I joined my.opera.com five years ago. …
It was about a month after started using Opera (8.01 was my first version). The primary reason of my joining was to learn about my new toy at the forums. NonTroppo's "30 days to becoming an Opera lover" was my ticket to discovering just how much this shiny new toy could do. First I took the "watch and learn" approach and did not make many forum posts.
What most impressed me about My Opera Forums was how friendly and helpful regular members were. I felt really comfortable posting newbie comments, which was not always the case with other user forums I contributed in the past. I stayed on but kept myself quite inconspicuous. In my first 12 months at the Opera Forums, I only made 55 posts. Later as my knowledge of Opera increased and I stared experimenting beta testing, I became relatively comfortable posting more and, in some cases, providing help information. This change of attitude in me probably played a role in the dramatic increase of my forum posts lately: over 600 in the last 12 months period! My cumulative forum posts now exceed the 1100 mark(some in the Japanese language user forums).
Recently I started exploring other aspect of my.opera.com: blogging and social networking. It's been less than three months since I started blogging, and I've already met several very good friends. I'm still watching and learning, and will be very cautious and slow in expanding my circle of friends. I'm sure my recently discovered new My Opera friends will be patient and understanding, and will set me right if I do anything wrong. 😀 And yes, I will keep posting at the Forums. 🙂
FYI:
"30 days to becoming an Opera lover", in an archived form, can now be found at:http://tntluoma.com/category/30days/page/3/
[Updated 20 August]
Here's my 1111th forum post 🙂
Thanks for info, DH. I'd have a look if I ever became desperate to be anonymous. 😆 Knowing whatever I put on the Net would be forever associated with me as a person kind of help me exercise a certain restraint in my web activities, which is probably a good thing. :p
If you use Comodo antivirus (free ware) you can subscribe (at a cost) to their secure proxy servers and be anonymous that way
Originally posted by arduinna:
Actually, no. According to Opera Privacy Policy for Turbo, 'When Opera Turbo is enabled, the service will compress network traffic, thereby increasing download speed and reducing data volume. The service requests normal Web content through an Opera Software proxy server.' And when the Turbo server makes this request, it also passes on the information that web servers routinely ask for, such as OS & client specs and network information including IP. Not all websites analyses this info and treat your access as coming from Opera server, but if a website wants to, it can still find out your own IP. 🙁
Ya learn something new every day… :yes:
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
Hmmm we tried it Opcat and I, but we checked only Hitlinks, that's the point I think MM ? We did'nt check it for other websites. i am afraid you are right from what you write. :bandit:
Originally posted by arduinna:
Thanks, I think. ;)I suppose you probably get some level of anonymity from ad-analytic services such as hitslink. But if you were a dissident rebelling against an authoritarian regime, Turbo would give you no cover.
"Turboleaks" and the Ancient Regimes will be shaken !!
A five year empire?
Originally posted by darkesthour:
No, the one Turboleak would erode its foundation. 😀
Originally posted by arduinna:
Then scrub the deck, crewman!:devil: 😆 Thanks, Oliver. Yes, I forgot about scrubbing and staining the deck. That would be another project for next summer :p
And the Empire crumbles!Now what's that got to do with five years with My Opera? 😆
Scrub on the deck ? The forest grows very fast in your mountains and concerning staining I though that with the painting we were quiet for 5 years ?
Turboleak, a big plumbing problem..
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
You are suppose to be the captain, we are just the crew … Just a little bit MESSY Captain !!
Originally posted by darkesthour:
:lol:No pressing plumbing project in sight. :pAt the moment I'm clearing the section of old green rubbish/rubbles. Next comes will be weeding and, possibly, improving existing garden bed (too low, I want to raise it) and making a couple more. But bed making may have to wait because the under house access hatches both need repairing.If I manage to get those done before real summer comes, then over summer I can concentrate on the next painting projects (roof and SE and NE facing walls) DIY never ends 😉
Originally posted by arduinna:
😆 Not a chance!
I dont like painting :awww:
I wish some of my misplaced items were found as easily as that! 😆
This is an old (true) story from my fathers childhood, my grandfather lost a packest of seed in his shed and got very angry with my father because he thought my father was responsible. Several weeks later my grandfather looked up at the shed roof from the inside, to see the packet of seeds that he had nailed up there to stop my father from playing with them. I suppose the moral is, its ok to put things in a safe place but always make sure you can remember where that safe place is… 😆
Originally posted by darkesthour:
Since you've lost your facial hair, this fear should be relatively minor now, shouldn't it? :p
Fear of paint, height is ok, I am happy running around on the roof without a rope 😀
😆 Such a lovely story! 😀
Originally posted by darkesthour:
:lol:I know. Fear of height. :DI feel scared when perched at an exposed high place myself. Making sure to keep three points of contact seem to help psychologically. (The trick is to count your shoe toes and heels as separate points of contact. So when you are standing on two feet, you'll be perfectly safe because you have four points of contact with left toe, left heel, right toe and right heel ;))I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of high scaffolding in your Photo section next summer 😀
I have found it again already, it never stays off for long 😀 :psmurf:
Originally posted by debplatt:
:)Actually I feel more secure when I maintain one point of contact by sitting on the plank :POff to get afternoon tea and possibly a short walk. It's a beautiful day down here. TTFN, guys. :bye:
It still makes me chuckle even now 😆
Originally posted by darkesthour:
As soon as I decide to put something in a safe place, I'm doomed. :awww:@MM – enjoyed the "four points of contact" angle to experience a greater sense of security while painting up high.
:bye: 😀
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
You will not roar with laughter, when you realize you don't know where you have put the pots of paint :devil: !
Yap. :lol:I usually need a couple of hours nap before I finally put the stuff together to go on line 😀
Originally posted by arduinna:
Paint pails are relatively hard to lose because of their size and also they have only one use. What gives me troubles is things such as screw drivers, protective glasses and craft knife because I'd use them for other things in other area, and forget to put them back to storage. But if you want to hear something funnier …When I go away for a long period of time, say, to visit my parents in Japan, I'll have someone come in to feed my cat and, I normally put away the computer gear. Not that I don't trust my cat feeders. Just a precaution. I'd take laptop battery out, and hide that, the laptop itself, power cords and router in separate places. By the time I come back after 3-4 weeks, I'd normally forget where I put them, and have to go hunting for them. A bit like the Easter egg hunt? It's doubly fun when you have to do it after a long-haul overnight flight! 😀
Hunt the router 😆
Long haul is pretty tiring :awww:
Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:
😆 I liked this, I am a bit like that too !! And you don't stop the hunt until you have found it ? Never thing of an object : "Where did I put it ?" and the hunt begins for hours !!
Originally posted by arduinna:
I can't. Otherwise I won't be able to go online and respond to your comments! 😀
Whenever I put something in a "safe place", the chances of me ever finding it again are very slim. :awww: I am getting to the point of either driving to the bank and putting the item in our safe deposit box or just leaving it in plain sight. True, if someone stole the item, I would lose it. But if I hide the item, I would lose it, too.