Re: [Brin-l] Admin page for Brin-L

2009-02-18 Thread Charlie Bell
On 18/02/2009, at 11:18 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: I found that the admin page for Brin-L, where you can make changes to your subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it was. Also, posting to the br...@nickarnett.net thing doesnae work yet. So, make it work. Or I start a

[Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

2009-02-18 Thread Charlie Bell
Hello fellow brinellers and Dr Brin. I'm mindful that co-listees with Culturelist will know that the bushfires in Victoria are VERY close to home for me and my wife. For the rest of you: Claire has been working in the Major Incident Room at Victoria Police during the bushfire crisis, and

Re: [Brin-l] Admin page for Brin-L

2009-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Charlie Bell wrote: On 18/02/2009, at 11:18 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: I found that the admin page for Brin-L, where you can make changes to your subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it was. Also, posting to the br...@nickarnett.net thing doesnae work

Re: [Brin-l] Admin page for Brin-L

2009-02-18 Thread Nick Arnett
Not sure if you really expect that, but it is only supposed to work on mccmedia.com Third day without Internet... slowly losing my grip on unreality. Nick On 2/18/09, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org wrote: On 18/02/2009, at 11:18 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: I found that the admin page for

Re: [Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

2009-02-18 Thread David Brin
Charlie, you are all in our hope and prayers. A year ago, my kids were volunteering at shelters during the San Diego fires and my eldest and I helped staff a National Guard checkpoint. But we experienced nothing even remotely like what you describe. The Australian Method of building homes to

Re: [Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

2009-02-18 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: Hello fellow brinellers and Dr Brin. I'm mindful that co-listees with Culturelist will know that the bushfires in Victoria are VERY close to home for me and my wife. For the rest of you: Claire has been working in

Weekly Chat Reminder

2009-02-18 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

Re: Weekly Chat Reminder

2009-02-18 Thread David Brin
Bill thanks for continuing this fine old tradition! Glad I removed most of the politics to http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ One thing. Were some of you formerly pre-readers of my works who used to work with me, offering feedback on books? I think I have contacted many of you, lately. But

ADMIN: Digest and no mail updated

2009-02-18 Thread Nick Arnett
My network connection is finally working again, so I was able in fairly short order to restore all the settings for digest and no mail. As I mentioned previously, I suspect you'll need an admin to set no mail to off... but none of you with no mail set will receive this message, so it's a bit of a