short takes

[cellio]

Wow, it's 72 degrees in Pittsburgh today!

I love it: http://www.godhatesshrimp.com. "Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites." Thank you bodnej.

On a more somber note, Chernobyl, 18 years later -- a photo tour. Link courtesy of bhakti.

Livejournal is currently running a poll on whether to allow people to hide individual people on the "friend of" list on the user-info page. (Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about; the fact that someone reads my journal says nothing about my relationship to him. And you can hide the entire list if you like.) I just noticed that one suggestion that has been made many times in the past, most recently in the context of this poll, has been implemented, though. Go look at your info page; it no longer says "friend of", but the more accurate "read/trusted by". Interesting. They have not yet made the corresponding change, replacing "friends" with "reads/trusts". And I don't know where thing stand with splitting those ideas into two separate lists, which was talked about a couple months ago. (I imagine the UI, and switch-over, will be a bit of a challenge.)

I still owe some interviews (on both sides of the desk, so to speak); I'll get to them after Shabbat and Purim. I haven't forgotten about you.

We're having about a dozen people over for Purim lunch on Sunday. It should be fun. I went to the liquor store a few nights ago to stock up. (I don't actually anticipate that anyone is really going to get completely rip-roaring drunk; I don't think I'll run out of anything. But I want to offer variety, so I now have an assortment of wine, hard liquor, and what one friend calls "girly drinks", aka cordials.) Oh, and we're having some food too. :-) (I'm making brisket, wings, fish, and assorted side dishes.)

Comments

[sk4p.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was added by the communist_party journal. I was none too pleased with that, given my politico-economic views ...

[cellio]

If people could create communities and add people without their permission, I'd object to that -- because with communities, there's a presumption that the member wants to be there. I suppose user accounts named to imply community names would be a source of frustration; perhaps I place too much faith in the idea that people who actually care will investigate the link rather than judging me by who (supposedly) reads me.

There seem to be accounts out there that aren't trying to be deceptive but just add lots of people for the thrill of adding lots of people. (One of them currently lists me; the user name is "additive", and the info page makes it clear what's going on.) I don't care about people like that; it's a pity they don't have something productive to do with their time, but it's no skin off my nose. I get the impression from the discussions that most of the "serial adders" are in this category, not the "kkk_members" category. Maybe I'm wrong.