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Nov 19, 2002, 15:03
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Teams Pay for Scrabble?
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Nov 19, 2002, 10:49
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Scrabble for a fee
Jason,
I understand a fee would help with space scrabble must take on the server. Honestly, as a Stay-At-Home Mom 5.00 a month (60 per year) is a bit steep for our budget.
I know you must do what you have to. I do enjoy the Scrabble game and appreciate the time that it has been free!
Kim
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Nov 19, 2002, 09:07
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Don’t have to Worry Now
Snowed like crazy on the weekend, so now my yard looks great! 
~Jason
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Mon, 18 Nov 2002
Nov 18, 2002, 19:32
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Not Sure About This Prime Directive Stuff
I wonder why the Prime Directive? It seems like it’s a device to explain why we haven’t been visited by Aliens: we’re not ready. But do other life forms out there (if there are any) really care about that? Part of the underlying error in the prime directive is the belief that we as a species are getting better as time passes; that we are getting more peaceful, less destructive— more able to live in harmony with one another. There’s a sense that as we ‘evolve’ other already evolved life forms will have something in common with us, want to share with us. It also looks at knowledge as the ultimate good— that it’s better to know than it is to not know, but that’s definitely not true. Are we any better because we know about nuclear physics?
In some ways, I think peoples of the past, say 2000 years ago— those people may have been better equiped to handle a visit from aliens than people today, or worse— people from 100 years ago.
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:32
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Star Trek
I love Star Trek! I’m watching Star Trek: Enterprise right now, and I have to say this is the best series in the Star Trek universe! If you haven’t given it a shot, then do. It may take a while to get used to Scott Bakula (did I spell that correctly?) but he’s great!
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:32
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Ugh, the Skunks
When I look at my back yard, or rather, OVER my back yard into the neighbors yard, I get this sinking feeling (maybe it’s because she’s elderly). But she’s out there everyday with a shovel or rake or hoe; turning soil, cutting, clipping and mulching. Maybe the sinking feeling is because my yard is full of craters created by those grub hungry skunks.
It’s about time I started to act like a homeowner and fill in those holes. Ughh, something else to add to my list of things to do.
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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New Change To Crossword
Ok, I’ve finally added a feature to Crossword, and I think it’s about time. The lists of simultaneous games was getting so long that I decided to approach it differently. I removed the radio button selectors to choose games and instead made it a drop down box. Check it out here.
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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One other Thing
Something else: I created a feature in the post script which allows you to put a link on any page on your site with an action tag in it for responding to a page. So if you have a site with articles, put the link “Respond to this page” and allow users to interact with your document. It’s a neat way of multiplying community and interactivity on your site.
Try it out at getChurch.org.
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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Blog Script
You like this blog script? I downloaded and installed a slightly modified version of Blosxom (don’t really like that name) and wrote my own posting script. Blosxom reads directories and sub-directories looking for text files, checks their date, sorts them by category (directories) and most recent date. It’s a small, very useful script— though a little obtuse in the traditional CGI perl script sense and therefore hard to modify.
When designing the posting script I wanted it to work seamlessly with Blosxom without having to change Blosxom, so that other Blosxom users could incorporate it into their sites. It works pretty well, with the only problem being when directory names have numbers in them. (This gets the date listing feature of Blosxom confused). I don’t think I’ll be able to work around that aside from outlawing number directories.
If you want the script, let me know. I think I’ll give it away for free.
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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AutoFollowup Is Changing
I’ve had a small breakthrough with AutoFollowUp, and I hope to release the latest version very soon. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t realise a file became unlocked when it is closed. It makes sense now, but I never thought of it, and I didn’t want to leave a file open too long! Hopefully this will fix the problem someof you have been wondering about— namely people getting multiple copies of the same email on VERY heavily trafficked sites (we’re talking 10s of 1000s.) For the rest of us, the other bad thing that could happen is loss of data. (Sorry)
And in the same news, the script will soon have the ability to check any email account for subscription/unsubscription requests!
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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How Favourites Works
In response to this page, my favourites folder is actually an exact real-time mirror of my own favourites folder on my pc! Whatever computer I use, whether at home, at work, or on the road, my favourites are not only accessable via the web, they can by synced automatically with all machines. So my laptop, my desktop at home, and my desktop at work all have the same favourites folders! Cool!
If you want to set up your system like this too, great! The script is only $10.00 and is used in combination with a free executable called ‘FavSync’. Send me a note and I’ll bring you up to speed and get you going.
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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What happened
Jason, We were involved in three games, and suddenly we cannot log on.. Our games disappeared..
Cannot restart our game, or even start new ones or anything..
Can you please advise us what to do to get our games going..
We are lost without them..
Please help us to get back on..
They were called
Evelyn and Bernice
Aev and bernice
Acrystal,nancy,bernice and ev
Please,
Thank you
Evelyn
Thank you
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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Paid Version?
Ok, if I keep Scrabble, are you users willing to pay something to keep it going? Like say, $5.00 US a month?
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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To Build or Not To Build
I’ve been really desiring to build a model railroad layout in my basement for about twenty years. Maybe longer. Now I finally have my own house (moved in August 1) and a gigantic basement that could hold the biggest railroad empire you could imagine, and I’m starting to have second thoughts. Should I build now, or am I too busy? Should I focus on painting the rest of our rooms, remodelling the bathroom and kitchen, and all those other tasks, or should I just start the empire and fulfill my childhood dreams? And what about kids? Should I wait to see if they’re into it and want to build it with me, or should I start anyway. What do you think?
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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Got Two New Magazines
I picked up two new Model Railroader magazines yesterday. I am still hoping to someday build a massive layout, though I wonder how wise that is considering the little time I seem to have… anyone out there like model trains?
~Jason
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Nov 18, 2002, 19:31
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Model Train Open House
Today my son and I went all over Hamilton visiting some awesome model train layouts! Lucas even got to run trains on Craig Web’s layout! What a blast. Too bad there wasn’t more time in a day!
~Jason
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