If you have been trying to contact me or wondering where I've been, please be aware that I:

• have been away from Livejournal for the last 3-4 weeks
  
• will be on an urgently-needed LJ-break until September 20

thank you.

I just finished commenting on a friend's entry and remarked on our ebook readers. I personally chose the Kindle 2 in part for its free web browsing, which you can definitely abuse when you don't have mobile data service, and my personal preference for clickable hardware buttons. The nook, while I think its LCD screen is gimmicky and potentially ( Read more... )

Like many users, I have a Windows Live ID (Messenger IM) for a certain set of people, and a LiveJournal identity for another set of people. I do not need two, nor would I want to merge them.

LiveJournal has announced a new, Microsoft-integrated service called LJ Messenger. It will be seperate from the similarly named LJ Talk, and it SUCKS ( Read more... )

Have you voted in the LiveJournal Advisory Board elections? Have a sticker! ~___^

There are five customized versions, and one candidate-neutral version.

note: you can add a grey border by replacing "border:none" with "border: solid 1px grey" in the code. order is alhpabetical.


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This year, I will be voting for the LiveJournal Advisory Board in this order: jameth, vichan, kylecassidy.

I would like to share with you my reasons for supporting jameth and introduce you to some of the reasons why Jameth is a well-qualified Advisory Board candidate. It is my hope that you will consider these points and vote for the candidate you ( Read more... )

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I agree with schpydurx' comment. I appreciate the consistency and intellectual value of the LiveJournal format. However, the erosion of the legacy userbase and apathy-loss (...I know there's a term for it somewhere) cause me much concern ( Read more... )

I forgot to LJ-cut it. I wonder if they will take it as it is and then I can edit it.

( Let's see if it get's accepted! )

In response to http://news.livejournal.com/115502.html

Sorry if this is incoherent, I am writing this past midnight here.

theoretical ways to sybil attack / sockvoting on LJAB electionsThere are plenty of ways to reduce sockpuppet voting without removing voter anonymity ( Read more... )

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Crossposted to lj_nifty

Tired of typing ".livejournal.com" into your browser's address bar to open a journal?

I've written an XML file which allows you to use the browser's search box as a LiveJournal shortcut. Once installed, you can type only a journal name - "news" for example - into the search box to visit the journal.


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