Issue #124 – Not so dirty old men

Surfing & Cruising
Not so dirty old men
Often forgotten in the gay “scene” is that we are all getting older.
The Net has opportunities for social activity beyond the club scene. —

Surfing & Cruising DVDs on your computer by Bret Kelly Something I haven’t touched on, but think it’s time for, is thesubject of DVD [Digital Versatile Disc?) You can play the diskson your DVD player, but you can also shove them into yourcomputer. Newer computers come with a DVD/CD ROM drivebut you can’t play…
Surfing & Cruising by Bret Kelly Navigating the newsgroups I’ve talked a lot about the Web, covered IRC and touched on e—mail — the only thing left are the newsgroups. These are messages posted to a specific forum about a specific topic. For instance, can.motss is a newsgroup that contains exchanges that may…
Surfing & Cruising Making Asian connections by Bret Kelly As a white male born in a predominately white society, I have onlya tiny grasp of what being different must be like. Gay is difficultenough but I have the advantage of my skin colour and I can alwaysdeepen my voice and straighten my limp…
Surfing & Cruising by Bret Kelly God loves fags I avoid sites where the likes of me are not welcome, however the recent murder of yet another gay man prompted me to search some out for this arti- cle. My starting point was Hate Watch (www.hatewatch.org); an organization that began at Harvard University from…
Take it Outside A night with the who’re parking for sex by Bret Kelly The recent police presence at Toolbox’s popular Naked Night andthe crackdown on The Barn’s Underwear Party — combined with thestill warm Bijou bust last year — has driven more men to search outalternative venues for sexual release. Since the cool wet…
Surfing & Cruising chatting 101 -Advanced by Bret Kelly The Dark Side One of the more annoying things about chat is Spam; profession—al scammers who want to a make quick buck. Learn to identify it andavoid it. A fake user will be visible in a chat room with a link to a paysite. An easy…