From my Alterslash feed:

'Good news for anyone who needs to collaborate remotely on a writing or editing project — coding too. It’s especially good news for those using Windows and Linux. Mac users have had SubEthaEdit for a few years now. With EtherPad, two or more people can edit a document and see all the edits simultaneously. EtherPad’s main differences from SubEthaEdit: it’s a Web application that de facto supports many platforms without the need for a central Mac OS X host; and it’s free.'

Here is the Etherpad link. :)

A woman has been arrested in Japan after she allegedly killed her virtual husband in a popular video game.

The 43-year-old was reportedly furious at finding herself suddenly divorced in the online game Maplestory.

Police say she illegally accessed log-in details of the man playing her husband, and killed off his character.

>>Read on


**That's kinda scary... :O

CONTENT: PRESS RELEASE
TITLE: WARPED COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ACQUIRES DEADJOURNAL.COM
CONTACT: PRESS@WARPED.COM
EMBARGO: 10/6/2008
BEGIN CONTENT: -- Warped Communcations, Inc. acquires DeadJournal.com --

Warped Communications, Inc., a Georgia corporation, is pleased to
announce the acquisition of DeadJournal.com, a journaling website
started in 2000. DeadJournal provides a darker-themed place for people
to record their lives, images, thoughts, rants and raves.

>>Read more

I have shamelessly stolen this from my dual Lj/melo friend Ursula (nuclearsnow on melo and blacklight_halo on Lj). Thanks for finding this Ursula. Now I just have to get a certain someone on the messenger when he is totally drunk and not paying attention! haha! ;)

Virtual Vow.com

"Do you want to get virtually married to your MySpace sweetheart? Do you want to show your affection toward another but aren't ready for the "real" thing? Would you like to let your friends and family know you're in love? Well, this is the place for you!

Virtual Vow lets you get married online, in a virtual setting. Although the marriage is not legally binding, and doesn't give you any additional legal rights, it does give you the ability to get "virtually married" when it otherwise isn't "legal" or possible. It demonstrate to everyone how much you care for your partner! And best of all, it's completely FREE!

Another benefit of Virtual Marriage is the fact that you can marry anything! There are no limitations or discrimination on VirtualVow.com.

• Do you love your dog or cat? Marry it!
• Do you love your truck? Marry it!
• Do you love your motorcycle? Marry it!
• Do you love your website? Marry it!
• Do you love a celebrity? Marry them!

Once you're married, you get a full Virtual Marriage Certificate suitable for framing and printable at any time. You'll also get a set of customized graphic buttons and images that you can put on your website, blog, or MySpace page.

You can get started by sending a proposal or, if you know you're already in love, you can go directly to the online wedding page."

Yessss!!!! :D

Awww, I think this is so cute that even though Sara 'disabled' Hashi's bigcatpants melo due to extraneous reasons which we will not mention , his li'l BCP logo still figured prominently on the Meloversary '08 party cake this weekend. ;)

Big Cat Pants Forever!




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I have taken to just posting art pictures because when I write from my heart, it goes unnoticed. If I post an article, it provokes no discussion. If I look for pictures and post them, at least in the end, I can look back on them, and they give me pleasure. I am not complaining any more. I am just explaining for anyone who might wonder. Daily I look at the things my friends post and usually comment to them unless I feel they would prefer I do not. I used to think of journaling as interactive, but my political journal showed me otherwise, although I get comments there from time to time and requests for research assistance.

The other day I read a link from my friend's Lj that was so astute and so excellently written concerning the present political crisis in this country, yet only one person had commented. Sometimes I read the latest posts link over at Dj, and some of the people will be having a major crisis in their lives, yet not one comment will be posted. Have these people no friends? Or are people on social networking sites such as Dj and Lj just there for their own vanity and ego? Do people not want feedback? Or do they get it from other sources? Why journal it then in public?

I think about all these things, and I wonder.





'Backstage'





'The French Window'


By Ignat Ignatov

Lately, more and more, I will have trouble getting from Point A to Point B on Deadjournal. The worst of it, though, is that I will be in the middle of reading a friend's entry and all of a damn sudden I will get disconnected from the page and have to refresh and come back. This just happens at Dj--it isn't my internet.

Anyone else noticing this?

I was looking around Google today for the free site search function they used to offer. Maybe I am missing something, but when I attempted to get another one like I have on SAOIRSE32 for that particular site, I was asked to get out a credit card. Oona does not do this. :-p

So I went and looked up the code I had for my other site, given to me by Google, and I substituted my Deadjournal URL in it [as I have LjSeek for this journal]. It worked like a charm!

The only hitch is that I have to post it on a site such as Wordpress.com or Blogs.ie in order for the javascript to work, but those sites are free also and quick to obtain.

This is the link: ÐØRÇHÁ =^..^= Deadjournal Site Search

Keep in mind this is for the Dj site which has almost 2,000 posts. :)

If you would like the code for your own site, send me an email, and we can see if yours will work as well. :)

I love Google! <3

HOW TO HIDE UGLY LJ BASIC ACCOUNT ADS EVEN WHEN NOT LOGGED IN!

1) First, use Firefox.

2) Go HERE and read the part that says: CSS for the Stylish Extension.

3) Go HERE and get the Stylish extension for Firefox. Follow instructions.

4) Go HERE and click on the button that says 'Load as User Script' for Firefox. There is also an option for Opera, but I have not tried it.

Now go look at your basic account Lj without being logged in. If you are like me, you will now NOT see the ads anymore.

I love it!

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Seen in a review comparing Google's Chrome browser with Firefox and the new IE:

"At work, I often have 40 or 50 tabs open in Firefox, grouped in different windows depending on which topic they pertain to. Frequently, Firefox would slow down all the other applications on my computer, then seize up completely."

O_O

Maybe I am missing something here, but who really needs 50 fecking tabs open at one time?