Sinister: i predict a picnic...i predict a picnic

[honey at xxx.org]

Katta said:

> I'm not much of a birthdaypartymum but if anyone want to go there and 
> increase the risk of meeting someone else there please post a sugestion of a 
> birthdaypartytime to be there at. It's in #sinister at undernet IRC. If you 
> are not used to going there here is one way to get there:
> Go to: http://www.undernet.org/webchat.php
> Write in a what you always wanted to be called in the "Nickname" box and 
> #sinister in "Your Favorit Channel"
> Click Connect
> You may have to say click ok to run this on your computer

Yes, come along.  The #sinister chatroom's been quiet for too long,
except for the inane witterings of the lovely auntsadie, who you will
meet if you come, and who sounds more and more like Professor Ken
Chu, who I suspect spent a year teaching her rude words.  You won't
understand any of this unless you pop in.

To celebrate and encourage you to come along (happy birthday Sinister)
today, for those of us who can't get to a picnic/booooze explosion,
I've even actually updated the Sinister homepage!  Don't worry, it's
still awful HTML from 1997, so that traditional "aargh it hurts my
eyes" effect is still there.  But I did update the bit on how to get
into the #sinister IRC channel:

 	http://www.missprint.org/sinister/#chat

Go on, give it a go.  Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon,
and for the rest of your life.

While I have the Sinister wireless set warmed up and its valves
ticking, I wish to withdraw my recommendation that AOL users skip over
to Hotmail.  I've learned that in November, Microsoft are going to
implement the Most Evil Scheme Known To Humankind (only really because
they patented it to pieces and are bullying everyone) which they call
"Sender ID", and they'll start counting everyone who doesn't use
it as spam (that's the bullying bit).  It's flawed and the spammers
(who have mountains of cash by selling Viagra) will get through it
like butter, but smaller people may have trouble implementing it,
or just not want to be bullied.  Even your Yahoo mail and lists may
not get to Hotmail, because they have a competing (slightly better)
scheme called DomainKeys and they're in a big fight.  Mail wars loom.
Not sure about Gmail.

I'll try and do something about it of course, but your best bet is to
sign up to Sinister and any mailing lists you're on with your ISP
email address to avoid the looming clouds.  Unless your ISP is AOL.
Gmail the best bet for AOL users?  Dunno.

Anyone who wants to view the boxing fight in progress can google for
"Sender ID" etc.  It's too boring for more words here.

Sorry to be so dull.  I'd like to add weight to the rising demands of
the people of Sinister Town for pix of the 4th sexiest man in Iceland.
I went to Reykjavik and my goodness!  It's cheekbone heaven (along
with waffle heaven if you pop into Cafe Mokka).  Boys and girls of
outstanding beauty and charm, and, along with Madagascar, one of the
most beguilingly musical places in the world.  So, even though I've
forgotten to update my own photo galleries, pix!  I'm having to fan
myself a bit here.

Honey
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