the mellow tigger's musings

I learned a few weeks ago that my account had stopped cross-posting to my old Livejournal feed.

Turns out, LiveJournal seems to have disabled the feature for all platforms. 

I wonder what imagined affront the Russians are reacting against now?  Are we taking bets on whether it's somehow "The Gays"^™ again?

Bummer. I just discovered that Dreamwidth has no photographs yet, so I had to upload this morning's snapshot back to Livejournal. *disappointed sigh*

Oh well.

We had above-freezing weather for the last 2 weeks, so all of the typical snow piles melted away.  The back yard was totally clear.  This morning, though, we have a slight accumulation.

I was planning to rent a tiller and get to work on the garden this weekend.  It seems rather chilly for that kind of outdoor fun, though.

Also, I'm seriously pondering the paleolithic diet.  I'll need to reconsider my garden for this year, though, if I do switch to it.  I'd have to give up all grains so I wouldn't be able to use my popcorn, corn, rice, and quinoa seeds that have already sprouted in my indoor garden. I could still save the quinoa for the leaves, but I don't remember ever seeing a recipe for cooked food using quinoa leaves.

My bad! I mistakenly thought there was a bug in Livejournal privacy protections.

What's actually happening is that the web browser is storing Livejournal credentials in a cache.  When going to view anyone's RSS feed, the browser is also (behind the scenes) sending your userid/password.  As a Livejournal participant, you can then see posts appropriate to your security level.

If you open a different browser program (which has no cached credentials), you see an RSS feed that offers only Public posts.

You can view RSS feeds for any Livejournal blog using the instructions here:
http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=149

You can even view RSS feeds only for specific tags.  If, for instance, someone wanted to subscribe only to my Furry Friday or Autism posts:
http://mellowtigger.livejournal.com/data/rss/?tag=furryfriday
http://mellowtigger.livejournal.com/data/rss/?tag=autism

This convenience is why I'm a big supporter of appropriate Tag usage on blogs.  :)