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Testing OpenID
I’ve installed a plugin that theoretically allows people to comment using OpenID. I’ve already verified it allows me to log in to other site using this blog as my OpenID, but when I log out of the...
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Going Back in Time
Ms. T., bless her heart, came home last night with a gift for me: a 1 TB external drive. I’d told her how I was swiftly running out of space on my 500GB backup drive, so she bought a larger one. Since...
View ArticleA Great Start to My Weekend
I enjoy meeting blogging buddies. Yesterday I had the honor of meeting the friendly Kickadee and Yansa from LJ. We met up at the Museum of Modern Art specifically so I could see the Postsecret display...
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Day 42259: Keeping It Quiet
Someone (whose blog I read like a thirsty person drinks water) wrote on his blog about a discussion he and his partner had about sharing some of the details of their relationship online. I made this...
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Day 42263: What Is Real?
Tonight a fellow blogger admitted that his blog is primarily a work of fiction. He admitted it, because he realized some people like myself, who are very new to his writing and would express great...
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Day 43048: Uneasy Silence
The problem with being aware of how companies could use the things we share on the internet, even things I feel are innocuous or important to share for the sake of relating to others, is it makes me...
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Day 43197 ~ What We’re Gonna Do Right Now Is Go Back…
One of the benefits of having my own domain and very good archives is having the liberty to resurrect my very first website and blog from before blogging was a thing everyone did. I started blogging in...
View ArticleIt’s Me Again
If you came here from LiveJournal or Dreamwidth wondering, “Who is this person who just added me?” welcome. I have been reading your blog from my LJ (wlotus) for some time, now. Since I no longer post...
View ArticleDay 43338 ~ Never Fear, My LJ Peeps!
If after you received a remove notification soon after you added my OpenID account on LJ, it is only because I am using my LJ account to (temporarily) read only the blogs of people who have not yet...
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Day 44028 ~ How I Use Facebook Filters
Over on Bits and Bytes I discuss, in detail, how using Facebook filters has improved my Facebook experience.
View ArticleDay 45012 ~ Dear Fellow Bloggers, I’m Reading!
Y’all write a lot on your blogs when a body is caught in her own head pondering deep and sometimes painful things. Please bear with me while I catch up. If there is something you absolutely want me to...
View ArticleDay 45330 ~ LiveJournal Stuff
I’ve just gone through my LJ list and removed defunct accounts and most accounts who were not following this OpenID account. I’ve sent messages to the two people who aren’t following this account who...
View ArticleDay 46328 ~ Living in Community and Blogging
In the midst of all of my crocheting, knitting, and website rebuilding I have pondered the concept of living in community. I don’t know if my thoughts will be coherent, because even though I began...
View ArticleDay 46330 ~ Comments Are Broken
There is a problem with the OpenID plugin I use on this site. The plugin breaks the blog’s comment feature for anyone not logged in using a social media account such as WordPress or Google+. If I...
View ArticleDay 46332 ~ Knitting and Blogging
From this to this. After 5+ years of blogging in my own domain and hanging onto several LJ connections waiting to see if they would add my OpenID back or revive their dormant blogs, I am cleaning out...
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I contacted the authors of the WordPress plugin that had broken the comments feature on my blog. Today one of them released a new version that seems to have fixed the problem. If you comment on my blog...
View Article47171 ~ Getting Back to Normal
I’ve had a nasty cold since Sunday night, but it is finally on its way out. I know this not just because I am less congested than I was, but because I can seriously fight sleep again and am able to...
View Article47190 ~ It’s been a long time coming, but a change is gonna come.
In the midst of the overwhelming amount of socializing I did this weekend—for which my body is having words with me…you’d think she’d be used to it by now!—I processed some deep stuff. I’m not going to...
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