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Thanks, that's helpful!

If you get a chance, I'd be interested in the dimensions and weight (rough is fine). I haven't seen these numbers listed anywhere.

Are you sure that wasn't last year? I am old.

> there’s an issue with it not being detected as a mobile browser by sites offering a mobile version

Looks like it's time to stop assuming the only mobile browsers are WebKit-based.

These bike racks are convenient on Toronto routes. I'm glad that Charlottetown has at least one bus so equipped!

Soooo very cool!
Looks great.

Hi Peter: You’ve “sparked” some interest here.

I’m happy to say that a solution is on the way, at least for Canadian books. Have a look at www.deslibris.ca. And more specifically at http://www.deslibris.ca/en-us/resources/libraries/universalloan.aspx

As we say, this solution will not necessarily work for the larger publishers. But we think it will dramatically improve the degree of exposure and (hopefully, by extension) the revenue finding its way to Canadian publishers and their authors. It will also build stronger collections of Canadian works in Canadian libraries.

For example, look at the PEI Overdrive site to find books from Canadian publishers. Take Dundurn (one of the larger Canadian-owned publishers) as an example.
http://peipls.lib.overdrive.com/AFF82EA1-8B49-4A0C-8ED0-AB392F6D8448/10/779/en/Default.htm

Try doing an Advanced Search on this site for Dundurn. You’ll get a grand total of 3 titles which have been licensed by Overdrive to the PEI Library System. (And only 200 in the print catalogue.)

Dundurn has released over 1400 titles in ebook form. If (when?) the PEI system subscribes to desLibris, their readers will suddenly have access to all 1400 titles, which will all be available for Universal Loan.(Every book available to every reader all the time.)

Dundurn management, being a progressive group, are delighted with this new approach; they want people to read their books, and they know that a book that can't be found can’t be read.

In agreeing to participate in the Universal Loan model, publishers need to make a small leap of faith, trading revenue today from the sale of a few books for continuing exposure of all books.

Libraries likewise need to make that leap, trading their traditional method (buy the book and put it on the shelf) for a new one (rent all the books.)

desLibris is being formally introduced to libraries and publishers at the library conferences coming up this month (including the APLA conference next week in Charlottetown.) We hope it too will spark some interest.

Just found this and set it up for a site. Only prblem was the site is on Drupal 7. That made some thing easy and some harder. First didn't need all the modules, second you really need one called Comment Goodness. It allows you to chane default order of comments and labels so String Overrides is not needed.

Comment Googness may have issue with some themes that override the core comment templates.

I also didn't want to use overrides because that changes all comments. This way I can change comments only for the auction item content.

I added a few more fields to my content type, starting bid, estimated value, minimum increment.

The custom module was the fun. Hook name is completely different in Drupal 7. The first thing I check is if it is a comment on an auction item, if not just return. Again, this leaves comments to work normally elsewhere on the site. The variable names are all different in 7, and I compute a default bid for the comment field. The helper function to find a max bid, the SQL is completely different. I also added a validate callback to make sure the bid is valid and above the last plus incr, and a few other checks.

Last created a view to display a page this list all the open auction items, number of bids, time of last bid, title and donated by. Less than a days work, works slick and the end user loves it.

Contact me if you want to see the code

I heard you interviewed on Spark. I did not hear anyone on that program discuss how limitless access to library books would affect authors. Like everyone who works, authors expect to be paid for their hard work. If libraries can lend an ebook to as many people as request it, even though they have only bought one copy, there would be no need for anyone to buy any ebook, ever. Why should authors work for free? Do you? When an author self-publishes an ebook, they are requested to make it available to libraries, and the conditions you describe - that the library will lend out only the number of copies it has purchased at any one time - are carefully explained to the author. If this were not the case, no author would agree to have their book available in a virtual library. Yes, it makes sense to have the book available again when it has been returned. However, you advocated lending out multiple copies of an ebook when only one has been purchased. That would be piracy, and no author would agree to have their book in a virtual library under such circumstances.

I have tried my best and this is pretty much you want it. However, single error I am trying to fixLast

#!/bin/sh
##======================================================================================================
# Script : Process Monitoring
# Author : Randy Michael
# Date : 02/14/2007
# Rev : 4.1.P
#Platform: Not Platform dependent

# Purpose : This script is used to monitor a process and restart
# the service if stops. This script also logs all service
# stops and starts for system admin purposes. If the process is
# not running when this script is executed, it will start the
# process at that time.
#xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# REV LIST:.4.1.P
# Date: 05/03/2013
# By: PrafulKumar Busa
# Modification:Fixed the error and made this sript runing
#xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# set -n : Uncomment to check script syntax, without execution.
# Note: Do not forget to put the comment back in or
# the shell script will not execute!
# set -x : Uncomment to debug this shell script

###==================================================================================================
#
# DEFINE VARIABLES HERE
#
##===================================================================================================

PROC_MON=`basename $0` # Defines the script_name variable as the file name of this script

LOGFILE="/Users/pdbusa/Desktop/procmon.log" # Shows log file and where located
[ ! -s $LOGFILE ] && touch $LOGFILE # This checks to see if the file exists
# if not it creates one.

TTY=$(tty) # Current tty or pty

PROCESS="sshd" # This will define which process to monitor
target="ssh"
SLEEP_TIME="5" # This is the sleep time in second between monitoring

txtred=$(tput setaf 1) # Red: will indicate a failed process and the information
txtgrn=$(tput setaf 2) # Green: this is successful process information
txtylw=$(tput setaf 3) # Yellow: this is used to show cautionary information
txtrst=$(tput sgr0) # resets text

##===================================================================================================
# *
# DEFINE FUNCTION HERE *
# *
##===================================================================================================

exit_trap() # this is the behavior of the trap signal
{
# Log an ending time for process monitoring
DATE=$(date +%D)
TIME=$(date +%T) # Get a new timestamp...
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: Monitoring for $PROCESS terminated" >> $LOGFILE & # this will create an entry in the logfile
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: ${txtred}Monitoring for $PROCESS terminated${txtrst}"

#kill all functions
kill -9 $(jobs -p) 2>/dev/null
}
##===================================================================================================
# *
# START OF THE MAIN *
# *
##===================================================================================================

#=================
# set a trap...***
#=================

trap 'exit_trap; exit 0' 1 2 3 15

# this will see if process is running if not will start it

ps aux | grep "$target" | grep -v "grep $target" \
| grep -v $PROC_MON >/dev/null

if (($? != 0))
then
DATE=$(date +%D)
TIME=$(date +%T)
echo
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: $PROCESS is NOT active...starting $PROCESS.." >> $LOGFILE & # creates
# an entry in the logfile
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: ${txtylw}$PROCESS is NOT active...starting $PROCESS..${txtrst}"
echo
sleep 1
service $PROCESS start &
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: $PROCESS has been started..." >> $LOGFILE & #puts an enrty in logfile
else # this will say what to do if process is already running
echo "\n" # a blank line
DATE=$(date +%D)
TIME=$(date +%T)
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: $PROCESS is currnetly RUNNING..." >> $LOGFILE & # puts entry in logfile
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: ${txtgrn}$PROCESS is currently RUNNING...${txtrst}"
fi

##===================================================================================================
# loop until the $process stops and fails to start
# the first part of this section creates a loop that checks to see if the specified
# process is still running and will restart the process
RC=1
while [ $RC = 0 ] # this will loop until the return code is not zero
do
ps aux | grep $PROCESS | grep -v "grep $PROCESS" \
| grep -v $PROC_MON >/dev/null 2>&1
if (( $? != 0 )) # check the return code
then
echo
DATE=$(date +%D)
TIME=$(date +%T)
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: $PROCESS has STOPPED..." >> $LOGFILE & # entry in logfile
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: ${txtred}$PROCESS has STOPPED...${txtrst}"
echo
service $PROCESS start &
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: $PROCESS has RESTARTED..." >> $LOGFILE & # ENTRY IN LOGFILE
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: ${txtgrn}$PROCESS has RESTARTED...${txtrst}"
sleep 1

# This section will verify that the service did restart and if the process failed to restart,
# exits the monitoring script.
# This will be code to email the admin that the server has gone down

ps aux | grep $PROCESS | grep -v "grep $PROCESS" \
| grep -v $PROC_MON >/dev/null 2>&1
if (( $? != 0 )) # This will check the return code
then
echo
DATE=$(date +%D) # New time stamp
TIME=$(date +%T)
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: $PROCESS failed to restart..." >> $LOGFILE & #entry in logfile
echo "$DATE @ $TIME: ${txtred}$PROCESS failed to restart...${txtrst}"
exit 0
fi
fi
sleep $SLEEP_TIME # This is needed to reduce CPU Load!!!
done

##===================================================================================================
#End of script

They look great - the simplified, acronym matches the very modern company name. A winning design.