embed issues

Note to Self:

When embedding content (such as a YouTube video) in a post, remember to also include the direct URL to the content (such as the video URL) in the post.

Otherwise, when I save or export my entries, the direct URL does not get saved; only an embed id gets saved.

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In the past, I've had problems where the embeds got messed up - old posts were showing the wrong videos. That may have happened when I copied my entries from LJ to DW, or maybe it was later on. I went back and fixed them all. Having the direct URLs in the posts would have made the process easier.

Today I have another problem with the embeds. I back up my journal in a few different ways. One way is with LJArchive - LJArchive doesn't display anything for embeds. Another way is by simply saving the HTML pages every once in a while. Today when opening those previously-saved HTML pages, I found that they no longer display right. Instead of displaying the entries with the embeds included, they show nothing but a single embed, in giant size, so that I can't even easily tell which post it is from.

If I edit the HTML to change all "iframe" to "iframex", then I can at least see the other posts correctly again.

In Dreamwidth, when I click to edit a post, it still shows the direct URL to the embedded content. I wish that part would be included when saving the HTML page, and when doing an export via LJArchive.

I suppose rather than using the "HTML only" option when saving the pages, I should start using the "Web page, complete" option. That will hopefully avoid the problem in the future even if Dreamwidth changes how their embeds are handled again.

dreamwidth name origin?

It just occurred to me to wonder, where does the name "dreamwidth" come from, and what does it mean? The width of a dream - what is that? Dreams don't have sizes. Or is that actually what it refers to... since dreams are sizeless, the width of a dream is boundless? Boundless dreams?

parsley walnut pesto

Parsley Walnut Pesto Recipe (vegan)

I decided to first saute the walnuts and crushed garlic in the oil. Then I stirred in the nutritional yeast. That by itself was yummy - the texture & taste of the yeast flakes plus oil was wonderful. I'll have to make that as its own dish sometime. After processing it with the parsley and other items*, the pesto turned out pretty tasty too.

I included the pesto in some burritos yesterday and Qiao remarked that they tasted quite good.

*Not having any miso or lime juice, I used salt and some of this kombucha lemon ginger drink instead. The drink is too strong and sour for me on its own so I figured it would make a good substitute for the lime juice.