User info page display

I created some RSS feeds at the weekend and have taken my friends' list to over 500 (including people, communities & RSS feeds), which means it doesn't display nicely (http://karen2205.livejournal.com/profile). I wouldn't mind the contracted display on the user info page if one of the links led through to a text only page showing 'friends', 'communities' and 'feeds' separately, rather than going to a search page that interweaves all three types together and shows bloody userpics.

I may do some defriending to get back down under 500, if there isn't another way to have a nicely displaying user info.

Edit - I have now 'de-friended' all deleted journals/communities. This takes my total to 499, which displays nicely. Not sure what I'm going to do next though. I like my principle of virtually never 'de-friending' anyone; I see my friends list as a list of people I'm comfortable allowing to read my friends' locked entries, which is a relatively wide group of people. [Note, I realise this isn't how other people use their friends' list, this is just my way of doing things]. The list of communities/RSS feeds I might be able to edit a little; I use it to locate communities so I don't have to go hunting for them. Maybe there's a better bookmarking system I could use.

User info page display

I created some RSS feeds at the weekend and have taken my friends' list to over 500 (including people, communities & RSS feeds), which means it doesn't display nicely (http://karen2205.livejournal.com/profile). I wouldn't mind the contracted display on the user info page if one of the links led through to a text only page showing 'friends', 'communities' and 'feeds' separately, rather than going to a search page that interweaves all three types together and shows bloody userpics.

I may do some defriending to get back down under 500, if there isn't another way to have a nicely displaying user info.

Edit - I have now 'de-friended' all deleted journals/communities. This takes my total to 499, which displays nicely. Not sure what I'm going to do next though. I like my principle of virtually never 'de-friending' anyone; I see my friends list as a list of people I'm comfortable allowing to read my friends' locked entries, which is a relatively wide group of people. [Note, I realise this isn't how other people use their friends' list, this is just my way of doing things]. The list of communities/RSS feeds I might be able to edit a little; I use it to locate communities so I don't have to go hunting for them. Maybe there's a better bookmarking system I could use.

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Wow. I'm enjoying this book. I didn't think I would, because I was expecting it to be dense non-fiction in chapters talking about how to find the divine/$ term in physical jobs by turning into a non-thinking, just a doing being.

And it's not. I am only in the second chapter but I grok what's being argued for in terms of getting to grips with and understanding technology. I don't understand a thing about motorcycle engines, but one of the reasons I haven't bought a car is that I don't understand how they work and I care about understanding how things work. I'm not a geek; I don't care about why things work for the sake of understanding why they work. I need a purpose for caring ie. I care about writing well written CSS + HTML for reasons of style, for ease of maintenance, for accessibility, out of respect for my customers' choice of browser etc.

In general, IME, it's hard to fix things if you don't understand why doing what you're doing is going to fix the problem. You're at risk of applying the solution incorrectly if you don't understand why/when it's the right thing to do. I'm by no means perfect; I couldn't build a computer or a television from their components, I'm not (yet) a plumbing expert, but I've got the right attitude. I care and I want to understand.

Maybe another update on this when I get to the end of the book:-)

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Wow. I'm enjoying this book. I didn't think I would, because I was expecting it to be dense non-fiction in chapters talking about how to find the divine/$ term in physical jobs by turning into a non-thinking, just a doing being.

And it's not. I am only in the second chapter but I grok what's being argued for in terms of getting to grips with and understanding technology. I don't understand a thing about motorcycle engines, but one of the reasons I haven't bought a car is that I don't understand how they work and I care about understanding how things work. I'm not a geek; I don't care about why things work for the sake of understanding why they work. I need a purpose for caring ie. I care about writing well written CSS + HTML for reasons of style, for ease of maintenance, for accessibility, out of respect for my customers' choice of browser etc.

In general, IME, it's hard to fix things if you don't understand why doing what you're doing is going to fix the problem. You're at risk of applying the solution incorrectly if you don't understand why/when it's the right thing to do. I'm by no means perfect; I couldn't build a computer or a television from their components, I'm not (yet) a plumbing expert, but I've got the right attitude. I care and I want to understand.

Maybe another update on this when I get to the end of the book:-)