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Is there a way to see recent zoom meeting recordings or an index of links to the unlisted YT? Thanks.

The sub menu is back by both popular and reasonable demand.

Looking for the resource page that had all the links on it. Along with the Amazon suggestion lists from various luthiers

Please, if you see something, say something. If you want something, ask. Bugs, wishlists etc. Stack them up here.

Hey Everyone! I have been messing around with a program that Ian introduced me to called "FarPlay". It is similar to zoom but designed for playing music together. In prototyping it I have made some discoveries, particularly that you need a really solid internet connection. Wifi seems doable but causes the most problems. If enough people were interested I am imagining two different ways it could be fun for us. The first would be…

Any chance of getting the Tricorner T shirt in 100% cotton? I dearly love the shirt but am afraid of having it melt to my body in an elevator fire.......🔥

This is a new layout for a featured image page. https://dev2.loothgroup.com/ian-featured/

I'm in Ireland, so perhaps this is a local phenomenon, but I find that the site is only accessible to me for a limited number of page views before it becomes unresponsive. Yesterday when it went down I got a Wordpress error: "Error establishing a Redis connection." Based on that, it looks like it's a config error with Wordpress, but I don't even know if anybody else is getting this behavior.

It would be good to have a section where we looths (wannabe in my case) can buy, sell, or trade materials, equipment, tools, etc. with one another. Obviously, there would need to be rules and policies, but I think we’re all some stand-up people so could be a good thing.