I hope this email finds everyone well, and that we have some linked BBSes with lurkers floating around.

There are several Fido echoes where we can talk about Zone politics, World politics, global warming, global corruption, last night's recipe and every flavor of BBS left standing. How about a place for talk that avoids all that?

Let's find out how you're holding up, what you're doing to cope with the current situation, what your favorite coffee blend is, what you're reading, what new show has you binge watching, and maybe go down the french press versus
pour-over debate?

--kW


ND: Peet's Sumatra, pour-over in a SOMA FM mug
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Kurt Weiske wrote to All <=-

I hope this email finds everyone well, and that we have some linked
BBSes with lurkers floating around.

There are several Fido echoes where we can talk about Zone politics,
World politics, global warming, global corruption, last night's recipe
and every flavor of BBS left standing. How about a place for talk that avoids all that?

Let's find out how you're holding up, what you're doing to cope with
the current situation, what your favorite coffee blend is, what you're reading, what new show has you binge watching, and maybe go down the french press versus pour-over debate?

Good to meet you.

ND: Peet's Sumatra, pour-over in a SOMA FM mug

I love SOMA FM

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Hello Daniel!

** On Sunday 17.05.20 - 02:36, Daniel wrote to Kurt Weiske:

ND: Peet's Sumatra, pour-over in a SOMA FM mug

I love SOMA FM

Never heard of SomaFM before. Checked it out. Nice concept, but it's up
to something even when not being used. I loaded the main page, picked a channel to listen to, sounded great, but the stream was data-heavy at
about 1MB every 15-20 seconds! Killing the player did not stop the
download data activity. Closing the website did not stop the download activity either! What is it doing even when the player and the site are closed?


../|ug

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August Abolins wrote to Daniel <=-

Hello Daniel!

** On Sunday 17.05.20 - 02:36, Daniel wrote to Kurt Weiske:

ND: Peet's Sumatra, pour-over in a SOMA FM mug

I love SOMA FM

Never heard of SomaFM before. Checked it out. Nice concept, but it's
up to something even when not being used. I loaded the main page,
picked a channel to listen to, sounded great, but the stream was data-heavy at about 1MB every 15-20 seconds! Killing the player did not stop the download data activity. Closing the website did not stop the download activity either! What is it doing even when the player and the site are closed?

No idea. I stream it off my media server.

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August Abolins wrote to Daniel <=-

picked a channel to listen to, sounded great, but the stream was data-heavy at about 1MB every 15-20 seconds! Killing the player did not stop the download data activity. Closing the website did not stop the download activity either! What is it doing even when the player and the site are closed?

I don't use the player - you can download a M3u file that opens up in
Winamp.


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Excellent idea! Nothing worse during a pandemic then adding a heated
political debate into the stress. Frankly, I've had zero interest in the TV, facebook, nor twitter or text messaging. I've stayed in touch with my family via Marco Polo, because I can see and hear their voices, without having to schedule a time to join a zoom call. And my passion outside of tech, is landscaping, turf managment, flowers, shrubs, trees, ponds, pergolas,
gardening ... I like building and caring for the aforementioned. So from a coping prospective a good 6 hour day in the sun, with nothing but the sounds
of birds and lawn mowers .. sandwiched between some BBS time ..has been very healthy for my blood pressure.

Yourself Daniel?

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Doug Cooper wrote to Daniel <=-

without having to schedule a time to join a zoom call. And my passion outside of tech, is landscaping, turf managment, flowers, shrubs,
trees, ponds, pergolas, gardening ...

Weeding, painting, planting, sweeping, fixing ourdoor furniture, building
new shelving...seen a lot of people buying home projects at local hardware stores. We just planted a tone of new plants, and had an odd off-season winter-like storm passing through - watering everything nicely.

--kW



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On 5/17/2020 7:53 PM, between "Doug Cooper : Daniel":

Excellent idea! Nothing worse during a pandemic then adding
a heated political debate into the stress. Frankly, I've had
zero interest in the TV, facebook, nor twitter or text
messaging. I've stayed in touch with my family via Marco
Polo, because I can see and hear their voices, without
having to schedule a time to join a zoom call.

PMFJI, but I've never heard of the app called Marco Polo. I was doing a little
reading up on it, but it sounds a lot like the other video chat programs. Is MC a kind of store-n-forward video chat system akin to leaving a voice message on someone's phone, but with video?

For an app that is completely free, and ad-free, there are sure a lot of people
behind it based on the company group picture! How do they finance MC with so many salaries to pay for?

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PMFJI, but I've never heard of the app called Marco Polo. I was doing a little reading up on it, but it sounds a lot like the other video chat programs. Is MC a kind of store-n-forward video chat system akin to leaving a voice message on someone's phone, but with video?

For an app that is completely free, and ad-free, there are sure a lot of people behind it based on the company group picture! How do they
finance MC with so many salaries to pay for?

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August,

Think of it like texting. You make a video to a specific person or group
that you creaete (so for example I have a group called "Family," but also
have individuals (including those within my family group) where we have more private conversations. The Ap notifies the person they have a video. When they have time and look presentable, they can watch the video and reply by simply clicking record, speaking, then hitting send. You can also upload videos from your camera roll. I made a video to walk my family through Busy Kid, an allowance ap for kids, and uploaded that to the Family group so they could see how it works, as they were interested. So it's like TEXTING, but with video. The great thing about it are two fold: 1. you don't have to schedule a time for a facetime party or zoom call 2. its 100% free. It's a very fun platform and very easy to use.

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On 16 May 2020, Kurt Weiske said the following...

Let's find out how you're holding up, what you're doing to cope with the current situation, what your favorite coffee blend is, what you're reading, what new show has you binge watching, and maybe go down the french press versus

First two days off in a row from work I've had since February as I am "essential". Has been awesome and I've had way too much coffee sitting here at home.

Very little TV lately in the house, at least for me, due to work. I'm sure my wife and girls have been binging though.

I have a press as well as a plain old Mr Coffee but I have to say I enjoy the guilty pleasure of preferring my Keurig with a nice dark roast.

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Quoting Kurt Weiske to All <=-

the current situation, what your favorite coffee blend is, what you're reading, what new show has you binge watching, and maybe go down the french press versus pour-over debate?

Favorite blend is from my friends farm in Cuba. Has no name, he just
brings me some everytime he comes back to Canada and we go through it
in days. LOL

I use a drip machine for the most part (lazy) and I do have a high
quality espresso machine that I use for the above coffee. Day to day
is whatever is on sale.

Shawn

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On 17 May 20 02:36:00, Daniel said the following to Kurt Weiske:

Let's find out how you're holding up, what you're doing to cope with
the current situation, what your favorite coffee blend is, what you're reading, what new show has you binge watching, and maybe go down the
french press versus pour-over debate?

I really enjoy Maxwell house in my Hamilton Beach coffee maker. A bit of table cream and brown sugar. Not really finding much on TV or streaming thats
really of any interest to me... I have many thousands of DVD's and Blurays of movies and TV shows so no need for a Netflix subscription here.

Nick

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