Chat Room

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I've got a chat room up and running on the BTS Portal. I've had trouble getting Talk City to create a chat room so I decided to implement this javascript-based chat room for now. Unfortunately I don't think it will work for folks using WebTV.

Go to http://www20.brinkster.com/yggdrasill/ and click on "BTS Chat"

or

Here's a direct link to the Chat Room:

http://www20.brinkster.com/yggdrasill/chatroom.html

I'll look into finding something that will be accessible for everyone when time permits.

-- Anonymous, November 20, 2001

Answers

I also decided to pick some chat times when folks could use the room:

Chat Times: M-W-F - 9pm Central | Saturday 4pm Central | Sunday 6pm Central

-- Anonymous, November 20, 2001


Jim...I would never expect you to find a chatroom set up that would work with my msntv...esp. since I'm the only one here that uses a "webbie". No problem...I'm a really slow typist anyways :-)!! I did find out the my system is not Java enabled, but I'm not sure about Javascript. Are they the same? I'll just drop by the chatroom sometime and see what happens!

-- Anonymous, November 20, 2001

okay, it asked for my password and since I didn't really register, I didn't know what my password would be. Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks

-- Anonymous, November 20, 2001

Yes, went there to check it out and it asked for a password......help?? Just wanted to see how it would operate.

-- Anonymous, November 20, 2001

The same thing happened to me the first time I tried to use it. After putting in your user name and password, hit enter and it will ask you to register your username and password click on that link and follow the directions.

It that doesn't work I may have to go in and troubleshoot the problem.

Marcia: I'm still gonna look around when I have some free time to see if there's *something* out there that everyone can use - including checking out MSN's site. It's just one of those things that your want to know *why* there isn't something readily available for everyone to easily use (heavy emphasis on the word "easily"). :-)

Hope everyone has a nice turkey day!

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001



I entered a name of "testing", which it told me was taken, but it let me in anyway. Then it threatened me, telling me I had to change my name or BE changed. Then is changed me to Guest1234 (or some such number, don't remember and it doesn't matter). So, I didn't have to register at all! We should try it out some time!

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2001

Stopped by today (Sat) and nobody had put the coffee on! Let me know if anyone is going to be there...

-- Anonymous, November 24, 2001

joy, I tryed it and got the same sort of thing. Typed in diane and it said it was a registered name and to put in the password. I put one in and it said "wrong" and I had 30 sec. or something like that to put the right password in. Then it changed me to a numbered guest. Sheepish...........will check and see if you are there. We should time our messages. It is now 7:00 EST.

-- Anonymous, November 24, 2001

Oh darn, I forgot about the chats! I could have used a good chat today. I don't know if it's the weather or what, but I'm feeling pretty down today. I'll try to remember to show up tomorrow.

-- Anonymous, November 24, 2001

I didn't think of it either, until I read this thread last night, about 9:00, and surprize! no one was there! LOL

I expect to be out this evening at 6:00, so I guess I won't be chatting today.

-- Anonymous, November 25, 2001



I tried...I typed in my name and then hit "connect" and nothing happens. Maybe there's too much traffic tonight, I'll try again some other time.

-- Anonymous, November 25, 2001

Nobody was there at 6:09 pm PST.

-- Anonymous, November 25, 2001

I tried again this morning at work and I still can't get in. I'm using the direct link at the top of this thread, it takes me to a page that asks for my nickname and email address and the channel is #beyondthe sidewalks. I fill in the blanks and hit "connect" and nothing happens. I waited for a minute in case it was a slow connection, but nothing. :(

-- Anonymous, November 26, 2001

Sherri, I got in using JoyFF and later using sherric. However, I didn't change the email address, I just went with what they have in there, which on my screen is: Planet Z QuickChat. And I got to the first screen by using the second (direct) link that Jim posted above. Don't know if any of those will help you.

BTW, neither JoyFF nor sherric were said to be already "taken" and it didn't threaten me for a password. So, if we ever make this work, you can all try variations that don't mask who you are. For instance, Diane might try diane_zz or something like that to find a name that isn't taken -- and we would still know it was Diane!

-- Anonymous, November 26, 2001


OK, I finally got it to work. I guess I just wasn't waiting long enough after hitting the connect button. If it's this slow at my work computer it will probably be glacier speed on my home computer. :)

-- Anonymous, November 26, 2001


I used gardia and it worked for me.

-- Anonymous, November 26, 2001

I made it into the chat room last night and even got to talk to Renee for a few minutes! :) Then our power flickered, and by the time I got the computer rebooted and back to the chat room she was gone. :(

Diane, whenever I type your email address I want to type giardia rather than gardia. Giardia was was favorite "bug" in parasitology class, I thought they were cute. Although I guess they're not so cute if you're infected with them. :)

-- Anonymous, November 27, 2001


Ok then..........I have been hooked up to the chat for about an hour and a half now, whilst I do other things, both on the puter and in the kitchen......and have been for the most part UNACCOMPANIED.......save a few minutes nice talk with renee.......

apparently everyone is busy this friday eve.....

I really do not like chats anywho.....too many people talking at once makes me dizzy......but I LOVE Instant Messenger........talk almost nightly to folks on various ones (Yahoo, AOL, MSN, MRC), and much prefer it cuz its private and direct and not so confusing, and you can log on and talk to whomever you happen to be in the mood to talk to without embarassment or hurt feelings, whereas in a chat, once you log in, you hafta to talk to whomever shows up. plus sometimes you wanna talk about stuff that for various reasons shouldn't be so public. Just my experience and two cents.........

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2001


Its nine seventeen, and im on the chat again.....talkin IM to Tren, we talk alot actually.......if anyone is available and interested........

-- Anonymous, December 07, 2001

Oh great, I just keep forgetting about the chat room. Missed it again. Are you talking on Yahoo IM or AOL??? Maybe that would be more easily done??

-- Anonymous, December 07, 2001

It's 12:10 am and I just finished a great chat with EM and Tren in the chat room. It was fun, guys!

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Oh blah, I read that EM was there, but I figured no one else would be there at that time, which was about 11:30. Guess I should have checked! >:-(

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Gee thanks, Joy, I love you too!

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

I was there at the chat room and no body was home.......10:30 pm...whine, whine...........and I MADE myself stay up. :>(

-- Anonymous, December 14, 2001

Well, this time I checked, and no one was there this time either. Of course, I checked about 45 minutes after Diane was there! [sigh]

-- Anonymous, December 14, 2001

wish to apologize for not saying goodby at the chat the other evening, I didn't mean to be rude, just lost connection and decided to go to bed.

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

[MAJOR EMBARASSMENT FACE!]

You guys were absolutely RIGHT! That post sounds horrible! Good grief, I must have been in brain shutdown!

Okay, what I MEANT was, what I should have said: I read that EM HAD been there, but I assumed that since chat "time" is supposed to be about 9 p.m., and it was 11:30 by the time I read her post, I ASSUMED no one would still be there. And I foolishly didn't actually go in to check.

Sorry again, EM! I must go now, and bang my head against a wall, while muttering, "Must READ and RE-READ before posting"! :-(

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001


And now I'm feeling paranoid -- did THAT explanation make sense? :-(

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

LOL........Joy.......relax........I really was confident that there was somethin like that goin on........was nice talkin to ya the other night.....and diane, and Jim, and Tren.......on the chat!!

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

Ah Joy, sorry that you feel so bad, I'm sorry! I do the same thing, I go around feeling guilty thinking Oh I shouldn't have said that , or oh I should have said this! Gee it's a hard job being human!

-- Anonymous, December 17, 2001

I check in at the chatroom, most every night; never anybody there.......I sign on when I get on the Net in the evening.....and stay signed on, checking in every once in awhile whilst I do other things, and nobody ever shows up.........what's with that?

I talk to lots of people in the evening, but truth be told most of em are youngsters; whats with us old fogies? too complicated for us? too scaaarrreeeyyy?? too boring..........."like who cares.......I'm too occupied watchin my sprouts sprout or my worms grow (I LOVE YA JAY, DANG I DO!!) , or worryin about how to save the world" (like me too often)? WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? Or maybe I'm just silly, wantin to talk to yous guys in almost, like, person..

Come on over......to IM...."I read the news today, oh boy...." about how the IM ing thing is like seventy five percent teens! I am as usual, out of the box..........join me?

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2002


If I could get there...I'd talk to ya, EM!! Guess my webbie doesn't "recognize" Java...only Javascript!!!

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2002

Any of you folks use IM? Curious if you like it or not.

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2002

Yes..........I am LBSD01 on AOL.......and also use .......(email me)................

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2002

EM, I will add you to my Buddy List. I'm on IM too, my name is CeltiaSkye. Most of the time I forget what time the chats are supposed to be. Keith is usually on our big computer in the evenings so I have to use my laptop. It's OK for surfing but the chatroom tends to make it lock up.

-- Anonymous, January 29, 2002

Sheepish...I use msn messenger. In fact, that's how I managed to get in contact with an old elementary school chum! Hadn't seen her since the sixth grade, but now we chat alot!

-- Anonymous, January 29, 2002

EM wrote: I check in at the chatroom, most every night; never anybody there.......I sign on when I get on the Net in the evening.....and stay signed on, checking in every once in awhile whilst I do other things, and nobody ever shows up.........what's with that?

I almost never think of it. I have regular chat nights with another long-standing group (been with them for two years now) and it took me forever to remember Tuesday and Saturday nights. I always think of BTS chat about 10:30 at night, and then I'm just too tired to go in and chat. Besides that, I have been feeling distinctly "unchatty". Don't know if I've got the winter doldrums or what. I don't think I do anything worth talking about (do you want to know how many dog dishes or cat boxes I cleaned this morning, or how many bird cages I relined? Didn't think so!). I have been ignoring the news, even on TV. I never seem to be in front of it when the news is on, and I don't search the web or read any news groups. I guess I just don't care. I can almost always work up an opinion on something, but geez, the "news" is usually so depressing!

I guess I could sign in (if I can ever remember!), but do you really want an untalkative lump just sitting there signed on? I've never appreciated people like that, in other chat rooms I have attended. I'm not feeling sorry for myself or anything, just explaining (or trying to) why I'm so apathetic . . . :-(

-- Anonymous, January 29, 2002


Gee Joy, you sound like you are writing my story. That's the way I have been lately. I don't even turn on my Yahoo Chat cause I don't have much to say these days.

-- Anonymous, January 29, 2002

Well, maybe if someone came over and took me by the hand...err, mouse - and showed me how to get on one of these things; and if I was home at that time, which I'm ususally not or if I am, I'm sleeping; so if I was awake and not crabby........

I've been feeling distincly lumpish myself lately. Don't know if being around more energetic folk would increase my level of activity or lead me to say "Bah!" and pull a pillow over my head..

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002


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