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Get to know My Guests. Want to know who's checking you out? You can now view the 100 most recent, logged-in users who visited your journal during the past 30-day period with My Guests. For those who prefer to fly under the radar, you can update your My Guests privacy setting here.

Introducing My Stats. If you have a Paid or Permanent account, you can now see detailed reports on how many people are visiting your journal, friends pages, and entries (wherever they're posted on LiveJournal). You can also view data on comments and RSS requests. My Stats is only available to Paid and Permanent account holders, but you can upgrade anytime. (FYI, an annual subscription costs less than a large pizza with everything on it, PLUS it's rumored to make you lose weight in your sleep!) For additional details on this feature, read this article in paidmembers.

Get ready to check your vital statistics!. To begin, mouse over Journal in the upper nav bar and select My Stats from the dropdown menu (Horizon) or select My Stats under Journal in the side bar (Vertigo). If you're using another design scheme, you can visit My Stats directly. You'll find My Guests on the My Stats tool bar.

Happy holiday promotion!

Tweaks and Enhancements

1. The search is on: We've replaced our default search tool with one from Yandex, a leader in search engine technology. This means you'll get smarter, more granular results! To get started, enter your search terms and click the Go button to the left of the Find box on the upper right of the LiveJournal header. This will take you to the search landing page where you can further refine by Entries, Comments, People & communities, and FAQs. You can also access the search page directly.
2. Whitelisting: We've released a new option to help you moderate your busy communities more efficiently. If an entry contains a link to a whitelisted (i.e., trusted) site, it will be posted automatically without need for moderator approval. If a post contains a link that is not on the whitelist, you'll be prompted to approve. To access this option, please visit settings for any community you maintain and select the third option in the Community Moderation box (located in the lower left-hand corner). Click the enable link to custom-edit your community's whitelist, which has been prepopulated with trusted domains. You can manually add or delete URLs in the text box. Please note: If you're the maintainer of an unmoderated community, you may see the radio button for this setting checked, even though it's not active. This is a known issue. Please select whichever option you prefer and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. If you're happy with your current settings, then no need to do anything!
3. TMI, dude: We've added some fun FREE sponsored vgifts! You can send up to 50 TMI vgifts to mutual friends (btw, you cannot send free vgifts to communities). If you're a Paid/Permanent user and you want to view sponsored gifts, click Show sponsored gifts on your homepage or visit the sponsored gift page. These vgifts will only be available through Wednesday, December 23rd.

You can view more awesome user content after the jump!

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Thanks, again, for joining us. Until next time, stay snug!

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• All Paid and Permanent accounts can send out the coupons by clicking here (it's also under Friends -> Holiday promotion in the site header)
• You can also send to people not on your Friends list by manually entering the username in the field provided
• If your friend declines the invitation, it will be returned to your available invitation pool and you'll be able to send to someone else
• You can send the invitations until January 15th

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/16/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-16/

• If you're an iPhone user, use it to protest AT&T's proposed limits on data usage on Friday, Dec. 18: http://tinyurl.com/ydm7n88 #


• The PDF liner notes for the album will be very simple; they're not the same as the deluxe version, just for easy printing. #


• @ManyaS I might be down. What are the prices like for food? Standard bar or upscale? I'm cheap. in reply to ManyaS #


• @simonindelicate "We're the patron saints of rented cars / And last goodbyes in airport bars" #postyourownlyrics in reply to simonindelicate #


• Wow, setting up a simple online store to sell the album as a zip file is surprisingly difficult. Anybody got any tool recommendations? #


• Requirements: works with PHP, allows me to do PayPal payments now (and hopefully Amazon payments later). #


• Fuck it, I'm going to sleep now. Cleared like 12 bugs tonight. W00t! CODE NINJA! #


• (BTW, you can take that as proof that THE ALBUM IS DONE AND READY TO BE SOLD.) #


• @thegurrier Oooh, nice! I'll check that out. I want something standalone, for various reasons, but that might do for now. in reply to thegurrier #


• @sil I don't mind hacking, but I don't trust my coding skills with Real People's Money. in reply to sil #


• Myyyyyy cat…is a very, very, very bad cat… (He chased my neighbor's cat under a moving car. Neighbor's cat will live, luckily.) #


• @PaulCampanella How are you with mixing real / digital drums? in reply to PaulCampanella #


• Enjoy your balls while you can, Erwin. After Monday, I'm sending 'em back to Jesus. Mwah ha ha ha ha. #


• @PaulCampanella Big drum pad, MPC-style MIDI controllers, and I'm custom-building a couple of hand-drum style MIDI controllers. in reply to PaulCampanella #


• Demented cat, difficulty in setting up Zen Cart to sell album, lack of sleep all equal irritation and grumpiness. I need coffee, I think. #


• @PaulCampanella No, I'm talking about live gigging. The album's done. in reply to PaulCampanella #


• In case you're curious where my album title comes from: http://www.swans.com/library/art6/zig053.html #


• http://twitpic.com/toa02 – This is the album cover. (Photo by the lovely and talented @claytoncubitt.) #


• I was going to get all crazy on the visual design, but Clayton's picture was just so goddamn perfect I couldn't bring myself to Photoshop it #


• Uploading tracks to Tunecore right now. iTunes/Amazon here I come! #


• I hate the lack of public space in Vegas. I wanna go sit somewhere and NOT buy a drink or food. #


• Tonight you fly so high up in the vanilla sky: http://twitpic.com/tohq9 #


• Alea jacta est. The album will be available in iTunes US, UK, AU and CA, Amazon MP3, and Amie Street by Jan. 27th. #


• And should be available for direct order from my site within the week. #


• @fishsauce Paypal only at first, in fact. I'm trying to figure out the simplest way to sell a ZIP file w MP3s and liner notes. in reply to fishsauce #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/15/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-15/

• @claytoncubitt I dunno. I think "magazine" refers to content format, not form: regularly published articles in defined sections. in reply to claytoncubitt #


• @pitchforkmedia D Mouse has invented tech that allows Mercer to sigh soulfully at you over the Web while you listen to "New Slang". in reply to pitchforkmedia #


• @simonpegg the good part? "Avatar" Luke won't whine as much about taking the power converters to Hachi Station. in reply to simonpegg #


• @PaulCampanella I do not think that means what you think it means. in reply to PaulCampanella #


• If George W Bush had ever seen the Princess Bride, we wouldn't be in Afghanistan right now. That is the most famous of the classic blunders. #


• Which is, of course, "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." #


• Afghanistan is less a country than a sort of large scale military history lesson: HERE THERE BE TYGERS. #


• Okay, I think the album is done. I *think* it's done. Remixed two tracks and they sound better. Now to setup the site. #


• @frankbeaton the actor is American IRL. in reply to frankbeaton #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/14/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-14/

• Nickleback's How You Remind Me is #1 on Billboard's Rock chart for the decade. Now if I could just get this nuke working…. #


• If Josef Mengele took my kidney out without anaesthetic and showed it to me, I'd be leery of doctors too: http://tinyurl.com/yasv48w #


• Thinking I'm gonna make fried chicken for dinner, if I have a) eggs and b) something to make batter out of. (Might try using masa.) #


• @IrishMASMS Hahahahahaha in reply to IrishMASMS #


• @goateater you have homemade espresso now. Kindly get to work. in reply to goateater #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/13/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-13/

• Good Jesus. Lou Reed's designed an app for the iPhone. A music app? Nope. A contacts app with BIG TEXT. http://www.loureed.com/louzoom/ #


• Just finished mastering album. Now going to go to Starbucks and listen to it, start to finish, to make sure it's right. #


• If everything sounds good, I'll probably have the digi version up for sale on the site by Sunday night. #


• Just listened alpha to omega. Good dynamics and sound overall. Now one listen in car and on hi-fi and if good, I release it. #


• I'm massively terrified of releasing it, of course. I'm mainly afraid of the deafening roar of total planetary indifference. #


• That little voice that says "They're all gonna LAUGH at you, you big dumb fuck. Or, worse, yawn." :-/ #


• But I don't care anymore. I just want it out in the world, even if it makes not a single ripple. At least I will have finished something. #


• My worst fear isn't dying, but dying with all these songs and stories still embedded in my brain. #


• And as @joe_hill's dad once said, "Fuck it, let's rock and roll a little." #


• Okay, I think it's passed test #2: my bigass home studio speakers. Now it's down to @goateater's factory car stereo! #


• This is the design nerd's equivalent of "PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?" http://futurestack.com/jump/aebugs/ #


• Oh man, this is awesome (and utterly NSFW): http://www.metafilter.com/87409/The-Devil-in-Georgina-Spelvin #


• @claytoncubitt I wanna hear Malcom McDowell sing "Yah Mo Be There". in reply to claytoncubitt #


• Okay, I know I've presented media to you as the Best Thing Ever before. But I was lying. I have found the Best Thing On The Internet. #


• Are you ready? #


• ARE YOU READY???!!!??? #


• Here you go, folks: The Best Thing On The Internet, Ever. http://vimeo.com/8121722 #


• damnit dogg i know i had a stack o fresh cd-rs round here somewhere aw hell they ain't never around when you need em #


• See? Prudence is good. Two tracks need eqing and compression. #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/12/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-12/

• Fuck David Simon. The big gay fight scene in this week's ep of COMMUNITY is the best TV of the '00s. Joel McHale vs. Anthony Michael Hall! #


• Decided to throw "After The Ice Age" on the album. This new version sounds like fucking "Zooropa". Which is what I meant to do, actually. #


• I don't care what anyone says, ACHTUNG BABY and ZOOROPA are still remarkable albums. Yes, ZOOROPA. One of my fave U2 albums. #


• @scottbrown Logic, with Izotope Ozone. in reply to scottbrown #


• Great grunting Jesus, I have no words for this picture: http://lookatthisfrakkinggeekster.tumblr.com/post/279296317/via-ihatemyparents #


• @klintron absolutely. I'm really hoping people are interested. Plus then you can hear my clever sound design. in reply to klintron #


• @fishsauce that picture is Not Safe For Humans. in reply to fishsauce #


• Hmm. I do believe that's a final mix. First pass on mastering tomorrow! (Leaving "After The Ice Age" for next album, coming soon!) #


• Holy shit, it's starting to snow at UNLV. #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/11/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-11/

• And we're awake again. Rust never sleeps. #


• @MattSorvillo That song makes me irrationally happy. in reply to MattSorvillo #


• Best. Picture. Ever. http://169.131.1.19/view.php?id=2248 #


• Ignore that last Best. Picture. Ever. This is the right URL: http://tinyurl.com/yfupglm #


• Album's so close I can smell it. But it'll still be a few weeks before it's available in online music stores. #


• I think I'm going to make it available sooner via my website for $9.99 with basic PDF liner notes. #


• Quick, Twitter: Chinese delivery near UNLV, open now. #


• Being gay: now one of 8.435.210 things that can kill you in Uganda. #


• @super_spock Yeah, but I hold out hope for a Walter Bishop action figure with electrode cap and vial of liquid LSD. in reply to super_spock #


• I should come up with a cool fake last name to use as a musician. Like "Joshua Murderbaby" or "Joshua Razortits" or something like that. #


• @fictionclemens That reminds me of BACK TO SCHOOL, when Dangerfield sends his secretary to take dictation in his economics class. in reply to fictionclemens #

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Tweaks and enhancements

• As a number of you reported, a service interruption impaired sending and receiving notifications for a couple of days. This was due to an avalanche of snowflake cookies. We've removed the free snowflake cookie and unclogged the pipeline. Timely notifications should resume shortly. Please note that there's a backlog in our queues, so you'll be getting earlier notifications first. For more details, check out this post at lj_maintenance.
• In anticipation of the new year, we've embarked on a self-improvement kick to boost our backend (pun semi-intended). This will allow us to offer you a holiday promotion in the next few weeks (yes, we're listening and working very hard to make it happen). We sincerely appreciate your continued patience and support.

Holiday vgifts are here!

We've added some fantastic new vgifts to help you spread holiday cheer. We also hope you'll honor AIDS Awareness Month by purchasing virtual red ribbons. Priced at $2.99, we'll donate 100 percent of gross proceeds to IAVI.org (the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) to support the development and global distribution of an affordable HIV vaccine.

Introducing: LJLimericks

In honor of all the brilliant writers on LiveJournal, we've created a brand new community: ljlimericks! Each week, we'll enter a handful of limericks into a poll (which we'll tuck snugly under an LJ-Cut). The winning poem will be published in the following newsletter. In addition, the author will receive a virtual blue ribbon! If you have the time, come drop us a rhyme. Please keep the "Nantucket" stuff on the downlow, since this is a youth-friendly community. Our first prompt is: Insomnia in winter.

Photos of the week

We're back with more incredible images from our global photography community. Congratulations to sempre_marseeya, who has been awarded a virtual blue ribbon as the winner of our second lj_photophile poll.

Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. Stay warm and safe out there!

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/10/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-10/

• @klintron do you code in php? in reply to klintron #


• @Joshua_K I've got the Nag Hammadi library and a lot of other Gnostic-related stuff if you want to peruse/borrow anything. in reply to Joshua_K #


• @dirty_snowflake if Mandy Moore married Ryan Adams, J-Sim plus B-Co is totally possible. (Yes, I just did that. That just happened.) in reply to dirty_snowflake #


• @gypsythepunk Well, Stevie Ray was pretty close. Hearing Bowie sing "LaGrange" would be interesting. in reply to gypsythepunk #


• @PjPerez The distressed one? Saw it two days ago at Target at Maryland/Flamingo for $15. in reply to PjPerez #


• @dirty_snowflake I wanna hear Jessica Simpson and Billy Corgan collaborate about as much as I want to hear my backbone snap like a bullwhip. in reply to dirty_snowflake #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/09/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-09/

• Man, fuck a bunch of Perl. ELSIF? Really? Not ELSEIF or ELSE IF or any sane variant? Perl can suck my dick til it bleeds. #


• Also, Perl handles conditionals the way a retarded kid handles boobies. #


• …and my colleague in Russia just went for lunch. Be back in 45 min. No sleep till all the bugs are fixed. FUCKING FUCKITY FUCK FUCK RAWR!! #


• I wonder if my neighbors would notice if I put "Ace Of Spades" on a full volume and threw my furniture around? #


• @sexbiscuit Lemmy isn't God. Eno is God. But Lemmy could kick the fuck out of Eno. in reply to sexbiscuit #


• Slashed my finger w my pocket knife trying to unpackage new measuring spoons to make eggnog latte. Hurts but the latte was good. #


• Also huffed nitrous out of empty whipped cream can. 'Cause fuck you, it's almost 5am and I can do whippets while programming if I want to. #


• @PaulCampanella @sexbiscuit You know what Vader was playing in his TIE fighter at the Death Star? "Ride Like The Wind". in reply to PaulCampanella #


• @simonindelicate Boy, you Brits do get all Dickensian with your crime at Christmastime, don't you? Fagen has a posse, apparently. in reply to simonindelicate #


• Oh, now I'm dizzy and goofy with nitrous and it's too goddamn cold to go get Diet Rockstar. Bastards, the lot of them, bastards. #


• RT: @zzref: check it out – death star for Xmass LOL http://tinyurl.com/yd2qgjf #


• @languid I am normally Captain Safety. Hand slipped and blade went wild. Just like Jack the Ripper. Heh heh heh. in reply to languid #


• @simonindelicate We are on this one too, but in the opposite direction. in reply to simonindelicate #


• I'm giving Evgeny five more minutes and I'm fucking off to bed. #


• Yay! Somebody bought my Fear The Panda t-shirt from Zazzle! http://www.zazzle.com/jzellis/product/235780108063324283?CMPN=EMC-PK0162095828 #


• @dirty_snowflake These are the tweets that drive men mad. in reply to dirty_snowflake #


• Dude, if Tom Waits played Bilbo, I'd be the happiest boy in the world. http://tinyurl.com/yg7wrzt #


• Just woke up. I feel like a Bruce Willis character from the 80s. #


• Oh, man. UCLA scientists say stem cells can be used to kill HIV. So awesome. http://tinyurl.com/y8vqpgn #


• SION, amazing Flash-based soft synth engine. SO COOL. http://blog.jactionscripters.com/2009/10/02/sion-released/ #


• @madichan You're reading Cosmo? :-p in reply to madichan #


• @madichan I almost believe you. in reply to madichan #


• Really? I have to provide proof of citizenship to my job? Really? #


• Fell asleep in chair in sleeveless shirt and forgot to turn on heat. An hour later, I am not happy. #


• Good news: 7 tracks final mixed! I'm adding a couple of tracks to the album, so I've got four to go (two instrumentals) and it's done. #


• 8 songs! (If you know or care, I'm including "Requiem For A Diplomat" on the album, cause I love it so much.) #


• Damn. I think I've got one song to go and the final master of all the tracks, and the album's done. #


• @frankbeaton Talk about running on empty. (Ba-dum craassshh! I'll be here all week, folks. Try the veal!) in reply to frankbeaton #


• Irritates me that "singer/songwriter" = "folkie with an acoustic guitar". I am a singer/songwriter and I'm all up on the synths, folks. #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/08/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-08/

• This is adorable. If I ever have a kid, though, he ain't getting my Bill The Cat doll. http://www.jamesclark.com/calvin-and-hobbes.html #


• FIXED THE GODDAMN FUCKING IE7 BUG WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIEND AUUUGH FUCKING MICROSOFT BASTARDS THE LOT OF THEM I WANT COFFEE NOW GODDAMN #


• …er, sorry. Did you know IE7 (not IE6 or IE8) can't render Ajax-loaded content without somebody holding its fucking hand the whole way? #


• What's it like to be Batman? (Ask @alexgetchell. He knows.) http://www.philosophypress.co.uk/?p=842 #


• I dig this new Google initiative (via @chrisgrayson) http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/explore-whole-new-way-to-window-shop.html #


• Set up a site for my little design consultancy with public placeholder and project management system. I'm so fuckin' responsible. #


• @cmoonreed dig the decor, but if stories about health code violations and worker treatment are true, I'll be avoiding it in future. in reply to cmoonreed #


• Got a lot done already today. If I can find my hd's power supply, I might even get another song mixed. #


• @jillybeaton and a nice wooden stand for his fucking Beanie Baby collection in reply to jillybeaton #


• @jillybeaton electronics, yes. Old lady household augmentation, no. in reply to jillybeaton #


• @warrenellis having the same dilemma. But London is too far and my carpet bits might yield admissable DNA, so maybe a third option… in reply to warrenellis #


• My cat is a sissy bitch #


• @frankbeaton hey, my place looks like fuckin House Atreides and you don't see me gettin all Paula Deen on shit in reply to frankbeaton #


• @jillybeaton Christ. Do the boys and I need to come up there and do an intervention? Make him watch Beat Takeshi films til he mans up again? in reply to jillybeaton #


• Meredith Baxter's gay and little Andy's a brawler. Those family ties are slippin' hard yo: http://tinyurl.com/y9ht85t #


• If you're curious about my new online project, a hint…the URL is from a joke in E1S1 of THE IT CROWD. #


• @alexgetchell I love that movie. in reply to alexgetchell #


• Corporate coding practices can suck the shit out of my asshole #


• Working against methodical, careful deployment is like trying to go to a nightclub with a bus full of Mongoloids. #


• This shitty, stupid, convoluted code is literally making me want to puke. And it's 3:30am and I've been up since 6am and I'm PISSED. #


• I'm sick of dealing with other people's incompetency. Just because you're a fucking idiot doesn't mean I should suffer. #


• Also, you know what's awesome? Having half your data in a database and half in flat text files all over the server. How BRILLIANT. Fuckers. #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/07/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-07-2/

• @Theremina American McGee's ALICE, definitely. The old Darkseed H.R. Giger game. in reply to Theremina #


• Got the finished pages from our artist for our comics pitch. AMAZING PAGES. World class pages. I am doing the giggly dance. #


• @skywaterblue A non-local guy. More I cannot say. in reply to skywaterblue #


• Went to store, bought eggnog for lattes (mmm), got home, have two cigs in pack. FUCKER. #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/06/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-06/

• Holy fuck, migrating complex Wordpress installations is HARD. #


• I am going to sleep now. Don't call me unless you think it's absolutely life-threateningly urgent until at least after noon. :-p #


• Great reminiscence about Lester Bangs from a friend/colleague. (The comments are fascinating too.) http://tinyurl.com/yctf3e6 #


• NTS: read this when you wake up. http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dehaene09/dehaene09_index.html #


• The Dark Knight Kills Christmas. Giggling this morning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXDQrnoqSXo #


• Oh God all the blood just left my head and went elsewhere http://lookatthisfrakkinggeekster.tumblr.com/post/237940424/via-botropolis-com #


• Was talking to a friend on the phone and the call died. Called him back and it said his number wasn't in service. Weird. #


• @warrenwucinich THE PHIL SPECTOR CHRISTMAS ALBUM IS THE BEST ALBUM EVER in reply to warrenwucinich #


• @ales_kot @frankbeaton says that cover is like the love theme from NEUROMANCER. I tend to agree. in reply to ales_kot #


• Cool. Just learned "Debonair" by the Afghan Whigs. Sounds incredibly silly on solo guitar, no band, with me howling the high notes. #


• Also, I finally got a Telecaster. A Squier Tele, but a Tele, which is more suited to my style than my Epiphone, I think. #


• And the boys of the NYPD choir, still singin' "Galway Bay"…and the bells are ringin' out for Christmas Day #


• Still, there's a light I hold before me…you're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/05/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-05/

• If you're at #firstfriday tonight, make sure and check out the gallery on the sw corner of charleston and casino ctr. Amazing stuff. #

http://www.zenarchery.com/2009/12/04/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-04/

• @MattSorvillo in reply to MattSorvillo #


• @thegurrier I think it's fascinating that we're finally to the point in biotech where we're not simply fixing damage, but enhancing people. in reply to thegurrier #


• @thegurrier I want hyper night vision, myself. in reply to thegurrier #


• @thegurrier I could be the fat Bruce Wayne with that shit, yo. in reply to thegurrier #


• @theloosh Man, if I had a nickel for every Grammy nomination I got…oh. Wait. THAT'S TOTALLY AWESOME! Congrats! #


• @alexgetchell What makes you think @mattsorvillo's talking about YOUR text, dogg? I don't see your name on that pretty little ass. #


• I think "Every Hour Wounds" is finished. Which means two more vocal songs and two instrumentals and final master and I'm done! #


• I wish I could sing like Greg Dulli. Maybe I just need to be drunk and willing to howl louder. #


• If I have to work for hours, I might as well watch all the Indiana Jones movies in a row. It's not the years, honey…it's the mileage. #

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LiveJournal: The First Decade

Just in time for holiday shopping, we're thrilled to announce the release of our ten-year anniversary anthology. Published by Blurb.com, the book showcases a decade of extraordinary talent drawn from LiveJournal users around the world. This must-read compilation features stories, memes, photos, comics, editorials, graphic content, and more, including:

1. Excerpts from Oh No They Didn't (a/k/a ohnotheydidnt), the largest community on LiveJournal, covering celebrity gossip, entertainment news, and pop culture
2. A look at post-Katrina New Orleans from the journal of Poppy Z. Brite
3. Gripping narratives, including a poignant reverie on a blind date
4. Photography that spans the globe, ranging from old-fashioned Polaroids to underwater photography
5. Mouthwatering dishes from food_porn

What began as a late-night inspiration back in Brad Fitzpatrick's college dorm in 1999 has grown to encompass nearly 25 million users worldwide, with journals and communities covering every conceivable hobby, passion, and topic. To get your copy, please visit the Blurb Bookstore. For updates and entries from book contributors, please join lj_turns10.

Tweaks and enhancements

• You can now ban a user from all of your communities and journals at once. To access this feature, hover over the person's userpic and choose Ban user everywhere from the drop-down menu.
• Follow LiveJournal on Twitter!

Give a little to help a lot!

In honor of National AIDS Awareness month, we've added a new charitable vgift. For each red ribbon you purchase for $2.99, we'll donate 100 percent of gross proceeds to IAVI.org (the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative) to support the development and global distribution of an affordable HIV vaccine (we'll cover credit card fees). You can read more about IAVI at lj_cares. While we're on the subject, we raised $740 from our November fundraiser for Love Without Boundaries, which supports emergency healthcare and adoption of Chinese orphans. We thank you for helping us help others.

Photos of the week

We're back with more incredible pictures from our super-talented LiveJournal photographers. Congratulations to ilya_gorokhov, who is the winner of our very first lj_photophile poll.

Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. Stay safe and snug out there!