But there a few reasons why I’m sad about the decline of independent blogging, and why I think they’re still worth fighting for.

Ultimately, it comes down to two things: ownership and control.

Last week, Twitter announced they’re shutting down Vine. Twitter, itself, may be acquired and changed in some terrible way. It’s not hard to imagine a post ( Read more... )

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This is my 6,000th blog post. Well… 6,000 ±1. LiveJournal says this is post 5,999. Dreamwidth says this is post 6,001. I’ve split the difference ( Read more... )

I’m four years younger than James Harris, but a lot of the nostalgia applies to me, also. Who Still Reads 1950s Science Fiction?

I know the old stuff isn’t as good as the new stuff… but it’s what I grew up with… and you’ll pry Dune, I, Robot, the Lensman series and Atlas Shrugged out of my cold, dead hands. (Dune was 1965 but was mentioned in the ( Read more... )

Several days ago I changed my password for my LiveJournal account - but neglected to update the information in Dreamwidth - so my crossposts haven’t been happening. I guess I’ll have to go back and force recent posts to go over there. Amy no baka!

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Because my blog is written in a conversational tone - well, conversational compared to my normally formal style - I’m going to continue to use some of the words in 43 Words You Should Cut From Your Writing Immediately. However, there are compositions (mainly at work) where I try to be concise. This list will be good for me to remember.

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It’s an anniversary I almost never notice… but tomorrow my blog turns 12-years-old! There are over 5,600 journal entries. The whole concept is as crazy now as it was back then ( Read more... )

In Celebration of Old-School LiveJournal at The Toast. The comments are fun to read, also.

You're welcome to comment on LJ, but I'd rather you leave a comment on the original post at Dreamwidth. The current comment count is
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Here is a copy of what I posted to the Friend Quest 2015 community at LiveJournal…

Who are you?
I’m (another) Amy, and I am a native, rain-loving Oregonian… happily single, Asian-American… otaku and technogeek, 59 90/91 years old. (I’m really hanging on to those last few days of the decade! ^_^) I am the Lovely Angel of the Dark Shiny Object.

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