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Look at the size of that thing (and questions about links posts)
So, it's summer, which means us school employed non-teacher types get time off. And, unexpectedly, this li'l stepdad found out yesterday that stepdaughter is at Dad's all next week so I have a completely free week with no plans (and very little money).
So I'm tidying, and have even managed to clear the office desk to plug the lovely little netbook into the big flatscreen monitor and decent keyboard. This is a Good Thing. Except, I've got very very used to the netbook over 18 months. It's got a 1024*600 display, and I'm used to seeing everything, including webpages, on a screen that size.
This monitor? 1280*1024. That doesn't sound massive, and it's dwarfed by, say, my father's iMac, but I'm so used to small it seem huge to me now. Here's a screenshot of my browser window resized to netbook size within it. See what I mean? Size matters not? Whoever told you that was your enemy ;-)
Anyway, now I've got the desk setup, I want to try and get more work done, more writing done, and hopefully some coding work on DW, this means I'll likely be spending more time procratinating and linking to cool stuff. I know, I've said that before, but, y'know, stranger things have happened. Now, as you probably know, I redid the Delicious Glue linkposter awhileback to make the whole process easy (and therefore likely I'll do it). I can set it to appear at any time whatsoever GMT.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
andrewducker has his set for 11am GMT, miss_s_b has hers for 9am, mine's currently set for 9pm but I'm not sure that's the best time. Basically, when it runs, it takes all the links I've posted for 24 hours and puts them here as a digest. What time of day suits you best if you like to read them? I ask because some like stuff to amuse when they're supposed to be working, some when they're on a break, some when they're eating breakfast/travelling, others just before they turn in, and I, frankly, don't care.
Hey, look, tickboxes for everything. Yup, you're allowed more than one opinion on the same topic, aren't I a good little liberal ;-)
More stuff to follow, likely, unless I got play Goldeneye for a bit. Actually, breakfast would make some sense. I'll go do that.
So I'm tidying, and have even managed to clear the office desk to plug the lovely little netbook into the big flatscreen monitor and decent keyboard. This is a Good Thing. Except, I've got very very used to the netbook over 18 months. It's got a 1024*600 display, and I'm used to seeing everything, including webpages, on a screen that size.
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Anyway, now I've got the desk setup, I want to try and get more work done, more writing done, and hopefully some coding work on DW, this means I'll likely be spending more time procratinating and linking to cool stuff. I know, I've said that before, but, y'know, stranger things have happened. Now, as you probably know, I redid the Delicious Glue linkposter awhileback to make the whole process easy (and therefore likely I'll do it). I can set it to appear at any time whatsoever GMT.
andrewducker has his set for 11am GMT, miss_s_b has hers for 9am, mine's currently set for 9pm but I'm not sure that's the best time. Basically, when it runs, it takes all the links I've posted for 24 hours and puts them here as a digest. What time of day suits you best if you like to read them? I ask because some like stuff to amuse when they're supposed to be working, some when they're on a break, some when they're eating breakfast/travelling, others just before they turn in, and I, frankly, don't care.Poll #7581 Linkspam posts
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Posts with multiple links and a bit of comment on them (ie Delicious style posts)
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Are a great source of interesting things
11 (91.7%)
Can be interesting and show more of the person linking
9 (75.0%)
Are normally dull and I skip past them
0 (0.0%)
Are really annoying and I'd like the to die (but will be happy if Mat shows me how to hide them from display)
0 (0.0%)
Cats
5 (41.7%)
Linkspams please me when I see them
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First thing in the morning (ie before 9am)
3 (25.0%)
At some point in the morning so I can read them for 11ses
4 (33.3%)
At lunchtime
4 (33.3%)
Mid afternoon (for the end of the working day)
6 (50.0%)
Early evening to digest after work
5 (41.7%)
Late evening for nighttime entertainment
7 (58.3%)
Ponies
6 (50.0%)
Hey, look, tickboxes for everything. Yup, you're allowed more than one opinion on the same topic, aren't I a good little liberal ;-)
More stuff to follow, likely, unless I got play Goldeneye for a bit. Actually, breakfast would make some sense. I'll go do that.
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Hey, I have my Delicious set to update Thagomizer directly. I don't know any php at all, but I' willing to learn what I need.
How do I customize my output post?
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And yeah, different times of day would be a good thing, it's why I initially picked 9pm, but that doesn't really work for my linflow patterns.
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'Course, I haven't got around to editing the css on Thagomizer to accommodate it. Another thing to do...
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Icon can almost certainly be set somewhere, but again, probably need to do it within your crossposter and I've not played with that script for years.
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However, I believe someone is working on that as an option, and it could be scripted fairly easily-beyond my ken right now, but I suspect it could be done.
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How do you *live*?
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I've just got used to it, and I've always had a monitor I can go plug into. I've just been using it less and less as I got used to the netbook.
When SB got her laptop initially, I thought it tiny. When it came back from repairs (new motherboard needed), she'd got so used to this one that it was heavy and annoyingly large. Weird how perspectives change based on what you're used to.
Replacement
Re: Replacement
Of course, while I know it works, I haven't used it for ages, this entry talks about it a bit but there're likely more:
http://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/2623295.html
Re: Replacement