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Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by nbashaw »

Pynkrabbit wrote: post #4

is it just me or are the links on the left deactivated?

See my comment above - the image is using fixed-positioning and has a default z-index above that of the links. They can fix it by setting the image's z-index to -1.

Edit: looks like they fixed it.

Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by citizen428 »

wccrawford wrote: post #2

Nice, but there's still quite a stigma attached to 'nerd'. Many kids will avoid the site just because of that.

Yes, but I already owned that domain and since it's a just for fun side project, I didn't really feel like spending money on a new one.

Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by citizen428 »

rapind wrote: post #13

I appreciate you putting this together and was about to send the link around when I ran into Application errors throughout. Looks like your server kicked it.

Yes, I see lots of 503s in my Heroku logs :-( This is a pet project, so I don't wanna pay for it, which means you all probably have to live with this until the initial wave of traffic dies down again, sorry!

Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by citizen428 »

nbashaw wrote: post #3

Great site, but the image of the kid on the left should have a negative z-index so it doesn't get in the way of the sidebar navigation.

Yes, I had noticed that before and fixed it before I read this thread. Thanks for pointing it out though!

Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by danso »

citizen428 wrote: post #14

I'm the guy who runs HappyNerds.net, thanks for all the attention, but it looks like my free little Heroku account can't handle it :-/

Oops sorry. I saw you had promo'ed your site in the comments of an earlier article about kids and programming that HN linked to. So, I just wanted to spread the word :)

Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by citizen428 »

citizen428 wrote: post #16
rapind wrote: post #13

I appreciate you putting this together and was about to send the link around when I ran into Application errors throughout. Looks like your server kicked it.

Yes, I see lots of 503s in my Heroku logs :-( This is a pet project, so I don't wanna pay for it, which means you all probably have to live with this until the initial wave of traffic dies down again, sorry!

And it's back. Turns out the problem wasn't really the traffic but a problem with the MongoDB setup...

Re: Happy Nerds: A collection of learn-to-program resources for kids

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Post by citizen428 »

danso wrote: post #18
citizen428 wrote: post #14

I'm the guy who runs HappyNerds.net, thanks for all the attention, but it looks like my free little Heroku account can't handle it :-/

Oops sorry. I saw you had promo'ed your site in the comments of an earlier article about kids and programming that HN linked to. So, I just wanted to spread the word :)

Nothing to be sorry about, thanks for spreading it! Site's back up now :-)
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