Scott McGown has started a Mac-users email list for CSUS. Here’s Scott’s invitation:
You’re invited to subscribe to the new MACUSERS-L listproc. MACUSERS-L
is a discussion list to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information
concerning the use and support of Apple macintosh computers.
It doesn’t say anything about campus-only, and I just subscribed from my gmail account so it looks like off-campus addresses are accepted, but: this is a listproc mailing list, and it’s especially finicky about off-campus addresses. In order to subscribe successfully, I had to send a plain-text (no HTML, no MIME!) message formatted exactly like this:
blank-line
SUBSCRIBE MACUSERS-L firstname lastname
END
Leave the subject blank and send the message to listproc at csus. edu.
This is a brand new list, and I haven’t seen much traffic yet. The only significant discussion so far has been re Parallels versus VM ware/Fusion.
I was browsing houseblogs.net over the weekend. One of the members had a link that caught my eye: LumberJocks is an online woodworkers community. I joined immediately, even though my own shop won’t be done for at least six months. 
Sacramento County will only permit up to 50% of current residential space for unoccupied additions, e.g. garages and shops. Our house was originally 1090 ft2, so the max non-occupiable square footage I would be able to permit was 545 ft2. Barb’s quilt shop was only 480 ft2, so that was the shop we built first. Our addition is 1120 ft2, so once that’s done we’ll have 2210 ft2 which’ll be more than enough for a permit for my shop (768 ft2). But I can’t even apply for a permit for my shop until both the house and Barb’s quilt shop have passed final inspection.
I probably won’t be very active on LumberJocks until our remodel/addition is finished. I may lurk from time to time, but I’ve been way too busy working on the wiring to get involved with anything else.
