Dreamwidth Updates

One of the things I've started watching is the DW community changelog. I imagine it won't be terribly useful as time goes on, but right now, it lets me know what patches are being put in as they happen, instead of waiting for the weekly updates. So I know that the friend importer went online a few days ago. So all that work I did on Sunday is dust in the wind, as all it took was a push of the button to give access to absolutely everybody's Open ID.

Also, the filters were populated with Open IDs too. So Open ID users can, for example, access my sex filter again on Dreamwidth. Of course, since I haven't yet added Dreamwidth accounts to my filters, Dreamwidth users can't at the moment. (Don't worry, I'll fix it up before I post again.)

In fact, sometime soon, I'm going to do a massive reorganization of my friends list, dropping a bunch of journals that are defunct, or that I don't read very much, or that I don't think read me. I'm saying this in advance, because the "defriending" is not really intended to deny anyone access to locked posts who already has it. So if I drop you, don't worry, let me know, and I'll work things out.


(Also, there was a patch about the crossposter and user tags. I'm going to see what happens when I link to my DW account (tablesaw) and my LJ account (tablesaw).)

It's Official

Normally, I don't write about my work outside of locked posts, but something happened recently that's big enough that I need to make an exception.

Last week I got a promotion at work. I'm still going to be doing general proofreading work, but I'm also going to be in charge of a bunch of new administrative functions and other complicated stuff. The position and the system are new, so it's not entirely clear yet.

More important than that, I'm getting a significant raise.

And more important than that, I'm getting a new schedule.

After over eight years working on the graveyard shift, I'm finally going to be working daytime hours again: 8:30–5, Saturday–Wednesday.

(Yeah, I know, working weekends is a bitch, but I still think it's a step up all around.)

I start the new schedule on Sunday, and the new system gets started on Monday.

All in all, I think this merits my first poll on Dreamwidth (Open ID accounts can still respond.)

Poll #157 Promotional Consideration provided by . . . YOU!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

View Respondents

How awesome is this promotion?

View Answers

Very
1 (6.7%)

Totally
3 (20.0%)

Incredibly
3 (20.0%)

Spectacularly
8 (53.3%)

Meh
0 (0.0%)

What should I do in Downtown LA during my new hour-long lunch break in my first week on the day shift?

View Answers

What should I do in the evenings after work in my first week on the day shift?

View Answers

What should I do on my first "weekend" (Thursday & Friday) after my first week on the day shift?

View Answers

What should I do with my first post-raise paycheck to celebrate (around May 15)?

View Answers

How's the Dreamwidth poll working out?

View Answers

Okay, I guess.
6 (40.0%)

Totally awesome.
4 (26.7%)

Better than I would have thought.
2 (13.3%)

It's a pain.
1 (6.7%)

How the hell should I know, I'm just answering questions here.
5 (33.3%)

The crossposter screwed it up on LJ in unexpected way.
0 (0.0%)

I wasn't able to answer the poll on Dreamwidth at all.
1 (6.7%)

No really, I wasn't able to post, and this response is not a paradox at all.
2 (13.3%)

I was hoping that the results would be private so I could tell you a titillating secret.
1 (6.7%)

Meh
2 (13.3%)

Anything else?

View Answers