LiveJournal and other blogs

[justin]

For those people who use LJ and who like reading all the gory details about how the site works, there's a post mortem of the outage over the weekend here



The short explanation is, power was lost because another of Internap's customers decided it would be a good idea to press the emergency power override button, switching off all power to the floor.



It took so long for them to get everything running again because they were being very paranoid checking there was no corruption in any of their databases and because they had some faulty hardware.



ETA. If you have a paid account you can claim a two weeks extension as compensation here

--

Homer Simpson: When will people learn, democracy just doesn't work.

Edited by: justin at: 1/20/05 1:50 pm

[wiccanbotanist]

Right well I've just picked up an LJ myself. Yay for free accounts, though I had trouble posting the other day when I really wanted to post. Not part of the great power outage, but frustrating none the less.



So here it is incase you want to take a look at my personal rants. Plus it links to my website.



www.livejournal.com/users/wiccanbotanist/



-wiccanbotanist

A sign seen in a botanist's front yard: "Please keep off the Bouteloua gracilis"

Sugas mea papilium (Suck my butterfly) - A Woman in Uniform by umgaynow

I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

[Gatito Grande]

So, has this happened to anybody?

My mother has learned---from a busy-body priest (I don't know), no less---that I have a blog.

Now, she wants me to tell her where it is (assuming I even trust her, that she hasn't seen it already: between Google and the busy-body, it's not like she can't find out. She has internet access, obviously---just in the past year. And learned---somewhat anyway---what a blog is!).

How do people deal w/ unwanted folk showing up on---or just knowing about---your blog?

Parents?

Siblings?

Exes?

Bosses?

Co-workers?

What do you do? Delete the sucker? Edit it? Say "screw it, I don't care: let 'em read it if they wanna?" Say "Hi, mom!"

GG Desperately looking for imput (Now, can I be sure she won't follow the link on the blog TO the Kitten?) Out

And yes: I'm Very OUT on my blog, and I'm not out to my parents. Long, sad story . . .

[vix84]

There's no need to delete your blog, that would be pretty sad. I think you should just change your name or any reference to your real life that she'd be able to find in google. Otherwise don't change anything and she'll never read it. If she does, she won't know it's yours.

Good luck with that! Gosh, what a nightmare!

[morgaine aidan]

Here's my lj http://www.livejournal.com/users/evil_morgaine/

lol It's got some pretty funny pictures on it if you bother to look of me and my friends being drunk or just being silly.

[Gatito Grande]

Well, she (my mom) is refusing to let this go, so it looks like, after putting it off for 19 years, I'm going to have to (one way or another) Come Out to her . . .

GG Say a prayer (nice thoughts, good karma, whatever) for me, Kittens? In my unemployed state, I'm financially dependent on 'em, so I could get cut off, too. Out

I just so don't wanna deal w/ the Old Farts (85, and almost 80, respectively)

[sam]

GG, I'm sorry about everything..but don't delete it, it's yours not your mothers. I hope everything goes alright with your mum
Here's my livejournal..not much in it at the moment...

http://www.livejournal.com/users/sammy___
Love sam xx

[maudmac]

Wow, GG. I wish you the best if you do have to come out to your folks. Sucks that it's sort of being forced this way. On the other hand...perhaps it's for the best? I hope it all goes well.

Things like that are kind of why I don't have anything like a blog anywhere. What would I talk about? Things I don't really want people I know to read, because I'll be bitching about them. So who, then, would read my blog? And if no one's going to read it, I might as well just keep a pen-and-paper journal or keep everything on my computer. Heh, then I'd have to worry about someone finding that, too. Oh well. Bleh.

[onelesstraveled]

GG, I'm sorry to hear about the whole ordeal, I wish you all the best!

Although I don't have to worry about my parents finding out about my blog (my mother doesn't even know how to turn on a computer), lately I've become very paranoid about some of my older more narrow-minded high school friends (whose parents still have connections to mine) stumbling across my blog and telling the world about it. I understand your predicament, it's practically like my nightmare come true.

Many blogs now have a "friends-only" function that protects them from public access, and if that doesn't work, you can always change the username so if your mother do happen to find it, she can't prove it's yours. Don't delete it for her sake.

I hope everything goes well in the end.

[Gatito Grande]

Ack. I still don't know what to do, and I've been in avoidance-mode. When that's over (as I suspect it will be soon), I'll probably let ya know how it all turned out over on the Coming Out thread . . .

GG Couldn't I at least find a job (and not be financially-dependent) first? Pretty please? Out

[sneakykitty2002]

eh. I have LJ....

the camels water hole

[Shinnen]

Just started one. I'm making this more interactive. So anyone can just throw bricks or bouquets at my comments.

My Blog

[Giftofamber]

GG, can you make individual posts "Friends Only"? Some of my friends even have "sublists" of "friends only" posts, so that even if someone is on the friends list, they can't see the post if they aren't on the sublist.

I suppose I ought to put my own up here. I'd love to meet more Kittens, and I tend to lurk here more than I post anymore.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/giftofamber

[Ben Varkentine]

First of all, this isn't mine but there is a brilliant and hilarious blog post here--

http://www.positiveliberty.com/2005/07/ ... x-gay.html

It's by a young gay man who reprints a composite of several letters he's gotten from people who want to save him from his homosexuality. The horror, the horror.

He replies by posting photographs of himself and his husband and their life together. It's really eloquent.

Second, I have a new blog up now: http://varkentine.blogspot.com/

It's a lot like my old one (except I've figured out how to post pictures now), stoking the fires of my obsessions: Music, movies, the media, politics, real women, Anne Hathaway, cartoons, taking the piss out of George W. Bush, heckling right-wing christians, television, and, of course, obscure '80s pop references.

You know, the usual. Drop by if you want, and leave a note if you do.

[VixenyTarasHot]

You know.. I totally thought I had left my link in here already, but I guess noot.... soo

http://www.livejournal.com/users/billabongsurf/

there's my livejournal and I also have a myspace one which is aat....

http://www.myspace.com/voice_never_heard

Check em out and leave messages

Ashleigh

[Repost Moderator]

Originally posted by PuddleOfL0ve

I hope this hasn't already been posted but is there anyone here that is on myspace? I told myself I wouldn't join.. but I have been sucked in. Thought it might be neat to link up with other kittens... my myspace is myspace.com/justren

[kristyn]

Totally.

My LJ: http://www.livejournal.com/users/kristyncommathe
however...it's friends only so you'll have to comment and the whole 9 yards

My Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/kmcm

Hit me up at either, people. As any other myspace whore I <3 comments.

-Kristyn

[wt4ever]

i got sucked into myspace...
http://www.myspace.com/rurouni_

[Ben Varkentine]

I thought this might be fun for you bloggers and LiveJournal-ers to try: It's an online quiz to determine just how "girlish" or "boyish" you are. I myself am, apparently, only 20% Boyish but 80% Girlish.

To which I say, cool...

PS: I'm shamelessly going to make you go to my blog to get the link. You see, it's all part of my master plan.

http://varkentine.blogspot.com/2005/09/ ... to-no.html

[LesbianJedi87]

Im using Xanga alot more these days, mainly cause my girlfriend does too.
http://www.xanga.com/BetterWithYou

[dragkinggoddess]

Livejournal for me...

http://www.livejournal.com/users/perri94/

Be sure to read the entry regarding my thesis. I could use some kitten assistance!

[Soluna89]

Guess if anyone's really interested...

http://www.xanga.com/gothwolfgoddess

http://www.myspace.com/raina_sol

http://soluna.sheezyart.com/

http://gothwolfgoddess.deviantart.com/

^-^

[kindagay]

Well, what's the point of having a LJ if nobody reads it?

So, here's my LiveJournal, which is mostly about job hunting at the moment, but there's some other stuff too, if anyone's interested.

Feel free to read & comment if you want to

Hugs
Jeanne

[ambersagoddess]

Right. So here's my myspace...

http://www.myspace.com/dykedrama

I don't update my livejournal much anymore because an ex's new boyfriend reads it and makes fun of my feelings...so I try to avoid it.

But that's my myspace, it's all I really keep tabs on anymore.

So yah.

-Rei

[robotguru]

Rei is a persistant pain in the ass ok, my myspace http://www.myspace.com/mysisterforcedmetodothis

[dorksrcool]

Here's mine....


http://www.livejournal.com/~feeling_pulled/

Stop by if you'd like, I'm computer illterate and I don't really actually understand what I'm doing on livejournal, so be nice.

[Feena]

I've started writing a novel and this is my blog about it. I've only had it for a couple of weeks.

The Witches' Hammer

[KwVp11]

Well, since I don't seem to post much as far as message boards go... or journals, for that matter. But, I'm getting better! At the journal part, anyway. Really. Especially since I'm not feeling the whole writing by hand way of journaling at the moment.

So, if you're so curious, here it is: http://www.greatestjournal.com/~restlesscurious

..I'm the only person on here with a Greatestjournal, aren't I? Gee.

[Ben Varkentine]

I've been having a little fun with BlogThing, and according to my superhero profile...you guys are my weakness!

Your Superhero Profile


Your Superhero Name is The Phantom Spear
Your Superpower is Mutant
Your Weakness is Kittens
Your Weapon is Your Electro Lasso
Your Mode of Transportation is Stilts

http://varkentine.blogspot.com/2005/11/ ... lieve.html

[LesbianJedi87]

Alrighty this is like the billionth time Ive posted this, I finally got rid of evil things to be able to post this hehe Im really proud of my site and I wanted to share it, plus I love kitten friends who have myspace! As long as said Kittens arent evil and vindictive!

http://www.myspace.com/rose05