KG13 http://kahlila.posterous.com Most recent posts at KG13 posterous.com Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:54:00 -0700 Hello? Anyone? http://kahlila.posterous.com/22517239 http://kahlila.posterous.com/22517239

Hello. I am new here and not entirely sure where I am heading, so I thought I'd start with where I've been.

Most people who know me at all in the land of shared and recommended websites know me as Judefa from a relatively tiny network called Stumbleupon.

But while I still use SU -- every day, in fact -- I spend more time and get more from Facebook these days, and simply send my recommendations on to SU; and post the occasional rant or review.

Social networking and bookmarking has changed so much over the four years I've been involved that I find myself constantly re-evaluating and discovering something new. So what I said last month may not be what I will say next, but what I will say this month is:

1) Facebook rules for ease of use, interactive discussion on news and politics and finding links via public pages and searches.

2) I try to keep up with a few hundred blogs, news sources, Flickr members and Facebookers via RSS but there are never enough hours in the day. That irritates the shit out of me actually, because I am greedy, a voracious reader and so very eager to impress everyone who comes to my pages. ;=)

 

Click avs and icons for links to . . . Facebook and Tumblr

 

Flickr galleries, Flickr favourites, Delicious, Stumbleupon, Twitter

 

3) When I need my spirits lifting or just a break from words, facts and opinions, I often immerse myself in Flickr or Tumblr. Flickr offers the perfect respite from words and from grief about world affairs -- I save favourite images there and look at some of them again and again. I have been collecting them under themes as well, which is rather fun.

4) Tumblr has turned out to be another good source of arts, and so I trade findings there with other Tumblr members when I just want to consume or display what pleases the eye and imagination.

Please connect with me in Facebook if you're interested in news and world affairs; we can share so much more that way. And if it's arts and photography you're after, look at my favourites in Flickr; I am excited about so much going on there.

My blog here consists mostly of imported posts so far but will likely be a new home.

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PS I am on Twitter as well but I don't do anything the slightest bit interesting there. I mostly go there to see who's been writing and what they're on about. Ideally I'd follow more trusted news sources and commentators, and get more out of it that way, but I do find it short on more than just words. There are too many hash marks, @ signs, codes and telegramese . . . I couldn't get addicted to it any more than I could to a teleprinter.

Now how to sign off? I'm not even sure who I'm talking to here -- possibly just the six subscribers; possibly not even them. I knew so many people in Stumbleupon but we've all scattered to the winds, let down by changes and lured to scores of new networks, each offering something we didn't have before. -- Jude

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Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:32:18 -0700 Attention geeks and boffins!? http://kahlila.posterous.com/attention-geeks-and-boffins http://kahlila.posterous.com/attention-geeks-and-boffins

I was wondering if you recognise this problem and could help me out.

Since last week:

— Much of the time I can’t access pages in the Tumblr network, especially my personal dashboard page
— Pix are not opening on some Flickr pages
— The problem affects both my desktop and laptop at home, regardless of op system or browser
— I have tried uninstalling/disablling FF add-ons including Greasemonkey, and toolbars such as SU and Facebook. It made no difference

I have unplugged, reconnected, reset and even reinstalled software on the modem, and also done the same with an older modem I still have and occasionally use. None of this made any difference to the problem

— with or w/o router plugged in as well for wifi makes no difference
— I have no trouble accessing those same sites at work and they are very fast - so the problem obviously has to do with my connection or modem


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When I lost connection to the net one day last week the ISP support guy went through all the usual drills w/o resolving it and suggested trying a different ethernet cable. I did however get it back up by reinstalling the modem software.

Does the internet cable problem make sense to you in light of all that (it’s something I haven’t tried), or does something else suggest itself?

More details on what happens at Tumblr:
— I can usually get public pages up but it is always slow and sometimes the pix don’t load, especially on sites I haven’t seen for a while
— I can’t even reach the dashboard (used for posting and reading feeds) much of the time; but now and then access is normal and very fast

On Flickr:
Thumbnails and small pix are inclined to come up while large pix won’t download — but it varies from site to site, and few are problem-free

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OK, I have total faith in you, dear reader, so now I’ll sit back and wait for your suggestions as to how to fix it or alternatively where else to go for my eye candy :=(
Tks, guys!

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Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:09:16 -0700 Anyone know why I can't open Tumblr pages? http://kahlila.posterous.com/anyone-know-why-i-cant-open-tumblr-pages http://kahlila.posterous.com/anyone-know-why-i-cant-open-tumblr-pages

I have had problems with access for several days now.
I don’t get a time-out message but most of the time when I try to load the dashboard, customise screen or anything else with a Tumblr address the browser comes up either with a blank or just part of a page and often no images.
This is regardless of the op system (I use a Mac laptop and Windows XP at the desk) or browser (I use Firefox, Chrome and Flock).

I got to the dashboard and this screen I’m typing in only after many attempts … so it’s slow going.
I have stripped Javascript out of my “info” box in case there was a conflict or corruption there.
Don’t know what else to do at this stage; other websites and networks are behaving normally.

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