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| Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
rhonan
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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
rhonan
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rhonan
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4:12p |
Real news.
so, Lou Dobbs has left CNN. I wonder how long we will have to wait for Faux News to announce that they have added him to their team? His treating the birther kooks as if they had valid concerns would be a better fit there. Current Mood:  curious |
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1:53p |
LiveJournal Major Notes: Notes, Tweaks, Bug Kills, LJ_Cares!
Notes augmented
We've enhanced and de-bugged Notes. If you haven't tried it yet, now's the time! You can create a private note when you ban multiple users. You can also delete multiple notes at once. Lastly, paid users have the option to add a note (visible only to you) whenever you add or remove a friend (guaranteed to avoid embarrassing social mishaps). If you don't currently have a paid account, you can upgrade now! It only takes a few minutes and costs less than a bad shopping mall haircut (plus, it's way more fashionable)!
Product tweaks and bug kill
- In another effort to zap spam, comments containing links from domains LiveJournal deems untrustworthy are now automatically screened
- If you sign up to get notifications of the Writer's Block question of the day, you'll now see the daily question in the email notification, so you'll have a little extra time to ponder before you post. You can subscribe to Writers Block notifications here
- The issue causing random comments to vanish has been fixed!
- If you visit a LiveJournal page and get prompted to log in, you'll be returned to the same page after you sign in (Thanks, Dreamwidth)!
- If you don't edit the timestamp for an entry at all, the entry timestamp will indicate the time the entry was posted instead of the time the Update Journal page was loaded
- Comments with paddings/backgrounds render correctly within the comment box (and will no longer wrap outside the box and break frames/margins)
New FCK fixes rich text editor!
- We've updated our RTE (Rich Text Editor) to FCKeditor version 2.6.5
- When switching from the RTE to HTML editor, links for syndicated feeds are no longer broken
- RTE now functions properly in Safari 4.0
- An extra line/space will not be auto-inserted whenever you switch from RTE to HTML editor
- The insert image link now works correctly in all browsers
LiveJournal Cares
We’re pleased to introduce you to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) lj_cares, a new LiveJournal community dedicated to raising awareness and funds for U.S. charitable organizations that improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Each month, we’ll spotlight a nonprofit that is making a significant global impact through medical research, public outreach, and/or humanitarian social programs. Charities will be selected in accordance with the U.S. calendar of national health observances based on a high rating (of over 60%) on Charity Navigator and global scope of impact.
In this, our inaugural month of November, we will celebrate national adoption month by offering a charitable virtual gift (priced at $2.99) to support Love Without Boundaries, an organization that saves the lives of orphans with life-threatening diseases and places them in loving homes around the world. LiveJournal will donate 100% of the proceeds from the sale of charitable vgifts (we'll cover the cost of credit card transaction fees). To learn more about Love Without Boundaries, please visit lj_cares and read about how they helped save Baby Kang and the Rainbow Twins from fatal illnesses, who are now thriving in nurturing families. You can purchase your Love Without Boundaries gifts in the Virtual Gift shop.
Papered in postcards
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to send in postcards to surround us with LiveJournal community. Thanks for coming through! We've received postcards all the way from Germany, Finland, and Canada and from all over the US, including Texas, Florida, Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Indiana, Hawaii, and Oklahoma just to name just a handful. We're thrilled with our improved decor.
Please keep the love coming for one more week by writing to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be drawing the names of ten random contributors next Thursday to win paid account credits!
Photos of the week
We have more dazzling images posted by talented LiveJournal photographers from around the world. We're hoping to span the entire globe, so please continue posting and tagging. Of course, you can also sit back and enjoy the view at lj_photophile.
You can see a sample of this week's gorgeous photos and check out spotlight communities and awesome user content after the jump!
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Curtains
We thank you, once again, for joining us. See you next week! |
| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 |
rhonan
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7:55p |
On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, the guns were finally silent
In Flanders FieldIn Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. (Lt. Col. John Alexander McCrae, MD) On this day, I remember my father, resting below his Navy-issue gravestone. I thank my uncle Tom, for enduring his long captivity after being captured with the fall of Guam. I wonder about the uncle I never met, who's plane went down in the Himalayas, flying needed cargo to China. Current Mood: thoughtful |
rhonan
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6:07p |
Silent Movie Monday
 | STG Presents Silent Movie Mondays: The Lost World (1925)
Monday, November 16, 2009 7:00 PM
The Paramount Theatre
911 Pine Street
Seattle, WA 98122
Official Website
Tickets
$12.00
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Writers: Marion Fairfax, Arthur Conan Doyle (Novel)
Producer: Jamie White
Cast: Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery
Professor Challenger takes a group, including hunter John Raxton to South America where they find a plateau inhabited by pre-historic creatures, one of which they may manage to bring back to London with them.
Preservation funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Featuring Jim Riggs on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ |
Current Mood: awake |
rhonan
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5:58p |
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lj_maintenance
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2:00p |
Network Maintenance: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 04:00-06:00 UTC/GMT
EDIT@08:16 UTC/GMT. Wow. That was ugly. I expected it to go for 30 minutes and have maybe 1 minute of broken connectivity. Instead it lasted over 4 hours and we had 10 minutes of downtime directly related to the load balancer upgrades and then another 5-10 minutes of downtime when our primary Pingback database server crashed and the secondary couldn't take over; which could have been indirectly caused by the network upgrade missing a self-VIP. Anyways, we're up, we're working, the load balancers are barely breaking a sweat right now and I need some food and a shot of whiskey. I don't even *like* whiskey!! Thanks ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mhwest and dnewhall for helping out! --- On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice. Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials. We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait! As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work. |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
rhonan
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rhonan
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| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
rhonan
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rhonan
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rhonan
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12:11p |
SEATTLE CAREER FAIR Tomorrow
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 - 11am to 3pm @ The Seattle Center Here are two more upcoming career fairs I found ***************************** November 18 National Career Fairs 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Hotel Murano 1320 Broadway Plaza Tacoma, WA ***************************** Bellevue Career Fair Tuesday, December 1, 2009 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Red Lion Bellevue Inn 11211 Main Street Bellevue, WA 98004 ***************************** |
rhonan
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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
rhonan
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| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
rhonan
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rhonan
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rhonan
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| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
siren_ity
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11:56a |
Life is good.
I now have all my stuff (-1 lamp) at the new place. Trying to figure out where to put everything and might downsize again. I love my new home and the area I live in. It's very windy here but it doesn't bother me as much. Lightning flashed through the windows and thunder crashed loudly overhead last night. It lasted several minutes. I wonder if bolts are just surveying the planet and atmosphere for something else. What's hiding behind the storm clouds? Skinny Puppy put on an amazing show the other night. Ogre gives the best hugs. Very warm and friendly. He oozes with compassion. I could just feel an incredible vibe of all things good from him. It was healing to say the least. He gave the small group of us about 20 minutes of his time and was next to me during the whole thing. I wasn't nervous like I thought I would be and I gave him something special that I hope he will remember me by. The whole experience was pretty awesome :) Here it is my second day off and was looking forward to exploring the neighborhood. Rain is coming down and I don't know if I have proper rainy day footwear for walking around. Another adventure awaits me. I can adapt. Current Mood:  mellow |
| Thursday, November 5th, 2009 |
rhonan
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news
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1:15p |
LiveJournal Major Notes: Spam counter-attack, RSS feeds again, CSI Deadly Intent contest
The empire strikes backIn recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal. RSS feeds againIf you're addicted to , ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) icanhaschzbrgr, or other syndicated feeds, we're pleased to report that we've resolved the update error that was mucking up your RSS feeds. While content was being pulled correctly, it wasn't being posted to the feeds themselves. Late last week, we finally nailed down what we hope was the root problem, so content should post properly. We thank you for your patience. Wii have killer CSI Deadly Intent contests! c_s_iIf you're a gamer who loves CSI, have Wii got news for you! c_s_i is sponsoring killer contests. Simply post a question to a member of the CSI crew. The winner will get a free copy of CSI: Deadly Intent for Nintendo Wii (with a retail value of $39.99) and get their question answered by a member of the CSI writing team! There's also a fantastic monthly contest. To enter, join c_s_i, play the online version of CSI: Deadly Intent, and respond to a two-part query for a chance to win a Wii! Entries will be judged on composition and originality. Sorry, but you must be a U.S. resident and over 18 years old to participate. Check out the rules here. Enveloped in postcardsLast week, we asked you to send in postcards to help us decorate our drab concrete walls. Here's a photo of the results so far! Thank you so much and please keep them coming! You can mail them to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be giving ten random users paid account credits.  Photos of the weekIf you haven't visited our new LiveJournal photo community, you're in for an amazing visual trip. LiveJournal users from around the world will take you on a scenic journey to everywhere. Post your own pictures or kick back and enjoy at lj_photophile. You can view some of this week's awesome photos after the jump. Please start tagging with geographic location, since we'd like to track all the places around the world represented in this community. Keep on commenting too! ( Read more... ) |
| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 |
rhonan
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| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 |
rhonan
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| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 |
rhonan
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