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Arrr, September News in LiveJournal Land!
Ahoy, ye scurvy dogs! Cap'n K.Scudder here. Today be Talk Like A Pirate Day - raise yer hook if you're talkin' like a pirate today! YARRR! We've been busy here kickin' round the scallywags aboard th' H.M.S. LiveJournal and discovered a few grog-filled thin's t' for you. We've also been makin' notices in [info]lj_biz regarding ship cap'n changes. Avoid them only if ye be wantin' to be stuck in the brig, arrrrr.

Now, ya mateys, feast your greedy eyes upon this chest o' September updates!



HP's "What Do You Have To Say?" Contests

The HP "What Do You Have To Say?" contests are ending soon, so enter while you can!


When you respond to the Writer's Block prompt, you'll automatically be entered into the contest. We'll select the five best responses for each theme and post them to a poll in [info]lj_contests. Head to the "What Do You Have To Say?" contest landing page for contest details and a link to the Official Rules.

This week's theme is "Arts & Crafts" and the prizes are a $150 gift certificate to Art.com for the Grand prize winner and two runners-up will each receive a $25 gift certificate to Art.com.

Be sure to answer the Writer's Block prompt by September 23rd for your chance to enter the contest!


"Knocked Up" Is Coming Soon To DVD

The movie "Knocked Up" starring Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen is coming out on DVD, September, 25th! To celebrate the DVD release, Ben of “Knocked Up” is returning to the [info]knockedupmovie Sponsored Community to discuss the next phase of relationships.

Every day leading up to the DVD release, [info]slacker_ben will invite you to answer questions about getting serious, marriage and parenthood. Like before, he’ll give away cool prizes from the movie to the best responses. He’ll also pepper in some trivia questions, favorite scenes and extras from the movie!



Preview of th' comely New Customize Journal area for me proud beauties

We know it's important to you to get the look and design of your journals and communities just right, so we've been working on making the Customize Journal area easier to use. The team has put together significant changes, including adding in screenshots and making the flow easier to understand. Here's a quick preview of some of the changes:



Since this is a big change to a popular area of the site, we'll launch the new Customize area as a beta test at the end of the month. Stay tuned to [info]news for full instructions on how to participate in the beta test.


What else ye got?!! Be that it matey..Try Ou' "Lazy SMS"

One thing about the LiveJournal engineers is that no matter how busy they are, they'll still try to find time to hack on cool projects. [info]whitaker was always frustrated when he was out and about and encountered something he wanted to look up or read more about, but he didn't have access to his computer and then later on he'd always forget. Lazy SMS is his solution to that problem.


Here's how to try it out:

1) Make sure you're set up for TXTLJ (Read more about TXTLJ)

2) Send "lazy somewordhere" to TXTLJ from your phone (Example: "lazy treasure chests" or "lazy pirate ships")

3) LJ automatically looks up "somewordhere" in Wikipedia and:

3.1) If an article is found, its contents are automatically posted as a private post to your journal

3.2) If there's no article, a placeholder is automatically posted privately to remind you to do a search.


What are you going to look up using Lazy SMS? Answer if yer brave or ye walk th' plank!



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[info]pdts
2007-09-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
lolwut

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Re: WHAT INDEED? LJ'S LATEST FUCKUP. - [info]rosethorne, 2007-09-26 02:15 am UTC (Expand)
http://www.yacht.kiev.ua/ - [info]kievyacht, 2007-10-20 08:51 pm UTC (Expand)
YARR
[info]chasethestars
2007-09-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
I LOVE YOU KRISSY!!!
(uh, i mean kimmie <3)

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Re: YARR
[info]burr86
2007-09-19 09:38 pm UTC (link)
I LOVE KIMMIE MORE

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Re: YARR - [info]empezar, 2007-09-19 10:38 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: YARR - [info]burr86, 2007-09-19 10:40 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: YARR - [info]averysmallthing, 2007-09-19 11:11 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: YARR - [info]xcherryjonesx, 2007-09-25 10:39 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: YARR - [info]chasethestars, 2007-09-25 10:46 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: YARR - [info]kievyacht, 2007-10-20 08:53 pm UTC (Expand)

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[info]diamondvirgin
2007-09-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
wow.

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[info]latoya_eng_1030
2007-09-26 08:50 pm UTC (link)
hey wat made u come up wit that name?

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[info]matgb
2007-09-19 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Don't login at the frontpage—turn the navstrip on and log in at your journal (or friends page), I rarely if ever see the frontpage.

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[info]itswhatiam
2007-09-19 09:34 pm UTC (link)
We've also been makin' notices in lj_biz.

You mean you've been posting news in [info]lj_biz, while continuing to post revenue generating items and non-news in [info]news, don't you?

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OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED?
[info]lorena_bee
2007-09-19 09:36 pm UTC (link)
Oh, never mind you just bolded it.

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Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]soleta_nf, 2007-09-19 09:39 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]component, 2007-09-19 09:47 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]sodium, 2007-09-19 10:13 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]glenniebun, 2007-09-20 12:11 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]astaria51, 2007-09-20 04:34 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]sushi_kitten, 2007-09-20 12:34 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]lezlishae, 2007-09-20 01:28 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]lezlishae, 2007-09-20 01:29 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]glenniebun, 2007-09-20 04:45 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]skullduggery, 2007-09-20 07:40 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]glenniebun, 2007-09-20 07:49 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]slytherinsheirx, 2007-09-20 02:23 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]dzurlady, 2007-09-21 08:05 am UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]slytherinsheirx, 2007-09-25 07:42 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]bigdoug, 2007-09-21 03:56 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]lezlishae, 2007-09-21 03:59 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]ballyharnon, 2007-09-20 07:57 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: OMG NEWS HAS BEEN BANNED? - [info]lezlishae, 2007-09-20 11:16 pm UTC (Expand)
Oh sure - [info]lorena_bee, 2007-09-19 09:44 pm UTC (Expand)
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[info]yvette_diet
2007-09-19 09:35 pm UTC (link)
First page

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[info]theoneontheleft
2007-09-19 10:10 pm UTC (link)
fail.

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[info]inject
2007-09-19 09:36 pm UTC (link)
ARRRRRR.

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[info]widdlywhee
2007-09-19 09:36 pm UTC (link)
That new Customize Area looks awesome. I'm in love. ♥

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[info]metawidget
2007-09-19 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Me too. It should make putzing around a lot easier. Now it'd be really nice if it used frames (or offered a frames option) for the preview — it'd be the first good use of frames I've seen in years.

I'm also mildly amused by the fact that the language option says explicitly it won't translate your entries.

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[info]amik0
2007-09-19 09:37 pm UTC (link)
First page)

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[info]theoneontheleft
2007-09-19 10:11 pm UTC (link)
..fail.

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[info]silverjames
2007-09-19 09:38 pm UTC (link)
Yarrrr. Love you, Kimmy.

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[info]kimmi8
2007-09-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
pirates for life, yarrr!

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[info]underthethrow
2007-09-19 09:39 pm UTC (link)
YARRR!!!!!

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[info]stevieg
2007-09-19 09:39 pm UTC (link)
Yarrrrrrrrrrr!

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[info]cindy_reddeer
2007-09-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Yarrrr!! Bring me Grog you scurvy dog! You were going to walk the plank soon if you hadn't done the annual Pirate post soon...ooops, my accent slipped. ummm... Yarrr!

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[info]einz
2007-09-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
ХУЙ!!!

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[info]soleta_nf
2007-09-19 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Is that "YARR!!" in Russian? Hee.

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[info]pinkheartsunset
2007-09-19 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Muh? D:

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[info]unkickablekitty
2007-09-19 09:41 pm UTC (link)
The Lazy SMS thing sounds cool, but alas, I don't use TXTLJ. Still, awesome idea!

And the customizing journals! Yaaay! Good job, mateys! (I fail at talking like a pirate.)

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[info]kimmi8
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
nice try matey! ;)

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[info]susangalique
2007-09-19 09:41 pm UTC (link)
Wow, that Lazy SMS is awesome. WHat a neat idea. THat shows real intelligence and creativity. Go Whitaker! What a great legacy.

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[info]little_ribbon
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
Arr! xD

... What? 0:-)

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[info]ilidannax
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
епт

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[info]shanaqui
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
So, [info]news is for advertising and [info]lj_biz is for news? Got it!

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[info]kiwi_from_hell
2007-09-19 09:46 pm UTC (link)
Don't forget that now, we can send a text to have information appear on one web page, so we don't have to do all that nasty clicking to get to another one. I have never heard of such a pointless idea.

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[info]soleta_nf
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
You know, I really want to see Knocked Up and expect to love it, but seeing it pimped here when you should be announcing news items makes me a little bitter at it. Please don't make me lose any Judd Apatow love. Keep announcements like this on [info]ads.

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[info]soleta_nf
2007-09-19 09:45 pm UTC (link)
[info]lj_ads, rather. It hasn't been updated since January, I see. It could use a little lovin'!

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[info]ruthlessbabe
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
The new customize area reminds me of ye olde angelfire and geocities of the 90's. I say make them learn CSS, rather than dumb it down. But ah well, doesn't really affect me and might make for less horrendous novice layouts.

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[info]biscayne
2007-09-19 10:14 pm UTC (link)
Agreed in so many ways.

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(no subject) - [info]notacrnflkgirl, 2007-09-19 10:54 pm UTC (Expand)
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CSS 4 LYFE - [info]notacrnflkgirl, 2007-09-20 05:39 pm UTC (Expand)
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[info]cacahuate
2007-09-19 09:42 pm UTC (link)
So the new 6A CEO and opt-out-only new data-gathering system aren't worth a mention, but sponsored copy and info about a pointless (albeit amusing) new SMS feature are?

I understand that you guys don't want to cross-post between [info]news and [info]lj_biz, I guess, but when you're linking to [info]lj_biz, maybe you could at least summarize what's to be found there?

I try to give you the benefit of the doubt, LJ, but this further distortion of the idea of "news" is just laughable.

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Meet the new boss?
[info]lorena_bee
2007-09-19 09:58 pm UTC (link)
Same as the old boss?

When I first saw Vox, I thought it was like a pre-school/AOL version of journalling - lowest common denominator.

But useable tools are not a bad thing. So they're Vox-ing LJ - I hope this means they are going to also port some of this to the opensource community who use LJ code, and not turn this into a closed, proprietary software. Starving your opensource community is another bad business decision.

And shh! with the dissent! They've screened several of my posts so far, you scurvy scallawag!

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Re: Meet the new boss? - [info]lady_cassidy, 2007-09-19 10:11 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: Meet the new boss? - [info]crazykimmy, 2007-09-19 10:26 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: Meet the new boss? - [info]crazykimmy, 2007-09-19 10:29 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]stephbass, 2007-09-20 03:38 pm UTC (Expand)
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??? - [info]thefamiliar, 2007-09-19 10:25 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: ??? - [info]crazykimmy, 2007-09-19 10:27 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: ??? - [info]shanaqui, 2007-09-19 10:29 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: ??? - [info]crazykimmy, 2007-09-19 10:34 pm UTC (Expand)
Re: ??? - [info]lezlishae, 2007-09-20 01:33 am UTC (Expand)
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[info]thevelvetsun
2007-09-19 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Wow. This entry is almost entirely ads. Nice job.

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Off-topic
[info]biscayne
2007-09-19 10:15 pm UTC (link)
I've seen you around a few times and I just want to say I love that icon.

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Re: Off-topic - [info]thevelvetsun, 2007-09-19 10:17 pm UTC (Expand)
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[info]pzelda
2007-09-19 09:44 pm UTC (link)
Lazy SMS sounds like a pretty cool idea. I'd definitely use that. :-)

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