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[afranjes]

Question: Is anybody panicking about that LiveJournal layoff stuff? I don't have the energy and/or motivation to panic, if panic is not necessary.

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[snmnstrz21]

I'm not panicking, but it did make me realize that I need to archive or back-up my journal. I feel like a failure as a library school graduate that I haven't done so before now.

[afranjes]

Is there some simple way to do a back-up? I've been seeing people referring others to external sites to do it...but there must be an easier way.

[snmnstrz21]

As far as I know, the easiest way *is* to use an external site like LJ Archive or LJ Book. LJ itself only lets you download a month at a time and doesn't include comments. The external sites have much more functionality.

[afranjes]

Thanks for the info. Looks like I found myself a project for the weekend.

[parlet]

I'm not really panicking (though I will be a bit irritated if it shuts down this soon after I bought a permanent account), but I did do a backup. I can't remember which external site it was, but it was super easy, Brett had sent me the link. I can forward it on to you if you wish.

[afranjes]

Yes, please. Forward me whatever back-up info you come across. Thanks.

I immediately thought of you and your permanent account when I first read the layoff story and all the OMGPANIC comments.

[parlet]

Brett sent me these:

LJ archive
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=143280&package_id=157384&release_id=403625

LJ Book
http://www.ljbook.com/

I've only done the frist one as the other one said there were too many people accessing it (what a shock). If you go to that first one, click on the .exe file. It was very easy and super fast...my 7 1/2 years of nonsense all downloaded in about a minute. It has some interesting plugins also, I liked the one that shows the ranking of what words you use the most.

[afranjes]

Thanks, Andrew. You are THE BEST!