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How to post code samples, big or small, in your Dreamwidth posts and comments

2012-01-19T16:39:20Z

As long as I've been using journals or forums online, I've seen variations on the conversation that goes like this:

Isn't there an HTML code that lets you post, well, HTML code?

Oh, yeah, that's the pre tag isn't it? Pre stands for preformatted.

No, that just keeps the lines from wrapping, you're thinking of the code tag.

No, pre just keeps whitespace, and it's not code, it's something else...

What our imaginary friends want is a tag that automatically escapes HTML. And they aren't imagining things, there did used to be such a code, but it's obsolete now. Neither code nor pre are a magic fix. You have to do your escaping manually. ( Read about escaping, pre, code and textarea formatting. This post contains some examples of non-wrapping text that may not display well in all layouts. )

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Using an Open ID account at Livejournal

2011-05-12T14:33:54Z

What is Open ID?

Open ID is a way of telling a site you want to interact with this is me, over here on this other site, so now that you know who I am, you'll let me comment or log in, or do whatever that site might allow for Open ID users. A lot of sites you might have an account with act as source sites for an Open ID. Livejournal, Dreamwidth, InsaneJournal and services like Yahoo! and Google are just some of many that have this function built right into the account you may already have with those providers.

You are likely familiar with Open ID if you read or post at Dreamwidth a lot. You will see Open ID names attached to imported comments, to new comments, and you've likely seen links to tutorials on setting up an Open ID account to use on Dreamwidth.

What you don't see as much of, especially not in fannish locations, is Open ID used on Livejournal. You will see a growing number of people commenting with their Twitter or Facebook account names, and the farther you get from transformative works fandom and into professional authors' journals or other kinds of fandom activity, the more likely you are to see that.

( read more about why you might want to use Open ID and how to set it up )

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Livejournal is a Synecdoche

2011-04-24T15:29:26Z

I decided to some 3 weeks for Dreamwidth blogging this year. I have a few post planned, but I'm also going to use the list swiped from finch, which I've copied here to use as a master post. Before I start that (likely tomorrow), I wanted to define a term that's bound to come up in those posts.

Livejournal. Here's what it means: ( Read more... )

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Schröedinger's Authors

2010-10-31T14:41:30Z

This is not a review of SPN 6.6. This is me rambling about a J2 story and how it relates to this episode. J2 story remains unnamed to protect the guilty and the innocent.

So a few days ago I was reading a J2 AU fic. ( Read more... )

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How could they? How could anyone?

2010-06-15T18:24:08Z

That's the question going around about That J2 Haiti Fic®. I'm taking a stab at answering it.

A few points first.

1. The following is my opinion, and I don't think any of this is revelatory or particularly hopeful. I think it needs to be said in plain language, and I'm not pulling any punches here. I don't think the author's feelings warrant much consideration at this time.

2. I haven't read all of the fic. I'm not apologizing for that, nor do I think that fact negates my right to say what follows. I read the opening scenes, skimmed sections, and I read half of the pull quotes collected by bossymarmalade here. I cannot be directly hurt by this story. I am in a position of privilege that allows me to read things this dreadful and not be harmed, and still I could not force myself to read all the pull quotes. I do not believe that this story is merely a mistake, a poor choice, a bad idea or even a series of bad ideas. It is offensive in concept and in execution.

3. I'm pretty much setting aside the author is dead idea for this post. I'm not claiming to be able to see inside this particular author's mind, but I am stating bluntly what I believe are the prerequisites for the existence of this story.

4. I absolutely believe that the author did not know this story was offensive. I absolutely believe that the author did not know they wrote racist depictions of Haitian people. I absolutely believe the artist did not realize that using pictures of Haitian people was offensive. I absolutely believe that the artist did not know that was a racist act. I just don't think any of that matters.

How? How could anyone?

( Read more... )

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A profile of a Slash writer

2010-01-29T18:15:10Z

Okay, I tried to keep my head down and stay out of this. I made pie, I made recs, I made sarcastic remarks, I hung drywall and ignored the internet, and I posted a synthpop video.

I'm done staying out, and I want to tell you a story of a slash writer:

( Think before you click, are you really up for more of this, because I really get it if you're not. )

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