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No more Basic/Free LJ accounts
From the FAQ: New accounts (created after March 12, 2008) may choose between Plus and Paid account levels.
A comment in no_lj_ads says that it's based on UserID number; past a certain point won't be able to select "basic." Theoretically, currently paid accounts will have the Basic option when they revert, but hey, that could change tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
A Plea to Stop Using Movie Ratings for Fic
I don't like using MPAA ratings (G, PG, R, NC-17) for fanfic. They are (1) designed for movies, not text, (2) often applied badly to fic, because the standards are so vague, and (3) used by the MPAA to discriminate against topics they finds offensive, gay sex being at the top of that list. And I don't want to support a system that says "gay sex is ( Read more... ) -
New LJ Policy
New policy is up at draft policy page (compare to current policies here); they said that they want conversation (and should complete the consultation process by "the end of May"--contrast with the 100 day plan of " Establish a clear set of policy guidelines by mid-March ( Read more... ) -
A Linguistic Consideration
Driving to the store yesterday, I saw a billboard advertising1260 AM Catholic Radio
Share the ♥ of the Christian faith.
And I wondered...
should I read that as "Share the love of the Christian faith" or
"share the heart of the Christian faith?"
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Eris help me
Today, I got to explain the extremely technical and exotic concept of "email list" to tech support at my ISP ( Read more... ) -
Happy St. Tib's Day!
St. Tib's day is a Discordian holiday that happens once every four years (except for century-years not divisible by 400 or something like that). The traditional celebration of St. Tib's Day involves dressing in brightly-colored exotic clothes and wandering around an airport, occasionally asking the staff to page someone who doesn't exist. Erisian ( Read more... ) -
LJ has its advisory board
http://community.livejournal.com/lj_2008/3384.html:
danah boyd, Esther Dyson, Lawrence Lessig, Brad Fitzpatrick. -
Keyboard probs
Ourkeyboard is dying. Spacebar sticking.A lot.
Grrr.
Note to self: No,cannot rinse out keyboard. If the kids have managed to insert juice behind the keys,there'sreally not much I can do about it except replace board. -
PermInsane going away
Last chance for Permanent accounts at InsaneJournal; at the end of Feb, they go away for an unknown amount of time; when they come back, they'll cost a lot more than $40.
Now's the time to get them if you've been thinking about it. -
Escapade
I officially am planning on going to Escapade. I know this is a last-minute decision. I couldn't decide for sure until after PantheaCon last weekend.
I have not yet bought
1) Membership,
2) Room,
3) Transport.
Membership's easy. $125 thrown at a website. No decisions involved in that. The other two are troublesome.
( Musings inside )