>For openers, you can learn about Bucky Fuller in the new topic in science. midnightwolf.net is activated and has a topic in the projects conference. The NBA playoffs are heating up in sports. Right here in the porch, we're talking about austen.com's phenomenal success and what to do about it's growing pains. Don't be afraid to find an "orphan" or neglected topic somewhere around the spring and revive it! The same goes with latent conferences. If you're interested in something, there's probably a topic somewhere for you. If there isn't you can create one or ask one of the hosts to create one. If you want to pump up the spring, feel free to take individaul conference or topic url's and submit them to search engines. It will help attract new folks and build up our synergy.

Topic 109 in this conference has been frozen and this one is taking it's place (I'm talking drool).

I created a new topic in Geo for Earth Mysteries which don't fall into any other categories. We can talk about pyramidology, yeti, space ships in the middle of the earth, lost continents, crop circles, whatever...! Prior to that I created a topic for Geothermal stuff - geysers and other forms

I'm laboring on the main page today, creating new buttons and pages for membership, help, shopping (go there and click on the Visto link and sign up for more Visto accounts, sign up your spouse, your kids, your pet Panda etc.).

Your pet lizard . . . You get the idea. The Spring makes $2 every time you sign up for Visto.

Geo. Check it out!

Drool is always hot. They talking about ods and end, Colin Firth, and our thoughts are for Patas.

We be busy in the Jewelry department and Crop circles, and at any given moment, EARTHQUAKE!!! is shakin' or vulcanology is steaming since I am here live and direct. Archaeology is digging in for the long term, Geothermal is Hot, lots of good stuff in there and we also wander off topic like the tango lessons in Bioregions with Elena and Alexander last year...Gotta go and post some more... Y'all come!

Geo

Terry, I did as you suggested and did a Google search for topics in Geo. And for Geo by itself. Nothing was found, but Spring.net showed up right away. any idea why that might be? I discovered that there is a lot of stuff on the wet starting with or containing the word Geo in any way shape or form.

Take your geo url and submit it to the search engines. You an also set up a portal page at http://www.spring.net/geo if you like. And someday you may even want to cook up your own domain name and build a sit around that. http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/browse/geo/all is the url to submit to the search engines with descriptive keywords etc. You can do this on http://www.submit-it.com/

Alright! Thank you. I will try what you suggested and report back as to the search engines. Then, will try the portal page thing. How interesting... May I wallpaper it and all that good stuff? (Guess you'd better go look and see, Marci!)

Sure, go for it! Let us know your progress.

Terry, has Visto paid up? I know you were having trouble with that lately.

As I recall, Terry said he needed to supply Visto with a T.I.N. Has that been done yet?

Not yet, thanks for the reminder.

There seems to much going on and in the Spring. I must explore further.

Oh Please Do!!! For starters there is Geo http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/geo/all/new

Welcome Saskia!

Last night I went out for a margarita and Mexican dinner at Guero's on South Congress. The frozen margarita's were excellent, the salsas were fine and the chips were fresh. The atmosphere there is superb, it's set in a former feed mill and some of the trappings of those days still hang on the wal Read more in restaurants topic 3, about the celebrity sitings there (clue, POTUS and Wild Things). This place is charged with electricity and I dare you to go there on your next visit to Austin.

Do you want to have some fun in the snow? Somewhere on the spring I've posted a link to some winter fun. I challenge you to find it!

Do you ever feeling like we're wandering around inside a big mansion with about 40 rooms sometimes? I mean, here on the Spring. So many topics. Find a n out of the way room, and post something there. Surprise us!

I know a guy who used to hang around Northern California named J Baldwin who hung around with Bucky Fuller for 33 some odd years (off and on). He taught me that you need to drive big trucks with your thumbs up on the steering wheel so you don't injure them if the wheel jerks back. J was full of perceptive comments on just about everything. > >Anyway, check out > > http://www.hearingvoices.com/bucky/ > >and our own discussion on Bucky at http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/science/30

Found your snow, and posted a commment. Likewise, 'eat at Little italy' (don't I wish!)...and been to see Bucky - but I navigate the spring blindfolded so I am not the one for whom the above posts were intended! See you at other Aesoteric places online! Did y'll see where the tsunami is heading? I posted that one. Grab your waterwings and hunt it down!

Did y'll see where the tsunami is heading? I posted that one. Grab your waterwings and hunt it down! That's Marcia! Our fun lady full of games. :-) Are you talking about the planet alignment that is to occur tomorrow?

Speaking of games, anyone try the little snow game I recommended in the web conference cool urls topic?

In the radio conference, Bobaroo responds to the topic "buyer beware"; with his views on Crazy Al's deal at the Belton hamfest. Give him some support and advice.

In Space Science News on Geo you can learn all about the upcoming planetary alignment and about mass solar ejections. Good stuff to know...

Moon, it is ccovered in NASA's website link available on Geo 34. I just posted it. I'll play with the snow as soon as I go as soothe Bob...first things, first! (Tsunami stuff is in EARTHQUAKE!!! on Geo)

I am on one of the university computers while I wait for the banquet to begin. I have arranged 24 candles in holders, one each for the 24 seniors who will extinguish their academic flames. I chose cobalt blue holders and red candles this year since our colors are red, white and blue. Usually, I choose clear ones with white candles, but this year I am being different. The tables are being decorated with small orchids and wee anthuriums with greenery. Looks great. Food will be ...uh...Marriott provided...in the campus cafeteria in steam tables. Not a gourmet feast tonight, but it will be filling! Windows NT is ok, and I had no trouble getting on the spring even though I chose the IE to access the web rather than netscape. My marble still looks good but this computer is about as lame as they come as far as color and definition goes. Yeesh! What I would do with this if it were mine!

Watch out for the I LOVE YOU virus. Don't open any email with the subject I LOVE YOU, it's deadly. It will wreck your computer and email it on to all the folks on your email list.

I hear you. However, I do not use Outlook and do not use Internet Explorer. That means I cannot see the lovelies on your main page but it means I am not likely to be infected by this one, either. However, since I do not get any email normally with the subjct I LOVE YOU, I'd be sure to notice it in the event I did. Thanks for the warning.

I got a call from a rep from Webex http://www.webex.com yesterday and she told me the Spring could have a meeting center on Webex for $200 a month, and I tried it and was very impressed. I am interested in finding out if there would be any support for trying it out for a month on a trial basis? Basically, it's a web based version of Microsoft Netmeeting, which facilitates working meetings and interaction. I am looking at this as a way, combined with Dialpad, that we can connect with each other, work together and communicate on deeper levels. It offers interactive web browsing with text chat and application sharing. I could use it to help new users come on line and set up their conferences and prefrences, and help folks to manage the system and create their own webs. I see it as a useful tool if enough folks were interested in interacting this way. There is a copy of the user guide at this web address, but you'll need Adobe Acrobat set up to read it as it's in pdf format. http://meetingcenter.webex.com/webex/site/WMCUserGuide3_5.pdf

Got Adobe so I shall go read it. Dialpad has serious drawbacks with the echo. It was severe enough that when I called you with the information that the Spring was frozen that time, I used regular land line. However, if this is text, perhaps it is worth the try. Can we afford $200?

Well, we could use NetMeeting and Microsoft Messenger to do essentially the same thing for free. But it requres more effort on the part of users. I've got Dialpad configured now to where the echo isn't so bad. It seems to work differently on different setups, depending on your sound card, your settings and what type of input device you're using (headset mike combos seem to work the best). Why don't you, Marcia, contact Webex and have them run you through a demo and I could take part in it with a couple of other folks. They said they would let us do more demo meetings.

Thanks for the suggestion Terry. I'll contact webex tomorrow. The problem seems to be only when I am using the phone and you are using the mike. Perish the thought, but it just might be Hawaiian Tel which is at fault! We used to get terrible satellite echo when calling the mainland. Most of that has been cleared up, but not all. They often suggest you hang up and try rerouting the call till it becomes clear enough to understand. I will check with Webex for their suggestions abd get back to you.

Yep, thanks. Maybe they can set up a meeting with you, Ann, Evelyn, and whoever else wants to join us. Can you round up some folks?

I'll do my best - ah, this is who Webex is and I already have it downloaded, of course - though last time I tried to get into my dialpad it told me they could not load the Java. Have no idea why... I just need to wake up a bit and see who I can find. It might have to be after work this evening (for you) to get Ann in on the conversation.

Btw, some of these ladies think they are tech-impaired and don't want to bother downloading something like DialPad - they won't even read or post in Geo because it is too technical. That tells me they have not ever read anything in there because it is anything but technical and dry. Oh well, all I can do is to try.

On a seperate topic, the crafts conference has been created. http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/crafts/all

Thank you! Wow! I'll wait patiently for Wolfie to get home from work...or try to, anyway *smile*

oh, and *Hugs* for taking the time to do it. Much appreciated!

Thanks C. F. Adm!

So much for waiting for Wolfie....I have created a few topics so it looks like someone was interested. It is nice to have such a talent as C.F. Adm in our midst. My Mahalos are added to yours.

Expect more comments on restaurants after I get my hands of the Austin Chronicle "Best of Austin Restaurants" issue.

OPEN SOURCE DEMOCRACY: A Dutch-led research consortium has put in a bid for European funding to develop non-proprietary, open- source software for large-scale democratic debate, potentially supporting discussion by more than a million participants at a time. The ISSUE consortium, led by the Dutch new media company Spirit, has entered the proposal under the European Commission's 5th Framework for research and technological development, which includes a specific programme for a user-friendly information society. The proposal includes plans for industry-led technical research and development combined with research by social psychologists and political scientists; test beds in Rotterdam, Belfast (supporting the peace process), Nuremberg and Vienna, with a working prototype planed by year two of the project; and all research to be 'open source' and Linux-based (although some business prospects are also expected). A spokesman told E-Government Bulletin: "We feel that there is mileage to be had from getting people sharing ideas, experiences and software to counter the inevitable attempts by proprietary software developers to control this market. ISSUE will have an impact on professional lobbyists, on pressure groups (one is never certain if they have the public backing they claim to have), and on the discussion about referenda." See: http://www.issue.spirit.nl [Courtesy Dan Jellinek ] From: _/ B y t e s F o r A l l --- http://www.bytesforall.org _/ Making Computing Relevant to The Common (Wo)man MAY2000 _/ Editors: Frederick Noronha (India) Partha Sarkar (Bangladesh) Comment in topic 24 in the vc conference. Which I just started.

Something new you can play with: http://www.spring.net/searchbutton.html

Ok later - as soon as all the sites on spring are back up...

Happy Armed Forces Day - and Thank You!

thank you!!

Happy Memorial Day

Yep, happy Memorial Day!

see whatcha get for telnetting all the time? You can only see my html proigramming but not the result. There is a pretty cool flag on the Armed Forces Day post...

This from CommNet in UK: AUGUST 30TH VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY NETWORK DEVELOPMENT I am delighted to invite you to participate in a free virtual conference on August 30th on the theme of using Information and Communications Technology to help communities build sustainable networks and strengthen social and economic wealth. There will be innovative ideas from across the globe, including Peru, Canada, USA, UK, Africa, Asia and Australia. The conference will be broadcast twice during the day to cover different global time zones. You can see the latest information about the conference at the following web address :- http://www.harborough.org.uk/webcast/August2000Conference.htm where you will also be able to register. Everyone who registers will receive a copy of the electronic survey results on building sustainable community networks. Please join me on Wednesday and share your knowledge and ideas with some of the best community network champions around the world. David Wortley Virtual Conference Project Manager Mass Mitec "WHO CARES WINS" .

Talk about CBS' Survivor in the tv conference. CBS will reportedly run all 13 episodes of 'Survivor' starting on 9/15 to counter-program against the Olympics.

Welcome to the bronte conference. This file may be edited by a fairwitness. 1 brandnew item 66 items numbered 1-70 You are a fairwitness in this conference. You have mail. Ok: r Item 70 entered Thu, Nov 2, 2000 (12:23) by wooster3 (wooster3) questions about Shirley Hi, I am a college student who is taking a class based entirely on Charlotte Bronte this semester. Right now we are examining Shirley. I was wondering if you have an insight on feminist ideas and symbolisms in the novel?

Neil has created a new topic in Geo about Flight. He is super-interested and knowledgable in this area and as soo as I cna twist his arm sufficiently I hope someone who can do it will create a conference dealing with Flight. http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/geo/42/

...it would also help if I were not typing dyslectic...

Just unbelievable! Check it out in topic 3 on cool url's in the web conference.

http://hakubo.57thstreet.com/~jeff/ Some cool pix thaken with a cool digital camera around Austin, Colorado and other places. Some of Whole foods.

http://www.adcritic.com has some funny, funny commercials. The slapping contest and the bicycle one are pretty funny.

OK...will look. When and if you are ever interested in a aviation cnference I hav a guy ready and willing to do it. He even has a list of topics and he can fill books with what he knows...

Let's do it then. Email his contact information. What will we call the conference? aviation? flying? airplanes? Who will co-host?

Three guys from Montana got patent 6,042,508 for a dumbbell that is also a TV-VCR remote Read more in the business conference, hosted by Mike Griggs.

*laugh*

You have to pump it up to change channels!

*Not gonna touch that for anything* Of course I would co-host with Neil on the Flight/Aviation conference and teach him all I know )Eeeek!) about programming and so on. I have just pasted him your comment and lets see his reaction. He does have some problems in that he is using an iMac, but he can get most of what I can and managed to create his topic under my guidance perefectly!

I'll be glad to help set it up.

I asked him last evening about it. He thinks he needs to work on his skills on Geo's Flight topic for a little bit more - though he got his ftp program downloaded and ready. I'll work on him some more. He has all the topics worked out already - but I remember how intimidating it feels to be thrust into a conference newborn and innocent. I never learned so fast as I learned that July 10th when Geo was born!

What is IT? Oh, only an invention bigger than the Internet. Interested, check it out in the science conference. But don't get too excited, yet. It's still a guessing game. But it's hot enought that Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos (amazon.com) are going nuts over it.

We now have a much better log system, if you visit http://www.spring.net/_webtrends You can find out a lot about who we are and what kind of content gets seen. KarenR and Marcia are doing very well with their areas! General Statistics Date & Time This Report was Generated Tuesday February 06, 2001 - 08:07:42 Timeframe 01/25/01 03:11:06 - 02/06/01 03:11:27 Number of Hits for Home Page 870 Number of Successful Hits for Entire Site 381,081 Number of Page Views (Impressions) 161,793 Number of Document Views 159,663 Number of User Sessions 44,576 User Sessions from United States 0% International User Sessions 0% User Sessions of Unknown Origin 100% Average Number of Hits Per Day 29,313 Average Number of Page Views Per Day 12,468 Average Number of User Sessions Per Day 3,428 Average User Session Length 00:10:55 Number of Unique Users 18,788 Number of Users Who Visited Once 15,526 Number of Users Who Visited More Than Once 3,262 31% of all the Spring's hits are to http://www.spring.net/karenr ! Friday is our busiest day of the week by far. Saturday is the slowest. 90% of our search engine hits come from google and yahoo. "bridget jones diary" is the top search phrase. lucy liu is a popular search phrase! See what interesting stats you can find!

You can get the same stats for austen.com http://www.austen.com/_webtrends General Statistics Date & Time This Report was Generated Tuesday February 06, 2001 - 07:55:03 Timeframe 01/25/01 03:11:07 - 02/06/01 03:10:20 Number of Hits for Home Page 3,479 Number of Successful Hits for Entire Site 401,803 Number of Page Views (Impressions) 73,939 Number of Document Views 39,425 Number of User Sessions 38,160 User Sessions from United States 0% International User Sessions 0% User Sessions of Unknown Origin 100% Average Number of Hits Per Day 33,483 Average Number of Page Views Per Day 6,228 Average Number of User Sessions Per Day 3,180 Average User Session Length 00:05:39 Number of Unique Users 11,082 Number of Users Who Visited Once 7,764 Number of Users Who Visited More Than Once 3,318 Both sites are pretty close in traffic, with the edge going to austen.com.

On austen.com: Top Search Phrases Phrases Phrases found % of Total 1 jane austen 51 1.55% 2 austen.com 34 1.03% 3 the lusty month of may 21 0.63% 4 cache:austen.com/derby/olda/lise6.htm open shower -slade 13 0.39% 5 pride and prejudice 11 0.33% 6 english mastif 10 0.3% 7 lydia darragh 9 0.27% 8 collin firth 7 0.21% 9 sometimes great notion 7 0.21% 10 wedding night anxiety 7 0.21% Total Found for the Phrases Above 170 5.16% Total of Phrases Found in the Log File 3,290 100%

Fascinating info, Terry. Will check out the Web Trends report more frequently. The Bridget site sure gets hit a lot. I put a counter on the main page in July and have had over 27,000 hits.

There sure is a lot of buzz about Bridget!

There sure is a lot of buzz about Bridget! And Karen's BJD website is the best one on the web! Proud of you:-))))

Marci, there's news about the independence movement in Hawaii in the Hawaii topic in the travel conference.