I've worked on the epeeps, peer based, restaurant reviewa bit more more and took some of the suggestions into account. For example, I added the number of reviews for each restauarnt into the list so you can find restauarnts with reviews. I moved the title over, shrank them and fixed the stats box so their was no overlapping. I still need to add an email input form and some other odds and ends but unfortunately, I have more errands and hardware fixingand school today.



To get to the site click here or click on the "restaurant" link at the top of the elmwoodstrip.com link bar. If you eat somewhere add it or if it's already there just review it. Once we have a bunch of review I will be able to release the more exciting features of the site.

>>Posted By: paul >>Updated By: paul 10/05/04 11:38

This is from the allpowertothepeople local calendar

Public Hearing on CertainTeed PVC Plant on Buffalo Waterfront
where: Erie County IDA
when: September 29, 2004 9:00 am - 10:30 pm

Urgent Action Alert – Public Hearing on CertainTeed PVC Plant on Buffalo Waterfront - Wednesday 9am!

What: The Erie County Industrial Development Agency (EC IDA) is holding a hearing on CertainTeed’s proposed PVC plant on the Lake Erie waterfront in Buffalo. Make your voice heard, and join us at this critically important hearing!

When: Wednesday September 29th , 9:00am

Where: Erie County Industrial Development Agency
275 Oak Street
Buffalo, New York

Please also consider sending a letter to the EC IDA (address and sample letter copied below)

The EC IDA is holding this hearing to solicit public comment on the EC IDA’s plans to grant further tax breaks to CertainTeed. Information on the hearing can be found at: If you need a ride, more information, directions, or want to carpool, call Citizens’ Environmental Coalition at cecmike@choiceonemail.com or 716-885-6848.

>>Posted By: paul

I was taking a look at the stats for the journal with over 100 entries to see if there were any trends. i am 100% not a statistician, so I thought maybe someone else could look at it.

I noticed some trends:
1. The number of posts does not directly reflect the number of views. While more posts generally mean more views, it is not always the case.

2. Being connected to others helps. The more people you become friends with in real life, that are also on the site, the mroe views you have.

3. Number of images is not directly correlated to number of views.

4. If you are korean, you are very popoular or you look at your own journal a lot when not logged in.



>>Posted By: paul >>Updated By: paul 09/29/04 14:22 >>Updated By: news 09/29/04 14:47 >>Updated By: news 09/29/04 14:48

Okay, (e:ajay) has created the greatest update for the site. For those of you that do not know, he has created an AIM AOL bot that can answer questions about the site. It is currently in beta stages but is highly functional. To chat with the bot, simply add "estripbot" to your aol buddy list.

[size=m]Current Commands[/size]
journals - Lists the journals by author, title, and time posted
read number - Replace number with the number of the journal entry you want to read from the list provided after typing journals
peeps - Lists the peeps that are currenlty online
help - Lists the commands available

If you don't enter one of the preset commands the bot will try and engage you in a conversation. Try it out.



>>Posted By: news >>Updated By: news 09/28/04 20:01

Yesterday was an almost record day with about ~300MB of bandwidth used. Think of that like trading ~210 floppy disks full of information.