AN ALARMING ITEM TO FIND ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST

[nmg]

LiveJournal lays off substantial number of employees without severance (various estimates of numbers, but roughly half the thirty staff seems right - summary here).

Fortunately, there is a good choice of software for backing up your journal:

• ljArchive (Windows only, archives entries and comments)
• ljmigrate (needs python, archives entries, comments and userpics)
• ljdump (needs python, archives entries and comments)
• LJBook (produces PDF of your LJ, currently overwhelmed)
• LiveJournal Backup (Windows only, archives entries and comments)
• LJSM (needs perl, archives entries, comments, memories, userpics, other images)
• jbackup (needs perl, archives entries and comments)
• XJournal (OS X only, GUI-based, archives entries only
• LiveJournal Export (month by month as XML, archives entries only)

This is a cybernetic datum for the public good.