Honey, I'm home!

Hi all! It's been a while, but one of the most famous (or most notorious) list members from Brin-L's past has come home. I'm back. Matt Lundstrom has forwarded me several messages about the Brin Wiki (or whatever it will be called). It sounds like a helluva interesting project (and a he

RE: Honey, I'm home!

h it, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know! Jeroen 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: The worst

My heartfelt condolences, Nick. Jeroen van Baardwijk Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens Nick Arnett Verzonden: maandag 4 januari 2010 22:48 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Onderwerp: The worst My friends I hate to write

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 shou

RE: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

At Stardate 20100114.1538, Pat Mathews wrote: Yep. That last line was definitely explosive. It'll be 10 years next June, and it still hurts. Those who were around on this list back then will know what I mean. Jeroen van Baar

Is this thing on?

Is this thing on? Is this silence (no messages for several days) caused by technical issues, or is Brin-L no longer the high-volume list is once was? Jeroen van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin

RE: Is this thing on?

On Stardate 20100121.2342, Wayne Eddy wrote: > Say something about the free market and how or bad it is > and that should fire up the list! Nah, for real fireworks you'd have to start a "Palestinians good, Israel evil" discussion. Or launch the next "Abortion Is Evil" thread. Jeroen "Been t

Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

Tired of your Social Network? Besides committing suicide in Real Life, you can now also commit suicide in your Virtual Life! Someone came up with the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, which lets you delete your social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web

RE: IPad

On Stardate 20100129.0628, Charlie Bell wrote: > My iBook G4 survived my cycle trip around Australia (10 months on the > road, if you haven't heard the tale before). We've heard the tale, but when will your book about that trip be published? Jero

RE: Archives

I have a subtantial part of the List Archives from Day 1 till roughly 6 years ago (back when any day with less than 100 messages was considered a "slow day" ) still available off-line, thanks to my attempt years ago to set up the Great Brin-L Archive. I estimate that archive to be 90-95% complete.

RE: USA, love it or leave it!~)

It's not all bad for the women in the world. Over her in .nl, when you are a woman you can even get away with psychologically and physically abusing your husband and children. The official standpoint of gov.nl is that when it comes to domestic violence, women can only be victims and men can only be

Brin-L domains

Hi all! Temporarily resurfacing from lurker depth. I'm getting rid of my old life and am working my *ss of starting a brand new one. Brin-L is part of my old life, so: Would anyone be interested in buying the domain names Brin-L.com and Brin-L.net? Make me an off-list offer I can't refu

RE: The powers of cats

Could it bet that your cat is trying to tell you something? :-) Just asking... Jeroen van Baardwijk -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens David Hobby Verzonden: donderdag 11 november 2010 13:30 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin