Tweets [ MondayNovember 9, 2009 at 11:11 pm] patd [mikikoshikawa] Brendon just woke up, first time without jet-lag. words can't describe how amazing the past 2 days have been. thank you brazil! see you soon chile! about 14 hours ago from web Spencer @dasnowfreak Happy Birthday!! When I get back were going for a celebration only roberto could deliver. 30 minutes ago from web in reply to dasnowfreak Wow Brazil you were unbelievable last night!! Thank you to every fan who made it to the show. Can't wait to come back! about 3 hours ago from web Band Related Shane Valdez RT @petewentz Brendon Urie / Diablo Cody: brendon from panic and diablo cody interview. I wonder who's the big Wes Anderson Fan?? :)about 4 hours ago from web Zack Hall http://twitpic.com/ovqae - Brasil! was amazing .. about 14 hours ago from TwitPic comment » edit

P!ATD performing in Brazil [ MondayNovember 9, 2009 at 3:54 pm] patd [uriefrog] Camisado: London Beckoned Songs About Money Written By Machines: 16 « comment » edit

Diablo Cody interviews Brendon [ MondayNovember 9, 2009 at 12:09 pm] patd [uriefrog] New interview video with Diablo Cody and Brendon: 22 « comment » edit

Tweets [ SundayNovember 8, 2009 at 11:22 pm] patd [mikikoshikawa] Band Related zackdft Sitting in Sao Paulo with @thespencersmith watching the redskins game on his laptop.. I love technology. And redbull. about 4 hours ago from Tweetie finished up with the meet n greets now back at the hotel got some food the boys are going through there new presents..hope the show is good. about 6 hours ago from web If I've missed any tweets from other people, please let me know. I don't follow the Dallon or Ian. Thank you. :) 34 « comment » edit

Maquinaria Festival Pictures [ SundayNovember 8, 2009 at 8:53 pm] patd [fakeobsession] [ music | Lady Gaga - Dance in the Dark ] Maquinaria Festival, São Paulo - Brazil (08.11.2009) Pictures HERE 62 « comment » edit

Is there a faster way to set friends' colors? [ SaturdayNovember 7, 2009 at 4:11 pm] l_j_for_dummies [studyofrunning] From searching the help pages and looking through settings pages to try and find the option myself, the only way I can find to change the colors my friends have on my flist is to go to the person's/comm's profile page, click modify friend, check the box that says to select their colors, THEN pick the colors, and hit okay. For each of the 89 people/comms on my flist. Each time I change my layout colors and need new flist colors that will show up right. I'm not sure it's worth that many hours of effort. Is there a way to do this all on one page, like how you can add notes or set what groups they're in on one page? If I'm missing an option where you can set a color by group/filter instead of by individual, that would also work. comment » edit

Panic! in Brazil [ SaturdayNovember 7, 2009 at 8:21 pm] patd [sofis90] ( This is the first photo of the band at the airport of Guarulhos. ) Here's the link for a bigger version: http://www.patdbr.com/galeria/displayimage.php?pid=11335&fullsize=1 The band arrived today. Brendon: "brazil! finally made it, giddy as a school girl. i haven't slept yet bc i think i'm too excited. caipirinha and bbq should do the trick." The show is tomorrow in Sao Paulo at the Maquinaria Festival. 71 « comment » edit

MERCH POST #20 [ FridayNovember 6, 2009 at 12:58 pm] patd [mikikoshikawa] Posting early just in case I forget. This post is for selling, trading, requesting or buying any and all kinds of Panic merch. This will be posted every other Saturday at 10am EST. Unless there is a tour going on, then it's every Saturday. Alright, on with the post! ***PANIC MERCH ONLY*** If you want merch from other bands, please check themerchbooth. Comment here with either: a.) a picture, price range, payment preferences, and contact info of your merch; b.) a link to wherever we can find info on your merch; c.) merch your looking for and your payment preferences; d.) merch you have available to trade and what you're willing to trade for. Reminder: the mods aren't directly affiliated with anyone selling/buying/trading merch unless stated otherwise and can therefore not be held responsible for any lost/stolen/damaged items. In case of any conflict with another member, feel free to notify one of the mods. HELPFUL LINKS: Panic FBR Webstore ~ panicatthedisco.com Webstore ~ Clothing Size Chart 1 « comment » edit

LiveJournal Major Notes: Spam counter-attack, RSS feeds again, CSI Deadly Intent contest [ ThursdayNovember 5, 2009 at 1:15 pm] news [theljstaff] The empire strikes back In 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 again If you're addicted to xkcd_rss, 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_i If 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 postcards Last 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 week If 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... ) 215 « comment » edit

[ ThursdayNovember 5, 2009 at 1:21 pm] patd [elluhhhehh]  So this is random but I have a 'photo' I printed up that I thought you guys might enjoy. ( Clicke ) 13 « comment » edit

New video! [ WednesdayNovember 4, 2009 at 10:25 pm] patd [carefuljoy] Gosh! I was so looking forward to seeing them in any way, it finally happened! It is a video for their South-american friends (how lucky they are). Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEhNcJEgg8 43 « comment » edit

Comment editing [ MondayNovember 2, 2009 at 6:58 pm] l_j_for_dummies [mb_jazz_freak87] When I edit my comments, LJ writes in a line at the bottom, in smaller text, saying when the comment was edited. Is there any way that I can edit that line in such a way that I can put in the reason I edited the comment? Alternately, is there a way to turn it off? 4 « comment » edit

Friending (and not being creepy) [ SundayNovember 1, 2009 at 4:58 pm] l_j_for_dummies [bibliophile_bee] This is less of a "how do I..." question, so I hope that it's one I can ask here. What's the LJ etiquette in friending people... I suppose I really should ask first, because it's a kinda personal thing, someone's journal. But where do I ask? Just commenting on a random post asking if I can friend seems weird, too. So i ask you nice people: When you want to friend someone you don't know IRL, how do you not be creepy? 8 « comment » edit

symbol codes? [ SaturdayOctober 31, 2009 at 1:04 pm] l_j_for_dummies [schroeder] This might be really obvious, but I am totally inept with HTML and don't even know what to look for in the tags! Basically, only certain HTML symbols will show up in my firefox. I can see hearts, some stars, things like that, but little else. The rest just shows up as a tiny box with numbers inside (I can provide a screencap if anyone wants.) I've googled it, but all of the sites I find advise some kind of complex HTML programming to fix it, and I'm wary of trying it by myself. Does anyone know what I should be doing? Thanks in advance! 2 « comment » edit

Network Maintenance - Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 04:00-05:00 GMT/UTC [ FridayOctober 30, 2009 at 5:17 pm] lj_maintenance [dwell] EDIT: If you're reading this, our maintenance is OVER! The problem was not found on our equipment, which means we'll have to work with our ISP to fix this small problem -- which also means another maintenance window in the future -- but at least we have eliminated our side. Thank you everyone, and a special shout out to rekoil for giving me a great suggestion AND also the opportunity to feel like I've just called in to a local radio station. Have a great day, night or afternoon wherever you may be. --- Hi everyone, sorry for the late notice but I'm going to have to do some testing on 1 of our 4 internet circuits TONIGHT; Friday night or Saturday morning depending on which time zone you're in. Most of us shouldn't notice any impact, though there may be some slowness or lag when I switch traffic on to our other ISP circuits and then another hit when I stop the tests. If a page won't load or times out, try hitting refresh 1 or 2 times and it should load then. If it doesn't work at all... trust me, I'll be typing really really really fast to try to undo whatever I just did. Hopefully you'll have some Halloween candy (if you're in the USA and celebrate that kind of thing) nearby to take away the bitterness of a small site outage. :( Here's the handy-dandy Website That I Always Use to get a feel for when the maintenance will start in your area. Our site traffic historically dips on Friday afternoons until Saturday morning which is why we tend to pick this time for maintenance work. ( tech details ) status.livejournal.org will, of course be updated before and after the maintenance window. Or else marta will get mad at me. :D bt 51 « comment » edit

LiveJournal Major Notes: Search super-tweak, postcards, and amazing user content! [ ThursdayOctober 29, 2009 at 10:53 am] news [theljstaff] In response to user comments from last week, we want to let you know that we'll remain LJ cut-free for the next month in order to get more eyeballs on our evolving newsletter. As for product coverage, that continues to be our top priority. For more granular detail, however, we recommend you join lj_releases. Super-tweak for Yandex search Some of our beta testers expressed privacy concerns using the Yandex search engine. Here's why: Last week, when you ran a search, you could see the usernames (and only the usernames) of everyone who commented on an entry, even if that entry was switched to Private or Friends Only after it was originally indexed. You could NOT see the actual comments from Friends Only or Private posts. In response to your input, we've implemented a fix to keep all user activity currently marked Friends Only or Private completely hidden. If you'd prefer your public content not to be indexed by Yandex, click here and use the settings labeled Search Inclusion (this covers your entire journal) and/or Comment Search Inclusion (which covers comments only). To test drive Yandex search now, click here. Postcards from the edge Several years ago, we asked LiveJournal users to send postcards to help us decorate our dull, white-washed offices. Since a good idea warrants repetition, we're at it again (same issue, new address). We hope you'll surround us with LiveJournal love by sending your postcards to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. We'll post snapshots right here. Be sure to include your username, since we'll randomly pick 10 lucky recipients to win free paid account time. Conquer Writer's Block Here are some excerpts from this week's most popular question of the day: If a friend or relative makes a racist or homophobic remark, do you tend to confront them or let it slide? Are you more likely to confront them if it offends you directly or someone else who seems reluctant to speak up? I find it easier to stand up for other people, and i wouldn't let it slide if they made a rude or hurtful comment. Usually if a friend makes a racist or homophobic remark, I tend to let it slide. I think that while i would not say such things myself, I have no right to censor those around me. This happens all of the time. I confront some relatives, but I refuse to if they are drunk or watch Fox News. I'd let it slide if it was just a private remark... As much as I despise bigotry and intolerance, I know that you can't change people-they have to change themselves ... Confront! confront! confront! Politely, but without equivocation. SPEAK UP. Always, always, always speak up. Letting something slide lets ignorance win. No matter if it offends me directly, or someone else, I will confront the speaker and let them know that's not ok. I don't get offended personally. As an immigrant, woman, gay and person of color if I took every single potentially offensive remark seriously I wouldn't get anything done. I punch them in the balls. With my mind. I do speak up, but often very timidly because I feel that I'm white and therefore I don't really have any authority to lecture someone on what's racist and what isn't... Generally speaking, I do not let this shit fly, because it reduces me as a person, to this non-person and it replicates the destructive discourse that makes sure that sexual minorities, racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, trans people and every intersection thereof into something other than human... And sometimes... I'm just too tired to deal with it, so I roll my eyes, make a sarcastic remark and hope the conversation moves on quickly. For more daily questions and user comments, join writersblock. FYI, we don't want to invade your privacy, so we haven't credited individual users for their responses. We'd appreciate your feedback on this! Spotlight community of the week We can't resist making one last midnight trip to the ol' pumpkin patch. If you adore crazy costumes, fiendish festivities, and bottomless candy consumption as much as we do, this community has just what it takes to light up your jack-o-lantern. halloween_fan Photos of the week We received so many incredible photos, we had to close our eyes and point. We uploaded a selection of awesome images at our new lj_photophile community. Please join and start posting (try to keep the width at around 625 for the sake of consistency)! We'd love for you to tell us more about your photos! You can help us select spotlight photos by commenting on your favorites. Once again, we thank you for making our online world more beautiful! shutter pancetta ilya_gorokhov Curtains Thanks, again, for tuning in. We look forward to seeing you next week. 698 « comment » edit

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