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.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
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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 - Apr 08, 2008 7:31:19 am PDT #5526 of 25501
Visilurking
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.
Sean K - Apr 08, 2008 1:56:13 pm PDT #5528 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, how do I get my old computer (the MacMini) to see the printer attached to the AirPort Express?
Sean K - Apr 08, 2008 2:14:27 pm PDT #5529 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Ah. The AirPort just needed to update like crazy.
Gris - Apr 08, 2008 4:55:17 pm PDT #5530 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Google/Yahoo groups are always an option for short-term discussions. I tend to think of them as mailing lists more than forums, but they can easily be set to read-online-only by default.
Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2008 7:55:19 am PDT #5531 of 25501
brillig
Not only does my husband's new laptop suffer from catlike typing, we've also had cat-like bidding due to Hubby leaving the screen on eBay and the cursor too close to the Buy Now button. We very nearly bought an engine for a Model-T, and it would have been very difficult to explain to the yacht company why we were having to back out of the deal to pay $300,000 for that very pretty sailboat. I don't think "My cat bought your boat" would fly.
Anyway, Hubby's been investigating cat-proofing software, and the big name, PawSense, is having a server configuration interruption in service. Does anyone know of any cat-like-typing blocking software other than PawSense? Yesterday Amon was saved from going through a window only because he couldn't figure out how to say yes to "Would you like to format your hard drive now?"
Liese S. - Apr 09, 2008 9:29:33 am PDT #5532 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Bwah! Do you think that cats have infiltrated PawSense and are reconfiguring their server?
Vortex - Apr 09, 2008 9:35:46 am PDT #5533 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
why don't you just lock the screen when you walk away?
Connie Neil - Apr 09, 2008 9:46:25 am PDT #5534 of 25501
brillig
How do you lock the screen in Vista?