More on ST07

[azurite]

If you're getting sick of this or think it doesn't apply to you, move along.

I was surprised how easy it was to backup my LJ... you do need the Mac LJ app XJournal, but if you don't intend on using it after you do this, you can easily delete it.

(1) Go into XJournal and hit Cmd-1 (that's a ONE) to view the history. Refresh the history, then click DOWNLOAD.
(2) Go to Library/Application Support/XJournal/History.plist (don't click on it, just keep that window open in Finder)
(3) Create a folder where you'd like your backup to be stored. It'll be arranged by year/month/day, and then by post ID. I did mine on my external HD, in a folder called "Journal Backup".
(4) Go here and grab antennapedia's super-easy to use Python script. Remember to change the extension from py.txt to just .py when you save. Save it in your Journal Backup folder, wherever that may be/whatever it may be called.
(5) Open Terminal:
***DO NOT use the root user/sudo!***
(a) Navigate to your Journal Backup folder. Since mine was in an external location, I typed:
cd /Volumes/"My Book"
(because my external HD is called "My Book" -- putting it in quotes lets you use spaces without difficulty)
(b) Type this: chmod a+x extractXJournal.py
***IT WON'T WORK IF YOU DIDN'T SAVE THE SCRIPT IN THE SAME LOCATION AS YOUR JOURNAL BACKUP FOLDER, OR IF YOU DIDN'T CHANGE THE EXTENSION!***
(c) Type this: ./extractXJournal.py
It may take a while for the process to finish, but when it does...
(6) Navigate in Finder to your Journal Backup folder. See all your entries. Voila! Everything will be in nice *.html format, rather than the XML format that's so common to most backup scripts.

WHAT IT WILL DO:
Organize everything for you.
Make your entries into HTML format (retains your links, formatting, etc.)
Make your entries searchable in all the ways that they are not on LJ.

WHAT IT WILL NOT DO:
Copy your journal's layout.
Copy comments.



And now, a somewhat goofy idea: Strikethrough 2007: The Fanmix
Fandom is powerful. Fandom is creative. Here is a mix of fandom's creativity and fandom's voice (links to iTunes store).
* Let's Get It Started (Spike Mix)
* Right Now (Van Halen)
* Hoist the Colours (Hans Zimmer)
* We Will Rock You (Queen)
* We Are The Champions (Queen)
* Red Alert [Jaxx Radio Mix] (Basement Jaxx)
* For The People (The Black Eyed Peas)
* No One [Clean] (Cold)
* If Everyone Cared (Nickelback)
* Rock In This Pocket [Song of David] (Suzanne Vega)
* I Dare You To Move (Switchfoot)
* Keep Tryin' (Utada Hikaru)

Comments

[cyperian.livejournal.com]

May I just say that I find the whole title of "strike through 2007" utterly *hilarious*??

[azurite]

Wish I could claim I came up with it (assuming you meant "hilarious" in a good way, not a "har har mockity mock mock" way), but it just stuck. It's also been called Strikeout 2007 and Deletegate. Among other things... I'm sure you can imagine.

[cyperian.livejournal.com]

I did mean it in a good way. I find most of the titles fannish sorts come up with to be funny. CharityGate, for another example. ^___^

And I thought DeleteGate was already taken?

[azurite]

I don't know for sure; I imagine it is, but... well, you never know. Strikethrough 2007 is the more popular name.