Account Structure Update
Back by popular demand, Basic Accounts will be available to all users again by the end of the (northern hemisphere) summer. More information on the decision-making process and proposals relating to the future of Basic Accounts are in lj_2008.

New Themes
Two attractive and all-new Flexible Squares themes, "Circular" and "Circular Brown" are now available.


L to R: Circular and Brown

New V-Gifts
Give someone you care about the gift of enticement. With the new Chocolate Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Tea, Coffee, Curry and Sushi v-gifts, all the significant people in your life will be able to share in the longing for the tasty edibles below. Plus, it reminds loved ones you think they're really sweet, really savory or just plain satisfying.


L to R: Chocolate Ice Cream, Vanilla Ice Cream, Tea, Coffee, Curry and Sushi

Ж-Men...but not the ones you might expect!
This week LJ Russia launched Ж-Men, a new comedy series about superheroes, inspired by the LJ communities dedicated to superheros, comics and cartoons. The title's "Ж" comes from ЖЖ, the nickname for LiveJournal in Russia.

Ж-Men's script is written by a group of LJ enthusiasts who also happen to be television professionals. Who knew? Following the premiere, five more episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks. We hope you find the series fresh and enjoyable.

This is, of course, an experiment for LiveJournal. As always, we'd love to hear what you think!

Current Mood: awake

Taken during the 15 minutes that tunaman and I were able to sit down during the PirkQlaters after party at Mac and Charlie's. Thursday, July 3, 2008.

Until a few days ago, I'd mostly held off on playing a lot of Rock Band since the last time I posted a Score War update; breaking 9 million points hasn't really changed my life, but it should be noted that 9 million is most certainly over 9,000. I got in some good World Tour play with tunaman while he visited (which I'm still sort of processing, and will me making a post about tonight or tomorrow), and after having a few weeks away from the Solo Tour I figured I'd get back into a few songs a day to stay sharp just in case I can put my talents to use at PAX next month.

I went through "Green Grass and High Tides" last night after adding a good chunk of points to "Creep," and ended up adding another 20,000 points to my score, putting me about another 20,000 away from the Gold Star minimum (413,106 points, if you're interested). 20k isn't really all that far away, so gold starring it seemed entirely plausible. You know, at some point in the future.

Or today. You know, whichever.

Booted up the ol' 360 and decided to do one run-through to see how I'd place in regards to last night's run, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't exceed my own expectations.


I'm well aware that the margin for improvement on this song is still pretty large, but dude. I topped the 6-star cut-off by nearly 30k points on one of the hardest songs in the game. I am very, very pleased.

Career Score thus far: 9,126,727

Tags: gaming, rock band, score war

Dear hands,

please stopping typing grammatically abominable sentences that make no sense whatsoever.

ETA: Have decided that brain refuses to function due to lack of sustenance. Indian lunch is the obvious solution.

Spent some time on Saturday morning mapping GPS coordinates in West Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh for an mScape I'm attempting to plan.



It's strange some people's reactions to a guy with a PDA in hand wandering about.

Some obviously think GEEK!, other "enlightened" pedestrians stare in abject horror and begin frantically hunting for the toxic radiation spill I'm obviously scanning for, whilst muttering reassurances to their wide-eyed children.

Planning continues.

Tags: hp research
Current Location: at home