More news in the blogware software arena. MyPHPBlog has been renamed to Simplog, and release 0.9pre1 is now availble for testing. I used to be a developer on the MPB project (I contributed the RSS feed code and rough initial support for pingback/trackback), and I still keep up with their announcments. Simplog has some interesting design points, and supports multiple blogs from a single installation.
After a flurry of minor bug fixes, WordPress 0.72 is released. Don’t let the tiny version number change fool you — there is lots of yummy goodness inside, with many cool improvements over version 0.71. All most all of the configuration options are managed through your browser. Edit your config file once and never touch it again! A new default style Improved Post/Edit interface makes it easy to edit/delete recent comments Improved HTML auto-formatting Password … Continue reading
We’re gearing up the next point-release of WordPress. Version 0.72 Release Candidate 1 is ready for testing. A few new features, as well as some bug/security fixes. Try it, you’ll like it!
UPDATE 2008-09-22: This code was superceded by my Text Filter Suite plugin. You can download the current version of the plugin from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Updated Oct 4. Fixed code to not convert sequences inside the regex example into smilies. Updated funfilters.zip file with a properly formatted README. I finally got around to improving and cleaning up my blog filters. If any other other WordPress users would like to play with my hacks, I’m … Continue reading
A quick update while I have a break between phases of a programming project at work…. The Bongo Project is at least as cool as the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol implementation (an implentation of RFC1149, “A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers”). A student took up a professor’s challenge to implement the physical layer of the OSI model with bongo drums using a couple of linux boxes with microphones listening for … Continue reading
On Saturday, we packed up our kids, along with our friend Tammy and her daughter Shelby, and drove to Montgomery for the Alabama Highland Games. The weather was beautiful, with blue skies filled with fluffy white clouds. There was a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms, but they must have decided to do their thirty percenting over some other area. It was a bit warm, though. I don’t know what the official high for the day … Continue reading
There’s less than a week to go until the Alabama Highland Games. Get ready to pack up the sheep and head to Montgomery!
Happy anniversary to my wife and I. It’s only been two years, officially, but it feels like we’ve always been together.
Hey, cool! The Montgomery Advertiser has an article about Alabama bloggers, and it mentions yours truly (along with a lot of other, probably more interesting, bloggers). I was disappointed that PossumBlog isn’t mentioned, because Terry’s writing style leaves me in stitches everytime I visit his site. I’m also surprised that they didn’t mention The World Around You, which is where I learned about the article. Kristopher is a bit more liberal than myself (I tend … Continue reading
All the piratey goings-on yesterday were great fun. Judging by how slow the Talk Like a Pirate Day web site was running yesterday, it must have been a great success all around. My whole family, from my kids all the way up to my in-laws, spoke like pirates. And our teenaged niece told us that a bunch of the kids at her school were into it. In case you missed the fun here on geek … Continue reading