Mudcat Locator - Where are you?

Subject: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Allan C.
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:53 AM

One of the great features of the Mudcat is
the wonderful Mudcat Locator which would be even more wonderful if it were better attended. I can tell you from experience that it can be a very useful tool when touring a country and hoping to encounter Mudcats along the way. And more recently I have used the Locator to contact a 'Catter who has supplied me with extremely valuable information about an area I plan to visit soon.

Please visit the link above or access the Locator by way of the Quick Links box on the Forum page and add your location to the lists. Or if you have posted to it before, check to see if your information is still correct. Have you moved?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:25 AM

How does one add a location etc to the list Allan ?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Anne Lister
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:47 AM

I was about to ask the same question!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Noreen
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:57 AM

The Mudcat Locator (and many other things here) used to be in the care of Jeff a.k.a. Pene Azul, who isn't round here much any more.

Maybe Max could drop by and let us know how / whether the locator is to be updated? Just looking at it now, there are many changes to be made, there are several names who are no longer with us, for example.

Whoever volunteers could well be inundated!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:18 AM

There was a Google (?) map set up once, too, that you could tag your location on. Can't find that thread/link, though.

~ Becky in Tucson (Arizona, USA)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:28 AM

Well it was a Frappr map, and this was the link: http://www.frappr.com/mudcatcafe, but there's no data there any more. :-(

This was the thread: Do we need a Mudcat Frappr?

The advantage was that it didn't require anyone to take care of it, but people had trouble logging into it, so it never went very far.

~ B in T

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:31 AM

There isn't any "locator" on the quick links. Has something changed since the original post? And the link in that post is to a static list, with no way to add yourself.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:36 AM

On quick links go to "Members photos & Info" where there is a link to the 'Locator'

Cheers
Nigel

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:38 AM

Locator
Why I didn't think to put a link in the last post I'll never know. A few braincells die every day, and I miss every one of them!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 12:03 PM

You need to email Joe Offer to get stuff added

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 01:09 PM

Poor Joe. He gets all the fun jobs don't he? If I was retired, I would volunteer to do it. I have a flair for the tedious tasks.

What is really weird to me is that this thread was stated by Allan C. We both worked in same Virginia community college back in the days of inception of the interwub and creation of Mudcat. It was Allan, pointed me to Mudcat Radio to see a performance of his in 1998 or 1999.

I had only been back to Mudcat a time or two prior to joining, to find song lyrics.

Small world innit?

VirginiaTam, Essex, UK

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: GUEST,Jenny Brampton
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:41 PM

Let's face it, compared with facebook and myspace Mudcat is out of date. It needs a revamp.
Jenny in Preston, Lancs

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:31 PM

Allan! Nice to *see* you!!

Folks, I wouldn't hold my breath about this, for the moment. If you want to post an update in this thread, as a matter of record, that would be good, imo. That way when and if Max or Joe or someone has the time, etc. to update the official list, they could refer to this.

I see a lot of changes, too, just in glancing at the old one. For instance, neither WyoWoman nor I live in Wyoming any more. And, my sister, "bet" is no longer in Colorado. All three moves were publicly documented in the BS section, I think before it actually was a separate space.:-)

So, to start the ball rolling:

katlaughing - Colorado USA

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: michaelr
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:41 PM

michaelr - California

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:12 PM

For some Catters, paticularly in the UK, it would be unwise to give too precise a location (except by PM, to those you trust).

BNP thugs do NOT need to know where to find opponents, and said opponents do NOT need to have seven barrels of s**t kicked out of them.

Take care who you confide in.

Don T.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: semi-submersible
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:54 PM

semi-submersible - British Columbia, Canada

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Bill D
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:03 PM

"...compared with facebook and myspace Mudcat is out of date. It needs a revamp. "

LOLOL..my, my... revamp to do WHAT? They are not designed for the same purpose. Some folks use all three, and ANY application that tries do do everything will not do any of them well.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Peace
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:45 PM

See that blue and green and white thingy? I'm there--today, anyway.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 11:55 PM

BillD, thanks for addressing that! I agree...thank goodness and Max that Mudcat is NOT like either of them!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Peace
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 12:12 AM

"Let's face it, compared with facebook and myspace Mudcat is out of date. It needs a revamp.
Jenny in Preston, Lancs "

No offence, but that is a narrow view. Mudcat has other things it does: amongst them is music discussion, and MySpace doesn't do it nearly so well at all. Facebook is a joke (imo), and while I do think MySpace has stuff the 'cat doesn't, if I had to give up one of the sites, MySpace would be gone in a second.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Marilyn
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 03:18 AM

"and while I do think MySpace has stuff the 'cat doesn't, if I had to give up one of the sites, MySpace would be gone in a second ..."
So agree.

I don't post very often but lurk lots and wish other discussion sites were more like Mudcat, not the other way round! Well done Max & the team - don't change, please.

Marilyn - Cheshire, UK

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Ghirotondo
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 03:51 AM

Ghirotondo - Tuscany, Italy

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 04:12 AM

Sandra - Sydney, Australia

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 11:13 AM

Khatt, London/Essex Borders UK

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Dave Ruch
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 12:01 PM

Dave Ruch, Buffalo NY USA

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Fidjit
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 12:12 PM

Chas Clark, Dalsland, Sweden

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: catspaw49
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 12:41 PM

We live in Bremen, Ohio, a small village of a dozen streets, most still brick, and no traffic lights. We're just at the rising of the foothills of the Appalachians to the south and east, and the flat plains and farmlands to the west and north. We're about an hour southeast of Columbus and in many ways, 50 years back in time. We get 400-500 polite kids each Halloween the majority accompanied by a parent and most folks still don't lock their doors. The future will descend upon us all too soon I fear, but damn........it's pretty nice right now.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Fidjit
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 12:57 PM

Hey! Everybody Google Earth and wave

Chas

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: open mike
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 02:27 PM

Laurel--here is where i am on the planet northern california
and here is where i am in space and in face www.myspace.com/laurelwoodsorrel
www.facebook.com/laurelwoodsorrel
and here is where i am on the radio
on the second saturday of each month
www.radiobirdstreet.org

the locator is part of the member photo and info section
and while you are at it you MAY want to update e-mail,
photo, profile, (your birthday is probably the same)
events, and memorials....

this would require a mudelf or clone to offer to
process all this info..but that has been a feature
of this site that has helped us get in touch and
stay in touch with other mudcats.

who can step in to fill jeff's shoes??!!

where are jeff's shoes, anyway>?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: RTim
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 02:39 PM

Tim Radford, Woods Hole MA

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: open mike
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 03:37 PM

I contacted the owner/moderator of www.folkjam.org to ask what map
programs he uses on his web page. Scott suggested a collaboration..
perhaps he will post here or contact Max....this remains to be seen.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Fidjit
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 03:41 PM

I'll wait til it's up and running.I'm a bit busy just now.

Chas

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: open mike
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 04:02 PM

by the way the info on here is cataloged in many different
ways, for instance, the birthdays are listed by calendar days, chronologically (by age) and alphabetically, and the locations
are listed in several difrerent ways, as well.

you'd think someone who was using the Dewey decimal system
put this together...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: smclewin
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 12:58 AM

User open mike and I had a PM chat this afternoon about how folkjam's musician map www.folkjam.org/local/users) works and where we got it from.

It's based on google maps, obviously. Above that, we use Drupal - same as frappr. And on top of that I wrote custom code to blend the user details, the user list and the map together.

Max - if you want to explore any of this further with me, drop me a note through http://www.folkjam.org/feedback or if you have an account on folkjam.org via a PM to me - http://www.folkjam.org/privatemsg/new/2

Scott
folkjam.org co-founder, fiddler

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: GUEST,The lemonade Lady
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 03:01 AM

The map's a good idea, i hope that gets off the ground (??) Anyway i'm near Leominster in Herefordshire England.
Sal

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Dorothy Parshall
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 11:09 AM

I'm in Montreal - where two friends and I had a great Monday eve at the Wheel Club and plans to go back now that we have found it. Friday eve, my gang (whoever is in the car at 6 pm) and I will be at Cafe NamasThe in Ormstown.

Would be nice to know where folks are. Good to hear that Peace is on planet earth!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: open mike
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 11:36 AM

oh, great! peace on earth....so many have wished and prayed for this..

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Don Firth
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 12:41 PM

Seattle, Washington. If the United States were an envelope, I would be somewhere in the upper left corner, where you generally put your return address.

That's roughly 26,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Joe_F
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 06:19 PM

Malden, Massachusetts, USA (a suburb north of Boston), on Rt 60, near the Medford line.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Andrez
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 06:54 PM

Andrez: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Having said that and being mindful of the many privacy issues around putting your info "out there" on the Internet regardless of the forum, I must say I'm not yet convinced about putting actual contact details on a website of any kind even one as hallowed and august as Mudcat!

That said, any overseas travelling "catters coming through are welcome to PM me and we can take it from there.

Cheers,

Andrez

:-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: bobad
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 07:33 PM

45° 08' 32.44" N
74° 57' 04.96" W

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: GUEST,hg
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 09:07 PM

...uh, I'm at my computer...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: GUEST,Padre, temporarily w/o cookie
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 09:33 PM

Lick Run, Virginia, about 8 miles north of our post office in Eagle Rock, in the beautiful Alleghany Highlands of Virginia.

Padre

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 10:02 PM

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Rapparee
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 10:10 PM

Rapaire: Pocatello, Idaho, USA -- 2.5 driving hours from everywhere else.

you'd think someone who was using the Dewey decimal system
put this together...

You got a problem wit da Dee Dee Cee or sumpin'? Maybe some of my "colleagues" in Norten California could come over an esplain it a bit, huh?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: GUEST,fiddley
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 10:17 PM

i love the lemonade lady

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Haruo
Date: 27 Aug 09 - 10:35 PM

I'm still in Seattle, but it lists me under my "old" name "Liland"...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: ragdall
Date: 31 Aug 09 - 12:56 AM

ragdall - North Central British Columbia, Canada

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Barry Finn
Date: 31 Aug 09 - 01:15 AM

still here in southern New Hampshire, USA

Barry

Subject: RE: Mudcat Locator - Where are you?
From: Phil Edwards
Date: 31 Aug 09 - 04:15 AM

Chorlton (South Manchester), England