Fora Nostalgia

[mamselle]

MTG is doing OK.

I also miss Systeme'D, and like you, while I sometimes didn't understand BPN (and a few times took exception to the underlying contrariness you mention), I appreciated the parallax offered by a differently and carefully considered viewpoint as well.

I think the thing I miss that will just take time is the depth of felted texture that had built up...of personalities, ideas, conclusions worked out over threads and threads of time.

And, reading through some of the very earliest posts (as I was doing for a bit at one point), it was ironic to see folks wondering if the "new" (then) format would work as well as the "old" (listserv, right?) format had for getting conversations going.

I think it did...and I think we'll also get there, hopefully.
 

M.

[traductio]

MTG is doing OK.

I also miss Systeme'D, and like you, while I sometimes didn't understand BPN (and a few times took exception to the underlying contrariness you mention), I appreciated the parallax offered by a differently and carefully considered viewpoint as well.

I think the thing I miss that will just take time is the depth of felted texture that had built up...of personalities, ideas, conclusions worked out over threads and threads of time.

Yes, that's it -- it's the texture that had built up.

And you're exactly right about what I liked about BPN -- the parallax view. She always reminded me of that person in my grad seminars who could artfully blow things up with words.

I'm really glad to hear MTG is doing well.

[bacardiandlime]

I didn't realise Infopri had passed away. That's a shame. She was very thoughtful.

BPN I met in real life once when I visited her city, and she was great fun in person.
I also heard from Oseph, she's doing well and no longer in academia.

[mamselle]

Oseph was the other person with the ongoing sagas on the MIL thread... I was trying to remember the moniker.

Glad to know she's well.

M.

[apl68]

I enjoyed "We Speak Volumes" thread--it had terrific posting mileage.

For me as a librarian, the "Academic Libraries" section had substantive threads. Although posting traffic was lower there, it was a good place!

That was interesting to me as well.  It let me keep an eye on the academic library world I'd left behind.

[FishProf]

I miss DvF, among others listed above.

[bacardiandlime]

We definitely had some characters over the years. Pyshnov, for example.
Also Sikora. And one of the early fora heroes, Trabb. He was always wise.

[mahagonny]

We definitely had some characters over the years. Pyshnov, for example.
Also Sikora. And one of the early fora heroes, Trabb. He was always wise.

Don't remember those. The academic culture is pretty smitten with itself.

[mamselle]

Yes, I think someone was asking after Sikora just before or after the transfer.

I think someone had been in touch and said she was also OK.

Pyshnov....yeah....I really never could follow him clearly. I mostly just scrolled past his posts!

M.

[larryc]

Bread Pirate Naan! She was so great, then at some point I think she decided we were all a bunch of shits and left--am I remembering that right?

I do love her contributions on the porn thread, particularly: "I think he should have a threesome with his mother and a horse in the faculty lounge."

BTW that thread occurred during my Jackalope incarnation.

[jimbogumbo]

I miss DVF. But I adored Amnirov's way with words. I still have a copy of his pros and cons analysis of choosing a job in Providence or Baltimore. It was amazing!

[secundem_artem]

usukprof (which I first read as u suk prof) and llanfair

[mamselle]

I think I'm correct in saying UsUkProf transferred here, but died shortly thereafter.

I'll look that up to be sure.

We had an airport meetup once.

M.

[Hegemony]

Yes, I am afraid usukprof passed away.

[hungry_ghost]

Zharkov? did I spell that right? Vanished suddenly.
BPN, yes.
And Marigolds, I was fond of her