http://www.chow.com/boards/30 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:04:01 GMT Keep track of the lastest threads on Chowhound http://www.chow.com/topics/661982#5164048 And about half of it is San Diego. This is exactly the point, the board has split personality syndrome. I know plenty of places up and down the state. That doesn't change the fact that the board is impractical for a lot of people including myself. If you're here to tout maps, it's not really the issue. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:05:32 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/661982#5164048 http://www.chow.com/topics/665453#5163827 FYI. I notice that certain pages end up with a perpetual spinning whirligig on my browser (Chrome) tab. My profile is currently an example. I've seen it waiting (or at least report as waiting) for: pn1.bc.yahoo.com track.cbs.com No such (apparent) problem with IE8 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:52:34 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/665453#5163827 http://www.chow.com/topics/664077#5163686 There are Chowhounds who are didactic and a lot more who are pedantic. The former can be done by *some* people in a kind, if not exactly charming, way; the latter never. Those who are kind and generous and patient when they give advice/teach are revered here. Those who don't are scorned and/or ridiculed. And I agree with you that if any CH reads another being "out of whack," that's what that report button is for. I think I'll use that as my substitute for "acting out" :) I'll continue to remind myself that CH is not MY property and I need to behave myself. And behaving myself implies following THEIR rules. It's that old "my way or the highway" adage. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:24:51 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664077#5163686 http://www.chow.com/topics/474133#5162564 ummm....just don't "pass" that one. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:34:53 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/474133#5162564 http://www.chow.com/topics/657819#5160700 It has been one month since this has been reported. At the very least could there be some sort of reply why this has not been fixed yet? While there has been a lot going on addressing the latest round of bugs, it becomes increasingly more difficult to understand why this can not be pushed out. The way the site works currently, search is difficult to use, linking means nothing anymore in terms of finding records. The only option left is marking some posts as reviews and in the Bay Area a significant and active part of it ... Wine Country ... cannot be acknowledged in any way. I;m also curious why this isn't in Technical Help. This is a bug. ChowHQ acknowledged it as a bug. It is not opinion about a feature of the site, it is an out and out problem. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:51:52 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/657819#5160700 http://www.chow.com/topics/664179#5159710 Always looking for great new recipes and planning an outing for one thing or another. I am new at this and am not quite sure how this all works. I am looking right now for a suggestion for great easy restaurant, good food to take a group out for Christmas in Chicago. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:16:30 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664179#5159710 http://www.chow.com/topics/664943#5158734 Thanks for the help. Maybe I'll just let things sit for a while. I'm getting myself too aggravated with all of the errors (or edits) we are supposed to be pointing out for this new section. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:13:34 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664943#5158734 http://www.chow.com/topics/664818#5158436 nah, skipping right to a genetically modified, calorie free one pound patty, daikon pickle optional. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:51:15 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664818#5158436 http://www.chow.com/topics/664755#5156491 I hadn't had it happen before so thanks for chiming in. Eventually I restarted the computer and it was fine then. Perhaps coincidental. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:56:54 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664755#5156491 http://www.chow.com/topics/664431#5153208 can do! thank you very much!! Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:43 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664431#5153208 http://www.chow.com/topics/663169#5151173 >AFAIK, this latest release didn't go through a users beta test. A bunch of beta testers weren't sent the e-mail announcing the beta test until it had been up for a while (I was one of them). The result was that my time on the test site was roughly half what it might have been. Still, you and I and others did manage to point out a lot of bad stuff on the beta. But much of that stuff wound up going live anyway. I'm sure I'm not the only user thinking, What was the point, and what was the big rush? Now other users are running into some of the same crap. Robert L. said the other day that this is the beta. Can't say he's wrong. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:22:48 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663169#5151173 http://www.chow.com/topics/660235#5150702 Here is how Canada might be partitioned for purposes of this board: Newfoundland/Labrador; Maritimes (PEI, NB, NS); Quebec; Ontario; Prairies; BC/Alberta, and The Territories (NWT, Yukon and Nunavit.) http://canada.gc.ca/othergov-autregouv/prov-eng.html Oh, wait a minute. A good bit of Alberta is Prairie; a deal of Quebec could be considered Maritime (and vice-versa) and that former province is claiming parts of Labrador. For sure there is a serious divide between Toronto and the rest of Ontario - I don't know if the same could be said of Montreal and the rest of Quebec or not. You may also wish to split Buffalo and Toronto into a separate unit and, while you're doing that, do the same for Windsor/Detroit - both in spite of new travel restrictions - and look into a few other frontier districts as well. This winter will be long and I'm sure that all this will be sorted by spring. Cheers Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:33:16 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/660235#5150702 http://www.chow.com/topics/664081#5150119 Ok, thanks! That's what I needed to know. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:03:39 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664081#5150119 http://www.chow.com/topics/664107#5149241 I think it's helpful to know if a restaurant has closed. However, lately, I've seen a great deal of erroneous posts saying that restaurants have closed when they are in fact open for business. Before I post that a restaurant has closed, unless I've passed by and have seen a notice advising that the particular restaurant has closed, before posting on this board or elsewhere, I'll check some reliable sources. I really wish more people would do the same. I see it as a big problems on long threads (and frequently threads that were started years ago); sometimes a post including erroneous information might not be addressed and corrected because it gets lost in the sea of other posts. Am wondering if others have noticed this as well. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:57:51 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664107#5149241 http://www.chow.com/topics/663874#5149208 http://www.chow.com/recipes/11148 I think this is the recipe you're referring to. I took a quick look at the comments - it appears the offending comment has been deleted. :) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:51:06 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663874#5149208 http://www.chow.com/topics/664002#5148191 Log out and back in. Your time zone preferences are set at login time and don't change until next login. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:06 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/664002#5148191 http://www.chow.com/topics/663177#5144786 I agree. Weight loss, granola testing..ok, but these issues have left those of us actually reading the slog sidelined. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:40:05 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663177#5144786 http://www.chow.com/topics/663645#5144284 OK, sorry about that. lol. thank you. I must be having a sinus moment here. Suffering from an infection this week. Sorry for inconveniencing you all. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:42:34 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663645#5144284 http://www.chow.com/topics/578477#5144004 because it costs money to make it right, and the lack of functionality isn't impacting their bottom line. or they just plain don't know how. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:55:07 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/578477#5144004 http://www.chow.com/topics/663546#5143263 In general the unexpanded already-read system works, but there are anomalies, and I cannot define the exact situation when they happen. As of this moment, when I open the thread http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/661072 I see all the posts expanded, including ones I wrote. I scroll through to the end so I have 'seen' them all. I am not sure that makes any difference, but I did it anyway. If I navigate away and then navigate to the same thread it is still expanded. If I close all instances of the browser (Chrome) and re-open, and navigate to this same thread then then all the posts are still expanded. This is not true of all threads. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:44 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663546#5143263 http://www.chow.com/topics/663167#5142278 I have a front row seat.... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:46:05 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663167#5142278 http://www.chow.com/topics/663030#5141264 Jfood wonders how many people have requested: - Please place a gradient gray horizontal bar behind the "ATTACH PHOTO" icon on the REPLY box Likewise if a customer request is still open after three years and that request is to to correct an typographical error while a non-functional make it pretty request gets up and done, who the heck is doing the prioritizing? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:56:09 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/663030#5141264 http://www.chow.com/topics/662129#5140002 Sure, that works. You can also just enter an approximate date in date opened, that's what all the staff members are doing when they don't have a precise date -- and as you've noted, opening dates for restaurants tend to be kind of nebulous in general, so we rarely do. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:12:14 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/662129#5140002 http://www.chow.com/topics/662432#5137620 OH BOY a new trick has started. Instead of the Large CHOW page you now get "Internet Explorer could not open your page" then woooooof into the hinter lands. Jfood's F5 key is getting quite a workout. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:01:19 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/662432#5137620 http://www.chow.com/topics/662679#5135796 Never mind Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:49:22 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/662679#5135796 http://www.chow.com/topics/662455#5135337 Somehow it feels good knowing that back then, we weren't youthful, quality-conscious influencer with money to spend. We were just simply Chowhounds. Mr Taster Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:46:30 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/662455#5135337 http://www.chow.com/topics/655807#5134657 If you edit the post, you should be able to remove the link. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:03 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/655807#5134657 http://www.chow.com/topics/662081#5133842 Hot topic, especially if you add to it the 450+ entries in the similarly-themed "Family foods I thought was [sic] normal." http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/569873 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:56:28 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/662081#5133842 http://www.chow.com/topics/657420#5132858 Just as you have to mine treasures from Chowhound, the same is true of Yelp. Actually some real gems on Chowhound started as stufff I found on Yelp and either tried or asked about. I had a similar feeling about yelp. However the constant long, long periods of awful, untested, periodic installations sent me over to Yelp because when this site is too buggy, I need to go elswere untill things get better. I will admit you have to deal with the attitude reviews and after a while the shills are easy to spot, but the green M&M principle applies there as well. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:02:53 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/657420#5132858 http://www.chow.com/topics/660038#5131599 I see no reason to have a separate baking board. There was discussion about dropping the Dessert Cookbook of the Month feature on the Home Cooking Board and replacing it with a Baking Book of the Month, though nothing came of that. Some people felt they didn't make anough dessert recipes to give a particular cookbook a fair test drive in only one month, whereas baking covers more options. If CH decides to add more boards, geographical ones are needed far more than hair-splitting those appealing to home cooks, and the idea of a Tabletop board to deal with selection, care, and proper usage of tableware covers territory not clearly assignable elsewhere. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:14:17 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/660038#5131599 http://www.chow.com/topics/662156#5130250 Pricing china and silver is really pretty far outside the realm of what we do here -- I would imagine there are many internet forums that are better suited to that conversation. But if people do want to discuss that, then the Cookware board is where we'd allow that conversation to happen. You might not find the name as all-encompassing as you'd like, but it is the right place for that to happen. -- Jacquilynne, Community Manager for Chowhound Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:45:11 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/662156#5130250 http://www.chow.com/topics/659678#5126151 Great, thanks. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:47:56 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/659678#5126151 http://www.chow.com/topics/660166#5121603 We are on it, but if you use the Report link, we see your report sooner than shdn we find your reporting it here. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:11:44 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/660166#5121603 http://www.chow.com/topics/656993#5118044 "We just don't currently have good options for creating new boards and dealing with existing archives." Which has always been my main point when answering queries on this subject over the years. Unfortunately this is a growing problem / moving target. Each passing day makes it worse. I truly believe that the powers that be need to open up the problem to the site users and let them comb through the archives helping to place the posts, board by new board, where they belong. I've said this before, but it's a fact that it will take a village to make a new Chowhound. And you know that there are a number of hounds on this site that would dig into a challenge like this with gusto. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:05:06 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/656993#5118044 http://www.chow.com/topics/652461#5116626 Lack of ability, probably, assuming there's content to the posts and not just 'Rachael Ray sucks! Her recipes are so lame!' Weight, not likely. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:02:15 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/652461#5116626 http://www.chow.com/topics/660435#5111928 Okeydoke, I've answered my own question--yes, there is a lag. Within 15 minutes or so, my edits were now officially "in" my original recipe. Not sure if you're aware of this, so if not, here you go. Thanks! Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:46:40 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/660435#5111928 http://www.chow.com/topics/656902#5109328 I love this board as well... Careful when asking 'dumb' questions or giving 'silly' opinions as the sharks will move in, haha. Also, you're not a tru CHer until the chow-police nix one of your posts, again haha. WELCOME! Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:51:58 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/656902#5109328 http://www.chow.com/topics/659415#5105579 This should be fixed from a functional perspective -- accents are supported now. I did check the new restaurant data that was imported for Quebec when we brought it in and I did find restaurants that seemed to have their accents in the right place, and didn't find any that seemed to be cut off, but that restaurant record pre-dates the new Restaurants function, so it may be just a holdover for records that were created in the bad old days. Here's an example of a newly created record: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/653403/le-pois-penche I fixed Quebecoise Hot Dog, as well: http://www.chow.com/restaurants/57130/quebecoise-hot-dog If you want to point out bad / broken records, I'm happy to update them for you, or I can set you (or other people) up with edit access so you can update them yourself. If you'd like me to update them, please do give me the full correct name with accents in place. I'm a Toronto-anglo, and making my computer cough up accents befuddles me -- I can only do it painfully slowly by copying from the character map. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:04:41 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/659415#5105579 http://www.chow.com/topics/658516#5105089 Welcome back! What an amazing trip that must have been. I find that some things that don't interest me at first, eventually can catch my eye, like this meat grinding stuff or coffee roasting (Alan Barnes was also the first to encourage me to do that). I go back and look at old threads all the time. I need to go buy some meat now (and look for back threads on it all). Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:25:50 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/658516#5105089 http://www.chow.com/topics/642107#5103461 When you see rudeness or hazing, please do report the post to us so that we can take a look at it. Thank you. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:17:41 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/642107#5103461 http://www.chow.com/topics/615355#5102500 We can mark them as closed if you want to email us about it at moderators@chowhound.com Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:54:06 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/615355#5102500 http://www.chow.com/topics/658835#5098950 We're going to close this thread because we don't get into discussions with the general usership about why individual users are banned from the site, but we do want to assure those reading along that a longtime contributing poster would never be suspended for "2 boo-boos". It takes a persistent pattern of problematic postings, and an email discussion with such users (giving them a chance to change the problematic behavior) before an account is suspended. There's absolutely no financial incentive for us to remove posters from the site, and we only do it when we feel the poster's behavior has degraded to the point where we are spending too much time managing the problematic posts and resulting fallout. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:48:29 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/658835#5098950 http://www.chow.com/topics/658771#5096567 If you're asking why a thread would be removed, there are a great many reasons, most of them outlined in our Etiquette: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/367605 If you're asking why a thread would be available in Google, but not on our site, it's in the nature of the way Google works. They trawl through the site periodically and update their indexes, in between the time when we remove a thread and they revisit it, they'll think the page is still there, but when you click through, it won't be. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:41:58 GMT http://www.chow.com/topics/658771#5096567