10 to 20 max
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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Wolfram - Apr 08, 2008 7:01:33 am PDT #5518 of 25501
Visilurking
amych - Apr 08, 2008 7:06:37 am PDT #5519 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Set up a blog or livejournal and have them discuss the issue in comments -- note that either of these may get spammed up in the longer term if you don't have any kind of login and/or captcha hoops in place, but if you just need a quick place to discuss off-list, it's an easy setup and easy interface for your commenters.
Wolfram - Apr 08, 2008 7:10:10 am PDT #5520 of 25501
Visilurking
I should add that this site should be free. Basically, I run a weekly basketball game for old folks like me, which has started to degenerate due to arguments over embarrassingly stupid things. (Does this kind of thing follow me around?) Anyway, I wanted to run a short "lightbulbs" for my group so we can hash out viable options to the problems we've been having, and then run a surveymonkey to get a (bullshit) consensus.
Deena - Apr 08, 2008 7:10:14 am PDT #5521 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Wolfram, insent.
Dana - Apr 08, 2008 7:10:57 am PDT #5522 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There are message boards like voy.com, which have threaded topics.
amych - Apr 08, 2008 7:12:51 am PDT #5523 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(Does this kind of thing follow me around?)
Nah, it's not just you.
Wolfram - Apr 08, 2008 7:13:30 am PDT #5524 of 25501
Visilurking
I thought about doing a blog, but it seems like overkill? I may end up going that route.
It just seems like a free short-term message board is the type of thing that should already be out in the interwebs. I just can't find it.
le nubian - Apr 08, 2008 7:16:00 am PDT #5525 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Wolfram, basecamp is indeed free and you can do forums and real time chat. If you want to store files - that's when it starts getting pricey.
Wolfram - Apr 08, 2008 7:31:19 am PDT #5526 of 25501
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Wow basecamp really hides the free there, but I finally found it. Or maybe I'm just daft.
Funnily enough, the 37signals thing sounded really familiar and I ran a search for it in my gmail. Found out I already have a free backpackit account which allows me to create writeboards on which people can comment. That may work.
Kevin - Apr 08, 2008 8:20:40 am PDT #5527 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
As just mentioned, you have to be really careful now with forums which don't require registration - they get spammed to hell and back within weeks of going up, to the point where it becomes unusable.