[thechat] Journals (was Re: Things are looking up)

[dave mclean]

On 2002.04.06 01:49, s t e f wrote:

> [[ dave mclean -- 01:25 06/04/02 -0700 ]]
>> Hey, I'll be able to read it.  When's it going live?
>
> Oh, er... It's going to be both a blog and a serious CMS for all the
> articles I (and a few friends) have written, critiques, opinions,
> interviews, etc. My personal projects always end up being pharaonic because
> I use them to learn more all the time. The redo was supposed to take a few
> weeks and it's been several months in the making... (eventually there's
> even gonna be a photo gallery, of course)

Sounds like a fun one.  I was thinking I'd use it to expand my knowledge of
Web stuff too, but I kind of want to stop putting it off. So I'll start with
some very simple ASP includes and go from there.

>> Puis que je m'embarrasse
>
> Four french words. :-)

Ah oui, c'est dommage que le monde du Web n'est pas plein de l'information
en francais, mais peut être c'est parceque vous n'avais jamais mis votre
travail dans un Blog?

<babelfish>
Ah yes, it be a pity that the world of Web be not full of information in
French, but can be it be because you have never put your work in a Blog?
</babelfish>

>> See, I did it already.
>
> LOL!
>
>>> What's the use for a global network if we don't have a global language?
>>
>> Sadly, I think its English for the net.  Then again, I haven't been reading
>> a lot of Chinese email lately.
>
> See? See? I yet have to see a papuan email, too...

Peut être on peux commencer un mouvement pour Esperanto.

> My point is that we all go preaching to all our friends (I know _I_ do) to
> get connected because it's a means of expression, a way to be in touch with
> the whole world, a cultural vector, etc etc.
>
> [as a side note I'm not even sure one should say "I preach to someone to do
> something" -- it shows my limits I guess]

No, that's right.  You can certainly preach to anyone the praises of the
Internet.  You should tell your father to look for a french speaking pen
pall in Quebec or la Côte d'Ivoire.  Maybe somewhere he's never been,
Vietnam?

> And I feel stupid all at once.

Sometimes all the parents need is email.  Get there friends connected and
relatives living far away and they'll wonder why they didn't get started
sooner.

-d

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