Scribblings by Lizbeth
Confessions of a Hawthorne Fangirl
Rants and Raves 
14th-Mar-2008 10:31 am - My LastFM Radio Station
Because I simply cannot resist testing media embedding again, I've decided to show off my LastFM radio station.

Just click on the widget below to hear it all.

ENJOY!

21st-Jun-2007 10:49 pm - The Full Report on LJ-SEC to Transfer your LJ to IJ
I did it by following these instructions. (Thank you brown-betty!)

Every single entry from my LJ is now backed up to InsaneJournal and GreatestJournal. As a test, I also backed up some fanfic over to JournalFen.

My findings:

Backing Up to InsaneJournal
  • Lightning fast: all 972 posts were transfered over to InsaneJournal in less than 10 minutes
  • There were few surprises. The minor buggy stuff (i.e., reminding LJ-SEC that it was okay to transfer locked and private posts over ) reported by brown_betty was exactly as described.
  • As described, the following were not transfered over: tags, user pictures, moods, or comments.
  • Also not transferring over: embedded media (found by [info]liz_marcs) and LJ Polls (found by [info]justhuman).
  • Does not load your memories automatically. That's something you have to do by hand.
  • All security settings appear to be maintained, i.e., my few flocked posts remained flocked and my few private posts remained private. (Note: brown_betty in her post notes that filtered and flocked posts may get randomly assigned to new filters. Please be aware of this as you proceed.)
  • LJ-cuts were likewise maintained.
  • There's some weird editing issues around the "lj-user" names in the post (i.e, they're put on separate lines), but that can be easily remedied if I feel like fixing them.
  • Overall experience: Excellent!

Backing Up to GreatestJournal

  • Slow: it took almost 30 minutes to transfer over 972 posts. Still, it's faster than doing it by hand
  • One problem showed up here that brown_betty didn't report: for some reason LJ-SEC kept telling me that my password into GreatestJournal was wrong. I just hit "okay" and the upload continued without problem.
  • As described, the following were not transfered over: tags, user pictures, moods, or comments.
  • Also not transferring over: embedded media (found by [info]liz_marcs) and LJ Polls (found by [info]justhuman).
  • Does not load your memories automatically. That's something you have to do by hand.
  • All security settings appear to be maintained, i.e., my few flocked posts remained flocked and my few private posts remained private. (Note: brown_betty in her post notes that filtered and flocked posts may get randomly assigned to new filters. Please be aware of this as you proceed.)
  • LJ-cuts were likewise maintained.
  • There's some weird editing issues around the "lj-user" names in the post (i.e, they're put on separate lines), but that can be easily remedied if I feel like fixing them.
  • Overall experience: Slow, but a hell of a lot better than doing it manually.

Backing Up to JournalFen
  • Unfair to compare. I only transfered over 46 posts instead of all 972.
  • At first, I couldn't get it recognize the JournalFen site, then I remembered that JournalFen ends in .net and not .com. Once I fixed it, the transfer went ahead with no problem.
  • As described, the following were not transfered over: tags, user pictures, moods, or comments.
  • Does not load your memories automatically. That's something you have to do by hand.
  • Whether or not it preserves security settings is unknown, but given the other problems I wouldn't risk it.
  • LJ-cuts were sometimes maintained. In some cases, the LJ cuts transfered with no trouble. In other cases, they're completely gone.
  • If you want to talk weird editing...sometimes the text transfered over fine. Sometimes the formatting was messed up, mostly in the form of additional blank spaces in between paragraphs.
  • Overall experience: Gah! But still probably better than doing it by hand if not cross-posting in real-time.

Well, I just essentially backed up my LJ to two sites, and can now easily back up all my fanfiction to a third site. YAY!

This program apparently works with any site that uses LJ code. Just substitute "greatestjournal" in brown_betty's instructions for whatever LJ-code site you want to transfer your posts to and you're golden.

You can also pick and choose the posts you want to transfer. You can check next to the post you want to transfer (instead of doing the "check all" as described in brown_betty's instructions), or you can leave the box next to the post unchecked if you don't want it to go. It's a good option if there's a post you don't want chance transferring or are uncomfortable transferring. This also helps if you've cross-posted anything to the other site for back-up and don't want to have to go around deleting a whole host of double-posts.

The only drawback (and it's really, really minor considering the amount of work this program saves you) is that you have to manually tag, memory, and edit some posts (especially if you link between story parts or different posts within your own LJ).

Overall, I say Hooray! It saved me a ton of work. In short, about a year's worth of work was done in a little over an hour.

Note: This LJ-SEC is a Windows only program. I don't know if there are any Mac equivalents.
21st-Jun-2007 07:30 pm - Holy Cow! It works! (Or, how I backed up my entire LJ to IJ)
I did it by following these instructions.

Every single entry from my LJ is now here.

Granted, it doesn't transfer over comments, user pics, or tags, or embedded media (i.e., YouTube) but the entries themselves (all 972 of 'em) landed here with no problems at all. In fact, even the security settings were preserved! So posts that were friends' locked stayed friends' locked. And posts that were marked private stayed private!

Just substitute "greatestjournal" in the instructions for "insanejournal" and you're golden!

Since I only just got IJ a few weeks ago, I only had to eliminate a few double posts, but other than that...*swoons.*

I just set the stage for permanent flight if I need to.

I'm sure I'll have to go back and edit some posts, as well as go through the whole tagging process, but damn if I didn't just save myself a ton of work.

Hooray!

ETA: It turns out that you can check and uncheck the posts you want to transfer, even if you do "transfer all." If there's a post you don't want here or are uncomfortable transferring; or if you've been backing things up here and don't want a double-post, just scroll down and uncheck the post so it won't transfer.
7th-Jun-2007 01:21 pm - New Syndicated Feeds from Moi
Hi All,

I added 14 new syndicated feeds for your enjoyment. (Hopefully):

[info]aurgasm: Aurgasm brings to you an eclectic menagerie of aural pleasures. I scout out music you've never heard and deliver only the finest. Expect music curiously different, yet simply enjoyable.

[info]cute_overload: At Cute Overload™, we scour the Web for only the finest in Cute Imagery. Imagery that is Worth Your Internet Browsing Time. We offer an overwhelming amount of cuteness to fill your daily visual allowance. Drink it in!

[info]exploit_boston: Exploit Boston is a curated event calendar and guide to interesting events and happenings around Boston: art, film, literary, music, theater, etcetera. Exploit Boston Radio features Boston's rock, pop and alternative bands. We host our own events including Exploit Boston Game Night. Join our photo group at flickr to share your Boston event photos, too.

[info]filmbrain: Film discussion, criticism, history, and trivia

[info]get_fuzzy: Unofficial Get Fuzzy RSS Feed by TapestryComics.com

[info]i_need_a_parrot: The Xander Zone of the BTVS Writers' Guild

[info]kung_fu_monkey: John Rogers started doing stand-up in 1988, got his Physics degree in 1990, began writing television in 1995, writing movies in 1999, and writing comics in 2005. He plainly needs to focus.

[info]making_light: A weblog by Teresa & Patrick Nielsen Hayden and their many commenters and sometime guests. Because "a better future isn't going to happen by itself." (Thank you, Kevin Maroney.)

[info]official_gaiman: Author Neil Gaiman's journal.

[info]snopes_dot_com: Recent additions to the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com

[info]thestraightdope: Feed for column The Straight Dope, by Cecil Adams

[info]tv_on_dvd_blog: Updates from the TvShows On DVD Blog

[info]tv_on_dvd_news: News from TvShows on DVD (release dates and information about TV shows being released on DVD, etc.)

[info]wilwheaton: Wil Wheaton's not-so-temporary blog.
31st-May-2007 02:00 am - Testing 1...2...3...
First post to test the InsaneJournal system.
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