This video tutorial is for you WordPress users out there who have encountered issues after updating to the latest version of WordPress 3.3 —specifically issues with uploading media into posts and pages. "Sonny", as it is called, is quite slick, but there are issues if you don't empty your cache … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Heritage Home and Tree Tour: Dickson Mills Neighbourhood Walking Tour Map
The London Street Footbridge West Neighbourhood This Heritage Home and Tree Tour was the second walk I developed as part of the Shifting Gears program, run by Peterborough Green-Up. The purpose of the walks was to connect neighbours, learn cultural heritage stories, and discover natural heritage … [Read more...]
Our Urban Forest Public Meeting
While I no longer coordinate this fantastic program at Peterborough Green-Up, it is still near and dear to my heart, and I love chipping in and lending a hand whenever I can. When I left, the Urban Forest Program also lost their webmaster (moi) and they don't often get a chance to post their … [Read more...]
All Candidates Debate on the Environment
The Peterborough Field Naturalists have posted the questions and candidates’ responses on the PFN’s website, at www.peterboroughnature.org.Go straight to the results PDF by downloading that here. … [Read more...]
Letter to KPRDB Trusties, School Closing
Donald Fraser, a Peterborough writer and consultant, wrote this letter to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Trustees about the closing of Peterborough's downtown High School PCVS. There are some very good points here.The students, their parents, their teachers, and the schools' support … [Read more...]
Heritage Home and Tree Tour: The Avenues of Peterborough Walking Tour Map
We don't often feel excited for the end of summer, but I had a lot of fun in August and September developing three Heritage Home and Tree Tour walks for the pilot Neighbourhood Shifting Gears Program, run by Peterborough Green-Up. The purpose of the walks was to connect neighbours, learn cultural … [Read more...]
Add This: A really neat tool for sharing
Here's a great tool for your website that facilitates the sharing of content via social media links. It's called AddThis and you've likely seen the little doodads at the bottom of news articles or blog posts. Heck, this blog sports them too, down there just above the "leave a comment" in this … [Read more...]
Heritage Home and Tree Tours
It was such a hit two weeks ago that we're offering it again; the Neighbourhood Shifting Gears Walks! I'm leading two walks this week: one in the Avenues Wednesday eve, and the second in the London Street Footbridge east neighbourhood on Thursday eve.For more info about the walks and this great … [Read more...]
A note of caution about a PayPal phishing scam…
Be on the look out for a sophisticated phishing scam that seems to be attacking PayPal transaction users and/or account holders. Here's what happened to me recently...I paid for a fundraiser this week through the charity's online payment process using PayPal. I also have a PayPal account for … [Read more...]
Branching out, Mac
I've always loved instructing and sharing ideas. I suppose I get that from my parents—retired public school teachers and administrators. I have worked for years as a Mac Tutor "on the side" helping friends and family facilitate their digital life on their Macs. I've developed several tutorials on … [Read more...]
Happy Anniversary, Honey!
My wife and I got married four years ago on this day. While I would really like to be with her, she's up north at the moment visiting family in TBay. That's fine, because I'm supposed to be doing drywall. Since I can't be with her, I'm writing about how much I love her on my website. Isn't that a … [Read more...]
A new raison d’être
That would be French for “reason for being“. And I look forward to speaking French with my daughter someday soon.I must say, now that I’m a father of a beautiful little girl (she’s 10 mn at this posting) everything I do has a new hue, a slight “outer glow” if you will (to use a Photoshop term). … [Read more...]