Users/MattHh

Hello my name is Matt, and I am a graduate student at Cornell in applied mathematics. For more information about my academic life visit my home page. I like to run, and eat good food. As I try more restaurants I will attempt to rank them as I have for other towns. You can find my current rankings for Ithaca Restaurants at Users/MattHh/Restaurant Rankings. I am excited that Ithaca has a wiki, but it needs a bunch more content. This is why I am currently working on Ithaca Wiki publicity.

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2008-08-21 18:00:32   Welcome to the wiki, it's nice to see somebody that believes in the power of wiki as much as myself. Keep up the good work! —TravisO

2008-09-02 19:04:55   I've allowed users who are logged in access to delete pages. —TravisO

2008-09-29 18:50:49   To do a redirect, change the old page's content to: #redirect Viva Taqueria & Cantina

after that first space, enter the page's name, no brackets. Feel free to email me so we can discuss things quicker —TravisO

2008-11-12 00:10:18   In hindsight, I shouldn't have edited your page. The IthaWiki is just way too young to try to heavy hand it, edit at your leisure :) —TravisO

2009-03-07 19:15:51   Thanks for the Welcome message, hope I can be of service, will try to import in some useful stuff from RocWiki and BufWiki PLUS learn a little about the Ithaca community. —BradMandell

2009-03-12 08:58:11   I made two trial pages using the multicolumn form of Include on Restaurants/Talk and then did another one without the left, right but using columns on the Restaurants/Talk2. I was not successful trying to use the TOC, I am not a big fan of the TOC because the Header1's are too big and if you don't use them, then the TOC indents a lot. —BradMandell

2009-03-12 23:12:39   You can just keep the two in a row and add another column with one include in it.

—BradMandell

2009-03-17 15:26:35   After giving it much thought after the various Davis Wiki discussions, I'd say that "authentic" isn't so much controversial as it is simply poorly defined among strangers: it means something radically different to different people. Even if you agree on the definition, add it to a location, period, ethnic group or genre ("authentic TexMex", "authentic medieval", "authentic punk"), and you again mean something different to different people. It simply does not mean something useful to a wide group of readers. For a wide variety of readers and editors, it is simply a useless description for food or for pretty much anything else. Unless, of course, you're using it in the literal meaning, a la "the signature on this letter is authentic". —JabberWokky

2009-03-17 16:51:20   The nice thing about a new wiki is that you can clutter the RC all you want. :) —JabberWokky

2009-03-18 21:12:04   You probably wanted to upload that to "wiki settings". If you are a wiki admin here, check out the link below your editor name in the upper left corner. —JabberWokky

2009-05-06 15:49:22   Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. What I did was go into the "General" wiki settings and in the "Footer button 3" field, and entered the code below which you can just copy and paste from the sitemeter website after you create an account. I also specifically chose the most discreet sitemeter icon. Hope this helps. =)

<!— Site Meter

<a href="http://sm5.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=sm5westsacwiki" target="_top">
<img src="http://sm5.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=sm5westsacwiki" alt="Site Meter" border="0" /></a>
<!— Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter

2009-08-29 20:21:30   Hi Matt, have been really digging in on BufWiki - got it up over 600 pages last week. Sorry I have not taken much time to help you out here. Lots of wikis in the doldrums it seems. I liked your Promo Graphic - You might want to check out my BufWiki Promotion Page . I also started a new push with Flickr Sharing that might generate some heat. See BuffaloBobWiki, my external pseudonym and test user. He has Flickr, Twitter, etc accounts and I am using him to do direct promos. Hope you are having a good summer. —BradMandell

2009-09-03 10:43:12   Looks to me like it's just catching the bottom ones. I don't think the headers affect the bullet list, so I don't think that's the problem. I can dig into the code and check, however. Nobody's noticed a similar problem elsewhere... but there is a subtle class of bugs that pops up now and then where an odd character (strange unicode or control character somebody somehow pasted in) resets the parser. Those are my first blush thoughts — it could be something much more simple or even just odd random luck and next week it will randomly pick almost all Asian cuisine. —JabberWokky

2009-09-03 10:45:22   (Incidentally, I've gotten Dijon in the picker, which is also under a second level header, so I don't think it has anything to do with the headers). —JabberWokky

2009-09-04 11:37:49   Just as a heads up, the earliest I'm likely to take a look at it is Sunday, or possibly even late next week. I've had a crunch of work. Philip or Brent might have a chance to check it out before me. Or, if you know python at all, the wiki for the source code is Sycamore. —JabberWokky

2010-03-05 00:27:19   YO! MAYNE! —76.105.5.24

2010-05-14 17:17:16   Hi Matt, I am in Virgina doing some babysitting this week with my wife for 3 grandchildren. Due to back problems I have to spend lots of time sitting upright in an easy chair- hence lots of editing time - thought I would get back to helping Ithaca this time. I posted some suggestions for Take Out food on Delivery/Take-Out Food/Talk, may do some example changes, but otherwise wanted to coordinate with you on these changes before I did too much. I have also brought over some additional stuff I did on BufWiki and RocWiki.

—BradMandell

2010-05-18 09:23:31   Headed back to Webster today, hope my additions were helpful. I was wondering who is the site owner and admins. I saw a discussion somewhere about changing the site to require login and wondered if that is now more appropriate. I put in a page called RAW DATA which can serve as a place for non-logged in users to add info when the rest of the site is set for LogIn required. —BradMandell

2010-06-07 18:37:34   Hey Restaurant Index is an orphan so I'm linking it to you here —PeterBoulay

2010-06-09 17:08:39   I agree...what's the use of the index??? —PeterBoulay

2010-06-21 23:41:48   I'm not sure. I've been mostly avoiding the CoHo during the renovations — it's a total zoo most of the time, and selection is limited. If I'm there, it's just to duck in for a quick snack from the bakery or an energy bar or whatever. So sorry, not sure. Seems like an interesting idea.

How are things in Ithaca? I've been there a few times. Cute town, beautiful part of the country. Is the "real" Moosewood Restaurant still there? (I almost fell over when I saw frozen food from Moosewood in the grocery store!) —CovertProfessor

2010-06-30 21:02:18   Matt—I'll be back here full-speed shortly. I've had some RocWiki work to catch up on —PeterBoulay

2010-11-09 20:58:53   Neat idea! —WilliamLewis

2011-04-11 13:25:13   Mickey D's servings have less than half a gram of trans fat, so legally they are trans fat free (not sure if Chipotle is actually trans fat free or legally trans fat free). Also, of course if you add in deep fried potatoes and sugar water, a single burrito is going to look healthier. Adding soda and fries (large ones at that) to a grilled chicken breast will make the burrito look healthier so stating that the burrito is better is questionable. —hankim

2011-04-19 23:14:38   I agree that not accepting foreign passports as identification is rather racist, and don't think it's a good policy anyway. I was told by a bartending friend that the DUI label on the driver's license was the reason that some establishments only accept licenses, but I don't think it makes sense for a bar to bar (pun intended :) people who have gotten DUIs before, particularly if they're not driving that day. I can't imagine that all states require a driver's license to have an altered format based on prior drunk driving record. And in a town with so many international students/visitors, it would be stupid business-wise as well as possibly unethical to not allow foreign passports as a form of identificaiton. Anyway, my point is that I agree with you, and I just thought that I'd add the bit of info that I have on the subject to help clarify why a bar might do something silly like that. —jmofro

2011-04-21 07:10:31   Punk, Underground Hiphop, Rave ... generally, though I make exception for friends. Most of those are barn/basement shows, though I did promote a show at Pixel a couple years back. Thanks! —EugeneCain