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Category: x-personal
Random and intermittent postings about life, the universe, etc..
- 15:19: @coffeechica Happy birthday!
LJ PSA: xColibur site scheme broken, unkown if it will be fixed
Sometime in the last day or two LJ made some code changes that finally broke the old xColibur site scheme. This mostly manifests in comments not loading on non-journal styled entry pages, but some menus appear to be broken as well. People have been writing in to Support asking about this, and have been individually answered, but there hasn’t been a general announcement yet.
Support staff have been replying that LJ is aware of the issue, but given that xColibur was officially deprecated a decade ago there’s no timetable, nor even a guarantee, that the issue will be resolved. They are recommending that people switch to one of the modern site schemes (Horizon, Vertigo, or Lanzelot) in order to be able to read comments again. Switching to the new site design would also fix the issue.
Honestly I think it’s good advice. LJ’s policy over the last three owners has been to not remove old features (until they get too broken and/or unused) but not to fix them either when something breaks. We’ve seen a bit of that over the last year with the removal of some of the very oldest journal layouts and I think it can go either way whether LJ fixes xColibur or removes it entirely.
For those who live in snowy climates
What do you call those lumps of snow, slush, and road dirt that accumulate behind your tires and in your wheel wells?
I don’t really have a name for them, but my wife calls them snow hemorrhoids.
Odd dream last night
I dreamt that Gillian and I were property flippers; we’d buy a house, renovate it, then sell it for a profit. You know, standard HGTV stuff. Almost. The difference being that we would specifically purchase haunted houses. We’d hold a seance and consult with the ghosts that lived in each house, getting their input on how to renovate the structure. Then, we’d sell the house for phenomenal profits.
I’ve got to admit, this doesn’t sound like a half-bad business model.
My tweets
- Tue, 08:39: RT @UrsulaV: Tesla is the new Necronomicon.
Interesting Links for 2016-01-17
- RKO Orson Welles – The Shadow – radio recordings : Internet Archive
- Almost three dozen episodes of “The Shadow” as recorded by Orson Welles in 1937 and 1938. These are probably in the public domain, but just in case it’s probably worth listening to them sooner rather than later.
(tags: 2016-01-16 radio shows via themarysue orson welles the shadow public domain ) - Almost three dozen episodes of “The Shadow” as recorded by Orson Welles in 1937 and 1938. These are probably in the public domain, but just in case it’s probably worth listening to them sooner rather than later.
- Orson Welles – Mercury Theater – 1938 recordings : Internet Archive
- Almost two dozen episodes of the Mercury Theater on the Air led by Orson Welles from 1938, including the famous “War of the Worlds” from October of that year.
(tags: 2016-01-16 radio shows public domain orson welles ) - Almost two dozen episodes of the Mercury Theater on the Air led by Orson Welles from 1938, including the famous “War of the Worlds” from October of that year.
- Examples of Extremely Crappy Design
- These are all pretty bad, but the double-sided plunger/toilet brush is probably the worst.
(tags: 2016-01-16 funny via tumblr ) - These are all pretty bad, but the double-sided plunger/toilet brush is probably the worst.
- No pedals, no problem: German company launches adult balance bike (video) – Cycling Weekly
- This balance bike concept from Germany looks awfully fun, and probably a great way to get back on the road, but I can’t find anything that indicates it’s a real product.
(tags: 2016-01-16 bicycling design concept Germany ) - This balance bike concept from Germany looks awfully fun, and probably a great way to get back on the road, but I can’t find anything that indicates it’s a real product.
- Norwegian butter crisis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- That time when butter cost $100 a pound in Norway.
(tags: 2016-01-16 via tumblr economics norway butter ) - That time when butter cost $100 a pound in Norway.
- Unravelling the mystery of Mmamoriri – the maned lioness – Africa Geographic
- There’s an island in Botswana where many female lions show all the outward signs of being male.
(tags: 2016-01-16 via tumblr lions genetics gender ) - There’s an island in Botswana where many female lions show all the outward signs of being male.
- Turn Your Bike Into a Glowing Beacon With Reflective Street Sign Paint
- This company in Cambridge, MA will powder-coat your bike frame in the same retroreflective coating used to make street signs and lane markers visible at night. Fascinating that this is the technology that gave the silver to the “silver screen.”
(tags: 2016-01-16 via boingboing bicycling safety lighting movies ) - This company in Cambridge, MA will powder-coat your bike frame in the same retroreflective coating used to make street signs and lane markers visible at night. Fascinating that this is the technology that gave the silver to the “silver screen.”
- Why monsters haunt Christmas in Europe but not America – Quartz
- Pretty much just what it says on the tin – I also learned about quite a few other Yuletide creatures beyond the Krampus.
(tags: 2016-01-16 via tumblr christmas krampus europe ) - Pretty much just what it says on the tin – I also learned about quite a few other Yuletide creatures beyond the Krampus.
- 50 Wonderful Things From 2015 : NPR
- Not the best, or the worst, but just nice and good and enjoyable things that happened in 2015.
(tags: 2016-01-16 npr via twitter wonderful things ) - Not the best, or the worst, but just nice and good and enjoyable things that happened in 2015.
My tweets
Protected: 2015 – Strong start, disappointing finish
Interesting Links for 2015-12-15
- Startup Generator
- Click the button to generate a new startup, complete with logo, employees, and mission statement.
(tags: 2015-12-14 via boingboing parody startup technology ) - Click the button to generate a new startup, complete with logo, employees, and mission statement.
- Workshop Residence
- We saw several artists from here at last year’s Bizarre Bazaar. Nice stuff. Very well made and quite unique.
(tags: 2015-12-14 art craft locally made ) - We saw several artists from here at last year’s Bizarre Bazaar. Nice stuff. Very well made and quite unique.
- Daniel Solis: Koi Pond & Early Thoughts on Publishing Card Games through Print-On-Demand
- Good article about the POD game industry. Very useful earlier in the year while Gillian and I were working on developing our game.
(tags: 2015-12-14 games self publishing print on demand ) - Good article about the POD game industry. Very useful earlier in the year while Gillian and I were working on developing our game.
- HOLE QUEST (with images, tweets) · halfcadence · Storify
- A few months ago Ryan North, webcomics and Shakespearean Choose Your Own Adventure author, lived life like he was in a 90s adventure game.
(tags: 2015-12-14 via tumblr video games true story ) - A few months ago Ryan North, webcomics and Shakespearean Choose Your Own Adventure author, lived life like he was in a 90s adventure game.