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  • Port of Charlottetown
    Andrew MacPherson
    4 days 32 sec ago
    I’d say in 1964 it was more of a port. By 1984 more of an eyesore. Halifax is proving you can have an attrative waterfront and an active port side by side. Tourist driven change doesn’t always have positive spin-offs but this one improves the life and health of residents.
  • Where have all the comments gone?
    Peter Rukavina
    4 days 22 hours ago

    All pieces of good advice; I’ve now implemented the first two, and am reviewing the third. Thanks. (Oh, and the BudgetBlankets user is no more. Shame on them).

  • Where have all the comments gone?
    bmann
    6 days 8 hours ago
    A couple of suggestions:
    • use Mollom, which is best of breed (and also has blacklists) - you will still have some comments swoosh on through, but not very many
    • set new accounts to NOT require email verification - folks have already jumped through a captcha to create an account, and then they can get right to commenting, rather than wait for email to arrive etc. etc.
    • install something like RPX, which at the free level allows people to use Twitter, Google, Facebook etc. etc. to login to your site with

    Looking at the user list, it actually looks like you’ve got some spam users (BudgetBlankets, really?).

    Fight the good fight!

  • Where have all the comments gone?
    Jane
    6 days 17 hours ago
    I registered, duly, then wussed out of commenting. This is my usual pattern - not a result of the new system, which is fine by me. I will probably wuss out of commenting under this system about as often as I wuss out under other systems on other sites.
  • More fun with Dynix OPAC, PHP and XML
    DaveMcL
    1 week 1 day ago
    Peter, I’m really liking what’s going on here. Any chance you would release the source code of the page(s) you use to access your class?
  • Desktop GIS for Mac OS X
    geomac
    2 weeks 2 hours ago
    You can also try MacMap® (www.macmap.com). The trial version is available there…
  • Port of Charlottetown
    Wayne (not verified)
    2 weeks 2 days ago
    Back then, it was more of a port. Now, it is more of a recreation area. They are mutually exclusive. You say it is dramatic improvement. Maybe you are right, maybe not. But, the audacity of “no arguing”? Certainly if one equates less commerce with improvement, they you will garner support. Those who consider and recognize the value of a port to commerce might have a different view.
  • Tim Hortons Responds
    confused (not verified)
    2 weeks 2 days ago
    i am confused. i have spent at least an hour reading just the first page of these and i just want to know : A) if i am 14 and wanting a job, is timmy’s a good starter job or is it as stressful as everyone is saying, B) what is the starter pay and C) do you think a 14 year old can survive at a job like timmy’s whithout dying of stressfulness disease
  • Toyota Yaris / Echo Hatchback
    Anne (not verified)
    2 weeks 3 days ago
    Here’s something else that people should worry about. This is a serious design flaw in the Echo/Yaris models. The forward pillars on each side of the windshield are thicker than most cars (designed for crash safety). Unfortunately, they reduce visibility in that they totally block pedestrians, cyclists or motorists. This is not just my claim. This is backed up by Australia’s NRMA. See below: http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=62121 I’ve had an accident where I hit somebody because I didn’t see him. Fortunately he wasn’t hurt, but he could have been. I feel that no matter how careful I am now, another accident could happen. I believe I’m stuck with the Toyota Echo now. A word of advice for future Echo buyers? It may be cute, but be careful. What you don’t see can cost you.
  • Young Boomer Gallant
    George MacDonald (not verified)
    2 weeks 3 days ago
    1986 is the date folks, Take note of the horse blanket, It has the date of August 1986,
  • My Eyes
    Mark (not verified)
    2 weeks 4 days ago
    Actually, its called an Opto-map… Dr. Hickey has had this machine for about 6 years now. Its not necessarily new technology, but it sure beats getting those drops in your eyes!! Plus, the images make pretty cool wallpaper..
  • T@B Trailer
    Mary Ann (not verified)
    2 weeks 4 days ago
    HOWDY FRIENDS! I have a 2004 T@B that needs a smaller family than mine. It’s in excellent shape! Asking $8200 and it’s worth it. No problems, no issues, just not big enough for the 4 of us anymore! Email if interested! Can send pictures. I’m in North Carolina. pingping@nc.rr.com.
  • My Eyes
    dave (not verified)
    2 weeks 4 days ago
    My son had this done years ago. It is called the Otto Map. In the pictures, they picked up “bear tracks” which indicates he is a candidate for a certain type of cancer in his future years. Now, he and his doctor are aware of this and will have the head’s up to catch this disease before it gets too far advanced.
  • Lessons I've Learned from my Gallbladder
    Newfie (not verified)
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    So….I have also been experiencing thses symptoms for the past several months. My attacks are lasting between 6-14 hours 3-4 times a week. I have been to the emergency room several times (waiting upto 6 hours) to have the “wonderful” doctors tell me to go home. Here’s a shot of Demerol! So, I finally convinced them to give me an ultrasound to see if its gallstones (yes I am diagnosing myself at this point!!!Nobody else will do it!) In November I insisted on an ultrasound, my appointment is for June! So here I am dealing with constant pain everyday, and now I’ve just discovered I am 5 weeks pregnant! So now I can’t take any kind of pain relief…the idiot dr’s told me to take a tylenol and they know how uncomforable being pregnant can be….I almost lost it at that one! So here’s to our healthcare system here in canada. Whoever thinks we have a good helthcare system is obviously healthy! Best of luck to ya if you ever get sick. So an 8 month wait, just to see if I have gallstones, to be followed then by a 1 year wait to see a surgeon and then upto another year wait to get operated on. Welcome to Newfoundland and our glorious healthcare!
  • Google Street View hits Prince Edward Island
    Andrew Morrow (not verified)
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    Hi Peter When I linked to your Stanhope reference I was reminded of the errors that are in the mapping Google Maps uses for Stanhope. Not that Gookle is alone in this error - Microsoft uses the same source for their mapping data and so did the Provimce until recently. The Maps of the penninsula contain “roads” that are actually unexercised or lapsed rights of way.The map shows Allie’s Lane connecting with three roads running at right angles to it, Old Sam Road connecting to Seaman’s Lane and Rupert’s Road branching to enter the National Park to the left and run a distance to the right. The roads are undeveloped rights of way and do not actually connect as mapped. The errors are repeated on Bing maps and geotracking devices that use the same mapping layers. I started reporting this error in the mapping system to the Province several years ago after an ambulance call to Old Sam went astray. It was reported that the driver was using a geotracking device to locate the call. The Province recently made changes to it’s online mapping that correct the problem. But who do you complain to for the rest of the world and how they view our little penninsula?
  • WigWag Bar from the Tuck Shop
    nimnim (not verified)
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    I remember those cookies. They were goowey, had diced nuts on the top, and finally had chocolate stripes on them. They were even stacked differently in the bag. I think they were made by Christie. I miss those so much
  • My Eyes
    oliver (not verified)
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    Interesting how they mirror each other, but not exactly. Like how our left and right finger prints differ, but gorier. I always think I’m looking at a fertilized chicken egg when I see these photos.
  • My Eyes
    sgarrity
    3 weeks 17 hours ago
    I’m afraid I have some bad news… You have bloody eyes.
  • Aliant Boondoggle
    LM (not verified)
    3 weeks 19 hours ago
    Well, after attending community meetings, giving a radio interview and fighting with Aliant personnel in the lobby of the phone company..I rec’d hard wired High Speed internet today here in Mount Buchanan. On this day, at the very least, I am very happy to join the big world off island and thank Aliant for having the good sense to realize that Islanders were NOT going to let this one go. I’m still concerned about the additional 1,000, plus or minus a few hundred or so families still waiting….Let’s keep this one alive until EVERYONE that wants it …has it.
  • SModcast #106
    oliver (not verified)
    3 weeks 2 days ago
    whoops: “isn’t alien or exotic or something that I or many other people DON’T go through” is what I meant.
  • SModcast #106
    oliver (not verified)
    3 weeks 2 days ago
    Southwest’s post seems to have been taken down. I think Smith’s justly outraged, more or less, and I was rapt for while, but really two hours is more than I want to hear probably anybody going on about such an experience—which isn’t alien or exotic or something that I or many other people go through and find ourselves outraging about. It’s nice that new media make all this testimony available instantly everywhere and for eternity, but obviously if everybody did as Kevin Smith, there would be no listening or sorting through it all—let alone analysis or criticism. If it humiliates you when somebody indicates that they can see what is visible to everybody (that more than, say, 25% of your size and weight is fat), is it the fault of the person or company indicating it? What if we were talking about height? In that regard, some of Kevin Smith’s outrage is misplaced, and we might be better off hearing somebody go on about our psychology and culture.
  • SModcast #106
    Charles Pritchett (not verified)
    3 weeks 3 days ago
    Smith’s also got a great write up over at his blog: http://www.silentbobspeaks.com/ At the time of writing this comment it’s the last 2 entries.
  • The Louis Tape
    Margot Fagan (not verified)
    3 weeks 5 days ago
    Hi, thanks for the link. I’m not sure if we’ve met, I’m Lou’s sister Margot. My kids were too young to know Lou, so these bits and pieces of things I can find on line are really appreciated.
  • Tim Hortons Responds
    Cat (not verified)
    3 weeks 5 days ago
    What infuriates me about Tim Hortons is their stupid temporary promotions. They offer exceptionally good products - like the lemon danish and recently the to-die-for caramel apple fritters - let you enjoy them for a while and then take them away. What an irritating braindead “strategy”. I will not be buying anything there in the future and I e-mailed them to let them know that. My coffee comes from Second Cup now. Ripping mad.
  • Accidental Phone System
    Gervais (not verified)
    3 weeks 6 days ago
    I find that since I set up an IVR on my Asterisk box that I never get any telemarketers’ calls. If you have caller ID on the Analog line, you might want to do some callerid specific call routing and if you only want to route a few numbers, then something very simple will suffice. I only have three numbers that I care about, so I just add three lines like: exten=s,3,GotoIf($[“${CALLERID(num)}” == “9999999”]?voicemenu-custom-8,s,1) Works like a charm. :-)
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