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Liquidfractal news and developments, as well as periodic updates on scholarly research (invited talks, publications, etc).  You can also find tips on how to use site features.

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securing the site

Hi everyone, I have recently switched LiquidFractal over from a normal http connection to a secured https connection. There are several reasons for this.  Recent web trends are shifting toward all websites securing themselves as much as possible.  I've read that Google is taking this route, and that future updates of Google will warn users whenever they are accessing an insecure website (e.g., a website which uses a normal http connection).  While it doesn't affect the site's operation

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

new theme: Chameleon

Hello, Just taking this opportunity to introduce a new LiquidFractal site theme: LF_Chameleon!  Please let me know what you think of it here, or in the Suggestions forum. This theme does require a little more in terms of graphics hardware, given that it's quite image-rich and involved static backgrounds - you might notice a bit of lag if you're using a smaller laptop (like an HP Stream or other low-end portable machine), or a machine that doesn't have dedicated graphics memory.  But fo

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

recent downtime

Hi everyone, My apologies for the site's downtime - I was switching over the database language from mySQL to MariaDB, and a minor software upgrade caused a bit of a crash.  Nothing too dire, as you can see. In other news, I am going to add a significant new feature to the site in the next couple of days...hope you like it!  

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

new theme: Dashboard

Hi everyone, I'd like to introduce a new theme, available from the Themes menu at the bottom of the site main page: LF_Dashboard! It has a side menu - a bit different from what we've seen so far, but I hope you all like it!  Please feel free to test drive it and let me know what you think in the Suggestions forum.  

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Themes and browser compatibility

Hi everyone, I thought I'd head this issue off at the pass before anyone else noticed it. The short version: Internet Explorer and Edge are not recommended for use with the new themes (Chameleon and Dashboard). The slightly longer version: Chameleon and Dashboard use the latest CSS and browser technology to provide the best visual experience possible.  In its time-honoured tradition of adhering to its own insular version of the Internet, Microsoft insists on doing things different

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

a publishing year ahead!

Hello everyone, I've been busy behind the scenes updating the website software (with all the rigamarole that involves), but wanted to post some sort of an update as to what will be going on this year. I've been invited to contribute a Psychology chapter to the upcoming Palgrave-Macmillan Handbook of German Idealism and Poststructuralism!  This text will be coming out some time next year, so this year a lot of time will be spent reading and researching before I begin writing.  I'll post

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

coming developments

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is well.  Just to let you know, there will be several exciting developments in the site software in the coming months.  There will be a major software upgrade which will make the site experience a lot slicker, and which will add several new features to the main site to make gallery media easier to browse, Also, an update specifically for Tutoring Clients: I'm installing comprehensive new collaborative software which will see your material shifted into priva

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

New: Sticky Notes!

Hi everyone, Introducing Sticky Notes - an eye-catching way of making Members aware of new developments on the site, whether it's scheduling notifications for Tutor Clients, downtime for the site, or contests for you to win stuff!  I felt this might be a better alternative to the Announcements window at times, which should really stand out a bit more so that people notice it as soon as they splash down on the main page.  Sticky Notes are much more noticeable! Sticky Notes will appear p

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Introducing LF_Magnum!

Hello again, So all of you will have noticed the changes I've made to the site as I prepare to push it forward into "live"ness.  The most obvious of these changes is the new default site theme, LF_Magnum,[1] which will quite possibly replace the existing themes. LF_Magnum has a lot of eye-catching features and makes very good use of the real estate on a given page to provide easy access to social media buttons.  Some of you have mentioned that you really like the idea of a sticky heade

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

talk at Swinburne's Complex Processes Research Group (CPRG)

Hello all, I've been invited to give a one-hour talk at the Complex Processes Research Group (CPRG) at Swinburne University in Melbourne.  The present theme for talks is, broadly speaking, "neoliberalism and the environment."  I've included the abstract from Dr. Arran Gare's inaugural talk to give a sense of what issues are being discussed. My talk, which will involve Schelling's Naturphilosophie and its possible relations to a critique of neoliberalism, is slated for 2 May.  I'll po

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

At long last...Romantic Metasubjectivity!

This is embarrassingly late, and my only excuse is that I've been caught up with reading for the next project and dealing with COVID-related issues (restrictions - not sickness, thankfully! 😶). But Romantic Metasubjectivity Through Schelling and Jung: Rethinking the Romantic Subject (Routledge, 2020) came out May-June of this year.  Propaganda material below! Here's a link to the book on Routledge: Romantic Metasubjectivity Through Schelling and Jung: Rethin

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Gord Barentsen in Breaking News

LiquidFractal: the Upgrade!

Hello, At long last, the software upgrade has arrived!  A couple of you may already have noticed some of the significant changes to the site, but let me shortlist some of the really cool changes: Spaces - unlike Domains (which are more research intensive), Spaces are more open-ended and social subgroups on the site.  As promised, we now have the official Zombie Apocalypse Space for all your post-respiratory needs .  I've also created a VIP space, which is for the veterans and those w

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Romantic Metasubjectivity to be published by Routledge

Hi everyone, The contract is signed so it's official - Romantic Metasubjectivity: Rethinking the Romantic Subject through Schelling and Jung will be published in Routledge's Philosophy and Psychoanalysis series, edited by Jon Mills! Book revisions are underway and with luck it should be published next year. Huzzah!  

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

getting off the ground

Well, at long last, after server migrations, software updates and various species of ghost in the machine, LiquidFractal.org is assuming the (amorphous, indeterminate) shape it was meant to have! Thanks to clients and friends who have patiently waited for the site to get into working order.  You people are awesome! More as it happens...

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Advanced Forums Quoting: "Quote This"

The CMS software we're using has a great feature for advanced post quoting for when you want to reply to several different passages in a Forums post without quoting the entire message and without manually copy/pasting each passage into a Quote box. Simply hold down your mouse button and swipe to select the passage in the post you're replying to.  When you take your finger off the mouse button, a small Quote This link will appear above the passage.  Click that link and the passage you select

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

major PHP upgrade

Hi everybody, I know that with the hot weather coming those of you in the Melbourne area will have nothing more important to do than converse on the site (!), but this is just to let you know that I'll be upgrading PHP on the site in the near future, so there may be some brief downtime and/or delayed page responses.  

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Hosted Space: "Schelling and 'Philosophical Psychology'"

Hello, I'm pleased to announce that LiquidFractal, with the permission of the MSCP, is hosting the online space for  "Schelling and 'Philosophical Psychology'," a summer course lasting from Jan-Feb 2018 and run through the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. You can get to it in the SPACES menu above, but only registered members can access its content.  If you're interested in enrolling for this or any other course offered by the MSCP, please visit their website here: Melbourne

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Embedding content

Hello everyone, One of you asked me about how to embed content (e.g., from Facebook or Youtube), so I thought I'd post about it here. The software will automatically embed linked content from the following sites: College Humor Facebook Flickr Gfycat Google+ Hulu Instagram SoundCloud Spotify Ted Twitter Vimeo Vine YouTube When you're posting, just paste your link in.  Please be patien

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

New: Member Map

Hi everyone, It's been online for a little while now (as some of you have noticed), but I thought I'd introduce the new Member Map, accessible from the Resources tab in the main menu.  Basically, it allows you to show people where you are and provides a geographic distribution of members.  Let's make it as global as possible! A couple of brief points: Participation in the Map is entirely optional.  Putting your location on the Map can help you connect with other people near you

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

LiquidFractal in the new year

Hi everyone, It's official - LiquidFractal's new...iteration?  manifestation?  representation? - will be going live January 1, 2018! Of course, the site's public areas and forums chatter have been around for ages and will still be there.  But in the new year I hope to have everything else in place: tutoring rates, information on contract editing/proofreading/technical writing work, as well as the storefront. I will also be introducing a Referrals program.  So if you're a client (t

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

Season's greetings, oh-so-brief updates and all that

Maintaining a website isn't all the fame and glory it's made out to be. 🤔  Updates, troubleshooting, and server migrations - not to mention work assignments, tutoring, and research - have kept me quite busy for the past while, so apologies for not writing here sooner. In the holiday season blogs are pretty much the last thing on people's minds, but I wanted to post some brief updates.  First of all, congratulations to Keigan for scoring in the 95.5th percentile on his STAT exam!  I wish I c

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

@ mentions

Hey everyone, Just letting you know about a useful site feature - "@ mentions." if you want to include anyone in a forums or blog post, simply type the at (@) sign.  You will see a revolving circle icon, and a list of current members will be generated.  Select the Member you want to include and their name will be included (boldfaced) in the post, e.g., @Gord Barentsen.  Depending on what their notification settings are, the Member will be notified that you mentioned them in your post. 

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

The Editor Buttons: An Overview

Embarrassingly late reply to Tegan's request for some information on the writing buttons . I think most of them are self-explanatory, but  AB2 is for inserting footnotes, and the notepad icon inserts a page break (although I haven't really experimented with it). The magnifying glass is a Post Preview function (which I admittedly forgot was there until now!), which will show you how your post will look in desktop, tablet and mobile views.  The Tx button removes all formatting from your

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen

temporary downtime: site IP switching

Hi everyone, Just a quick message to let you know that there might be some very temporary downtime on the site.  Apparently, the last owner of the site's current IP address was something of a spammer, so the site's IP address is listed on some anti-spam databases.  I've applied to have the IP delisted since it's now in good hands, but given that some of these people aren't exactly interested in talking to humans(!), I'm moving the site over to a clean IP. What does all this mean?  It m

Gord Barentsen

Gord Barentsen


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