Michelle's Journal

*pokepokepoke*

I can't make comments anywhere! I can do it if I'm responding from email, but forget about making new comments anywhere. BUT HOW WILL I PROMPT "THEY'RE ALL RABBITS" ON THE KINK MEME NOW?

If you have Firefox, you can get rid of the Facebook/Twitter boxes when you comment on LJ.

First you need to have the Greasemonkey extension installed.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748/

Then you need to install DisConnect.

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/85105

Works great! Hopefully LJ will make this an optional feature, but until then at least I don't have to see the boxes anymore when I comment.

You know what I'd love, LJ? The ability to get notices when an individual posts in a community. Right now you can get notices if a post pops up with certain tags, but that does me no good when I'm stalking a specific WIP that only gets posted in a community. No, they don't post it in their own journal, so that sort of stalking is out.

This is why I should never ever ever read WIPs. EVIL THINGS.


ETA: OH! Has anyone ever used those vacuum ziplock bags? I'm not talking about the $100 machine version, I'm talking about the kind you can get a little pump for about $10. Do they work? Are they better than regular ziplock bags? Are they worth the money?


And now for a random Doctor Who poll.

[Poll #1339259]

Netflix Shipping: For Sat: Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
Netflix Shipping: For Sat: Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
Netflix Shipping: For Sat: Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

Also, did someone post their InsaneJournal name today? I swore I saw something but can't find the post back. (Someone other than javabreeze, who I did find.) If this sounds like you, could you tell me your InsaneJournal name so I can friend you?

I also have a JournalFen account, but not as many people are there. (I don't think they're allowing new signups at the moment.)

principia_coh has said that the article about LJ that's floating around isn't accurate, and she's always got the good info. Layoffs, yes. Everyone's gone, no.

But I suppose I should get around to backing up my journal. MEH. What a pain in the butt. It makes me wonder if it's really worth doing. The comments don't transfer over, and I've got most my fic hosted on a personal site... I guess it would be kind of sad to think that it could all go poof though.

Ever since they "updated" LJ, I've been unable to see links. Oh, I can see visited links, but not new links. Basically, everything within a text post is black, including any links, the header, lj cuts, and even someone's user name. This includes my posts as well as everything on my flist. (Even though my settings say I have link and visited link colors of grey.)

In the comments to the update post, people with a similar problem are saying to plug in your own CSS since LJ getting around to fixing it involves ice cubes and hell or something. The problem is, saying anything CSS to me is like giving me a lecture on String Theory in Greek: I'd like to understand since it obviously involves pretty, swirly string things, but it's just not happening.

Does anyone know exactly what needs to be plugged in to override the link colors? As in...I could cut and paste it without me having to shake someone with "but what are you supposed to put in the space you left with 'insert details here??' I AM DUM AND AM HAVING A CRISIS."

Alternatively, does anyone know any layout communities I could look at to maybe switch to? Maybe it's time for a change from the Boxer way of life. But I want simple. Simple simple simple. Beyond simple. And a side graphic since I hate scrolling past a top graphic. Plus a side graphic you can see all the time.

ETA: mls03j fixed it!

195 icons? WOOOO!!

Okay look, LJ. 142 icon spaces are really not enough. By a long shot. You give me 10 GB of space, why can't some of that be used for icons?? So far I've only used 89 MB of my 10 GB, and this is with over 2,300 pictures in my gallery. (1,479 of which are of Doctor Who. What?)

I'd happily knock off some of my server space for the ability to have more icons. Hmph.

Okay, LJ. That new filtered icon is really pretty useless. You know that, right? If you're not going to identify what filter a post is on, who cares? Even a mouse-over would be good, where right now the mouse-over just says "[custom friends group post]". Well, DUH.

It would be nice to see if I'd just accidentally spammed certain people with a giant Doctor/Rose screencap party. Or to know that my intentional spam was spammed in the place it should be spammed.

( Heh. Spam. )

ETA: I, once again, am a dipshit. There's now a new line below your actual tags that says what filter it is.