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July 2, 2000

Overview | HearMe text chat | The Palace | Homestead logs and Guest Book

Site visited: http://www.homestead.com/vstevens/

The Homestead chat is easy to implement (simply start a Homestead account and then drag a chat icon into the Page Builder). However, it is very rudimentary, gives too small a window and the only way to log chats is to cut and paste from the screen before it overflows the buffer. The following is exactly how much the buffer will hold, taken from what was there at the very end of the conference

<MaggiE> Kevin..are you behind Diane

<Diane> Hi Elisabet, Im from Helsinki Finland

<MaggiE> haha...that's funny

<Kevin> I guess

<Diane> Where are you from?

<MaggiE> I am from China

EricBaber has left the chat room.

Vance has left the chat room.

<Kevin> Im from England, Norwich, it´s´a beautiful little city in the

rural east of Eng

<Elisabet> Are you Kevin and Maggie in room 22?

<Kevin> Yep

<Elisabet> What are you like?

<MaggiE> in room22...what did you mean

<Diane> What am I like? It depends on where I am and who Im

with.

<Kevin> Sorry Maggie, we're at a conference trying this chat room

out

<Diane> What are you like?

<MaggiE> ok..haha

<Diane> Have you used a chat program before?

<MaggiE> well, it's teachers' chat now...

<MaggiE> haha..

<Kevin> Ive only used chat a couple of times, I prefer e-mail.

although I know its a different thing

<MaggiE> I like e-mail too.Kevin

<MaggiE> I also like chat

<MaggiE> ha

<Diane> Yeah, even though there are not very many of us chatting,

the conversation is bouncing in funny directions.

Elisabet has left the chat room.

<MaggiE> oh, Elisabet is gone

<Kevin> Isnt that normal in chat; oops, weve bored E.

<MaggiE> what did you mean,Kevin

<Kevin> I mean that even though the technology is getting better

and quicker, turns often get out of sequence

<MaggiE> ??

<Diane> I think I'll take a look at another program. See you later.

<Vance1> turns are when one person speaks, then another

Anonymous3347 has left the chat room.

<MaggiE> another what..Vance

<MaggiE> oh, I understand.

<MaggiE> how did you know Vance.Kevin

<MaggiE> and what do you think of webheads

<Kevin> I'm off now, bye all!

Diane has left the chat room.

<MaggiE> oh, bye Kevin

<MaggiE> Vance. are you here?

<MaggiE> mm...I should go too

<MaggiE> bye bye

MaggiE has left the chat room.

The following people signed the homestead guest book during the conference on Sunday July 2, 2000. You can read their messages at http://www.homestead.com/vstevens/

And one anonymous entry

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