The self-propelled Weblog http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/ en Copyright 2007 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:31:19 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Pornographers Defeated, the Forum Deleted I had recently been driven to madness by new registrants to the self-propelled forum being for the most part panderers of pornographic material. It seemed that regardless of the controls I instituted, they continued to confound me and link to some extremely inappropriate content.
"ENOUGH," I called, out loud to an empty room "I'm getting rid of that thing!"
As if "that thing" were some foul rotting garbage under the sink. In fact it is a very useful tool for contribution and collaboration but the lack of controls have led me to decide that the blog might be a better place for such collaboration.
So from now on, if you would like to contribute to the sites content please do so through this blog.

Thanks!

]]> http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/the_pornographers_defeated_the.html http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/the_pornographers_defeated_the.html ::: What's New Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:31:19 -0800 Oceania and Africa Maps Completed Finally after much perseverance over this weekend I managed to get 2 more continental maps completed and up on the self-propelled site. They are Oceania and Africa and both were heaps of work and it is very satisfying to see them up and operational.
That means all continental maps are compete with the exception of Antarctica which will have to wait because I don't have what I need to do it yet. At any rate, this was a small milestone crossed and in the future it will be on to country maps.

]]> http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/oceania_and_africa_maps_comple.html http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/oceania_and_africa_maps_comple.html Recent Updates Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:26:39 -0800 New Asia Map This morning I have finished the asia map and have launched it on the self-propelled.org site. The next step will be to launch Africa and Oceania, oh and Antarctica too.

Once they are completed I will begin modifying certain content on the main site pages and links which have really only been placed there temorarily for the purposes of layout and concept development.

Please return regularly to see changes or subscribe to this blog.

Thanks,
Chris

]]> http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/new_asia_map.html http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/new_asia_map.html ::: What's New Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:17:58 -0800 The journey of a few hundred pages Recently we received an email at the Travel Bug from local UBC professor and author Ron Walkey. He has self published a great book about living on the island of Tinos in Greece called Luminous Encounters. It has garnered much local attention and praise from a number of circles. Recently Ron contacted us to inform us of a shipment of his books he'd arranged to our store. The message was quite amusing and a fun take on shipping, globalisation and sense of place.

]]> http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/the_journey_of_a_few_hundred_p.html http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/the_journey_of_a_few_hundred_p.html general Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:44:26 -0800 Three new maps added Over the last couple of days I've added 3 maps to the map navigational interface. These are North America, South America and Europe. I have also added the required navigation to select previous areas. The three maps are all based on accurately produced GIS map data which was compiled in Adobe Illustrator with Avenza's MaPublisher. More to come soon.

]]> http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/three_new_maps_added.html http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/03/three_new_maps_added.html ::: What's New Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:39:22 -0800 use of country acronyms or short forms I have decided to use the International Organization for Standardization's official acronyms for countries around the world. I considered using them only on smaller countries where space was limited but decided that, in the interest of fairness and equality, all country names should be represented this way. I will endeavor to provide a legend of these country short forms (hopefully without visually detracting from the mapping interface).

]]> http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/02/use_of_country_acronyms_or_sor.html http://www.self-propelled.org/blog/2007/02/use_of_country_acronyms_or_sor.html general Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:42:36 -0800 Family run hotel/hostel in San Cristobal, Mexico I have just put a small site up for a really great little hotel run out of the home of Manuel and Frida in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas (in Mexico). The place is called Hostel Miramar and it is located at Flavio A. Paniagua # 29, and the phone number is 967.67.8.3431 : Keep in mind that their English needs some work but they are very patient and helpful.

The site address is:
http://www.self-propelled.org/sites/accom/hostelmiramar
and there is information there on facilities, rooms, contact details, etc.

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