ya know, a few other websites (blog,journal,cms types) have also been hit by these types of attacks over the past few weeks ...

i love LJ's description of these types of crackers/attackers:
Many users are experiencing difficulty accessing the site right now, due to a flood of malicious traffic. Please note: it's not "hackers" taking us down. If ( Read more... )

the daily show, their whole staff (cast) are absolutely hilarious ( Read more... )

i remembered something else about LJ ... (and, no - i'm not trying to pick on the goat ( Read more... )

well, they've been havin' some problems ... it is design related ... graphics and web design sorta thing ... and i'm watching this sort of minor crisis unfold in the online postings - all related to the running of the site - the content, etc... nothing too major (but makes me wonder if I "should be" concerned) .... and, dumb me decides ... "Hmm? ( Read more... )

so, now there are 'mass' screen, unscreen, delete functions ... well, i'll have to go read up on this and others ... leave it to the monkeys and goats to be making new toys for everyone to play with :o)

well, i haven't even looked at LJ for a long time... last post to it was 04:20 pm November 14th, 2003 ... something about it just never 'clicked' for me as a personal tool ... i even lost interest in keeping a private journal (on LJ, I mean) ... however, seeing the power and userfulness for communicating by others, LJ's value is not lost on me ( Read more... )

well, i've been without a computer that really functioned 'well' so I've been away from LiveJournal for some time ... happy to be back :o)

ALERT - DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE EXCERPTS FROM THE FIRST SHOW!!!

ok, i accidently posted in info junkies and immediately deleted so as not to post any 'give aways' in their community, so now i'm rewriting it and posting it here . . .

( my take on the show )

unexpected reward for saving a child from pain . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/World/zubaida030911.html

Open a new window and read the parody of "bloggin's greatest" self-promoters . . . this is funny