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1Disco_grinch
Apr 18, 2015, 1:44 pm

LibraryThing...I am so proud of you...Thank you for the "Clacks Overhead"! RIP Sir Terry Pratchett.

2JerryMmm
Apr 18, 2015, 1:54 pm

huh?

3lilithcat
Apr 18, 2015, 2:04 pm

4Disco_grinch
Apr 18, 2015, 2:16 pm

http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clacks-overhead-gnu-terry/lnndfmobdoob...

In the discworld novels there are CLACKS, like telegraphs...when Sir Terry Pratchett died some people decided to create a small bit of code that adds the clacks to the address bar of participating websites to show their support and as a tribute to STP.
If you add the "add on" and then look in the address bar, you can see the CLACKS OVERHEAD of websites participating...LT is one of them!!!!!!!

5HansMuller8
Apr 18, 2015, 2:20 pm

Hello all! I'm new to librarything

6Disco_grinch
Apr 18, 2015, 2:47 pm

Hi Hans.

7JerryMmm
Apr 18, 2015, 3:37 pm

oh, cool.

8elenchus
Apr 19, 2015, 12:10 am

Interesting! So a sort of virtual graffito, visible only to those in the know?

9The_Hibernator
Apr 19, 2015, 10:08 pm

:)

10MrsLee
Apr 20, 2015, 12:02 pm

I've no idea how to see this, it doesn't matter, I'm just glad it is there. Thanks, LT.

11lorannen
Apr 20, 2015, 4:14 pm

Yeah, I'll almost never see it unless I go looking for it, but I'm happy knowing it's out there.

For those who are interested, the idea of a person living on so long as their name is still alive on the Clacks originated in the Discworld novel Going Postal (a personal favorite).