Apparently I look as bad as I feel

[jadesfire]

I'm finding the unfolding discussion on the dream fandom platform Google Doc absolutely fascinating. What's striking is how people are referring to other platforms, picking out the functionality they like. DW scores well for threaded comments, chronological timeline and content policy, but suffers for the lack of a like button, and image hosting. People like the reblogging aspect of Pillowfort (which I'm intrigued to explore), but don't mention many more features from there. Some stuff from Reddit has come up, and I saw 4Chan mentioned as well. I like the idea of snagging the best features of previous platforms, and the idea of a 'core' account with multiple online personas is being explored, which I'd also be interested in.

It's all theoretical, of course. But it does mean if someone decides to have a go at it at some point, they'll have a pretty detailed document to start with.

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Is there any indignation to match that of a man who discovers a squirrel is not only eating the peanuts he put out for the birds, but who also discovers that said squirrel has chewed a larger hole in the plastic feeder in order to better access said peanuts?

J is very miffed. And we need a new peanut bird feeder. Preferably of reinforced steel this time. Tiny gun emplacements have also been mentioned.

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I have to ring the council today to sort out our council tax. I'm not sure if we messed up or they did (SPOILER: I THINK IT WAS THEM) but either way, it means I have to use the phone. Bah.

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We haven't done much Christmas shopping yet, as our families are fairly low-key about these things, but I did start a batch of limoncello for J's Aunt. I looked up some recipes which boil down to "pour vodka on lemon rind. Leave. Add sugar water. Leave." It feels a bit anti-climactic to do so little for something with such a fun name, but there you go. Maybe I'll try and make an awesome-looking label for it.

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Me, on getting out of bed this morning: Huh, maybe I'm little better today.
Colleague, seeing me when I get to work: WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE?

so that's encouraging.

Comments

[alithea]

Oh dear, what a greeting to set you up for the day!

Ah squirrels. My mother is similarly plagued. She invested in the most squirrel proof set up she could find and there's still one that manages to climb the pole and hang upside down from the top of it to raid the feeder! I'm waiting for the local wildlife to find my new feeders. I think I'm too far from the park fir squirrels but Wilbur will be thrilled if one does appear ;)

[jadesfire]

We have several trees in our garden, so the squirrels are inevitable. I think it's mostly finding a feeder where, if they do raid it, they don't also damage it!

[alithea]

Mum has clear plastic feeders with big circular openings at the bottom for access to the nuts - her squirrels raid those without damaging them.

[jadesfire]

I think J probably favours the high security approach, but we'll see what we can find at the weekend!

[naye]

Oh no! Get better soon! If you could stay home that would be fantastic, but I understand you may just have to soldier on... *hugs*

[jadesfire]

As it turns out, the Thing I thought I had to be here for isn't happening, so I could have stayed in bed D: D: D: But now I'm here, it's so much effort to get home again! I'll have a cup of tea and head home at lunchtime, I think. That way, I can plan some work to do from bed if I decide I can't get up tomorrow!

[naye]

Oh noooooo. But yes that's a good plan. <3

And thanks for linking that fandom dream doc! Fabulous fun to see.

[jadesfire]

It's fascinating to see the document evolve, particularly in the discussions. I think it's important - we all get very locked into the platforms we use, and it's helpful to understand what's good (and bad) about them. I think my ideal would be for someone like the OTW to pick it up and run with it, as (like AO3), I'd prefer it to be fan-owned and run, but I doubt that could happen, even with a massive injection of cash.

I'm going to keep my Tumblr going for now, and as usual, wait to see what everyone else does!

[spikedluv]

Poor squirrels! They get such a bad rap. *g* Pip actually buys peanuts for the squirrels. (And also birdseed for the birds.) I love watching their antics.

Good luck phoning.

Limoncello is a cool name.

At least you ~felt a little better? I hope you feel a lot better soon. Stupid colds liek to hold on, though.

[jadesfire]

I thought it was quite enterprising of the squirrel. J did not agree ;D

*felt* is the operative word. Since it seems The Thing isn't going to happen after all, I'm going to wrap up and go home! Thanks <3

[thisbluespirit]

Me, on getting out of bed this morning: Huh, maybe I'm little better today.
Colleague, seeing me when I get to work: WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE?

Oh, dear! <3

And, lol, I mean, what else does a squirrel do when there are free nuts hanging about?