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> It looks fine on my box df. I have my shmantzy LCD turned to nearly it’s > dimmest setting too. Do you know any other languages? My brief > encounters with VBA (having read up on VB a few years ago) have led me to > the conclusion that it’s a horrible language. I can do perl! Tried > learning C first but didn’t use it (couldn’t think of anything I wanted) > so doesn’t count. Nice and straightforward though

Just C and Java, although I typically have to look up half of the stuff in C (esp. file operations) when I use it. I’ve written a couple of command line only C programs, because I don’t know shit all about the MFC and Visual aspect yet. I thought perl was a scripting language, sort of for doing complicated and repetitive search and replace functions. Maybe it’s more powerful than that. I don’t know jack shit about web authoring, aside from very basic HTML and CSS. I’m really becoming a dinosaur!

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"Darkfalz" <darkf…@xis.com.au> wrote in news:2m1387Fhc202U1@uni-berlin.de: >> Personally, I do most of my work in Java. The tools are free. >> Despite what people who tried it six years ago seem to think, it’s >> actually quite fast these days (nearly "as fast as C"). Plus, the >> stock library is immense. For instance, a year or two ago I needed a >> "fire and forget" type of program to tweak some midi files. It >> turned out the library had exactly what I needed–tools to manipulate >> raw midi data. The job took maybe an hour. > My Java skills aren’t too bad, but I just hate the language and the > SDK and everyting else about it. I really should be porting everything > over to C++.

Why do you hate Java and not C++? > My basic C skills are up to par, but it’s all the > GUI/file operations and such that I am just so used to doing in piss > easy VB that are making me slow in going over.

How do you handle I/O errors in VB? >> Cool. Thanks. > Not done yet. It’s harder than you think deciding on colours!

Oh, I’m well aware!

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> Personally, I do most of my work in Java. The tools are free. Despite > what people who tried it six years ago seem to think, it’s actually quite > fast these days (nearly "as fast as C"). Plus, the stock library is > immense. For instance, a year or two ago I needed a "fire and forget" > type of program to tweak some midi files. It turned out the library had > exactly what I needed–tools to manipulate raw midi data. The job took > maybe an hour.

My Java skills aren’t too bad, but I just hate the language and the SDK and everyting else about it. I really should be porting everything over to C++. My basic C skills are up to par, but it’s all the GUI/file operations and such that I am just so used to doing in piss easy VB that are making me slow in going over. > What would you say is the average length of those programs?

Nothing over 1000 lines of code. Actually my longest program is right on that. On average maybe 300-400. > Cool. Thanks.

Not done yet. It’s harder than you think deciding on colours!

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Little Monster <r…@localhost.localdomain> wrote in news:pan.2004.07.18.20.05.57.455900@localhost.localdomain: > It looks fine on my box df. I have my shmantzy LCD turned to nearly > it’s dimmest setting too. Do you know any other languages? My brief > encounters with VBA (having read up on VB a few years ago) have led me > to the conclusion that it’s a horrible language. I can do perl! > Tried learning C first but didn’t use it (couldn’t think of anything I > wanted) so doesn’t count. Nice and straightforward though

I’ve tried to get into Perl about a half-dozen times and just can’t. All the little exceptions and short-cuts are too much for me to remember between usages. IIRC, Larry Wall himself admits in "Programming Perl" that Perl sits best with people who use it for at least a few minutes every day. It’s little wonder I can’t grok the thing, then, since I can easily go months without writing a line of code. Maybe I just haven’t had all the "aha!" moments I need to with Perl. It took me a couple of years of "aha!" moments to really get comfortable with C, but at this point in my "career," I can write 1000 lines of C before even bothering to compile it, and get maybe one or two errors. No problem. Different strokes, I guess.

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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:58:57 +1000, the world was enlightented by Darkfalz, unto whom the words are attributed: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "Lash Rambo" <lra…@obmarl.com> wrote in message > news:Xns952986876DE32lramboobmarlcom@68.12.19.6… >> "Darkfalz" <darkf…@xis.com.au> wrote in news:2lt23aFfa63qU1@uni- >> berlin.de: >> > I have a blog now. >> > http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ >> > I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice. >> Holy shit. I had no idea you were so prolific an author of completed >> software! I feel shamed! > They’re all in VB so far. My C++ sucks. The shame is on me! > None of my software could truly be called "software", ie. something which > runs for a while and does something. They’re pretty much all click and exit > tools to do simply byte manipulation or conversions of files. >> Not sure if you have some fancy shmantzy 300" LCD that’s as bright as the >> sun, but from my end, black text on a blue background is hard as hell to >> read. I had to CTRL+A your pages to be able to read them. > Just a regular CRT. Yeah that’s probably not a great colour scheme but it > looked okay on my screen, thanks to the stylesheet it will be easy to > change.

It looks fine on my box df. I have my shmantzy LCD turned to nearly it’s dimmest setting too. Do you know any other languages? My brief encounters with VBA (having read up on VB a few years ago) have led me to the conclusion that it’s a horrible language. I can do perl! Tried learning C first but didn’t use it (couldn’t think of anything I wanted) so doesn’t count. Nice and straightforward though MOnster — I am the sexiest man in the UuuuKaaaayy All the girls love me And I will never grow Ooollldd I am the sexiest man in the UuuKaaaay! http://www.the-monstruum.co.uk

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"Darkfalz" <darkf…@xis.com.au> wrote in news:2luhtbFgkg9cU1@uni-berlin.de: > "Lash Rambo" <lra…@obmarl.com> wrote in message > news:Xns952986876DE32lramboobmarlcom@68.12.19.6… >> "Darkfalz" <darkf…@xis.com.au> wrote in news:2lt23aFfa63qU1@uni- >> berlin.de: >> > I have a blog now. >> > http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ >> > I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice. >> Holy shit. I had no idea you were so prolific an author of completed >> software! I feel shamed! > They’re all in VB so far. My C++ sucks. The shame is on me!

Nothing wrong with that, really. I guess if you were really worried about it, you could learn something like DarkBasic, which is supposed to be "as fast as C", and is like, $50. Personally, I do most of my work in Java. The tools are free. Despite what people who tried it six years ago seem to think, it’s actually quite fast these days (nearly "as fast as C"). Plus, the stock library is immense. For instance, a year or two ago I needed a "fire and forget" type of program to tweak some midi files. It turned out the library had exactly what I needed–tools to manipulate raw midi data. The job took maybe an hour. > None of my software could truly be called "software", ie. something > which runs for a while and does something. They’re pretty much all > click and exit tools to do simply byte manipulation or conversions of > files.

What would you say is the average length of those programs? >> Not sure if you have some fancy shmantzy 300" LCD that’s as bright as >> the sun, but from my end, black text on a blue background is hard as >> hell to read. I had to CTRL+A your pages to be able to read them. > Just a regular CRT. Yeah that’s probably not a great colour scheme but > it looked okay on my screen, thanks to the stylesheet it will be easy > to change.

Cool. Thanks.

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Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > Not to worry about your connection: mine has to be the pits:), and > always disconnects, while other people;s line seemed to just remain > fine and stable. Of course they did not have dial-up, nor did they > have FreeNet, i.e. a free server, but with limited online time and > frequent disconenctions…. > Including for not typing for over *30 seconds*, which voice sees to > rid of. > But say I type chat with someone…Whilew they type, I have to type > three lil dots at my end ("…") to make sure my line stays > connected…. Pain in the schmurf, that.

Wow. Schmurf? …

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"Lash Rambo" <lra…@obmarl.com> wrote in message

news:Xns952986876DE32lramboobmarlcom@68.12.19.6… > "Darkfalz" <darkf…@xis.com.au> wrote in news:2lt23aFfa63qU1@uni- > berlin.de: > > I have a blog now. > > http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ > > I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice. > Holy shit. I had no idea you were so prolific an author of completed > software! I feel shamed!

They’re all in VB so far. My C++ sucks. The shame is on me! None of my software could truly be called "software", ie. something which runs for a while and does something. They’re pretty much all click and exit tools to do simply byte manipulation or conversions of files. > Not sure if you have some fancy shmantzy 300" LCD that’s as bright as the > sun, but from my end, black text on a blue background is hard as hell to > read. I had to CTRL+A your pages to be able to read them.

Just a regular CRT. Yeah that’s probably not a great colour scheme but it looked okay on my screen, thanks to the stylesheet it will be easy to change.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Darkfalz wrote: > "Victor" <little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au> wrote in message > news:40f7c0d7$0$1298$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au… > > Would an audio blog be a good idea? > > If I were to get a microphone (which I probably will) and record > > various thoughts, ideas, feelings and whatever (usual blog, journal > > crap), would anyone bother downloading them to listen? > > I’d keep the files as small as I possibly could, would anyone here > > listen to them no matter how pointless it was? > > Just curious. > I have a blog now. > http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ > I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice.

You need more in the "about me" section on your site.

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"Victor" <little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:40f9563b$0$1290$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Darkfalz wrote: > > "Victor" <little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au> wrote in message > > news:40f7c0d7$0$1298$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au… > > > Would an audio blog be a good idea? > > > If I were to get a microphone (which I probably will) and record > > > various thoughts, ideas, feelings and whatever (usual blog, journal > > > crap), would anyone bother downloading them to listen? > > > I’d keep the files as small as I possibly could, would anyone here > > > listen to them no matter how pointless it was? > > > Just curious. > > I have a blog now. > > http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ > > I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice. > You need more in the "about me" section on your site.

Soon.

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"Darkfalz" <darkf…@xis.com.au> wrote in news:2lt23aFfa63qU1@uni- berlin.de: > I have a blog now. > http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ > I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice.

Holy shit. I had no idea you were so prolific an author of completed software! I feel shamed! Not sure if you have some fancy shmantzy 300" LCD that’s as bright as the sun, but from my end, black text on a blue background is hard as hell to read. I had to CTRL+A your pages to be able to read them.

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Not to worry about your connection: mine has to be the pits:), and always disconnects, while other people;s line seemed to just remain fine and stable. Of course they did not have dial-up, nor did they have FreeNet, i.e. a free server, but with limited online time and frequent disconenctions…. Including for not typing for over *30 seconds*, which voice sees to rid of. But say I type chat with someone…Whilew they type, I have to type three lil dots at my end ("…") to make sure my line stays connected…. Pain in the schmurf, that. "Victor" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -(little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: >> >> >> >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? >> >> >> >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) >> >> >> >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) >> >> >> >> > Yes I would. >> >> >> >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? >> >> >> >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) >> >> >> >> Key dookey. >> >> >> >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. >> >> >> >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) >> >> >> >> Chloe >> >> >> > I don’t have a microphone yet. >> >> >> > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. >> >> >> > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole >> my >> >> > idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I >> guess. >> >> >> >> >> Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. >> >> >> From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" >> and a >> >> few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all >> over the >> net >> and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens >> in RL where >> some >> of the expressions I make up catch on and are >> now part of >> Quebec’s >> language and expressions. Like "Three for >> a dollar at >> Wall-Mart" >> which was originally "…at K-Mart", as >> we had no wall >> marts here at >> the time;-), and others had no >> K-Mart. The >> expression I made about >> the type of friends that >> say they are >> friends and are not acting like >> friends would at >> all: cheap sort >> of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar >> type"…but so >> many more… >> >> >> >> >> In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness >> and >> >> offering a pleasant change to blogging alone, so you >> contributed to >> >> something the support ngs are supposed to be >> about: support against >> >> loneliness -or against shyness, why not, >> and possubly against >> >> depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT >> is a contribution! >> Having >> such an idea stolen just shows how >> valuable it is, and >> offers it >> recognition on the spot for how >> valid it is too, and for >> how many >> might benefit from trying >> this. In your own way, you >> might have >> changed the face of many >> support ngs’ trends. >> >> >> >> >> Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I >> >> read >> this morning so far (Bababababarf!) >> >> >> Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign >> >> something >> always reminds me of my mother…. >> >> >> We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more >> >> >> fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would >> >> just >> pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for >> >> my "new >> house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would >> see >> my father >> build for her one day. The "new house" never >> came, and >> all the >> objects went out of date, obsolete. >> >> >> Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… >> >> >> Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it >> >> reminds >> her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, >> >> >> she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would >> >> for >> each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her >> >> ages ago, >> still in its box… >> >> >> To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and >> somethign >> to >> remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of >> years ago by >> >> always remembering who gave her what and never >> confusing by >> offering, >> say, something I gave her to one of my >> sibblings for >> their bday. >> To me, receiving one "back" is >> always a reminder of >> how by waiting >> for the right day, the >> right moment and the right >> tools, we let life >> pass us by. And >> I have an occasion to measure >> it each and every bday >> I >> have…;-) >> >> >> >> >> Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of >> my >> >> time pass me by again! >> >> >> Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some >> >> >> lurkers remember today to seize the day. >> >> >> The time we kill is the only time we have…. >> >> >> Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or >> >> not. >> Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there >> >> is always >> snail mail:) >> >> >> Chloe >> >> > New ‘puter is supposed to arrive Thursday, but then I still need >> to >> > get the microphone. >> >> > I’ve been looking at them on ebay, but might end up getting one >> >> > from an actual real shop instead of auctioning for something I >> may >> > never recieve. >> >> Paid mine four dolalrs in a Radio Shack. >> >> I tried the 20 bucks two ways, adn they dontl do two ways at all >> >> anyway, so barf to that. The cheap ones work fine:) >> >> A friend also bought me as a present an expensive hands free type >> that >> allows oen to answer voice no matter where they are in the >> house. But >> interferecne makes it so that it doe snot work unless I >> am facing the >> puter. It also has the supposed two way talk that I >> find is just more >> irritating than anything else. Besides, Yahoo >> offers it in chosing >> either the hands free or the one way voice >> chat, or did. Dunno fi >> they threw that option out sicne the last >> upgrade two days >> ago….Have not tried it yet, eh. >> > —————————————————— >> > I was looking at a small one that you can clip onto the top of a >> > laptop monitor. >> Mine was supposedly so you could clip it on your clothes/collar.The >> clip broke aftert two time,s which did not matter as it is best held >> anyway. >> > Oh >> yeah, I’m getting a >> laptop by the way. > I could post here while sitting on the can. <:P >> > —————————————————— >> How to make he word "Blog" become "Plop" in no time….;-) >> That will brign back memories. >> My last long time penpal would have this advantage., As a rsult, his >> place was always tied up as he woudl house clean as we spoke. Mne >> became a gigantic mess as I had to be at the puter to chat. Which is >> why he sent me the wire free chat thingummie..Sadly it did not work. >> But a cell phone I used to have woudl only work rarely in this >> building, Soemthign somewhere makes interference and blocked the >> waves. >> >> Man, what a blargh heavy humid day we will ahve!! Yet the skies >> were >> true blue and no rain clouds in sight the last tiem I looked >> through >> the window… >> >> Me thinks me better try and start the old air co, even if it cools >> >> close to nothing, in case it coudl get some humidity out of the >> >> house… >> > —————————————————— >> > And I’m freezing. >> > It is so incredible cold here right now. >> > —————————————————— >> Telling a Quebcer about "cold"…?;-) >> How cold is cold in your neck of the woods? >> Here, we usually mean at least miunus 40 F with wind factor making it >> -60. Or a flat -40 that lasts longer than 6 weeks will get us to >> moan about it for sure. >> The only thing I mind about it is havign to warm up the car -everyoen >> else has remote save me of course, liek everyoen else has decent ir >> co on their cars too, eh. >> Yet I am the one with Graves, i.e. sensitive to the slightest change >> of temperature…. >> Life, huh?;-) > —————————————————— > I can tolerate hot weather fairly well, but when it comes to cold, > that’s a different story. > —————————————————— >> >> There is a family annual picnic today….I shoudl think of going, >> but >> my car is in such a dangerous state that it makes me worry a >> lot to >> drive it on such a road in that condition…..Still…I >> shoudl go…. >> Mom might not be there for long, at 81 going on >> 82…. >> And it is important to her to see all her descendants once >> a year, >> each tiem thinkign it might be the last time, not only for >> her, but >> for us to see her with us….. >> >> Got so much to do though…Like handwash laundry and clean the >> house >> and wash floors and blankets and cook meals or soemthign for >> the >> week, which I never end up doing, lackign time in only two >> >> days….Where going to the pic nicc will eman havign only oen >> >> left….Coudl always try and bring my laundry "home" to do it, but >> >> with everyoen going there, odds are that 30 will do the same. >> (Large >> family, seven kids and many grand kids, great grand kids >> and even >> great great grand kids in it by now…Last count was I >> think 130 >> countign spouses, but it might have doubled for all I >> know since the >> last time….) >> > —————————————————— >> > That is one large family. >> > I’ve got like 6 people in my family. Rarely hear from any of them >> > either.

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"Victor" <little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:40f7c0d7$0$1298$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au… > Would an audio blog be a good idea? > If I were to get a microphone (which I probably will) and record > various thoughts, ideas, feelings and whatever (usual blog, journal > crap), would anyone bother downloading them to listen? > I’d keep the files as small as I possibly could, would anyone here > listen to them no matter how pointless it was? > Just curious.

I have a blog now. http://darkfalz.kiczek.com/ I’d rather write than speak, I don’t like my voice.

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I’m checking it out now.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > >> >> >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? > >> >> >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) > >> >> >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) > >> >> >> > Yes I would. > >> >> >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? > >> >> >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) > >> >> >> Key dookey. > >> >> >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. > >> >> >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) > >> >> >> Chloe > >> >> > I don’t have a microphone yet. > >> >> > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. > >> >> > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole > my >> >> > idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I > guess. >> >> > >> >> Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. > >> >> From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" > and a >> >> few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all > over the >> net >> and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens > in RL where >> some >> of the expressions I make up catch on and are > now part of >> Quebec’s >> language and expressions. Like "Three for > a dollar at >> Wall-Mart" >> which was originally "…at K-Mart", as > we had no wall >> marts here at >> the time;-), and others had no > K-Mart. The >> expression I made about >> the type of friends that > say they are >> friends and are not acting like >> friends would at > all: cheap sort >> of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar >> type"…but so > many more… >> >> > >> >> In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness > and >> >> offering a pleasant change to blogging alone, so you > contributed to >> >> something the support ngs are supposed to be > about: support against >> >> loneliness -or against shyness, why not, > and possubly against >> >> depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT > is a contribution! >> Having >> such an idea stolen just shows how > valuable it is, and >> offers it >> recognition on the spot for how > valid it is too, and for >> how many >> might benefit from trying > this. In your own way, you >> might have >> changed the face of many > support ngs’ trends. >> >> > >> >> Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I > >> read >> this morning so far (Bababababarf!) > >> >> Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign > >> something >> always reminds me of my mother…. > >> >> We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more > >> >> fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would > >> just >> pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for > >> my "new >> house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would > see >> my father >> build for her one day. The "new house" never > came, and >> all the >> objects went out of date, obsolete. > >> >> Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… > >> >> Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it > >> reminds >> her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, > >> >> she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would > >> for >> each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her > >> ages ago, >> still in its box… > >> >> To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and > somethign >> to >> remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of > years ago by >> >> always remembering who gave her what and never > confusing by >> offering, >> say, something I gave her to one of my > sibblings for >> their bday. >> To me, receiving one "back" is > always a reminder of >> how by waiting >> for the right day, the > right moment and the right >> tools, we let life >> pass us by. And > I have an occasion to measure >> it each and every bday >> I > have…;-) >> >> > >> >> Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of > my >> >> time pass me by again! > >> >> Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some > >> >> lurkers remember today to seize the day. > >> >> The time we kill is the only time we have…. > >> >> Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or > >> not. >> Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there > >> is always >> snail mail:) > >> >> Chloe > >> > New ‘puter is supposed to arrive Thursday, but then I still need > to >> > get the microphone. > >> > I’ve been looking at them on ebay, but might end up getting one > >> > from an actual real shop instead of auctioning for something I > may >> > never recieve. > >> Paid mine four dolalrs in a Radio Shack. > >> I tried the 20 bucks two ways, adn they dontl do two ways at all > >> anyway, so barf to that. The cheap ones work fine:) > >> A friend also bought me as a present an expensive hands free type > that >> allows oen to answer voice no matter where they are in the > house. But >> interferecne makes it so that it doe snot work unless I > am facing the >> puter. It also has the supposed two way talk that I > find is just more >> irritating than anything else. Besides, Yahoo > offers it in chosing >> either the hands free or the one way voice > chat, or did. Dunno fi >> they threw that option out sicne the last > upgrade two days >> ago….Have not tried it yet, eh. > > —————————————————— > > I was looking at a small one that you can clip onto the top of a > > laptop monitor. > Mine was supposedly so you could clip it on your clothes/collar.The > clip broke aftert two time,s which did not matter as it is best held > anyway. > > Oh > yeah, I’m getting a > laptop by the way. > I could post here while sitting on the can. <:P > > —————————————————— > How to make he word "Blog" become "Plop" in no time….;-) > That will brign back memories. > My last long time penpal would have this advantage., As a rsult, his > place was always tied up as he woudl house clean as we spoke. Mne > became a gigantic mess as I had to be at the puter to chat. Which is > why he sent me the wire free chat thingummie..Sadly it did not work. > But a cell phone I used to have woudl only work rarely in this > building, Soemthign somewhere makes interference and blocked the > waves. > >> Man, what a blargh heavy humid day we will ahve!! Yet the skies > were >> true blue and no rain clouds in sight the last tiem I looked > through >> the window… > >> Me thinks me better try and start the old air co, even if it cools > >> close to nothing, in case it coudl get some humidity out of the > >> house… > > —————————————————— > > And I’m freezing. > > It is so incredible cold here right now. > > —————————————————— > Telling a Quebcer about "cold"…?;-) > How cold is cold in your neck of the woods? > Here, we usually mean at least miunus 40 F with wind factor making it > -60. Or a flat -40 that lasts longer than 6 weeks will get us to > moan about it for sure. > The only thing I mind about it is havign to warm up the car -everyoen > else has remote save me of course, liek everyoen else has decent ir > co on their cars too, eh. > Yet I am the one with Graves, i.e. sensitive to the slightest change > of temperature…. > Life, huh?;-)

—————————————————— I can tolerate hot weather fairly well, but when it comes to cold, that’s a different story. —————————————————— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> There is a family annual picnic today….I shoudl think of going, > but >> my car is in such a dangerous state that it makes me worry a > lot to >> drive it on such a road in that condition…..Still…I > shoudl go…. >> Mom might not be there for long, at 81 going on > 82…. >> And it is important to her to see all her descendants once > a year, >> each tiem thinkign it might be the last time, not only for > her, but >> for us to see her with us….. > >> Got so much to do though…Like handwash laundry and clean the > house >> and wash floors and blankets and cook meals or soemthign for > the >> week, which I never end up doing, lackign time in only two > >> days….Where going to the pic nicc will eman havign only oen > >> left….Coudl always try and bring my laundry "home" to do it, but > >> with everyoen going there, odds are that 30 will do the same. > (Large >> family, seven kids and many grand kids, great grand kids > and even >> great great grand kids in it by now…Last count was I > think 130 >> countign spouses, but it might have doubled for all I > know since the >> last time….) > > —————————————————— > > That is one large family. > > I’ve got like 6 people in my family. Rarely hear from any of them > > either. > > —————————————————— > I very rarely do. Contacts are somewhat artificial sicne I took one of > them to court eyars ago for assault. It was the usual thing you read > in books or magazines, the beign doisowned, outcasted and all. Now > they tolerate my preence, and make it feel liek I shoudl be ever so > gratefuyl for it, at times….I rathr feel they shoudl be glad to see > me, nah:) It is not liek they ahd to forgive me anything, Quite the > other way around it woudl be. > So those gatherings…I am always left sort of wishing I ahd a safe > car, so as to be sure to oh, not just not be stranded on my way > there, but to be sure Ic an leave at the slightest sign I sense of > tensiosn in the air… I am expected to travel with a sibbling or > relative each time, which is hell to me….

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"Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> >> >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? >> >> >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) >> >> >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) >> >> >> > Yes I would. >> >> >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? >> >> >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) >> >> >> Key dookey. >> >> >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. >> >> >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) >> >> >> Chloe >> >> > I don’t have a microphone yet. >> >> > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. >> >> > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole my >> >> > idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I guess. >> >> Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. >> >> From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" and a >> >> few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all over the >> net >> and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens in RL where >> some >> of the expressions I make up catch on and are now part of >> Quebec’s >> language and expressions. Like "Three for a dollar at >> Wall-Mart" >> which was originally "…at K-Mart", as we had no wall >> marts here at >> the time;-), and others had no K-Mart. The >> expression I made about >> the type of friends that say they are >> friends and are not acting like >> friends would at all: cheap sort >> of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar >> type"…but so many more… >> >> In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness and >> >> offering a pleasant change to blogging alone, so you contributed to >> >> something the support ngs are supposed to be about: support against >> >> loneliness -or against shyness, why not, and possubly against >> >> depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT is a contribution! >> Having >> such an idea stolen just shows how valuable it is, and >> offers it >> recognition on the spot for how valid it is too, and for >> how many >> might benefit from trying this. In your own way, you >> might have >> changed the face of many support ngs’ trends. >> >> Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I >> read >> this morning so far (Bababababarf!) >> >> Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign >> something >> always reminds me of my mother…. >> >> We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more >> >> fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would >> just >> pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for >> my "new >> house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would see >> my father >> build for her one day. The "new house" never came, and >> all the >> objects went out of date, obsolete. >> >> Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… >> >> Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it >> reminds >> her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, >> >> she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would >> for >> each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her >> ages ago, >> still in its box… >> >> To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and somethign >> to >> remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of years ago by >> >> always remembering who gave her what and never confusing by >> offering, >> say, something I gave her to one of my sibblings for >> their bday. >> To me, receiving one "back" is always a reminder of >> how by waiting >> for the right day, the right moment and the right >> tools, we let life >> pass us by. And I have an occasion to measure >> it each and every bday >> I have…;-) >> >> Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of my >> >> time pass me by again! >> >> Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some >> >> lurkers remember today to seize the day. >> >> The time we kill is the only time we have…. >> >> Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or >> not. >> Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there >> is always >> snail mail:) >> >> Chloe >> > New ‘puter is supposed to arrive Thursday, but then I still need to >> > get the microphone. >> > I’ve been looking at them on ebay, but might end up getting one >> > from an actual real shop instead of auctioning for something I may >> > never recieve. >> Paid mine four dolalrs in a Radio Shack. >> I tried the 20 bucks two ways, adn they dontl do two ways at all >> anyway, so barf to that. The cheap ones work fine:) >> A friend also bought me as a present an expensive hands free type that >> allows oen to answer voice no matter where they are in the house. But >> interferecne makes it so that it doe snot work unless I am facing the >> puter. It also has the supposed two way talk that I find is just more >> irritating than anything else. Besides, Yahoo offers it in chosing >> either the hands free or the one way voice chat, or did. Dunno fi >> they threw that option out sicne the last upgrade two days >> ago….Have not tried it yet, eh. > —————————————————— > I was looking at a small one that you can clip onto the top of a laptop > monitor.

Mine was supposedly so you could clip it on your clothes/collar.The clip broke aftert two time,s which did not matter as it is best held anyway. > Oh yeah, I’m getting a laptop by the way. > I could post here while sitting on the can. <:P > ——————————————————

How to make he word "Blog" become "Plop" in no time….;-) That will brign back memories. My last long time penpal would have this advantage., As a rsult, his place was always tied up as he woudl house clean as we spoke. Mne became a gigantic mess as I had to be at the puter to chat. Which is why he sent me the wire free chat thingummie..Sadly it did not work. But a cell phone I used to have woudl only work rarely in this building, Soemthign somewhere makes interference and blocked the waves. >> Man, what a blargh heavy humid day we will ahve!! Yet the skies were >> true blue and no rain clouds in sight the last tiem I looked through >> the window… >> Me thinks me better try and start the old air co, even if it cools >> close to nothing, in case it coudl get some humidity out of the >> house… > —————————————————— > And I’m freezing. > It is so incredible cold here right now. > ——————————————————

Telling a Quebcer about "cold"…?;-) How cold is cold in your neck of the woods? Here, we usually mean at least miunus 40 F with wind factor making it -60. Or a flat -40 that lasts longer than 6 weeks will get us to moan about it for sure. The only thing I mind about it is havign to warm up the car -everyoen else has remote save me of course, liek everyoen else has decent ir co on their cars too, eh. Yet I am the one with Graves, i.e. sensitive to the slightest change of temperature…. Life, huh?;-) > – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> There is a family annual picnic today….I shoudl think of going, but >> my car is in such a dangerous state that it makes me worry a lot to >> drive it on such a road in that condition…..Still…I shoudl go…. >> Mom might not be there for long, at 81 going on 82…. >> And it is important to her to see all her descendants once a year, >> each tiem thinkign it might be the last time, not only for her, but >> for us to see her with us….. >> Got so much to do though…Like handwash laundry and clean the house >> and wash floors and blankets and cook meals or soemthign for the >> week, which I never end up doing, lackign time in only two >> days….Where going to the pic nicc will eman havign only oen >> left….Coudl always try and bring my laundry "home" to do it, but >> with everyoen going there, odds are that 30 will do the same. (Large >> family, seven kids and many grand kids, great grand kids and even >> great great grand kids in it by now…Last count was I think 130 >> countign spouses, but it might have doubled for all I know since the >> last time….) > —————————————————— > That is one large family. > I’ve got like 6 people in my family. Rarely hear from any of them > either. > ——————————————————

I very rarely do. Contacts are somewhat artificial sicne I took one of them to court eyars ago for assault. It was the usual thing you read in books or magazines, the beign doisowned, outcasted and all. Now they tolerate my preence, and make it feel liek I shoudl be ever so gratefuyl for it, at times….I rathr feel they shoudl be glad to see me, nah:) It is not liek they ahd to forgive me anything, Quite the other way around it woudl be. So those gatherings…I am always left sort of wishing I ahd a safe car, so as to be sure to oh, not just not be stranded on my way there, but to be sure Ic an leave at the slightest sign I sense of tensiosn in the air… I am expected to travel with a sibbling or relative each time, which is hell to me…. I hate depending on poeple that can not sense danger when it is in their face. My guts never wronged me, and I prefer to live with the intuition and not be caught (again) unable to act as my conscience and intuition tell me is best to:scarm out fo there whent he tiem for it comes:) > >> Well, that was a little blog like start;-) >> – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Hope the puter you get will work fine, that laodign the software will >> go smoothly, and that you put no rush on it but take it as cool fun:) >> I will still be there:) >> C > —————————————————— > I’m sure it’ll be "cool fun" > I’m also keeping an eye on

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >> >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? > >> >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) > >> >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) > >> >> > Yes I would. > >> >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? > >> >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) > >> >> Key dookey. > >> >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. > >> >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) > >> >> Chloe > >> > I don’t have a microphone yet. > >> > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. > >> > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole my > >> > idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I guess. > >> Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. > >> From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" and a > >> few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all over the > net >> and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens in RL where > some >> of the expressions I make up catch on and are now part of > Quebec’s >> language and expressions. Like "Three for a dollar at > Wall-Mart" >> which was originally "…at K-Mart", as we had no wall > marts here at >> the time;-), and others had no K-Mart. The > expression I made about >> the type of friends that say they are > friends and are not acting like >> friends would at all: cheap sort > of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar >> type"…but so many more… > >> In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness and > >> offering a pleasant change to blogging alone, so you contributed to > >> something the support ngs are supposed to be about: support against > >> loneliness -or against shyness, why not, and possubly against > >> depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT is a contribution! > Having >> such an idea stolen just shows how valuable it is, and > offers it >> recognition on the spot for how valid it is too, and for > how many >> might benefit from trying this. In your own way, you > might have >> changed the face of many support ngs’ trends. > >> Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I > read >> this morning so far (Bababababarf!) > >> Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign > something >> always reminds me of my mother…. > >> We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more > >> fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would > just >> pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for > my "new >> house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would see > my father >> build for her one day. The "new house" never came, and > all the >> objects went out of date, obsolete. > >> Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… > >> Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it > reminds >> her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, > >> she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would > for >> each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her > ages ago, >> still in its box… > >> To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and somethign > to >> remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of years ago by > >> always remembering who gave her what and never confusing by > offering, >> say, something I gave her to one of my sibblings for > their bday. >> To me, receiving one "back" is always a reminder of > how by waiting >> for the right day, the right moment and the right > tools, we let life >> pass us by. And I have an occasion to measure > it each and every bday >> I have…;-) > >> Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of my > >> time pass me by again! > >> Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some > >> lurkers remember today to seize the day. > >> The time we kill is the only time we have…. > >> Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or > not. >> Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there > is always >> snail mail:) > >> Chloe > > New ‘puter is supposed to arrive Thursday, but then I still need to > > get the microphone. > > I’ve been looking at them on ebay, but might end up getting one > > from an actual real shop instead of auctioning for something I may > > never recieve. > Paid mine four dolalrs in a Radio Shack. > I tried the 20 bucks two ways, adn they dontl do two ways at all > anyway, so barf to that. The cheap ones work fine:) > A friend also bought me as a present an expensive hands free type that > allows oen to answer voice no matter where they are in the house. But > interferecne makes it so that it doe snot work unless I am facing the > puter. It also has the supposed two way talk that I find is just more > irritating than anything else. Besides, Yahoo offers it in chosing > either the hands free or the one way voice chat, or did. Dunno fi > they threw that option out sicne the last upgrade two days > ago….Have not tried it yet, eh.

—————————————————— I was looking at a small one that you can clip onto the top of a laptop monitor. Oh yeah, I’m getting a laptop by the way. I could post here while sitting on the can. <:P —————————————————— > Man, what a blargh heavy humid day we will ahve!! Yet the skies were > true blue and no rain clouds in sight the last tiem I looked through > the window… > Me thinks me better try and start the old air co, even if it cools > close to nothing, in case it coudl get some humidity out of the > house…

—————————————————— And I’m freezing. It is so incredible cold here right now. —————————————————— – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> There is a family annual picnic today….I shoudl think of going, but > my car is in such a dangerous state that it makes me worry a lot to > drive it on such a road in that condition…..Still…I shoudl go…. > Mom might not be there for long, at 81 going on 82…. > And it is important to her to see all her descendants once a year, > each tiem thinkign it might be the last time, not only for her, but > for us to see her with us….. > Got so much to do though…Like handwash laundry and clean the house > and wash floors and blankets and cook meals or soemthign for the > week, which I never end up doing, lackign time in only two > days….Where going to the pic nicc will eman havign only oen > left….Coudl always try and bring my laundry "home" to do it, but > with everyoen going there, odds are that 30 will do the same. (Large > family, seven kids and many grand kids, great grand kids and even > great great grand kids in it by now…Last count was I think 130 > countign spouses, but it might have doubled for all I know since the > last time….)

—————————————————— That is one large family. I’ve got like 6 people in my family. Rarely hear from any of them either. —————————————————— > Well, that was a little blog like start;-) > Hope the puter you get will work fine, that laodign the software will > go smoothly, and that you put no rush on it but take it as cool fun:) > I will still be there:) > C

—————————————————— I’m sure it’ll be "cool fun" I’m also keeping an eye on laptop carry cases, not that I’d really need one. ASL will be the first to know when I get my ‘puter. And my microphone. ——————————————————

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"Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: >> > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> >> "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: >> >> > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? >> >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) >> >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) >> >> > Yes I would. >> >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? >> >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) >> >> Key dookey. >> >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. >> >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) >> >> Chloe >> > I don’t have a microphone yet. >> > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. >> > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole my >> > idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I guess. >> Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. >> From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" and a >> few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all over the net >> and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens in RL where some >> of the expressions I make up catch on and are now part of Quebec’s >> language and expressions. Like "Three for a dollar at Wall-Mart" >> which was originally "…at K-Mart", as we had no wall marts here at >> the time;-), and others had no K-Mart. The expression I made about >> the type of friends that say they are friends and are not acting like >> friends would at all: cheap sort of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar >> type"…but so many more… >> In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness and >> offering a pleasant change to blogging alone, so you contributed to >> something the support ngs are supposed to be about: support against >> loneliness -or against shyness, why not, and possubly against >> depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT is a contribution! Having >> such an idea stolen just shows how valuable it is, and offers it >> recognition on the spot for how valid it is too, and for how many >> might benefit from trying this. In your own way, you might have >> changed the face of many support ngs’ trends. >> Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I read >> this morning so far (Bababababarf!) >> Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign something >> always reminds me of my mother…. >> We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more >> fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would just >> pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for my "new >> house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would see my father >> build for her one day. The "new house" never came, and all the >> objects went out of date, obsolete. >> Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… >> Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it reminds >> her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, >> she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would for >> each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her ages ago, >> still in its box… >> To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and somethign to >> remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of years ago by >> always remembering who gave her what and never confusing by offering, >> say, something I gave her to one of my sibblings for their bday. >> To me, receiving one "back" is always a reminder of how by waiting >> for the right day, the right moment and the right tools, we let life >> pass us by. And I have an occasion to measure it each and every bday >> I have…;-) >> Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of my >> time pass me by again! >> Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some >> lurkers remember today to seize the day. >> The time we kill is the only time we have…. >> Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or not. >> Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there is always >> snail mail:) >> Chloe > New ‘puter is supposed to arrive Thursday, but then I still need to get > the microphone. > I’ve been looking at them on ebay, but might end up getting one from an > actual real shop instead of auctioning for something I may never > recieve.

Paid mine four dolalrs in a Radio Shack. I tried the 20 bucks two ways, adn they dontl do two ways at all anyway, so barf to that. The cheap ones work fine:) A friend also bought me as a present an expensive hands free type that allows oen to answer voice no matter where they are in the house. But interferecne makes it so that it doe snot work unless I am facing the puter. It also has the supposed two way talk that I find is just more irritating than anything else. Besides, Yahoo offers it in chosing either the hands free or the one way voice chat, or did. Dunno fi they threw that option out sicne the last upgrade two days ago….Have not tried it yet, eh. Man, what a blargh heavy humid day we will ahve!! Yet the skies were true blue and no rain clouds in sight the last tiem I looked through the window… Me thinks me better try and start the old air co, even if it cools close to nothing, in case it coudl get some humidity out of the house… There is a family annual picnic today….I shoudl think of going, but my car is in such a dangerous state that it makes me worry a lot to drive it on such a road in that condition…..Still…I shoudl go…. Mom might not be there for long, at 81 going on 82…. And it is important to her to see all her descendants once a year, each tiem thinkign it might be the last time, not only for her, but for us to see her with us….. Got so much to do though…Like handwash laundry and clean the house and wash floors and blankets and cook meals or soemthign for the week, which I never end up doing, lackign time in only two days….Where going to the pic nicc will eman havign only oen left….Coudl always try and bring my laundry "home" to do it, but with everyoen going there, odds are that 30 will do the same. (Large family, seven kids and many grand kids, great grand kids and even great great grand kids in it by now…Last count was I think 130 countign spouses, but it might have doubled for all I know since the last time….) Well, that was a little blog like start;-) Hope the puter you get will work fine, that laodign the software will go smoothly, and that you put no rush on it but take it as cool fun:) I will still be there:) C —

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > >> "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > >> > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? > >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) > >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) > >> > Yes I would. > >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? > >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) > >> Key dookey. > >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. > >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) > >> Chloe > > I don’t have a microphone yet. > > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. > > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole my > > idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I guess. > Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. > From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" and a > few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all over the net > and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens in RL where some > of the expressions I make up catch on and are now part of Quebec’s > language and expressions. Like "Three for a dollar at Wall-Mart" > which was originally "…at K-Mart", as we had no wall marts here at > the time;-), and others had no K-Mart. The expression I made about > the type of friends that say they are friends and are not acting like > friends would at all: cheap sort of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar > type"…but so many more… > In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness and > offering a pleasant change to blogging alone, so you contributed to > something the support ngs are supposed to be about: support against > loneliness -or against shyness, why not, and possubly against > depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT is a contribution! Having > such an idea stolen just shows how valuable it is, and offers it > recognition on the spot for how valid it is too, and for how many > might benefit from trying this. In your own way, you might have > changed the face of many support ngs’ trends. > Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I read > this morning so far (Bababababarf!) > Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign something > always reminds me of my mother…. > We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more > fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would just > pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for my "new > house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would see my father > build for her one day. The "new house" never came, and all the > objects went out of date, obsolete. > Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… > Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it reminds > her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, > she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would for > each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her ages ago, > still in its box… > To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and somethign to > remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of years ago by > always remembering who gave her what and never confusing by offering, > say, something I gave her to one of my sibblings for their bday. > To me, receiving one "back" is always a reminder of how by waiting > for the right day, the right moment and the right tools, we let life > pass us by. And I have an occasion to measure it each and every bday > I have…;-) > Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of my > time pass me by again! > Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some > lurkers remember today to seize the day. > The time we kill is the only time we have…. > Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or not. > Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there is always > snail mail:) > Chloe

New ‘puter is supposed to arrive Thursday, but then I still need to get the microphone. I’ve been looking at them on ebay, but might end up getting one from an actual real shop instead of auctioning for something I may never recieve.

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Would an audio blog be a good idea? If I were to get a microphone (which I probably will) and record various thoughts, ideas, feelings and whatever (usual blog, journal crap), would anyone bother downloading them to listen? I’d keep the files as small as I possibly could, would anyone here listen to them no matter how pointless it was? Just curious.

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Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? We coudl blog back and forth:) But would YOU care for that…?;-) C "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > Would an audio blog be a good idea? > If I were to get a microphone (which I probably will) and record > various thoughts, ideas, feelings and whatever (usual blog, journal > crap), would anyone bother downloading them to listen? > I’d keep the files as small as I possibly could, would anyone here > listen to them no matter how pointless it was? > Just curious.

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Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? > We coudl blog back and forth:) > But would YOU care for that…?;-)

Yes I would. I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem?

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"Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? >> We coudl blog back and forth:) >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) > Yes I would. > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem?

If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) Key dookey. YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) Chloe —

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: > > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: > >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? > >> We coudl blog back and forth:) > >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) > > Yes I would. > > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? > If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) > Key dookey. > YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. > Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) > Chloe

I don’t have a microphone yet. I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole my idea! Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I guess.

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"Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> "Victor" (little_guybrush AT yahoo.com.au) writes: >> > Eleonore Beaudoin wrote: >> >> Care to do that in direct voice chat, Victor? >> >> We coudl blog back and forth:) >> >> But would YOU care for that…?;-) >> > Yes I would. >> > I’m only on dial-up though so would that be a problem? >> If so, I am dead, cause so am I!:) >> Key dookey. >> YM id is wippee08atyahoodotca, NOT dot com. >> Will await the first two-way blogging of E-History avidly:) >> Chloe > I don’t have a microphone yet. > I’m getting a new computer and I’ll wait for that first. > Wouldn’t you know I shared my idea on a.s.s and someone stole my idea! > Oh well. It’s not exactly 100% original anyway I guess.

Funny in a way how things travel from a ng to the other…. From "puter" to "tin foil hat" passing by "pfft" and "plunk" and a few more, some of the things I wrote in asl ended up all over the net and are now part of Net Life’s usual. Same happens in RL where some of the expressions I make up catch on and are now part of Quebec’s language and expressions. Like "Three for a dollar at Wall-Mart" which was originally "…at K-Mart", as we had no wall marts here at the time;-), and others had no K-Mart. The expression I made about the type of friends that say they are friends and are not acting like friends would at all: cheap sort of friends, i.e. "3 for a dollar type"…but so many more… In your case, it was an idea about breaking through loneliness and offering a pleasant change to blogging *alone*, so you contributed to something the support ngs are *supposed* to be about: support against loneliness -or against shyness, why not, and possubly against depression and a bunch of things. Now THAT is a contribution! Having such an idea stolen just shows how valuable it is, and offers it recognition on the spot for how valid it is too, and for how many might benefit from trying this. In your own way, you might have changed the face of many support ngs’ trends. Which would not be bad at all, given the type of crosspostings I read this morning so far (Bababababarf!) Waiting for new things and objects to be there before tryign something always reminds me of my mother…. We kept buying her things to make her house and daily life more fucntional and cosier, nicer. She would never use them and would just pile the boxes in some area of the house, saying "It is for my "new house". Meaning by that the house she hoped she would see my father build for her one day. The "new house" never came, and all the objects went out of date, obsolete. Waiting to have the new house made her let life pass by… Nowadays, she resents the pile of by now useless boxes as it reminds her of the "new" house she never had; and as she aged, she found a way to rid of the pile of unused presents: she would for each of our bdays offer us the very thing(s) we offered her ages ago, still in its box… To her, I guess it means something new as a present, and somethign to remember her by, and acknowledging our presents of years ago by always remembering who gave her what and never confusing by offering, say, something I gave her to one of my sibblings for their bday. To me, receiving one "back" is always a reminder of how by waiting for the right day, the right moment and the right tools, we let life pass us by. And I have an occasion to measure it each and every bday I have…;-) Which is still not enough, as each time I realize I let most of my time pass me by again! Hopefully writing this here on top of reminding me, helps some lurkers remember *today* to seize the day. The time we kill is the only time we have…. Take care, Victor, and see you when you are ready, new puter or not. Would mine be dead by the time your new one arrived, there is always snail mail:) Chloe —

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