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Profiles in Geekdom: Chris Torres, Creator of Nyan CatPCWorldI continued making comics after high school and eventually created a LiveJournal dedicated to them. During that time, I was given an image animating program and a tablet (I would use a mouse and MS Paint before this) and it increased the quality of my ...

Cora Holben, Chicago's "lady detective," run to groundBoing BoingBy Cory Doctorow at 6:49 pm Thursday, Feb 2 Paul Reda was taken with the above 1908 ad for Miss Cora Strayer's Private Detective Agency, which was posted to the most excellent Vintage Ads LiveJournal group. A Chicago history buff, he decided to delve ...and more »

The Most Awesome Homoerotic Mark Zuckerberg FanficGawkerWe've also taken a gander at the Mark-Eduardo Livejournal, which also contains its fair share of naked Mark-and-Wardo scenes.. Here's some of the most imaginative sounding work. Apologies, we haven't had time to read it all. (Only, like, 75 percent.) ...and more »

VOTE! Autostraddle's a Finalist For Best Blog of The Year & Two Other Bloggie ...AutostraddleIn 2001, back when Livejournal and AOL Instant Messager were the only things I knew how to do on the internet, a fine group of tech-minded people rammed their heads together and invented The Weblog Awards. Somehow my livejournal was never nominated for ...and more »

Social Networks in Exile - by Joshua E. KeatingForeign Policy (blog)But remember Friendster and LiveJournal? They never died. They just fled overseas. BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 1, 2012 Social networking giant Facebook debuted on the stock exchange on Feb. 1with an initial public offering of $5 billion, ...and more »

Man Accused of Running Kelihos Botnet Denies InvolvementPC Magazine"I did not commit this crime," Sabelnikov wrote, according to a translated version of his LiveJournal post. He insisted that he has never managed or benefited from a botnet. Sabelnikov said he was on a business trip to the US when he learned about the ...Accused Kelihos spam botmaster: It wasn't me, MicrosoftSC MagazineI'm not behind Kelihos botnet, claims SabelnikovInfosecurity Magazine (US)Kelihos suspect: I didn't do itIT PROall 33 news articles »

Battered but still breathing, LiveJournal soldiers onDigitaltrends.comMore than a decade since it helped push blogging into the mainstream, LiveJournal struggles to preserve the original spirit of the blog in a growing field of imitators. Try as you might to avoid it, the ?blogging is dead? narrative is inescapable.No Emo! LiveJournal Starts Deleting Some Inactive Accounts Before Its American ...Betabeatall 2 news articles »

US Ambassador's Rough Welcome in Moscow: Is the Reset Failing?The AtlanticBy Paul J. Saunders US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul / AP Michael McFaul wrote in a blog entry on Russia's popular LiveJournal web site that his first day as US ambassador to Moscow "started with a bang." In fact, the real bang came on the second ...The Day's experts on changes in Russia and risks for UkraineThe Day Weekly Digestall 484 news articles »

Why Does LiveJournal Need a Comeback? It Never LeftThe Atlantic WireThe blogging service that once catered to emo-teenagers is poising itself for a comeback, LiveJournal general manager Anjelika Petrochenko told FastCompany's Neil Ungerleader, but it turns out the site has done pretty well since many of us deactivated ...LiveJournal plans US comebackPanARMENIAN.Netall 4 news articles »

No crybabies allowed at Met You On LivejournalblogTO (blog)Livejournal is mostly the refuge of spam-bots and underground Russian lo-fi music now (seriously, check it out), but I can clearly remember that time when my after-school job allowed a significant vinyl budget and I spent a lot of energy considering ...