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This is another sequel to my story The Return, a crossover between the DC movieverse and various other fandoms. The setting is a world where Supergirl visited Earth a few months after Superman left for Krypton (Superman Returns) and returned to Earth in 2008. All characters belong to their respective creators, production companies, soulless megacorporations etc. and there is no intent to infringe on copyright; this story may not be distributed on a profit-making basis.

( Adventures in House-Sitting )

Comments please before I post to archives

Interesting episode and a lot of fun - one obvious thought...

( spoilers )

A seasonable reminder from Brian A., WINOLJ

Gmail apparently pulled the plug on their old styles at some point this evening. I detest the new styles; fortunately opening in the "basic HTML" version still seems to work, and doesn't lose much functionality, so far as I can tell, if all you want to do is mail. It's also a good deal faster.

https://mail.google.com/mail/h/1wfihsrckwl9d/?zy=n&f=1

Later - looks like it is only some accounts affected, I just logged into another and it seems to be OK for now. But using the basic link above, then selecting to "always open in basic HTML" will get rid of the pesky new styles when they appear. After that you just log on normally, using Basic HTML is saved as your preference.

The things you lose are
Chat - neither want nor need
Spell checker - occasionally useful, which is why I use a browser (Opera) that has one built in. Are there any that don't these days?
Keyboard shortcuts - not sure which ones they mean, the usual copy, paste etc. still work.
Ability to manage filters - rarely use
Adding, editing, importing, or deleting contacts - rarely use
Custom 'From:' addresses - don't use
Rich formatting - don't use

My online card is... err... on line here:

Version for double-sided printing, fold in two

Version for single-sided printing, fold in four

Illustration only

You will probably want to open these in separate tabs or windows.

I don't know sign language. If I write a scene where both characters in a dialogue are using it, should the text be normal English with contractions etc., or would it be more stripped down and / or basic? ASL, if it makes any difference.

[Poll #1802224]

For a plot point in a possible future Supergirl story I've been wondering about Krypton's moons. This page puts together information in the Superman comics etc. and makes some guesses about the moons as described there:

http://www.bigapricot.org/other/krypton.shtml

My feeling on this is that they're too close to the planet and to each other, and would either drift into tidal lock or end up catapulting each other out of orbit pretty quickly. I know that there are at least a couple of astronomers on my friends list, anyone able to crunch the numbers?

( screen shot from animated series )

I miss having a duplex colour printer just often enough that I've been checking the prices for them again... and found this

http://www.misco.co.uk/Product/Q205723/Samsung-CLP-620ND-Colour-Laser-Printer

Works out at £173 for a duplexing colour network laser once you take the cashback offer into account. I'm not going to go for it, realistically I just don't need colour that much, and the little inkjet I got is actually better than a laser for photos etc., but it might be of interest to others.

The Middleblog is back for the first time in a VERY long time, with a long Dr Who / Middleman crossover story. Great fun, now if the BBC would only let them make it as an episode...

http://themiddleblog.livejournal.com/46586.html