Re: Platform for gathering memories?
Nick Arnett wrote: Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain trust... I need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to know her as she grows up. Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active, after 6 years of useless discussions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipeople But I think you should start by keeping it simple: just dedicate one directory to her memories, and backup it to your niece's computer as frequently as she changes computers or you digitalize more stuff. That's how I keep my electronic memories. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Getting ballpoint pen off laptop screen?
At Stardate 20100107.2353, Julia inquired: And, just as importantly, what should be avoided at all costs? The obvious one thing you will want to avoid is having a ballpoint pen anywhere near your screen from now on. ;-) Draw an imaginary circle around your laptop (a two meter diameter should suffice) and declare it a Ballpoint-Pen-Free Area. GRIN And finally, as a last resort, if anyone enters the circle while holding a ballpoint pen, shoot to kill. EVIL GRIN Jeroen Simple Solutions van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 12, Issue 12
==Nick Arnett wrote== I need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to know her as she grows up. ==/snip== We've been using our family MediaWiki site for this purpose (among many others). I was actually thinking of suggesting this before you even asked -- it seems to me that memorial web sites (especially the collaborative type) really do much better at helping to preserve someone's memory than any other form of memorial I've come across, and I don't know why they aren't more popular. Our two main memorial pages are here: http://wiki.hypertwins.org/Jenny_Hall http://wiki.hypertwins.org/Ann_Veronica_Simon Both were set up years or decades after the fact and I therefore kind of missed the boat on getting people to contribute, so they're not as complete and well-organized as I'd like, but maybe they will give you some ideas. There are plug-ins to do video and other things; let me know if you need pointers. Cheers, Woozle Durham, NC ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Getting ballpoint pen off laptop screen?
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:56 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Getting ballpoint pen off laptop screen? On 08/01/2010, at 11:38 AM, Julia wrote: Would a very soft cloth moistened do in place of the moist tissue? Yep! Microfibre or spectacle-cleaning cloths are good! C. ___ That took care of over 90% of it, and would have probably taken care of more had I not been tired and given up when I did. Thanks! Julia ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active, after 6 years of useless discussions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipeople After a couple of weeks, when you get trolls marking the pages for deletion because our loved ones are not sufficiently notable? Dave Tragedy of the Commons Maru ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Back, ref to David Brin
I haven't had time to read Brin-l for a while. Condolences to Nick Arenett. Good ideas by Woozle, I read both pages. One of these years the last person will die (involuntarily) and the world will be a different place. While looking for web links for another mailing list (to go with an announcement of our team entry into the Virgin Earth Challenge) I found this mention of David Brin: On the other hand, also coming into my screen today was a blog entry from The Oildrum, specifically a guest blog under the byline of “Gail the Actuary” in which an expert on space-based solar power explained how a new approach to the launch of vehicles may be able to cut the cost enough that space-based solar energy would become an answer, even the answer, to our future energy problems. Space-based solar arrays are one of those technologies that are always somewhere over the horizon, and some would say over the rainbow. If you take a few minutes to read this blog, and again the comments, you find the dissonance on full display. On the one hand you have a person saying that there may be an energy answer after fossil fuels. On the other hand you have lots of people not only saying it is not possible, but directly arguing that a human die-back is more desirable than cheap energy. And so it goes. At the end of the Fire 2009 conference, an audience member said he felt depressed, that the environmental problems discussed there seemed too large and the time seemed to late to respond. David Brin, the great science fiction writer, also in the audience, responded that we have to hope that humans come up with the breakthroughs, technological and social and values-based, that enable the enterprise of civilization to continue. The alternative is despair. I thought this summed up things quite well. http://www.futurist.com/2009/06/15/energy-and-the-future-space-based-power-and-cognitive-dissonance/ Thank you very much David. Keith ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Getting ballpoint pen off laptop screen?
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Julia ju...@zurg.net wrote: What's the best thing to do for that? And, just as importantly, what should be avoided at all costs? A few years back, my daughter wrote on my brand new $800 LCD monitor with a ballpoint pen. Water, screen wipes and soft cloths couldn't remove it all. I was sure it was permanently on there at that point. Then I saw something on the net that worked great: Add a small amount of water to a teaspoon or two of baking soda to make a paste. Using a soft cloth, rub the paste onto the pen marks in a circular motion until they are removed. Clean area with a clean damp cloth. The pen marks miraculously came out without leaving scoured area on the screen. I'm using that same monitor right now and I couldn't tell you where the pen marks were. You might want to test it in a tiny corner spot on your own monitor first, if you ever try this. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Platform for gathering memories?
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Dave Land dml...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active, after 6 years of useless discussions: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipeople After a couple of weeks, when you get trolls marking the pages for deletion because our loved ones are not sufficiently notable? Dave Tragedy of the Commons Maru ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
