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Saturday
Jan 03
2009
v 5
n 25
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Welcome to the 233rd issue. Happy New Year!
According to my math, the first four volumes of the Digest had 208 total issues, and therefore the modulus is 25. So this is the 25th issue of volume 5. Either I'll go back and figure out where I wandered off the count, or just bag it, and stop using the numbers altogether. Or maybe I'll just run the random number generator (Applesoft BASIC, under ProDOS, running on the Bernie2theRescue emulator) that I wrote for my dad to pick his lotto numbers.
But the Big Change is the long-alluded-to prettying-up of the actual digest message. Ever since this ping message got its makeover (probably more than a year ago) I've written off and on about how, just you wait, the big digest message itself was going to win beauty contests all over the Islamic world. Well, despite such a modest boast, I've procrastinated, and today (in the past fifteen minutes) I've finally done it. I like the results so much, I may wind up fiddling with the ping message again. But don't hold your breath.
Thanks to all who answered an unusual question I posted to all, regarding continued use of the National Geographic link. Now that I've cooled down and taken your remarks to heart (and the margin of for-to-against using NG wasn't in favor of "for"), and given it more thought, I'm going to keep the link in the standard ping message footer. So now we can all sleep nights. ;') Nice job, and thanks again, to fanfan, ApplegateRanch, YOUGOTIT, zeugma, and ARCADIA for posting. I'm sure the other 692 replies got lost in the mail -- which is good, because I'm pretty sure I'd never have been able to read them all. ;')
It's the Freepathon!
We've almost reached 700 members. Still not quite there, we need two more. Quit teasing me and join. Visit the Free Republic Memorial Wall -- a history-related feature of FR.
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