bbPress 1.0 Released

July 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM · 0 comments

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Yesterday, bbPress 1.0 was announced to be officially released and available for downloading.

For those of you not familiar with the software, it is PHP-based forum software that owes its existence to WordPress. In fact, it is often deployed alongside WordPress instances in order to provide forum capabilities to the weblog.

Or is it vice versa?

bbPress has been in its pre-1.0 release state for quite some time now, so this appears to be a good time to finally have it reach its “official” 1.0 status.

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Sure there are other countries that celebrate their independence days on other days in the year, but today is the Independence Day for the United States of America.

This year, as many of you have already experienced, the observed federal holiday began yesterday, July 3rd, due to the fact that the 4th of July occurs on a weekend.

Nevertheless, today is the formal day of observance.

Have the Times Changed?

If you recall last year’s meandering about this day, the vacation involved a lot of people managing their free time as “staycations”. The U.S. economy has not improved significantly enough for most people to “get out of Dodge”, as it were, so staycations remain high on the list of places to go… However, the food spread may be more extravagant where you are.

And for the folks who have managed to get out of town, the discounting that has been going on in the travel industry over the past few months is starting to bear fruit for those savvy entrepreneurs who have brought their lodging and entertainment charges to consumers down to reasonable, affordable levels– in stark contrast to their exorbitant rates from a mere two years ago. Likewise, while the air fare wars are not as dramatic as seen in previous years, there was some appreciable discounting between certain airline brands, while the discount airlines continue to do well in pricing and availability.

Relaxation

So, take it easy, folks! Enjoy this extended weekend. :-)

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This issue of whether themes and other code modifications to the WordPress software should comply with the GNU General Public License now has a more firm statement set to the dispute:

A reply to Matt’s request to the SFLC has come back, and it plainly states that, yes, the code aspects of themes fall within GPL, whereas images and other multimedia products may or may not, depending on their origin(s) and their authors.

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If you recall my previous discussion about Microsoft’s [MSFT] positive about-face decision to honor E 74 Red-Ring-of-Death (RROD) hardware failures as covered under their extended three-year warranty, I mentioned that the company would be refunding people who had paid for the repairs prior to the announcement.

Yesterday, as I was browsing my credit card statements, I noticed that– YES!– there was a refund from Microsoft for my Xbox 360 Pro’s repair.

If you are/were in the same proverbial boat as myself (and my poor Xbox 360 console), you may also be subject to a refund. If you haven’t received your refund yet, I recommend that you contact the Xbox Technical Support folks on their site concerning the matter.

N.B.

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Firefox 3.5 Now Available

July 1, 2009 Software

Just in time to close out the end of the 1st half of 2009, Firefox 3.5 was officially released yesterday by the Mozilla folks, amidst a surprisingly small amount of fanfare.
Is it because of the “.5″ portion of its version number? Or is it because many people who were previously enamored with Firefox 2 were [...]

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Texting While Driving Now Illegal in Virginia

July 1, 2009 Gadgetry

To Javamancy fans in Virginia: In case you’ve been texting with your buddies about the latest posts here on Javamancy… please stop now.
Starting today, it is illegal to text (send and receive SMS/MMS/similar-formatted messages, including E-mails) while driving in the Commonwealth. While it is considered a secondary-type infraction, it is a ticketable offense that carries [...]

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Oatmeal and Graham… Crackers

June 30, 2009 Meanderings

Oatmeal and Heather Graham?

Wait… why did she drop by for breakfast with oatmeal? Hmm…

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NetBeans 6.7 Now Available

June 29, 2009 Java

The latest version of NetBeans, version 6.7, is now available. Its arrival matches that of its archrival, the Eclipse “Galileo” tool suite.

Like the previous major NetBeans release, this one presents both opportunities and pitfalls that developers and managers must carefully consider.

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Java Store: Coming Soon?

June 29, 2009 Convergence

Taking a page from the now-popular mobile app stores, Oracle [ORCL] and Sun [JAVA] are ramping up the launch of the Java Store, with a private beta already available, after its announcement during this year’s JavaOne.
The premise is, of course, to allow software developers and smaller indie publishers to bring their qualified software to the [...]

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Starbucks Mini Card Now Available

June 29, 2009 Meanderings

The rollout of Starbuck’s [SBUX] latest Starbucks Card campaign involves… the Starbucks Card. But now in “mini” format…
 
The Good News
The Starbucks Mini Card is handled exactly like the “regular” Starbucks Card versions, but it has a convenient hold punch for your keychain. Now, if you’ve already punched a keychain hole in your regular-sized Starbucks Card, [...]

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