Your Link Post Is In Another Castle

[andrewducker]

I'm not sure which link Livejournal is objecting to, but the crosspost of
today's link post from DW to LJ is failing with a "There is a problem with
the content of your entry" message. As I'm at work, I can't do much about
this at the moment, so you'll just have to go here if you
want to read them. You should be able to comment there using your LJ url
(i.e. bobsmith.livejournal.com) as an OpenID.

Comments

[simont]

If it does turn out to be one particular link, I'm betting on the one that mentions goatse...

[andrewducker]

I'm betting it's LJ censoring links to certain sites. I know you can post links to Deadline, not sure where else is affected.

[simont]

I copied the HTML out of the Dreamwidth post and tried to post it as a private entry in my own LJ, and deleted links one by one until it stopped complaining. Apparently it's the Wolverine one.

[andrewducker]

That makes a certain kind of sense. LJ killed e_apraksina's LJ account, then blocked the RSS feed from there a few days later. I suspect that they've had a DMCA notice (or equivalent) and are covering their asses.

Or there could be some kind of Russian thing going on.

In any case, thanks!

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The "blocking the RSS feed" part is nuts.

Fucking lj-abuse: Once again failing at "understanding basic internet". I mean, have they ever made any kind of a technological decision that *isn't* stupid?

(PS: If you add "www." to the link, it circumvents the idiot filter, and then the link resolves correctly at the far side again.)

[calum]

Interestingly, I get staff discount on Toshiba LED light bulbs, but the highest output wide-distribution ones are 25W equivalent I think.

[andrewducker]

I picked up one of these to play with it recently:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Auraglow-Remote-Controlled-Colour-Changing/dp/B003TXM53K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334155793&sr=8-1

And it was good fun, and I can see it working well when they get brighter, but 30W equivalent was just too low even for reading in bed.

[calum]

Hmm, they claim 30W equivalence from a 4.2W bulb? Toshiba claim 25W equivalence from an 8.4W LED.

Does your one have a quoted lumen output?

[andrewducker]

Sadly not. I found their web page but it doesn't list that. Can't find anything consistent online either.

It's with Alan/Jo now, but if you know how to measure output easily then I can get them to do that...

[calum]

On one of their other bulbs they claim 220 lumens is 50W equivalent, which it isnt. A 100W incandescent bulb is about 1300-1500lumens, a 50W one is around 700-850 lumens.

No easy way to measure that I know..

[heyokish.livejournal.com]

couldn't you use a photographic light meter?

[errolwi.livejournal.com]

We have a sudden (but not urgent) need for a new fitting for the master bedroom. This has caused us to look at options, and one of the biggest hassles was finding packaging on traditional bulbs that provided lumens - the CFLs and LEDs did, and we didn't trust the 'conversions' provided.

[soon_lee]

My first thought was, "What, LJ doesn't like goats enymore?"

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

The game of thrones sequencing thing is good news. I'v e recently finished reading Vol 4 (A feast for crows) and ... it's slim pickings actually. Nothing much happens. There isn't 10 hours of quality viewing to be found in it.

That doesn't explain why he wrote it that way though. Successful author of saga in "needs editor to reign in excesses" shocker.

[andrewducker]

This might explain a few things:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire#Bridging_the_timeline_gap_.282000.E2.80.932011.29

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

I've seen that. It explains things, but doesn't IMHO justify them.

[andrewducker]

Oh, I agree. I suspect that he let things get away from him, and added new characters because it felt more realistic to him, rather than constraining things so he can get the damn thing finished!