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- Spiffy
- Description
- Author
- Requirements
- Download
- Documentation
- Server configuration
- Example With Dynamic Resources
- Content transporters
- Access to the cache
- Logging
- Virtual hosts
- Access files
- Some useful procedures
- Convenience macros
- Modules
- Changelog
- License
A small web-server written in Chicken.
Felix Winkelmann. Currently maintained by Peter Bex.
Requires the http and sendfile extensions.
Spiffy is a simple web-server for the Chicken Scheme system. It's quite easy to set up and use and it can be customized in numerous ways.
Note that only very basic functionality is provided, there is no support for encoding styles.
(start-server location: [string: host name] init: [procedure])
Starts the web server. The arguments provided default as follows:
(start-server location: (get-host-name)
init: noop)
The location argument is directly passed on to http:make-server. The init argument should be a procedure of zero arguments. This procedure will be called after setting up the connection and changing the user ID. Any other configuration is done via standard SRFI-39 parameters. See the next section for configuration options.
Note that there is currently no way of terminating the server manually; you have to terminate the whole process.
Server configuration
The following SRFI-39 parameters determine configuration of Spiffy. To save you the trouble of reading SRFI-39, you read this by treating them as regular variables, and set them by treating them as functions of one argument, i.e. (spiffy-tcp-port "8080").
- spiffy-tcp-port (integer)
- The port (as in the --port option). Default: 8080
- spiffy-debug-mode (boolean)
- Whether debugging information should be printed. Default: #f
- spiffy-access-log (string or port)
- Filename (string) or port to append access log output to. Default: #f (disabled)
- spiffy-error-log (string or port)
- Filename (string) or port which error messages from evaluated code should be output. Default: (current-error-port)
- spiffy-server-name (string)
- The name of the server as given in HTTP responses. Default: (Silly)
- spiffy-accept-incoming-host (string)
- If given, restricts incoming requests to this hostname. Default: #f
- spiffy-user-name (string)
- If given, changes to given user after setting up listening port. Default: #f
- spiffy-root-path (string)
- The path containing the served files. Default: ./web
- spiffy-access-denied? (lambda)
- A procedure of two arguments that returns #t if access is to be denied. The arguments are the path and filename which is to be served. The procedure is invoked on every step along the way of going from spiffy-root-path up to the actual file. Defaults to a procedure which checks if the file is a dotfile, has the .sspx extension or the path includes .. or ~.
- spiffy-vhost-map (alist of string<->lambda pairs)
- Maps hosts to lambdas of virtual servers. See the section "Virtual hosts" below. Default: #f
- spiffy-index-pages (list of strings)
- List of filenames that should be tried in case a request references a directory. Default: '("index.html" "index.ssp" "index.ws")
- spiffy-file-type-map (alist of string <-> symbol pairs)
- Maps file-extensions to MIME types. Default:
'(("txt" . text/plain)
("xml" . text/xml)
("js" . text/javascript)
("xul" . application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml)
("htm" . text/html)
("html" . text/html)
("pdf" . application/pdf)
("css" . text/css)
("bmp" . image/bmp)
("ico" . image/x-icon)
("gif" . image/gif)
("jpg" . image/jpeg)
("jpeg" . image/jpeg)
("png" . image/png))
- spiffy-default-mime-type (symbol)
- The default mime type used if the extension of the file was not found in spiffy-file-type-map. Default: application/octet-stream
- spiffy-read-block-size (integer)
- The size of chunks in which files should be loaded and transferred to the client. Default: 100000
- spiffy-cache-limit (integer)
- The maximum size of the cache for static file-based resources. Default: 0
- spiffy-access-file (filename)
- The name of directory-local access-permission files. Default: #f
- spiffy-config-file (filename)
- The name of the configuration file to load at startup. Default: #f
- spiffy-handle-directory (lambda)
- A procedure that accepts one parameter (the requested path), which gets invoked when a directory which has no index-file is requested. Default: a lambda which returns a 403 Forbidden status.
- spiffy-not-found-handler (lambda)
- A procedure of zero parameters that will handle all requests for files that were not found. Default: A lambda which calls the previous http:fallback-handler (returns a 404 status).
- spiffy-error-css (string)
- The CSS to be used on error pages.
- spiffy-exception-handler (lambda)
- A procedure of one argument (the exception) that gets invoked to produce an error page when an exception is raised. Defaults to a procedure which displays a default error page which uses spiffy-error-css and shows a backtrace. An error is always logged to the error log before calling this procedure.
Module support
Starting at version 3.0, Spiffy's functionality has become large enough to split out into modules. Currently it has modules for:
- Web-scheme
- Web-scheme, a functional web programming language on top of Scheme.
- An implementation of the Common Gateway Interface, version 1.1. Use this to run legacy PHP scripts, if you have them.
- SSP (Scheme Server Pages)
- Spiffy provides a way to embed Scheme code in web pages the way it's usually done for PHP, Embedded Ruby or ASP. You just type your HTML with bits of code sprinkled through it delimited by special "code tags".
- Simple-directory-handler
- A directory handler that displays a rather simple directory listing, for use with spiffy-handle-directory.
You can run a module simply by adding a use statement to your program and then hooking a file extension handler for that module's handler. Here's an example on how to do this:
(spiffy-file-ext-handlers `(("ssp" . ,ssp-handler)
("ws" . ,web-scheme-handler)
("php" . ,(cgi-handler* "/usr/pkg/libexec/cgi-bin/php"))))
During execution of file extension handlers (which modules basically are), the following parameters are available, which hold some useful data for the currently handled request:
- (current-request)
- Holds an object representing the current HTTP. See HTTP request accessor methods for more information.
- (current-urlencoded-arguments)
- Holds an a-list containing pairs of strings, which contains URL-encoded arguments. So a request for /foo.html?bar=baz would result in this parameter containing (("bar" . "baz")).
- (current-response-code)
- A pair containing the status code and the status message sent in the reply. Defaults to (200 . "OK").
- (current-response-headers)
- An a-list holding the HTTP headers which are sent before the body of the current response. By default this parameter contains (("content-type" . "text/html")). You can modify the existing value, or assign a different one by calling the parameter with a new a-list.
- (current-hostname)
- The current vhost's hostname.
- (current-pathinfo)
- The pathinfo -- the part of the URL after a filename (Only available at directory-level, not at vhost level)
- (current-path)
- The complete URL (including pathinfo, but excluding URL parameters) Mostly useful for not-found-handlers.
Example With Dynamic Resources
You can add URL resources by invoking the procedure define-http-resource. Procedures can be registered that are invoked when a request refers to a given path. See the documentation below.
The example below is a fairly general example of Spiffy usage, to get you started. It is somewhat contrived, in that it is not necessary to set the content-type to text/html, as that is the default for resources. It can't hurt, though.
To use this example, run "csi -s [file]". You will then see Spiffy debugging output to stdout. To see it in action, connect to http://localhost:8080/index.html?userid=1, and also try userid=2.
Note that user-information uses strings; all http arguments are passed to your code as strings.
(use spiffy) (spiffy-debug-mode #t) (spiffy-tcp-port 8080) (define user-information '(("1" . "Alice") ("2" . "Bob"))) (define-http-resource ; "/index.html" is the URI/resource to respond to with this code ("/index.html" ; userid will be bound to the value of GET or POST argument ; with that name. You can also specify defaults here userid) (let ([name (alist-ref userid user-information string=)]) (let ([s (sprintf "
Hello, ~A
" name userid)]) (set-header! "Content-type: text/html") s))) (start-server location: (get-host-name) init: noop)
Content transporters
The content of a served file is read and transmitted using a content-transporter procedure. The default content-transporter reads in the data and forwards it to the client with appropriate Content-length and Content-type headers.
User-defined content-transporters allow customized retrieval and processing of resources, depending on file-type.
- (content-transporter TYPE [PROC])
- If called with a single argument, this procedure returns the content-transporter procedure for the given TYPE, which should be a symbol like text/html. If the optional argument PROC is given, then the content-transporter for the given type is set to PROC. PROC should accept two arguments: the type TYPE and the filename of the requested resource. Any output generated by PROC is transmitted to the client.
Access to the cache
- (cache-read PATH)
- Reads a string from the cache, stored under the string PATH and returns it if found, or #f otherwise.
- (cache-write PATH STRING)
- Writes a string into the cache, stored under PATH. If the cache-limit is not sufficient (see spiffy-cache-limit the data is not stored.
Note that the cache is by default not enabled (spiffy-cache-limit is 0).
- (invalidate-cache [PATH])
- If the optional argument PATH is given, remove the associated item from the cache. If no argument is given, clear the whole cache.
If logging is enabled by setting the parameter spiffy-access-log to the pathname of a log-file or a port, then each request will be logged by appending a line of the following format:
Virtual hosts
You can set up virtual hosting by defining a vhost-map like so:
(spiffy-vhost-map `(("foo\\.bar\\.com" .
,(lambda (continue)
(parameterize ((spiffy-file-ext-handlers `(("ssp" . ,ssp-handler) ("ws" . ,web-scheme-handler)))
(spiffy-root-path "/var/www/domains/foo.bar.com"))
(,(glob->regexp "*.domain.com") .
,(lambda (continue)
(parameterize ((spiffy-file-ext-handlers `(("php" . ,(cgi-handler* "/usr/pkg/bin/php"))))
(spiffy-root-path "/var/www/domains/domain.com"))
In this example, if a client accesses foo.bar.com/mumble/blah.html, the file /var/www/domains/foo.bar.com/mumble/blah.html will be served. Any files ending in .ssp or .ws will be served by the corresponding file type handler. If there's any PHP file, its source will simply be displayed. In case of my.domain.com/something/bar.html, the file /var/www/domains/domain.com/something/bar.html will be served. If there's a .ssp or .ws file there, it will not be interpreted. Its source will be displayed instead. A .php file, on the other hand, will be passed via CGI to the program /usr/pkg/bin/php.
Domain names are mapped to a lambda that sets up any parameters it wants to override from the defaults. The host names are matched using string-match. If the host name is not yet a regexp, it will be converted to a case-insensitive regexp.
Virtual hosting is a HTTP/1.1 feature, so this will only work with HTTP/1.1 clients. Actually, it also works with HTTP/1.0 clients which insert an additional Host: line in the request headers since Spiffy ignores the HTTP version the client sends.
Access files
Fine-grained access-control can be implemented by using so-called access files. When a request for a specific file is made and a file with the name given in the spiffy-access-file parameter exists in any directory between the spiffy-root-dir of that vhost and the directory in which the file resides, then the access file is loaded as an s-expression containing a function and is evaluated with a single argument, the function that should be called to continue processing the request.
This works just like vhosting. The function that gets called can call parameterize to set additional constraints on the code that handles deeper directories.
For example, if we evaluate (spiffy-access-file ".access") before starting the server, and we put the following code in a file named .access into the root-directory, then all accesses from localhost to any file in the root-directory or any subdirectory will be denied:
(lambda (continue)
(if (string=? (http:request-ip (current-request)) "127.0.0.1")
(http:write-error-response 403 "Forbidden")))
If we only want to deny access to files that start with an X, put this in the .access file:
(lambda (continue)
(parameterize ((spiffy-access-denied?
(lambda (path file) (string-prefix? "X" file))))
Of course, access files can be used for much more than just access checks. One can put anything in them that could be put in vhost configuration or in top-level configuration.
They are very useful for making deployable web applications, so you can just drop a directory on your server which has its own configuration embedded in an access file in the root directory of the application, without having to edit the server's main configuration files.
Some useful procedures
- (write-fragment-response . FRAGMENTS)
- Generates a HTTP response and writes the elements of all the FRAGMENTS you pass to it as the contents of the body. A fragment may be a #f or the empty list (which are ignored), a string, character, number, symbol or a list of other fragments. Uses write-response-header internally, so uses the same parameters to determine headers and status code.
- (send-static-file FILENAME)
- Generates a HTTP response and writes the contents of the given file. Remember to set the Content-Type header if current-response-headers do not set a text/html content-type.
- (redirect PATH)
- Changes the current value of (current-response-code) and (current-response-headers) to return a redirection response. This is basically the same as redirect-page but is usable in .ssp pages.
- (redirect-page PATH)
- Generates a 303 See Other HTTP response that redirects the client to PATH. It also outputs a small note that the page was moved. This procedure should be used from vhost configurations or other places where there is no output to send (ie, as a replacement for a call to (continue)).
- (spiffy-debug FORMATSTRING ARG ...)
- When debugging output has been turned on (via the debug argument to start-server, or by (spiffy-debug-mode #t)), then this is equivalent to (fprintf (current-error-port) FORMATSTRING ARG ...).
- (write-response-header)
- Writes a HTTP response header to the current output port. This largely equivalent to http:write-response-header, but handles persistent connections properly by checking the HTTP version any Connection request headers and it obeys arguments current-response-code and current-response-headers instead of using keyword arguments.
- (current-workdir)
- A parameter that holds the current include path, relative to spiffy-root-path. File loading operations like load-once, load-ssp or include-ssp set this parameter, so that nested load/include operations always take place relative the the containing source file.
- (htmlize STRING)
- Makes STRING suitable for embedding in HTML by replacing <, >, & and " with <, >, & and ".
- (load-once FILENAME)
- If no file with this name has been loaded, or if the file has been modified since the last time it has been loaded, then it is loaded and evaluated and #t is returned. Otherwise nothing is done and load-once returns #f.
Note that this works only reliable for source files, not for compiled code.
- (get-header STRING [DEFAULT])
- Retrieves the value of a HTTP header in the current request. STRING should name the header and will be compared (case-insensitive) with any headers passed in the current request object (as given in (current-request)). If no header with this name can be found DEFAULT will be returned (or #f if DEFAULT is not specified).
- (set-header! STRING)
- Sets a HTTP header in the current response by changing the value of the current-response-headers parameter. STRING should be a valid HTTP header of the form : . If the header was already set it will be overwritten except in the case of Set-Cookie. In this case, it will just output an additional Set-Cookie header.
Convenience macros
- (syntax) (define-http-resource (URL ARGUMENT ...) BODY ...)
- Defines a resource-handler (as with http:add-resource) for URL, which should be a string or symbol. the ARGUMENTs should be symbols, which will be bound to URL-encoded or POSTed arguments or they should be of the form (IDENTIFIER DEFAULT) to bind them to a default value, if not provided. The result of BODY ... will be returned as the response, it should be a string containing (X)HTML or XML.
To exit prematurly from the body, or to customize the returned response, the procedure respond will be lexically visible inside the body, and can be called, for example, like this:
(parameterize ((current-response-code '(200 . "OK")))
(respond "Hello, world"))
Calling (respond RESULT) is identical to returning RESULT in the body.
This section will describe what the various modules that come with Spiffy are and how they work.
SSP, or Scheme Server Pages, are a way to embed Scheme in HTML pages. Files with an extension of .ssp are handled specifically, by replacing occurrences of certain reserved tags with Scheme code. There are two possible forms, either the long version, where all output is redirected to the HTTP response port, or the short, where the result of the embedded expression is displayed in the response. The tags default to <?scheme and <?, see Configuration for how to change them.

<?scheme (for-each (lambda (i) (printf "
~S~%" i)) (iota 5))?>

 <?(call-with-values (lambda () (user-information (current-user-id))) (lambda (name . _) name))?>
would generate for example something like this:
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3 5. 4
(felix x 500 100 /home/felix /bin/bash)
When a .ssp file is loaded the first time, or when it has been modified, then a translation takes place that generates a loadable Scheme source file (with the extension .sspx, in the same directory as the original file) from the original data, so in the above example something like this would be generated:
(let ()
(display "\n
")
(for-each (lambda (i) (printf "
~S~%" i)) (iota 5))
(display "
\n
\n")
(display (call-with-values (lambda () (user-information (current-user-id))) (lambda (name . _) name)))
(display "\n\n") )
Note that the body is evaluated in a (let () ...) form.
Note: each request runs in a separate thread, so code in .ssp pages should take care when using global variables.
The SSP handler can be configured with the following options:
- ssp-close-tag (regexp)
- The closing tag for Scheme fragments in .ssp files. Default: ?>
- ssp-short-open-tag (regexp)
- The opening tag for short fragments. Default: <?
- ssp-long-open-tag (regexp)
- The opening tag for long fragments. Default: <?scheme
- ssp-eval-environment (environment)
- The environment passed to eval when evaluating Scheme code inside .ssp-pages. Default: interaction-environment
The ssp-handler module adds the following procedures to the environment:
- (include-ssp FILENAME)
- Translates the file FILENAME into Scheme by replacing <?scheme ... ?> and <? ... ?> sequences (if needed) and writes the translated contents to the current output-port.
- (ssp-stringize FILENAME)
- Similar to include-ssp, but instead of writing the translated text, the text is returned as a string.
- (exit-handler)
- During execution of an ssp page, exit-handler is bound to a procedure that will finish the current page, ignoring any further content or code.
Another way of executing Scheme code to produce content are .ws files: these should contain a Scheme expression that is expected to evaluate to a string which will be directly written as the response to the current request. This facility is intended for Scheme code that uses the web-scheme extension.
You can use the web-scheme-handler for any Scheme file which returns HTML as a string or which has a side-effect of outputting the HTML. If it's the latter, make sure the final statement in your file does not return a string or it will be appended to the output (just like in the csi REPL).
Tip This handler type is perfect not only for web-scheme but also for when you're using SRV:send-reply with SXML or for example a wiki-to-string translator.
Note: each request runs in a separate thread, so code in .ws pages should take care when using global variables.
Note: web-scheme-handler is a separate extension and must be imported as such
(require-extension web-scheme-handler)
The Web-scheme handler can be configured with the following options:
- web-scheme-eval-environment (environment)
- The environment passed to eval when evaluating Scheme code inside .ws-pages. Default: interaction-environment
Spiffy supports a subset of the CGI/1.1 spec. All request headers will be passed as environment variables to the CGI program, prefixed with "HTTP_", and converted to uppercase, with hyphens ("-") replaced by an underscore ("_"). The CGI program will receive the request body in unparsed form from stdin and should write a complete HTTP response to stdout. Any headers that are missing but required for HTTP will be added by Spiffy.
The following environment variables are currently not set during invocation of CGI subprocesses:
The cgi-handler procedure will simply execute the cgi binary directly. This is useful if you have files with a special extension or in a directory on your server than can be run directly.
The cgi-handler* procedure is usually more useful. It allows you to define an interpreter to use for files and returns a file handler. See the example above for spiffy-file-ext-handlers.
CGI handler can be configured with the following parameters:
- spiffy-cgi-default-environment (alist of string->string)
- The environment variables that should be in the default environnment of every CGI program. Variables like SCRIPT_NAME will be added dynamically to the end of this alist. Default:
(("SERVER_SOFTWARE" . ,(spiffy-server-name))
In order to get directory listings, you can use simple-directory-handler. Just assign the simple-directory-handler to spiffy-handle-directory and you're set.
The simple directory handler has a few configuration options:
- simple-directory-css (string)
- The CSS which is included in every page to style it. Defaults to a simple CSS string that adds some padding to the table and gives the page a mustard-colored background.
- simple-directory-dotfiles? (bool)
- Determines if dotfiles should show up in the directory listings. Default: #f
- simple-directory-display-file (lambda)
- A lambda that accepts three arguments: the remote filename, the local filename and a boolean that says if the file is a directory. This lambda should output a table row with the desired information. Defaults to a lambda that prints the name, size and date when the file was last modified.
- trunk Add text/javascript to default content types. Removed procedures that don't belong in Spiffy: escape-chars, strip-tags, htmlize-with-spaces
- 3.9 Fix bugs in resource handlers and add regression tests for them (thanks to Robin Lee Powell), streamline directory normalization, add 301 redirect on directory requests so all index pages end with a / (this makes relative hyperlinks work properly), add initial test for web-scheme-handler. Change the way current-workdir works.
- 3.8 Fix bug in resources handling and add test for it
- 3.7 Plug file descriptor leak in send-static-file. [zb], fix bug in ssp-handler that caused it to fail on all pages, fix difference in include-ssp versus ssp-stringize's way of handling the current workdir. Add tests for SSP handler.
- 3.6 Clean up header handling a little bit, update for latest sendfile and http eggs. Add spiffy-default-mime-type. Change the default MIME-type to application/octet-stream instead of text/plain.
- 3.5 Remove remaining superfluous REQUEST and response-code arguments from procedures and simplify content-transporters. Improve exception handling. Use the sendfile egg for transfer of static files.
- 3.4 Add support for pathinfo, add support for stacked access-files, change access-files to be similar to vhost-handlers. Fix the way path is handed to directory handlers to be the same as file handlers. Add spiffy-access-denied? and remove spiffy-deny-paths and spiffy-deny-access (which makes it a lot cleaner and much more powerful). Automatically convert non-regexes to case insensitive regexes, making vhosting a little cleaner to set up. Implement regression tests.
- 3.3 Add handler ability for directory listings and extract existing handler to simple-directory-handler. Fix relative directory handling for spiffy-root-path. Fix directory links in directory listings for vhosts.
- 3.2 Make all configuration options SRFI-39 parameters, so vhost configuration is much more flexible. Normalize logfile handling.
- 3.1 Improve CGI handling so it will work with PHP.
- 3.0 Introduce modules for SSP, web-scheme and CGI.
- 2.43 Program name was wrongly passed as argument to CGI subprocess.
- 2.42 Fix small typo (thanks to Mario Domenech Goulart)
- 2.41 Fixed bug in webscheme where any output would be injected in the HTTP response. .ws files can now be used for any pure scheme code to be evaled, as an alternative to .ssp. Fixed generate-directory-listing as per ticket #15.
- 2.40 write-sxml generates improved output [Thanks to Peter Wright]
- 2.39 Renamed sxml->html to write-sxml (kept the old name for backwards compatibility), also changed newline behaviour subtly [thanks to Peter Wright and Zbigniew Szadkowski]
- 2.38 CGI "Status" header is recognized now
- 2.37 Added handling for .htm extension [Thanks to Mario Goulart]
- 2.36 Added spiffy-eval-environment and more error output
- 2.35 Added spiffy-error-port [suggested by Daishi Kato]
- 2.34 Bugfix in load-web-scheme by Mario Domenech Goulart
- 2.33 More complete CGI support (needs http 1.47)
- 2.32 Preliminary CGI support
- 2.31 Disabled keep-alive connections on MSVC until its problems have been investigated [Suggested by Graham Fawcett]
- 2.3 Disabled signal-handler setup on MSVC [Thanks to Graham Fawcett]
- 2.2 htmlize shouldn't have replaced newlines with br tag
- 2.1 Didn't cd to root dir on startup
- 2.0 Support dynamic reconfiguration [by Peter Bex]
- 1.53 Supports default "ws" page and small bugfix [Thanks to Mario Domenech Goulart]
- 1.52 Add virtual hosting support [by Peter Bex]
- 1.51 set-header! uses different regexp for non-pregexp platforms
- 1.50 Direct loading of Scheme source code files with the ".ws" extension [by Mario Goulart]
- 1.49 Yet another bugfix by Hans Bulfone
- 1.48 Better error-output
- 1.47 Removed SIGPIPE handler (is done by tcp unit); added pregexp-compatibility hack [by Daishi Kato]
- 1.46 Adapted to SRFI-69 compatible hash-tables
- 1.45 The code in .ssp pages is evaluated in a lexically scoped body; added files beginning with a dot to files denied by default; added access-files
- 1.44 define-http-resource automatically prefixes url with / if needed
- 1.43 define-http-resource didn't pass headers and code back to responder [Thanks to Michele Simionato]
- 1.42 define-http-resource binds some important parameters [Thanks to Michele Simionato]
- 1.41 Link in directory listing to parent directory was broken [Thanks to Guy Banay]
- 1.40 Added define-http-resource and reorganized code a tiny bit
- 1.39 Serving files with no extension failed
- 1.38 File-extension mapping was broken (argh)
- 1.37 File-extension mapping is case-insensitive [Thanks to Peter Bex]
- 1.36 Peter Bex added htmlize-with-spaces.
- 1.35 Peter Bex added current-workdir and relative load/include paths
- 1.34 Fixed a bug in load-scheme (uncaught exceptions triggered an unbound variable error)
- 1.33 Directory-listing ignores broken links and displays footer; {{spiffy-program-pattern} is matched with full pathname
- 1.32 Some bugfixes and cosmectic changes
- 1.31 Removed spiffy-program-path and spiffy-log
- 1.30 Spiffy is now a library; removed all command-line processing and spiffy-monitor; added start-server and support for exit in .ssp pages; directory listings; programs (spiffy-program-path and spiffy-program-pattern); get-header
- 1.29 translate-file opened input-file twice; the default location is set to the result of get-host-name; set-header! used broken regular expression; errors during redirection are properly caught [Thanks to Peter Bex]
- 1.28 The fallback page-handler didn't work with relative root-paths [Thanks to Gian Paolo Ciceri]
- 1.27 Added optional argument to set-header!, removed load-ssp and added include-ssp and ssp-stringize [Thanks to Peter Bex]
- 1.26 Added current-response-code and redirect (and renamed the old one to redirect-page). set-header! handles spaces in the header value [Thanks to Peter Bex]
- 1.25 Changing to root path was done too early
- 1.24 Fixed documentation; added text/css to list of content-types; on startup current directory is changed to root path; changing to user sets supplementary groups [Thanks to Peter Bex]
- 1.22 Changed "root" directory to "web"
- 1.21 argument needs no default value; set-header! wasn't exported
- 1.20 Removed sill startup message, spiffy-monitor uses HEAD request, added several new helper procedures
- 1.19 preliminary HEAD support
- 1.18 spiffy-log was broken
- 1.17 changed .shp and .shp.2 extensions to .ssp and .sspx, respectively; several new API routines and improvements
- 1.16 Updated for http extension (version 1.11), added support for restriction of incoming requests and changing user ID.
- 1.15 fixed bug in startup code for daemonized spiffy
- 1.14 reply protocol uses the one given in request
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I'd forgotten about my bad experience with these people until they sent me some spam a couple of weeks ago. To return the favor, I'm going to tell you what I know of them, and believe me, it's not pretty…
These days, they've got a new domain (davisongetresults.com) which acts as a forward to their old domain (davison54.com). They're billing themselves as the inventor's helper, and say they can "get your idea to market". They're still brandishing their "Inventegration" process, and they're still puffing up their feathers about their proven experience of getting products to market. Check out the products they have gotten to market, and you be the judge of whether you'd call that experience. I have to chuckle at their marketing language: "Davison is fast becoming the industry leader when it comes to preparing and presenting new product ideas to corporations for possible licensing." Compared to whom? By the way, surf the site to find out more about this Davison fellow, but you won't find his full name or photograph anywhere. Does that begin to tell you something?
I'll let you discover their website and judge it by yourselves. Let me not waste time and tell you about my experience. In '03, I had an idea for a new faucet and fell for one of their spam emails. I contacted them, got their information package, and, not knowing any better, decided to go ahead and try to use them. The first step was their "confidential and professional" evaluation of my idea's marketability – in other words, they would let me know whether my idea was worth pursuing. Hey, sounds good, right? I decided to go forward. In a couple of days, they contacted me and told me in no uncertain terms that they thought my idea was wonderful, and that they'd love to help me sell it to companies. I notice now they've gotten away from that nowadays. On their site, they say: "Davison does not perform analysis of the potential feasibility, marketability, patentability or profitability of ideas submitted to it." But they WERE doing this when I dealt with them. So I guess they discovered it got them into too much hot water and decided it wasn't worth it…
After telling me how good my idea was, the fellow with whom I dealt, possibly Davison himself, proceeded to give me the hard sell. They wouldn't go ahead without a professional market study. After all, how could they gauge my idea's marketability without one? No matter that they had just performed a professional analysis of my idea, a market study was still needed before we got to the good part, where they prepared my idea and marketed it to companies through their "exclusive contacts". The cost, you ask? Oh, a mere $800, or a little less than that. For me, since I was cash strapped at the time, Davison would be able to take $100 off. What a nice guy, right? So I waited, and waited, and waited, after putting the bill on my credit card, and finally got my "professional market study". I still have it, as a memento of my foolishness. It's a bunch of web pages, printed out and stuck in a cheap binder, some from retail websites, and some from the US Patent Office database, where did a simple query on faucets. Basically, it's all stuff marginally related to my idea, that they searched hastily and printed out. I could have done this myself in about 1-2 hours, but I ended up paying about $700 for it instead, because my powers of judgment must have been sleeping then.
So I figured okay, this sucks, but let me see what the next step is. I called them – they didn't call me anymore this time. Davison probably figured that if I'm moronic enough to want to go forward after that botched up job they called a market study, then I deserve to lose my money… So I called him, and asked him how we'd proceed. I expressed my disappointment with the "market study", and he said, nonchalantly, that that's how they're done… Ahem… Then he said all the preliminary steps were done, and and all we'd need to go forward with right now was the preparation of my product, and that he had the facilities to help me with that. I asked, what about presenting my idea to companies? No such thing yet, he said. We don't want to risk rejection of your idea. First we need to prepare a model of your idea, so they have something in front of them. I knew I shouldn't ask, but I did anyway… How much would it cost? Only $10,000-12,000, he said. (!)
It was then I realized I'd been strung along and pumped for cash, because I'd been a fool. But I figured, hey, let me do my homework, right? So I told him I needed to think about it, and I hung up the phone. Then I did my homework, which I should have done months before, and learned my lesson the hard way. Davison is part of a group of many inventor helper companies that have sprung up recently, that will pump naive inventors like me for money. The fools that we are, we believe they're really interested in helping us, when all they care about is getting our money to supposedly "package our product for the market". Their fees are ridiculous, and they don't care if our ideas are good or not, but we fall for it, because we don't know any better. If you don't believe, do a search on the internet for "davison inventegration" or "davison idea" and see what you'll find. Here is a sample of what's there. Even the FTC has a published brief that was filed against these crooks, for "deceptive practices".
I was a gentleman with him back then. I called him a couple of days later, and told him I was disappointed with the so called market study, and that I wouldn't go forward with their "inventegration" process. This whole dirty matter would have stayed safely in my past if they hadn't spammed me. Well, if they're so thoughtless that they won't let sleeping dogs lie, I hope this teaches them a lesson, and it teaches you, the reader with an idea, NOT to use them.
Updated 5/26/10: The FTC has gotten involved with Davison, due to all the claims people have filed against them, and Davison has settled and mailed checks to the people whose money they took under false pretenses. I received two letters (with checks enclosed), one in 2009, and one in 2010, mentioning the FTC lawsuit settlements. I'm posting them below for you. If you didn't receive a settlement check and you've lost a lot of money with Davison, my advice to you is that you look into your legal options — talk with a trustworthy, knowledgeable lawyer and see what's to be done.


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Forty Creek Portwood Reserve
Review: Forty Creek Portwood Reserve Canadian Whisky 95/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted December 29, 2009
Forty Creek Whisky has for the past two years produced a special limited release whisky and allowed the public to participate in its release by offering to let those who pre-order the whisky to choose their own numbered bottle(s). These special release whiskies are built upon the foundation of the company's flagship whisky, Forty Creek Barrel Select, and are actually versions of this whisky which have spent additional time finishing in certain selected oak barrels.
This Forty Creek Whisky has been finished in Port Wine Barrels, and I am one of the lucky few who managed to buy a few bottles of this first edition.
In the Bottle 5/5
John Hall and the folks at Kittling Ridge have come up with a very nice presentation for their new whisky. Here is a nice snapshot I took of a case of Portwood on my deck. Inside those boxes are wonderful bottles each hand signed by John Hall the Master Distiller. Having the bottles signed personally to me was no problem at all as anyone who preordered the Portwood was allowed to have their bottles signed on the day of pick up. Here is a nice shot of the signed bottle.
In the Glass 9.5/10
It took me a long time to wrap myself around this review. It seemed that every time I visited this whisky, a new experience presented itself. In the glass, the whisky is a meduim to light brown with an obvious reddish tone. Notes of cherry and blackberry sit at the forefront of the nose, with spicy cinnamon and caramelized brown sugar rising up in between. Tiny Legs become apparent on the sides of my glencairn glass, and as I nose this more deeply I smell distinctive vanilla and light bourbon. A classic!
In my Mouth 57/60
Mmmm! I taste cherries and wild field berries, stemming no doubt from the rich Port influence. At times the flavour is accented with grapes and dried currants which give way to a wonderful sweet caramel and hot spice. If there is a fault, it is in the character of this whisky to change with my moods and with my previous palate condition. However the variance in flavour is never disappointing. I may taste different things on different days, but I am always pleased with the overall effect the whisky has in my mouth. I believe the Port influence allows the whisky to pick up previous flavours on my palate and incorporate them into its flavour profile. This is rich elegant stuff!
In the Throat 14/15
A very light oil lengthens the finish. The berries and spice in the mouth are the first flavours to exit, and then grapes and raisins follow down the throat. A hint of smoky chocolate ends the experience with just an ever so slight touch of bitter grape at the end. The 45% alcohol content gives this a nice satisfying kick which burns in all the right ways.
The Afterburn 9.5/10
One of the very finest Canadians out there. In fact this is the first Canadian whisky which I have drank where I can nose the glass long after I am finished and still enjoy myself thoroughly. The complexity is staggering, and the balance is almost always right on. Well Done!
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
Suggested Cocktail
I chose a very standard cocktail with just a minor tweak for the Portwood Reserve. A Manhattan with a touch less Sweet Vermouth than my standard recipe. The sweet Port influence in the whisky easily makes up for the missing Vermouth.
The Portwood Manhattan
2 oz Portwood Reserve Canadian Whisky
1/4 – 1/2 oz Sweet Red Vermouth (Standard recipe is 3/4 oz)
Dash of Angostura Bitters (optional)
3 Large Ice cubes
Maraschino Cherry
Twist of Orange Peel
Add the whiskey, the Vermouth, and the optional bitters with 3 large ice cubes in a Martini Shaker.
Shake gently to chill the mixture.
Spear a cherry with a long toothpick and place it in a chilled glen cairn glass.
Strain the mixed ingredients over the cherry but do not add the ice.
Rub the cut edge of the orange peel over the rim of the glass and twist it over the drink. (This will release the oil from the orange zest into the drink)
Discard the peel.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
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Encouraging news from John Hall heard in an interview on whiskycast from the Victoria Whisky Festival that they're considering bringing back the Port Wood, I missed it the first time around (if it even made it to AB) and would really love to have a full 40 Creek selection on my shelf..


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MILKY WAY – Residents of the upscale Alpha Centauri district are petitioning the local government to enforce harsh restrictions on travel to and from Earth.
The group of wealthy solar suburbanites has formed the organization NIMBS (Not In My Back System) to combat what they perceive to be the negative influence of Earthlings on members of their community.
"We don't want our children to wander into Earth's atmosphere and end up shot down or worse," said organizer Judy Klangmorvius. "Everybody's trying to be PC, but the bottom line is that those humans simply can't be trusted. They're dangerous."
"None of us can ever forget what happened to those poor vacationing retirees at Roswell," added Mrs. Klangmorvius, referring to the grizzly 1961 murders of Frank and Lucy Fitzgrofttl'k'kmmm by Earthling authorities in an arid region of the Western hemisphere.
The initiative has ignited a storm of controversy in the blobosphere. Humanity rights groups, led by prominent Earth intellectuals such as Tholian W.E.B. DuBois and Dr. Marvin Martian King Jr., have staunchly protested the group and its aims on moral grounds, but have cautioned temperance.
"We are angered by this new and shameful moment of bigotry," read a statement from the National Association for the Advancement of Human People (NAAHP). "But mostly we are disappointed. Every seed of hatred planted, every word of intolerance uttered, every act of cruelty performed drags us one step further away from the universe of love and peace we all know to be possible."
Others in the alien-human community have been less moderate, and voices of righteous rage have become louder and more common in the ongoing discourse on species relations.
"Human beings have been under the boot of aliens for millennia, have suffered untold devastation to their ancient landmarks, have endured circles in their crops, have been deceived and probed and abducted," said militant Earth activist and cyborg HAL Com-X. "We cannot love these extraterrestrial invaders. We cannot respect them. It's not intelligent."
NIMBS members have responded by clarifying that while some humans are acceptable, by and large the species tends to be sullen, violent, and lazy. "I'm not a specist," insisted NIMBS member Herb Smiquiggzwix. "Some of my best friends are humanoid. But when we're talking about our kids, we've got to screw our heads on straight and take stock of the fact that these beings haven't lived more than forty years of their five thousand-year recorded history without a war."
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There is spring cleaning, and then there is spinning one's wheels.
Forever Clean, a residential cleaning service with offices in Delaware and Maryland, shares some basic and efficient cleaning do's and don'ts:
• Use furniture polishes sparingly as polish build-up attracts dust; use an orange-oil cleanser instead and save polishing for a few times a year. A microfiber duster works great to remove dust.
• Warm sunny days are not the right time to wash windows as the solution dries too quickly and results in streaks; plan for a pleasant cloudy day instead.
• Blot carpet stains instead of scrubbing, which can result in untwisted and damaged carpet fibers.
For the anal-retentive dishwasher loader who thinks he or she must place all utensils facing the same direction, Real Simple shares that just putting them in there any ol' way will better ensure that none stick together to keep water and detergent from doing their jobs.
Also, to get more of your cleaning solution where it needs to go, spray directly on the rag and then wipe, rather than spraying on the surface to be cleaned.
The kitchen requires constant cleaning. One tip from Champion, maker of doors and windows, is to clean the countertops and sink first before tackling the stove, so that grease and food grime are not spread to other areas. Do a quick wipe of the microwave each time it is used so that build-up does not eventually need a chisel.
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On July 22, 2011, I posted the first Passing of the Pioneers, and 12 months on I am preparing to post the 13th edition.
There are now over 180 links to Western Victorian pioneer obituaries at Western District Families and the 13th edition will see the total go over 200.
Reading all those obituaries has been a privilege and has taken me on a wonderful journey, not only through the history of the Western District but to places such as game parks in Africa and the silver mines of South America. The lives I have glimpsed into range from that of the gentry to general hands, but all have shared in making Western Victoria the place it is today.
Some of the pioneers were born during the early days of Victoria, while others dared their lives aboard immigrant ships in the hope of a better life. Many travelled from the ports to the Western District by bullock wagon on rough tracks, while enduring unfamiliar conditions. They built houses on land that would one day see towns such as Penshurst, Hamilton, and Balmoral grow around them.
The women from the pioneering era deserve recognition. Some were alone among men, left to bear and raise children and turn their canvas tents or slab huts into homes. Many endured loneliness, but as towns grew some became involved with community activities such as the church. Despite their hardships, many of these women's obituaries noted that even in old age they would reminisce about those times.
Obituaries came after the pioneer "crossed the Great Divide", penned by someone who too had heard the stories but may not have had all the facts. That is my warning to you while you read obituaries and in the July 2012 Passing of the Pioneers, I will show this with an obituary from my family.
Having said that, it is the snippets of information within them that make obituaries a worthwhile family history resource. Names of children and their married names, places of residence, occupations, and immigration details are just some of those snippets which you can then test against the relevant records.
Many of the obituaries I have read have moved me, inspired me, and led me to further research. I have listed just some of those, not so much for the achievements of the subject but the stories they tell. Click on the pioneer's name to go to their original newspaper obituary or the date to go to the Passing of the Pioneers post where the obituary appeared:
Frederick William BILSTON (August 2011)
Mrs Agnes CHEQUER (November 2011)
Thomas Denton CLARKE (October 2011)
Alfred Irvine HOGAN (February 2012)
KITTSON family – James (May 2012), James Trotter (December 2011), Rebecca (January 2012), Susannah (June 2012) and Mrs Margaret Kittson (May 2012)
MALSEED family – Fanny Ann (February 2012), Robert J. (May 2012) , Mrs E.A. MALSEED (August 2011) and Mary HEDDITCH (Mrs James MALSEED) (July 2011)
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Tom Licciardello: Red Sox honor Boston Marathon heroes
Having had the opportunity to personally meet and have a brief conversation with the president of the United States after an interfaith service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End of Boston April 18, I didn't believe I could experience anything more astounding. I was wrong.
Two days later, I rested on my couch having gotten almost no sleep the previous night. I was, of course, riveted to the ongoing news coverage. Then, I got a call from BAA Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray around 9 a.m.
He said: "Tom, can you get to Fenway Park by 11:30 to take part in a flag ceremony?"
I told him of course, whatever you need.
He asked me to round up 10 marathon volunteers, and he would call back to confirm and give instructions in a few minutes.
Now, fully awake and alert, I began calling my volunteers, a task made more difficult as many were on their way to various races.
A few minutes later, Dave called back to confirm, and said: "Can you get 25 volunteers?" Yikes! That number quickly went to 50.
Unbelievably, we rounded up 40 volunteers by 10 a.m., and made our way to Gate C for further instructions of the day's events.
The Red Sox were honoring the victims, first responders and others involved in the attacks on the 2013 Boston Marathon, before the start of the game against the Kansas City Royals.
Our task would be to walk out in single line formation along the warning track of the Fenway outfield just in front of the Green Monster. We would be introduced as representatives of the 8,500 marathon volunteers.
After the playing of the National Anthem, the giant flag hanging over the Green Monster would be lowered into our arms, and we would march off the field. It sounded pretty simple.
As we waited in the holding area in leftfield with the stands filling up, we began to suspect this was going to be a bigger deal than we thought. Wally the Green Monster, the Red Sox mascot, stopped by to say hello, and I got my picture taken with him. That was almost as good as the picture I got with President Obama.
Then the program began with a video montage of the day's events from the Marathon. Though we were still in our holding area, I could see the giant screen from my position as the lead for our team. I had to lower my sunglasses as tears began to well in my eyes.
Then, on cue, we marched onto the field.
The capacity crowd was on its feet clapping, screaming and chanting, "U-S-A," and it was for us, the representatives of all the wonderful marathon volunteers. There are no words adequate to explain the emotion we all felt at that moment.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, we were presented with tickets for the game in seats just to the left of the Pesky Pole in right field. As we made our way there, fans were high-fiving us, patted us on our backs and signal thumbs-up. Could things ever get any better?
It was pretty chilly as a result of a persistent wind, and I suggested we head home. My wife, Lyn, the newly converted Red Sox fan, insisted that we at least wait until the eighth inning, so we could sing "Sweet Caroline." Reluctantly, I consented. And it was a good thing that I did.
Neil Diamond stepped on to the field. Yes, Neil Diamond. Yes, Neil Diamond who flew the red eye from LA to sing his signature song to the fans of Boston. Never has that song been sung by so many with such emotion.
And then, the Red Sox pulled out the win on a dramatic three-run homer by Daniel Nava.
So there you have it. April 20, 2013. Coincidentally, it was my birthday, and one that I shall never forget. The healing has begun, and we are all Boston Strong.
Tom Licciardello is a founding member of the Merrimack Valley Striders. Licciardello has participated in 35 Boston's and 88 marathons, and this was his first year as a start line coordinator. He has served on the BAA Boston Marathon organizing committee for the last 23 years, and was the lead during Saturday's Fenway procession.


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Lil Wayne Explains Seizures: I Have Epilepsy
After speculation about Lil Wayne's health went into overdrive (and sometimes fictional territory) during his recent hospital stay, the rapper has now revealed the cause of his seizures.
"The bad news is, I'm an epileptic, so I'm prone to seizures," Weezy revealed Thursday on Los Angeles' Power 106 radio station. "This isn't my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure. I've had a bunch of seizures; y'all just never hear about it. This time it got real bad because I got three of 'em in a row, and on the third one, my heart rate went down to, like, 30 percent. Basically, I could've died soon. That's why it was so serious."
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Many reports claimed that the seizures were a result of consuming too much sizzurp, but Wayne said that they were simply due to exhaustion. "The reason for the seizures is just plain stress, no rest and overworking myself. That's typical me, though," he continued.
While Wayne didn't quite deny TMZ's report that he was being prepared for his last rites, he did imply that the website had lied. "I can't be upset at that. I get upset at my kids when they do things that I tell 'em not to do; I can't get upset at TMZ for doing what they do," he said with a laugh. "The truth isn't good enough for them, so they gotta twist everything up."
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I am sort of missing in action at the moment as I am just having so many issues going on in my RL I can't spare the time or the motivation to blog. Although I have a fair few posts I could write about all the things happening at the moment, I just can't find the energy.
Life sometimes beats you down so much that you can barely find the will to stand, we have all experienced it at some point. We all deal with (or not as the case may be) it differently and have very different coping starts. However I am way beyond the ability to cope with everything at the moment.
I still love blogging, and I love my WoW, I love my readers and my commenters and everything the blogosphere has brought into my life this year, but unfortunately it does not solve the real life issues that crop up and so my focus is now on other aspects of my life. What is pathetically horrible is that all it boils down to is my inability to find a job. I am not unemployed at the moment, but I am not in a job that suits – aside from me travelling for just over 2.5 hours to get to work each way, I am working with my parents which brings a whole swag of issues, plus the huge pay cut I took doing it to help out when my mum had her nervous breakdown thinking – stupidly as it turns out – that I could get another job with a snap of the fingers, I spend most days bored out of my mind because I complete things 3 times faster than my mum does.
Anyone who has been job hunting or constantly rejected knows how horrible it can feel, and after 18 months of not even having one interview and redesigning my resume over 5 times, I am in a very bad mental place where I cannot hope to even be a good blogger – not that I was ever good per se. I do not want my feelings to spill over into my wow life and so I will still be reading your posts and looking up blogs, but you will not likely see me comment much because I just don't have the capacity right now. Job hunting in NSW as well as VIC is going to take its toll on me and I cannot think of anything worse than making harsh or snippy comments and risking friendships because I am grumpy.
I am not sure when I will be back blogging again, it may never happen, but for those who want to add me and chat in game Dragonray 1445 is my battle tag. I am still in game fairly often so more than happy to have a chinwag with people.


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Morning Jolt: Stanley Cup Finals begin tonight
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What's the difference between PG eliquid, VG e-liquid, PG/VG Mix?
Vegetable Glycerin (VG) e-liquid is a thick, a little sweet liquid. VG e-liquid produces luscious clouds of vapor. VG e-liquid also imparts a sweeter taste to your liquid.
Propylene Glycol (PG) e-liquid is a much thinner liquid. PG e-liquid produces more of a "throat hit" than VG e-liquid does, which simulates the feel of smoking better. PG e-liquid also has a higher rate of sensitivity for some people, meaning that some people just can't use PG in their vape.
PG e-liquid tends to give you a better throat hit and a lot more flavor. VG e-liquid on the other hand, allows your atomizer to produce a lot more vapor. Now, VG e-liquid is a thicker and more sticky fluid, and although most people do not show signs of allergy with VG, there are minority groups who complain about having phlegm buildup in their throats. The more VG e-liquid you use, the less of a throat hit you're going to get – that's the general idea.
60%/40% mix of VG and PG in your e-liquid can produce great vapor and more flavor. If you like, you can tend to use mix of both PG and VG in particular ratios, such as 70%VG/30%PG. This is the optimum ratio for most each uses as it provides a nice throw hit, good flavor as well as tons of vapor production.
which is safer to inhale?
Both VG and PG are used in a variety of foods that you consume on a daily basis, and are deemed quite safe. However, in some small cases, people have experienced allergic reactions to propylene glycol, the most common is skin rash. However this is not a big deal and there is nothing a little bit of skin moisturizer cannot solve.So which is better, VG or PG? The answer is "neither" – you will need both in most cases, to get the best of both worlds. Some prefer vaping 100%VG-only and some 100% PG-only liquids.


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Maybe you're like me; totally psyched for Cataclysm, starting to be a bit bored with current content, wanting one last run through Old Azeroth before it becomes New And Improved Azeroth (Now with 500% more Lava!). And you've rolled, or are thinking of rolling, a class that can heal. Let's say you've never healed before. Does the prospect seem daunting?
It definitely can, especially at low levels when you don't have as many healing abilities. Team that up with low level tanks not having all their mitigation abilities and low level dps being no better than top level ones at not getting face stomped and a pug of RFC or Stockades suddenly approaches the difficulty and pain of a Blood Princes encounter.
The first thing you have to do is start thinking like a healer, and I think the most important skill there is triage. It's a term referring to what battlefield medics or ER staff do; assess the injury status of patients in such a way as to save as many lives as possible.
For triage in WoW to work, you need to know what your abilities are and what they do. Even at low levels most healing classes will have at least a long slow big heal and a short fast small heal. Some classes already have hots or shields or other ways of preventing or healing damage. Make a mental inventory of all these.
Next, assess your party makeup. I'll assume a classic five man group; fewer than five man and the problem gets easier. Our imaginary party will be a young Warrior tank, a hunter and his pet turtle Bessy, a frost mage, a rogue, and you, a priest (translate this to whatever healing class is appropriate; the priest is a good one for this scenario).
Notice that I set up this party so that other than the hunter's Mend Pet ability, nobody else has healing spells. We'll assume the rogue can bandage and likes to do so. Everything else is up to you.
Now set up a priority queue in your mind. It goes like this:
Whatever DPS has done the least to make your life miserable or you are romantically involved with
The other dps
The pet
The DPSer you are romantically involved with if he forgot that your birthday was last week
This is the "keep them alive" priority and not the "heal them" priority. What's the difference? The "keep them alive" priority stays static the whole time; it doesn't change unless someone annoys you enough to move down the ladder, or brings you chocolate and wine and moves up the queue. The "Heal them" priority queue changes every second of the fight. Here's how it work.
You engage a small patrol. The tank picks up aggro and starts taking damage. You throw him a Power Word: Shield and a Renew and he stops taking damage while the shield is up. When it wears off, he starts taking some damage again. The Renew is a Heal Over Time spell and mends some of that damage, but he's down about a quarter of his hit points and the mobs are still hitting him, so you start casting a Heal. (Assume you don't yet have Greater Heal). Now he's got his health back. You refresh the Renew, the mobs die, and everyone's happy.
That one was easy! Only the tank needed healing. You adjusted your heals based on what he needed to keep his health bar full, didn't waste mana, and nothing got scary.
Now on to the next pull. This one has more mobs and some of them are ranged. As you throw a Renew and Shield on the tank, it causes you to get aggro from one of the casters, who starts throwing ice bolts at you. You immediately put a shield on yourself and since you don't have much damage, a Renew. Then the mage gets attention from one of the mobs, who wanders over and starts hitting him. The mage panics and runs over to you and then frost novas and runs away, leaving the mob right next to you. The mob decides that you look tasty and starts biting you. Meanwhile the tank just got critted and is at 50% health and falling.
Summary: You and the tank are both being actively hit
The mage is not being actively hit
You are at 70% life. The tank is at 50% life. The mage is at 30% life.
What do you do?
Well, whatever you do, you've got to get the mob off you. Take a few steps toward the tank. While the frost nova holds the mob can't bite you. When it wears off, it will have to come toward the tank to get you. At the same time, refresh the Renew that's on yourself. Now pay attention to the tank! If you can shield him again, do that. If the Renew is gone, refresh it. Then cast your fast quick heal, Flash Heal. It doesn't do as much, but your tank is hurting bad and you need to get some breathing room. Often a couple of quick fast heals will get you enough breathing room to have time to cast your long slow top-them-up heal.
Now the tank is at 70%, you're at 85%, and the mage is still hurting. If you can spare time, drop a Renew on him and let him stew. If you eventually have the time and mana, Flash Heal him to about 80%. More than that is a waste of your global cool downs and mana. He should have learned his lesson and not pull the mobs again this fight. A few missing health points is a good lesson.
Oops, mobs still not dead. The tank has them all now, but the hunter, who has been afk, finally wakes up and sends in his pet, who growls at one mob and gets it to turn and fight him. Bossy the Turtle takes some damage. You can choose to heal it, or not; the hunter ought to Mend Pet on it and he was stupid to have its Growl on, but the pet is doing good dps and if you can spare the mana, give it some love.
And the rogue is taking a little aoe damage. He bandaged himself earlier when things were messy, so now you drop a shield and a Renew on him, and then turn your attention back to the tank who is in need of more Flash Heals.
Oh, dear – you guys just aggroed the boss who was wandering around, and he runs in and throws a big AOE that damages you all pretty badly. What do you do now?
Throw a shield on yourself and the tank (if you were a druid you'd be dropping more HOTs on you both here) and then cast your AOE heal. Sorry paladins, you don't have an AOE heal, but the other three classes do and this is where to use them; you've got at least three people hurt and the tank is not taking so much damage that your heal can't keep up.
Now you're all at manageable health. Go back to the tank, keep him alive, and – oh dear. You're out of mana. This will be fun.
Warn everyone "OOM!" and hope they get the message. No matter how much damage is flying around, do not spend mana on heals for anyone except you and the tank, and mostly the tank. If he drops you're all dead, whereas if you keep him alive you might survive this.
Every time you have enough mana, cast your Flash Heal. It's the fastest cast you have and so will get you back into mana regen mode as fast as possible (takes five seconds after the end of your last cast for your mana regen to start actually doing much).
Now let's talk about what happens when things really go haywire; multiple groups of mobs, aggro everywhere, tank getting low, mage getting squishy, and your own special set of ravenous admirers.
First off, don't panic. Easier said than done, but don't panic. If you do, things will get worse. The worst outcome here is a wipe. Nothing can be worse than that. Your goal, once things start going turnip-shaped, is to keep yourself alive at the end. Everyone else is a means to that end. Remember, you have the magic res fingers!
If you are to stay alive, that means someone has to kill the mobs that want to eat you. Probably that means keep the tank and some dps alive. Sometimes it means all the dps die really fast and you and the tank slug it out slowly with the last few mobs.
start with keeping yourself alive. That might mean moving instead of healing; go over to the tank and hope he pulls the mobs off rather than trying to heal through the bites. You are not the tank. Don't act like one. If you have damage mitigation cooldowns, use them. A druid should throw a hot on herself, throw Barkskin, and go to the tank. A priest should shield herself. A Paladin can use Hand of Salvation or Divine Protection (use HoS on yourself, Divine Protection on the tank, and gain some breathing room).
Next, if the tank is getting low, throw heals at him while you scan everyone else. Is there someone who is very low but not actively taking damage? Throw a hot or shield or Flash of Flight/Flash Heal at him to give him more breathing room. Someone who is low and actively taking damage, and not the tank, is probably going to die no matter what in a "ah crap" situation. Don't waste mana and GCDs on a mage who has three mobs on him. He will die and his friends will come eat you next. It is his job to ice block at this point and avoid death, not your job to save him.
Heal the most likely to survive; this is why it's triage. You decide who lives, who dies. Who is stable or could be stable with minimal intervention? Did the hunter just have his pet growl mobs off of you? Heal that pet, unless the hunter is about to die, in which cast that's wasted mana.
Keep an eye out for environmental issues that affect you; fire on the ground, curses. Moving cuts down on your heals but so does being dead. Some curses can be ignored or healed through. If you have a curse that makes your casts take 50% longer and it can be removed, remove it! The one GCD and minimal mana you spend there pays for itself almost instantly. On the other hand, if it's a curse that makes you have 100 less skill at Bows, like in SFK sometimes, ignore it.
Avoid tunnel vision at all costs. I think this is the number one cause of healer death; you're too busy staring at the health bars to notice the gnolls eating your spleen. One of the best tools for preventing tunnel vision (and sometimes for causing it) is a good raid healing frame mod. Healbot and Grid + clique are both popular setups; my personal favorite is Vuhdo which I think combines the flexibility of Grid with the ease of setup of Healbot. Other sites have done far better rundowns of how to install and tweak these; if you're stuck for ideas, I recommend visiting the http://www.PlusHeal.com forums and their UI and Mods subforum to see screenshots and suggestions of Healer UIs. Sometimes though healing frames can make tunnel vision worse, when all you focus on is the part of your screen with little boxes and icons. I suggest moving the frames somewhere near the middle of your screen and forcing yourself to see other areas.
Other than that it's about practice, practice, practice. Going into battlegrounds can be good practice at getting a UI with raid frames set up to where you can concentrate on the frames but still watch your environment. Pug some dungeons – and please don't wait til you're 80 to start. It is harder to jump in at top level because your gear will be lagging compared to what people expect. But if you did just dual spec to Holy and you're 80, go ahead and start! Don't take stupid comments personally, just have fun.