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On Saturday the 14th at 4AM UTC/GMT we will be upgrading the operating system of our network load balancers to a newer version, one that will allow us to use both CPUs! Nifty, because multiprocessing is nice.

Since we have 2 load balancers, the plan is to upgrade 1 at a time, and there really should be very little impact to our website. Hopefully you won't notice a thing and I'll get to go back to the hotel and watch some wonderful late night infomercials.

We've got a lot of exciting projects coming up for 2010 and we're hoping that we'll be able to deliver them all to you, that you will find it useful/cool/lovely and then you will use the site even more. Behind-the-scenes work like this will give us the capacity to handle the anticipated traffic, so expect a few more maintenance windows especially in the beginning of next year as we've got some neat ideas to improve performance around here! We had the recent 30-45 minute outage yesterday due to one of our logging databases filling up disk space -- not so great design coupled with my human error in handling the initial problem -- and it looks like we're going to finally have some resources to eliminate stuff like that. I can't wait!

As usual, I will be updating status.livejournal.org before and after, just in case you are not able to reach our main website during the work.

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Just received this press release:


David Coulthard Appointed as Ambassador to JETBULL.com

LONDON, November 10/PRNewswire/ -- David Coulthard has become an ambassador to leading online
gaming company JETBULL.com, offering tips and advice to those who wish to bet
on various sports including the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

A cool head, steady nerves, a willingness to take a calculated
risk with the chance of high rewards at the end of it: these are qualities
that apply to both Formula 1 racing drivers and bettors and, as a former F1
star, a winner of 13 Grand Prix races and a resident of Monaco, famous for
its race track and its Casino, Coulthard is the ideal person to help promote
JETBULL.com's growth in Europe.

"I find JETBULL.com's business exciting and their enthusiasm
infectious, which is why I have agreed to join them as an ambassador,"
commented Coulthard. "JETBULL.com is a rising star in the online gaming world
and I am going to be sharing my betting tips with its customers," said David
Coulthard.

"We are really happy to have David on board," said Sandra
Barton, COO at JETBULL.com. "It is an honour for us to work with such a high
profile sportsman and we believe he is the ideal man to help us continue and
support our growth throughout Europe. David will provide our customers with
his betting tips and some of our lucky customers will also get the
opportunity to meet this sports legend face to face," Barton added.

Pictures of David Coulthard in print quality are available for download
at ftp.jetbull.com (User: press / Password: press).

About JETBULL.com

JETBULL.com is one of the fastest growing players in the European field
of online betting and gaming. The company offers its customers a broad range
of sport betting opportunities, a modern casino and numerous entertaining
interactive games. Every month JETBULL.com serves thousands of customers from
50 countries worldwide. You can access JETBULL.com easily from your home or
office, and anywhere else during your travels, using your mobile phone.
For more information, please visit http://www.jetbull.com.

About David Coulthard

David is a thirteen-time F1 grand prix winner. During his long and
successful career from 1994 to 2008 he amassed a notable point's haul, and
lies seventh on the all-time scorers list, being the top British scorer. For
more information, please go to David Coulthard's official page at
http://www.davidcoulthard.co.uk/.

Hi! I don't know if this was already posted, if it was feel free to delete the post entirely, but! I just saw it and I had to share with you all <3
( The cuteness, lemme show you it. )

» the you-me-and-everyone else
multi-fandom friending meme.

***

Am feeling a lot more human today, although I fear I don't sound like one still! Slept pretty badly, with an epic coughing fit at 12:30am! Oh the joy!

Forgot to mention/flail incoherently yesterday but... (and excuse the capslock abuse!)
WE'VE BOOKED OUR EARLYBIRD COLLECTORMANIA LONDON TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!

This pleases me deeply! We are doing the Sunday!

Also booked Kai Owen photoshoot (just me) and John Barrowman photoshoot (BOTH OF US!)

The last bit was a shock given I was sure mum doesn't like the Barrowman, but she was all YES I WANTS IT TOO, and says that he's hot! *giggles* she's special! She's already telling people at work she's going to grope him (she would as well, she has done before, well not John B... but she grabbed a racing drivers arse!).

Coming soon... my first random poll in a while (because I just felt like doing a poll!)

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http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-11-09/

word count - 14,713

thoughts: not too bad today.went through fixed some things, which made me feel better about the story overall. have literally watched the tudors since milan won (again), wrote and made plans all day. i feel better about a lot of things. im sure that this will be a daily thing for me since i have no job and have no where to go since i have no money.

schedule aside from being with the bff, writing and crazy long sessions at the gym...

mon    doctor's appointment      yay :/   
tues   meeting at assumption for continuing ed classes
wed     heading out to boston to stay with mel and cory
thurs    fun at the boston aquarium for $5, cant beat that
fri        fun at the science museum, again for $5
sat       home late after haylee and hayleigh come out to boston for the day

(The first ginger Azzurri! Davide Biondini, breaking barriers one day at a time.)
In a shocking turn of events, Lippi is using the upcoming friendlies to give some new/little-seen players a chance to impress him. Not that we'll ever see any of them called up for a competitive match, of course, but it's still nice to see some less familiar names.

Most of the usual old folks are there, but Candreva and Biondini (!!!!!!!) both got their first senior calls, while Pazzo, Maggio, Galloppa, Marchionni, Palladino, the finally fit Criscito, and Cassani, who's getting only his second call, are all back in the team. Pepe and D'Agostino both got hurt today against Fiorentina, which might explain their absences, while Santon is with the U21s. And, as we know, Cassano is dead to Lippi, which is why he's not there.

Portieri: BUFFON (JUVENTUS), DE SANCTIS (NAPOLI), MARCHETTI (CAGLIARI)

Difensori: BOCCHETTI (GENOA), CANNAVARO (JUVENTUS), CASSANI (PALERMO), CHIELLINI (JUVENTUS), CRISCITO (GENOA), GROSSO (JUVENTUS), LEGROTTAGLIE (JUVENTUS), MAGGIO (NAPOLI), ZAMBROTTA (MILAN)

Centrocampisti: BIONDINI (CAGLIARI), CAMORANESI (JUVENTUS), CANDREVA (LIVORNO), DE ROSSI (ROMA), MONTOLIVO (FIORENTINA), GALLOPPA (PARMA), MARCHIONNI (FIORENTINA), PALOMBO (SAMPDORIA), PIRLO (MILAN)

Attaccanti: DI NATALE (UDINESE), GILARDINO (FIORENTINA), PALLADINO (GENOA), PAZZINI (SAMPDORIA), ROSSI (VILLARREAL)

The team convene on Tuesday, and will play the Netherlands in Pescara on Saturday, and Sweden in Cesena the following Wednesday.

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word count - 11,339

   feelings: frustrated. don't quite wanna give up yet, just wanna sleep.
                just sleep.

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(Meet Ezequiel Matias Schelotto. He needs to shave.)
For the moment, Casiraghi has stopped calling up infants, and has instead brought Davide Santon back to the U21s, as well as adding two new England-based players: Keeper Vito Mannone, who recently had a run in Arsenal's first team, and Ancelotti's favorite baby, 18-year-old Chelsea striker Fabio Borini. The other debutant is Cesena midfielder Ezequiel Matias Schelotto, the newest addition to the exclusive club of Argentines playing for Italian national teams. (You don't think he meant to call Forestieri up and got his Argies confused, do you?) Macheda, meanwhile, is with the U19s for the start of their Euro qualifying campaign, which is why his name isn't on this list. Edit: He's been called up to replace Alberto, who got hurt this weekend.

Portieri: Fiorillo (Sampdoria), Mannone (Arsenal), Seculin (Fiorentina);
Difensori: Angella (Empoli), Ariaudo (Juventus), Bellusci (Catania) Cremonesi (Cremonese), Brivio (Vicenza), De Silvestri (Fiorentina), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Bari), Renzetti (Padova);
Centrocampisti: Barillà (Reggina), Bolzoni (Frosinone), Marrone (Juventus), Mustacchio (Ancona), Poli (Sampdoria), Santon (Inter), Schelotto (Cesena), Soriano (Sampdoria);
Attaccanti: Balotelli (Inter), Borini (Chelsea), Marilungo (Sampdoria), Paloschi (Parma) Macheda (Manchester United).

The team convene on Monday for a couple days of training before flying to Hungary (currently second in the group) ahead of Friday's qualifier. After that, it's off to Luxembourg -- the only team the Azzurrini have beaten thus far -- for a match on Tuesday.

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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!
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1) never pop a pill on an empty stomach
2) never take the long way home when you're feeling sick
3) never ever throw up while driving. it is terrifying and gross.

   *falls over*