First, there was LibraryThing.  Then, there was Facebooks's Visual Bookshelf. And now... there is GoodReadsBefore anyone gets the wrong idea, I'm listing the various book cataloging services  that I've tried (and abandoned) in the order that I've tried (and abandoned) them ( Read more... )

So for a few days now, I've noticed I'm not getting any email notifications from LJ. I thought it was just one of those temporary glitchy things and LJ would rectify it soon enough (or at least make an announcement thing ( Read more... )

I believe isilwen_dreams had this problem. In my FireFox, my LJ icon is showing some Calvin and Hobbes icon I've never seen before. I've tried re-logging in, clearing my cache, but there is stands. Oddly, though, if I view it in IE, my original icon is displayed. Weird.

...or does LiveJournal's "remember me" function seem to be more forgetful these days?

(Or...does it seem to just tie to one computer? I check LJ on both my laptop and my desktop, alternatively, and I seem to have to login every day on each computer.)

... jimbutcher of Dreden books fame has a LiveJournal account? 
Actually, I haven't read any of his books (unless you count having watched the first season of the TV series). But I found his latest blog entry somewhat amusing, and I really liked how he answered the question on how he got published on his website.
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I wake up this morning, and am disappointed to find still no statement from LiveJournal.

( A final comment from me to get this mess out of my mind )

seraphina_prime alerted me to -- what they're calling -- the Strikeout 2007. I don't have all/any of the facts, but it seems LJ has silently (without warning, without notification, and apparently without even verifying the reasons!) deleted communities that an outside group,Warriors for Innocence (dedicated to hunting pedophiles on the web--as their tag says), ( Read more... )

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I just found LJ syndicated feed for He Wrote, She Wrote. I couldn't find it when I was looking for it specifically a few weeks back, but today, on a browsing whim, I stumbled on a Jenny Crusie community and saw that someone created the feed in Jan 2006.

*squee* This specific discovery is probably only relevant to me ... but I like needing only to ( Read more... )