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| Topic: Robin is on Twitter |
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| Robin is on Twitter [message #22603] |
Wed, 04 November 2009 09:08 |
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 Blogmom
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Robin is on Twitter
All you Twitterpates can follow Robin on Twitter at http://twitter.com/robinmckinley
Technology is our friend.
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Topic: A word from your Blogmom |
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| A word from your Blogmom [message #14211] |
Sat, 04 April 2009 11:12 |
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Blogmom
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Hi, all - people have been reporting various error messages, mostly to do with errors connecting to the databases that drive the blog and forum. These seem to occur primarily during peak usage times (5-8pm, CST).
Due to the time difference, Robin's posting time coincides with peak usage time not just on our blog and forum but on the U.S. Web in general.
I know many of you wait eagerly for Robin's daily blog post to show up. But if you are repeatedly reloading pages (and you know who you are and with a little log detective work, so do I), PLEASE moderate your habits, particularly during peak usage times. Every reload of a blog or forum page requires a connection to the database.
If too many people do this at once, it can cause database timeouts which adversely affect Robin's 1) ability to use the blog or the forum and 2) her patience.
Thanks.
-- Karen
Blogmom
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Topic: Posting from Ry'leh |
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| Posting from Ry'leh [message #12697] |
Mon, 09 March 2009 21:05 |
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Hey everybody--just FYI, we're not posting a comments thread for tonight's blog entry. Robin's said what she wants to say on the topic, and opening it up for further discussion seems counter-productive. So, snowdrops tomorrow and back to regular threads. 
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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| | Topic: How Aerin Got Her Name |
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| How Aerin Got Her Name [message #289] |
Wed, 08 October 2008 15:28 |
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How Aerin Got Her Name
This link will take you to the full post on the blog.
Muahahahaha!
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| | Topic: How this works |
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| How this works [message #65] |
Sun, 28 September 2008 11:38 |
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Blogmom
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Registered members may reply to posts but only Robin, the moderators, and Blogmom can start a new topic.
Topic titles will correspond to Robin's blog post title.
After a certain period, topics will be closed to new replies.
Some threads may be left open longer or indefinitely at the discretion of the moderators.
[Updated on: Sun, 28 September 2008 12:01]
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| | Forum: Pollyanna's Booklist |
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| Topic: Pollyanna FAQ--Please read before posting!! |
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 Pollyanna FAQ--Please read before posting!! [message #5422] |
Tue, 18 November 2008 15:03 |
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Maren
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FAQ for Pollyanna's Booklist
What is Pollyanna's Booklist?
Pollyanna's Booklist is an ongoing permanent list of books recommended by readers of Robin's blog.
Why Pollyanna?
You know Pollyanna, right? The eternal optimist? That perpetually sunny outlook is the spirit that Robin wishes to be maintained on her blog and forum as much as possible, especially where other authors' works are concerned. When Pollyanna's Booklist was first unveiled in tandem with the current incarnation of the blog, Robin said: "[W]hile I enjoy a good literary trashing as much as the next snippy reader, I don't particularly want that energy hanging around my blog. I only want to give virtual house space to books you want to read and want to suggest other people read."
This means that if you did not particularly enjoy a given book, Pollyanna's Booklist is not the place for you to talk about it. There are plenty of other websites, including Amazon and LibraryThing, where negative reviews are welcome, but Pollyanna's Booklist is only for recommendations. Yes, this applies even if someone else recommends a book that you loathed. Violations of the Pollyanna spirit may result in mod warnings and eventual banning.
OMG this list is massive! Is there any way you can organize it?!
Certainly! This LibraryThing catalog is Pollyanna's Booklist (well, a small part of it so far...) in searchable database form. You can also sort it by title or author, or click on a username in the 'Tags' column to see all the books that person has recommended. Series books are also tagged with 'series' so you can click to see them all at once. The 'Comments' column links to the original recommendations back on Pollyanna's Booklist.
If you have a LibraryThing account, you are welcome to friend us (username: robinmckinleysblog) or add us to your Interesting Libraries. This will enable you to see which books from the list you already have, and when we add new books they will show up on your profile page. If you're not too familiar with LibraryThing, watch this subforum for a tutorial that I plan to make soon. Please PM me (Maren) with any LibraryThing-related questions you may have.
Do I need to check first to see if someone else has already recommended my favorite book?
Nope! Just go ahead and make your recommendations; if the same books have been mentioned previously, I will simply add your username to the 'Tags' column on LibraryThing and link to your comment. In fact, multiple recommendations for the same book are a good way for other readers to guess that this just might be something that really appeals to Robin McKinley fans.
[Updated on: Tue, 18 November 2008 15:36]
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| Topic: A brief, somewhat impure, musical interval(s) |
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 A brief, somewhat impure, musical interval(s) [message #28621] |
Thu, 22 April 2010 15:09 |
boddhi_d
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Random link o' the day: An article about variations in musical intervals within octaves, and the implications thereof. Featuring special guest J.S. Bach.
http://www.slate.com/id/2250793/pagenum/all/#p2
ta,
Dawn in TN
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| | Topic: Connie Willis and hand-bell ringing |
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| Connie Willis and hand-bell ringing [message #27412] |
Mon, 15 March 2010 11:18 |
rachel
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Just been reading Connie Willis Doomsday book, and discovered that the cast includes some American hand bell ringers who have come over to ring a Chicago surprise bob method. Is there a list out rhere of fictional bell-ringers?
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| | Topic: Review of Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits |
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| | Topic: Piano Teacher Recommendations? |
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| Piano Teacher Recommendations? [message #26476] |
Mon, 22 February 2010 11:33 |
amyrose
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I'm typically a lurker on the blog and forum, but Robin's repeated posts about piano lessons have inspired me. I'd love to find a teacher, but I don't know where to look. I don't know if my earlier teachers were really as dry as I'm remembering, or if they just gave up on a student who could rarely be bothered to practice, but I'm afraid that I'll wind up with someone just as incompatible. (I promise, I've reformed!)
Because this forum seems to be such a gathering of kindred spirits, I'm secretly hoping someone could recommend an actual teacher in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. If not, I'd really appreciate it if someone with experience in this kind of thing could give me some hints on how to find a good teacher.
[Updated on: Mon, 22 February 2010 13:30]
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| | Topic: Busker Festival photos |
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| | Topic: another author's take on Twitter |
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| another author's take on Twitter [message #22933] |
Mon, 09 November 2009 20:14 |
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Joshilyn Jackson just took up Twitter. Her first two tweets:
That first tweet was exactly 140 characters, by the way. Please remit accolades and prizes.
about 7 hours ago from web
This is like Blog Haiku. There are no 140 characters good enough to be the first 140 characters. So I shall never Tweet. Except I just did.
about 7 hours ago from web
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| | Topic: French citizenship - language test? |
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| French citizenship - language test? [message #20032] |
Sun, 30 August 2009 21:32 |
Ithilien
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Hi everyone,
It suddenly occurred to me that one or more of you might have acquired (or attempted to acquire) French citizenship and might thus be able to answer a couple of questions. I've been married to my DH for two years now, so I thought I'd start getting ready for the citizenship language test. But I can't find anything about the level of French that I need.
Anyone have the inside info on this?
Cheers,
Ithilien
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| | Topic: Melbourne Writers Festival |
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| Melbourne Writers Festival [message #18892] |
Sat, 01 August 2009 02:17 |
Susan in Melbourne
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Are any fellow antipodean forum readers going to the Melbourne Writers Festival at the end of August? http://www.mwf.com.au/2009/content/mwf_2009_landing.asp?name =Program
I've organised our work bookclub to go to the forum on the future of the book on Thursday 27th, and I'll be at a series of events on Saturday 29th, but may pop in for some other sessions at other times.
If anyone else is going, and would like to catch up for a coffee/whatever, please send me a pm and we'll set something up.
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| | Topic: bellringing & knitting |
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| | Topic: Identifying first editions |
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| Identifying first editions [message #14438] |
Tue, 07 April 2009 12:25 |
Meredith B.
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I have recently purchased a hardcover copy of The Hero And The Crown at a used bookstore, and I'm trying to determine if it is in fact a first edition, and if there were multiple "first edition" printings. It's a hard cover, with a blue stripe around the edges of the cover image, and it says Green Willow Press, 1984 in the front. It does actually say First Edition in the front pages as well, but I know in the past they would sometimes run more than one printing of the first edition, and if there were no changes to the text / layout, they didn't necessarily change the edition number. I don't know if that practice extended into the 80s, however, or if it happened with this particular book. Does anyone know how I can find that information out?
This particular copy would never be of great value even if it was a true First, because it's been rather well-loved, besides having an adhesive book plate in the front indicating that it was a gift from a school to a specific student in 1985. Which is kind of cool in and of itself, actually. I wonder what she did to merit a prize of the latest Newbery title in hardcover, don't you?
~Meredith
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| | Topic: A word from your Blogmom |
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| A word from your Blogmom [message #14210] |
Sat, 04 April 2009 11:10 |
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Hi, all - people have been reporting various error messages, mostly to do with errors connecting to the databases that drive the blog and forum. These seem to occur primarily during peak usage times (5-8pm, CST).
Due to the time difference, Robin's posting time coincides with peak usage time not just on our blog and forum but on the U.S. Web in general.
I know many of you wait eagerly for Robin's daily blog post to show up. But if you are repeatedly reloading pages (and you know who you are and with a little log detective work, so do I), PLEASE moderate your habits, particularly during peak usage times. Every reload of a blog or forum page requires a connection to the database.
If too many people do this at once, it can cause database timeouts which adversely affect Robin's 1) ability to use the blog or the forum and 2) her patience.
Thanks.
-- Karen
Blogmom
[Updated on: Sat, 04 April 2009 11:13]
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Forum: Playing With Your Food |
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| Topic: Black & Greene cookies |
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| Black & Greene cookies [message #32123] |
Sat, 31 July 2010 15:06 |
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I prefer my cookies intensely flavored and not too sweet, and since it was Robin, who got me hooked on Black & Greene chocolate, I think I should post the results of the latest successful experiment.
You can fake the chocolate with ordinary good dark chocolate and a few drops of mint essence, but not with the kind containing a creamy mint-filling such as Fazer Mint or After Eight. The nuts are optional and could be replaced by pecans or - if it's not too twee - almond slivers coloured with a little green food colouring.
BLACK & GREENE COOKIES
75 g (3 oz) 0.5 stick soft butter
100 g (4 oz)0.5 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
100 g or 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon flour
25 g or 2-3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
0.5 teaspoon baking powder
100 g (3-4 oz) chopped (pea-size) B&G dark mint chocolate
25 g (1 oz) 0.25 cup chopped unsalted pistachio nuts
Cream butter and sugar, add egg and vanilla, fold in flour, cocoa, and baking powder, and finally the chocolate and nuts. Place spoonfuls on a baking sheet, and bake at medium heat for about 12 min. Let them cool a little before moving to a rack.
Involving any kind of green sugar glaze has been considered - and discarded as a mistake.
Anette, the Great Dane
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| | Topic: Waffles for Robin |
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| Waffles for Robin [message #26193] |
Mon, 15 February 2010 13:31 |
amp15
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I tend to prefer waffles to pancakes, so with pancake Tuesday coming up, I went to find my favorite waffle recipe. I'd never before noticed that they were both non-gluten and non-dairy, I just make them for the taste and texture. And because they turn crisp - and stay so - as they cool, which makes them perfect for tea parties and transporting. Not to mention layering with Creme Chantilly and berries, or coconut ice-cream and kumquat syrup.
SANDWAFFLES
5-6 rounds
150 g (5 oz or a bit more than a stick) soft plant-margarine or butter,
125 g (4 oz or almost 0.5 cup) sugar,
140 g (4.5 oz or about 2/3 cup) potato flour,
3 eggs.
Beat the margarine and flour to a soft paste, and the eggs and sugar to a thick, pale cream. Mix the two mixtures to something like a sponge batter, and bake on a waffle iron.
A variation is mixing a few drops of vanilla and a handful of crushed pecans into the batter, and serving the waffles plain with your tea. Or not-so-plain with chocolate cream for your coffee.
Anette, the Great Dane
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| User accounts on PWYF [message #25839] |
Thu, 04 February 2010 16:25 |
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Hi all,
In my cleaning up of PWYF (we got hacked), I decided to wipe out most the user accounts that could not be definitively identified by one of the mods. So if I deleted your account, I am terribly sorry but it was not fun cleaning everything up and I want to make sure we are _clean_. Posts and comments were not deleted. If any real ones existed under the deleted accounts, they are now attributed to "CatchAll". Once again, sorry if I nuked anyone real.
~Sarah
[Updated on: Thu, 15 April 2010 18:17] by Moderator
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| Christmas Cake - recipe [message #24937] |
Sun, 03 January 2010 07:07 |
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Christmas Fruit Cake
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4230606656_9a28beebfc.jp g
Note: I am working in metric
175g red or natural glace cherries
350g currants
225g sultanas
225g raisins
175g chopped dried apricots
75g finely chopped candied peel
4 TBSP brandy (plus extra for cake)
275g plain flour
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp mixed spice (see note 2)
400g softened butter
400g dark muscovado sugar
5 large eggs
65g chopped almonds
1 TBSP black Treacle (I used blackstrap molasses)
grated rind of one lemon and one orange
DAY ONE
Mix all the fruit and peel into a large bowl. Rinse and dry and chop cherries and add. Add brandy, stir, cover and keep in a cool place overnight
DAY TWO
Heat oven to 140 Deg C (Gas1) and grease a 23 cm deep round cake tin (line base and sides with double layer of baking paper)
Measure flour, nutmeg and mixed spices, butter, sugar ,eggs, nuts, treacle, and grated rind into a large bowl and beat to mix thoroughly (I beat my eggs first lightly and then add to the dry mix)
Fold in soaked fruits and spoon mix into prepared tin and spread evenly. If desired decorate the top of the cake with nuts and halved glace cherries
Cover top of cake loosely with double layer of baking paper and bake in preheated oven for 4- 41/2 hrs (until skewer comes out clean)
Leave to cool in tin, and when cake is almost cold, turn out, remove paper and finish cooling on wire rack. Once cold, pierce with skewer and feed with more brandy, wrap in a double layer of baking paper and then tinfoil and store in cool dry place for up to 3 months. Feed regularly with more brandy.
Note 1 - you can use any preferred mix of fruits so long as it makes up the weight in the recipe
Note 2 - I have seen some questions from US bakers on other forums as to what mixed spice is - this might help
http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/mixedspice.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Mixed-Spice
Mixed Spice in New Zealand is a pre packed spice containing the
following: coriander, cinnamon, pimento, ginger, cassia, nutmeg and
cloves.
In Australia this is a mix of the following:
cinnamon, coriander, ginger, cassia, cloves and nutmeg
Enjoy!
Stacey
[Updated on: Sun, 03 January 2010 07:07]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebluerose
Photography Blog http://lensaddiction.wordpress.com
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| | Forum: Forum Help |
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| Topic: deleting private messages |
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| deleting private messages [message #15850] |
Fri, 08 May 2009 11:41 |
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Deleted messages are moved to the Trash folder. This is like the Recycle Bin in Windows which means you have to empty it to get rid of stuff for good and all.
From Private Messaging page, select Trash from the dropdown menu and click Go.
The Select All messages and click on Empty Trash at the bottom of the page.
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Forum: Sandbox |
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| Topic: boring test 123 |
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| boring test 123 [message #28023] |
Fri, 02 April 2010 16:39 |
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The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| photo upload test [message #23959] |
Sat, 05 December 2009 14:44 |
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Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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| Destination topic [message #22540] |
Mon, 02 November 2009 11:40 |
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Maren
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Just checking on a hunch...
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| Re: Origin topic [message #22539 is a reply to message #22538 ] |
Mon, 02 November 2009 11:39 |
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test some more
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| | Topic: post test, part deux |
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| post test, part deux [message #21168] |
Mon, 28 September 2009 21:48 |
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The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Forum: News and Updates |
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| Topic: Ask Robin Archives |
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| Ask Robin Archives [message #30472] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 10:06 |
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Blogmom
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Visit the Ask Robin Archives for an uptodate list of links to Robin's Ask Robin posts.
For more information on the Ask Robin blog feature and on how to submit your question, please see:
http://robinmckinleysblog.com/2010/05/03/new-blog-feature-qa /
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Topic: how to report an SQL error |
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| how to report an SQL error [message #25444] |
Sat, 23 January 2010 11:26 |
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Blogmom
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I am getting a few reports, mostly from international members, of an SQL error that starts like this:
*Warning*: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in */home/robinmck/public_html/forum/index.php* on line *19
This is due to a failure to connect to the forum database, a load-related issue. It is a transient problem and is not due to a bug in the forum software.
If you encounter the problem, please email Blogmom at blogmom@robinmckinleysblog.com. Please include the time in GMT, EST, or CST (whichever is easier for you).
The time will let me determine whether this problem tends to occur around the same time every day and also lets me check the logs.
Thanks!
-- Karen
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Topic: Robin on Facebook! |
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| Robin on Facebook! [message #22266] |
Wed, 28 October 2009 17:56 |
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Blogmom
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Check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Robin-McKinley/149327572983
Become a fan on Facebook and leave a comment to enter a drawing for autographed copies of Fire and Water! Drawing will be held November 15th.
And, needless to say, tell your friends!
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Topic: Complete your collection! |
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| Complete your collection! [message #16131] |
Thu, 14 May 2009 11:38 |
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Blogmom
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Visit Robin McKinley's bookstore on Amazon.com for any of Robin's books you may be missing!
The covers of this book are too far apart. -- Ambrose Bierce
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| | Forum: Forum Policies and Guidelines |
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| Topic: Membership Rules [Updated August 26, 2010] |
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| Membership Rules [Updated August 26, 2010] [message #16133] |
Thu, 14 May 2009 12:44 |
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This is the full registration agreement so it includes some text specific to the registration process.
Registered members may wish to review the rules for the good of their souls.
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Updated 26 August, 2010
Please take a moment to read through the rules. Embedded somewhere in the rules below are additional instructions you will need in order to register successfully. (Yes, we really do want you to read the rules.)
Membership Rules - First and foremost, our goal is to create and maintain a friendly atmosphere on the Robin McKinley Forums and to provide an enjoyable experience for all our members, young and old alike. If any member chooses to interfere with this goal, Forum Management may, at their discretion, take actions which may include, but are not limited to, editing, moving, removing or locking topics; imposing timeouts, suspending or banning said member.
- These Membership Rules may be amended from time to time. Amendments will be posted in the Announcements Forum and are effective immediately. Your continued use of the forum will be considered acceptance of the amended rules. Please routinely check the Announcements forum for amendments when you log in.
Registration- All registrations must be approved by the forum administrators.
- Account validation and activation will normally take 24-48 hours but may take longer during holiday periods.
- Please do not re-register unless you know for sure you made an error in your registration email.
- If you experience any problems, please email Blogmom at blogmom@robinmckinleysblog.com
Privacy- Our forum software uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies contain only the information needed to improve your forum experience. The originating IP address of all posts is recorded.
- As a user you agree to any information you have entered during registration above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent, the Webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
- All messages posted to this Web site are copyright of the poster. Reproduction of any messages, excepting quoting posts in the process of replying or inclusion in Robin's blog posts, requires the permission of the poster.
Content- You agree not to post fan fiction or story ideas or fan art in any medium from any author's universe to the forum. Fan fiction/art is defined in this instance as stories/art in any of the worlds, or relating to any of the characters created by Robin McKinley or any other author. Neither may you discuss fan fiction/art in any context or link to fan fiction hosted elsewhere, nor make mention of other sites to encourage this action. Robin McKinley does not condone fan fiction. Read more on the subject from her FAQ.
- You understand that the prohibition against story ideas includes giving Robin any and all 'advice' on current books, works in progress or suggested future works.
- You may place a link to your website in your profile and signature. The link may not go to a Web site which in the consideration of the Forum Management is to gain sales of any kind, whether an affiliate of Amazon and other online affiliate programs or otherwise.
- You are welcome to use an avatar and post photos, but we ask that you please refrain from putting up pictures of infants and children.
- You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented, racist, political, religious, or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed).
- While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or Webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable. Should you find a message which you think breaches one of the Membership Rules, please bring it to the attention of the Forum Management.
Usage
- You agree not to use this forum for the purpose of collecting information to be placed on another Web site, either either by conducting a survey, or asking for members opinions
- You agree that if you do not use your account for two months, it may be deactivated or deleted at the discretion of the Forum Management. Remember you do not have to post just Log In.
- You agree that the Forum Management have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. They also have the right to remove membership, and ban a member for breaches of the Membership Rules.
The Niceness and Sanity Clause
And finally, Niceness and Sanity rule, in all areas of this forum. Behave like the nice, rational, tolerant adult (of whatever age) you are. So:- No squeeing (the occasional, mild, singular squee is OK) or exhibitions of extreme fandom;
- No imagining of oneself or a friend in a romantic and/or physical clinch with any fictional character, whether Robin's or someone else's, or comparisons thereof;
- No "I'm now [insert fictional character of choice] and I'm sure I would behave like this..." of any kind.
- In order to register successfully, please list 'reading' under Interests in your profile. This helps us distinguish humans from the flood of automated spam registrations and also lets us know that you've read this far in the rules! We regret that any registrations not meeting this requirement will be declined.
The occasional rant in relation to unsocial behavior on the large or small scale is OK, so long as individuals not in public life remain unidentifiable.
Deviation from any of the above means a) the mods will come down on the offender(s) like a ton of bricks and b) on a second offence, the account concerned will be canceled forthwith.
When in doubt, ask a mod first!
[Updated on: Thu, 26 August 2010 16:37]
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| Using the Search Function [message #1821] |
Tue, 21 October 2008 20:35 |
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Black Bear
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If you want to find posts about a certain topic, or all posts by a particular forum member, this is remarkably easy. Click on the little magnifying glass that says "Search" up in the main menu bar of the forum. You'll get a field where you can enter a keyword or words--say, for instance, "Bunnies." You have the option of searching every single message on every thread, or simply searching for thread titles with the keyword "bunnies" in it--that's controlled by a button you can click below the place where you enter the text. You can choose whether you want it to search all forums, or just a particular one--if you knew the post you were trying to find was part of the Blog Post Comments, you could limit it to that by clicking that window and scrolling down to select the proper forum. You can sort them by how recent the post is, or filter by member--if you know the bunny post you're looking for is by user SuperAwesome123, you can limit it by that member in the blank on the right. (Remember that usernames are caps sensitive--black bear won't work, you have to type Black Bear if you want posts by me.) Then click the button marked search, and you'll get a list of all the posts that fit your search request.
If you're interested to see what a particular friend of yours has posted on the forum, you can click on their username (in a post, or under "members") and look at their profile. Under "message count," there's a link for Show all messages by this user. If you click that, you'll get a tidy list of everything that person has ever posted on the forum.
Hope this is useful!
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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| | Topic: Creating or modifying your signature line |
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| Creating or modifying your signature line [message #1370] |
Thu, 16 October 2008 12:45 |
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Black Bear
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You may have noticed that some of us have little quotes, or "signature lines" that appear below each post we make. Want one too? It's easy!
When you signed up, you made a profile page. If you click on someone's username in the forum, you can look at their profile which includes their interests and anything else they wanted to make public. You can edit your own profile any time you like; you signature line is a part of your profile.
If you click the link for "Control Panel" along the top menu bar of the forum, you'll see a series of boxes--click the one that says "Account Settings." Now you're looking at your profile! Remember, if you make any changes at all to your profile, you will need to put your password in for the changes to take effect.
Now, scroll down to where it says "Preferences"--the first thing there is signature, and there's a box where you can enter text. Type whatever you like in there, put your password in up at the top, click "update," and you're done. That's the basic answer.
Personally, I like having my sig file be in a smaller font than the text in my posts. I also prefer it in italics. You too can monkey around with how your sig looks, but it requires you to enter the code manually (so far as I can tell.) Do not let this scare you. The main thing to remember is that forum code (unlike HTML) requires you to enclose your commands in square brackets: []. So every command I'm showing you here, you'll need to type: [ command ] at the start of your signature, and [/command] at the end of it.
Italics is just a letter "i". So to put your sig in italics, put a bracketed i before the quote, and a bracketed /i after it.
Subscript (small type) is "sub".
Boldface is "b".
Underlined is "u".
Color is more complicated, because you have to add in the color you want. The names of available colors are on the dropdown menu of each post you make, but sadly not readily referenceable from your account settings page. But if you do know the name of the color, the code is bracketed "color=red" (for instance) and then "/color" at the end.
OK, go to it! Let's see some entertaining sig lines out there!
[Updated on: Thu, 16 October 2008 12:46]
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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| Email notifications [message #1086] |
Tue, 14 October 2008 19:30 |
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Is your email inbox drowning in notifications of forum posts? Here's how you turn it off.
1. Click the Control Panel link under Robin's name.
2. Go to Account Settings in the line of blue boxes.
3. Scroll down until you reach Preferences.
4. "Select Notification by Default:" is what you're looking for. It's the fourth option after the time zone option.
5. Click the "no" button.
6. Below that, you may find "Choose Notification Method"
7. Select "don't notify"
8. At the bottom of the page, click "update".
Be advised you may have to enter your password to update.
[Updated on: Tue, 14 October 2008 20:10]
Muahahahaha!
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| | Topic: Navigating reading new posts |
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| Navigating reading new posts [message #642] |
Sun, 12 October 2008 00:19 |
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Black Bear
Messages: 2259
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When we mods were first playing around with the forum, I'd show up after a day of inactivity and innocently click the link for "Show Unread Messages" at the top of the page--then be rewarded with a pile of unread messages divorced from their threads and therefore totally incomprehensible. So what do you do if you want to read the new stuff that's been posted since last you were here, in context?
Down the side of our list of Discussion Forums, you can see a row of icons that look like lightbulbs. (incandescent ones, not those newfangled energy saving kind.) If they're "lit up" yellow, then that means that Forum has messages you've not read in it. So if there's a yellow bulb next to "Talk," you can click the link for Talk and it'll show you all the threads in that forum.
Once you're in that forum, the threads with the most recent posts are at the top. Again, you can tell which ones have posts you've not yet read; there are little icons out to the left side, and if there are new posts on that thread, its icon shows red. If nothing new's been posted, it'll be blue. If you want to read that whole thread from the beginning, click the thread title. OR! If you ONLY want to read the new posts since last time you visited, click the tiny downward-pointing arrow directly left of the thread title. This will kick you directly to the first post you've not read, and then you can read onward from there.
* with apologies to Dr. Strangelove...
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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| | Topic: 'Spoiler' editing tool |
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| 'Spoiler' editing tool [message #189] |
Tue, 30 September 2008 21:58 |
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You will have noticed that this type of forum uses FUDcode not HTML.
It has a nifty code that enables to you use javascript to hide part of your post. This is useful for spoilers etc.
Under the Help section of this forum you can learn about the FUDcode. Spoiler info can be found HERE.
So if you want to ....
Toggle Spoilernot tell everyone about part of the latest book because not everyone has read it yet then you could always use this spoiler tool!
Cool huh?
Have an experiment down in the Sandbox to test it out. Don't forget there is a Preview Message button as well to assist in editing.
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| | Topic: Nested Comments and Tree View |
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| Nested Comments and Tree View [message #144] |
Mon, 29 September 2008 20:36 |
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Black Bear
Messages: 2259
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Location: Indianapolis, IN USA |
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Ordinarily when you look at a thread, all the comments will appear in the order they're posted. This can get confusing when conversations start, as they often have in the blog comment threads!
If you look at the top right above the first post in a thread, you'll see three buttons; the lefthand one says "tree view." If you click this button, the comments will appear nested beneath the post they respond to, so that you can follow a particular conversation from start to finish. The tree view collapses the comments so you can only read a list of post titles and usernames of the posters, but when you click on a post title it'll open up and you can read it.
Remember, if you're responding to someone else's comment, click the "reply" button at the bottom right of their post (rather than the larger "Post Reply" button at the head and foot of the thread.) This ensures that your post will nest under the post it's referring to. You might also quote part or all of the prior comment so other readers know what you're responding to!
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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| | Topic: Uploading avatars |
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| Uploading avatars [message #95] |
Sun, 28 September 2008 18:20 |
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Uploading Custom Avatars
1) Make sure you have an avatar of the correct size on your computer. (max dimensions 100x100 pixels)
2) Once logged into the Forum go to Control Panel
3) Go to Account Settings
4) Once in Account Settings scroll down until you reach Avatar Type.
5) Select Upload Avatar (if you access your avatars online then select the Specify URL)
6) Select Browse to find the avatar on your computer. (It can be helpful to name your avatar files as “avatar” or “icon” so they are easier to find!)
7) Once all that is selected make sure your password is entered at the top of the page and then click Update (there is a button directly below your login details and also at the bottom of the page.)
Resizing pictures:
If you don't have software on your computer to change the size of the picture then try this website: http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/
[Updated on: Fri, 10 October 2008 06:33]
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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