For friends of [profile] obeliamedusa

Apr. 26th, 2026 10:59 am
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I'm sad to report that [profile] obeliamedusa's husband has posted the news that Hannah passed away recently, and very suddenly. They had only married a year or two ago. Hannah and I met through the "Lord of the Rings" fanfiction community back in 2003, and never lost touch. Small groups of us would travel around the country to visit one another, and Hannah's home with its extraordinary sculpture she named "Tiny Bag End" was a must-see destination. She was so intelligent, friendly, and welcoming, and I'll never forget her.

Matt's post:

https://obeliamedusa.livejournal.com/433594.html (friends locked)

Livejournal problems

Apr. 25th, 2026 02:58 pm
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I've barely been able to access LJ for two days. Hopefully whatever's going on (maybe just on my end) sorts itself out soon.

It's a birthday!

Apr. 25th, 2026 06:22 am
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Happy Birthday, [personal profile] kaishin108! I hope you're having a marvelous trip. ♥

Weekly chat reminder

Apr. 24th, 2026 11:06 pm
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[personal profile] snycock posting in [community profile] ts_bluejungle

Please join us for the TS chat on Saturday, April 25th, at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/19:00 UTC. That could be as early as 12 noon if you’re on the west coast of North America, or 3 pm if you’re on the east coast, or 7 pm in the UK, or Sunday morning in Australia or New Zealand.

 

We’re in the usual place: http://us25.chatzy.com/81935648447483. There’s nothing to download or install, just choose a name and a color and click on “join chat.”

 

This week we’re going to be discussing some fic – two short pieces, Inches by SassyInkPen (https://archiveofourown.org/works/15661) and The Right to Remain Silent by Kass and Sanj (https://archiveofourown.org/works/1713)

 

See you there!

 


Search maintenance

Apr. 22nd, 2026 09:19 am
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[staff profile] mark posting in [site community profile] dw_maintenance

Happy Wednesday!

I'm taking search offline sometime today to upgrade the server to a new instance type. It should be down for a day or so -- sorry for the inconvenience. If you're curious, the existing search machine is over 10 years old and was starting to accumulate a decade of cruft...!

Also, apparently these older machines cost more than twice what the newer ones cost, on top of being slower. Trying to save a bit of maintenance and cost, and hopefully a Wednesday is okay!

Edited: The other cool thing is that this also means that the search index will be effectively realtime afterwards... no more waiting a few minutes for the indexer to catch new content.

Weekly chat reminder

Apr. 17th, 2026 09:36 pm
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[personal profile] snycock posting in [community profile] ts_bluejungle

Please join us for the TS chat on Saturday, April 18th, at 7 pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/19:00 UTC. That could be as early as 12 noon if you’re on the west coast of North America, or 3 pm if you’re on the east coast, or 7 pm in the UK, or Sunday morning in Australia or New Zealand.

 

We’re in the usual place: http://us25.chatzy.com/81935648447483. There’s nothing to download or install, just choose a name and a color and click on “join chat.”

 

Our topic this week: since we talked about Naomi last week, let’s talk about Jim’s mother. Grace? Mary Margaret? Why did she leave Jim? Where did she go? Is she still alive? What would happen if she came back into Jim’s life?

 

And next week we’re going to be discussing some fic – two short pieces, Inches by SassyInkPen (https://archiveofourown.org/works/15661) and The Right to Remain Silent by Kass and Sanj (https://archiveofourown.org/works/1713)

 

See you there!

 


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