Reader’s Choice, Note Pages, and Llamas

Thanks.

Saving up for a Kindle myself! Glad you enjoy it.

I’m so afraid to delve into the world of the Kindle. I love books, but I don’t have to charge a book. Considering how often my phone and laptop dies, I think I would about melt if I went to read my book and my Kindle had been forgotten in the mist 😛

The more times you view “Watchmen”, the less you notice Dr. Manhattan’s blue junk. No, really. It’s true. 😉 <3 m

Awesome.

I’ve been wanting to pick the brain of someone who actually uses a Kindle. I think I would like one, but have never seen one in person, just online. Do you have the 6″ or the 9″ one? I hate to pay $500 for the larger one but I’m afraid the screen on the smaller one might not be big enough. My vision is not what it was when I was younger. Can you adjust the font size? Anything else you couldtell me would be very helpful. I wish I could just see one!

Hi Sir, How are you doing? I’m so happy to be back to OD. Maplelover55 was my previous handle. Couldn’t be back to my old one, so I strated a new one. I take this very opportunity to thank you very much for your great efforts sincerely done towards this great place. Kind regards. Sam

Do we get “Rollover Nominations”? Hahaha.

I was drawn in by the Llama title. Me and my loved one have to be apart for most of the year and so our relationship is carried out online while he works away at the moment. Llama is our code word, used when something exciting is happening, like job interviews or his return home. This made me smile. Thanks x

Have you bought a light for your Kindle yet, DM? I bought one a few months back so that I could read in bed after my Hubby went to sleep – without disturbing him. LOL! I love my Kindle… wouldn’t trade for it! It’s the best, isn’t it???

All I can think about when I hear about the movie Watchmen is “blue penis, blue penis!”

LLAMAS!!!! *cue disco lights* C’mon, you know the Monty Python reference. I never considered a Kindle until my friend pointed out that it’s super convenient for travel because it’s way easier than carrying 4 books, especially if they are still in hardback format. Still, I’m kinda a luddite and have a horrible track record with electronics.

Llamas can be really mean.

I ordered an ereader…cant wait to get it!

I have a kindle, it is the best thing ever.

Oh, DiaryMaster…You’re a hoot. 😛

I feel so observant, I actually noticed the change to the bottom of the Notes page before I read this entry! *pats self on back* As a diarist who just passed the 12,800 notes mark I must say that this is MUCH easier on the eyes than having 250+ links all jammed together at the bottom of the page! Llamas are awesome… as long as they’re not members of the infamous flock of DramaLlamas (Scientific name: Dramaticus Llamaattentionwhoreus)… and I don’t have to clean up after them. *hehehe* I have nothing meaningful or pithy to say about the RC changes since I don’t use that feature very often. *shrugs* 🙂 ~Shady

If you actually read Watchmen, you will barely even notice any, erm, blue junk.

Your “booster club” link is faulty. Just an FYI.

Thank you so much for the Readers Choice limit. 🙂

I so want a kindle since it would take up less space then books which I never seem to rid myself of. I become attached to books. I wanted to see The Watchmen, but I feel I might crack up if I really do see his “Blue Junk”. When I do watch it I am sure I’ll have to write an entry about it with your words echoing in my head, lol

I like llamas.

I have a Sony Reader and I love it. Sometimes I want a Kindle though, for those special features. One day I will upgrade, I am sure.

Llamas. You must be a Monty Python fan. Am I right?

It would be nice if Readers Choice submissions required you to give a brief blurb as to why you’re submitting it. It would make the nominators a little more accountable for the quality of submissions, and would make it nice for those choosing to read through to skim and pick out the types of entries they might enjoy.

Sorry, I don’t know where to post this. Any chance of doubling the character limit on notes? I am too much of a blabber mouth (typist?) and always have to leave multiple notes!

The Llama in the title had my attention. I was hoping for some talks of llamas.. but no just a sentence. Those guys are my favorite animal at the zoo.

What on earth is a kindle? Good about the RC thing, it was starting to get a little ridic.

I saw Watchmen in the theater so I have to look at 3ft tall bits.the movie was ok in my opinion. I have kindle that I love. It’s easier to travel with multiple books on kindle than dragging around the books!

We should have a kindle fan journal here; love love love mine, generation one. One caution: the thumb that I use to click for notes/definitions, etc. is having trouble. Repeating actions? I’m trying to train myself to use other fingers for all that clicking.

Hi there! Well I am glad you wrote about your opinion on your Kindle. I have been considering an E BOOK Reader for some time, but, like you, I love actual books. And going into a bookstore. I think though, it would come in handy for certain purposes! Like some of the HUGE Stephen King tomes I haul around, (ie, Under the Dome For instance) Hauling that back and forth to work was a chore!

I have a Barnes & Noble Nook, and I absolutely love it.

Check out Tehachap’s entry about Owls today. Wonderful link. A far far better thing than Llamas any old time. I’ve given up trying to nominate anyone for RC entries. It never lets me do one.

There is a lot more to Watchmen than the blue junk 🙂 Funny, I was just thinking about watching that today.

i watched the watchmen just to see the blue bits and was disappointed. you had me expecting grander things as far as blue men go.

RYN: Thanks for the info. I didn’t know the screen wasn’t lit. I’m not sure if I would like that. It’s so much easier for me to read on a computer screen than a book nowadays. I wonder if the bigger one is backlit…

I got a Kindle for Christams too. So far I haven’t used it yet 😛 No time to read.

Thanks for your note. 🙂

i have no idea what a kindle is so im going to google it lol

ok i googled the kindle and its actually very kewl, i can see why you like it.

😉

I also was drawn in by the llama reference, lol. Only because I have a sad liking for the Llama song, you know; here’s a Llama, there’s a lama and another little Llama, here’s a Llama, there’s a Llama, Llama Llama duck! If you have never heard said song – google it while you’re feeling distracted, it’s good fun, LOL. Oh and I like the notes change 🙂

One quick suggestion to the new notes scrolling feature: you have “first” “previous” and “next” but no button to get us to our very first notes. Is this an easy fix to add? I have over 20 000 pages of notes. It would take quite a while to get to the beginning! : )

I keep on receiving the following message every time I want to write something on my diary: As an anti-spam measure, new diaries can not post links for the first seven days. Click the button to go to The Open Diary home page, or your back button to return to where you came from. Kindly, tell me what to do. Regards.

hey! thanks so much for the note! and yea we thought Gilligan was a cute name for a beagle. haha. We got it from the show Gilligan’s Island. btw ur diary is pretty neat. how did u get the column part on the right… thats pretty neat. ttys!

The limitations on RC are a good move – those click-happy RCers cheapened the status of RC, and made me less likely to read it of late. I must admit, I’m curious whether you read more books or more diaries… even just out of professional interest?

wheres the llamas?

u should read the watchmen graphic novel btw. so much better than the movie

I just loaded Google Chrome on my Mac – and when I select an entry as “friends only” – the option to choose WHICH friends does not appear. Is it possible to fix that?

I don’t think I’d much like “watchmen.” naked guys are one thing; I kinda like them; naked blue guys? Not so much… I’ve been reticent about buying an e-reader like a kindle, but the more I hear about them, the more I think I might like one. I’d like to actually SEE one and hold it and all before buying one though. 🙂

Just been reading an entry about you and another OD’er. Can you read my private entries?

aww bruce, you’ve gone done pissed off the masses again. Why are some of the ODers so insane? eh…

The new note thing makes it a bit hard to look at old notes, but I suppose there’s always the note search function. Thanks for all the great work.

Just read the entry about you jumping over the line. I’ve been here since about a year after OD started, with multiple diary names and incarnations, stopped for a few years but I kept coming back… not so sure I am coming back anymore. Too far, way too far.

Hey DM, I read the entry on the main page regarding the issue of your being able to read our private entries, etc. The issue I found disturbing, actually, in her entry was the fact that the person who was stalking Jennifer Garner and has been arrested (thanks to your help!) still has a diary on this site that is visible. I was not aware of that situation, but you need to delete that diary. Please.It is very disturbing and that man’s mental illness and cause are still being read. Thanks!

Can you trace unsigned notes?

I’d appreciate it if you would come to my diary and read my entry AND my notes. I heard from X and replied with this: “Hello, X. I have written to the help desk numerous times. I get acknowledgment that my complaint has been received and that you’ll look into it, but I never hear anything after that. I think one person being allowed to regularly spam the RC section is abuse of the spirit of the site. I’ll read DM’s entry now, but if you take a look at my notes section, you will see that my complaint is shared by many others. RC shouldn’t become a place for diatribes. It should be a place for higher thought (NOT copying & pasting your favorite political pundit) and thoughtful reasoning. Instead, it has become a soapbox for left & right wing extremists and political nuts on both sides. I suppose hoping for more is futile, as is getting any real resolution on this matter from the help desk.” There are many of us who want RC to reach a little higher. Three nominations per person gets a bit much when three or four of them band together to spam the place.