On the LJ front I think most everyone is still on waiting for the other shoe to fall and wait until the next plateform (what ever that plateform will be is anyone's guess) is coming together. I know there are a few projects slowly coming together but nothing that compares to LJ technology wise anyway. If I didn't have a permanent account I would be on basic with minimal icons. I'm in pause mode.

As for a webpicture site there's a new one that use for it's editing software that is so much better than photobucket : http://www.flauntr.com/flauntr/