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WordPress 2.6
WordPress 2.6 has been released.
Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on the web, plus there are dozens of incremental improvements to the [...]
WordPress 2.5.1
Wordpress 2.5.1 has been released.
Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
Instructions for updating are located here, or you [...]
My blog posts are now also available on my Facebook profile. My Facebook profile is pretty much used to congregate everything I use (blog, twitter, etc) into one place. Feel free to add me as a friend.
Ask the GOP Candidates
From the EFF Deeplinks Blog:
On November 28, the Republican candidates for President will face questions from the public in the form of user-generated video clips uploaded to YouTube. (A similar event was held by Democrats last July.) We hope the candidates get to hear from Kim LeBiavant, who has a very important question regarding [...]
WordPress 2.3 – Blog Updated
Just finished updating the blog engine (WordPress) to 2.3 which was released today and I have to say I’m liking the new version a lot. The upgrade was super simple. Used the Wordpress Database Backup plugin to easily make a backup in case anything went wrong and I needed to restore. Then I downloaded my [...]
Gmail Mobile Updated
Looks like the online mobile version of Gmail has been updated to include check boxes next to each email. This is excellent as it allows you to quickly delete emails or report any spam that made its way through without having to open each individual email. Take a look at http://m.gmail.com with your mobile phone [...]
Mobile Viewing
The blog is now easily viewable on a mobile phone/pda thanks to the WordPress PDA plugin. Just head to http://blog.jtallison.com on your phone and it’ll automatically load.
Notre Dame Loses, 33-3 against Georgia Tech
Unfortunately the Fighting Irish lost today against Georgia Tech. I figured it would be tough for ND because of starting the season off with a new QB, but I didn’t think it would be a slaughter. Charlie Weis started the game off with Demetrius Jones and the Georgia Tech defense had no trouble stopping him, [...]
Office Space as a Drama
This was done really well.
NBC says “You’re Fired” to Apple
Well it looks like NBC is choosing not to renew their contract with Apple that would allow NBC shows to be available through the iTunes store because Apple would not raise prices.
“We are disappointed to see NBC leave iTunes because we would not agree to their dramatic price increase,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president [...]
