Bizarreness

So, yesterday I couldn't get into livejournal at all, not on any browser, though I was reliably assured (waves to cycnus39) that it was working. I even uninstalled various things that I thought might be interfering with it, since the problem had started soon after I got an update on something but still no joy.

Then I had a brief email exchange with my ISP's 'help' people:

Me: Everything else is loading but not livejournal, in any browser, are you guys blocking it?

Them: No, it's your browser, here's how to tinker with it. If that doesn't work, talk to livejournal.

Me: No, I told you it's not my browser, but I tried your idiotic suggestions anyway and guess what, they didn't work. Livejournal is working, the problem is with you.

Them: ....

And this morning it's working. Except for danielpix, which I can post to but which won't load in Opera but it will in other browsers. And apparently my friends pages will load but I can't read comments on any posts in that browser either. Grrrrrr.

Ghibli overdose

I expect that most of the Brits on my friendslist will know that the film channel Film Four is going free to air from July 23rd - there's certainly been enough ads about that it might be hard to miss. What you might not know is some of the movies that will be airing over the next few weeks, the highlight (for me) being the short season of Studio Ghibli movies:

4th August - The Castle of Cagliostro
5th August - Kiki's Delivery Service
6th August - Princess Mononoke
7th August - Laputa: Castle in the Sky
8th August - My Neighbour Totoro
9th August - Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind
10th August - Porco Rosso

So, if you've got satellite, cable or Freeview, it's worth looking out for these! :)