[arg_discuss] A possible way forward? - first steps

Adrien Marie adrijackmarie at gmail.com
Fri May 2 05:31:02 EDT 2008


Funny how it makes me think to Breaking Bad !
The TV Show is a bit scary but...

Wiki :
Argon (Greek <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language> meaning
"inactive,"
The Martian <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars> atmosphere in contrast
contains 1.6% of argon-40 and 5
ppm<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts-per_notation>of argon-36.

2008/5/2 Marc Williams <mj_williams at mac.com>:


> Hi there,

> Although I will probably use this splendid resource more than I'll be able

> to contribute to it, and not disliking Argology.org, may I humbly offer

>

> ARGON.org?

>

> Being as we're an Acronym to begin, I was playing about with the Alternate

> Reality Gaming Origination Network

> and lest we forget, Argon is:

> 'The most abundant noble gas on Earth'

>

> Club motto perhaps? ;o)

>

>

> On 2 May 2008, at 07:02, Christy Dena wrote:

>

>

>

> OK, yep, I thought you were offering to host, but wasn't sure. I think

> because you were first to jump into the ring before the call to host was

> asked, it is right that you should do it! That would be great John. :)

>

> And given Ivan has generously also jumped in to help, perhaps Ivan can get

> the domain name? ;P

>

> Are you guys happy with that? Sorry for the mixup!

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org]

> On

> Behalf Of John Evans

> Sent: Friday, 2 May 2008 15:34

> To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG

> Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] A possible way forward? - first steps

>

> 2) SOFTWARE + HOSTING

> > As for software, I think a blog type style for the front part. (We can

> > change this anytime of course.) The blog software is pretty easy to use

> > for

> > everyone, enables us to have posts indicating updates and pages for each

> > initiative. Or perhaps someone recommends Moodle instead or some other

> > software? And then have a wiki and forum as well.

> >

> > Who wants to host? It needs to be either free or at low cost. John

> > Evans,

> > did you put your hand up?

> >

>

> Well, I have my Dreamhost account where I host a few websites. I've

> already

> set up WordPress, MediaWiki, PHPBB forums (both 2 and 3), registered

> domain

> names and written custom PHP stuff, so I have some experience with it.

> There's even other stuff you can easily install, like Moodle. (I don't

> know

> what that is, but I can set it up for you.) Also, I've got all sorts of

> disk space and bandwidth, and I'd be happy to share some for the ARG SIG.

> The only actual expense would be registering the domain, which is $9.95 a

> year...Heck, I could donate that too. ;) Or someone else could register

> the domain and point it to the site.

>

> --John Evans

> Chaoseed Software - http://chaoseed.com

>

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