Through The Ivory Gates

05:41 am: ETA 12/15/2009 10:47 AM: the code has now been rolled back and will not be pushed with the next codepush.

synecdochic has chapter and verse here. Comments are frozen, I believe to the entire post.

This is LJ-specific. NOT Dreamwidth.

* Gender will be a mandatory field at LiveJournal account creation

* LiveJournal is removing the Unspecified option for the gender field. That's right: you get to be male or female. Period. That's it. (Source.)

LJ is now saying "it didn't mean it" in various AmazonFaily ways, but if you want to register your displeasure (and convince them that -- unlike Amazon -- they should not try to sneak this change to LJ in later) go to Edit Profile on your LiveJournal account -- if you have one -- and select Unspecified for your gender option. Then, go to http://www.livejournal.com/contact/?dept=feedback and politely register your displeasure. POLITELY, boyz and grrlz, because the kiddies who read and process Feedback are not the people who make the decisions. They are often the people who are on the same side of the issue as you are and are yelling up the food-chain about the decisions.

To also reach someone who's higher up the corporate ladder than the poor staff members who have to read and reply to Feedback, also email anjelika@livejournalinc.com -- Anjelika, GM of US operations. She's currently saying they never meant to make that part of Changelog go live at LJ's next codepush, so letting her know personally that it would make you very unhappy is a real plus. If she's on our side, it will give her ammunition. If she isn't, it will give her a headache...

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Tags: boosting the signal, rant, wtf

09:33 pm: Gay-Themed Picture Books for Children
http://booksforkidsingayfamilies.blogspot.com/

Picture books for children about the experience of knowing or having a gay parent, family member or friend.

This list serves three purposes: for parents who would like to find books for their children about the experience of being a child in a gay family, or having a gay friend or family member, two: for librarians who would like to develop collections on this topic, and three: for counselors and therapists who would like to use these books in their practices. Summaries included are either from the Library of Congress, Books in Print or book catalogs. The list will be annotated as books are reviewed.
[from the site]


These look like books for much younger readers -- the kind who need to have books read to them than reading them, I'd say. The site contains links to a variety of resources, as well as links to a list of GLBT or GLBT-Friendly Parenting Organizations.

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Tags: books, glbt, my world and welcome to it

11:31 pm: Vidrec: Stargate SG-1 : 40 to 1
From the ridiculous to the sublime.

Author's Notes: My first video: a tribute to the brave men and women who have risked and sacrificed their lives in the fictional yet heroic struggle against the Goa'uld empire, set to the songs "Heimdall's Ruf" by Equilibrium and "40 to 1" by Sabaton. Just pretend they're singing "Ta'uri" instead of "Poland" and "Goa'uld" or "snakeheads" instead of "Wehrmacht" or "Reich", that way it makes more sense ;-) I don't own any of this; Stargate is property of MGM and SciFi. This is my tribute and for entertainment purposes only. Greetings from Germany and enjoy!



(Yeah, I'm bored and distracted tonight. Why do you ask?)

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Tags: sg-1, vidrec

10:45 pm: Vidrec: The Asgard Song
This is an immortal human document...




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Tags: sg-1, vidrec

10:42 pm: *sigh*
it would be really nice, you know, if I could actually PAY for more account time. But even though I'm logged in (hey notice me posting here?) the payment page won't let me pay....

10:37 pm: Test, test, test...

11:58 pm: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO INSANE JOURNAL
Not mine, either. But a good post, so I'm putting the link here.


http://das-dingsi.insanejournal.com/24500.html

04:38 pm: SECOND POST
I figured I should update here. Partly, you know, so I could be sure I could find it again. You know. In case.

12:36 am: First Post
This is my first post.