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pamantha · Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 15

Does anybody have a website they use for keeping people clued in or up-to-date on their life? Maybe pictures, stories, journal entries, links etc etc. of their exciting or not so exciting life abroad?
Anyone brave enough to share???

Or, what other ways fun ways have you found to keep in touch - if of course, you do at all.

Alitas · Joined: 19 May 2003 Posts: 187 Location: Maine

http://www.mainegirl.blogspot.com/

I am a great fan of blogs and live vicariously through several. This is mine. Dave's is the first place I've published the link.

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

After spending 8 years as a multimedia developer, and keeping a personal journal for about 20, I gave both up last year. I have a blog for those rare times when I absolutely have to write something to let off a bit of steam, and also a personal website, which is just for me and my friends. I have the personal site mainly to show photos and tell funny stories about my life, and also because I miss doing websites from time to time.

I send group emails weekly or fortnightly to selected people. Since I'm coming up to my 12 months anniversary of being away, the last one was about how much I've changed in that time, and the one before that was a silly story about street dogs.

Sometimes, if I'm very very lucky, someone will telephone me. Those are the best times of all, but I sometimes feel a bit sad afterwards...

Have a great weekend!
Lozwich.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

I send photo albums to friends and family to keep them up to date on what is going on. Mostly it is for them to see how our daughter is growing up. She was 6 months old when we came to Japan and obviously changes a lot. I think it has helped keep us connected.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

For the last year I've maintain a mailing list on groups.yahoo.com

About 20 of my family and friends subscribe. I type up an email and send it to the list, then the list forwards it on to all the subscribers. It's very low maintenance and convenient.

A nice side benefit is that I know have an electronic journal that I can look back through for the last year.

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:44 am Post subject:

I have a blog, which I have been using lately to replace the mass-mailings I used to sendout. I never knew who actually wanted to receive themso always felt a bit Spammy. This makes the whole Let Me Tell You About Turkey process much more voluntary.

The link is below, the web page button. The blog also links to my website where I used to put my pictures but have been way too busy or bored or distracted to update for ages.

lajzar · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Saitama-ken, Japan

I think I do. It is at http://blog.lajzar.co.uk. It went unmaintained for a few months after I moved house, but things ar eback to normal now.

matthews_world · Guest

Mine should be on my 'www' button under this post.

Very Happy

foster · Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 Location: Honkers, SARS

I have a webpage and a live journal as well...but i seriously wonder how much people read either....

lozwich · Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 1536

Over the weekend I remembered the most fun thing I do to keep in touch...

My best friend lives in quite a remote part of the planet. Its not quite the middle of nowhere, but apparently you can see it from there..

Anyway, we send each other letters. Yes, real, handwritten letters on varying qualities of paper with different colored pens and little drawings in the margin and everything. Sometimes we also send little stupid things we find in our travels. Adorning my desk are a fab Tinky Winky bath sponge, a weird tiger thing and some lips that also function as a whistle. I've sent her toxic 'drinkies', a whistle to scare away crocodiles and a candle for the nights when the power goes out (often).

Each letter takes about a month to transit around the world between our respective developing nations, but her Christmas present to me arrived on my birthday, and each letter is almost as fondly received as a visit from her herself.

If I must be away from those I love, I can't think of a more treasured way to stay in touch... Smile

Have a great day!
Lozwich.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Like ls650, I write a newsletter 3-5 pages long with photos and send it out to friends and familiy once a month. I have about 50 people on my mailing list. Good old Mom keeps a hardcopy for her own files. My record is electronic at the moment, but it will make a nice memory when this is all over. Been doing it for about 6 years now.

zaneth · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:43 pm Post subject:

I tried a group email a few times but felt 'spammy." I remember when I was a kid I had an uncle in the military. We were on their "mailing list." It was nice to hear the news but always seemed a little weird. Plus their lives were always way better than ours. "Here's us skiing in the Swiss Alps"

But some of these electronic journal things seem interesting. I'm getting more into the web lately, maybe I should try some things. I should definitely put more effort into keeping in touch with my family. I never used to put much energy into it, because I would periodically visit. Long haul now, so I should get my system going for sending pictures and stuff.

Last time I went back there was a picture on my grandma's wall of me in Red Square my first day in Russia, so I know they're appreciated.

I mostly just send emails to my stepdad, who's a computer person so he sends me 3-4 emails a day. Kind of the path of least resistance method of staying in touch. I just assume he passes the news on to my mom. Crummy, huh?

jpvanderwerf2001 · Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 1117 Location: New York

www.geocities.com/jeffpvanderwerf/homepage.html

It's geocities, so sometimes it runs out of storage or whatever (and whatever THAT means.
Anywho.

pamantha · Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 15

nice...!

thanks for sharing everybody. fun sites. if i ever figure out dreamweaver i'll be sure to drop the site to pam-land......

Pamantha

shmooj · Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 1758 Location: Seoul, ROK

pamantha IMHO figuring out how to build a nice looking site with Dreamweaver is about as difficult (probably more) than simply learning HTML and basic Javascript yourself. Take a look at my site. There is almost nothing there that I did not script myself as far as HTML goes. Most of the Javascript was either cribbed and modified or simply scripted myself.

The website was 2 years old in June and the changes have been phenomenal in that time. More even than having the site, I have enjoyed the growth in my scripting knowledge and finding new ways to do things. I'd really encourage you to get into HTML as it is so easy - a very rewarding scripting language.