2:02 pm · Link
Leaving a comment and then refreshing the page did the trick.
Ranjan - July 28, 2009 | 2:02 pm · Link
Bad CSS! No cookie for you!
Duurrrr - July 28, 2009 | 2:03 pm · Link
Testing
Scott H - July 28, 2009 | 2:04 pm · Link
cookie, please
Corvus - July 28, 2009 | 2:04 pm · Link
just lookinig for the comment cookie. mmm, cookies
bhagamu - July 28, 2009 | 2:06 pm · Link
/ also getting cookie, back to lurk
jamie - July 28, 2009 | 2:06 pm · Link
Still looks “funny”.....
R - July 28, 2009 | 2:06 pm · Link
If I get a cookie I get the correct style?
Let’s see…
dorkboy - July 28, 2009 | 2:06 pm · Link
I’m putting in a comment here to see if it fixes things as suggested by others.
Trinity - July 28, 2009 | 2:09 pm · Link
Commenting fixed it.
This is obviously some kind of blogger socialism in play.
mike in denmark - July 28, 2009 | 2:09 pm · Link
Commenting to fix the way bj looks
justsomebjlurker - July 28, 2009 | 2:12 pm · Link
just need the cookie . . . ?
Allright already - July 28, 2009 | 2:13 pm · Link
So this is supposed to fix it huh?
Dave Empey - July 28, 2009 | 2:13 pm · Link
Cookie.
kevin - July 28, 2009 | 2:14 pm · Link
Just seeing if the comment fix works
gogol's wife - July 28, 2009 | 2:14 pm · Link
Shatner’s greatest performance since Alyosha Karamazov. Just commenting to be able to read BJ.
Jody - July 28, 2009 | 2:15 pm · Link
I too am commenting to get the css cookie.
Jody - July 28, 2009 | 2:15 pm · Link
What the? Didn’t work…
schrodinger's cat - July 28, 2009 | 2:15 pm · Link
We can has Tunch please?
marie Dezort - July 28, 2009 | 2:15 pm · Link
Test
ricky - July 28, 2009 | 2:16 pm · Link
[blockquote] “I miss my wife asking why the hell I am reading about finding a Thai girlfriend. “[/blockquote]
Mine keeps asking why Coulter charges some guys and for others gives it away for free.
Mwangangi - July 28, 2009 | 2:16 pm · Link
It’s a tarp…
Dave N. - July 28, 2009 | 2:16 pm · Link
comment test
ricky - July 28, 2009 | 2:17 pm · Link
Well, offering a comment and trying previously suggested tricks did nothing for me. And I cannot edit either or I would have erased my previous try.
schrodinger's cat - July 28, 2009 | 2:17 pm · Link
I made you a cookie, but I eated it.
OT: I am getting a new ice-cream maker, does anyone have recipes they particularly like? First ice-cream I make will be mango ice-cream.
selskie - July 28, 2009 | 2:18 pm · Link
~test
sean - July 28, 2009 | 2:18 pm · Link
I want a cookie
Vlad - July 28, 2009 | 2:19 pm · Link
This probably isn’t what you’re talking about, but the mobile site is horrible. Could you please offer an option to disable loading it?
SwingBass - July 28, 2009 | 2:21 pm · Link
Did someone say “cookies”? Yum.
PanAmerican - July 28, 2009 | 2:22 pm · Link
Wonked
XP & Firefox 3.5.1
karen in silver spring - July 28, 2009 | 2:22 pm · Link
I’m also commenting so that it clears up the formatting….
allen - July 28, 2009 | 2:22 pm · Link
No style sheet.
jaydenver - July 28, 2009 | 2:23 pm · Link
comment made waiting to see effect…tongue in cheek
Firefox 3.5 - July 28, 2009 | 2:23 pm · Link
This has been occurring for a couple of days now.
Zam - July 28, 2009 | 2:24 pm · Link
Ugh the comment fix didn’t last long
Ash Can - July 28, 2009 | 2:24 pm · Link
And in other news, retiring Ohio GOP senator George Voinovich rips the southern yahoos who have taken over his party (h/t GOS).
Klaus - July 28, 2009 | 2:25 pm · Link
I want cookie.
geg6 - July 28, 2009 | 2:25 pm · Link
I haven’t had any problems either here at work or on my CrackBerry.
Other than the html shortcuts being gone. I refuse to use those old ones where I actually have to type something. I’m too old to remember the last time I did that. I think it might have been grad school. And no way can I blockquote without the shortcut button.
We can haz shortcutz back?
Jim Rittenhouse - July 28, 2009 | 2:25 pm · Link
Using Firefox – it’s obvious that the CSS is not working for some reason.
slippytoad - July 28, 2009 | 2:26 pm · Link
John, the site looks funky because you’ve got Bootsy on bass. If you turn him down it will be far less funky.
spudsfan - July 28, 2009 | 2:26 pm · Link
Guess why.
Klaus - July 28, 2009 | 2:26 pm · Link
Cookie worked, had to shift-reload to clear cache, site displays fine now.
jamie - July 28, 2009 | 2:26 pm · Link
Okay,back to normal….
chanster - July 28, 2009 | 2:26 pm · Link
C is for cookie…
Jim Rittenhouse - July 28, 2009 | 2:27 pm · Link
...but if you comment, the cookie kicks in and it looks normal. Otherwise, it’s got no formatting at all.
Punchy - July 28, 2009 | 2:28 pm · Link
Everytime I open and try and read the posts, the posts are littered with grammar fuckups and spelling debacles. Clearly something is wrong wi…..wait, come to think of it…..nevermind.
I’ll just blame this on your server.
gerry - July 28, 2009 | 2:29 pm · Link
I have nothing to say
AW - July 28, 2009 | 2:30 pm · Link
Just commenting in hopes it fixes the problem.
Arlene - July 28, 2009 | 2:31 pm · Link
I’m using Firefox, not sure which edition. But the site for the past two days has looked funky. I’ll try some of the above remedies. I would like it to get back to normal so I can see your lovely pictures of Tunch & Lily.
jim - July 28, 2009 | 2:31 pm · Link
no formatting when viewed through firefox 3.5.1 or safari 4.0.2
Cameron - July 28, 2009 | 2:31 pm · Link
Having read the previous comments I am about to attempt to post and see if that fixes the CSS. Hold on to your butts.
Cameron - July 28, 2009 | 2:32 pm · Link
And it worked.
X - July 28, 2009 | 2:33 pm · Link
Grabbing a cookie
Nazgul35 - July 28, 2009 | 2:36 pm · Link
@schrodinger’s cat:
Talk to the paw!
boomshanka - July 28, 2009 | 2:36 pm · Link
need more cookie
Mojotron - July 28, 2009 | 2:37 pm · Link
looks fine on my XP PC running firefox, looks funky on my Mac running firefox. Attempting commenting fix…...now.
cookie monster - July 28, 2009 | 2:38 pm · Link
Just want cookie!
Arlene - July 28, 2009 | 2:38 pm · Link
I just came back to the site and it’s back to normal – yea! Now, some more pictures of Tunch and Lily too, please.
jaydenver - July 28, 2009 | 2:38 pm · Link
Ray Arnold: [trying to bring the system back on-line] Access main program. Access main security. Access main program grid.
[the computer denies him finally saying, “You didn’t say the magic word!”]
Dennis Nedry: [on computer] Uh uh uh! You didn’t say the magic word! Uh uh uh!
Ray Arnold: Please! God damn it! I hate this hacker crap!
and, the commenting worked…site back to normal..until the next time
boomshanka - July 28, 2009 | 2:38 pm · Link
oh yeah, opera 9.64
we can be heroes - July 28, 2009 | 2:39 pm · Link
comment test
we can be heroes - July 28, 2009 | 2:39 pm · Link
...fixed it.
mrstrailerco - July 28, 2009 | 2:40 pm · Link
I’m just here for a cookie
Nate - July 28, 2009 | 2:40 pm · Link
I’m having the same issues on firefox…trying the comment fix now…I’m sure it works in Alaska though.
Nate - July 28, 2009 | 2:41 pm · Link
Comment fixed forked for me as well.
DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal) - July 28, 2009 | 2:41 pm · Link
SeaMonkey v1.1.17,not storing a cookie unless I post (I have set cookies to flush every two days).
OT: We are hitting the road today and heading to Madras, Oregon. About 400 miles on the bike (the wife is driving the car w/ the kids, I get all the fun ;) ) and inland temps are supposed to be around 100 (65 here on the south Oregon coast).
If all goes well I will hop online when we get to the hotel. Time for our annual pilgrimage to Spokane to see the rest of the clan, plus see a fan-based game convention (plus a visit to company HQ) there just for fun.
Later kiddies! ;)
Acorvid - July 28, 2009 | 2:41 pm · Link
I’m going to try the commenting thing…..
Acorvid - July 28, 2009 | 2:42 pm · Link
...but no luck?
Jane_in_Colorado - July 28, 2009 | 2:43 pm · Link
Just want a cookie.
David Lampert - July 28, 2009 | 2:46 pm · Link
cookie please
me - July 28, 2009 | 2:46 pm · Link
delurking to get the css goodness
JC - July 28, 2009 | 2:47 pm · Link
http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css – This file is not returning CSS. It returns a page with content from the 25th and older. Either you accidentally replaced that file or it’s not being generated correctly when requested.
Fix that file location and you should be fine.
Fulcanelli - July 28, 2009 | 2:47 pm · Link
FF 3.0.12, Win XP, commenting cookie digested. All is well.
Possibly style sheet or style sheet link in page header corrupted, or more likely user commenting permissions corruption/problem in WP.
Perhaps different BJ users getting different display results due to different web browser cookie acceptance/handling policy?
Wait… I should have seen this coming! Cole is using this as an excuse to harvest user e-mails to send Sarah Palin PAC/BFF Fan Club spam. Devious!
Stevie - July 28, 2009 | 2:47 pm · Link
test
Jesse - July 28, 2009 | 2:48 pm · Link
Long time listener, first time commenter.
sidereal - July 28, 2009 | 2:48 pm · Link
The problem is that this URL:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css
which is your stylesheet, resolves to a copy of the frontpage.
And I’m guessing it’s because the bottom of that page says this:
Your cache plugin is sending everyone without a commenter cookie to a static copy of the frontpage. Which is great for performance, except it’s doing it to the stylesheet URL, which is really bad.
sidereal - July 28, 2009 | 2:49 pm · Link
Whoops. I meant that it says this:
sidereal - July 28, 2009 | 2:49 pm · Link
Garbage. Why must you eat my tags!
Okay, this:
!—Cached page generated by WP-Super-Cache on 2009-07-26 09:58:32—!—super cache—
jl - July 28, 2009 | 2:50 pm · Link
looks fine to me. But teh edit iz gon!
THE EDIT IS GONE! OMIGO IM GONNA DIE THE EDIT IS GONE!
Chinn Romney - July 28, 2009 | 2:51 pm · Link
nothing to say, just testing to see if i get the css back after adding a comment.
pete - July 28, 2009 | 2:52 pm · Link
testing a comment
Acorvid - July 28, 2009 | 2:52 pm · Link
...but when I reboot, and reopen, there’s the design I have come to know and look forward to. Whew!
vacuumslayer - July 28, 2009 | 2:53 pm · Link
On iPhone the font is different, much smaller and does not allow you to magnify the text. On my computer it’s fine. I do miss the automatic tag buttons….
Brendan - July 28, 2009 | 2:53 pm · Link
C is for cookie.
ricky - July 28, 2009 | 2:53 pm · Link
Masturbation and thumbsucking did not do anything to improve the site. They helped my disposition, however.
Fulcanelli - July 28, 2009 | 2:53 pm · Link
Open the POD door HAL…
Toyon Toots - July 28, 2009 | 2:53 pm · Link
I am using Firefox, and there is only type, no separation lines, no columns, just the blog posts. I tried clearing my cache to see if that worked … nope. It’s been like that for the past 4 or so hours.
ricky - July 28, 2009 | 2:56 pm · Link
If the edit function had been restored I could have added as an update that the subsequent hair growth atop the hand hinders pure enjoyment of the thumb juiciness.
Testing - July 28, 2009 | 2:56 pm · Link
testing this commenting thing out
beltane - July 28, 2009 | 2:57 pm · Link
The site looks funky to me on firefox, safari & IE. I was going to say something yesterday but figured it was something wrong on my end.
bill - July 28, 2009 | 2:57 pm · Link
fix me please. IE and firefox and iphone. none work
uncle rameau - July 28, 2009 | 2:57 pm · Link
is this thing on?
ihop - July 28, 2009 | 2:59 pm · Link
i heard there were cookies….
Mudge - July 28, 2009 | 3:00 pm · Link
Comment try..looks like Aaron’s shot. IE
CrowsSong - July 28, 2009 | 3:02 pm · Link
want cookie!
Rob - July 28, 2009 | 3:02 pm · Link
commenting…
ihop - July 28, 2009 | 3:02 pm · Link
i left the above comment, closed the tab and then reloaded. all is back to normal.
The Saff - July 28, 2009 | 3:04 pm · Link
Site looks fine on my screen using Internet Explorer v7 and have no problems. I don’t see the formatting shortcut buttons or any preview either like several folks above.
The snark and comments continue to be as good as ever.
Thxluvyabye
tess - July 28, 2009 | 3:06 pm · Link
Hm. I ran into this problem on Firefox (3.0.12) and Safari (4.0.2) using OS X (10.5.7)
Guess I’ll have to comment in both browsers.
John Hamilton Farr - July 28, 2009 | 3:06 pm · Link
Mac OS X latest version, latest Safari and Firefox browsers, everything looks FINE!
Detlef - July 28, 2009 | 3:06 pm · Link
Cookie?
malta - July 28, 2009 | 3:06 pm · Link
I think this is John’s way of making everyone leave a comment or you get punished by not seeing the site properly.
Worked for me! 1st time I’ve commented, long time reader. I love this site, best mix of topics + commenters I’ve ever read. It’s my first stop every day, thank you all.
tess - July 28, 2009 | 3:07 pm · Link
now fixing Safari. nothing to read here.
Kimene - July 28, 2009 | 3:08 pm · Link
How many calories?(I’m keeping a food log and already had 100-cal. bag of P.F. Chessmen cookies today)
harryp - July 28, 2009 | 3:10 pm · Link
Cookie, please
maddie - July 28, 2009 | 3:10 pm · Link
Getting my cookie
Lurker Revealed - July 28, 2009 | 3:11 pm · Link
IE version 6.0.2900.2180 on Windows XP Pro version 5.1
I’m just hoping things will return to normal if I get in on the cookie fest.
Robert Pierce - July 28, 2009 | 3:12 pm · Link
I comment against my will. I guess we have given up our freedoms.
schrodinger's cat - July 28, 2009 | 3:13 pm · Link
@Nazgul 35
I didn’t know that John Cole was a kitteh, or has Tunch taken over Balloon Juice? Hmmm, that would explain a lot.
JerryS - July 28, 2009 | 3:13 pm · Link
Not loading properly.
JJ - July 28, 2009 | 3:15 pm · Link
Cookie?
scarshapedstar - July 28, 2009 | 3:16 pm · Link
Firefox 3.5.1, win XP, and this is what I see.
http://img30.imageshack.us/img.....njuice.png
tunch - July 28, 2009 | 3:16 pm · Link
css please
JJ - July 28, 2009 | 3:16 pm · Link
Didn’t work…
Shygetz - July 28, 2009 | 3:19 pm · Link
Ditto here.
currants - July 28, 2009 | 3:19 pm · Link
@shrodinger’s cat:
OT: I am getting a new ice-cream maker, does anyone have recipes they particularly like? First ice-cream I make will be mango ice-cream.
YES! Salted Caramel Ice Cream. http://www.davidlebovitz.com/a.....ter_c.html
He’s got a book of ice cream recipes too, but I discovered this one first (and it’s the only one I’ve made so far). It’s unbelievable. And fabulous with tarte tatin, but that’s almost too much—the ice cream alone is….ooooh.
Russ - July 28, 2009 | 3:23 pm · Link
Thanks for the tip on cookies.
Mario Piperni - July 28, 2009 | 3:24 pm · Link
let’s see if leaving a comment and getting a cookie helps.
currants - July 28, 2009 | 3:24 pm · Link
sorry, that should be “schrodinger’s cat”
American in Exile - July 28, 2009 | 3:24 pm · Link
Just checking whether things really go back to normal after one comments . . . fingers crossed!
assyrian64 - July 28, 2009 | 3:25 pm · Link
In your header code your site is not linking to proper style sheet.
American in Exile - July 28, 2009 | 3:27 pm · Link
It worked! Hooray!
cookie - July 28, 2009 | 3:28 pm · Link
gimme cookie. c is for cookie. cookie cookie cookie starts with c.
cookie - July 28, 2009 | 3:30 pm · Link
cookie worked. utterly bizzare.
ninerdave - July 28, 2009 | 3:30 pm · Link
gimme a cookie
Slothrop - July 28, 2009 | 3:36 pm · Link
cookie… test…
The Bobs - July 28, 2009 | 3:36 pm · Link
Test Comment. I’ll see if the style sheet loads now.
George - July 28, 2009 | 3:37 pm · Link
trying comment majic
Joga - July 28, 2009 | 3:39 pm · Link
Yep, it’s been messed up for the past couple of days.
Cookies are delicious.
Cookiewhore - July 28, 2009 | 3:40 pm · Link
Gimme a cookie.
Puff - July 28, 2009 | 3:41 pm · Link
Until it’s fixed, comments are going to come thick and fast.
pcbedamned - July 28, 2009 | 3:42 pm · Link
And I thought it was just me…
Nice to know the new meds aren’t playing with the brain in a funky way after all.
j - July 28, 2009 | 3:42 pm · Link
test
The Eccentric - July 28, 2009 | 3:42 pm · Link
Giving the old “post a comment, get a cookie, see not-so-funky-looking-site” trick and see if it works.
null pointer exception - July 28, 2009 | 3:43 pm · Link
There’s an issue with the css. But I guess people must have already pointed that out seeing as this post has already got 218 comments.
JenJen - July 28, 2009 | 3:43 pm · Link
Huh. And all this time, I thought it looked weird because I just bought a new laptop yesterday, and I wasn’t doin’ it right.
Hooray! Looks fine now. Google Chrome, btw. And I guess I won’t be returning the laptop. :-)
Mark - July 28, 2009 | 3:43 pm · Link
one ugly site…needs’a fix’n
plasticgoat - July 28, 2009 | 3:43 pm · Link
Testing, 1.2.3.
Darkrose - July 28, 2009 | 3:44 pm · Link
Same problem as others on FF 3.5.1 on Mac OS 10.5 and Vista.
Ash Can - July 28, 2009 | 3:44 pm · Link
Again OT, and because crooked Dems piss me off at least as much as crooked Republicans do, all I can say is that it’s a damn good thing Obama didn’t pick Chris Dodd as his Veep.
mwis - July 28, 2009 | 3:45 pm · Link
commenting to fix.
George - July 28, 2009 | 3:45 pm · Link
cookie worked.
This issue started 3 days ago same time that you were being reported for Trojans by avast.
Maybe when you fixed the trojan issue something got out of whack?
How do you like that for tech talk? heh…
Jon - July 28, 2009 | 3:47 pm · Link
Come back, CSS!
null pointer exception - July 28, 2009 | 3:47 pm · Link
Things did not get back to normal for me after commenting.
The site CSS is at http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css. But when I try to access the css, I get the site home page instead. Clearly there’s a problem. When I try to access the css directory at http://www.balloon-juice.com/w.....oon-juice/, I get the following error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in /home/jcole1/public_html/bal/wp-content/themes/balloon-juice/index.php on line 1
pcbedamned - July 28, 2009 | 3:47 pm · Link
Didn’t work. Trying again…
null pointer exception - July 28, 2009 | 3:48 pm · Link
Strange. Now the CSS is being applied just fine and things are back to normal.
lurker below - July 28, 2009 | 3:50 pm · Link
Oh no, I must comment!
Llelldorin - July 28, 2009 | 3:51 pm · Link
Cookie me?
SKI - July 28, 2009 | 3:53 pm · Link
Comment & reload
Anne Laurie - July 28, 2009 | 3:53 pm · Link
Site loaded fine for me on IE7 (oh, shut up), but I had to post a comment before the link on my last post would look right. (It was showing the line of code rather than just the highlight-text.) Just so people know you don’t have favorites. Also, FYWP!
Ukko - July 28, 2009 | 3:56 pm · Link
I occasionally get the iPhone version of the site on both my iPhone and my mac. But only one in a blue moon. I would like it if I could keep the iPhone version on the iPhone myself, since it is easier to read.
Just more useless anecdotal data…
Lizzy L - July 28, 2009 | 3:56 pm · Link
Leaving a comment in hopes that the site will revert to normal. All this white space is giving me a headache.
les - July 28, 2009 | 3:56 pm · Link
as the rest
les - July 28, 2009 | 3:57 pm · Link
cookie drop does nada—firefox, plain white screen.
Anonymous37 - July 28, 2009 | 3:58 pm · Link
Leaving comment to see if it fixes issue.
LD50 - July 28, 2009 | 3:58 pm · Link
And not in a good, James Brown way.
par4 - July 28, 2009 | 3:58 pm · Link
still screwed up on firefox works ok on IE
Molly - July 28, 2009 | 3:59 pm · Link
Just getting my cookie.
Anonymous37 - July 28, 2009 | 3:59 pm · Link
Leaving comment to see if it fixes issue.
Worked for me—using most recent version of Firefox on Windows XP.
d0n camillo - July 28, 2009 | 4:02 pm · Link
Cookie!
Sargon - July 28, 2009 | 4:07 pm · Link
C is for cookie…
Delia - July 28, 2009 | 4:08 pm · Link
Mine’s okay on firefox, except for the lack of HTML buttons. Screwed up on IE.
Delia - July 28, 2009 | 4:09 pm · Link
Actually not quite all right. The edit function isn’t there.
IE doesn’t have any formatting.
spudgun - July 28, 2009 | 4:10 pm · Link
comment test…
Joshua Norton - July 28, 2009 | 4:11 pm · Link
I’m using an Osborne 286 and everything looks orange. Please fix it.
okthanxbye.
rich - July 28, 2009 | 4:11 pm · Link
test of comment cookie to fix the site
marjo - July 28, 2009 | 4:11 pm · Link
I am on IE 7 at work. One wide column across, white text only screen, with all the ads etc. at the bottom. I am commenting to see if that fixes it.
Joshua Norton - July 28, 2009 | 4:12 pm · Link
@Joshua Norton: /snark
Also.
marjo - July 28, 2009 | 4:12 pm · Link
yep, comment fixed it.
sw - July 28, 2009 | 4:12 pm · Link
cookie dropping
spudgun - July 28, 2009 | 4:12 pm · Link
Aw, MAN…posting a comment didn’t work for me! D’OH!
usual lurker - July 28, 2009 | 4:14 pm · Link
trying the fix
Calouste - July 28, 2009 | 4:15 pm · Link
IE8 on Win7 RC. Works fine. (Although it switches automatically to compatibility mode, but it has always done that.)
Calouste - July 28, 2009 | 4:18 pm · Link
@Calouste:
Well, except the edit button. That still existed yesterday but has now gone walkabout.
misstwitch - July 28, 2009 | 4:18 pm · Link
Hoping this will sort out my issues at home…will check back if it doesn’t change in Flock.
foo - July 28, 2009 | 4:18 pm · Link
Gimme a cookie.
Comrade marry, Would-Be Minion of the Cookie Monster - July 28, 2009 | 4:19 pm · Link
Looks like naked CSS-less crap on IE 6. Will comment to see it it fixes itself.
I have eaten
the cookie
that was in
the hard drive
and which
you were probably
saving
for analysis.
Forgive me
it was delicious
so sweet
and so chewy.
Comrade Mary - July 28, 2009 | 4:21 pm · Link
Hmm. It looked like crap on IE, but when I tried to post a comment, I got this error message:
Error 403
We’re sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /?p=24657&cpage=6#comment-1312895 on this server.
You do not have permission to access this server.
Your technical support key is: 4c0a-a2bc-dfd9-b1ad
You can use this key to fix this problem yourself.
If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact jgriffincole at gmail.com and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.
When I used that code and clicked the link, I got this:
Technical Support
Your request was intercepted by Bad Behavior, security software which protects the Web site you visited from malicious activity, such as hackers, spam and viruses. We apologize for the inconvenience, but your request matched a profile of suspicious activity. This problem is usually quite easy to fix.
Your request was blocked because of malicious automated requests received from your computer’s IP address.
This problem may be caused by viruses or spyware on your computer, or by malicious software that pretends to be anti-virus or anti-spyware software. Ensure that you have REAL anti-virus and anti-spyware software on your computer, that they are kept up-to-date, and that you have run a full system scan using each tool. Once your system is cleaned of viruses and spyware, please try your request again.
The free Google Pack provides trustworthy anti-virus and anti-spyware software.
If you have just submitted data to the Web site you were visiting before you were blocked, this may be a bug in your Web browser. Click the Back button three times to continue browsing. Then consider replacing your Web browser with a standard Web browser.
If the above suggestions fail to resolve the problem, click Back and contact the e-mail address you were given for further assistance.
So why can I read and comment via Firefox but get blocked with IE?
Woody Lucas - July 28, 2009 | 4:23 pm · Link
Getting a cookie and a fix hopefully.
Joe Vegas - July 28, 2009 | 4:23 pm · Link
IE 8 on the work computer.
Comrade Mary - July 28, 2009 | 4:23 pm · Link
(Posting from IE 6): Hitting the back button in IE shows my comment #254 (from Firefox) and shows good formatting as usual.
One more time from here:
I have eaten
the cookie
that was in
the hard drive
and which
you were probably
saving
for analysis.
Forgive me
it was delicious
so sweet
and so chewy.
Just Some Fuckhead - July 28, 2009 | 4:25 pm · Link
me want cookie
Comrade Mary - July 28, 2009 | 4:25 pm · Link
That comment of mine above? From IE, which gave the same damn error message, but on hitting Back, I could see the comment got through this time.
Oy.
Platosearwax - July 28, 2009 | 4:25 pm · Link
Just commenting to get the cookie. Will probably have to do this with my laptop as well.
prairie logic - July 28, 2009 | 4:27 pm · Link
just seeing if a comment gets it back to the way it used to be…
albion - July 28, 2009 | 4:28 pm · Link
Just trying what has been suggested by leaving comment.
David Goodison - July 28, 2009 | 4:29 pm · Link
Just commenting to see if it solves the display problem.
jm - July 28, 2009 | 4:30 pm · Link
we will see
Julia - July 28, 2009 | 4:30 pm · Link
cookie, please…
Johnny B. Guud - July 28, 2009 | 4:30 pm · Link
What cookie?
Lee Hartmann - July 28, 2009 | 4:34 pm · Link
me want cookie.
MCA - July 28, 2009 | 4:34 pm · Link
Just commenting with the rest in hopes of receiving delicious cookie
Killjoy - July 28, 2009 | 4:39 pm · Link
Fixing my page.
Linkmeister - July 28, 2009 | 4:42 pm · Link
@Comrade Mary: Okay. That provoked me to go read the original Walter Carlos Williams poem; I’ve seen it parodied a zillion times, but it occurred to me I’d never read the original. Now I have.
Thank you.
Cat Lady - July 28, 2009 | 4:44 pm · Link
Commenting isn’t getting the edit commands back on Vista/Explorer laptop, but as far as the way the site looks, I’m starting to long for Pammy’s skeevy third arm in place of Skank Coulter.
malta - July 28, 2009 | 4:44 pm · Link
gads – rebooted after windows update and now my cookie’s gone. commenting to get my chocolate chips!
Cols714 - July 28, 2009 | 4:45 pm · Link
I hope this fixes it.
Pennsylvanian - July 28, 2009 | 4:47 pm · Link
I guess I need a cookie too.
Goffman's Homeboy - July 28, 2009 | 4:48 pm · Link
fixing the page (i hope)
cleek - July 28, 2009 | 4:48 pm · Link
it’s always looked fine for me.
Tax Analyst - July 28, 2009 | 4:49 pm · Link
@Ash Can:
I’m using Internet Explorer and have no problems. (Like other commenters, I don’t see the formatting shortcut buttons or any preview, but it’s been like that for days now.)
Same here.
same for me as well
John - July 28, 2009 | 4:52 pm · Link
Just testing to see if leaving a comment fixes it; I’m on IE 7, Windows XP SP2, and css is not being applied.
Michael - July 28, 2009 | 4:54 pm · Link
So… drop a comment, get a cookie?
(sounds like a Sesame Street thing) :)
deadlaw - July 28, 2009 | 4:55 pm · Link
need a cookie thanks bye
cfaller96 - July 28, 2009 | 4:57 pm · Link
Late to the party, but yes, I’m having site issues, I figured it’s because I’m running FireFox 3.5.1. The side columns are not placed to surround the text/posts. Instead, it’s a plain list of posts on white background, and then at the very end are all the ads and stuff. It just looks weird, but I’m still able to read everything.
I blame Al Gore.
test - July 28, 2009 | 4:59 pm · Link
Does commenting really fix it? We shall see!
PDXChris - July 28, 2009 | 5:02 pm · Link
Using Google Chrome on Win XP Professional, but also shows up as the “plain white screen w/ text” on my iPhone. Also posting this to see if cookies can help.
I think this is all a ploy to force me to de-lurk.
Anne Laurie - July 28, 2009 | 5:04 pm · Link
The ‘edit’ function has disappeared for me, so I can’t fix the block-quotes in my comment in the last post. But mostly, I wanted to go on the record that I have gotten the Error 403 page Comrade Mary #253 spells out every single time I posted here, since forever. I always assumed it was something funky in IE-7, but since the ‘fix’ is as simple as hitting the Back button, I never worried about it (till now).
El Caballo de Sangre - July 28, 2009 | 5:05 pm · Link
I like New Holland’s The Poet w/ cookies.
AndyUlm - July 28, 2009 | 5:05 pm · Link
Posting to see if cookies help.
tripletee (formerly tBone) - July 28, 2009 | 5:06 pm · Link
I kind of like the no CSS look, personally. It eliminates the “Tranny Surprise – Free!” ad at the top of the page.
Comrade Luke - July 28, 2009 | 5:08 pm · Link
I recently cleared my cookies, so maybe that’s why I’m seeing it in a funky state…
sean - July 28, 2009 | 5:08 pm · Link
comment so i can have css.
wee
d. b. cooper - July 28, 2009 | 5:10 pm · Link
It looks like a very bad site redesign over here, so i’m commenting in hopes the good design will come back.
tripletee (formerly tBone) - July 28, 2009 | 5:10 pm · Link
BTW, to everyone who mentioned the lack of the edit bar for comments, I believe that plugin was removed during the Great Spyware Debacle a couple of weeks ago – ie, not related to the current issue. Sack up and learn some basic HTML if you want to get fancy in your comments, you ninnies.
darwinsjoke - July 28, 2009 | 5:11 pm · Link
post for cookies!
Kelly - July 28, 2009 | 5:13 pm · Link
de-lurking to eat cookie
harlana pepper - July 28, 2009 | 5:14 pm · Link
no problems for me altho i have never mastered the editing magic, i always fuck up the block quotes and such
airmail - July 28, 2009 | 5:15 pm · Link
Madness
harlana pepper - July 28, 2009 | 5:16 pm · Link
i want my cookie with Heath bar crunchlies
A Ghost To Most - July 28, 2009 | 5:17 pm · Link
comment to set cookie; it is the same for me on Chrome, IE8, and Firefox 3.5.1
Bill - July 28, 2009 | 5:17 pm · Link
cookie yum.
TEL - July 28, 2009 | 5:18 pm · Link
Leaving a comment to see if that fixes the problems I’m having with the website.
xaaronx - July 28, 2009 | 5:18 pm · Link
Trying the comment fix, just in case.
AdaLovelace - July 28, 2009 | 5:20 pm · Link
post comment fixes css bug test…
Ash Can - July 28, 2009 | 5:21 pm · Link
@harlana pepper and others: This is a good reference site for HTML markup codes. It tells you how to blockquote, bold, italicize, embed links, etc.
cathaireverywhere - July 28, 2009 | 5:22 pm · Link
Mac OSX
let’s see if this works….
Derek - July 28, 2009 | 5:22 pm · Link
cookies…
donovong - July 28, 2009 | 5:23 pm · Link
Looks fine to me, so can I have a Snickers instead?
Cat Lady - July 28, 2009 | 5:23 pm · Link
@tripletee (formerly tBone): I can haz linky to basic HTML info, plz? I haz a sad that Preview is gone. I blame Michael Moore, who is fat.
/ninny
CAM - July 28, 2009 | 5:23 pm · Link
I can has cookie plz?
sw - July 28, 2009 | 5:23 pm · Link
cookies
AdaLovelace - July 28, 2009 | 5:24 pm · Link
...and worked so far…
Zaphod65 - July 28, 2009 | 5:24 pm · Link
Teen Titans
2th&nayle - July 28, 2009 | 5:27 pm · Link
Guess I wasn’t leaving any tracks.
MCA - July 28, 2009 | 5:27 pm · Link
Trying again after cookie filter reset.
MikeJ - July 28, 2009 | 5:29 pm · Link
For those of you who need html help:
1) use firefox
2) install this plugin
3) buy me an ice cream, it’s hot here.
chucklingmonkey - July 28, 2009 | 5:30 pm · Link
Do your site designers say they’re from Hawaii by chance?
jl - July 28, 2009 | 5:30 pm · Link
What kind of cookies? How do I get them out of the computer? I want chocolate chip.
Beej - July 28, 2009 | 5:30 pm · Link
Im using Safari for Windows Vista, and Im getting a plain white screen with no ads… It was annoying at first but doesn’t hinder reading the site.
Kav - July 28, 2009 | 5:30 pm · Link
looks screwy, lets have another look…
Punchy - July 28, 2009 | 5:31 pm · Link
Can I haz cooky?
tripletee (formerly tBone) - July 28, 2009 | 5:31 pm · Link
@Cat Lady:
Ash Can posted something helpful (instead of a snide comment like certain other assholes here) if you really do want to learn some basic markup.
funbob - July 28, 2009 | 5:31 pm · Link
Thar’s no images! We done broke the css.
Dr. Squid - July 28, 2009 | 5:31 pm · Link
Didn’t work the first time. Time to freebase some Cookie dough…
jl - July 28, 2009 | 5:32 pm · Link
Still no edit.
On serious side, the site has also loaded in a compressed, text only format for me also several times. Refreshing, with shift key or not, does not change it. I just close the browser and relaunch, and that has always fixed it.
cathaireverywhere - July 28, 2009 | 5:32 pm · Link
yup- commenting fixed the problem on my Mac OSX. Very strange.
TEL - July 28, 2009 | 5:34 pm · Link
Worked! (using second comment to fix second browser)
sid - July 28, 2009 | 5:38 pm · Link
Reaching in the jar for a cookie.
EarBucket - July 28, 2009 | 5:39 pm · Link
Commenting!
Cookie Monster - July 28, 2009 | 5:42 pm · Link
Must . . . have . . . cookie . . .
Priest - July 28, 2009 | 5:44 pm · Link
I like cookies.
farmette - July 28, 2009 | 5:44 pm · Link
cookie please
chris - July 28, 2009 | 5:50 pm · Link
More kookie please.
XP pro SP3, latest FF
Flanders - July 28, 2009 | 5:50 pm · Link
Cookies. Yum.
Penon - July 28, 2009 | 5:51 pm · Link
I wanna cookie. :)
Kristine - July 28, 2009 | 5:52 pm · Link
Hi, I’m a long-time lurker, first-time commenter trying to see if this will fix my funky view on Firefox 3.0.12. Cookie for me, please!
Twisted_Colour - July 28, 2009 | 5:52 pm · Link
I’m touching myself again.
Kristine - July 28, 2009 | 5:54 pm · Link
All better now. Weird.
harlana pepper - July 28, 2009 | 5:55 pm · Link
@Ash Can: Thank you, I’ve bookmarked it
1bunson - July 28, 2009 | 6:05 pm · Link
LOL Internet
Tax Analyst - July 28, 2009 | 6:06 pm · Link
harlana pepper said (with regards to the HTML link)
@Ash Can: “Thank you, I’ve bookmarked it”
Me too…maybe I’ll even be able to figure out what they’re talking about after a couple of reads.
Thanks!
Young - July 28, 2009 | 6:08 pm · Link
Test
SusanD - July 28, 2009 | 6:12 pm · Link
Delurking to leave a comment.
DPS - July 28, 2009 | 6:13 pm · Link
Reduced to begging for cookies on the Internet. Times are hard.
Molly - July 28, 2009 | 6:13 pm · Link
I propose an open thread, complete with Lily and Tunch pictures. That way, we can have Cookies and Cole Critters in one fell swoop.
2th&nayle - July 28, 2009 | 6:14 pm · Link
@Ash Can: @tripletee (formerly tBone): Thx Ash & 3T! Very helpful site for us HTML challenged folk. Thx again.
Cat Lady - July 28, 2009 | 6:17 pm · Link
@Ash Can:
It looks like even I might be able to learn to drive this thing. Thanks.
BTW, John – I hope you figure out what you need to get everything ship shape again, and also, what a great ploy to flush out the lurkers. Just like at the office – all you have to do is offer cookies.
me - July 28, 2009 | 6:17 pm · Link
this comment is to get the page to display properly
OldDave - July 28, 2009 | 6:20 pm · Link
Just posting to (hopefully) regain formatting. Fingers are crossed (which makes typing a bear).
OldDave - July 28, 2009 | 6:21 pm · Link
... and yes, that fixed it.
Sentient Puddle - July 28, 2009 | 6:23 pm · Link
Yet another first-time commenter reaching into the cookie jar.
autolykos - July 28, 2009 | 6:25 pm · Link
comment to fix display
GusThePrimate - July 28, 2009 | 6:27 pm · Link
I looked at the CSS. (Yes, you can do that.) The headers tag it as “text/css’, which is correct.
The site is fine in my Safari, which is loaded with cookies. CSS is not applied in Firefox here, which doesn’t accept cookies. Go bash on your web monkeys.
Or, try the usual WordPress remedy: Disable new or newly updated plugins one by one until it works right.
But, in the real world…..
I’m ticked off at Yahoo for running biased opinion pieces from Fortune in their own news section with headlines like “Health Reform’s Downside” and “Freedoms You May Lose Under Health-Care Reform (http://www.yahoo.com/s/1106827)
GusThePrimate - July 28, 2009 | 6:27 pm · Link
I looked at the CSS. (Yes, you can do that.) The headers tag it as “text/css’, which is correct.
The site is fine in my Safari, which is loaded with cookies. CSS is not applied in Firefox here, which doesn’t accept cookies. Go bash on your web monkeys.
Or, try the usual WordPress remedy: Disable new or newly updated plugins one by one until it works right.
But, in the real world…..
I’m ticked off at Yahoo for running biased opinion pieces from Fortune in their own news section with headlines like “Health Reform’s Downside” and “Freedoms You May Lose Under Health-Care Reform (http://www.yahoo.com/s/1106827)
General Winfield Stuck - July 28, 2009 | 6:28 pm · Link
@Twisted_Colour:
Whenever I hear someone say this, the Divinyls music video from the 80’s replays in my head. I reckon it’ll stop when I’m dead, but I hope not.
Chuck - July 28, 2009 | 6:33 pm · Link
Gettin’ my cookie
jillb - July 28, 2009 | 6:34 pm · Link
Heard about the cokie party…
jillb - July 28, 2009 | 6:37 pm · Link
Cant believe i waited all this time to delurk and spell cookie incorrectly
Madeline - July 28, 2009 | 6:37 pm · Link
Cookie retrieval
littlesky - July 28, 2009 | 6:38 pm · Link
I’d prefer cake, but…
realbtl - July 28, 2009 | 6:38 pm · Link
Gimme cookie.
locanicole - July 28, 2009 | 6:40 pm · Link
just lurking again
oscarbob - July 28, 2009 | 6:42 pm · Link
Cookie please!
Jillb - July 28, 2009 | 6:42 pm · Link
Need cookie for iPod. Also.
mellowjohn - July 28, 2009 | 6:42 pm · Link
seems like the formatting is screwed.
mellowjohn - July 28, 2009 | 6:44 pm · Link
that did it.
ME WANT COOO-OOO-OOOOKIE!!
oscarbob - July 28, 2009 | 6:46 pm · Link
Fixed, running XP and Chrome.
Jeff - July 28, 2009 | 6:56 pm · Link
I’m just glad Ms Anderson is gone.
You can’t have a post about ANYTHING without someone turning it into an orgy! But at least it was a quiet one.
Kat - July 28, 2009 | 6:58 pm · Link
Cookies please?
Mindy - July 28, 2009 | 6:58 pm · Link
trying the comment fix
test - July 28, 2009 | 6:58 pm · Link
test!
tern - July 28, 2009 | 6:59 pm · Link
cookie, cookie, cookie for me
cookieplz - July 28, 2009 | 7:02 pm · Link
test
locagirl - July 28, 2009 | 7:03 pm · Link
snickerdoodles, please…
IP - July 28, 2009 | 7:04 pm · Link
I can haz cookie plz?
Dayv - July 28, 2009 | 7:09 pm · Link
Posting a comment as a test.
gelfling545 - July 28, 2009 | 7:09 pm · Link
Looks strange on Firefox 3.0.12 running on Mac OSX.4.11
gocart mozart - July 28, 2009 | 7:10 pm · Link
comment
J Paul - July 28, 2009 | 7:10 pm · Link
posting a comment to get my cookie…
gocart mozart - July 28, 2009 | 7:11 pm · Link
still F’ed up
Aaron - July 28, 2009 | 7:11 pm · Link
Commenting seemed to clear things up at work, let’s see if it helped here at home.
Don - July 28, 2009 | 7:13 pm · Link
Leaving comment to get my cookie…
AdaLovelace - July 28, 2009 | 7:15 pm · Link
cookiefix
AdaLovelace - July 28, 2009 | 7:19 pm · Link
cookie cookie do yer voodoo that you do boop boop be do
Ravi J - July 28, 2009 | 7:22 pm · Link
style sheet is fucked up. It appears someone renamed it to something and brought a default html and named it style.css.
Maude - July 28, 2009 | 7:31 pm · Link
Have had no problems at all. The text doesn’t appear below the submit button.
I have XP pro, newest firefox, no service packs because the laptop has a serious conflict with sp1.
A Squirrel - July 28, 2009 | 7:33 pm · Link
Just lookin’ for the cookie.
Doug J (another one) - July 28, 2009 | 7:38 pm · Link
ff 3.5.1 on Win XP home. I wanna comment cookie.
Anonymously Anonymous - July 28, 2009 | 7:39 pm · Link
c is for cookie
melissa - July 28, 2009 | 7:39 pm · Link
test test
Doug J (another one) - July 28, 2009 | 7:41 pm · Link
Good cookie. Formatting restored.
AaronWA - July 28, 2009 | 7:42 pm · Link
Hmm yeah, I’m getting the funky lack of style too, lets see if leaving this comment fixes it.
lowly - July 28, 2009 | 7:45 pm · Link
a cookie for me too!
Trinity - July 28, 2009 | 7:45 pm · Link
mmmmmmmmm…..cookie…
AaronWA - July 28, 2009 | 7:46 pm · Link
Yep, commenting fixed the problem
IP - July 28, 2009 | 7:47 pm · Link
@IP: Won’t read the whole thread to see if someone’s said it already but this worked. That’s lame. From a coding perspective. Also.
Jim Schimpf - July 28, 2009 | 7:50 pm · Link
This comment I hope will get the formatting back…....
dk - July 28, 2009 | 7:50 pm · Link
just commenting to get site back
mark - July 28, 2009 | 7:51 pm · Link
no fix in site
Miriam - July 28, 2009 | 7:52 pm · Link
Cookie Monster
jwgii - July 28, 2009 | 7:52 pm · Link
cookie :)
Sandy LA 90034 - July 28, 2009 | 7:53 pm · Link
Posting comment to see if the problem is corrected.
Sandy LA 90034 - July 28, 2009 | 7:56 pm · Link
Now that I’ve posted, the problem has been corrected. (I’m using Firefox 3.0.12).
DebsEugene - July 28, 2009 | 8:06 pm · Link
I’m commenting for the first time here to see if this will correct the formatting! Love the site, by the way.
PegR - July 28, 2009 | 8:06 pm · Link
Looking for a cookie.
TXG1112 - July 28, 2009 | 8:07 pm · Link
Mmmmm…cookies.
BrooksBenson - July 28, 2009 | 8:11 pm · Link
Trying the comment thing for the cookie.
amorphous - July 28, 2009 | 8:11 pm · Link
Guess I’ll join the party.
tsunami - July 28, 2009 | 8:12 pm · Link
cookie plz
joe - July 28, 2009 | 8:14 pm · Link
Cookies are sometimes food.
An Insult to Asshats - July 28, 2009 | 8:15 pm · Link
Cookie please.
Bob - July 28, 2009 | 8:16 pm · Link
trying…
Comrade Darkness - July 28, 2009 | 8:20 pm · Link
good god, who knew a style sheet issue could de-lurk so many
Comrade Filliam H Muffman - July 28, 2009 | 8:26 pm · Link
Survey says…
williamc - July 28, 2009 | 8:28 pm · Link
I am Trig’s baby blanket…soft, warm, and still brighter than his mom…
Jeffrey - July 28, 2009 | 8:36 pm · Link
Test?
db11 - July 28, 2009 | 8:38 pm · Link
Safari 4.02 on Mac OSX 10.5.7
not loading properly (for the past 3-4 days)
cleared cookies and cache
will see if comment reset works…
mrstrailerco - July 28, 2009 | 8:40 pm · Link
I need a cookie for my laptop
mrstrailerco - July 28, 2009 | 8:43 pm · Link
I didn’t work this time. Boo
mrstrailerco - July 28, 2009 | 8:43 pm · Link
Now I’m good.
Delia - July 28, 2009 | 8:44 pm · Link
IE cookie test
Delia - July 28, 2009 | 8:46 pm · Link
Nope. Still no formatting. Windows sucks.
rc - July 28, 2009 | 8:49 pm · Link
Just a hand in the cookie jar
General Winfield Stuck - July 28, 2009 | 8:50 pm · Link
@Delia:
Why don’t you switch to firefox where you can do an add on text formatting toolbar. It does all that you need.
cyn - July 28, 2009 | 8:53 pm · Link
c is for cookie, that’s good enough for me!
nwithers - July 28, 2009 | 8:57 pm · Link
Ripley - July 28, 2009 | 9:08 pm · Link
Doing the ‘comment for a cookie’ experiment. I always clear cookies (Firefox 3.5.1, Vista Home Premium) at the end of a session, though, and never had this come up before, so I’m thinking people are right to suggest there’s more to the problem. Anyways, here goes….
Xinark - July 28, 2009 | 9:08 pm · Link
De-lurking, just to see if commenting will fix things…
Gordon, The Big Express Engine - July 28, 2009 | 9:11 pm · Link
I’ll tell y’all one thing that is not broken on this site. The ads!
I ordered that guide to meeting Thai women. It works
Forget fixing how the site looks and the formatting works.
It’s been incredible, really…
prufrock - July 28, 2009 | 9:13 pm · Link
test
cj - July 28, 2009 | 9:18 pm · Link
looking for a fix
marion - July 28, 2009 | 9:19 pm · Link
Looks wrong to me…using Firefox 3
Kayla Rudbek - July 28, 2009 | 9:23 pm · Link
delurking to get the style sheet to work again. Running Firefox 3.5, Mac 10.5.
Stella Gorlin - July 28, 2009 | 9:26 pm · Link
Looks weird!
cookiebear - July 28, 2009 | 9:26 pm · Link
me want cookie!
Stella Gorlin - July 28, 2009 | 9:31 pm · Link
Test comment
orogeny - July 28, 2009 | 9:46 pm · Link
test
shannon - July 28, 2009 | 9:47 pm · Link
Testing… 1 2 3
Rex - July 28, 2009 | 9:48 pm · Link
test
deadlaw - July 28, 2009 | 9:51 pm · Link
cookie me
trace - July 28, 2009 | 9:55 pm · Link
Using Safari 4.0.2 on Mac OSX, as well as Safari on the iPhone. On both platforms I get the main page content across the entire width of the browser window, and all sidebar stuff is rendered separately waaaaaaaay at the bottom.
trace - July 28, 2009 | 9:56 pm · Link
...adding that having posted a comment, now the page draws correctly, as others had suggested.
orwellianJig - July 28, 2009 | 10:05 pm · Link
test
Bob In Pacifica - July 28, 2009 | 10:18 pm · Link
I get a formatting compatibility warning. Sometimes the page doesn’t load and I have to hit the refresh button. And all the neat little thingies where you press them to make stuff in bold or underlined or links aren’t there in the automatic mode.
Media Glutton - July 28, 2009 | 10:23 pm · Link
Adding a comment because everyone says that will fix how it looks. I will add a YouTube of Bush verbal gaffes for hilarious effect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaY8wzwxWTc
caffinated - July 28, 2009 | 10:28 pm · Link
Testing
Roxann - July 28, 2009 | 10:31 pm · Link
test
bae - July 28, 2009 | 10:37 pm · Link
Mac OSX & Firefox
Cheryl - July 28, 2009 | 10:38 pm · Link
cookie
Nim, ham hock of liberty - July 28, 2009 | 10:45 pm · Link
Display fix comment test….
Mariefla - July 28, 2009 | 10:46 pm · Link
Leaving a comment
TheOtherWA - July 28, 2009 | 11:01 pm · Link
If leaving a comment will fix the page, here goes…
rb - July 28, 2009 | 11:05 pm · Link
test
treefrogjohn - July 28, 2009 | 11:11 pm · Link
Adding a comment to hopefully get my other computer to display this site properly
Cat Loaf - July 28, 2009 | 11:15 pm · Link
Will delurk for cookie
Aredubya - July 28, 2009 | 11:16 pm · Link
Comment test. Doubt it’ll work though, as clearing my cache/cookies didn’t help, and the link to the stylesheet:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/w...../style.css
...instead downloads your index page.
BrooksBenson - July 28, 2009 | 11:20 pm · Link
Home box needs a cookie, yum yum…
Kristine Smith - July 28, 2009 | 11:20 pm · Link
Using Safari 4.0.2. Commenting to see whether I can get the site formatting back.
Kris
test - July 28, 2009 | 11:21 pm · Link
test
Jane_in_Colorado - July 28, 2009 | 11:31 pm · Link
Need a home cookie too.
David - July 28, 2009 | 11:39 pm · Link
Commenting to get a cookie.
op99 - July 28, 2009 | 11:41 pm · Link
cookie
Tony - July 28, 2009 | 11:45 pm · Link
Testing 1,2,3
346? - July 28, 2009 | 11:48 pm · Link
cookie!!
Cookie - July 28, 2009 | 11:50 pm · Link
Cookie?
path - July 28, 2009 | 11:54 pm · Link
Chocolate chip, please.
Ed Ryan - July 28, 2009 | 11:55 pm · Link
Using Firefox 3.5.1. Been seeing the broken formatting for a few days on a few systems, including my iPhone. Hoping adding the comment fixes it for now, but good luck sorting this one out!
Ed Ryan - July 28, 2009 | 11:59 pm · Link
FYI… I had to add the above comment and then also delete just one of my cookies for balloon-juice.com (the one that showed a Cookie Name of “style”).
That fixed it right up.
Diane Demorney - July 29, 2009 | 12:04 am · Link
testing
Kelly - July 29, 2009 | 12:07 am · Link
cookie
BourbonBorn - July 29, 2009 | 12:23 am · Link
Comment fix
pat - July 29, 2009 | 12:48 am · Link
test
Nathan R - July 29, 2009 | 12:52 am · Link
I, like everyone else in this very long thread, just want BJ to show up as it should. Thanks!
JenniferinWA - July 29, 2009 | 1:14 am · Link
Cookie Cookie Cookie!!
jim - July 29, 2009 | 1:18 am · Link
sure are a lot of comments here. anybody know why?
General Winfield Stuck - July 29, 2009 | 1:25 am · Link
This thread has set the Guinness world blog record for using the word “cookie”. Congrats
eco2geek - July 29, 2009 | 1:30 am · Link
Wow, 545 comments and counting. This may be the first time I’ve ever gone out of my way to get a cookie!
ghost poet - July 29, 2009 | 1:43 am · Link
getting this error in ie8/win7:
Webpage error details
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; MS-RTC LM 8)
Timestamp: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:40:20 UTC
Message: ‘pageTracker’ is undefined
Line: 184
Char: 6
Code: 0
URI: http://static.zootoo.com/conte.....tslug=tall
tammanycall - July 29, 2009 | 2:00 am · Link
Cookie
Ripley - July 29, 2009 | 2:05 am · Link
Ur B’Juice Delivery System is fail. Modern cookies are automatic.
DrB - July 29, 2009 | 2:10 am · Link
Oatmeal cookie
dim-jed - July 29, 2009 | 2:10 am · Link
cookie?
jewelbomb - July 29, 2009 | 2:11 am · Link
test.
Reks - July 29, 2009 | 2:33 am · Link
cookie cookie cookie… mmm
Royston Vasey - July 29, 2009 | 2:34 am · Link
gets me a cookie
RV
npe - July 29, 2009 | 3:02 am · Link
I want a cookie
null pointer exception - July 29, 2009 | 3:04 am · Link
Let’s see if the commenting restores the css.
null pointer exception - July 29, 2009 | 3:04 am · Link
hmm that did not work?
null pointer exception - July 29, 2009 | 3:07 am · Link
Cookie man makes me comment
john - July 29, 2009 | 3:28 am · Link
comment to fix
alephnaughtpix - July 29, 2009 | 4:03 am · Link
Looks like it’s missing a stylesheet when I run it in Google Chrome, but I’ll see what happens when I post a comment…
Kav - July 29, 2009 | 4:21 am · Link
it did work and now it doesn’t
BethanyAnne - July 29, 2009 | 4:28 am · Link
hmm, testing
fimo - July 29, 2009 | 4:34 am · Link
nomnom cookie time
fimo - July 29, 2009 | 4:35 am · Link
Not fixed. *grumblegrumble
cbs - July 29, 2009 | 5:23 am · Link
test
TD - July 29, 2009 | 5:25 am · Link
test 1,2
alaskalassie - July 29, 2009 | 5:57 am · Link
again
Anne Elk (Miss) - July 29, 2009 | 6:43 am · Link
testing
spudvol - July 29, 2009 | 6:49 am · Link
.
Xenos - July 29, 2009 | 7:00 am · Link
..
Darcy - July 29, 2009 | 7:35 am · Link
test
Russ - July 29, 2009 | 8:11 am · Link
Give me a cookie, please.
Steve - July 29, 2009 | 8:18 am · Link
Me, too.
maddie - July 29, 2009 | 8:20 am · Link
cookie
Citizen - July 29, 2009 | 8:39 am · Link
cookie comment.
gremcat - July 29, 2009 | 8:41 am · Link
Cookie please
sara - July 29, 2009 | 8:46 am · Link
trying to fix it
sara - July 29, 2009 | 8:47 am · Link
again
Trinity - July 29, 2009 | 8:49 am · Link
cookie please
Lee from NC - July 29, 2009 | 8:58 am · Link
Cookie request
Gary Farber - July 29, 2009 | 9:05 am · Link
Am I nuts, or did an open thread—http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=24682—just completely disappear?
Gary Farber - July 29, 2009 | 9:07 am · Link
Hmm, along with a bunch of other posts of the past day, too, including the Shatner-Palin thing, for instance.
Gary Farber - July 29, 2009 | 9:09 am · Link
No, wait, the Shatner/Palin is there. Maybe it is me just going nuts. Wouldn’t be the first time.
Darcy - July 29, 2009 | 9:11 am · Link
Test again
geg6 - July 29, 2009 | 9:12 am · Link
@Gary Farber:
No, it’s happened to me, too. I found it in the most recent comments over there on the right side of the page.
Blue Neponset - July 29, 2009 | 9:19 am · Link
cookie
The Grand Panjandrum - July 29, 2009 | 9:33 am · Link
The brown acid that is circulating around us isn’t too good.
Fish - July 29, 2009 | 9:35 am · Link
Totally just posting so I can get the formating back, sorry.
schrodinger's cat - July 29, 2009 | 9:37 am · Link
I can has cookie?
Killjoy - July 29, 2009 | 9:42 am · Link
Additional computer wants additional cookie.
MattF - July 29, 2009 | 9:42 am · Link
cookie
patrick - July 29, 2009 | 9:51 am · Link
cookie
Neil - July 29, 2009 | 10:50 am · Link
cookie… nom, nom…
williamc - July 29, 2009 | 10:53 am · Link
Cookie!
Donald - July 29, 2009 | 11:14 am · Link
cookie
Halifirien - July 29, 2009 | 11:46 am · Link
Tacos are cool.
ghost poet - July 29, 2009 | 12:17 pm · Link
.
601 - July 29, 2009 | 12:36 pm · Link
.
You Don't Say - July 29, 2009 | 12:39 pm · Link
So have to comment now every time you launch browser?
malta - July 29, 2009 | 2:46 pm · Link
cooooookie
spark - July 29, 2009 | 4:20 pm · Link
cookie
jose - July 29, 2009 | 5:40 pm · Link
cooooookie
Cat Loaf - July 29, 2009 | 6:11 pm · Link
Need another cookie
Jim - July 29, 2009 | 7:01 pm · Link
Cookie
Comment - July 29, 2009 | 11:14 pm · Link
Cookie