This was posted by theljstaff in lj_2008 this evening. I recommend reading it, because we've all bitched about being jerked around and never getting a sincere apology. IMO, that is what this is.

Some pertinent excerpts:

Since the launch of LiveJournal, Inc., we have been working on creating the best approach to develop the platform and, in particular, ( Read more... )

Or maybe they started in 2007, I really don't know. Read all about it here.

You remember those fics you wrote a loooong time ago, back when you were a mere budding artist instead of the accomplished unpaid professional you are today ( Read more... )

Because I just can't escape my sordid past in software testing and the inquisitive, investigative nature that is required for such past sordidness, I have discovered that my fanfiction.net invisible stats issue originates not in the Pit of Voles (god, I love that), but - wait for it - IN MY OWN COMPUTER ( Read more... )

Is anyone else who uses fanfiction.net having trouble accessing the stats page? For the past two days, mine's been MIA. Everything loads, except my actual stats. I'd thought it must be a site-wide problem, but Bladekid checked, and his stats page is showing up 100% in full.

Is it a big deal? No. It's just not right, people. Especially if ( Read more... )

In the continuing interest of being open about my fannish tangents, I should announce that I've just posted chapter eight of my Tin Man fic, "The Indirect Life."

So if you're among the interested, thar she blows!

You know how sometimes a fandom comes along where the source material is less than it could or should have been, maybe even has serious, debilitating flaws, and yet you are for some reason drawn to it? Even to the point of becoming slightly obsessed with it for a while? No? Well, thanks for all the empathy ( Read more... )

This was written for the 12 Days of Teyla Love-A-Thon taking place over at teylafen. I was slated to produce a Teyla-centric piece of fannish creativity for January 7, which has duly been posted to the comm. I heartily recommend that you go and check it out, if only because I had a positively hideous time getting all the coding right. While you're there ( Read more... )

Anyone know ( Spoiler from the episode 'Missing' and beyond )

O mighty flist, I know that some of you have experience with homeschooling. I am facing a disturbing and possibly dire situation with my son and his school, and it is beginning to seem that his needs may be much better served by homeschooling than by dealing with his current teaching team ( Read more... )