Message board highlights week ending April 15th
the big news at corfid was the unexpectedly revised appearance after founder Florian considerably improved the available
features compred to how it has been since he launched it in September 1999 see:-
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...e24483fcb705c3
(in particular an opening presentation showing the topics most ercently posted to in all three forums (general small talk and
testforum);adding a searchable members directory; adding UBB instant codes for displaying pictures etc and a leave a message
facility (useful for those who have withheld their email addy) One such is another Lighthead from down under "Steve from Sydney"
who joins the known three musketeers from Melbourne and I also spotted Gunter from Sydney who posted on the Yahoo fan club
board at:-
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group...ub/message/899
I'll be writing an email later to all 6 Aussie fans including Peter T the Newsgroup poster and also Ron Jenkins in NZ's South
Island
In honour of the mark 2 version I made a revised "notlong" redirecting address:-
http://www.corfid.notlong.com
see the long topic "New Format" at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...c;f=1;t=003094
Other corfid highlights include
Another overseas fan is "Max from Italy' who announced his intention of coming over for the October New York concert but needed
help on how to purchase the ticket:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...c;f=1;t=003108
And here are a few Newsgoup highlights for corfid readers
Bru/silverheels started a thread on who was going to Massey at:-
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...002f8bcd637e1c
Ron Jones from Vancouver a recent poster here started a thread that discusseed the capos used to create Gord's "drop D" tuning
that guitarists here should find interesting
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...5493804f7ad0f9
and that reminds me that a resident of Vancouver Island reported that he would be at the Friday and Saturday Las Vegas concerts shortly
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...c;f=1;t=003104
Moving smartly along to the commercial break
there was a pretty full attendance last week in the chat room.
Apparently after Susan and I had to leave the room the prolific corfid poster Rex a.k.a. "the rez"
succeeded in getting in. In response to appeals to provide a simpler link I have created this one:-
http://www.fridaychatroom.notlong.com
that purely opens the IRC server (dilexnet.net) supplied browser Java applet. just change the "guest' name to your preferred
nick/real/screenname (no spaces allowed) before clicking the chat button please or get mIRC and use eitherr method for
accessing the room as described on my page:-
http://www.johnschatroom.notlong.com
tonight at 9 PM EST 6 PM PDT
John Fowles