LiveJournal is continuing in its quest to be Facebook and Tumblr simultaneously, thereby driving even more people away. I haven't seen any screenshots of this new "release" (read: train wreck), but it sounds like they're going to make all friends pages uniform and remove a ton of customizability ( Read more... )

Reposted from last year.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins tonight at sundown. For those unfamiliar with it, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah .

From bearsir, reposted with permission.

a friend wrote to ask what an appropriate wish for Rosh Hashanah was, ( Read more... )

My Facebook timeline has just been updated with a shiny new cover image and integrated profile pic. You should go and admire it. If you would like to also have a custom cover image without having to figure out how to do it yourself, you should contact the ever-talented ganimede, who is responsible for this impressive display.

See also his recent post ( Read more... )

The talented ganimede is considering offering to make custom cover images for people's Facebook timelines, and is trying to gauge interest. Please see his post for more information.

(I always liked coming up with titles for my papers in school.)

So I just had a conversation with ganimede. It went thusly:

Michael: What did you get up to today?
Nathaniel: stuff :P
Michael: Oh, that sounds terribly exciting :P
Nathaniel: It was thrilling
Nathaniel: just wait for the LJ post. "Today I did Stuff."
Nathaniel: Maybe I should make it a ( Read more... )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17177053

LiveJournal: Russia's unlikely internet giant
By Robert Greenall BBC News


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Reposted from last year.

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins tonight at sundown. For those unfamiliar with it, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah .

From bearsir, reposted with permission.

a friend wrote to ask what an appropriate wish for Rosh Hashanah was, ( Read more... )

Like a numpty I posted a poll over the Labour Day weekend so I'm wondering if a load of people missed it, because it hasn't had many responses at all. But everyone likes a ticky box so please go tell me what you call your evening meal!

Nathaniel just posted asking what everyone calls their evening meal. I generally call it dinner, but when I commented, I realised that I don't really know what people in other parts of the US do, other than that people in the South seem to call it supper more often and people in the North seem to call it dinner more often. I was reminded of The Pop ( Read more... )

I was just at CVS to refill my T prescription and was told that testosterone enanthate is on backorder and won't be available until 19 July. This is enanthate specifically; cypionate is still available. The pharmacist told me that there's only one company in the US that makes enanthate and they're out of stock for some reason so there's a shortage ( Read more... )