striketv
A community for the first ever online network created by Hollywood storytellers that brings original, high-quality video entertainment to the world.

xlormp
The Most Popular Book in the Whole World is one user's unfinished online novel, parodying the Twilight novels. Chapters are continuously updated.

startrek
Featured in anticipation of the show's 42nd Anniversary next week, these guys are our most popular Star Trek community. Star Trek first premiered on September 8th, 1966.

burning_man
With the festival on the playa now over, share your experience of this year's desert party (and those of years past) with the Burning Man Camp at LiveJournal.

The Lexicon is still in transition. I am so sorry for the inconvenience. We're working on getting the problem fixed.

In the meantime, the site is still there. Here are two ways to access the Lexicon during this extremely frustrating down time:

Replace the domain (www.hp-lexicon.info) with the IP, which is 69.61.53.28

Search Google and add the word Lexicon to your search (e.g. rictusempra lexicon) and then go to their cached version of the page.

I hope that we'll have this problem sorted out soon, and I really apologise to everyone.

Steve

Many people have contacted me about the Lexicon being down. I'm sorry about that. We're in the process of transferring the domain and the DNS hasn't changed yet. Hopefully we'll be back up soon.

Steve

Basic Accounts
As we noted in our last News post, as of today users will be able to downgrade their account to Basic through the Manage Account page. In addition, visitors who are not logged in to LiveJournal will now be seeing ads on Basic accounts and communities; the experience of logged-in users will not change.

Paid Account Sale
We are having a paid account sale starting today through September 30, 2008. During that period, you can purchase a 12 month block of paid time and receive a 20% discount – this paid time can be added to any account, or purchased as a gift for your favorite LJ-friend. For full details, see our Paid Account Sale page.

Announcing lj_advisory
We are pleased to announce the creation of the lj_advisory community, set up so you can find news and information related to the activities of the Advisory Board. We recognize that it has taken us a while to get this community up and running, and that has caused some frustration. From now on, we will post topics which will be discussed by the Advisory Board prior to the date of the meeting and summaries of meetings after they occur. Throughout the year, the Advisory Board may also post requests for opinions on topics which may be discussed at future meetings. This is the official community for communication with the Advisory Board – comments will be read by Advisory Board members who will respond as they feel appropriate.

RTE + Opera and Safari = <3
RTE stands for Rich Text Editor, which is the default method of posting entries from the Post an Entry page. Our Rich Text Editor is based on the open-source FCKeditor code. It allows you to make links or LiveJournal user tags, insert photos or videos, and format your entries without needing to know HTML. That is, unless you use Opera or Safari as a browser, in which case you couldn't use the RTE.

That will be changing today. We are pleased to announce that the RTE has been upgraded to the latest version of the FCK code, which includes support for Opera and Safari! In addition, many of the bugs in the old version have been fixed. If you've been using RTE, you will most likely need to clear your browser's cache in order to use the new version.

<strike> vs. <b>
Last year we changed the visual display of deleted and suspended usernames from a line through the username to a bold font. This had the effect of making the name unclickable - which meant that no one could easily determine whether the username had been deleted or suspended. We've reversed this display, returning deleted and suspended usernames to a struck-through and clickable state.

Flash Fiction Contest Update
The deadline to submit your flash fiction entry to "Quick Tales," LiveJournal's partnership with Caferati in India is fast approaching. Users who wish to find out more about this exciting contest should take a look at our india_writing community. Be quick! Entries must be received by midnight, September 7th, 2008 and the contest is open to all who have a mailing address in India, regardless of where they currently reside or citizenship.

lebaneselove
A wealth of resources for fans of the Lebanese entertainment world.

scenebyscene
This collaborative screenwriting community will accomplish an entire film script--each scene by a different writer--over the course of one year. It's destined to be crazy. Along the way, a slew of smaller challenges will be offered.

add_foreign_ljs
Looking to practice your language skills? add_foreign_ljs offers users a way to find journals written in a language other than their own.

I was home Friday and Saturday, but flew out this morning and I'm not done yet. Currently in the middle of a 4 hour layover in Phoenix, AZ, destination Reno, NV. Yesterday I went to a backyard BBQ at one of the MIVE friends house. Fun was had despite the rain and thunder. Grilled some Brat's, some of them in the rain. Good as always. I didn't really take any pics except of his Rabbit Truck project. I intended to stop at Guitar Center to see my friend Tonia for a bit first, but traffic was so bad I got there too late.
Also since last update, I picked up a new car. I found a 1986 Audi 4000CS Quattro for $600, which is less than the repairs would be to make the 100CS road-worthy again.

The rest of the pics I have for now are on my Flickr.

And I'd just be rambling on if I continued, so for now I go.