Delicious Update

The latest news from Yahoo is that they are hoping to sell Delicious, rather than just shutting it down, which is very good to hear.

Yes, there are replacement services, and no-one need lose their bookmarks over this, but the great thing about Delicious is that it is not just a way of accessing your own bookmarks, but those of thousands of other people. From recipes to tech stuff to fanfiction, we've built a community of links to all those things we find interesting. That's what would make Delicious such a great loss.

There has been talk of building a fannish bookmarking site, and that sounds like a great idea to me - this is just another reason we need to own the servers. Whether it'll happen any time soon I don't know, but they can certainly sign me up as a user if it does.

Let It Snow...

We had some snow overnight here, a little dusting to wet a hobbit's toes. At about 12 noon though, it started snowing again and it hasn't stopped. Mum left to take her elderly friend home over an hour ago, and we've just had a phone call to say that she's got the car stuck, so she's walking home. (It's probably only about a mile, but I sure it's not fun being out in it.)

In the meantime, before and after pictures, taken with my new phone.

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ETA and Merlin icons

Mum managed to make it home not long after I posted - the hill she'd got stuck on seemed a bit clearer, so she decided to take a chance on driving home. She managed to avoid sliding and got here safely, though the 6 inches or so of snow in the drive was a considerable nuisance.

In the meantime, redscharlach's latest set of Merlin icons made me smile, and hopefully will make you too.

She always manages to pick up on the truly important parts, like topless!Arthur and the

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