http://www.bosunsmate.org News from The Bosun's Mate - Bosunīs Log en Copyright (c) 1987-2013 The Bosun's Mate web@BosunsMate.org PawPrint XDe News Sat, 25 May 2013 14:25:16 -0400 120 http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/316/Bosunsmate-org-is-Back-Online/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/316/Bosunsmate-org-is-Back-Online/ On January 18th at 8am PST we intentionally replaced the BosunsMate.org website with a redirect to the #SOPAstrike site effectively disabling our web site for the first time since 1992. This extraordinary action was taken to show support for the thousands of web sites and millions of people who spent the day rallying against this flawed proposed legislation. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/315/Mapping-Enhancements/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/315/Mapping-Enhancements/ The vessel tracking system has been updated to include several enhancements that make it both easier to use and faster.As always, we have more in store but finding the time to fit it in around the īday jobī can be a real challenge! http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/314/Colregs-Lights-Shapes/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/314/Colregs-Lights-Shapes/ For some time now I have wanted to improve the lights and shapes section of bosunsmate.org to include a more interactive experience with more light configurations. The HTML Canvas element that allows direct drawing in a web page should finally allow this http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/313/SV-Concordia-Lost-All-Hand-Safe/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/313/SV-Concordia-Lost-All-Hand-Safe/ Just starting to get news articles about the loss of a vessel I can best describe as one on which I always wanted to sail but never did. It is always sad to hear of the loss of any vessel, tall ships make that loss feel closer to home. All initial reports indicate that all hands are safe and accounted for - that is the silver lining. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/312/Killing-a-Virus-on-a-Friend-s-Machine/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/312/Killing-a-Virus-on-a-Friend-s-Machine/ I spent the last 2 days working on a friendīs computer to remove a nasty little virus that the anti-virus software didnīt seem to do much about apart from detecting it. To help, I reported my findings over on my technical blog - but I thought it might be good to cross post that here for your reference. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/311/Inhibeo-Egrotatio/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/311/Inhibeo-Egrotatio/ For those times when you really need to call in sick from work - you might as well have a good illness to use for the big "phone call" Seeing as Latin is frequently the language of choice for things medical... here is a good one "Inhibeo Egrotatio" http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/310/Positions-Rolling-In/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/310/Positions-Rolling-In/ Itīs great to see the positions coming in from the summer program as the Pacific Swift and Pacific Grace ply our local waters. For the armchair sailor like me, this is about as close as we can get to be back out on the water... http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/309/2009-Minor-Softball-Team/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/309/2009-Minor-Softball-Team/ Back in 2007 I started sponsoring a minor softball team in Sechelt. This year they sent a little bag of goodies after the season had ended. It contained a photo, ball cap, and card of thanks. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/308/Clarks-Maritime-Online/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/308/Clarks-Maritime-Online/ Iīm pleased to announce the launch of the Clarks Maritime web site, a home for the various nautical endeavours of Martyn and Margaret Clark (who will be familiar to many of you by name) This site was a joy to design and produce. http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/307/Which-OS-My-MS-Muddle/ http://www.bosunsmate.org/news/article/307/Which-OS-My-MS-Muddle/ In my ongoing quest to get more performance out of my system, and thus more productivity for my day-to-day existence Iīm starting to bat around what will be my next operating system choice. As much as I complain about Micro$oft I know it will be some form of windows - the only question now is... which one!