I changed some of the display settings on my "My Gather" page. One of the areas displayed a label that says: "This section will reflect your new settings going forward." The image that appeared in my mind was of gnomes carrying brief cases and portfolios marching forward.
I really want to think of my page settings as entries in a file that's used to control certain aspects of the page, display, et al. It's hard to believe, but I'm not whimsical enough to think fondly of my page settings as marching gnomes wearing business casual outfits.
I assume the message meant that the changes to the display settings would take effect the next time I signed in or perhaps the next time the page was refreshed. It would be nice to say that and retire the gnomes.
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I dunno...gnomes are pretty cute
Hum, no idea. Maybe I will try it.
I agree with Flit, however, picturing roaming gnomes all over my pages sounds ... kinky.
I'm still stuck on the self centered notion of "my gather." How will we ever achieve community if we're so inward focused?
My Gather is like My Computer or My Network places. It must be the psychedelics. I have trouble with calling everything mine. It doesn't seem cozy to me. It seems self centered.
Of course "My Personal View of Gather Carefully Tailored to My Discerning Taste" sounds pretty good. :)
I claim to be a progressive, but on Gather, I frequently end up going backward rather than forward.
I read that, probably when I first read your article. I think I heard her on NPR shortly after the article came out. "Going forward" is one of those business buzz phrases that drives me nuts.
Indeed, and you commented on it. :-)
As the mouseover says, that was a shameless plug.
I forgot to ask you how that gig went last weekend. (I was unable to drag anyone away from the pool in that heatwave to drive up there.)
I don't blame you for not wanting to get out of the water. :) It was over 100 both days. We played outside on the patio in front of the tasting room. We brought a patio umbrella and used one that belonged to the winery. Between that, the box fan, and lots of sunscreen we survived. It also helped that we got to take breaks in the cellar area where the temperature was in the 60s. Attendance wasn't as good as the winery hoped for but the owner was very understanding. He knew the weather was the culprit. The audience and the winery people liked us mostly. We hope to play there again.
That's good. :-)
Gnomes in casual dress carrying portfolios? The heat has gotten to you, Nippy:)
I haven't changed anything significant because I'm afraid I might go poof if I click on the wrong button. Remember the no e-mail comment notification - now that was scary.
"My ding-a-ling" on the other hand makes perfect sense to me and likely to the larger community of which I spoke earlier.