In the IFRAME code, replace ‘profile_id‘ with simply ‘id‘.

Thus,

iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?profile_id=….

becomes

iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/likebox.php?id=…

Give that a try!

For nice stuff (i.e. not The Brick, Chesterfield Shop, etc…) for your condo I found two sections of Toronto to be quite helpful. Stick to them and you’ll likely find a lot of pieces that work for your place. Basically these stores sell nice furniture that is also (mostly) ‘condo size’. The two strips of town are:

• King Street East – between Jarvis and Parliament
• Queen Street West – from around Bathurst and west until around Niagara Street

Specifically, on King Street East, try the following furniture stores:

• EQ3 – on the lower end of the price scale for this neighbourhood, but some nice accessory pieces such as ottomans
• Visitor Parking – probably my favourite of all the Toronto furniture stores I went to; check out their great selection of bar stools!
• InDesign Furnishings – a good selection of couches, chairs and more; great staff

… and many more. King and Sherbourne walking east is the heart of this furniture district. Closer to Parliament the stores become more expensive. Pretty much every store was on the north side of King.

For Queen West around Bathurst, try these furniture stores:

• BLVD Interiors – staff isn’t the most friendly and the selection isn’t huge, but it’s worth a try for coffee tables and the like
• Kube Home Decor – not huge but a good selection of wall coverings and the place I finally scored a really nice condo-size TV stand after looking everywhere!
• Urban Barn – not a huge selection but a wide range of items; really helpful staff
• Pavilion – another shop with nice stuff

… and many more. Take a stroll from Queen and Bathurst till just before Trinity Bellwoods Park and you will find many furniture stores selling condo size items. Most stores are on the south side of Queen.

Other places around Toronto:

• DeBoer’s at College Park (Yonge and College) – super helpful staff; huge store
• Royal Lighting on Avenue Road at Lawrence – very helpful with a huge selection of lamps
• Umbra right near Queen and John – for smaller items to round out your condo
• Leon’s Roundhouse on Bremner by the Rogers Centre – Yes, really. It’s on the low end of this list of furniture shops, but it worth a look for condo-size items; Can pick up items yourself ‘up north’ at another store if you want to get them ASAP
• Canadian Tire (Bay & Dundas, or Yonge & Davenport) – No, really. For things like plants, pots, clocks, etc. you don’t have to spend a mint!

Organized Rhyme – Check the O.R. [mp3]

The video, featuring Toronto’s Jane & Finch, was also quite classic; complete with an Ottawa Senators cap and University of Western Ontario jacket:

And, of course, the lyrics:

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Check it out

[Chorus]
Check the O.R., you like it so far?
Check the O.R., you like it so far?
Check the O.R., you like it so far?
Check the O.R., you love the O.R.

Here we go, ready to set it off
From coast to coast, it’s the most and it hits rough
Organized Rhyme’s here to start it up
You got some trouble with your mouth you’d better shut it up
Think twice before you act and try to tackle the funky stuff
I take you suckers out like meat on a shish kebab
And you don’t know it, but your girl’s doin’ kiss-and-rob
And you’re the one who wants the corn, but you missed the cob
So here’s a bit of something new:
Gimmie a toot, and salute, and I’ll give you my boots
We’re your need, and while I’m playing the thespian
I got a ride and you’re just a pedestrian
I grab a horse and I jump like equestrian
I talk smooth like Lando Calrissian
Deal with the leader of the convoy
Make some noise for the boys as we rip points
Move your joints in a motion if you can keep up
If you can’t, here’s a hanky to clean your weep up
Poetics I drop, then no time for coincidence
Check the O.R.

[Chorus x2]

Check the O.R., you like it so far?
Smack your back – Can you deal with a deep scar?
I will test ya from the west of ya
Now ya know that I’m better than the best of ya
I remove you quicker than a Band-Aid
Paid backstage and I’m gone like a renegade
And I don’t delay, want the replay?
Like Sinatra, got ya my way
I feel lowly so I lay low
Never lonely now that I clock dough
Flippin’ women over like a pancake
And I will make mistakes in a heartbreak
Recieve honours, make you goners
Break the deuce like Jimmy Connors
I’m not a phony, preaching testimony
Send you down to the bank for the alimony
I make light of everyday establishment
With content sticking like Poli-dent
But I pay my dues
I lay more chicks than Mother Goose
Pass the O.J., ’cause I got juice
Break the silence, and make the truce
So yes yes, y’all – And you don’t stop
To the beat, y’all – And you don’t dare stop
To the hip, hop, hibby, hibby-dibby hip-hip-hop and you don’t dare go off
Go off like a canon, you’re a copier
Much sloppier so I’m gonna’ drop ya
You got a demo? Well I guess I’m gonna’ shop ya
Take a risk, like a disk you’re floppier
Uplifted ’cause I’m gifted
Tough like algebra, but I’m twisted
You mistfit, meet the better man
Gonna’ razz you just like Letterman
Hip-hop, not a weasel goin’ pop
You don’t stop
Check the O.R.

[Chorus x2]

Back at last to compose the next swift rap
Broom in my pocket so I don’t need a hip pack
Hip-hop tactics is what I be practicin’
I don’t act, I see heads and I crack ‘em
Only if they need it. I’m really a nice guy
Still, I got a temp’, but to the ladies I talk fly
Makin’ ‘em smile for a while when I begin
(Pin the chameleon) Comp’nies, here I am
Headin’ the right way and I won’t stop this
I’m knowin’ the time, but I don’t wear a pop Swatch
Play MCs when I jump like in hopscotch
Climbed the ranks, so consider me top-notch
Take control of your system when I’m in it
You wanna’ get with this? I hit with persistence
Swing, the countdown, 1-2-3-4
Smooth it out, now check the O.R.

[Chorus x6]

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Thus, if at the end of your URLs you using tracking IDs or codes such as “website.com/page.html?id=00000″ (and likewise “website.com/page.html?id=00001″) you can tell Google Analytics not to include those variable ID parameters in reports. Then, when viewing Content reports, or anything else, you will only see “website.com/page.html” instead of every variation of that page that includes the unique tracking ID. Most of the time you will want to see how many page views (for example) for “website.com/page.html” instead of seeing each one show up individually (i.e. “website.com/page.html?id=00000″, “website.com/page.html?id=00001″, “website.com/page.html?id=00002″)

How do you do this?

1) In Google Analytics, select the Web site profile of the site in question;

2) Click ‘Analytics Settings‘ on the top left of the page;

2) Click ‘Edit‘ on the right side of the page for the site in question;

3) Click ‘Edit‘ on the top box titled ‘Main Website Profile Information‘;

4) Type in the variables you want excluded from the reports, separated by a comma, in the field for ‘Exclude URL Query Parameters‘;

5) Click Save Changes.

Voila! From that point forward that tracking variable added to a URL will no longer show as a unique page in your Content reports. All reports for dates up until then, however, will still be at the old settings.