the sun and the moon and the stars

Well, the Dreamwidth Open Beta has begun. If you authenticated your OpenID previously you'll get your invite code soon (if you haven't already); otherwise, you can buy an account now if you want one. If you already have an OpenID account and you're getting a full account, I'd like to quote torachan in saying:

Hey, folks, please don't delete your OpenIDs once you get a real account. Or if you do, please defriend everyone first, because otherwise it leaves a permanently struck through name on the userinfo page which cannot be gotten rid of. Not only is that ugly, but if too many people do it, it makes it really difficult to read and see who's actually on there.

But also, keeping your OpenID benefits you, not just the people you friended with it. If you delete your OpenID, you won't be able to manage any comments you've made with it in the future, plus at some point they may make it possible to merge your OpenID with your account so that comments made with OpenID show up as your account name.

If you've already deleted your OpenID, you can reactivate it just as you can any deleted account.

Also, today marks the end of the National Poetry Month in the US; I'm obviously not in the US, but I've enjoyed reading the poetry people have been posting in April, particularly musesfool's selections. So I'll pretend I fit the 'national' criterion and participate just this once, with one of my favourite poems:

( Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget/What thou among the leaves hast never known )