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[pseydtonne]

I'm realizing that I have about five LJ posts I could do today if I include this meta-post. I have about 1000 words waiting on one of my servers. I started writing that yesterday and got so into it that I wanted to add it to version control. I need to solve some import problems for a customer, so why not use my own writing as a lorem ipsem file?

My geek worlds are meshing nicely. The end of my writer's block is coinciding with the return of my writing equipment from storage. Each of these events stirs the other: I find my good Linux laptop (yes, I have a few) and I can surf the web wirelessly in the living room while working on code in a code-friendly environment. Then I realize it's a pain to hunch over the laptop, so I grab a USB keyboard and trackball. Now the keyboard is in my lap but the laptop is on my tall milk crate. This also prevents me from scorching my lap and gives me a full keyboard with springy keys. I can just type on and on.

So yeah, you're going to see some prolifics today. I think the increasing daylight doses are helping me. I also think it'd be better if I break up the content so that there is a chance for you to find a place to comment.

I'm also thinking about splitting the journal or upgrading so that I can use group features. If I explain what I want to do, I would appreciate any advice you have.

I want to be able to write three or four different kinds of entries: computer stories, personal stories and meta-material, tales of home ownership, and arts and performance material (music, radio, crap I saw). People could default to getting everything or opt down to what they want. I may use the tag features later but I'd like to be able to filter from something as simple as a drop-down.

-thanks in advance for your input, Dante

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[chaggalagirl.livejournal.com]

why not use friends groups? you can devise your groups, and then separating them is easy as clicking. when you friends-lock and then choose "who can see this" it separates easily enough.

[pseydtonne.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... do I need to pay if I want to use that?

[chaggalagirl.livejournal.com]

ya know, i don't have an answer for that. i don't think so....

[proudlyfallen.livejournal.com]

Nope, you don't need to pay. (It sounds like you want to do what I'm doing, so I'll explain that.)

From the profile page (or any page where you can see the nifty handy blue bar at the top of the page) mouseover Friends, click "Edit Friends Groups". Create a group for each group of entries.

There. Now just add people. (I want in everything, by the way)

Tagging all the entries make it easier to find entries later. It lets you see which entries were posted to which groups, and will let you sort your journal by the tags from the "My LJ" page. I'm assuming you know how to tag entries... to set an entry's privacy to a certain friends group:

Under "privacy" you have 4 options: Public, Friends-Only, Private, and Custom. I'm assuming you know the first three. The last one, if selected, will insert a handy little menu of checkboxes under the "Privacy" drop box. Click which groups you want that entry to be availible to.

Voila! Easy as 3.14, isn't it?

Oh, and if you add someone to a group later, yes, they will be able to see all the entries from before they were added.

[gravitrue.livejournal.com]

unfortunately, the way lj works, only a journal's author can control who is on which filters. You can't, as far as I know, create a "Food" group, choose who is allowed to read it, and then have them subscribe or not as they wish; for that you need a separate journal for each topic.

[graciana.livejournal.com]

If you do utilize the filters, put me on each one, for I loves to read your shizit. :)