*sigh*

I'm so far behind on the 21 questions meme, I don't know if I'll ever catch up.

However, I do have something to offer people who are interested in Dreamwidth.

/* max-height for syndicated journals on reading page */
.page-read .journal-type-Y .entry-content {
max-height: 75em;
overflow: auto;
}

ETA, since several people pointed out it was useful.

/* max-height for syndicated journals on network page */
.page-network .journal-type-Y .entry-content {
max-height: 75em;
overflow: auto;
}

The bit of CSS above, when added to your custom CSS will keep syndicated feed entries to about 60 lines. If the entry goes longer than that, browsers should provide an internal scrollbar for the entry.

The one exception I have found so far is Dolphin HD browser, a very good Android browser, which simply cuts the text off once it reaches its max-height. Because the lines are shorter, entries reach the max-height very quickly on my phone, especially if they have pictures.

If you haven't signed into blogger since 2007, do so now or forever hold your peace

April 15, 2011
An important note about legacy accounts

Posted by Brett Wiltshire, Product Operations

(This message only applies to a tiny fraction of users who haven’t logged in to Blogger since 2007. If you’ve logged in to Blogger at least one time since 2007, you won’t be affected and can disregard this message.)

There was a time early on in Blogger’s life where we had our own, custom account system for handling login authentication. Starting in 2006 all new Blogger accounts were created using the official Google accounts system, and then in 2007 we started the process of moving all of our legacy users over to the Google accounts system. Now, four years later, we’re finally at the home stretch of the transition. For a number of technical and operational reasons, we’ve decided to finally end our support for migrating legacy accounts and blogs after June 25th, 2011. So if you have a Blogger account and haven’t logged in since 2007, you will lose access to the account and associated content permanently unless you update to the Google Account system before June 25th.

Updating to the new account system is easy and should take just a few minutes. We really do value all of the content that has been created on Blogger and we hope that as many people as possible will reclaim their blogs. If you’ve been avoiding this task for a while, we encourage you to head over to the Legacy migration page and update your account.

We’ll be sending a similar notice later this week via email to all of the email addresses associated with the legacy accounts we have in our database. In a few weeks we’ll also make another announcement here on Buzz, with more specific updates on the transition.

If you have any other questions about this process, please let us know by posting your issue in the Login section of our Help Forum.
Posted at 11:30 AM

http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/04/important-note-about-legacy-accounts.html

What is faith and should I care about it?

Peter Berger is a sociologist and theologian with whom I disagree frequently, but who is sometimes quite thoughtful. His latest blog post, Identity Markets and Identity Theft, is wrestling with the idea of atheists and humanists as being able to establish themselves as a faith group, for the purposes of designating chaplains in the armed forces.

I think the problem is that he is confusing religion, which implies some sort of organizational structure or at least convergence of beliefs or practices, an institution if you will, with faith, which is a particular kind of belief which some religions may require of their members.

This actually brings up an issue I've been having with my Adult RE class, which is one on defining a liberal theology. One of the ways that our minister defines a liberal theology is by conflating it with orthodoxy. Which is fine, except that orthodoxy so very often appears to be a version of Christianity, rather than a general statement on religion. This is difficult because, of course, different religious traditions have different approaches to orthodoxy, and also, because, in the American religious context, most people who are leaving an orthodox religious venue are leaving a Christian one.

But I find it frustrating that it seems as if, very often, humanists and religious liberals generalize their rejection of Christian ways of believing and religious organizing to the same complaints that people of other faiths have against their own orthodoxies. I mean, maybe I'm wrong, maybe the oppressive forces of dogmatic Hinduism in India or orthodox Judaism in Israel have a much more similar dynamic to oppressive Christianity in the States than I imagine, but that doesn't seem right to me.