WordPress 2.1 is out and its a major upgrade to what I believe is the best blogging platform. But your decision to upgrade should be based, in part, on whether you can make good use of the new features. (You can learn more about what’s new on the WordPress.org Web site.) But that’s not all that should be considered when making the upgrade decision.
With an improved editor, image uploader, security features, and more. Nice polish added to already great blogging software.
A new blogging engine by coders/designers from brokenkode, binarybonsai, avalonstar, etc.
Flickr user /ltus’s amazing HDR image Tokyo Nightscape “taken atop the Roppongi Hills Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan.” Be sure to go to the 3008 x 2000 full-size image for the full effect.
That’s what we love about Wordpress–the thousands of free themes. Except that installing a new one will often break some of your plugins, code and features. Here’s a handy checklist to refer to before switching designs, to make sure the new theme launches smoothly.
Here are some pics of the iPhone from today’s keynote. It runs OSX. 3.5 inch display (touchscreen). Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm. Has Bluetooth with EDR, WiFi, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE. 2.0 megapixel camera built-in. Dock connector port, headphone jack, SIM tray, speaker.
Safari web browser. Rich HTML email works with IMAP and POP. Google Maps. Weather, calculator, stock widgets. Yahoo to provide free Push IMAP email service for iPhone users. Safari has multiple browser windows, bookmarks. Satellite and street map images on screen with Google Maps. Google search built-in too. Accessories for iPhone include stereo earbuds like iPod’s with microphone. Bluetooth headset with automatic pairing. Battery life: 5 hours of talk time, video or browsing. 16 hours of audio playback.
Price: 4GB model for $499, 8GB model for $599, each with 2-year contract. Shipping in June.
Today we hit the magic number - over 1 million captured spam comments and trackbacks. That’s over 1 million pieces of bogus content that we didn’t have to read, sort through manually and delete. Akismet is a relatively easy plugin to install if you use Wordpress, and there are developer tools available if you want to use it on another blogging pla
Pro users now have UNLIMITED space, and regular users now have 100mb a month! I love you Flickr!
Kevin Rose stars in this Joy of Tech comic, showing how you can digg objects, gadgets, hardware, or “anything”.
