May 2012
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Sometimes the usual newsletter publication day of the 8th of
the month gets bumped back to the 18th. This is one such occasion due to recent attention of
upgrading our software. The bulk of this work has been done, but some
further changes will be more obvious to Members over the next few days
and weeks. Make sure you come to visit!
Caliban
NEWS
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Upgraded software &
evolving layout
Earlier this month, we performed another upgrade to the LongeCity
software architecture. While some chinks remain to be ironed out, the
upgrade went quite smoothly and should give us improved performance
especially in the forums. Already, the load on the server has decreased
measurably.
In the wake of the upgrade, we are also changing the layout of the site
a bit. LongeCity has many tools and features to enhance information
sharing for the mission, but these are not very well known and
underused. To address this, we are experimenting with a new menu
structure and new ways of sharing information across the site. As
usual, we are asking for patients while changes and experiments are
bedding in - unfortunately we don't always have the capacity to do
changes 'behind the scenes' -- thus things may look a bit 'under
construction' at times.
⇒ Report any persistent bugs in the issues forum
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Monthly Memberships to be
phased out
As mooted in
previous newsletters, a decision has now been made by the board to phase out monthly
memberships. We will be contacting current monthly members over the
next few weeks about this change.
⇒ Immortality Institute
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Microglia Stem Cell Research:
Progress report
Last year, the
community came together to raise funds to support a research project
using stem cells as a potential therapy for brain aging. Now, some
results are in and over the next few days Mondey, will report on what
the tam has achieved with community funding in a LongeCity blog.
⇒ Microglia Stem Cells Blog
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Recent Podcasts:
Speaking of
fundraisers, Mind's recent guest on 'LongeCity now' was Chana de Wolf-
runner-up and therfore co-beneficiary of the recent 'crowdsourced' cryonics
fundraiser. Chana talks about their cryonics research venture, the
research programme, and the future acceptability of cryonics.
⇒ Recent
podcast page
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