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2007-09-07T07:07:53Z

Flower:

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User talk:Bruced

2007-09-07T07:06:10Z

Flower:

"This is my page" said Bruce

What do you think about CMike's idea of unlocking the front page?
hack

well... i saw a typo. and well... openess is openess ... right? see what happens when you let go of some of the old web ways - walled gardens and the like. if it weren't for spam i'd also say lets allow anonymous editing but unfortunately we'll be spammed to sh!t faster than you can say [[Whakanewha]]. As far as i can tell the community has yet to determine (need) a heirarchy or privs like too many locked pages; at some point it may but no reason to do so until that point is reached. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 17:48, 3 September 2007 (NZST)

:Bruce - great to see the front page opened up. I've put it on my watchlist and have also changed my prefs to email out any changes to pages on my watchlist. If there's a couple of people 'watching' like this it's pretty quick to rollback wayward front-page destruction .. and seeing as we don't have anonymous edits on it's usually just a newbie mistake anyways. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 11:55, 6 September 2007 (NZST)

Thanks Mike - I think it makes sense - we're all keeping an eye on proceedings, which seem to be proceeding very well actually - thanks again for you input and I must catch your radio show - has Barry got the station streaming yet or can we maybe save your shows as MP3?, I plan to incorporate a Flash MP3 player to embed in pages soon and possibly a podcasting system - thoughts ?[[User:bruced|bruced]]

:Bruce - i've actually been working on getting the stations streaming back up and we've recently been testing it out amongst ourselves; hopefully we will go public with it again soon after my return. We have been doing some podcasts of local musicians and some interviews that you can get via our blog @ http://waihekeradio.blogspot.com - we're using Archive.org for the podcasts. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 09:46, 7 September 2007 (NZST)

Bruce, when Flower logs in on the same laptop I'm using, she comes up logged in as Flower but when she goes to the chat page she is registered in the chat room as hackademic. weird. Any suggestions? [[User:Flower|Flower]] 19:05, 7 September 2007 (NZST)

User talk:Bruced

2007-09-07T07:05:18Z

Flower:

"This is my page" said Bruce

What do you think about CMike's idea of unlocking the front page?
hack

well... i saw a typo. and well... openess is openess ... right? see what happens when you let go of some of the old web ways - walled gardens and the like. if it weren't for spam i'd also say lets allow anonymous editing but unfortunately we'll be spammed to sh!t faster than you can say [[Whakanewha]]. As far as i can tell the community has yet to determine (need) a heirarchy or privs like too many locked pages; at some point it may but no reason to do so until that point is reached. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 17:48, 3 September 2007 (NZST)

:Bruce - great to see the front page opened up. I've put it on my watchlist and have also changed my prefs to email out any changes to pages on my watchlist. If there's a couple of people 'watching' like this it's pretty quick to rollback wayward front-page destruction .. and seeing as we don't have anonymous edits on it's usually just a newbie mistake anyways. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 11:55, 6 September 2007 (NZST)

Thanks Mike - I think it makes sense - we're all keeping an eye on proceedings, which seem to be proceeding very well actually - thanks again for you input and I must catch your radio show - has Barry got the station streaming yet or can we maybe save your shows as MP3?, I plan to incorporate a Flash MP3 player to embed in pages soon and possibly a podcasting system - thoughts ?[[User:bruced|bruced]]

Bruce, when Flower logs in on the same laptop I'm using, she comes up logged in as Flower but when she goes to the chat page she is registered in the chat room as hackademic. weird. Any suggestions? [[User:Flower|Flower]] 19:05, 7 September 2007 (NZST)

:Bruce - i've actually been working on getting the stations streaming back up and we've recently been testing it out amongst ourselves; hopefully we will go public with it again soon after my return. We have been doing some podcasts of local musicians and some interviews that you can get via our blog @ http://waihekeradio.blogspot.com - we're using Archive.org for the podcasts. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 09:46, 7 September 2007 (NZST)

Man O' War Bay

2007-09-06T01:22:04Z

Flower:

[[Image:Tihare_ManOWar.JPG|frame|left|Man O' War Bay]]Man O' War Bay is located on the eastern end of Waiheke and is one of the few eastern end beaches accessible to the public by road. From here a walking track leads up to the historic site at Stony Batter.

Onetangi Beach

2007-09-06T01:17:04Z

Flower:

[[Image:onetangi.jpg|left|frame|Onetangi Beach]]

A long, north-facing ocean beach, Onetangi is said by Google Earth (TM), if you include the nudie bit, to be 1.87km long, along the high water mark.

Said to be the site of a great battle in pre-European days, Onetangi is often translated as Weeping Sands.

Praised for its beauty by most users, it is listed by local authorities as having one of the worst erosion problems and some of the cleanest water in the Auckland region.

For many years it has been the site of the celebrated [[Onetangi Beach Races]]. In 2008 the Beach Races are likely to be held on Waitangi Day.

[[Image:Tihare_OnetangiBeach.JPG|frame|Onetangi Beach - A popular summer destination]]

[[Category:Beaches]]

Talk:Enclosure Bay

2007-09-01T08:56:09Z

Flower:

Thanks Bthom for your page on E Bay. Brilliant. I've just put your lovely story in quotes, because there's supposed to be this neutral point-of-view thing going on (see guidelines, linked of front page. So "I", "We" etc doesn't work. But no reason not to have a nice story in quotes. Thanks. Hackademic, Waihekepedia administrator.

Enclosure Bay

2007-09-01T08:53:10Z

Flower:

Enclosure Bay, situated between Oneroa and Palm beach on the northern side of Waiheke Island
is unique as its protected by two reef systems from the northerlies, not open to the sea as are most other bays on this side of the island. This leads to a very safe place for children to swim ..in a natural swimming pool that gets flushed twice a day.

One Waihekepedia editor's story: "Enclosure Bay is slightly off the beaten track.. as a kid the bus would drop us off right outside our door, now we get to walk down the hill from Popes corner. We used to traverse the climb every day for milk etc when the shop was there. Now we jump in the car and pop over to the supermarket.

"Our family has a long connection with Enclosure Bay.. the fifth generation now enjoys it. My Great Grand mother Dorothy Nugent bought property there back in the 20s when the second colonization of the island by colonial types happened.
[http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com/ click on this link to see my site]"

Enclosure Bay

2007-09-01T08:52:56Z

Flower:

Enclosure Bay

2007-09-01T08:52:13Z

Flower:

Enclosure Bay, situated between Oneroa and Palm beach on the northern side of Waiheke Island
is unique as its protected by two reef systems from the northerlies, not open to the sea as are most other bays on this side of the island. This leads to a very safe place for children to swim ..in a natural swimming pool that gets flushed twice a day.

One Waihekepedia editor's story: "Enclosure Bay is slightly off the beaten track.. as a kid the bus would drop us off right outside our door, now we get to walk down the hill from Popes corner. We used to traverse the climb every day for milk etc when the shop was there. Now we jump in the car and pop over to the supermarket.

"Our family has a long connection with Enclosure Bay.. the fifth generation now enjoys it. My Great Grand mother Dorothy Nugent bought property there back in the 20s when the second colonization of the island by colonial types happened.
[click on this link to see my site http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com/]"

Enclosure Bay

2007-09-01T08:51:05Z

Flower:

Enclosure Bay, situated between Oneroa and Palm beach on the northern side of Waiheke Island
is unique as its protected by two reef systems from the northerlies, not open to the sea as are most other bays on this side of the island. This leads to a very safe place for children to swim ..in a natural swimming pool that gets flushed twice a day.

One Waihekepedia editor's story: "Enclosure Bay is slightly off the beaten track.. as a kid the bus would drop us off right outside our door, now we get to walk down the hill from Popes corner. We used to traverse the climb every day for milk etc when the shop was there. Now we jump in the car and pop over to the supermarket.

"Our family has a long connection with Enclosure Bay.. the fifth generation now enjoys it. My Great Grand mother Dorothy Nugent bought property there back in the 20s when the second colonization of the island by colonial types happened.
[ click on this link to see my site http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com/]"