And if LJ does go foom?

[dvandom]

Looking over the most recent 25 entries, I don't really see much that needs archiving. Most of my posts are of the "look at this thing over there I did" variety, or vapid observations on this and that. What I'd really miss is the community aspect, the web of people I'm connected to. And I like the way LJ sets up friends list pages, with the ability to make it the entire window and not just a sidebar somewhere amid the "we're a portal to everything!" layout that most social networks seem to favor.

Obviously, I'm pretty easy to find if LJ goes foom. But you might want to make a note that I have a gmail account (same ID as LJ and everything else I do) as a backup "everything just went to pot" address. I don't check it a lot, but I do check it at least a few times a week, and if LJ does detonate I'll definitely check it for refugees. :)

Comments

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

This is new to me, is LJ likely to detonate?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Ah, you must have missed the Dramapocalypse today. LJ laid off a big chunk of its stateside staff, leading to predictions of the imminent demise of LJ.

[grant-p.livejournal.com]

I missed it entirely. Any place I can get info?

If they fire the goat, my sister will take him in so long as he's ok with her occasionally indiscriminate eating habits.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Click on my friends list, there's several posts in there with links to it and discussion thereof.

[1boringperson.livejournal.com]

Gah! I'm glad you brought this up. Time to archive.

[wistling.livejournal.com]

I hope it doesn't go foom, but I will miss reading the flist if it does.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I like the flist. It works well for me in a lot of ways.

[wtimmins.livejournal.com]

Is there an easy way to archive LJ entries? I have an awful lot, and there's some sentimental attachment. It really has been my journal for several years now.

On the other hand, I'm not about to copy/paste several hundred entries.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

LJArchive (http://fawx.com/software/ljarchive/) exists for Windows boxes, apparently very easy to use. LJdump (http://hewgill.com/ljdump/) is more broadly usable, although I haven't tried it yet.

[wtimmins.livejournal.com]

I tried LJdump. Wow! Nice and easy.

And holy crap... I have 561 entries.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

I clearly missed something obvious, but when I try to run LJDump it can't find the config file.

[skyjammer.livejournal.com]

Did you copy the ljdump.config.sample file to ljdump.config and edit that file?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Oddly, while clicking on the ljdump.py icon doesn't work, chdir'ing into the relevant directory in Terminal and typing ./ljdump.py worked fine. Over 1700 entries backed up.