(no subject)

[shapinglight]

:sigh: Here we go again.

:Waves:

Hello-o. Anyone around?

Comments

[ruuger]

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE /Kosh voice

[shapinglight]

:)

Well, me too, sort of. But I'm afraid I only hang around here when LJ's down. Which it is, obviously.

[beer_good_foamy]

Another DDOS thing, apparently.

Le sigh.

[beloved4always]

I am. *waves back*

Soon as I clicked into LJ and got nada I stopped by hoping to see evidence if it was universal or just me. So thanks and...

::sigh:: and ::sigh:: again.

Hope it doesn't last too long.

[ningloreth]

Hello! Yes. Isn't it sad?

[shapinglight]

Yeah. I can't help thinking (and have undoubtedly said it before), that a time will come when LJ just gives up because it's not worth the effort any more.

[shapinglight]

If you're ever in doubt whether it's just you or not, checking LJ Status is a good idea. That's my first port of call anyway, and lo and behold, yes, it's another DDoS. :(

[shapinglight]

I wonder what's going on in Russia now? I read something about Putin's party unanimously voting for him to stand for president again. Maybe someone on LJ was outspokenly rude about it?

[kathyh]

Kind of around. At least LJ have put up information much more quickly this time. Hope the DDOS attack doesn't last too long :(

[shapinglight]

Yes. I actually can't read the whole message on Livejournal status as for some reason it's off the top of my screen. When does it say the attack started?

ETA: ah, it's okay. Don't worry. I can read it now.

[beer_good_foamy]

And meanwhile, they've made sure to change their interface so all the backup and export tools have stopped working, in case anyone wants to save their LJ.

[shapinglight]

Really? I didn't know that. When did that happen?

[kathyh]

LJ is actually working for me at the moment (she says jinxing herself)!

[quinara]

I'm here, as always! Although LJ's been working for me for the last hour or so after the morning meltdown.

[ningloreth]

Is that why the archive.lja thing doesn't work any more?

[ningloreth]

There's also been that thing people have been signal boosting about gay, lesbian and transgender rights...

[shapinglight]

Oh yes. I'd forgotten that.

[shapinglight]

Yes, me too.

ETA: and now it's gone again.

[shapinglight]

Yes, it seems to be back again. Must admit, I'm shocked by what BGF says, about the LJ/DW interface not working any more, so you can't import content. When did that happen?

[beer_good_foamy]

A couple of weeks ago. People raised a bit of a stink, but last I heard LJ basically went "Hey, it's our site, and we can do what we want with it; if people who have developed apps for LJ have to start all over again, that's their problem."

[beer_good_foamy]

Apparently.

[ruuger]

I think Dreamwidth has managed to get their import tools to work with LJ again - at least they announced a while ago that they're re-opening the LJ-import queue.

[quinara]

I can't remember the specifics, but it was something to do with the update that had the security breach in it; they've reworked how everything's put together or something, which has stopped the code DW and a lot of the journal archiving software use to export journals. At least that's how I understand it.

(PS. Did you see Misfits? What did you think?? I just watched it and it was fairly harrowing! Next week looks good, though - lots of Mel!)

[shapinglight]

That really sucks. :(

Yes, I did see Misfits. Will probably make a post about it later. At the moment, I'm struggling with trying to edit my rekindlespangel story. Really struggling. It's crap, and getting crappier by the minute.

Aargh!

[shapinglight]

That's good news, though I won't try it just yet. Let the site get back to normal first.

[shapinglight]

Well, I hope Ruuger's right and the import tool is working again, though I shan't try it for a bit. Let LJ get back to some kind of normality first.

[quinara]

I'm struggling with trying to edit my [profile] rekindlespangel story. Really struggling. It's crap, and getting crappier by the minute.

:( I'm sure it's great! Don't stress too hard.

I'm in-between handing in work and hearing about it, so I'm sort of having a day off - only it's got to four o'clock and I haven't done anything. Trying to do some work on an Illyria vid I've got going, but it's very slow stuff.

[rebcake]

Hello Sweetie!

Glad to know it's not just me! It was a lovely holiday weekend over here, and now I'm feeling the irresistible pull of Christmas, which means the year is just about over. So much still to do. Squawk!

Oh well, maybe I'll get some writing done with LJ down. Not likely, though.

[shapinglight]

Well, it seems to be back now. For the moment anyway. And I'm cross because my crosspost didn't work.

As for writing, I've given up for the day. I just can't do it any more. Everything I write seems to turn out rubbish. :grumps:

[shapinglight]

Well, I'll look forward to it. I love your vids.

[quinara]

Hopefully it will come out OK in the end!