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I'm with PJ, I usually skip over it because I find it easier to read the categoriezed sections than to read the blob of links
James
Sonork: Hasaki
"I left there in the morning
with their God tucked underneath my arm
their half-assed smiles and the book of rules.
So I asked this God a question
and by way of firm reply,
He said - I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays."
"Wind Up" from Aqualung, Jethro Tull 1971
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Chris, I vote for pulling the "In Brief" section.
Another thing to consider is simply posting (most of) the newsletter online and adding a link to it in the mailed out version. The "new articles" list can appear (in various flavors) online. You may want to continue sending out newsletters, though, for advertising and other purposes.
/ravi
"There is always one more bug..."
http://www.ravib.com
ravib@ravib.com
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Yeah I always skim the In Brief
- Matt Newman / Anti-Linux Activist
-Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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Chris,
My suggestions. Keep the In-Brief and remove the Detailed-listing. Put a link to the what's new page.
By the way I always get mine Monday evening
Is this because the mails are sent out in member ID order?
I am only 20248
Nish
If I am awake and my eyes are closed, it does not necessarily mean that I am thinking of naked women.
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I say ditch it. I never go through it, as I only check 2-3 favorite sections.
Isaac Sasson,
Lean, mean posting machine!
Sonork ID 100.13704
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I always scroll past the In Brief section.
(2b || !2b)
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Ok,
Chris I know a lot of people have been bugging you about the new site moving to ASP.NET(at least I have ), but could you possibly clue us into any new things that might be added to the new site that don't exist now? I think we are all a little curious.
Thanks
P.S. We all know you are really busy with everything, I just like to keep you on your toes!
Nick Parker
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OK - but don't tell anyone else:- A new coffee maker in the lounge. Coffee Maker .NET. The old one is looking a little infested.
- I've rearranged the furniture a little bit and added some new video pinball machines.
- New name tags for everyone
- New outfit for Bob. He's been complaining about drafts.
OH - you mean scripts and stuff. Right. I've actually been thinking about keeping a diary but it's going to be full of 'discovered cool new thing that relegates 90% of the code written so far obselete' entries
All CodeProject supporters and sitebuilders will be the guinea pigs for the new site so I can fine tune before it's launched.
The really big issue, as always, is promising a date. To be honest moving to .NET is not critical for the site (it's finally stable! [touch wood]) so all rewriting is done in my spare time. The rest of my days and nights are busy ensuring that what we have will continue to function; that the bills are paid; that we get good quality sponsors and advertisers to help pay the bills; and that the 50 articles a week we get all find their way to you screens more or less intact.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
OH - you mean scripts and stuff
No, I was actually wondering about that coffee maker, can we get a pop machine too?
Thanks for the update.
Nick Parker
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I am for a pop machine
- Matt Newman / Anti-Linux Activist
-Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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Chris Maunder wrote:
A new coffee maker in the lounge. Coffee Maker .NET.
Oh, nice to here. Is the UDDI entry available (I reckon it will be a web service)?
Regards
Thomas
Finally with Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi
Disclaimer: Because of heavy processing requirements, we are currently using some of your unused brain capacity for backup processing. Please ignore any hallucinations, voices or unusual dreams you may experience. Please avoid concentration-intensive tasks until further notice. Thank you.
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Thomas Freudenberg wrote:
Is the UDDI entry available (I reckon it will be a web service)?
Absolutely, there is no question about it, everything in the break room will have this kind of access.
For More Info Check This: Coffee Maker.NET
Nick Parker
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LOL.
There is even more coffee: Coffees.net, Inc. and even a German CoffeeShop.de
Regards
Thomas
Finally with Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi
Disclaimer: Because of heavy processing requirements, we are currently using some of your unused brain capacity for backup processing. Please ignore any hallucinations, voices or unusual dreams you may experience. Please avoid concentration-intensive tasks until further notice. Thank you.
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This is more a funny thing than an improvement to the website: What about a counter that show all members that are online (in logged)?
Then you can click on that counter and get the list of them all!? Is that to much work?
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Rickard Andersson, Suza Computing
ICQ#: 50302279
I'm from the winter country SWEDEN!
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I think it'll be a big list and probably server intensive.
Are you turning into Nish, being obsessed with stats and numbers
Michael
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Michael P Butler wrote:
Are you turning into Nish, being obsessed with stats and numbers
I am not as mad as I was earlier.
By the way I just posted the 1000th post in the suggestions forum
Nish
If I am awake and my eyes are closed, it does not necessarily mean that I am thinking of naked women.
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You are so weird. :-P
Jon Sagara
There is no spoon.
Best Miniputt score: 21
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Jon Sagara wrote:
You are so weird
Hmmmm. I think you are the 500th guy to tell me that this year.
Nish
If I am awake and my eyes are closed, it does not necessarily mean that I am thinking of naked women.
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote:
By the way I just posted the 1000th post in the suggestions forum
DAMN YOU NISH!!!!!
You stealed my plan to be number 1000 here!!!! DAH!!! I was so sure no body would write that much messages untill next day!!!
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Rickard Andersson, Suza Computing
ICQ#: 50302279
I'm from the winter country SWEDEN!
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Well I have posted the 1000th message in all forums that have crossed 1000 since my arrival on CP
Nish
p.s. Next time if you want a 1000th post just ask me, okay?
If I am awake and my eyes are closed, it does not necessarily mean that I am thinking of naked women.
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote:
p.s. Next time if you want a 1000th post just ask me, okay?
I will!;P
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Rickard Andersson, Suza Computing
ICQ#: 50302279
I'm from the winter country SWEDEN!
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Rickard Andersson wrote:
I will!;P
Me and my big mouth!
Nish
If I am awake and my eyes are closed, it does not necessarily mean that I am thinking of naked women.
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This would be an interesting stat in terms of 30,000 members / 10,000 logged in, but i doubt showing an itemized list would be that useful; i doubt most people log off that often.
I'm never gonna work another day in my life. The gods told me to relax, They said I'm gonna get fixed up right. Monster Magnet, Powertrip
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This is easy using the session object but since we run multiple servers it's a bit of extra work to combine the figures (not difficult, just an extra SQL query each time a session starts and stops).
It would be interesting, but for the moment I'd rather work on building the new site and speeding things up.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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