I think this has already been posted, but it's always worth looking at. Gorgeous.

http://www.jamesgriffioen.net/index.php?/prairies/feral-houses/

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.

We hope you'll continue to post, vote, and comment! A gentle request: Please post only one photo at a time and limit size to 350x350 (so images display properly on friends pages). And now, without further ado, get ready to cast your ballot and view more awesome user content after the jump!

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Curtains

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

Release #59 has a bunch of bugfixes and improvements - here you go!

• Lost password emails can be sent to the current email address on an account *and* the previously validated email addresses for six months after a new address is set. After six months, only the currently in-use email address can receive password reset emails.
• Changes to payment system backend (not user-visible changes)
• You can now page back on the "People & Communities" tab when using the advanced text search (http://www.livejournal.com/search/)
• Fixed some issues in the Userpic Factory so that when and cropping larger pictures works correctly
• Removed "ban user" from hover menu for communities
• Removed the underline from the usericon in some minimalism styles
• Corrected the markup for Writers Block plain text notifications so that usernames are rendered correctly
• Using the "Next" or "Previous" functions now returns the correct entry even when the entries are dated out of order (LJSV-440)
• Converted communities now retain correct security settings
• Corrected the conversion rate for Yandex Money
• Notes now show correctly when viewing a username in the comments section
• If the user is a maintainer of more than one community, the 'ban everywhere' option will display when banning a user
• On geo-location, since some values were displaying "???" for Russian IPs, the Cyrillic values will be displayed in English (temporary workaround)
• Added date and time of post to Recent Entries view in "Cardboard" style
• Removed the * from Notes in header of profile page
• When a Note is updated or added, it now updates immediately on the page being viewed
• When answering the Writer's Block question using Opera, the cursor now appears in the entry field instead of in the question field
• Disabled the ability to modify/overwrite embed IDs after they have been created (LJSV-785)

FINALLY!



And what a great CD transfer. More info here!

Now's the time, before it goes out of print again!

Buried in morning vines. Silent sentinels.

Itty bitty patch release.

* Intel is sponsoring some Writer's Block questions, so their ads now display to the appropriate people

* Many updates for the Cyrillic game thingy coming next year
* Cyrillic ads: SUP office IP addresses are Russian now
* GeoLocation: Display Russian cities' names in Cyrillic

As awesome today as when it was released 21 years ago.



Danielle was one of the first female artists to write, produce and play almost every instrument on all her records. And she was a stone cold fox to boot. She should've been a huge star.

I was listening to Dark Adapted Eye tonight and great memories came flooding back.

New here...love the pix I'm seeing! :)

Not sure if any of you have come across this link:

http://webecoist.com/2009/05/18/remarkable-religious-structures-reclaimed-by-nature/

It has Abandoned religious buildings/remarkable religious structures reclaimed by nature, including the typical Angkor Wat, Cham Ruins Vietnam, Nepal, Hindu temples in Bali, E africa, Takakadu in India, and even a pic of Bambri Mosque in India before it was demolished.

Tweaks and enhancements

1. In order to improve site security, we've temporarily suspended the ability to change passwords for old email addresses that haven't been used for over six months. For further information and support, please visit our customer care page.
2. We've launched a new mobile site with an enhanced UI at m.livejournal.com. View spotlights, post to your journal, read and post to friends pages, and more, no matter where you roam! Please let us know what you think, since this will eventually replace our existing mobile interface. You can update your mobile preferences on your account page.
3. We've upgraded from Beacon to Facebook Connect to improve dual posting. If you've already signed up for Facebook Beacon, you're good to go. If you wish to update your Facebook Connect setting, visit Account Privacy settings and scroll down to the option labeled: "Send information about my updates to Facebook." You can choose Always or Ask each time. Remember to save (on the bottom left corner of the page). To learn more, check out FAQ 249. While we're on the subject, if you happen to be visiting that side of town, please join our Facebook fan page for a touch of home away from home.
4. You'll now receive the Writer's Block Question of the Day in the body of email notifications. To sign up for Writer's Block notifications, visit writersblock and choose the Watch Community option. Next, update your Writer's Block notification settings by checking the box to the right of "Someone posts a new entry to writersblock."
5. Paid and permanent users can now view, add, and edit Notes of commenters. Notes will appear beside the username of comment posters (instead of stars) on S1-themed comment pages.

Send some lovin' thanks to your friends with our holiday vgifts!

Photos of the week

We're so delighted with the immense talent of our growing, global lj_photophile community that we've decided to introduce a poll. Each week, we'll choose a half-dozen photos (based on user comments and staff feedback) and ask you to select a photo of the week. The winning photo will be announced in the next newsletter. If possible, please limit photo size to 350x350 to ensure that images display properly on friends pages. We want to thank you again (and again!) for sharing your passion.

Check out this week's photo poll and more fantastic user content after the jump!

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Curtains

Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

Thank you for all your comprehensive feedback on m.livejournal.com. Please keep the comments coming so we can make it the best product possible before switching it over from /mobile/. (I am a heavy user of /mobile/ too, so I'm invested in this as well.)

Bugfix:

* Fixed a problem with managing your friends list via friends/edit.bml


Updates You Probably Won't Notice:

* Bugfix for people who use changelog
* Update to yesterday's gift shop backend work
* Ad-related backend changes
* Another update to prep for the new Cyrillic thing coming soon

Volunteers:

* Not really release-related, but the PAF has been summoned. Sorry about the delay.

Meta:

* Minsecurity of lj_releases has been changed to Public, so you can get notifications if you want 'em.