From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Countdown to the New Year

December 31, 2009 at 11:30 PM · 0 comments

in Meanderings

Maybe this ought to be called “the FUD Edition”, Part II… After one year, remember the first FUD Edition?
As we count down the minutes to the start of 2010, let’s review some of the things that have captivated us (for lack of a better term) over the course of 2009:

The world economy, and certainly the [...]

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I’ve always wondered how some popular open source and GPL projects keep going. Many times, they seem to implode upon themselves, whether due to internal or external forces imposing their undue influences upon the work at hand. The good ones realize that they are imploding and take measures to stop it from happening… and sometimes, [...]

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Apparently, several people have had issues with WordPress 2.9 since its FCS release just a few days ago.
In fact, this has caught on such attention that there has been mention by Jeff (at Weblog Tools Collection), Keith (also at Weblog Tools Collection), and at the WordPress development blog about a beta version of WordPress 2.9.1 [...]

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Jeff Chandler, at the Weblog Tools Collection blog, posts that WordPress 2.9.1 beta version will be available shortly to address a WordPress core bug in the 2.9 version.
While undoubtedly version 2.9.1 will include additional bug fixes, there is a bug fix reported in WordPress’ Trac issue tracker:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/11505/ticket-11505-full.patch
So those of you who wish to assemble your [...]

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WordPress 2.9 Released

December 19, 2009 at 1:00 AM · 1 comment

in Operations, PHP, Social Software

WordPress 2.9 was released yesterday, and with it comes several new features.

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Just in Time for 2009: A Snowstorm

December 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM · 1 comment

in Meanderings

It’s been several years since a massive, crushing snowstorm hit the Washington, DC area, so I suppose you could say that it was long overdue.
Given the craziness of the Congressional struggle over healthcare benefits this week (which appears to be the political version of last-minute cramming for an exam, rather than steady, deliberative, organized studying) [...]

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