Recent content by Mike Bobbitt

Thanks, I would really like that big corporation to pay for showing ads to unregistered visitors (probably 90% spambots lol), and I'm not giving up on that dream yet. :)

It's even more confusing than that... Google's policy is to simply cease showing ads on specific pages that it feels violate its policies, however ads have continued to show with zero monetization for almost 2 months now. Yesterday's ad barrage was likely due to me desperately tying to get...

So did I! I've cleaned up a bunch of "violations" but in many cases the Google Policy Centre just lists a megathread... how do you even figure out what they might have found objectionable in the 462-page A Deeply Fractured US thread lol. Not 100% sure on a way forward yet, but I can say with...

Short answer: Yes.

Long story short, Google has ceased advertising payments due to "Dangerous or derogatory content" and "Obscene or profane language." I'm working through some options to try to get things back on track, looks like I kicked the ad machine into high gear lol. Ads are disabled for Subscribers (and...

Without trying to ignite an entire debate about AI, it's here and it's not going away, so our best way forward is to manage AI content. I have added a new "AI" code tag that can (should) be used to mark any content generated or enhanced with AI: A Modest Reflection on the Army.ca AI Content...

Don't have any links yet but understand they are naming a street after Jordan in Yellowknife soon. If I find formal details I will add them.

Two quick updates: 1. The system overload/shutdown problem seems to be resolved, after some changes made last weekend we have been stable for a week now. 2. Apple made some changes to their email system, and if you had an @icloud, @MAC, @Me email address you may have gone without email from...

Unfortunately server load has been rising above reasonable levels, and the server shuts down for a few mins to try to "cool down." It's been happening a fair bit. I'm looking into the cause, but there's no easy response to "lots of traffic." :) The toss-up is to let the server keep running and...

Yeah despite the many hours I have spent fiddling with colour palettes, it's still pretty eye-gouging at times... I usually only make things worse lol Here's a small sample from the various site palettes:

Down at the bottom you can override the display theme: Click Default Style, or in your case, it probably says Navy.ca.

Good evening folks, I did a server upgrade over the weekend and only now discovered that email has not been flowing since the change (Friday night). All is fixed, and the backlog is moving with no lost messages. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Hahah all good, it's tough sometimes when you have discussion threads with legitimate dates older than some members! :) I did actually conduct a minor upgrade over the weekend, so issues are always possible!

Folks, I don't normally step in on matters of content, but I cannot permit discussions that encourage or endorse the annexation of Canada by the US. I have instructed the Staff here to lock and/or remove posts that go down this line of thinking. This does not mean the entire topic is off...

I'll look into the DNS question, it's likely related to our Cloudflare configuration