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Or, we might be surprised and find that many people want to read Joe\'s essays on mobile devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Nokia and other handhelds.\";s:2:\"dc\";a:3:{s:7:\"subject\";s:11:\"Other stuff\";s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"bageant\";s:4:\"date\";s:25:\"2009-12-27T00:48:50-05:00\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:239:\"This may be of interest only to a small percentage of Joe\'s online readers. Or, we might be surprised and find that many people want to read Joe\'s essays on mobile devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Nokia and other handhelds.\";}i:9;a:6:{s:5:\"about\";s:52:\"http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2009/12/the-devil.html\";s:5:\"title\";s:23:\"The Devil and Mr. Obama\";s:4:\"link\";s:52:\"http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2009/12/the-devil.html\";s:11:\"description\";s:309:\"Americans may be starting to get the big picture about politics, money and corporate power. But I doubt it. Given that most still believe the war on terrorism is real, and that terrorists always just happen to be found near gas and oil deposits, there is plenty of room left to blow more smoke up their asses.\";s:2:\"dc\";a:3:{s:7:\"subject\";s:6:\"Essays\";s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"bageant\";s:4:\"date\";s:25:\"2009-12-08T11:45:24-05:00\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:309:\"Americans may be starting to get the big picture about politics, money and corporate power. But I doubt it. 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I really don\'t intend to write about political issues here anymore; I do so much of that on AllVoices.com, where I have become one of the leading contributors in the never-ending battle between left, right and the middle.<br /><br />I\'m changing the name of the site, largely because I think calling a personal site \"All that matters ...\" is a little arrogant. Who am I to decide what matters for all of you?<br /><br />I thought about \"Real Men Don\'t Eat Quiche,\" because I love the title and I found that old book recently. I also thought about \"How to Pick Up Girls,\" an amazing old book from about 35 years ago that you could only buy through mail order.<br /><br />In the end, I settled on \"One Voice,\" the title of a lovely song from about 10 years ago, mostly for the lyric \"life\'s not that simple, down here on Earth.\"<br /><br />And for your enjoyment while you wait, a lovely picture of the Amazing Baby.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1898675865745787163?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:73:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-voice-will-be-new-site.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1855:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/StUA0Q_TCiI/AAAAAAAABCE/fFDN2THfT7I/s1600-h/maddie2.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/StUA0Q_TCiI/AAAAAAAABCE/fFDN2THfT7I/s320/maddie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392217026759690786\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Where do we go from here?<br /><br />I\'m hopeful the new site will be up by the end of the week, and this one will then either be a subset of the main one or will just be absorbed into it.<br /><br />I\'m hoping to put more of an emphasis on the theme of this site -- the things that really matter in life. I really don\'t intend to write about political issues here anymore; I do so much of that on AllVoices.com, where I have become one of the leading contributors in the never-ending battle between left, right and the middle.<br /><br />I\'m changing the name of the site, largely because I think calling a personal site \"All that matters ...\" is a little arrogant. Who am I to decide what matters for all of you?<br /><br />I thought about \"Real Men Don\'t Eat Quiche,\" because I love the title and I found that old book recently. I also thought about \"How to Pick Up Girls,\" an amazing old book from about 35 years ago that you could only buy through mail order.<br /><br />In the end, I settled on \"One Voice,\" the title of a lovely song from about 10 years ago, mostly for the lyric \"life\'s not that simple, down here on Earth.\"<br /><br />And for your enjoyment while you wait, a lovely picture of the Amazing Baby.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1898675865745787163?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:2;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:68:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-849401521150967528\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:22:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-10-08T21:26:38.077-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Changes coming to the operation\";s:11:\"description\";s:1395:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Ss67X6zGY7I/AAAAAAAABB8/QuZ4BQbjUWg/s1600-h/DSCN0041.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Ss67X6zGY7I/AAAAAAAABB8/QuZ4BQbjUWg/s320/DSCN0041.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390451823604032434\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Sorry I have been a little slack in posting here the last couple of weeks, but I have been involved with some other things and figured it wouldn\'t be the worst thing to back off a little.<br /><br />Actually, over the next few days I\'m hoping to revamp and redesign the entire operation. This site will remain where it is, but I hope to make it a part of a larger mikerappaport.com site. I posted on that site for five or six years before switching to Blogger, and I\'m hoping to do more.<br /><br />I\'m also planning to start working with video and podcasts; AllVoices is giving me an HD video camera to do reports for them, and I can use it to get some additional stuff on my own site too.<br /><br />So sit back and watch as we move forward into the future.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-849401521150967528?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:74:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/10/changes-coming-to-operation.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1395:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Ss67X6zGY7I/AAAAAAAABB8/QuZ4BQbjUWg/s1600-h/DSCN0041.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Ss67X6zGY7I/AAAAAAAABB8/QuZ4BQbjUWg/s320/DSCN0041.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390451823604032434\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Sorry I have been a little slack in posting here the last couple of weeks, but I have been involved with some other things and figured it wouldn\'t be the worst thing to back off a little.<br /><br />Actually, over the next few days I\'m hoping to revamp and redesign the entire operation. This site will remain where it is, but I hope to make it a part of a larger mikerappaport.com site. I posted on that site for five or six years before switching to Blogger, and I\'m hoping to do more.<br /><br />I\'m also planning to start working with video and podcasts; AllVoices is giving me an HD video camera to do reports for them, and I can use it to get some additional stuff on my own site too.<br /><br />So sit back and watch as we move forward into the future.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-849401521150967528?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:3;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-2906747555569007748\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:13:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-10-02T21:28:29.960-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Beatles remasters sound wonderful\";s:11:\"description\";s:1810:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SsbR0ElAKUI/AAAAAAAABB0/WD6DJFO2rO0/s1600-h/lglp0597abbey-road-album-cover-the-beatles-poster.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SsbR0ElAKUI/AAAAAAAABB0/WD6DJFO2rO0/s320/lglp0597abbey-road-album-cover-the-beatles-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388224696707721538\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />His name was Bob, but we always called him \"Tunes.\"<br /><br />He was always singing, or whistling, or humming, usually something from one of the popular songs of the day. Tunes loved the Beatles, and since we were growing up in an era when Beatles music was everywhere, we heard a lot of Lennon and McCartney songs.<br /><br />I haven\'t seen Tunes in nearly 40 years and I have no idea how his life has turned out, but I\'m sure he is really happy this year now that all the original Beatles CDs have been remastered and re-released for modern audiences.<br /><br />Tunes really loved \"Rubber Soul\" and \"Revolver,\" and both of those would show up on any list of greatest albums of the \'60s. My favorite was always \"Abbey Road,\" though, and I remember vividly listening to it for the first time in the fall of 1969.<br /><br />I always thought George Harrison\'s \"Here Comes the Sun\" would be pretty close to the top of any list of greatest Beatles songs ever. It\'s certainly my favorite.<br /><br />I never heard Tunes singing it or humming it, but I can only imagine.<br /><br />Go Tunes go.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-2906747555569007748?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/10/beatles-remasters-sound-wonderful.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1810:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SsbR0ElAKUI/AAAAAAAABB0/WD6DJFO2rO0/s1600-h/lglp0597abbey-road-album-cover-the-beatles-poster.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SsbR0ElAKUI/AAAAAAAABB0/WD6DJFO2rO0/s320/lglp0597abbey-road-album-cover-the-beatles-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388224696707721538\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />His name was Bob, but we always called him \"Tunes.\"<br /><br />He was always singing, or whistling, or humming, usually something from one of the popular songs of the day. Tunes loved the Beatles, and since we were growing up in an era when Beatles music was everywhere, we heard a lot of Lennon and McCartney songs.<br /><br />I haven\'t seen Tunes in nearly 40 years and I have no idea how his life has turned out, but I\'m sure he is really happy this year now that all the original Beatles CDs have been remastered and re-released for modern audiences.<br /><br />Tunes really loved \"Rubber Soul\" and \"Revolver,\" and both of those would show up on any list of greatest albums of the \'60s. My favorite was always \"Abbey Road,\" though, and I remember vividly listening to it for the first time in the fall of 1969.<br /><br />I always thought George Harrison\'s \"Here Comes the Sun\" would be pretty close to the top of any list of greatest Beatles songs ever. It\'s certainly my favorite.<br /><br />I never heard Tunes singing it or humming it, but I can only imagine.<br /><br />Go Tunes go.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-2906747555569007748?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:4;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-1173715385008503324\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:58:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-28T00:06:09.943-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Music still has its charms ...\";s:11:\"description\";s:2965:\"When my lovely wife and I decided to make our annual visit to the L.A. County Fair today, we figured it would only be for a couple of hours.<br /><br />That\'s the way we usually do it. We walk around some and we visit the shopping buildings so that she can pick up the latest ShamWow or 1,000 thread count sheets or whatever it is they\'re selling this year.<br /><br />But this time was a little different. When we got there a little before 3 p.m., we noticed that the featured concert at 7:30 p.m. would be the Beach Boys. Now I know the group is a pale imitation of the original, with Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson dead and the others split into three different bands.<br /><br />This one had Mike Love, though, and it had Bruce Johnston as well, along with a group of younger guys who weren\'t even born when Beach Boys songs were all over the radio all the time.<br /><br />I had seen the original Beach Boys -- minus Brian Wilson -- three times before, in 1974, \'75 and \'76 in Washington, D.C. They were great shows, and the group had provided a major part of the soundtrack of my life since their first national exposure in 1962.<br /><br />Still, Love and Johnston are 68 and 67, respectively, and I\'m still getting used to the idea of senior citizens rocking and rolling. But in a pretty tacky week, culture-wise, I suppose I was willing to try it.<br /><br />It couldn\'t be worse than Mackenzie Phillips going on Oprah (no, not really <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">on</span> Oprah herself) saying that someone needed to speak up for consensual incest victims or Tom \"The Hammer\" DeLay channeling his inner Travolta on \"Dancing With the Stars.\"<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/NDfH_J4MAUQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/NDfH_J4MAUQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />So I definitely needed some of the wonderful, upbeat music that I loved when I was in high school. Without the three Wilson brothers, the soaring harmonies from the \'60s weren\'t there, but the audience didn\'t seem to mind. I saw people from 15 to 65 on their feet dancing and singing along with song after song, crammed into a 90-minute performance.<br /><br />Johnston sounded all right on the lovely \"God Only Knows,\" but he knew he was just a fill-in. When he finished, he dedicated the song to the \"one and only Carl Wilson, forever in our hearts.\"<br /><br />It was a pretty nice evening, and I didn\'t hear one person talk about politics all day.<br /><br />I needed that.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1173715385008503324?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:73:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/music-still-has-its-charms.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2965:\"When my lovely wife and I decided to make our annual visit to the L.A. County Fair today, we figured it would only be for a couple of hours.<br /><br />That\'s the way we usually do it. We walk around some and we visit the shopping buildings so that she can pick up the latest ShamWow or 1,000 thread count sheets or whatever it is they\'re selling this year.<br /><br />But this time was a little different. When we got there a little before 3 p.m., we noticed that the featured concert at 7:30 p.m. would be the Beach Boys. Now I know the group is a pale imitation of the original, with Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson dead and the others split into three different bands.<br /><br />This one had Mike Love, though, and it had Bruce Johnston as well, along with a group of younger guys who weren\'t even born when Beach Boys songs were all over the radio all the time.<br /><br />I had seen the original Beach Boys -- minus Brian Wilson -- three times before, in 1974, \'75 and \'76 in Washington, D.C. They were great shows, and the group had provided a major part of the soundtrack of my life since their first national exposure in 1962.<br /><br />Still, Love and Johnston are 68 and 67, respectively, and I\'m still getting used to the idea of senior citizens rocking and rolling. But in a pretty tacky week, culture-wise, I suppose I was willing to try it.<br /><br />It couldn\'t be worse than Mackenzie Phillips going on Oprah (no, not really <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">on</span> Oprah herself) saying that someone needed to speak up for consensual incest victims or Tom \"The Hammer\" DeLay channeling his inner Travolta on \"Dancing With the Stars.\"<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/NDfH_J4MAUQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/NDfH_J4MAUQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />So I definitely needed some of the wonderful, upbeat music that I loved when I was in high school. Without the three Wilson brothers, the soaring harmonies from the \'60s weren\'t there, but the audience didn\'t seem to mind. I saw people from 15 to 65 on their feet dancing and singing along with song after song, crammed into a 90-minute performance.<br /><br />Johnston sounded all right on the lovely \"God Only Knows,\" but he knew he was just a fill-in. When he finished, he dedicated the song to the \"one and only Carl Wilson, forever in our hearts.\"<br /><br />It was a pretty nice evening, and I didn\'t hear one person talk about politics all day.<br /><br />I needed that.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1173715385008503324?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:5;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-1196589425426171988\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:35:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-18T13:40:20.812-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Million dollar shot great to watch\";s:11:\"description\";s:1389:\"Talk about a dream come true.<br /><br />I have been playing golf for 15 years and have never had a hole in one. I\'ve come close a couple of times, including once on my favorite hole, the par-three No. 7 at Empire Lakes in Rancho Cucamonga.<br /><br />I put a shot eight inches from the hole and tapped in for birdie. Close, but no ...<br /><br />That\'s why seeing this shot from the Mark Eaton Celebrity Classic in Utah, in which a restaurant manager from Provo won $1 million, is so amazing.<br /><br /><object width=\"4000\" height=\"230\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RyO5M_Uyc68&hl=en&fs=1&\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RyO5M_Uyc68&hl=en&fs=1&\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"230\"></embed></object><br /><br />The hole was 150 yards, just a little shorter than No. 7 at Empire Lakes, which is why it\'s obvious this guy is a much better golfer than I am.<br /><br />You see, I use a five wood to clear nearly 150 yards of water.<br /><br />He used a nine iron for his shot.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1196589425426171988?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:81:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/million-dollar-shot-great-to-watch.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"5\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1389:\"Talk about a dream come true.<br /><br />I have been playing golf for 15 years and have never had a hole in one. I\'ve come close a couple of times, including once on my favorite hole, the par-three No. 7 at Empire Lakes in Rancho Cucamonga.<br /><br />I put a shot eight inches from the hole and tapped in for birdie. Close, but no ...<br /><br />That\'s why seeing this shot from the Mark Eaton Celebrity Classic in Utah, in which a restaurant manager from Provo won $1 million, is so amazing.<br /><br /><object width=\"4000\" height=\"230\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RyO5M_Uyc68&hl=en&fs=1&\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RyO5M_Uyc68&hl=en&fs=1&\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"230\"></embed></object><br /><br />The hole was 150 yards, just a little shorter than No. 7 at Empire Lakes, which is why it\'s obvious this guy is a much better golfer than I am.<br /><br />You see, I use a five wood to clear nearly 150 yards of water.<br /><br />He used a nine iron for his shot.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1196589425426171988?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:6;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-5153414293903780677\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:12:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-16T21:25:31.742-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Amazing baby takes her first steps\";s:11:\"description\";s:1344:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrG6JaYaENI/AAAAAAAABBs/y1gZhYBPGBw/s1600-h/DSC_0346.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrG6JaYaENI/AAAAAAAABBs/y1gZhYBPGBw/s320/DSC_0346.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382287700547735762\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Milestone, milestone.<br /><br />Madison Nicole Kastner, aka The Amazing Baby, took her first unaided steps today -- five of them before sitting down. I wish I could post the video here, but if you\'re a friend of mine on Facebook, you can see it on my home page.<br /><br />Since today is Sept. 16, little Maddie walked three days before her first birthday. She\'s also really close to speaking her first words, so she\'s right on target developmentally. With her parents in language training, Maddie is spending her daytime hours in day care. She started in a class for kids who hadn\'t started walking yet, but it looks like they\'re going to have to move her up to the next class now.<br /><br />Yay, Maddie!<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-5153414293903780677?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:81:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/amazing-baby-takes-her-first-steps.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1344:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrG6JaYaENI/AAAAAAAABBs/y1gZhYBPGBw/s1600-h/DSC_0346.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrG6JaYaENI/AAAAAAAABBs/y1gZhYBPGBw/s320/DSC_0346.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382287700547735762\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Milestone, milestone.<br /><br />Madison Nicole Kastner, aka The Amazing Baby, took her first unaided steps today -- five of them before sitting down. I wish I could post the video here, but if you\'re a friend of mine on Facebook, you can see it on my home page.<br /><br />Since today is Sept. 16, little Maddie walked three days before her first birthday. She\'s also really close to speaking her first words, so she\'s right on target developmentally. With her parents in language training, Maddie is spending her daytime hours in day care. She started in a class for kids who hadn\'t started walking yet, but it looks like they\'re going to have to move her up to the next class now.<br /><br />Yay, Maddie!<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-5153414293903780677?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:7;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:68:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-811212504859305278\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:26:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-15T19:58:54.547-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Am I crazy, or is it possible ...\";s:11:\"description\";s:2438:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrBNaZlJRvI/AAAAAAAABBk/jtGQlJcgcIY/s1600-h/surfboards.gif\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 168px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrBNaZlJRvI/AAAAAAAABBk/jtGQlJcgcIY/s320/surfboards.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381886670646363890\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I have decided I\'m not going to go gently into that good night.<br /><br />I want to learn to surf. I want to get a board, head for the beach and learn how to ride a wave.<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Editor\'s note: Mike, you\'re an idiot. You\'re almost 60 years old. You can\'t learn to surf.</span><br /><br />Why not?<br /><br />I can swim, I\'m strong enough to carry a board and I\'ve got enough endurance to work out for an hour at a time. Why can\'t I learn to surf?<br /><br />Heck, if a penguin can do it ...<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PW62JjuWYTc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PW62JjuWYTc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />Seriously, from the first time I ever heard \"Surfin\' Safari\" in the summer of 1962 on high-flying WING radio in Dayton, Ohio, I dreamed of going to California and trying it myself.<br /><br />Of course, at 12 I wasn\'t going anywhere, and other than 10 days in the state in the summer of \'78, I didn\'t make it back until I was 40 years old. I could have tried it in the summers of \'90, \'91 or \'92, but for some reason it never crossed my mind.<br /><br />Maybe it was just that I didn\'t have the kind of car you could strap a board to the top of, or maybe I was at a point in my life when I thought I was past all that. Then I became a family man and didn\'t think of it at all.<br /><br />But it can\'t be that difficult.<br /><br />You paddle out, turn around and raise ...<br /><br />Isn\'t that all there is to the coastline craze?<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-811212504859305278?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/am-i-crazy-or-is-it-possible.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"3\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2438:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrBNaZlJRvI/AAAAAAAABBk/jtGQlJcgcIY/s1600-h/surfboards.gif\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 168px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SrBNaZlJRvI/AAAAAAAABBk/jtGQlJcgcIY/s320/surfboards.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381886670646363890\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I have decided I\'m not going to go gently into that good night.<br /><br />I want to learn to surf. I want to get a board, head for the beach and learn how to ride a wave.<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Editor\'s note: Mike, you\'re an idiot. You\'re almost 60 years old. You can\'t learn to surf.</span><br /><br />Why not?<br /><br />I can swim, I\'m strong enough to carry a board and I\'ve got enough endurance to work out for an hour at a time. Why can\'t I learn to surf?<br /><br />Heck, if a penguin can do it ...<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PW62JjuWYTc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PW62JjuWYTc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />Seriously, from the first time I ever heard \"Surfin\' Safari\" in the summer of 1962 on high-flying WING radio in Dayton, Ohio, I dreamed of going to California and trying it myself.<br /><br />Of course, at 12 I wasn\'t going anywhere, and other than 10 days in the state in the summer of \'78, I didn\'t make it back until I was 40 years old. I could have tried it in the summers of \'90, \'91 or \'92, but for some reason it never crossed my mind.<br /><br />Maybe it was just that I didn\'t have the kind of car you could strap a board to the top of, or maybe I was at a point in my life when I thought I was past all that. Then I became a family man and didn\'t think of it at all.<br /><br />But it can\'t be that difficult.<br /><br />You paddle out, turn around and raise ...<br /><br />Isn\'t that all there is to the coastline craze?<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-811212504859305278?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:8;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-7092375729127654466\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:04:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-14T18:18:27.615-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"A life without memories ... maybe\";s:11:\"description\";s:1804:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Sq7qLCs98DI/AAAAAAAABBc/xCg3usL3ppI/s1600-h/DSC_0310.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Sq7qLCs98DI/AAAAAAAABBc/xCg3usL3ppI/s320/DSC_0310.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381496080179261490\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />One of the most difficult things about being human is the memory.<br /><br />I always loved Annie Savoy\'s line from the wonderful movie \"Bull Durham:\"<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"The world is made for people who aren\'t cursed with self awareness.\"</span><br /><br />I remember mentioning that line to my sister Laura once. I don\'t know if she was in a bad mood or what, but her response was that she had never considered me particularly self-aware.<br /><br />I wish she was right. I wish I were a year old, as my lovely granddaughter will be this Saturday. I wish I could sweep away all the mistakes, all the hurts and just live my life again from the start.<br /><br />Of course, we don\'t get to do that. Even if we were in one of those goofy movies where the older person and the younger one switch bodies, it wouldn\'t be fair to Maddie to cheat her out of nearly 59 years.<br /><br />I would actually be happy just to forget my past and live what\'s left of my life in clueless oblivion, to wake up to a new world every morning and just concentrate on loving the people I love and being good to the others.<br /><br />Maybe I should try for that.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-7092375729127654466?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:74:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/life-without-memories-maybe.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"1\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1804:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Sq7qLCs98DI/AAAAAAAABBc/xCg3usL3ppI/s1600-h/DSC_0310.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Sq7qLCs98DI/AAAAAAAABBc/xCg3usL3ppI/s320/DSC_0310.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381496080179261490\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />One of the most difficult things about being human is the memory.<br /><br />I always loved Annie Savoy\'s line from the wonderful movie \"Bull Durham:\"<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"The world is made for people who aren\'t cursed with self awareness.\"</span><br /><br />I remember mentioning that line to my sister Laura once. I don\'t know if she was in a bad mood or what, but her response was that she had never considered me particularly self-aware.<br /><br />I wish she was right. I wish I were a year old, as my lovely granddaughter will be this Saturday. I wish I could sweep away all the mistakes, all the hurts and just live my life again from the start.<br /><br />Of course, we don\'t get to do that. Even if we were in one of those goofy movies where the older person and the younger one switch bodies, it wouldn\'t be fair to Maddie to cheat her out of nearly 59 years.<br /><br />I would actually be happy just to forget my past and live what\'s left of my life in clueless oblivion, to wake up to a new world every morning and just concentrate on loving the people I love and being good to the others.<br /><br />Maybe I should try for that.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-7092375729127654466?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:9;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-5046633837935299528\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:44:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-09T15:31:15.604-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"\'Liberal\' should not be a dirty word\";s:11:\"description\";s:3591:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqgskttnLfI/AAAAAAAABBM/6TLMe9TPHHo/s1600-h/zyglis.gif\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqgskttnLfI/AAAAAAAABBM/6TLMe9TPHHo/s320/zyglis.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379598764151877106\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />One of the things that fascinates me, particularly in some of the comments to posts, is how many of you seem to see \"liberal\" as a dirty word.<br /><br />I can\'t say I blame you. For the last 30 years, the right has been hammering away at the word, doing its best to equate \"liberal\" with \"libertine\" in people\'s minds, and completely ignoring the fact that there are shades of difference in those left of center on the spectrum.<br /><br />One of the tactics talk radio hosts like Fat Man and Little Boy have used for years is basically saying that liberal, socialist and communist are all pretty much the same. There really aren\'t that many people except on the lunatic fringe who try to equate conservative with fascist and Nazi.<br /><br />What have liberals done for America?<br /><br />Well, even though they were Republicans at the time, they fought to end slavery. They fought for women to have the right to vote, and for a whole myriad of workplace rights from child labor to minimum wage to workplace safety.<br /><br />They busted trusts and created the inheritance tax that at least limited the creation of a permanent American oligarchy. They created Social Security and Medicare, and they led the fight for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam.<br /><br />They stood for food and drug safety and for consumer protection, and they battled for women\'s rights in the workplace and in reproductive freedom.<br /><br />If you look at each of those issues, in almost every one of them, conservatives were opposed. They don\'t believe in the minimum wage and they have hated Social Security and Medicare ever since they were created. Look at one of their current leaders, Sarah Palin, who wrote in the last 48 hours that Medicare should be changed to a system of vouchers for people to buy their own health care.<br /><br />I have never been ashamed to consider myself a liberal, although I think in some areas I would go beyond where liberals go and consider myself a European-style Social Democrat.<br /><br />Here\'s what that means, according to the definition by the Socialist International, which supports social democratic and moderate socialist parties:<br /><br />Social Democracy affirms three basic principles.<br /><br />First, <i>freedom</i> — not only individual liberties, but also freedom from discrimination and freedom from dependence on either the owners of the means of production or the holders of abusive political power.<br /><br />Second, <i>equality and social justice</i> — not only before the law but also economic and socio-cultural equality as well, and equal opportunities for all including those with physical, mental, or social disabilities.<br /><br />Third, <i>solidarity</i> — unity and a sense of compassion for the victims of injustice and inequality.<br /><br />That mostly adds up to two things -- we\'re all in this together and we are our brother\'s keeper.<br /><br />I don\'t disagree with any of it.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-5046633837935299528?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:79:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/liberal-should-not-be-dirty-word.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"1\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3591:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqgskttnLfI/AAAAAAAABBM/6TLMe9TPHHo/s1600-h/zyglis.gif\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqgskttnLfI/AAAAAAAABBM/6TLMe9TPHHo/s320/zyglis.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379598764151877106\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />One of the things that fascinates me, particularly in some of the comments to posts, is how many of you seem to see \"liberal\" as a dirty word.<br /><br />I can\'t say I blame you. For the last 30 years, the right has been hammering away at the word, doing its best to equate \"liberal\" with \"libertine\" in people\'s minds, and completely ignoring the fact that there are shades of difference in those left of center on the spectrum.<br /><br />One of the tactics talk radio hosts like Fat Man and Little Boy have used for years is basically saying that liberal, socialist and communist are all pretty much the same. There really aren\'t that many people except on the lunatic fringe who try to equate conservative with fascist and Nazi.<br /><br />What have liberals done for America?<br /><br />Well, even though they were Republicans at the time, they fought to end slavery. They fought for women to have the right to vote, and for a whole myriad of workplace rights from child labor to minimum wage to workplace safety.<br /><br />They busted trusts and created the inheritance tax that at least limited the creation of a permanent American oligarchy. They created Social Security and Medicare, and they led the fight for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam.<br /><br />They stood for food and drug safety and for consumer protection, and they battled for women\'s rights in the workplace and in reproductive freedom.<br /><br />If you look at each of those issues, in almost every one of them, conservatives were opposed. They don\'t believe in the minimum wage and they have hated Social Security and Medicare ever since they were created. Look at one of their current leaders, Sarah Palin, who wrote in the last 48 hours that Medicare should be changed to a system of vouchers for people to buy their own health care.<br /><br />I have never been ashamed to consider myself a liberal, although I think in some areas I would go beyond where liberals go and consider myself a European-style Social Democrat.<br /><br />Here\'s what that means, according to the definition by the Socialist International, which supports social democratic and moderate socialist parties:<br /><br />Social Democracy affirms three basic principles.<br /><br />First, <i>freedom</i> — not only individual liberties, but also freedom from discrimination and freedom from dependence on either the owners of the means of production or the holders of abusive political power.<br /><br />Second, <i>equality and social justice</i> — not only before the law but also economic and socio-cultural equality as well, and equal opportunities for all including those with physical, mental, or social disabilities.<br /><br />Third, <i>solidarity</i> — unity and a sense of compassion for the victims of injustice and inequality.<br /><br />That mostly adds up to two things -- we\'re all in this together and we are our brother\'s keeper.<br /><br />I don\'t disagree with any of it.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-5046633837935299528?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:10;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-9079178651536949110\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:46:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-07T23:16:33.018-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"A little wisdom from the South\";s:11:\"description\";s:4687:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXwnYlCL5I/AAAAAAAABA8/MhzpAbio9jY/s1600-h/raycharles.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXwnYlCL5I/AAAAAAAABA8/MhzpAbio9jY/s320/raycharles.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378969889367273362\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I wanted to find out if folks really were as stirred up about Barack Obama as some are saying, so I went to my best source.<br /><br />I called my friend Cooter Jackson. Cooter lives in a little town about 20 miles from Durham, N.C. He spent 30 years as a columnist for the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Grits Advertiser</span> (\"All the news that fits, we print\"), although he had to retire when he lost his sight in a fishing accident.<br /><br />Some of you may notice that Cooter has a small resemblance to my friend Mick, who teaches at two community colleges in Southern California.<br /><br />But it\'s obvious from the picture that the two men aren\'t the same. Cooter\'s hair is shorter, and you can tell from the dark glasses and the vacant stare that he\'s blind.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXxthdkm8I/AAAAAAAABBE/nc6GnOQAjSk/s1600-h/mickteacher.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXxthdkm8I/AAAAAAAABBE/nc6GnOQAjSk/s320/mickteacher.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378971094342736834\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />In fact, if you look at this picture of Mick teaching, his hair is longer and darker, and he clearly has his eyesight.<br /><br />Now that we\'ve settled that, it\'s actually sort of ironic. Cooter says being blind has actually helped him in a couple of ways.<br /><br />\"I was always purty good with the ladies,\" he said. \"But now that I can\'t see, they\'re even more eager to come over. They say they don\'t have to put no makeup on and that\'s a pure pleasure.\"<br /><br />So I called to ask him about Obama.<br /><br />\"Well, he surprised me some when he carried North Carolina last year,\" he said. \"Part of it was McCain runnin\' a bad campaign and part of it was folks bein\' real fed up with ol\' Dubya. Obama caught \'em at the right time, and there really ain\'t as much racism around here as there used to be.\"<br /><br />And now, I asked.<br /><br />\"He wouldn\'t carry the state today,\" Cooter said. \"Part of it is people thinkin\' a president should be a miracle worker and he shoulda solved all the problems by now, and part of it is that he\'s probably a little more liberal than folks realized.\"<br /><br />I asked him what he thought.<br /><br />\"Hell,\" Cooter said. \"He\'s no more liberal than LBJ was, but Lyndon was a white Southerner, and back then conservatives hadn\'t turned \'liberal\' into a dirty word. I think his biggest mistake is he left it to Congress to do health care instead of proposin\' his own plan.\"<br /><br />What about all the spending? The huge deficits?<br /><br />\"Bush ran the biggest deficits in history,\" he said. \"He\'s the only president ever who cut taxes and went to war at the same time. Nobody was fussin\' about it then. It\'s all about the propaganda, and Obama\'s losin\' that battle to idiots like that Fat Boy on the radio and what\'s his name, Glenn Beck.\"<br /><br />I knew Cooter had spent time with both Rush Limbaugh and Beck and he ddin\'t have much use for either of them. Rush had gone with him on one of Cooter\'s famous fishing trips.<br /><br />\"Worst one ever,\" Cooter said. \"He just wouldn\'t stop talkin\'. Scared all the fish away. And he kept smokin\' those big ol\' cigars.\"<br /><br />Even so, he said he liked Rush a lot better than Beck.<br /><br />\"I met him at a party in Chapel Hill,\" Cooter said. \"He has kind of a crazy look in his eyes, and I swear I never shook hands with anybody whose hands were softer and damper.\"<br /><br />I asked him if he had any advice to pass along to Obama.<br /><br />\"He needs to get mad,\" Cooter said. \"He needs to show some emotion, instead of just bein\' so cool and collected about it all. Start runnin\' people out there whose lives have been destroyed by insurance companies turnin\' \'em down. Start askin\' the folks on the other side what they\'d do about that. He can still win this thing. He just needs to show he cares.\"<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-9079178651536949110?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:71:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-wisdom-from-south.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:2:\"11\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4687:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXwnYlCL5I/AAAAAAAABA8/MhzpAbio9jY/s1600-h/raycharles.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXwnYlCL5I/AAAAAAAABA8/MhzpAbio9jY/s320/raycharles.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378969889367273362\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I wanted to find out if folks really were as stirred up about Barack Obama as some are saying, so I went to my best source.<br /><br />I called my friend Cooter Jackson. Cooter lives in a little town about 20 miles from Durham, N.C. He spent 30 years as a columnist for the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Grits Advertiser</span> (\"All the news that fits, we print\"), although he had to retire when he lost his sight in a fishing accident.<br /><br />Some of you may notice that Cooter has a small resemblance to my friend Mick, who teaches at two community colleges in Southern California.<br /><br />But it\'s obvious from the picture that the two men aren\'t the same. Cooter\'s hair is shorter, and you can tell from the dark glasses and the vacant stare that he\'s blind.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXxthdkm8I/AAAAAAAABBE/nc6GnOQAjSk/s1600-h/mickteacher.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqXxthdkm8I/AAAAAAAABBE/nc6GnOQAjSk/s320/mickteacher.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378971094342736834\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />In fact, if you look at this picture of Mick teaching, his hair is longer and darker, and he clearly has his eyesight.<br /><br />Now that we\'ve settled that, it\'s actually sort of ironic. Cooter says being blind has actually helped him in a couple of ways.<br /><br />\"I was always purty good with the ladies,\" he said. \"But now that I can\'t see, they\'re even more eager to come over. They say they don\'t have to put no makeup on and that\'s a pure pleasure.\"<br /><br />So I called to ask him about Obama.<br /><br />\"Well, he surprised me some when he carried North Carolina last year,\" he said. \"Part of it was McCain runnin\' a bad campaign and part of it was folks bein\' real fed up with ol\' Dubya. Obama caught \'em at the right time, and there really ain\'t as much racism around here as there used to be.\"<br /><br />And now, I asked.<br /><br />\"He wouldn\'t carry the state today,\" Cooter said. \"Part of it is people thinkin\' a president should be a miracle worker and he shoulda solved all the problems by now, and part of it is that he\'s probably a little more liberal than folks realized.\"<br /><br />I asked him what he thought.<br /><br />\"Hell,\" Cooter said. \"He\'s no more liberal than LBJ was, but Lyndon was a white Southerner, and back then conservatives hadn\'t turned \'liberal\' into a dirty word. I think his biggest mistake is he left it to Congress to do health care instead of proposin\' his own plan.\"<br /><br />What about all the spending? The huge deficits?<br /><br />\"Bush ran the biggest deficits in history,\" he said. \"He\'s the only president ever who cut taxes and went to war at the same time. Nobody was fussin\' about it then. It\'s all about the propaganda, and Obama\'s losin\' that battle to idiots like that Fat Boy on the radio and what\'s his name, Glenn Beck.\"<br /><br />I knew Cooter had spent time with both Rush Limbaugh and Beck and he ddin\'t have much use for either of them. Rush had gone with him on one of Cooter\'s famous fishing trips.<br /><br />\"Worst one ever,\" Cooter said. \"He just wouldn\'t stop talkin\'. Scared all the fish away. And he kept smokin\' those big ol\' cigars.\"<br /><br />Even so, he said he liked Rush a lot better than Beck.<br /><br />\"I met him at a party in Chapel Hill,\" Cooter said. \"He has kind of a crazy look in his eyes, and I swear I never shook hands with anybody whose hands were softer and damper.\"<br /><br />I asked him if he had any advice to pass along to Obama.<br /><br />\"He needs to get mad,\" Cooter said. \"He needs to show some emotion, instead of just bein\' so cool and collected about it all. Start runnin\' people out there whose lives have been destroyed by insurance companies turnin\' \'em down. Start askin\' the folks on the other side what they\'d do about that. He can still win this thing. He just needs to show he cares.\"<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-9079178651536949110?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:11;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-8841184026916668697\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:24:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-06T13:48:33.799-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Howard Beale told the truth\";s:11:\"description\";s:3449:\"<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tDWtZ3xRMb0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tDWtZ3xRMb0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br />Howard Beale, huh?<br /><br />I can live with that. If you saw \"Network,\" you may remember that Beale was killed for telling the truth and threatening to scuttle a major corporate takeover. Listen to the 1976 speech Paddy Chayefsky wrote for Beale and see how much of it was truly prescient.<br /><br />I don\'t mind criticism, especially when I\'m wrong, but I\'ve read and re-read my original post and my response to Jim and I don\'t see anything I need to walk back. I said I was tired of haters and that they were bad people and liars, and I said something mean about Ol\' Dubya.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqQd2OeItaI/AAAAAAAABA0/IjqPbeVTNP4/s1600-h/my_pet_goat-book.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqQd2OeItaI/AAAAAAAABA0/IjqPbeVTNP4/s320/my_pet_goat-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378456672421852578\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Sorry, but I just don\'t much like the man. I thought it was a disgrace he was even nominated, let alone elected. The man just didn\'t have the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">gravitas</span> to be president, and thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis paid the ultimate price for that.<br /><br />As for being far left, uh, not so much. For one thing, I\'m pro-life. For another, during the years I was writing a newspaper column, I called for Bill Clinton\'s resignation over the Lewinsky thing. I\'m not a big fan of Nancy Pelosi, but I do think one reason so many people are so worried about Obama is the way the media is distorting the debate.<br /><br />Two Ph. D\'s, huh Jim? Good on you. The closest I ever get to two Ph. Ds is when I go to bed at night. I dropped out of school in the seventh grade myself. Wanted to explore the exciting world of carnival geeks, but when I found out they wanted me to eat chicken <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">every</span> night, I couldn\'t handle it.<br /><br />Besides, my old daddy used to tell me that arguin\' about who\'s smart and who\'s not makes about as much sense as rasslin\' with a pig. You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.<br /><br />So no, I\'m not insulting your intelligence or trying to claim I\'m the smartest guy in the room. I am the smartest guy in the room right now, but that\'s only because I\'m sitting here alone.<br /><br />But I tell you what. If you\'re looking for fairness to Dubya or Dick Cheney, or measured commentary about Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, you\'re probably at the wrong place.<br /><br />I don\'t think I\'m far left, but I am not ashamed to be called a liberal.<br /><br />And Nan, in case you were wondering, I never censor comments or delete blogs.<br /><br />I\'m not afraid of words.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-8841184026916668697?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:70:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/howard-beale-told-truth.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:2:\"10\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3449:\"<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tDWtZ3xRMb0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/tDWtZ3xRMb0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br />Howard Beale, huh?<br /><br />I can live with that. If you saw \"Network,\" you may remember that Beale was killed for telling the truth and threatening to scuttle a major corporate takeover. Listen to the 1976 speech Paddy Chayefsky wrote for Beale and see how much of it was truly prescient.<br /><br />I don\'t mind criticism, especially when I\'m wrong, but I\'ve read and re-read my original post and my response to Jim and I don\'t see anything I need to walk back. I said I was tired of haters and that they were bad people and liars, and I said something mean about Ol\' Dubya.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqQd2OeItaI/AAAAAAAABA0/IjqPbeVTNP4/s1600-h/my_pet_goat-book.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SqQd2OeItaI/AAAAAAAABA0/IjqPbeVTNP4/s320/my_pet_goat-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378456672421852578\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Sorry, but I just don\'t much like the man. I thought it was a disgrace he was even nominated, let alone elected. The man just didn\'t have the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">gravitas</span> to be president, and thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis paid the ultimate price for that.<br /><br />As for being far left, uh, not so much. For one thing, I\'m pro-life. For another, during the years I was writing a newspaper column, I called for Bill Clinton\'s resignation over the Lewinsky thing. I\'m not a big fan of Nancy Pelosi, but I do think one reason so many people are so worried about Obama is the way the media is distorting the debate.<br /><br />Two Ph. D\'s, huh Jim? Good on you. The closest I ever get to two Ph. Ds is when I go to bed at night. I dropped out of school in the seventh grade myself. Wanted to explore the exciting world of carnival geeks, but when I found out they wanted me to eat chicken <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">every</span> night, I couldn\'t handle it.<br /><br />Besides, my old daddy used to tell me that arguin\' about who\'s smart and who\'s not makes about as much sense as rasslin\' with a pig. You get dirty and the pig enjoys it.<br /><br />So no, I\'m not insulting your intelligence or trying to claim I\'m the smartest guy in the room. I am the smartest guy in the room right now, but that\'s only because I\'m sitting here alone.<br /><br />But I tell you what. If you\'re looking for fairness to Dubya or Dick Cheney, or measured commentary about Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, you\'re probably at the wrong place.<br /><br />I don\'t think I\'m far left, but I am not ashamed to be called a liberal.<br /><br />And Nan, in case you were wondering, I never censor comments or delete blogs.<br /><br />I\'m not afraid of words.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-8841184026916668697?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:12;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-2273841123650010194\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:59:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-03T16:16:24.998-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Time to put haters in their place\";s:11:\"description\";s:2748:\"<object width=\"410\" height=\"240\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wqcPA1ysSbw&hl=en&fs=1&\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wqcPA1ysSbw&hl=en&fs=1&\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"410\" height=\"240\"></embed></object><br /><br />I\'m mad as hell and I\'m not going to take it anymore.<br /><br />I\'m tired of seeing people trying to do something good and then seeing the haters try to turn it into something bad or evil.<br /><br />Demi Moore and Ashton Kutchner, along with quite a few other recognizable Hollywood stars, made a video called \"I pledge,\" which is basically a lot of people pledging to be less self-centered and do good things for the country and the world.<br /><br />It\'s a response to President Barack Obama urging people to look outside themselves and be a better neighbor.<br /><br />Here are some of the things the people in the video promise to do:<br /><br />1. Work to end hunger.<br />2. Smile more.<br />3. Laugh more.<br />4. Love more.<br />5. To be a great mother.<br />6. To be a great father.<br />7. To be an American, not an African-American.<br />8. To find humor in everything.<br />9. To consume less.<br />10. To volunteer time.<br />11. To show more love to others.<br />12. To meet their neighbors.<br />13. To be a mentor.<br />14. To help build a culture of intelligence, not of ignorance.<br />15. To understand that we\'re all in this together.<br /><br />All good things, but in the last minute of this 4:18 video, two different people pledge to serve President Obama in what he is trying to do to change America. It\'s these two quotes out of nearly 4 1/2 minutes of quotes that the people who hate Obama are using to characterize the video as \"indoctrination\" or \"cult-like behavior.\"<br /><br />The media is doing what it always does -- covering the controversy. Instead of the truth of the video, which is that people are trying to get people to do good things, they\'re treating it as if it is something shameful.<br /><br />I\'m tired of it. I don\'t care if it\'s liberals or conservatives, if anyone in this country urges people to do good things to help others, I\'m on their side. If Rush Limbaugh says we should volunteer at the local hospital, I\'ll praise him. Ditto if Jane Fonda were to say the same thing.<br /><br />It\'s time to call the haters what they are.<br /><br />Bad people.<br /><br />And liars.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-2273841123650010194?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:80:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/time-to-put-haters-in-their-place.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"6\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2748:\"<object width=\"410\" height=\"240\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wqcPA1ysSbw&hl=en&fs=1&\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wqcPA1ysSbw&hl=en&fs=1&\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"410\" height=\"240\"></embed></object><br /><br />I\'m mad as hell and I\'m not going to take it anymore.<br /><br />I\'m tired of seeing people trying to do something good and then seeing the haters try to turn it into something bad or evil.<br /><br />Demi Moore and Ashton Kutchner, along with quite a few other recognizable Hollywood stars, made a video called \"I pledge,\" which is basically a lot of people pledging to be less self-centered and do good things for the country and the world.<br /><br />It\'s a response to President Barack Obama urging people to look outside themselves and be a better neighbor.<br /><br />Here are some of the things the people in the video promise to do:<br /><br />1. Work to end hunger.<br />2. Smile more.<br />3. Laugh more.<br />4. Love more.<br />5. To be a great mother.<br />6. To be a great father.<br />7. To be an American, not an African-American.<br />8. To find humor in everything.<br />9. To consume less.<br />10. To volunteer time.<br />11. To show more love to others.<br />12. To meet their neighbors.<br />13. To be a mentor.<br />14. To help build a culture of intelligence, not of ignorance.<br />15. To understand that we\'re all in this together.<br /><br />All good things, but in the last minute of this 4:18 video, two different people pledge to serve President Obama in what he is trying to do to change America. It\'s these two quotes out of nearly 4 1/2 minutes of quotes that the people who hate Obama are using to characterize the video as \"indoctrination\" or \"cult-like behavior.\"<br /><br />The media is doing what it always does -- covering the controversy. Instead of the truth of the video, which is that people are trying to get people to do good things, they\'re treating it as if it is something shameful.<br /><br />I\'m tired of it. I don\'t care if it\'s liberals or conservatives, if anyone in this country urges people to do good things to help others, I\'m on their side. If Rush Limbaugh says we should volunteer at the local hospital, I\'ll praise him. Ditto if Jane Fonda were to say the same thing.<br /><br />It\'s time to call the haters what they are.<br /><br />Bad people.<br /><br />And liars.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-2273841123650010194?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:13;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-7030115937726602657\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:34:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-09-02T21:44:09.015-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Movies can have lasting effects\";s:11:\"description\";s:1831:\"It\'s funny how some things stick with you.<br /><br />When Alfred Hitchcock\'s \"Psycho\" came out in 1960 with its famous shower scene, there were quite a few people who didn\'t take showers for months after that.<br /><br />I was too young to see \"Psycho\" in its original release, but I know of one Brian DePalma film that still affects my behavior nearly 30 years after I saw it.<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VxG57Uf7iMU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VxG57Uf7iMU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />\"Dressed to Kill\" was released in 1980, and I have never looked at elevators the same way since. In the early part of the movie, Angie Dickinson has an illicit affair. When leaving the man\'s apartment, she learns that she has probably gotten an STD from him and also that she left her wedding ring in the apartment.<br /><br />She takes the elevator back up to his floor, and when the door opens and she starts to get out, the killer slashes her throat with a straight razor and murders her.<br /><br />It\'s quite a scary scene, and ever since then, whenever I am getting into an elevator or coming out of one -- particularly when I am alone -- I always look around before I take a step. Just making sure there\'s no killer with a straight razor waiting for me.<br /><br />Silly?<br /><br />Probably, but I\'m still alive.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-7030115937726602657?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:78:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/09/movies-can-have-lasting-effects.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1831:\"It\'s funny how some things stick with you.<br /><br />When Alfred Hitchcock\'s \"Psycho\" came out in 1960 with its famous shower scene, there were quite a few people who didn\'t take showers for months after that.<br /><br />I was too young to see \"Psycho\" in its original release, but I know of one Brian DePalma film that still affects my behavior nearly 30 years after I saw it.<br /><br /><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VxG57Uf7iMU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VxG57Uf7iMU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />\"Dressed to Kill\" was released in 1980, and I have never looked at elevators the same way since. In the early part of the movie, Angie Dickinson has an illicit affair. When leaving the man\'s apartment, she learns that she has probably gotten an STD from him and also that she left her wedding ring in the apartment.<br /><br />She takes the elevator back up to his floor, and when the door opens and she starts to get out, the killer slashes her throat with a straight razor and murders her.<br /><br />It\'s quite a scary scene, and ever since then, whenever I am getting into an elevator or coming out of one -- particularly when I am alone -- I always look around before I take a step. Just making sure there\'s no killer with a straight razor waiting for me.<br /><br />Silly?<br /><br />Probably, but I\'m still alive.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-7030115937726602657?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:14;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:68:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-587649956864366884\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:11:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-30T16:22:00.576-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Wildfire threatens some lovely homes\";s:11:\"description\";s:2400:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsIwTdFwxI/AAAAAAAABAk/eC352CLgUoA/s1600-h/FIRE2.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsIwTdFwxI/AAAAAAAABAk/eC352CLgUoA/s320/FIRE2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375900206145848082\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />When you live in the West, you always have to accept the possibility of wildfires.<br /><br />And the last few days, with the humidity in single digits and the temperature in triple digits, fires have been burning all around the Los Angeles area.<br /><br />We owned a home in La Canada Flintridge for more than 18 years. Homes in our small city have sold for a median price of more than $1 million, making it one of the most desirable areas in all of Southern California. That\'s why even though we were selling in the middle of a housing crash and a national recession, we came very close to getting the price we were asking.<br /><br />Boy, did we sell at the right time.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsI7Ol30kI/AAAAAAAABAs/Cw0HQipUSPQ/s1600-h/fire3.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsI7Ol30kI/AAAAAAAABAs/Cw0HQipUSPQ/s320/fire3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375900393819066946\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Less than three weeks after we closed and collected the cash for our equity, wildfires have destroyed most of the forest above La Canada. Families living within a mile of where we lived have been evacuated, and firefighters have been working day and night to save their neighborhoods.<br /><br />We haven\'t been through a lot of anguish, but if this fire had happened a month ago, we would have been right there with our tenants/buyers doing whatever we could to keep the fire from destroying our property.<br /><br />Ah, Southern California.<br /><br />It\'s definitely paradise, as long as you don\'t mind earthquakes, fires, mudslides and the rest.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-587649956864366884?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:83:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/wildfire-threatens-some-lovely-homes.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"3\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2400:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsIwTdFwxI/AAAAAAAABAk/eC352CLgUoA/s1600-h/FIRE2.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsIwTdFwxI/AAAAAAAABAk/eC352CLgUoA/s320/FIRE2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375900206145848082\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />When you live in the West, you always have to accept the possibility of wildfires.<br /><br />And the last few days, with the humidity in single digits and the temperature in triple digits, fires have been burning all around the Los Angeles area.<br /><br />We owned a home in La Canada Flintridge for more than 18 years. Homes in our small city have sold for a median price of more than $1 million, making it one of the most desirable areas in all of Southern California. That\'s why even though we were selling in the middle of a housing crash and a national recession, we came very close to getting the price we were asking.<br /><br />Boy, did we sell at the right time.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsI7Ol30kI/AAAAAAAABAs/Cw0HQipUSPQ/s1600-h/fire3.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpsI7Ol30kI/AAAAAAAABAs/Cw0HQipUSPQ/s320/fire3.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375900393819066946\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Less than three weeks after we closed and collected the cash for our equity, wildfires have destroyed most of the forest above La Canada. Families living within a mile of where we lived have been evacuated, and firefighters have been working day and night to save their neighborhoods.<br /><br />We haven\'t been through a lot of anguish, but if this fire had happened a month ago, we would have been right there with our tenants/buyers doing whatever we could to keep the fire from destroying our property.<br /><br />Ah, Southern California.<br /><br />It\'s definitely paradise, as long as you don\'t mind earthquakes, fires, mudslides and the rest.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-587649956864366884?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:15;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-7914101128505130434\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:18:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-28T22:56:15.079-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"To my son on his wedding day\";s:11:\"description\";s:3880:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Spi9evVegFI/AAAAAAAABAU/Dj9KxCykfnk/s1600-h/DSC_0099+%282%29.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Spi9evVegFI/AAAAAAAABAU/Dj9KxCykfnk/s320/DSC_0099+%282%29.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375254491066957906\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />My son got married today.<br /><br />It wasn\'t the beautiful November wedding he and his fiancee had planned. That will still happen as a celebration of their love, but Virgile is leaving for Washington, D.C., in less than two weeks to start his career in the U.S. Foreign Service and he wanted to take Sterling with him as his wife.<br /><br />We have come to know her well over the three years they have been dating, and we have seen how good they are for each other.<br /><br />Things got rather hectic on our way to the courthouse in Lancaster, the only one within a reasonable distance that could fit them in. Our brand-new car conked out a few miles short of its destination, and we took a cab the rest of the way.<br /><br />I didn\'t really have a chance to talk to my son about marriage, which disappointed me a little. We have had so many good conversations about life and what to expect. We even had the sex talk that so many fathers and sons struggle with.<br /><br />I have seen marriage from both sides, from a failed one in my twenties to a good one that is coming up on 17 years this fall, so I probably wouldn\'t presume to give him much personal advice.<br /><br />I actually would rather tell him about love, and I\'ve never known a better description of love than Paul\'s first letter to the Christians at Corinth. Here\'s the famous excerpt from what he wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.\"</span><br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpjCq--KBGI/AAAAAAAABAc/dp9bH7V0tiU/s1600-h/DSC_0092+%282%29.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpjCq--KBGI/AAAAAAAABAc/dp9bH7V0tiU/s320/DSC_0092+%282%29.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375260198980682850\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I learned those lessons about love from a wonderful person -- Virgile\'s mother and my wife. Nicole is the most loving person I have ever known and God granted me the greatest blessing of all when he allowed me to meet her on Sept. 12, 1992.<br /><br />She and our two wonderful children from her first marriage, Virgile and his older sister Pauline, have brought awe and wonder, grace and meaning to my existence. I have fallen short of glory so many times, including today when the car broke down and I lost my temper, but Nicole\'s love epitomizes all the best characteristics of the words in the Bible.<br /><br />She will always be the best person I know, my favorite person in the world.<br /><br />So the best blessing I can give our son on the day of his wedding is this:<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"May you be as good a husband as you possibly can, and may you have a wife as loving and as wonderful as your mother.\"</span><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-7914101128505130434?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/to-my-son-on-his-wedding-day.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"4\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3880:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Spi9evVegFI/AAAAAAAABAU/Dj9KxCykfnk/s1600-h/DSC_0099+%282%29.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/Spi9evVegFI/AAAAAAAABAU/Dj9KxCykfnk/s320/DSC_0099+%282%29.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375254491066957906\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />My son got married today.<br /><br />It wasn\'t the beautiful November wedding he and his fiancee had planned. That will still happen as a celebration of their love, but Virgile is leaving for Washington, D.C., in less than two weeks to start his career in the U.S. Foreign Service and he wanted to take Sterling with him as his wife.<br /><br />We have come to know her well over the three years they have been dating, and we have seen how good they are for each other.<br /><br />Things got rather hectic on our way to the courthouse in Lancaster, the only one within a reasonable distance that could fit them in. Our brand-new car conked out a few miles short of its destination, and we took a cab the rest of the way.<br /><br />I didn\'t really have a chance to talk to my son about marriage, which disappointed me a little. We have had so many good conversations about life and what to expect. We even had the sex talk that so many fathers and sons struggle with.<br /><br />I have seen marriage from both sides, from a failed one in my twenties to a good one that is coming up on 17 years this fall, so I probably wouldn\'t presume to give him much personal advice.<br /><br />I actually would rather tell him about love, and I\'ve never known a better description of love than Paul\'s first letter to the Christians at Corinth. Here\'s the famous excerpt from what he wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.\"</span><br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpjCq--KBGI/AAAAAAAABAc/dp9bH7V0tiU/s1600-h/DSC_0092+%282%29.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpjCq--KBGI/AAAAAAAABAc/dp9bH7V0tiU/s320/DSC_0092+%282%29.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375260198980682850\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I learned those lessons about love from a wonderful person -- Virgile\'s mother and my wife. Nicole is the most loving person I have ever known and God granted me the greatest blessing of all when he allowed me to meet her on Sept. 12, 1992.<br /><br />She and our two wonderful children from her first marriage, Virgile and his older sister Pauline, have brought awe and wonder, grace and meaning to my existence. I have fallen short of glory so many times, including today when the car broke down and I lost my temper, but Nicole\'s love epitomizes all the best characteristics of the words in the Bible.<br /><br />She will always be the best person I know, my favorite person in the world.<br /><br />So the best blessing I can give our son on the day of his wedding is this:<br /><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"May you be as good a husband as you possibly can, and may you have a wife as loving and as wonderful as your mother.\"</span><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-7914101128505130434?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:16;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-6136184597354861598\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:30:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-26T22:34:29.047-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:32:\"Best to speak no ill of the dead\";s:11:\"description\";s:3100:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYBuVRjvAI/AAAAAAAABAE/dV7AG6XWOXQ/s1600-h/Seanator-Ted-Kennedy-Equality-Hero-Gay-Rights.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYBuVRjvAI/AAAAAAAABAE/dV7AG6XWOXQ/s320/Seanator-Ted-Kennedy-Equality-Hero-Gay-Rights.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374485100809665538\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"De mortuis nil nisi bonum.\"<br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">-- ancient Roman proverb</span><br /><br />Ted Kennedy, a man who would almost certainly have been president if not for a wrong turn he took in 1969, died this week.<br /><br />I have been wondering for a long time what some people will say when it happened, knowing that it is relatively traditional to speak no ill of the dead. Over the last 40 years, no one has been hated more by the lunatic right than the last son of Joe Kennedy.<br /><br />No, not even Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />It wasn\'t all about Chappaquiddick, although Kennedy\'s failures there gave the nuts the ammunition they needed to attack him without ceasing. It was also because he was the last son of what could have been a political dynasty, and that made him beloved to a lot of people in a way few other liberals were.<br /><br />What did they say about him today? I don\'t know what the Limbaughs and Hannitys said; I don\'t listen to them anymore. But I did check in on <a href=\"http://www.freerepublic.com/\">Free Republic</a>, the most \"mainstream\" of the lunatic sites, and they didn\'t disappoint me. A lot of \"scumbags,\" and \"good riddances\" and a lot of talk about how the 77-year-old Kennedy is certainly frying in hell.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYavMaHqKI/AAAAAAAABAM/iju9SzgOHmk/s1600-h/largeimagejd090826.gif\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYavMaHqKI/AAAAAAAABAM/iju9SzgOHmk/s320/largeimagejd090826.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374512603400218786\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Far be it from me here to argue with them. I never expected them to be as gracious as liberals were when Ronald Reagan died and they didn\'t disappoint me. I always considered Kennedy a tragic figure, the least of the brothers who had to bear the burden of the family and the nation\'s hopes after his older brothers were murdered.<br /><br />He made a fine record for himself in the Senate, and was considered by members on both sides of the aisle as one of the greatest senators ever for his 47 years of service.<br /><br />Beyond that, let\'s just say rest in peace.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-6136184597354861598?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/best-to-speak-no-ill-of-dead.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"0\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3100:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYBuVRjvAI/AAAAAAAABAE/dV7AG6XWOXQ/s1600-h/Seanator-Ted-Kennedy-Equality-Hero-Gay-Rights.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYBuVRjvAI/AAAAAAAABAE/dV7AG6XWOXQ/s320/Seanator-Ted-Kennedy-Equality-Hero-Gay-Rights.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374485100809665538\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\"De mortuis nil nisi bonum.\"<br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">-- ancient Roman proverb</span><br /><br />Ted Kennedy, a man who would almost certainly have been president if not for a wrong turn he took in 1969, died this week.<br /><br />I have been wondering for a long time what some people will say when it happened, knowing that it is relatively traditional to speak no ill of the dead. Over the last 40 years, no one has been hated more by the lunatic right than the last son of Joe Kennedy.<br /><br />No, not even Hillary Clinton.<br /><br />It wasn\'t all about Chappaquiddick, although Kennedy\'s failures there gave the nuts the ammunition they needed to attack him without ceasing. It was also because he was the last son of what could have been a political dynasty, and that made him beloved to a lot of people in a way few other liberals were.<br /><br />What did they say about him today? I don\'t know what the Limbaughs and Hannitys said; I don\'t listen to them anymore. But I did check in on <a href=\"http://www.freerepublic.com/\">Free Republic</a>, the most \"mainstream\" of the lunatic sites, and they didn\'t disappoint me. A lot of \"scumbags,\" and \"good riddances\" and a lot of talk about how the 77-year-old Kennedy is certainly frying in hell.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYavMaHqKI/AAAAAAAABAM/iju9SzgOHmk/s1600-h/largeimagejd090826.gif\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpYavMaHqKI/AAAAAAAABAM/iju9SzgOHmk/s320/largeimagejd090826.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374512603400218786\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />Far be it from me here to argue with them. I never expected them to be as gracious as liberals were when Ronald Reagan died and they didn\'t disappoint me. I always considered Kennedy a tragic figure, the least of the brothers who had to bear the burden of the family and the nation\'s hopes after his older brothers were murdered.<br /><br />He made a fine record for himself in the Senate, and was considered by members on both sides of the aisle as one of the greatest senators ever for his 47 years of service.<br /><br />Beyond that, let\'s just say rest in peace.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-6136184597354861598?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:17;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:68:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-806426014904601056\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:37:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-24T22:48:17.512-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:32:\"Pride goeth before a realization\";s:11:\"description\";s:2225:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpN7ESSFyxI/AAAAAAAAA_8/iu4EmfxvAT8/s1600-h/DSC_0117.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpN7ESSFyxI/AAAAAAAAA_8/iu4EmfxvAT8/s320/DSC_0117.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373774093940542226\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I was feeling pretty good about myself for a while today.<br /><br />My wife and I had gone to meet with two financial advisors -- with the object of choosing one -- to discuss our impending retirement. I\'m not sure when exactly it will happen, but the odds are pretty good we\'re down to counting the months on our fingers and toes.<br /><br />We\'re not incredibly well off, but we have been working very hard to build up Nicole\'s 401(k) account and it\'s looking pretty good. We\'re living within our means and saving a significant account of money each month.<br /><br />We managed to impress the advisors with our frugality, but what impressed them the most was the total amount of our liabilities.<br /><br />Zero.<br /><br />We just completed the sale of our house, so we no longer have a mortgage. We own all three of our cars free and clear and we have no personal loans or credit-card debt.<br /><br />Frankly, I\'m amazed.<br /><br />I think I may have been in the same position for a while in 1984, but I didn\'t have any assets other than a 1979 Subaru that had already blown one engine.<br /><br />So naturally, I felt good.<br /><br />Then I thought about how little I really had to do with it. All I really did was marry well; my wife\'s income in one year is nearly equal to what I made in my best three years. She\'s a world-renowned scientist. I\'m an unemployed journalist.<br /><br />I write the checks to pay the bills, but that\'s about it.<br /><br />So I\'m happy I have a wonderful wife and proud that she loves me enough to keep me around.<br /><br />That\'s enough for now.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-806426014904601056?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:77:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/pride-goeth-before-realization.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"3\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2225:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpN7ESSFyxI/AAAAAAAAA_8/iu4EmfxvAT8/s1600-h/DSC_0117.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpN7ESSFyxI/AAAAAAAAA_8/iu4EmfxvAT8/s320/DSC_0117.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373774093940542226\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I was feeling pretty good about myself for a while today.<br /><br />My wife and I had gone to meet with two financial advisors -- with the object of choosing one -- to discuss our impending retirement. I\'m not sure when exactly it will happen, but the odds are pretty good we\'re down to counting the months on our fingers and toes.<br /><br />We\'re not incredibly well off, but we have been working very hard to build up Nicole\'s 401(k) account and it\'s looking pretty good. We\'re living within our means and saving a significant account of money each month.<br /><br />We managed to impress the advisors with our frugality, but what impressed them the most was the total amount of our liabilities.<br /><br />Zero.<br /><br />We just completed the sale of our house, so we no longer have a mortgage. We own all three of our cars free and clear and we have no personal loans or credit-card debt.<br /><br />Frankly, I\'m amazed.<br /><br />I think I may have been in the same position for a while in 1984, but I didn\'t have any assets other than a 1979 Subaru that had already blown one engine.<br /><br />So naturally, I felt good.<br /><br />Then I thought about how little I really had to do with it. All I really did was marry well; my wife\'s income in one year is nearly equal to what I made in my best three years. She\'s a world-renowned scientist. I\'m an unemployed journalist.<br /><br />I write the checks to pay the bills, but that\'s about it.<br /><br />So I\'m happy I have a wonderful wife and proud that she loves me enough to keep me around.<br /><br />That\'s enough for now.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-806426014904601056?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:18;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-3198415676059463987\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:42:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-23T20:59:48.276-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:36:\"Twists, turns and 17 wonderful years\";s:11:\"description\";s:2757:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpIPAb7diRI/AAAAAAAAA_0/f-pLsjytV_E/s1600-h/DSC_0335.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpIPAb7diRI/AAAAAAAAA_0/f-pLsjytV_E/s320/DSC_0335.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373373805577996562\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I was sitting in the front seat of my car a few minutes ago, waiting for a parking space to open.<br /><br />My son and his fiancee were occupying the space, and they were carrying some things down from our apartment to load into the car. They\'re getting married Friday and moving to Washington, D.C., in about two weeks as Virgile starts his career in the Foreign Service. It means we\'ll have a true empty nest, with both our children traveling around the world for their careers.<br /><br />Nicole carried a few things down too, and I found myself watching her in the headlights and remembering for about the one-millionth time why I love her so much. In 20 days, on Sept. 12, it will be the 17th anniversary of the day we met. Just 51 days later, on Nov. 2, it will be our 17th wedding anniversary.<br /><br />Can a life really change so much in that short a time?<br /><br />I\'m here to tell you it can. When I married my first wife in 1975, I was 25 and she was 21. A month after my 30th birthday we had separated for good. I know I loved her -- it\'s tough to hear a lot of songs from the \'70s without thinking of her -- but I know we got married for all the wrong reasons.<br /><br />Nearly 13 years separated the end of the first marriage and the beginning of the second, and there were certainly other opportunities. For one reason or another, though, I was still single in the summer of 1992 when I met Nicole.<br /><br />I used to occasionally wonder what it would have been like if I had met her younger and we had had a child of our own, but I rarely think of that anymore. I have the most wonderful daughter and the most amazing son; Pauline and Virgile are not just high achievers but geniunely nice people as well.<br /><br />Now Virgile is getting married and I will have a lovely daughter-in-law. Someday, God willing, there will be a lot more grandchildren. They may not have my blood, but just like their parents, they will have my heart.<br /><br />And as I sit and look at my wife through the headlights, I know one other thing.<br /><br />I\'m married to the most beautiful grandmother in the world.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-3198415676059463987?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:82:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/twists-turns-and-17-wonderful-years.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"1\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2757:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpIPAb7diRI/AAAAAAAAA_0/f-pLsjytV_E/s1600-h/DSC_0335.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpIPAb7diRI/AAAAAAAAA_0/f-pLsjytV_E/s320/DSC_0335.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373373805577996562\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />I was sitting in the front seat of my car a few minutes ago, waiting for a parking space to open.<br /><br />My son and his fiancee were occupying the space, and they were carrying some things down from our apartment to load into the car. They\'re getting married Friday and moving to Washington, D.C., in about two weeks as Virgile starts his career in the Foreign Service. It means we\'ll have a true empty nest, with both our children traveling around the world for their careers.<br /><br />Nicole carried a few things down too, and I found myself watching her in the headlights and remembering for about the one-millionth time why I love her so much. In 20 days, on Sept. 12, it will be the 17th anniversary of the day we met. Just 51 days later, on Nov. 2, it will be our 17th wedding anniversary.<br /><br />Can a life really change so much in that short a time?<br /><br />I\'m here to tell you it can. When I married my first wife in 1975, I was 25 and she was 21. A month after my 30th birthday we had separated for good. I know I loved her -- it\'s tough to hear a lot of songs from the \'70s without thinking of her -- but I know we got married for all the wrong reasons.<br /><br />Nearly 13 years separated the end of the first marriage and the beginning of the second, and there were certainly other opportunities. For one reason or another, though, I was still single in the summer of 1992 when I met Nicole.<br /><br />I used to occasionally wonder what it would have been like if I had met her younger and we had had a child of our own, but I rarely think of that anymore. I have the most wonderful daughter and the most amazing son; Pauline and Virgile are not just high achievers but geniunely nice people as well.<br /><br />Now Virgile is getting married and I will have a lovely daughter-in-law. Someday, God willing, there will be a lot more grandchildren. They may not have my blood, but just like their parents, they will have my heart.<br /><br />And as I sit and look at my wife through the headlights, I know one other thing.<br /><br />I\'m married to the most beautiful grandmother in the world.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-3198415676059463987?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:19;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-4230101921505781833\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:20:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-22T22:41:24.196-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:26:\"A nice day, a nice new car\";s:11:\"description\";s:2875:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpDUassfSmI/AAAAAAAAA_s/2_TQd3IoCUA/s1600-h/tucson.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpDUassfSmI/AAAAAAAAA_s/2_TQd3IoCUA/s320/tucson.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373027910592449122\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />For the last couple of years, I have been driving a car with some weird defects.<br /><br />Both of the back windows in my 1999 Pontiac Grand Am are broken -- they won\'t go up or down and have to be wedged shut with cardboard. My gas gauge doesn\'t work, so I have had to estimate when I need to fill the tank.<br /><br />But I like the car. It\'s the first one I\'ve had in 30 years that wasn\'t a compact or a subcompact, and as I get older, I\'ve been feeling more and more overwhelmed by all the giant SUVs on the freeways.<br /><br />Still, it has 134,000 miles on it, which is a lot for an American car, and I have been looking longingly at car ads ever since we put our house on the market a year and a half ago. As we got closer and closer to completing the sale, I started comparing small SUVs and thinking how well my golf clubs would fit in the back of one.<br /><br />When we were visiting in Seattle earlier this month, the rental car that I drove a few times was a Hyundai Sonata. I was impressed with some of the features, and I started looking at Hyundai\'s small SUV, the Tucson.<br /><br />After 17 months of struggle, we finally closed on the house last week. The amazing thing was that despite the economy, we wound up selling for only 2.5 percent less than we wanted in the beginning. Believe me, it really is true what they say about \"location, location, location.\"<br /><br />To make a long story short, we salted away most of the money we got so that we\'ll have it to buy our retirement home. We did save a nice little chunk to buy a car, which we did today.<br /><br />I didn\'t participate at all. My wife Nicole and my son Virgile both love to haggle, while I\'m probably the only guy in the world who sees the sticker price and thinks that\'s what you have to pay. They got me a nice 2009 Tucson -- the same color as the one in the picture -- for $2,000 less than the sticker price and also got the dealer to throw in a $2,000 navigation system for free.<br /><br />The best part is that we wrote a check and paid for it all today.<br /><br />No car loan. No mortgage. No credit card debt or anything else. For the first time in my adult life, I don\'t owe anyone any money for anything.<br /><br />I could get used to that.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-4230101921505781833?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:68:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/nice-day-nice-new-car.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"1\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2875:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpDUassfSmI/AAAAAAAAA_s/2_TQd3IoCUA/s1600-h/tucson.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/SpDUassfSmI/AAAAAAAAA_s/2_TQd3IoCUA/s320/tucson.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373027910592449122\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />For the last couple of years, I have been driving a car with some weird defects.<br /><br />Both of the back windows in my 1999 Pontiac Grand Am are broken -- they won\'t go up or down and have to be wedged shut with cardboard. My gas gauge doesn\'t work, so I have had to estimate when I need to fill the tank.<br /><br />But I like the car. It\'s the first one I\'ve had in 30 years that wasn\'t a compact or a subcompact, and as I get older, I\'ve been feeling more and more overwhelmed by all the giant SUVs on the freeways.<br /><br />Still, it has 134,000 miles on it, which is a lot for an American car, and I have been looking longingly at car ads ever since we put our house on the market a year and a half ago. As we got closer and closer to completing the sale, I started comparing small SUVs and thinking how well my golf clubs would fit in the back of one.<br /><br />When we were visiting in Seattle earlier this month, the rental car that I drove a few times was a Hyundai Sonata. I was impressed with some of the features, and I started looking at Hyundai\'s small SUV, the Tucson.<br /><br />After 17 months of struggle, we finally closed on the house last week. The amazing thing was that despite the economy, we wound up selling for only 2.5 percent less than we wanted in the beginning. Believe me, it really is true what they say about \"location, location, location.\"<br /><br />To make a long story short, we salted away most of the money we got so that we\'ll have it to buy our retirement home. We did save a nice little chunk to buy a car, which we did today.<br /><br />I didn\'t participate at all. My wife Nicole and my son Virgile both love to haggle, while I\'m probably the only guy in the world who sees the sticker price and thinks that\'s what you have to pay. They got me a nice 2009 Tucson -- the same color as the one in the picture -- for $2,000 less than the sticker price and also got the dealer to throw in a $2,000 navigation system for free.<br /><br />The best part is that we wrote a check and paid for it all today.<br /><br />No car loan. No mortgage. No credit card debt or anything else. For the first time in my adult life, I don\'t owe anyone any money for anything.<br /><br />I could get used to that.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-4230101921505781833?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:20;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-8966394143527432443\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:13:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-21T13:25:09.986-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"America has changed since 1961\";s:11:\"description\";s:2720:\"<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/fRdLpem-AAs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/fRdLpem-AAs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />I don\'t know that I\'ve ever been particularly enlightened by Ronald Reagan, but this 1961 speech against Medicare is kind of interesting.<br /><br />Not so much for its specific message. Conservatives fought as hard as they could to stop Medicare, and as recently as 1995 with Newt Gingrich, they were working to privatize it and gut it. That\'s no secret to anyone.<br /><br />But what fascinates me so much about this speech is how much America has changed.<br /><br />Before the 1930s, there was no government welfare in America. And even in 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt came along with the New Deal, he made a point that its programs were strictly temporary and designed to get people back on their feet.<br /><br />Folks believed then that any sort of permanent welfare would simply destroy people\'s incentive to go out and work for themselves.<br /><br />There was a feeling that we were different, that Americans were more self-sufficient and would be ashamed to have to be supported by their neighbors.<br /><br />That\'s pretty much changed. Ask even conservatives if they would do without Medicare and they\'re likely to look strangely at you. Ask farmers if they would go without subsidies, or bankers without last year\'s bailout, or the millions of folks out of work without unemployment insurance.<br /><br />Not a chance.<br /><br />I worked without interruption for 29 years, only to find myself out of work in January 2008. I have been collecting unemployment ever since, and I have been paid at a higher rate than I earned until the fifth of my seven career stops.<br /><br />When you consider taxes, I would have to make at least $14-15 an hour to make any more money, and even then I would be working 40 hours a week for a net gain of about $20.<br /><br />Should I be ashamed? I\'ve had numerous friends say no, that I paid into it for years and I ought to get it back. But my mother, who grew up in that different America, says that money should be for the truly needy and I should be working, even if it\'s for less money.<br /><br />Have we changed?<br /><br />You bet we have.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-8966394143527432443?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:77:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/america-has-changed-since-1961.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"4\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2720:\"<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/fRdLpem-AAs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/fRdLpem-AAs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"></embed></object><br /><br />I don\'t know that I\'ve ever been particularly enlightened by Ronald Reagan, but this 1961 speech against Medicare is kind of interesting.<br /><br />Not so much for its specific message. Conservatives fought as hard as they could to stop Medicare, and as recently as 1995 with Newt Gingrich, they were working to privatize it and gut it. That\'s no secret to anyone.<br /><br />But what fascinates me so much about this speech is how much America has changed.<br /><br />Before the 1930s, there was no government welfare in America. And even in 1933, when Franklin D. Roosevelt came along with the New Deal, he made a point that its programs were strictly temporary and designed to get people back on their feet.<br /><br />Folks believed then that any sort of permanent welfare would simply destroy people\'s incentive to go out and work for themselves.<br /><br />There was a feeling that we were different, that Americans were more self-sufficient and would be ashamed to have to be supported by their neighbors.<br /><br />That\'s pretty much changed. Ask even conservatives if they would do without Medicare and they\'re likely to look strangely at you. Ask farmers if they would go without subsidies, or bankers without last year\'s bailout, or the millions of folks out of work without unemployment insurance.<br /><br />Not a chance.<br /><br />I worked without interruption for 29 years, only to find myself out of work in January 2008. I have been collecting unemployment ever since, and I have been paid at a higher rate than I earned until the fifth of my seven career stops.<br /><br />When you consider taxes, I would have to make at least $14-15 an hour to make any more money, and even then I would be working 40 hours a week for a net gain of about $20.<br /><br />Should I be ashamed? I\'ve had numerous friends say no, that I paid into it for years and I ought to get it back. But my mother, who grew up in that different America, says that money should be for the truly needy and I should be working, even if it\'s for less money.<br /><br />Have we changed?<br /><br />You bet we have.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-8966394143527432443?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:21;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-3101808317830511445\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:29:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-21T10:33:22.343-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:33:\"Living when you know you\'re dying\";s:11:\"description\";s:4376:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So7aVVAL2DI/AAAAAAAAA_c/JjV0Hx1Syeo/s1600-h/DSC_0410.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So7aVVAL2DI/AAAAAAAAA_c/JjV0Hx1Syeo/s320/DSC_0410.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372471465449609266\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><p><i>What would you do if you knew you had a year to live?</i></p> <p>Would you walk away from all your responsibilities and spend 12 months doing everything on your \"bucket list?\" Would you do things that previously scared you too much, like bungee jumping or hang gliding, or would you double down on your efforts to make sure everything you needed to do was finished before you ran out of time?</p> <p>You might think that last year would be all for you, but very few people actually see it that way.</p> <p>Most folks live their lives the way they always have ... for as long as they can.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had a month to live?</i></p> <p>Make sure your finances were in order? Take one last shot at trying to hook up with the love of your life? Go on one last vacation?</p> <p>Would you spend a lot of time regretting the things you never did, or would you take pride in the things you managed to get done.</p> <p>Although those 30 days would pass quickly, for a lot of us, routine would hold sway at least until the last couple of days.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had a week to live?</i></p> <p>A week isn\'t all that long. Seven days, 168 hours ... you\'d spend a good chunk of it just sleeping. But what about the time you\'re awake? A week might be devoted mostly to saying goodbye, both to the people and places that have made up your life.</p> <p>Some fun, but probably not so much.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had a day to live?</i></p> <p>A day isn\'t much, but I think you might try to stretch it by not sleeping. If you had 24 hours, my guess is you would try to squeeze as much living as possible into that time.</p> <p>I doubt you\'d want to spend much of the time traveling. There might be some place that you still want to see, but losing time getting there wouldn\'t be much fun. You might just want to spend that last day with someone you love.</p> <p>In a wonderful 1998 Canadian film, Don McKellar\'s <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/\">\"Last Night,\"</a> a group of people in Toronto know that the world is ending at midnight. Most of them look for people with whom to spend their final hours. That\'s very human.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had an hour to live?</i></p> <p>I know I would want to spend that time with the folks I love most -- my wife, my children and my grandchild. If any part of me lives on after my death, it will be in the effect I have had on their lives and the lives of the other people close to me.</p><p>I wouldn\'t spend a lot of time giving them advice. In fact, I don\'t think I would do much talking. I would rather look at them and listen to them, memorizing their faces and voices to carry with me into eternity.</p><p><i>What would you do if you had a minute to live?</i></p><p>A minute can be the blink of an eye ... or an eternity. But if I knew I were about to die, I would spend the final 60 seconds praying. I would thank God for everything He has given me and I would ask His blessing and continued guidance for the people I love.</p><p>I think I could make that minute stretch long enough to get that done.</p><p>Have you noticed what\'s missing in all of this, whether a final year or a final minute?</p><p>Anger.</p><p>Hatred.</p><p>Revenge.</p><p>Some folks do spend time regretting things left undone or things poorly done, but not many people go to their death cursing old wrongs. I doubt that even Richard Nixon spent his final moments thinking of those folks on his \"enemies list.\"</p><p>Life is a precious gift. There used to be a sculpture in the United Nations building -- I don\'t know if it still exists or not -- with a caption on it.</p><p><i>\"It is a privilege to live this day and the next.\"</i></p>  <p>It really is.</p><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-3101808317830511445?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:79:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/living-when-you-know-youre-dying.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"1\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4376:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So7aVVAL2DI/AAAAAAAAA_c/JjV0Hx1Syeo/s1600-h/DSC_0410.JPG\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So7aVVAL2DI/AAAAAAAAA_c/JjV0Hx1Syeo/s320/DSC_0410.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372471465449609266\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><p><i>What would you do if you knew you had a year to live?</i></p> <p>Would you walk away from all your responsibilities and spend 12 months doing everything on your \"bucket list?\" Would you do things that previously scared you too much, like bungee jumping or hang gliding, or would you double down on your efforts to make sure everything you needed to do was finished before you ran out of time?</p> <p>You might think that last year would be all for you, but very few people actually see it that way.</p> <p>Most folks live their lives the way they always have ... for as long as they can.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had a month to live?</i></p> <p>Make sure your finances were in order? Take one last shot at trying to hook up with the love of your life? Go on one last vacation?</p> <p>Would you spend a lot of time regretting the things you never did, or would you take pride in the things you managed to get done.</p> <p>Although those 30 days would pass quickly, for a lot of us, routine would hold sway at least until the last couple of days.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had a week to live?</i></p> <p>A week isn\'t all that long. Seven days, 168 hours ... you\'d spend a good chunk of it just sleeping. But what about the time you\'re awake? A week might be devoted mostly to saying goodbye, both to the people and places that have made up your life.</p> <p>Some fun, but probably not so much.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had a day to live?</i></p> <p>A day isn\'t much, but I think you might try to stretch it by not sleeping. If you had 24 hours, my guess is you would try to squeeze as much living as possible into that time.</p> <p>I doubt you\'d want to spend much of the time traveling. There might be some place that you still want to see, but losing time getting there wouldn\'t be much fun. You might just want to spend that last day with someone you love.</p> <p>In a wonderful 1998 Canadian film, Don McKellar\'s <a href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/\">\"Last Night,\"</a> a group of people in Toronto know that the world is ending at midnight. Most of them look for people with whom to spend their final hours. That\'s very human.</p> <p><i>What would you do if you had an hour to live?</i></p> <p>I know I would want to spend that time with the folks I love most -- my wife, my children and my grandchild. If any part of me lives on after my death, it will be in the effect I have had on their lives and the lives of the other people close to me.</p><p>I wouldn\'t spend a lot of time giving them advice. In fact, I don\'t think I would do much talking. I would rather look at them and listen to them, memorizing their faces and voices to carry with me into eternity.</p><p><i>What would you do if you had a minute to live?</i></p><p>A minute can be the blink of an eye ... or an eternity. But if I knew I were about to die, I would spend the final 60 seconds praying. I would thank God for everything He has given me and I would ask His blessing and continued guidance for the people I love.</p><p>I think I could make that minute stretch long enough to get that done.</p><p>Have you noticed what\'s missing in all of this, whether a final year or a final minute?</p><p>Anger.</p><p>Hatred.</p><p>Revenge.</p><p>Some folks do spend time regretting things left undone or things poorly done, but not many people go to their death cursing old wrongs. I doubt that even Richard Nixon spent his final moments thinking of those folks on his \"enemies list.\"</p><p>Life is a precious gift. There used to be a sculpture in the United Nations building -- I don\'t know if it still exists or not -- with a caption on it.</p><p><i>\"It is a privilege to live this day and the next.\"</i></p>  <p>It really is.</p><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-3101808317830511445?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:22;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-8878394747220454529\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:28:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-20T17:50:48.709-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:31:\"Time for Democrats to get tough\";s:11:\"description\";s:2819:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So3qk5T2vDI/AAAAAAAAA_U/Mgj-gIkIAYQ/s1600-h/s-ANGRY-SUMMER-large.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 190px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So3qk5T2vDI/AAAAAAAAA_U/Mgj-gIkIAYQ/s320/s-ANGRY-SUMMER-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372207850103159858\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />There are apparently two kinds of people who are very vocal about not wanting any sort of health care reform.<br /><br />One is real, the other isn\'t.<br /><br />The real ones are mostly angry white people, many of whom would be opposed to anything proposed by the Obama administration.<br /><br />Those folks are getting scary, many of them carrying guns to town hall meetings and bearing signs like the one in the picture that implies a message that Obama\'s blood should flow.<br /><br />If you\'re not familiar with the reference, Thomas Jefferson once said that it was necessary from time to time to water the tree of liberty with \"the blood of patriots and tyrants.\"<br /><br />I\'m sure this isn\'t true of all of them, but it\'s very apparent from some of the right-wing Websites, not to mention the words and signs of the protesters themselves, that there is more than a little racism involved here. Some of these people just cannot tolerate the idea that a black man is the face America shows the world.<br /><br />Actually, they\'re not the worst. As vile and as ignorant as racism is, at least these folks are out there showing their true colors. The second type of protesters aren\'t even that; many of them have been recruited or hired by right-wing politicos or the insurance companies to derail reform. They\'re supposed to make it look like the grass roots are rising up against Obama, but it\'s actually a charade that <a href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/11/hello-im-calling-evening-mislead-you?page=1\">Mother Jones</a> magazine exposed 10 years ago.<br /><br />It\'s called \"astroturf\" protests, aka fake grass roots.<br /><br />These are the people carrying signs about death panels, or keeping government out of Medicare, or other ridiculous arguments.<br /><br />It\'s time for supporters of reform to start turning those tactics against the people using them. Democrats need to get a lot more \"in your face\" with Republicans and stop treating lies as if they needed to be argued.<br /><br />Why not just call a lie a lie?<br /><br />Why not just call the people spouting them liars?<br /><br />It\'s really the only tactic they fear.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-8878394747220454529?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:78:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/time-for-democrats-to-get-tough.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"8\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2819:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So3qk5T2vDI/AAAAAAAAA_U/Mgj-gIkIAYQ/s1600-h/s-ANGRY-SUMMER-large.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 190px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So3qk5T2vDI/AAAAAAAAA_U/Mgj-gIkIAYQ/s320/s-ANGRY-SUMMER-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372207850103159858\" border=\"0\" /></a><br />There are apparently two kinds of people who are very vocal about not wanting any sort of health care reform.<br /><br />One is real, the other isn\'t.<br /><br />The real ones are mostly angry white people, many of whom would be opposed to anything proposed by the Obama administration.<br /><br />Those folks are getting scary, many of them carrying guns to town hall meetings and bearing signs like the one in the picture that implies a message that Obama\'s blood should flow.<br /><br />If you\'re not familiar with the reference, Thomas Jefferson once said that it was necessary from time to time to water the tree of liberty with \"the blood of patriots and tyrants.\"<br /><br />I\'m sure this isn\'t true of all of them, but it\'s very apparent from some of the right-wing Websites, not to mention the words and signs of the protesters themselves, that there is more than a little racism involved here. Some of these people just cannot tolerate the idea that a black man is the face America shows the world.<br /><br />Actually, they\'re not the worst. As vile and as ignorant as racism is, at least these folks are out there showing their true colors. The second type of protesters aren\'t even that; many of them have been recruited or hired by right-wing politicos or the insurance companies to derail reform. They\'re supposed to make it look like the grass roots are rising up against Obama, but it\'s actually a charade that <a href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1997/11/hello-im-calling-evening-mislead-you?page=1\">Mother Jones</a> magazine exposed 10 years ago.<br /><br />It\'s called \"astroturf\" protests, aka fake grass roots.<br /><br />These are the people carrying signs about death panels, or keeping government out of Medicare, or other ridiculous arguments.<br /><br />It\'s time for supporters of reform to start turning those tactics against the people using them. Democrats need to get a lot more \"in your face\" with Republicans and stop treating lies as if they needed to be argued.<br /><br />Why not just call a lie a lie?<br /><br />Why not just call the people spouting them liars?<br /><br />It\'s really the only tactic they fear.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-8878394747220454529?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";}i:23;a:9:{s:4:\"guid\";s:69:\"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606471577374866500.post-1631699568362554634\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:11:00 +0000\";s:4:\"atom\";a:1:{s:7:\"updated\";s:29:\"2009-08-20T12:44:23.841-07:00\";}s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Juvenile humor strikes again\";s:11:\"description\";s:1647:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So2nV8-QYWI/AAAAAAAAA_M/j7DCvgNyD7c/s1600-h/limbaugh_8-19.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 284px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So2nV8-QYWI/AAAAAAAAA_M/j7DCvgNyD7c/s320/limbaugh_8-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372133926109208930\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Q: \"What do the U.S.S. Enterprise and toilet paper have in common?\"</span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A: \"They both look for Klingons around Uranus.\"</span><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">-- children\'s joke</span><br /><br />Third graders all across America got a good laugh Wednesday.<br /><br />After hearing Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., put down a protester at a town hall meeting by asking a woman who compared President Obama to a Nazi \"what planet do you spend your time on, talk show bloviator Rush Limbaugh struck back quickly.<br /><br />\"Isn\'t it an established fact that Barney Frank spends his time hanging around Uranus?\" Rush asked on his radio show.<br /><br />Barney is gay, get it? I\'d call it frat-boy humor, but Limbaugh isn\'t the fraternity type.<br /><br />Ten million third graders and one retired MBA in Dallas are laughing their heads off.<br /><br />Stay classy, Rush.<br /><br />And remember, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/606471577374866500-1631699568362554634?l=mikerappaport.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>\";s:4:\"link\";s:75:\"http://mikerappaport.blogspot.com/2009/08/juvenile-humor-strikes-again.html\";s:6:\"author\";s:42:\"m_rappaport@earthlink.net (Mike Rappaport)\";s:3:\"thr\";a:1:{s:5:\"total\";s:1:\"1\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1647:\"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So2nV8-QYWI/AAAAAAAAA_M/j7DCvgNyD7c/s1600-h/limbaugh_8-19.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 284px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k18VZB_WvZ8/So2nV8-QYWI/AAAAAAAAA_M/j7DCvgNyD7c/s320/limbaugh_8-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372133926109208930\" border=\"0\" /></a><br /><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Q: \"What do the U.S.S. 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The front page of this site acts as a portal to vital aspects of the project including team member blogs, events, featured articles, translations, etc. It&#8217;s as if everything I would need to know or have quick access to is right on the front page housed within this portal.</p>\n<p>On the WordPress side of things, you have to dive into the documentation to find the Codex article that discusses WordPress in your language. The site contains one blog, the development blog for announcements specifically dealing with the software. It&#8217;s not like the good old days when multiple posts per month covering all aspects of the project would be published here. Now you&#8217;re lucky to see two posts or more a month on it. Each WordPress team member has their own blog, most with a WordPress category that is tied into a separate entity called the WordPress Planet that is accessed in the dashboard called Other WordPress News. Not only are the team members added to this site, but so are a number of other projects/sites that are not strictly WordPress related. I realize the team members are busy and some of them contribute to the WordPress project not employed by Automattic but I would like to see more posts published by them focused on the WordPress project. For example, I attend some of the developer chats and I see requests for unit tests or explanations as to how tickets in Trac should be treated yet I don&#8217;t see consistent information published to the public explaining this. Sure, the end user facing crowd has no interest in this, but there are a ton of plugin and theme authors as well as enthusiasts who would be. To be frank, I think that if it were not for websites such as Weblogtoolscollection.com and a host of other WordPress centric community sites, a majority of us would have no clue as to the progress of WordPress except for when a release was imminent. </p>\n<p>I would love to see is a complete redesign of WordPress.org which served as a portal. A portal that could be visited daily to see posts from team members regarding the project, latest posts in the WordPress forum, upcoming WordCamps, a featured WordPress.TV Video, links to some of the most important pages in the Codex, the 3 or 5 newest themes and plugins added to the repository, etc. This post may be premature though as the best thing that could happen to the site is the redesign, plus the ability to use BuddyPress as a means of creating the collaboration hub of it all. I know the BuddyPress situation is currently being worked on and may end up being a reality some day on WordPress.org but for everything else, there is certainly room for improvement across the board.</p>\n<h2>What Say you?</h2>\n<p>First off, what do you think of the current way WordPress.org the project along with the website is laid out? If you had the opportunity, how would you completely restructure the website and team members to turn the site into a collaboration/information hub all about WordPress?</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:18:37 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4154:\"<p>One of the most difficult tasks I see for the WordPress project in the next 1-2 years is creating a place to harness the power of the WordPress community into a central location. In my opinion, the WordPress community is like peanut butter, spread across the web really thin. You have to be subscribed to a bunch of different blogs throughout the community in order to get a grasp as to what is happening with the WordPress project. Other than enthusiast sites, you have to know which mailing lists to subscribe to, the developments prologue site, attend the developer chats, and occasionally read a WordPress centric blog post or two from one of the core developers in order to figure out what is going on. I don&#8217;t like this situation. Instead, I would love to see a community portal developed on the WordPress.org site that contains the tools necessary to create a collaboration hub.</p>\n<p>I hesitate to mention another project on a WordPress focused site but I believe there are lessons that can be learned from how Joomla has handled this situation. Joomla has a site called <a href=\"http://community.joomla.org/\">http://community.joomla.org/</a>. The front page of this site acts as a portal to vital aspects of the project including team member blogs, events, featured articles, translations, etc. It&#8217;s as if everything I would need to know or have quick access to is right on the front page housed within this portal.</p>\n<p>On the WordPress side of things, you have to dive into the documentation to find the Codex article that discusses WordPress in your language. The site contains one blog, the development blog for announcements specifically dealing with the software. It&#8217;s not like the good old days when multiple posts per month covering all aspects of the project would be published here. Now you&#8217;re lucky to see two posts or more a month on it. Each WordPress team member has their own blog, most with a WordPress category that is tied into a separate entity called the WordPress Planet that is accessed in the dashboard called Other WordPress News. Not only are the team members added to this site, but so are a number of other projects/sites that are not strictly WordPress related. I realize the team members are busy and some of them contribute to the WordPress project not employed by Automattic but I would like to see more posts published by them focused on the WordPress project. For example, I attend some of the developer chats and I see requests for unit tests or explanations as to how tickets in Trac should be treated yet I don&#8217;t see consistent information published to the public explaining this. Sure, the end user facing crowd has no interest in this, but there are a ton of plugin and theme authors as well as enthusiasts who would be. To be frank, I think that if it were not for websites such as Weblogtoolscollection.com and a host of other WordPress centric community sites, a majority of us would have no clue as to the progress of WordPress except for when a release was imminent. </p>\n<p>I would love to see is a complete redesign of WordPress.org which served as a portal. A portal that could be visited daily to see posts from team members regarding the project, latest posts in the WordPress forum, upcoming WordCamps, a featured WordPress.TV Video, links to some of the most important pages in the Codex, the 3 or 5 newest themes and plugins added to the repository, etc. This post may be premature though as the best thing that could happen to the site is the redesign, plus the ability to use BuddyPress as a means of creating the collaboration hub of it all. I know the BuddyPress situation is currently being worked on and may end up being a reality some day on WordPress.org but for everything else, there is certainly room for improvement across the board.</p>\n<h2>What Say you?</h2>\n<p>First off, what do you think of the current way WordPress.org the project along with the website is laid out? If you had the opportunity, how would you completely restructure the website and team members to turn the site into a collaboration/information hub all about WordPress?</p>\";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 10/30\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6966\";s:4:\"link\";s:87:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/30/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1030/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2297:\"<h4><a href=\"http://3oneseven.com/02/ines/\">Ines BuddyPress</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp2.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Ines\"><img title=\"ines BuddyPress\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/inesBuddyPress.png\" alt=\"ines BuddyPress\" width=\"200\" height=\"179\" /></a></p>\n<p>The Ines BuddyPress WP theme, edgy styles for a BuddyPress powered site with the brandnew Ines BuddyPress Theme, featuring a three column fluid layout, enabled with options panel, widgetized sidebars and footers, flickr support, pagenavi support, frontpage slider, orelated posts and recent comments are built into the theme.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://dpxmag.com/cleanpress-a-free-premium-wordpress-theme.html\">cleanPRESS</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"cleanpress\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cleanpress.png\" alt=\"cleanpress\" width=\"200\" height=\"102\" /></p>\n<p>Two column, feature rich theme with support for featured articles, post options and twitter options</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.clubwordpress.com/bare-minimum-wordpress-theme/\">Bare Minimum</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.demo.clubwordpress.com/index.php?wptheme=Bare+Minimum\"><img title=\"Bare Minimum\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/BareMinimum.png\" alt=\"Bare Minimum\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a></p>\n<p>This theme uses the bare minimum files that are needed for a WordPress theme – The theme uses no CSS and contains everything needed to run the theme in index.php.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.wpskinner.com/2009/10/26/moi-magazine-free-wordpress-theme-release/\">Moi Magazine</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpcodex.com/demo/?themedemo=moi-magazine\"><img title=\"Moi Magazine\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MoiMagazine.jpg\" alt=\"Moi Magazine\" width=\"174\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\n<p>Moi Magazine is a free 2 column magazine style WordPress Theme. It looks very modern and elegant from the front end and offering vast Admin options at the back end. With wide variety of tune able Theme options in the admin menu you don’t need to edit .php files manually to do basic theme adjustments.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to get it listed in these posts.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:44:36 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2297:\"<h4><a href=\"http://3oneseven.com/02/ines/\">Ines BuddyPress</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wp2.3oneseven.com/index.php?wptheme=Ines\"><img title=\"ines BuddyPress\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/inesBuddyPress.png\" alt=\"ines BuddyPress\" width=\"200\" height=\"179\" /></a></p>\n<p>The Ines BuddyPress WP theme, edgy styles for a BuddyPress powered site with the brandnew Ines BuddyPress Theme, featuring a three column fluid layout, enabled with options panel, widgetized sidebars and footers, flickr support, pagenavi support, frontpage slider, orelated posts and recent comments are built into the theme.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://dpxmag.com/cleanpress-a-free-premium-wordpress-theme.html\">cleanPRESS</a></h4>\n<p><img title=\"cleanpress\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cleanpress.png\" alt=\"cleanpress\" width=\"200\" height=\"102\" /></p>\n<p>Two column, feature rich theme with support for featured articles, post options and twitter options</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.clubwordpress.com/bare-minimum-wordpress-theme/\">Bare Minimum</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.demo.clubwordpress.com/index.php?wptheme=Bare+Minimum\"><img title=\"Bare Minimum\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/BareMinimum.png\" alt=\"Bare Minimum\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" /></a></p>\n<p>This theme uses the bare minimum files that are needed for a WordPress theme – The theme uses no CSS and contains everything needed to run the theme in index.php.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.wpskinner.com/2009/10/26/moi-magazine-free-wordpress-theme-release/\">Moi Magazine</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpcodex.com/demo/?themedemo=moi-magazine\"><img title=\"Moi Magazine\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/MoiMagazine.jpg\" alt=\"Moi Magazine\" width=\"174\" height=\"200\" /></a></p>\n<p>Moi Magazine is a free 2 column magazine style WordPress Theme. It looks very modern and elegant from the front end and offering vast Admin options at the back end. With wide variety of tune able Theme options in the admin menu you don’t need to edit .php files manually to do basic theme adjustments.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to get it listed in these posts.</p>\";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:23:\"BuddyPress: Doubling Up\";s:4:\"guid\";s:28:\"http://buddypress.org/?p=688\";s:4:\"link\";s:44:\"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/doubling-up/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1036:\"<p>I&#8217;d like to congratulate <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/developers/johnjamesjacoby\">John James Jacoby (aka jjj)</a> for doubling the size of the core development team and gaining commit access to the project!</p>\n<p>BuddyPress is growing, and at a pace that just one core developer cannot possibly keep up with. I&#8217;ve been looking to expand the size of the core development team for a while now and I&#8217;m excited to be able to announce the first stop along that road.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a regular in the <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/forums\">forums</a> or <a href=\"http://trac.buddypress.org\">trac</a> you&#8217;ll already know who John is. He has been an unrelenting force for some time with quick responses to questions and quality core patches.</p>\n<p>John will be helping with bug fixing to begin with, then looking to take on some of the new features listed on the <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/about/roadmap\">roadmap</a>. Congratulations again John, I&#8217;m very excited to have you on the core team.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:03:47 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Andy Peatling\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1036:\"<p>I&#8217;d like to congratulate <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/developers/johnjamesjacoby\">John James Jacoby (aka jjj)</a> for doubling the size of the core development team and gaining commit access to the project!</p>\n<p>BuddyPress is growing, and at a pace that just one core developer cannot possibly keep up with. I&#8217;ve been looking to expand the size of the core development team for a while now and I&#8217;m excited to be able to announce the first stop along that road.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a regular in the <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/forums\">forums</a> or <a href=\"http://trac.buddypress.org\">trac</a> you&#8217;ll already know who John is. He has been an unrelenting force for some time with quick responses to questions and quality core patches.</p>\n<p>John will be helping with bug fixing to begin with, then looking to take on some of the new features listed on the <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/about/roadmap\">roadmap</a>. Congratulations again John, I&#8217;m very excited to have you on the core team.</p>\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:61:\"WordPress.tv: Supprimer le compte Administrateur de WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2951\";s:4:\"link\";s:79:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/30/supprimer-le-compte-administrateur-de-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1414:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-0\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/30/supprimer-le-compte-administrateur-de-wordpress/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/cTR0oJhI/wordpress-suppression-compte-admin_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2951&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:18:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1414:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-0\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/30/supprimer-le-compte-administrateur-de-wordpress/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/cTR0oJhI/wordpress-suppression-compte-admin_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2951/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2951&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"WordPress.tv: Pods CMS: Basics\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2948\";s:4:\"link\";s:47:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/30/pods-cms-basics/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1359:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-1\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/30/pods-cms-basics/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/liNjW68D/pods-basics_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2948&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:10:25 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1359:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-1\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/30/pods-cms-basics/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/liNjW68D/pods-basics_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2948/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2948&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Bulk Plugin Upgrades In 2.9\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6959\";s:4:\"link\";s:81:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/29/bulk-plugin-upgrades-in-2-9/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1086:\"<p>As <a href=\"http://wpengineer.com/batch-plugin-update-in-wordpress-2-9/\" target=\"_blank\">mentioned by WP Engineer</a>, WordPress 2.9 recently had a new feature added to it called bulk plugin upgrades. The interesting thing about this feature is back on September 11th, Matt <a href=\"http://twitter.com/photomatt/status/3922695818\" target=\"_blank\">published this</a> through his Twitter feed:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Just upgraded three plugins in about 30 seconds using one-click upgrade &#8212; wish you could do them all at once though.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Well, now you can. I attended the WordPress developers chat today and according to the devs, the bulk upgrader works, all it needs now is to be tied into the API along with some cosmetics. I&#8217;m sure there are plenty of you, including myself that is pleased to see this addition to WordPress. However, I wonder what happens if during a bulk upgrade, one of the plugins fails. Does the upgrader skip the plugin and move on to the next one or does it ruin the entire upgrade? Looking forward to the answer in the comments. </p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:49:40 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1086:\"<p>As <a href=\"http://wpengineer.com/batch-plugin-update-in-wordpress-2-9/\" target=\"_blank\">mentioned by WP Engineer</a>, WordPress 2.9 recently had a new feature added to it called bulk plugin upgrades. The interesting thing about this feature is back on September 11th, Matt <a href=\"http://twitter.com/photomatt/status/3922695818\" target=\"_blank\">published this</a> through his Twitter feed:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Just upgraded three plugins in about 30 seconds using one-click upgrade &#8212; wish you could do them all at once though.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Well, now you can. I attended the WordPress developers chat today and according to the devs, the bulk upgrader works, all it needs now is to be tied into the API along with some cosmetics. I&#8217;m sure there are plenty of you, including myself that is pleased to see this addition to WordPress. However, I wonder what happens if during a bulk upgrade, one of the plugins fails. Does the upgrader skip the plugin and move on to the next one or does it ruin the entire upgrade? Looking forward to the answer in the comments. </p>\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:74:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress for iPhone 2 Now Available in App Store\";s:4:\"guid\";s:103:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/29/wordpress-for-iphone-2-now-available-in-app-store/\";s:4:\"link\";s:103:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/29/wordpress-for-iphone-2-now-available-in-app-store/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1749:\"<p>WordPress 2 for iPhone is now <a href=\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/10/28/wordpress-2-available/\" target=\"_blank\">available for downloads</a> in the App Store. The new app is packed with lots of features which include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new, more efficient user interface that makes it faster to switch between comments, posts, and pages. </li>\n<li>Various user interface refinements and bug fixes </li>\n<li>New Comments interface, with Gravatars and the author URL shown in the comment list </li>\n<li>Passwords are now stored in the keychain </li>\n<li>Posts are now automatically saved and restored if network connection is lost during publishing </li>\n<li>Added persistence, so the app re-opens in the blog you last used </li>\n<li>Added an interface for manually entering the XMLRPC endpoint for non-standard setups </li>\n<li>Fixed rotation-related visual glitches </li>\n<li>Fixed errors where malformed XML prevented access to XMLRPC endpoint </li>\n<li>Fixed edge case where local drafts were sometimes not saved </li>\n<li>Fixed the order of photos so that they’re displayed in the order they’re uploaded/ </li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Please note:</strong> The WordPress for iPhone 2 is a completely new application. If you are using a older version of WordPress app for iPhone, you will not be able to upgrade it, you will have to download the new application instead. You can safely remove the older version of the app, once you have installed version 2.0.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&amp;site=wpiphone.wordpress.com&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewSoftware%3Fid%3D335703880%26mt%3D8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download WordPress for iPhone 2 from App Store</strong></a></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:57:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Keith Dsouza\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1749:\"<p>WordPress 2 for iPhone is now <a href=\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/10/28/wordpress-2-available/\" target=\"_blank\">available for downloads</a> in the App Store. The new app is packed with lots of features which include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new, more efficient user interface that makes it faster to switch between comments, posts, and pages. </li>\n<li>Various user interface refinements and bug fixes </li>\n<li>New Comments interface, with Gravatars and the author URL shown in the comment list </li>\n<li>Passwords are now stored in the keychain </li>\n<li>Posts are now automatically saved and restored if network connection is lost during publishing </li>\n<li>Added persistence, so the app re-opens in the blog you last used </li>\n<li>Added an interface for manually entering the XMLRPC endpoint for non-standard setups </li>\n<li>Fixed rotation-related visual glitches </li>\n<li>Fixed errors where malformed XML prevented access to XMLRPC endpoint </li>\n<li>Fixed edge case where local drafts were sometimes not saved </li>\n<li>Fixed the order of photos so that they’re displayed in the order they’re uploaded/ </li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Please note:</strong> The WordPress for iPhone 2 is a completely new application. If you are using a older version of WordPress app for iPhone, you will not be able to upgrade it, you will have to download the new application instead. You can safely remove the older version of the app, once you have installed version 2.0.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&amp;site=wpiphone.wordpress.com&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewSoftware%3Fid%3D335703880%26mt%3D8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Download WordPress for iPhone 2 from App Store</strong></a></p>\";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:50:\"Joseph: rssCloud WordPress Plugin Update – 0.4.1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:30:\"http://josephscott.org/?p=1554\";s:4:\"link\";s:79:\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/10/rsscloud-wordpress-plugin-update-0-4-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2731:\"<p>Version 0.4.1 of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rsscloud/\">rssCloud WordPress plugin</a> is now available.  The biggest change  is adding support for the <a href=\"http://rsscloud.org/walkthrough/openDiscussion.html\">domain parameter</a> in notification requests.  This means that rssCloud updates processed by the plugin are no longer limited to being sent to the IP address that the request came from.  Support for the domain parameter is live on <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a> as well.</p>\n<p>When a domain parameter is included with a notification request the verification process does the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sends an HTTP GET request to the {domain}:{port}{path} URL</li>\n<li>That HTTP GET includes to pieces of data: url and challenge.  The url field contains the URL of the feed that we&#8217;ll been sending pings about.  The challenge field contains a random string of characters</li>\n<li>The response back must have a status code of 2xx and the body must contain EXACTLY the contents of the challenge field.  If both of those conditions are not met then the verification process will consider this a failure</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For notification requests that have no domain parameter the verification process is unchanged from before.</p>\n<p>Another item that some may find helpful is a new constant &#8211; RSSCLOUD_FEED_URL &#8211; if that is defined they it will be used as the feed URL of the blog instead of determining it via <code>get_bloginfo( \'rss2_url\' );</code>.  For plugin authors that provide options for an alternative feed URL note that can override the default in WordPress via the <code><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference#Link_Filters\">feed_link</a></code> filter.  That filter can be used instead of the RSSCLOUD_FEED_URL constant and will bubble up through the <code>get_bloginfo( \'rss2_url\' );</code> call.</p>\n\n\n<br />\n<h3>Related Posts</h3>\n<ol>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/09/rsscloud-for-wordpress/\" rel=\"bookmark\">RSSCloud For WordPress</a><!-- (21.4508)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/03/wordpress-libxml2-episode-iv-a-new-plugin/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WordPress &#038; libxml2 Episode IV: A New Plugin</a><!-- (11.1234)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/02/installing-wordpress-as-a-subversion-checkout-or-external-in-a-subdirectory/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Installing WordPress As A Subversion Checkout ( Or External ) In A Subdirectory</a><!-- (8.26912)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/03/will-norris-on-authentication-in-wordpress-28/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Will Norris On Authentication In WordPress 2.8</a><!-- (7.37764)--></li>\n	</ol>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:31:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Joseph Scott\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2731:\"<p>Version 0.4.1 of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rsscloud/\">rssCloud WordPress plugin</a> is now available.  The biggest change  is adding support for the <a href=\"http://rsscloud.org/walkthrough/openDiscussion.html\">domain parameter</a> in notification requests.  This means that rssCloud updates processed by the plugin are no longer limited to being sent to the IP address that the request came from.  Support for the domain parameter is live on <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/\">WordPress.com</a> as well.</p>\n<p>When a domain parameter is included with a notification request the verification process does the following:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sends an HTTP GET request to the {domain}:{port}{path} URL</li>\n<li>That HTTP GET includes to pieces of data: url and challenge.  The url field contains the URL of the feed that we&#8217;ll been sending pings about.  The challenge field contains a random string of characters</li>\n<li>The response back must have a status code of 2xx and the body must contain EXACTLY the contents of the challenge field.  If both of those conditions are not met then the verification process will consider this a failure</li>\n</ul>\n<p>For notification requests that have no domain parameter the verification process is unchanged from before.</p>\n<p>Another item that some may find helpful is a new constant &#8211; RSSCLOUD_FEED_URL &#8211; if that is defined they it will be used as the feed URL of the blog instead of determining it via <code>get_bloginfo( \'rss2_url\' );</code>.  For plugin authors that provide options for an alternative feed URL note that can override the default in WordPress via the <code><a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference#Link_Filters\">feed_link</a></code> filter.  That filter can be used instead of the RSSCLOUD_FEED_URL constant and will bubble up through the <code>get_bloginfo( \'rss2_url\' );</code> call.</p>\n\n\n<br />\n<h3>Related Posts</h3>\n<ol>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/09/rsscloud-for-wordpress/\" rel=\"bookmark\">RSSCloud For WordPress</a><!-- (21.4508)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/03/wordpress-libxml2-episode-iv-a-new-plugin/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WordPress &#038; libxml2 Episode IV: A New Plugin</a><!-- (11.1234)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/02/installing-wordpress-as-a-subversion-checkout-or-external-in-a-subdirectory/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Installing WordPress As A Subversion Checkout ( Or External ) In A Subdirectory</a><!-- (8.26912)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/03/will-norris-on-authentication-in-wordpress-28/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Will Norris On Authentication In WordPress 2.8</a><!-- (7.37764)--></li>\n	</ol>\";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:43:\"BuddyPress: BuddyPress at WordCamp New York\";s:4:\"guid\";s:28:\"http://buddypress.org/?p=677\";s:4:\"link\";s:64:\"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-at-wordcamp-new-york/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3124:\"<p><a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org\" title=\"WordCampNYC – Nov 14-15\"><img alt=\"WordCampNYC – Nov 14-15\" src=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/files/2009/10/wcnyc-wish-125.jpg\" /></a>This year at <a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp New York</a> there will be a whole track dedicated to WordPress MU and BuddyPress. Some of the topics being presented are:</p>\n<p><strong>Getting off the Farm:</strong><br />WPMU Beyond Blog Hosting. We all know that WPMU can be used to host multiple blogs for public or internal signups. But what else can you do? How far can you stretch it? I’ll be showcasing a number of sites that use WPMU in interesting ways. Speaker: Andrea Rennick.</p>\n<p><strong>Writing Plugins for WordPress/MU:</strong><br />This session will be directed toward plugin developers. We will discuss platform differences &#038; guidelines to keep in mind when writing a plugin for both WordPress &#038; WordPress MU. Speaker: Ron Rennick.</p>\n<p><strong>User Authentication with MU in Existing Ecosystems.</strong><br />Speaker: Casey Bisson.</p>\n<p><strong>How-to with MU: Using Multiple Domains, and Building a Member Directory.</strong><br />A two-part session where we will dig in to two different concepts. First up, we’ll cover how to domain map member blogs, and the difference between multiple sites and multiple domains. The second half will cover how we built a business/member directory and what plugins we used to accomplish this so you can build one too. Speaker: Andrea Rennick.</p>\n<p><strong>Growing Community with BuddyPress:</strong><br />Speaker: Lisa Sabin-Wilson.</p>\n<p><strong>Creating Killer Group Extensions in BuddyPress:</strong><br />In this session learn how to build highly custom feature extensions to BuddyPress groups. Andy will be talking through how you can use the new group extension API to build Twitter stream integration right into your groups. Speaker: Andy Peatling.</p>\n<p><strong>Developing BuddyPress as a Collaboration Hub:</strong><br />In this presentation, I’ll discuss some of the BuddyPress development I’ve done to bridge the WordPress/bbPress/MediaWiki platforms, taking BP beyond its roots as a social networking platform and turning it into a collaboration hub: a space where users can find, friend, and team up with each other (the social networking part BP that does well), work together to produce content (that’s the “collaboration” part), and feed the content back into BP (that’s the “hub” part). Speaker: Boone Gorges.</p>\n<p>Other soon-to-be confirmed sessions: Setting up BuddyPress (workshop); BuddyPress theme framework.</p>\n<p>For a full list of sessions please see the <a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/program\">program page</a>.</p>\n<p>It should be a fantastic event with space for up to 1000 people. Tickets are selling out fast so if you&#8217;re thinking of attending, now is the time to hop in and <a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/tickets/\">buy a ticket</a>. It looks like this is going to be <strong>the</strong> east coast WordCamp to attend. I&#8217;ll see you all there!</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:45:17 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Andy Peatling\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3124:\"<p><a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org\" title=\"WordCampNYC – Nov 14-15\"><img alt=\"WordCampNYC – Nov 14-15\" src=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/files/2009/10/wcnyc-wish-125.jpg\" /></a>This year at <a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/\">WordCamp New York</a> there will be a whole track dedicated to WordPress MU and BuddyPress. Some of the topics being presented are:</p>\n<p><strong>Getting off the Farm:</strong><br />WPMU Beyond Blog Hosting. We all know that WPMU can be used to host multiple blogs for public or internal signups. But what else can you do? How far can you stretch it? I’ll be showcasing a number of sites that use WPMU in interesting ways. Speaker: Andrea Rennick.</p>\n<p><strong>Writing Plugins for WordPress/MU:</strong><br />This session will be directed toward plugin developers. We will discuss platform differences &#038; guidelines to keep in mind when writing a plugin for both WordPress &#038; WordPress MU. Speaker: Ron Rennick.</p>\n<p><strong>User Authentication with MU in Existing Ecosystems.</strong><br />Speaker: Casey Bisson.</p>\n<p><strong>How-to with MU: Using Multiple Domains, and Building a Member Directory.</strong><br />A two-part session where we will dig in to two different concepts. First up, we’ll cover how to domain map member blogs, and the difference between multiple sites and multiple domains. The second half will cover how we built a business/member directory and what plugins we used to accomplish this so you can build one too. Speaker: Andrea Rennick.</p>\n<p><strong>Growing Community with BuddyPress:</strong><br />Speaker: Lisa Sabin-Wilson.</p>\n<p><strong>Creating Killer Group Extensions in BuddyPress:</strong><br />In this session learn how to build highly custom feature extensions to BuddyPress groups. Andy will be talking through how you can use the new group extension API to build Twitter stream integration right into your groups. Speaker: Andy Peatling.</p>\n<p><strong>Developing BuddyPress as a Collaboration Hub:</strong><br />In this presentation, I’ll discuss some of the BuddyPress development I’ve done to bridge the WordPress/bbPress/MediaWiki platforms, taking BP beyond its roots as a social networking platform and turning it into a collaboration hub: a space where users can find, friend, and team up with each other (the social networking part BP that does well), work together to produce content (that’s the “collaboration” part), and feed the content back into BP (that’s the “hub” part). Speaker: Boone Gorges.</p>\n<p>Other soon-to-be confirmed sessions: Setting up BuddyPress (workshop); BuddyPress theme framework.</p>\n<p>For a full list of sessions please see the <a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/program\">program page</a>.</p>\n<p>It should be a fantastic event with space for up to 1000 people. Tickets are selling out fast so if you&#8217;re thinking of attending, now is the time to hop in and <a href=\"http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/tickets/\">buy a ticket</a>. It looks like this is going to be <strong>the</strong> east coast WordCamp to attend. I&#8217;ll see you all there!</p>\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:43:\"WordPress.tv: Matt Mullenweg: WordPress Now\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2552\";s:4:\"link\";s:60:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/29/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-now/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1382:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-2\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/29/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-now/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/creB0kaV/matt1-youtube-sharing_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2552&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:37:39 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1382:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-2\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/29/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-now/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/creB0kaV/matt1-youtube-sharing_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2552/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2552&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:64:\"WP iPhone: WordPress for iPhone 2 now available in the App Store\";s:4:\"guid\";s:34:\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/?p=476\";s:4:\"link\";s:61:\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/10/28/wordpress-2-available/\";s:11:\"description\";s:4240:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>We&#8217;ve just received word that <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335703880&amp;mt=8\">WordPress for iPhone 2</a> is now available on the App Store. Woohoo!</p>\n<p><strong>A quick note about installation:</strong> WordPress for iPhone 2 is a new app, and the previous version won&#8217;t automatically update to 2.0.  Installing it won&#8217;t overwrite any previous version you have installed. When you launch the new app, you&#8217;ll immediately see &#8220;Version 2.0&#8243; at the bottom of the screen. When you&#8217;re no longer using it, you can safely remove the previous version from your device.</p>\n<p>Our efforts were focused on creating a better user experience &#8212; the beginnings of a user interface overhaul that we&#8217;ll continue with the next version, and eliminating the bugs and incompatibilities with some self-hosted WordPress setups that was the source of the majority of the support requests we see in the <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org\">forum</a>.</p>\n<p>So, what&#8217;s new in version 2?</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new, more efficient user interface that makes it faster to switch between comments, posts, and pages.</li>\n<li>Various user interface refinements and bug fixes</li>\n<li>New Comments interface, with Gravatars and the author URL shown in the comment list</li>\n<li>Passwords are now stored in the keychain</li>\n<li>Posts are now automatically saved and restored if network connection is lost during publishing</li>\n<li>Added persistence, so the app re-opens in the blog you last used</li>\n<li>Added an interface for manually entering the XMLRPC endpoint for non-standard setups</li>\n<li>Fixed rotation-related visual glitches</li>\n<li>Fixed errors where malformed XML prevented access to XMLRPC endpoint</li>\n<li>Fixed edge case where local drafts were sometimes not saved</li>\n<li>Fixed the order of photos so that they&#8217;re displayed in the order they&#8217;re uploaded</li>\n</ul>\n<p>WordPress for iPhone, just like WordPress itself, is an Open Source app. Our source code is publicly available, and anyone can contribute to it. On behalf of all the developers, thank you to everyone who wrote code, submitted their ideas or bug reports, built and tested new features with the iPhone Simulator, and installed our beta releases. They helped bring you this app, and we&#8217;re excited to have you all start using it!</p>\n<p>Just a reminder: we&#8217;ve started a new blog called <a href=\"http://iphonedev.wordpress.org\">Making WordPress for iPhone</a>, where we&#8217;ll talk about the features we&#8217;re tackling for the next version of the app, and keep you up to date on our progress. We&#8217;re soliciting your ideas and feedback there, so if you&#8217;d like to help guide the direction of WordPress for iPhone, that&#8217;s the place to be.</p>\n<p><em>In the interest of keeping comments on topic, please don’t post support requests here—instead, we ask that you post them in the <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org\">WordPress for iPhone forums</a>.</em></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=476&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:15:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:2:\"MT\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:4240:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>We&#8217;ve just received word that <a href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335703880&amp;mt=8\">WordPress for iPhone 2</a> is now available on the App Store. Woohoo!</p>\n<p><strong>A quick note about installation:</strong> WordPress for iPhone 2 is a new app, and the previous version won&#8217;t automatically update to 2.0.  Installing it won&#8217;t overwrite any previous version you have installed. When you launch the new app, you&#8217;ll immediately see &#8220;Version 2.0&#8243; at the bottom of the screen. When you&#8217;re no longer using it, you can safely remove the previous version from your device.</p>\n<p>Our efforts were focused on creating a better user experience &#8212; the beginnings of a user interface overhaul that we&#8217;ll continue with the next version, and eliminating the bugs and incompatibilities with some self-hosted WordPress setups that was the source of the majority of the support requests we see in the <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org\">forum</a>.</p>\n<p>So, what&#8217;s new in version 2?</p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new, more efficient user interface that makes it faster to switch between comments, posts, and pages.</li>\n<li>Various user interface refinements and bug fixes</li>\n<li>New Comments interface, with Gravatars and the author URL shown in the comment list</li>\n<li>Passwords are now stored in the keychain</li>\n<li>Posts are now automatically saved and restored if network connection is lost during publishing</li>\n<li>Added persistence, so the app re-opens in the blog you last used</li>\n<li>Added an interface for manually entering the XMLRPC endpoint for non-standard setups</li>\n<li>Fixed rotation-related visual glitches</li>\n<li>Fixed errors where malformed XML prevented access to XMLRPC endpoint</li>\n<li>Fixed edge case where local drafts were sometimes not saved</li>\n<li>Fixed the order of photos so that they&#8217;re displayed in the order they&#8217;re uploaded</li>\n</ul>\n<p>WordPress for iPhone, just like WordPress itself, is an Open Source app. Our source code is publicly available, and anyone can contribute to it. On behalf of all the developers, thank you to everyone who wrote code, submitted their ideas or bug reports, built and tested new features with the iPhone Simulator, and installed our beta releases. They helped bring you this app, and we&#8217;re excited to have you all start using it!</p>\n<p>Just a reminder: we&#8217;ve started a new blog called <a href=\"http://iphonedev.wordpress.org\">Making WordPress for iPhone</a>, where we&#8217;ll talk about the features we&#8217;re tackling for the next version of the app, and keep you up to date on our progress. We&#8217;re soliciting your ideas and feedback there, so if you&#8217;d like to help guide the direction of WordPress for iPhone, that&#8217;s the place to be.</p>\n<p><em>In the interest of keeping comments on topic, please don’t post support requests here—instead, we ask that you post them in the <a href=\"http://iphone.forums.wordpress.org\">WordPress for iPhone forums</a>.</em></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wpiphone.wordpress.com/476/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iphone.wordpress.org&blog=3882653&post=476&subd=wpiphone&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 10/28\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6956\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/28/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1028-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3756:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://ponticlaro.com/wordpress/media-settings/\">Ponticlaro Media Settings</a></p>\n<p>It has a really nifty [media] shortcode that hacks into the great built-in WordPress gallery.  You can put one [media] in your post and it will access the first image in the gallery without any code.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://markbeljaars.com/tocc-plugin/\">Table of Contents Creator</a></p>\n<p>Table of Contents Creator (TOCC) automatically generates a dynamic site wide table of contents that is always up-to-date. All entries are navigable making your site extremely SEO friendly. TOCC can be configured to display static pages, blog entries and forum comments. Another great feature of TOCC is the ability to include anchor tags marked with a special class. This feature allows links to articles, downloads or even other sites to appear within the table of contents as if they are part of your site’s navigation.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://xentek.net/code/wordpress/plugins/posty-widget/\">Posty Widget</a></p>\n<p>Displays the contents of two custom fields in a Sidebar Widget. The widget can stay the same (and in the same place) but the content can be dynamic and set to provide more information about the post you&#8217;re looking at.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ronalfy.com/2009/10/26/wp-grins-lite/\">WP Grins Lite</a></p>\n<p>A &#8220;lite&#8221; version of the original WP Grins plugin using the lighter-weight jQuery library. This plugin allows smilies to be inserted into your comment form.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ronalfy.com/2009/10/26/wordpress-static-random-posts-widget/\">Static Random Posts</a></p>\n<p>Allows the display of random posts, but allows the admin to determine how often the random posts are refreshed. With Static Random Posts, the random posts will remain the same for a set amount of time.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.maclovin.de/syntaxhl-editor/\">SyntaxHL-Editor</a></p>\n<p>Offers an easy to use graphical user interface for <a href=\"http://www.lastengine.com/syntax-highlighter-wordpress-plugin/\">Syntax Highlighter and Code Colorizer for Wordpress</a>. You can easily enter and modify source-code highlighted in your posts as well as specify options for every single snippet.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://crunchmeme.com/arpitshah-twitter-goodies-plugins/\">Twitter Goodies</a></p>\n<p>Twitter Goodies plugin will show your tweets under Sidebar Area (Widget), Post and/or Pages. REFRESH AUTOMATICALLY and you have 5 different Color Option.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog/avirtualhome.com/wordpress-plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/\">AVH First Defense Against Spam</a></p>\n<p>The AVH First Defense Against Spam plugin gives you the ability to block spammers before any content is served. Spammers are identified by checking if the visitors IP exists in a database served by stopforumspam.com, the Project Honey Pot or a local blacklist.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://jonraasch.com/blog/yet-another-featured-posts-plugin\">Yet Another Featured Posts Plugin (YAFPP)</a></p>\n<p>Yet Another Featured Posts Plugin provides an easy interface for featuring and unfeaturing posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagemeta/\">Page Meta</a></p>\n<p>Adds the ability to override the page meta title and add in meta descriptions and keywords for pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.grandslambert.com/plugins/extended-page-lists.html\">Extended Page List</a></p>\n<p>Add custom configured page lists to your posts, pages and sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/08/05/broken-link-checker-for-wordpress/\">Broken Link Checker</a></p>\n<p>This plugin will check your posts, custom fields and the blogroll for broken links and missing images and notify you if any are found.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:41 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3756:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://ponticlaro.com/wordpress/media-settings/\">Ponticlaro Media Settings</a></p>\n<p>It has a really nifty [media] shortcode that hacks into the great built-in WordPress gallery.  You can put one [media] in your post and it will access the first image in the gallery without any code.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://markbeljaars.com/tocc-plugin/\">Table of Contents Creator</a></p>\n<p>Table of Contents Creator (TOCC) automatically generates a dynamic site wide table of contents that is always up-to-date. All entries are navigable making your site extremely SEO friendly. TOCC can be configured to display static pages, blog entries and forum comments. Another great feature of TOCC is the ability to include anchor tags marked with a special class. This feature allows links to articles, downloads or even other sites to appear within the table of contents as if they are part of your site’s navigation.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://xentek.net/code/wordpress/plugins/posty-widget/\">Posty Widget</a></p>\n<p>Displays the contents of two custom fields in a Sidebar Widget. The widget can stay the same (and in the same place) but the content can be dynamic and set to provide more information about the post you&#8217;re looking at.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ronalfy.com/2009/10/26/wp-grins-lite/\">WP Grins Lite</a></p>\n<p>A &#8220;lite&#8221; version of the original WP Grins plugin using the lighter-weight jQuery library. This plugin allows smilies to be inserted into your comment form.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ronalfy.com/2009/10/26/wordpress-static-random-posts-widget/\">Static Random Posts</a></p>\n<p>Allows the display of random posts, but allows the admin to determine how often the random posts are refreshed. With Static Random Posts, the random posts will remain the same for a set amount of time.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.maclovin.de/syntaxhl-editor/\">SyntaxHL-Editor</a></p>\n<p>Offers an easy to use graphical user interface for <a href=\"http://www.lastengine.com/syntax-highlighter-wordpress-plugin/\">Syntax Highlighter and Code Colorizer for Wordpress</a>. You can easily enter and modify source-code highlighted in your posts as well as specify options for every single snippet.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://crunchmeme.com/arpitshah-twitter-goodies-plugins/\">Twitter Goodies</a></p>\n<p>Twitter Goodies plugin will show your tweets under Sidebar Area (Widget), Post and/or Pages. REFRESH AUTOMATICALLY and you have 5 different Color Option.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://blog/avirtualhome.com/wordpress-plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/\">AVH First Defense Against Spam</a></p>\n<p>The AVH First Defense Against Spam plugin gives you the ability to block spammers before any content is served. Spammers are identified by checking if the visitors IP exists in a database served by stopforumspam.com, the Project Honey Pot or a local blacklist.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://jonraasch.com/blog/yet-another-featured-posts-plugin\">Yet Another Featured Posts Plugin (YAFPP)</a></p>\n<p>Yet Another Featured Posts Plugin provides an easy interface for featuring and unfeaturing posts.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagemeta/\">Page Meta</a></p>\n<p>Adds the ability to override the page meta title and add in meta descriptions and keywords for pages.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.grandslambert.com/plugins/extended-page-lists.html\">Extended Page List</a></p>\n<p>Add custom configured page lists to your posts, pages and sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/08/05/broken-link-checker-for-wordpress/\">Broken Link Checker</a></p>\n<p>This plugin will check your posts, custom fields and the blogroll for broken links and missing images and notify you if any are found.</p>\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Alex King: WordPress HelpCenter Shares Revenue and Knowledge\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://alexking.org/?p=3703\";s:4:\"link\";s:74:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/10/28/wordpress-helpcenter-affiliate-program\";s:11:\"description\";s:7174:\"<p>We&#8217;ve launched an <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com/affiliates/\">affiliate program</a> and a public knowledge base at <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> (WPHC), two things that I&#8217;m very excited about. We&#8217;re getting closer and closer to my overall vision for the service.</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053548762/\" title=\"New Home Page by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4053548762_a779bb6442_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"234\" alt=\"New Home Page\" /></a></p>\n<h3>Affiliate Program</h3>\n<p>The affiliate program is really core to how we want the HelpCenter to work (note: anyone can join the affiliate program). It creates a formal relationship between WPHC and plugin and theme authors so that we can support the great WordPress development community. It sets up:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>WPHC to pay plugin and theme authors when we do paid work with plugins or themes they created.</li>\n<li>Makes it easy for plugin and theme authors give us FAQs and tips about the things they have built so that we can provide great support for them.</li>\n<li>Builds relationships with plugin and theme authors so we can send them bug reports and contact them with advanced issues we are dealing with.</li>\n<li>Rewards affiliates for referring business to us.</li>\n</ul>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053557146/\" title=\"Affiliate Account by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2485/4053557146_5e5b2568e6_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"233\" alt=\"Affiliate Account\" /></a></p>\n<p>We have a collection of badges that plugin and theme authors can place on their web sites and in the WordPress admin pages for their plugins and themes to direct people to the WordPress HelpCenter to get support (and earn affiliate payments).</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4052816919/\" title=\"WordPress Admin Badge by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/4052816919_8914fa1016_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"232\" alt=\"WordPress Admin Badge\" /></a></p>\n<p>We also have released a <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wphelpcenter/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress plugin</a> that does two things:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>it adds a WordPress HelpCenter support tab to the admin interface to make it easy for people to contact WPHC for support.</li>\n<li>It creates a system profile that details key information about a WordPress installation that is very useful in troubleshooting and debugging. This system profile can be sent to WordPress HelpCenter.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Affiliates can download a customized version of this plugin that includes their affiliate code so that they receive a referral payment in addition to any payments for work we do with plugins and themes they have registered with us.</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053576486/\" title=\"HelpCenter tab by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4053576486_59490be96b_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"111\" alt=\"HelpCenter tab\" /></a></p>\n<p>We think that this may be something that plugin and theme authors may want to distribute along with their work. Additionally, developers that create WordPress powered sites but may not be in position to provide on-call support for them may want to install this on sites they create for their clients.</p>\n<p>The system profile page created by the plugin uses standard WordPress filters to enable plugin and theme authors to add information to it that may be relevant for their plugins or themes.</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4052835889/\" title=\"System Profile by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4052835889_c148d49133_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"104\" alt=\"System Profile\" /></a></p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really excited about the affiliate program because it provides a monetary reward for plugin and theme developers while actually removing a burden from them and potentially freeing them up to spend more time building great things for the WordPress community.</p>\n<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve thought and brainstormed quite a bit about ways to provide financial incentives for WordPress developers. Our affiliate program is a start. It&#8217;s a true win-win arrangement, and it will only get better as the WordPress community continues to grow.</p>\n<h3>Public Knowledge Base</h3>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053576418/\" title=\"Public Knowledge Base by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/4053576418_802e93bbec_m.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Public Knowledge Base\" /></a></p>\n<p>The public knowledge base is another core element to WPHC and our vision of what we want it to be. We do troubleshooting and debugging of WordPress, plugin and theme issues every day, and this gives us a way to share the solutions we find with the community.</p>\n<p>In addition to our own notes, when affiliates register plugins and themes with us they have the opportunity to add FAQs and tips about those plugins and themes. As appropriate, we then make that information publicly available.</p>\n<p>Even better, the affiliates can come back and add additional FAQs and tips at any time. This is something I&#8217;m really excited about because the way that plugin README files work, they always lag one release behind on wordpress.org.</p>\n<p>We have a section on the site for <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com/plugins/\">plugins</a> and for <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com/themes/\">themes</a>. There are a few resources up there now, I&#8217;m looking forward to watching these areas grow in the future as more affiliates sign up and register their plugins and themes with us.</p>\n<p>I expect this to become a very useful resource for the WordPress community; one that grows nicely over time.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>I view the WPHC from several different perspectives.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the founder and a partner in the business, I want it to be financially viable so that we can maintain a great staff and provide top notch service.</li>\n<li>As a WordPress professional, I need it to be a place I trust and feel comfortable referring my clients to for support.</li>\n<li>As a WordPress developer, I want users of my plugins and themes to be able to get great support. I also know that with the growth of the WordPress community and the responsibilities I currently enjoy, I am no longer in a position to provide that support directly.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>From all of these perspectives, it is of paramount importance to me that the WordPress HelpCenter be a shining and trusted member of the WordPress community. The team and I are very committed to making that happen.</p>\n<p>If we are able to continue to build it as we envision, the WordPress HelpCenter will be a great asset to the entire WordPress community. With these new features, I believe we&#8217;ve taken a few big steps in that direction.</p>\n<img src=\"http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=3703&type=feed\" alt=\"\" />\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:34:33 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:7174:\"<p>We&#8217;ve launched an <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com/affiliates/\">affiliate program</a> and a public knowledge base at <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com\">WordPress HelpCenter</a> (WPHC), two things that I&#8217;m very excited about. We&#8217;re getting closer and closer to my overall vision for the service.</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053548762/\" title=\"New Home Page by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4053548762_a779bb6442_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"234\" alt=\"New Home Page\" /></a></p>\n<h3>Affiliate Program</h3>\n<p>The affiliate program is really core to how we want the HelpCenter to work (note: anyone can join the affiliate program). It creates a formal relationship between WPHC and plugin and theme authors so that we can support the great WordPress development community. It sets up:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>WPHC to pay plugin and theme authors when we do paid work with plugins or themes they created.</li>\n<li>Makes it easy for plugin and theme authors give us FAQs and tips about the things they have built so that we can provide great support for them.</li>\n<li>Builds relationships with plugin and theme authors so we can send them bug reports and contact them with advanced issues we are dealing with.</li>\n<li>Rewards affiliates for referring business to us.</li>\n</ul>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053557146/\" title=\"Affiliate Account by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2485/4053557146_5e5b2568e6_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"233\" alt=\"Affiliate Account\" /></a></p>\n<p>We have a collection of badges that plugin and theme authors can place on their web sites and in the WordPress admin pages for their plugins and themes to direct people to the WordPress HelpCenter to get support (and earn affiliate payments).</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4052816919/\" title=\"WordPress Admin Badge by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/4052816919_8914fa1016_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"232\" alt=\"WordPress Admin Badge\" /></a></p>\n<p>We also have released a <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wphelpcenter/\" rel=\"external\">WordPress plugin</a> that does two things:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>it adds a WordPress HelpCenter support tab to the admin interface to make it easy for people to contact WPHC for support.</li>\n<li>It creates a system profile that details key information about a WordPress installation that is very useful in troubleshooting and debugging. This system profile can be sent to WordPress HelpCenter.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Affiliates can download a customized version of this plugin that includes their affiliate code so that they receive a referral payment in addition to any payments for work we do with plugins and themes they have registered with us.</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053576486/\" title=\"HelpCenter tab by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4053576486_59490be96b_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"111\" alt=\"HelpCenter tab\" /></a></p>\n<p>We think that this may be something that plugin and theme authors may want to distribute along with their work. Additionally, developers that create WordPress powered sites but may not be in position to provide on-call support for them may want to install this on sites they create for their clients.</p>\n<p>The system profile page created by the plugin uses standard WordPress filters to enable plugin and theme authors to add information to it that may be relevant for their plugins or themes.</p>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4052835889/\" title=\"System Profile by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2743/4052835889_c148d49133_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"104\" alt=\"System Profile\" /></a></p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really excited about the affiliate program because it provides a monetary reward for plugin and theme developers while actually removing a burden from them and potentially freeing them up to spend more time building great things for the WordPress community.</p>\n<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve thought and brainstormed quite a bit about ways to provide financial incentives for WordPress developers. Our affiliate program is a start. It&#8217;s a true win-win arrangement, and it will only get better as the WordPress community continues to grow.</p>\n<h3>Public Knowledge Base</h3>\n<p class=\"center\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexkingorg/4053576418/\" title=\"Public Knowledge Base by alexkingorg, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/4053576418_802e93bbec_m.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Public Knowledge Base\" /></a></p>\n<p>The public knowledge base is another core element to WPHC and our vision of what we want it to be. We do troubleshooting and debugging of WordPress, plugin and theme issues every day, and this gives us a way to share the solutions we find with the community.</p>\n<p>In addition to our own notes, when affiliates register plugins and themes with us they have the opportunity to add FAQs and tips about those plugins and themes. As appropriate, we then make that information publicly available.</p>\n<p>Even better, the affiliates can come back and add additional FAQs and tips at any time. This is something I&#8217;m really excited about because the way that plugin README files work, they always lag one release behind on wordpress.org.</p>\n<p>We have a section on the site for <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com/plugins/\">plugins</a> and for <a href=\"http://wphelpcenter.com/themes/\">themes</a>. There are a few resources up there now, I&#8217;m looking forward to watching these areas grow in the future as more affiliates sign up and register their plugins and themes with us.</p>\n<p>I expect this to become a very useful resource for the WordPress community; one that grows nicely over time.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>I view the WPHC from several different perspectives.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the founder and a partner in the business, I want it to be financially viable so that we can maintain a great staff and provide top notch service.</li>\n<li>As a WordPress professional, I need it to be a place I trust and feel comfortable referring my clients to for support.</li>\n<li>As a WordPress developer, I want users of my plugins and themes to be able to get great support. I also know that with the growth of the WordPress community and the responsibilities I currently enjoy, I am no longer in a position to provide that support directly.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>From all of these perspectives, it is of paramount importance to me that the WordPress HelpCenter be a shining and trusted member of the WordPress community. The team and I are very committed to making that happen.</p>\n<p>If we are able to continue to build it as we envision, the WordPress HelpCenter will be a great asset to the entire WordPress community. With these new features, I believe we&#8217;ve taken a few big steps in that direction.</p>\n<img src=\"http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=3703&type=feed\" alt=\"\" />\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Dev Blog: Plugin Compatibility Beta\";s:4:\"guid\";s:39:\"http://wordpress.org/development/?p=944\";s:4:\"link\";s:67:\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/plugin-compatibility-beta/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3192:\"<p>The number one reason people give us for not upgrading to the latest version of WordPress is fear that their plugins won&#8217;t be compatible. As part of our continuing efforts to make WordPress core, plugin, and theme upgrades as painless as possible, Michael Adams developed and launched a beta of a new &#8220;Compatibility&#8221; feature in the plugin directory, powered by your votes. When viewing a plugin in the directory, select a WordPress version and a plugin version from the drop-downs. If there has been feedback about this WordPress / plugin version combination, we&#8217;ll show you what percentage of responses marked that combination as compatible vs how many marked it as incompatible.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/compatibility-viewing.png\" alt=\"Compatibility: Your Setup: (WordPress Version drop-down) (Plugin Version drop-down). Log in to vote. The Concensus: 44% negative, 56% positive\" title=\"Compatibility viewing\" width=\"220\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365\" /></p>\n<p>If you log in, you&#8217;ll be able to help us gather this information! Just select a WordPress version / plugin version combination and click the &#8220;Works&#8221; or the &#8220;Broken&#8221; button. Please note that this shouldn&#8217;t be used to report minor issues with a plugin. You should mark a plugin as &#8220;Broken&#8221; only if its core functionality is truly broken when run on the specified WordPress version.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/compatibility-voting.png\" alt=\"Compatibility: Your Setup: (WordPress Version drop-down) (Plugin Version drop-down). (Broken button) (Works button). The Concensus: No data\" title=\"Compatibility voting\" width=\"227\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-366\" /></p>\n<p>Right now we&#8217;re just in information gathering mode. So get out there and vote! Don&#8217;t just vote on broken plugins&#8230; cast a &#8220;Works&#8221; vote for every plugin that works on the version of WordPress you are using. This can help improve the signal-to-noise ratio in our data and prevent a few mistaken &#8220;Broken&#8221; votes from weighing too heavily.</p>\n<p>For developers, we&#8217;re now including this data in our API. The <code>plugin_information</code> action now returns a &#8220;compatibility&#8221; member with the multidimensional array format:</p>\n<p><code>array( {WP version} => array( {plugin version} => array( {% of reporters who say it works}, {# responses} ) ) )</code></p>\n<p>If the API knows which version of WordPress you are using (for example, if you are making this query using the <code>plugins_api()</code> function from with WordPress), the API will only return compatibility information for your version of WordPress.</p>\n<p>Eventually, we&#8217;d like to gather this compatibility feedback from within WordPress, allowing you to vote directly from your plugins admin screen. The ultimate goal is to use this information to inform you of plugin incompatibilities with a new version of WordPress during the upgrade process. For that to be useful we need a large set of high quality compatibility data. Start voting!</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:11:39 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Mark Jaquith\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3192:\"<p>The number one reason people give us for not upgrading to the latest version of WordPress is fear that their plugins won&#8217;t be compatible. As part of our continuing efforts to make WordPress core, plugin, and theme upgrades as painless as possible, Michael Adams developed and launched a beta of a new &#8220;Compatibility&#8221; feature in the plugin directory, powered by your votes. When viewing a plugin in the directory, select a WordPress version and a plugin version from the drop-downs. If there has been feedback about this WordPress / plugin version combination, we&#8217;ll show you what percentage of responses marked that combination as compatible vs how many marked it as incompatible.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/compatibility-viewing.png\" alt=\"Compatibility: Your Setup: (WordPress Version drop-down) (Plugin Version drop-down). Log in to vote. The Concensus: 44% negative, 56% positive\" title=\"Compatibility viewing\" width=\"220\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365\" /></p>\n<p>If you log in, you&#8217;ll be able to help us gather this information! Just select a WordPress version / plugin version combination and click the &#8220;Works&#8221; or the &#8220;Broken&#8221; button. Please note that this shouldn&#8217;t be used to report minor issues with a plugin. You should mark a plugin as &#8220;Broken&#8221; only if its core functionality is truly broken when run on the specified WordPress version.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/compatibility-voting.png\" alt=\"Compatibility: Your Setup: (WordPress Version drop-down) (Plugin Version drop-down). (Broken button) (Works button). The Concensus: No data\" title=\"Compatibility voting\" width=\"227\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-366\" /></p>\n<p>Right now we&#8217;re just in information gathering mode. So get out there and vote! Don&#8217;t just vote on broken plugins&#8230; cast a &#8220;Works&#8221; vote for every plugin that works on the version of WordPress you are using. This can help improve the signal-to-noise ratio in our data and prevent a few mistaken &#8220;Broken&#8221; votes from weighing too heavily.</p>\n<p>For developers, we&#8217;re now including this data in our API. The <code>plugin_information</code> action now returns a &#8220;compatibility&#8221; member with the multidimensional array format:</p>\n<p><code>array( {WP version} => array( {plugin version} => array( {% of reporters who say it works}, {# responses} ) ) )</code></p>\n<p>If the API knows which version of WordPress you are using (for example, if you are making this query using the <code>plugins_api()</code> function from with WordPress), the API will only return compatibility information for your version of WordPress.</p>\n<p>Eventually, we&#8217;d like to gather this compatibility feedback from within WordPress, allowing you to vote directly from your plugins admin screen. The ultimate goal is to use this information to inform you of plugin incompatibilities with a new version of WordPress during the upgrade process. For that to be useful we need a large set of high quality compatibility data. Start voting!</p>\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:65:\"Weblog Tools Collection: What Is The Immediate Future Of bbPress?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6949\";s:4:\"link\";s:93:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/28/what-is-the-immediate-future-of-bbpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2828:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bbpresslogo.png\" alt=\"bbpresslogo\" title=\"bbpresslogo\" width=\"181\" height=\"57\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6948\" />That&#8217;s the question <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/future-of-bbpress\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Mullenweg is asking</a> on the official bbPress.org support forums. The post highlights the fact that bbPress is not going away and that it is an important project for the WordPress community. After all, it powers the WordPress.org plugin repository, the support forums, and <a href=\"http://www.talkpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">TalkPress</a>, Automattics hosted forum service.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Strategically the most important thing we need to figure out is how to integrate bbPress better with WP more for people who want that &#8212; right now it&#8217;s easier to use one of the WP plugins for forums than bbPress.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve only installed bbPress locally once to check it out but it&#8217;s not my cup of tea. I think the bbPress forum software is aimed at developers since it comes with all the basics to build on or around but doesn&#8217;t contain the feature set of modern forum software out of the box. For example, the <a href=\"http://simplepressforum.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SimplePress</a> plugin for WordPress Matt mentions is packed with more features than the dedicated forum software. One idea I&#8217;ve heard Matt discuss with Sam that I think has a ton of potential is to replace or add onto the WordPress comment system with bbPress. This type of tight integration between the two is what I believe Matt wants to figure out. It would be awesome to have such an easy way to not only have a forum where visitors can start their own conversations, but also leave comments on articles on the blog side of things. I hesitate to mention Vbulletin but it&#8217;s the software that comes to mind that takes this to the next level by offering their own CMS with the forum software built into it. </p>\n<p>One of the best things bbPress has going for it right now is the work of Andy Peatling. In <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-1-1-released/\" target=\"_blank\">BuddyPress 1.1</a> Andy rewrote the forums component from the ground up to provide one click internal bbPress forum integration enabling users to setup forums in a fraction of the time. BuddyPress is gaining traction and as Matt says, has all the ingredients to become as large and successful as WordPress. I think the more people that use BuddyPress, the more that will use bbPress building that community simultaneously with BuddyPress. </p>\n<h2>Your Thoughts:</h2>\n<p>You tell me, or Matt. What is the future of bbPress you would like to see turn into a reality? Also, if you use bbPress, tell me why and how.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:46:47 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2828:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bbpresslogo.png\" alt=\"bbpresslogo\" title=\"bbpresslogo\" width=\"181\" height=\"57\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6948\" />That&#8217;s the question <a href=\"http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/future-of-bbpress\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Mullenweg is asking</a> on the official bbPress.org support forums. The post highlights the fact that bbPress is not going away and that it is an important project for the WordPress community. After all, it powers the WordPress.org plugin repository, the support forums, and <a href=\"http://www.talkpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">TalkPress</a>, Automattics hosted forum service.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Strategically the most important thing we need to figure out is how to integrate bbPress better with WP more for people who want that &#8212; right now it&#8217;s easier to use one of the WP plugins for forums than bbPress.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve only installed bbPress locally once to check it out but it&#8217;s not my cup of tea. I think the bbPress forum software is aimed at developers since it comes with all the basics to build on or around but doesn&#8217;t contain the feature set of modern forum software out of the box. For example, the <a href=\"http://simplepressforum.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SimplePress</a> plugin for WordPress Matt mentions is packed with more features than the dedicated forum software. One idea I&#8217;ve heard Matt discuss with Sam that I think has a ton of potential is to replace or add onto the WordPress comment system with bbPress. This type of tight integration between the two is what I believe Matt wants to figure out. It would be awesome to have such an easy way to not only have a forum where visitors can start their own conversations, but also leave comments on articles on the blog side of things. I hesitate to mention Vbulletin but it&#8217;s the software that comes to mind that takes this to the next level by offering their own CMS with the forum software built into it. </p>\n<p>One of the best things bbPress has going for it right now is the work of Andy Peatling. In <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/buddypress-1-1-released/\" target=\"_blank\">BuddyPress 1.1</a> Andy rewrote the forums component from the ground up to provide one click internal bbPress forum integration enabling users to setup forums in a fraction of the time. BuddyPress is gaining traction and as Matt says, has all the ingredients to become as large and successful as WordPress. I think the more people that use BuddyPress, the more that will use bbPress building that community simultaneously with BuddyPress. </p>\n<h2>Your Thoughts:</h2>\n<p>You tell me, or Matt. What is the future of bbPress you would like to see turn into a reality? Also, if you use bbPress, tell me why and how.</p>\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:48:\"WordPress.tv: The Image Widget for WordPress.com\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2865\";s:4:\"link\";s:66:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/28/the-image-widget-for-wordpress-com/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1399:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-3\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/28/the-image-widget-for-wordpress-com/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/PzVNDEYI/the-image-widget-youtube-sharing_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2865&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:05:21 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Michael Pick\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1399:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-3\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/28/the-image-widget-for-wordpress-com/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/PzVNDEYI/the-image-widget-youtube-sharing_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2865/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2865&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Alex King: Chain Reaction\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://alexking.org/?p=3725\";s:4:\"link\";s:50:\"http://alexking.org/blog/2009/10/27/chain-reaction\";s:11:\"description\";s:2144:\"<p>I&#8217;ve experienced a weird and unfortunate chain reaction over the last 48 hours.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>A flood of comment spam</li>\n<li>Akismet not accepting connections from my server<sup><a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256666024260n\" id=\"fn1256666024260\" class=\"footnote\">1</a></sup> and/or not catching the spam</li>\n<li>The email notifications from all the spam comments sending to my mail account</li>\n<li>My mail host started blocking all mail from my server (due to the high volume of comment spam)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>This has presented me with a choice between receiving email and accepting comments on this site, and that&#8217;s an easy choice.</p>\n<p>I disabled comments, and once the flow of spam mails stopped my mail host seems to be accepting mail again. It&#8217;s sad to see the problems caused by comment spam extending beyond the annoyance of having them appear on your blog.<sup><a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256667175104n\" id=\"fn1256667175104\" class=\"footnote\">2</a></sup></p>\n<p>I&#8217;m taking some additional steps to try to get the mail situation set up a little better (domain migration so I have better DNS control, sending mail directly to Google Apps and then forwarding to my primary mail account from there). I&#8217;m hopeful that I can get the Akismet connection issues resolved and enable comments again in the near future.</p>\n<p>Regardless, it&#8217;s been a genuine pain in the arse having to deal with this. Apologies for the impact it&#8217;s had on anyone looking to comment here and/or receiving emails from my server.</p>\n<p>UPDATE: re-enabling comments, hoping for the best.</p>\n<ol class=\"footnotes\">\n<li id=\"fn1256666024260n\">It allows connections at times, but then doesn&#8217;t for long periods of time. [<a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256666024260\">back</a>]</li>\n<li id=\"fn1256667175104n\">They can also cause server scalability issues. [<a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256667175104\">back</a>]</li>\n</ol>\n<img src=\"http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=3725&type=feed\" alt=\"\" />\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:13:35 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Alex\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2144:\"<p>I&#8217;ve experienced a weird and unfortunate chain reaction over the last 48 hours.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>A flood of comment spam</li>\n<li>Akismet not accepting connections from my server<sup><a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256666024260n\" id=\"fn1256666024260\" class=\"footnote\">1</a></sup> and/or not catching the spam</li>\n<li>The email notifications from all the spam comments sending to my mail account</li>\n<li>My mail host started blocking all mail from my server (due to the high volume of comment spam)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>This has presented me with a choice between receiving email and accepting comments on this site, and that&#8217;s an easy choice.</p>\n<p>I disabled comments, and once the flow of spam mails stopped my mail host seems to be accepting mail again. It&#8217;s sad to see the problems caused by comment spam extending beyond the annoyance of having them appear on your blog.<sup><a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256667175104n\" id=\"fn1256667175104\" class=\"footnote\">2</a></sup></p>\n<p>I&#8217;m taking some additional steps to try to get the mail situation set up a little better (domain migration so I have better DNS control, sending mail directly to Google Apps and then forwarding to my primary mail account from there). I&#8217;m hopeful that I can get the Akismet connection issues resolved and enable comments again in the near future.</p>\n<p>Regardless, it&#8217;s been a genuine pain in the arse having to deal with this. Apologies for the impact it&#8217;s had on anyone looking to comment here and/or receiving emails from my server.</p>\n<p>UPDATE: re-enabling comments, hoping for the best.</p>\n<ol class=\"footnotes\">\n<li id=\"fn1256666024260n\">It allows connections at times, but then doesn&#8217;t for long periods of time. [<a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256666024260\">back</a>]</li>\n<li id=\"fn1256667175104n\">They can also cause server scalability issues. [<a href=\"http://alexking.org/blog/topic/wordpress/feed#fn1256667175104\">back</a>]</li>\n</ol>\n<img src=\"http://alexking.org/wp/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=3725&type=feed\" alt=\"\" />\";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:53:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Are Your Plugins Compatible?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6944\";s:4:\"link\";s:81:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/27/are-your-plugins-compatible/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2295:\"<p>A few days ago, something new showed up on each plugin page throughout the repository. This new box on the right hand side is a way of enabling the community to say whether a plugin is compatible with the newest version of WordPress or not. Normally, the plugin information within the FYI box tells you which version of WordPress is required and which version the plugin is compatible up to. Unfortunately, the version the plugin is compatible up to is not updated that often which is why some plugins which state that they only work up to WordPress 2.5 end up working with the latest release. If you have a WordPress.org forum user account, you&#8217;ll need to log in in order to vote. The voting is simple. The first box enables you to select which version of WordPress you&#8217;re running, including the latest version being worked on. The second box allows you to choose which version of the plugin you are running. After setting those two options, you click on the <b>broken</b> or <b>works</b> buttons to place your vote. </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/itworks.png\" alt=\"itworks\" title=\"itworks\" width=\"216\" height=\"257\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6945\" /></p>\n<p>As per the screenshot, the majority of those using WordPress 2.8.5 with version 3.1.7 of the Google XML Sitemaps plugin reported that it&#8217;s working. The beauty of this system is that it leverages the community in order to figure out what works with what. However, just because it works for the majority of users is no guarantee it will work on your particular setup. But using these statistics, it should make it easier to figure out whether the issue is with the plugin and WordPress or with your setup. </p>\n<p>One of the biggest fears users have when it comes time to upgrade WordPress is whether their plugins will work on the newest version or not. There are a large handful of people who upgrade to the latest version of WordPress as soon as it&#8217;s released and the hope is, these folks will visit the plugin page and report their findings for others to take advantage of. If more users see that their plugins work on the newest version, they are more likely to upgrade. </p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this system? Any ideas to enhance it? </p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:59:51 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2295:\"<p>A few days ago, something new showed up on each plugin page throughout the repository. This new box on the right hand side is a way of enabling the community to say whether a plugin is compatible with the newest version of WordPress or not. Normally, the plugin information within the FYI box tells you which version of WordPress is required and which version the plugin is compatible up to. Unfortunately, the version the plugin is compatible up to is not updated that often which is why some plugins which state that they only work up to WordPress 2.5 end up working with the latest release. If you have a WordPress.org forum user account, you&#8217;ll need to log in in order to vote. The voting is simple. The first box enables you to select which version of WordPress you&#8217;re running, including the latest version being worked on. The second box allows you to choose which version of the plugin you are running. After setting those two options, you click on the <b>broken</b> or <b>works</b> buttons to place your vote. </p>\n<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/itworks.png\" alt=\"itworks\" title=\"itworks\" width=\"216\" height=\"257\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6945\" /></p>\n<p>As per the screenshot, the majority of those using WordPress 2.8.5 with version 3.1.7 of the Google XML Sitemaps plugin reported that it&#8217;s working. The beauty of this system is that it leverages the community in order to figure out what works with what. However, just because it works for the majority of users is no guarantee it will work on your particular setup. But using these statistics, it should make it easier to figure out whether the issue is with the plugin and WordPress or with your setup. </p>\n<p>One of the biggest fears users have when it comes time to upgrade WordPress is whether their plugins will work on the newest version or not. There are a large handful of people who upgrade to the latest version of WordPress as soon as it&#8217;s released and the hope is, these folks will visit the plugin page and report their findings for others to take advantage of. If more users see that their plugins work on the newest version, they are more likely to upgrade. </p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on this system? Any ideas to enhance it? </p>\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:25:\"Joseph: MakeItLink Update\";s:4:\"guid\";s:58:\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/10/makeitlink-update/\";s:4:\"link\";s:58:\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/10/makeitlink-update/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2008:\"<p>With the upcoming release of WordPress 2.9 I thought this would be a good time to re-sync my <a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/11/makeitlink-detecting-urls-in-text-and-making-them-links/\">original MakeItLink PHP class</a>.  I went back and did some additional checks with the make_clickable function in WordPress and found a few cases where it wasn&#8217;t generating the expected URL.  That resulted in <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10990\">ticket #10990</a> and just like before filosofo did a great job of improving my fix.</p>\n<p>After a few rounds of tests (from <a href=\"http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-tests/wp-testcase/test_includes_formatting.php\">text_includes_formatting.php</a>) the various example strings all worked as expected.  The last diff by filosofo has been committed to -trunk and will be part of WordPress 2.9.</p>\n<p>I expanded my <a href=\"http://josephscott.org/code/php/makeitlink/\">MakeItLink page</a> with an updated version of the code (0.2.0), a basic example and some background.  For those who want to go right into the code it&#8217;s available <a href=\"http://josephscott.org/projects/code/php/makeitlink/makeitlink.php.txt\">here</a>.</p>\n\n\n<br />\n<h3>Related Posts</h3>\n<ol>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/11/makeitlink-detecting-urls-in-text-and-making-them-links/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MakeItLink &#8211; Detecting URLs In Text And Making Them Links</a><!-- (13.7115)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/02/update-on-libxml2-issues/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Update On libxml2 Issues</a><!-- (10.0234)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/10/rsscloud-wordpress-plugin-update-0-4-1/\" rel=\"bookmark\">rssCloud WordPress Plugin Update &#8211; 0.4.1</a><!-- (7.31375)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/12/wordpress-27-released-xml-rpc-and-atompub-changes/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WordPress 2.7 Released &#8211; XML-RPC and AtomPub Changes</a><!-- (5.68586)--></li>\n	</ol>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Joseph Scott\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2008:\"<p>With the upcoming release of WordPress 2.9 I thought this would be a good time to re-sync my <a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/11/makeitlink-detecting-urls-in-text-and-making-them-links/\">original MakeItLink PHP class</a>.  I went back and did some additional checks with the make_clickable function in WordPress and found a few cases where it wasn&#8217;t generating the expected URL.  That resulted in <a href=\"http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10990\">ticket #10990</a> and just like before filosofo did a great job of improving my fix.</p>\n<p>After a few rounds of tests (from <a href=\"http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress-tests/wp-testcase/test_includes_formatting.php\">text_includes_formatting.php</a>) the various example strings all worked as expected.  The last diff by filosofo has been committed to -trunk and will be part of WordPress 2.9.</p>\n<p>I expanded my <a href=\"http://josephscott.org/code/php/makeitlink/\">MakeItLink page</a> with an updated version of the code (0.2.0), a basic example and some background.  For those who want to go right into the code it&#8217;s available <a href=\"http://josephscott.org/projects/code/php/makeitlink/makeitlink.php.txt\">here</a>.</p>\n\n\n<br />\n<h3>Related Posts</h3>\n<ol>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/11/makeitlink-detecting-urls-in-text-and-making-them-links/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MakeItLink &#8211; Detecting URLs In Text And Making Them Links</a><!-- (13.7115)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/02/update-on-libxml2-issues/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Update On libxml2 Issues</a><!-- (10.0234)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/10/rsscloud-wordpress-plugin-update-0-4-1/\" rel=\"bookmark\">rssCloud WordPress Plugin Update &#8211; 0.4.1</a><!-- (7.31375)--></li>\n		<li><a href=\"http://josephscott.org/archives/2008/12/wordpress-27-released-xml-rpc-and-atompub-changes/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WordPress 2.7 Released &#8211; XML-RPC and AtomPub Changes</a><!-- (5.68586)--></li>\n	</ol>\";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:69:\"WordPress.tv: Concevoir un thème en parallèle avec Theme Test Drive\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2932\";s:4:\"link\";s:85:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/27/concevoir-un-theme-en-parallele-avec-theme-test-drive/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1412:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-4\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/27/concevoir-un-theme-en-parallele-avec-theme-test-drive/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/9G33IWHK/wordpress-theme-test-drive_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2932&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:31:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1412:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-4\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/27/concevoir-un-theme-en-parallele-avec-theme-test-drive/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/9G33IWHK/wordpress-theme-test-drive_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2932/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2932&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:55:\"WordPress.tv: Matt Mullenweg: WordPress and Open Source\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2558\";s:4:\"link\";s:68:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/27/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-open-source/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1390:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-5\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/27/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-open-source/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/qJWFLezP/matt3-youtube-sharing_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2558&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:33:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1390:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-5\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/10/27/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-open-source/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/qJWFLezP/matt3-youtube-sharing_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2558/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2558&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:71:\"Weblog Tools Collection: 5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Blog\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6941\";s:4:\"link\";s:100:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/26/5-free-ways-to-bulletproof-your-wordpress-blog/\";s:11:\"description\";s:615:\"<p><a href=\"http://sewmyheadon.com/2009/5-free-ways-to-bulletproof-your-wordpress-site/\">5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Site</a>: Eric&#8217;s presentation from WordCamp Seattle that can also <a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/eric-amundson-five-ways-to-bulletproof-seattle09/\">be watched on WordPress.tv</a> Some of the interesting parts include backup, security, performance and general tips including improving search and usability, all with links to relevant plugins and tools. If you are new to WordPress or want to refresh your blog, this is a good read through. Thanks Linked In messages.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:37:59 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:615:\"<p><a href=\"http://sewmyheadon.com/2009/5-free-ways-to-bulletproof-your-wordpress-site/\">5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Site</a>: Eric&#8217;s presentation from WordCamp Seattle that can also <a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/eric-amundson-five-ways-to-bulletproof-seattle09/\">be watched on WordPress.tv</a> Some of the interesting parts include backup, security, performance and general tips including improving search and usability, all with links to relevant plugins and tools. If you are new to WordPress or want to refresh your blog, this is a good read through. Thanks Linked In messages.</p>\";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:40:\"Matt: After the Deadline now Open Source\";s:4:\"guid\";s:21:\"http://ma.tt/?p=15083\";s:4:\"link\";s:32:\"http://ma.tt/2009/10/atd-now-os/\";s:11:\"description\";s:546:\"<p><a href=\"http://afterthedeadline.com/\">After the Deadline</a>, the intelligent spell- and grammar-checking service Automattic acquired a few months ago, <a href=\"http://blog.afterthedeadline.com/2009/10/26/after-the-deadline-open-sourced/\">is releasing its core technology under the GPL</a>. There&#8217;s also a new jQuery API that makes it easy to integrate with any <code>textarea</code>. <a href=\"http://ostatic.com/blog/after-the-deadline-language-checking-software-used-by-wordpress-now-open-source\">Ostatic writes about it here</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:28:25 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Matt\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:546:\"<p><a href=\"http://afterthedeadline.com/\">After the Deadline</a>, the intelligent spell- and grammar-checking service Automattic acquired a few months ago, <a href=\"http://blog.afterthedeadline.com/2009/10/26/after-the-deadline-open-sourced/\">is releasing its core technology under the GPL</a>. There&#8217;s also a new jQuery API that makes it easy to integrate with any <code>textarea</code>. <a href=\"http://ostatic.com/blog/after-the-deadline-language-checking-software-used-by-wordpress-now-open-source\">Ostatic writes about it here</a>.</p>\";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:39:\"BuddyPress: BuddyPress Updated to 1.1.2\";s:4:\"guid\";s:28:\"http://buddypress.org/?p=668\";s:4:\"link\";s:41:\"http://buddypress.org/blog/news/bp-1-1-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:623:\"<p><a href=\"http://buddypress.org\">BuddyPress 1.1.2</a> is now available via an <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress\">automatic upgrade</a> or <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/download\">manual download</a>.</p>\n<p>This is an <strong>important security release</strong> and fixes two vulnerabilities found in version 1.1.1. To stay protected it is essential that you upgrade to this version of BuddyPress regardless of the version you are currently running.</p>\n<p>For a full list of fixes and closed tickets please consult the <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/about/release-history/\">release history</a>.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:25:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Andy Peatling\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:623:\"<p><a href=\"http://buddypress.org\">BuddyPress 1.1.2</a> is now available via an <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress\">automatic upgrade</a> or <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/download\">manual download</a>.</p>\n<p>This is an <strong>important security release</strong> and fixes two vulnerabilities found in version 1.1.1. To stay protected it is essential that you upgrade to this version of BuddyPress regardless of the version you are currently running.</p>\n<p>For a full list of fixes and closed tickets please consult the <a href=\"http://buddypress.org/about/release-history/\">release history</a>.</p>\";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:59:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 10/25\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6939\";s:4:\"link\";s:89:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/25/wordpress-theme-releases-for-1025-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2451:\"<h4><a href=\"http://developdaly.com/themes/wpfullsite/\">WP Full Site</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpfullsite.developdaly.com/\"><img title=\"WP Full Site\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/WPFullSite.gif\" alt=\"WP Full Site\" width=\"200\" height=\"117\" /></a></p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid\">Hybrid</a> child theme built for small businesses that that is tailored towards the basics of gaining customers.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/thatsimple\">THATSimple</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.thatagency.com/THATthemes/index.php?wptheme=THATsimple\"><img title=\"THATSimple\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/THATSimple.png\" alt=\"THATSimple\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a></p>\n<p>Two column theme with a custom header and theme options</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.kreativethemes.com/furvious/\">Furvious</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://demo.kreativethemes.com/furvious/\"><img title=\"furvious\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/furvious.jpg\" alt=\"furvious\" width=\"200\" height=\"147\" /></a></p>\n<p>This beautiful theme has 5 different style to choose from with built-in related post, pagination and others &#8211; customizable through its cool Theme Options page.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://developdaly.com/themes/boxpulse/\">Boxpulse</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://boxpulse.developdaly.com/\"><img title=\"boxpulse\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/boxpulse.gif\" alt=\"boxpulse\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" /></a></p>\n<p>Two-column <a href=\"http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid\">Hybrid</a> child theme that offers a certain elegance and includes a template made specifically for the included slider.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://webhostinghelpguy.inmotionhosting.com/wordpress/modern-blue-dark-wordpress-theme/\">Modern Blue Dark</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://webhostinghelpguy.inmotionhosting.com/wp-demos/modern-blue-dark/\"><img title=\"Modern Blue Dark\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ModernBlueDark.jpg\" alt=\"Modern Blue Dark\" width=\"200\" height=\"114\" /></a></p>\n<p>Modern Blue Dark is a sleek, modern design in blue with a dark background and Web 2.0-inspired wraparound headings. Widget-ready, gravatar-enabled, and set to download.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to get it featured in these posts.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:26:05 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2451:\"<h4><a href=\"http://developdaly.com/themes/wpfullsite/\">WP Full Site</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://wpfullsite.developdaly.com/\"><img title=\"WP Full Site\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/WPFullSite.gif\" alt=\"WP Full Site\" width=\"200\" height=\"117\" /></a></p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid\">Hybrid</a> child theme built for small businesses that that is tailored towards the basics of gaining customers.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/thatsimple\">THATSimple</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.thatagency.com/THATthemes/index.php?wptheme=THATsimple\"><img title=\"THATSimple\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/THATSimple.png\" alt=\"THATSimple\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a></p>\n<p>Two column theme with a custom header and theme options</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://www.kreativethemes.com/furvious/\">Furvious</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://demo.kreativethemes.com/furvious/\"><img title=\"furvious\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/furvious.jpg\" alt=\"furvious\" width=\"200\" height=\"147\" /></a></p>\n<p>This beautiful theme has 5 different style to choose from with built-in related post, pagination and others &#8211; customizable through its cool Theme Options page.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://developdaly.com/themes/boxpulse/\">Boxpulse</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://boxpulse.developdaly.com/\"><img title=\"boxpulse\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/boxpulse.gif\" alt=\"boxpulse\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" /></a></p>\n<p>Two-column <a href=\"http://themehybrid.com/themes/hybrid\">Hybrid</a> child theme that offers a certain elegance and includes a template made specifically for the included slider.</p>\n<h4><a href=\"http://webhostinghelpguy.inmotionhosting.com/wordpress/modern-blue-dark-wordpress-theme/\">Modern Blue Dark</a></h4>\n<p><a href=\"http://webhostinghelpguy.inmotionhosting.com/wp-demos/modern-blue-dark/\"><img title=\"Modern Blue Dark\" src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ModernBlueDark.jpg\" alt=\"Modern Blue Dark\" width=\"200\" height=\"114\" /></a></p>\n<p>Modern Blue Dark is a sleek, modern design in blue with a dark background and Web 2.0-inspired wraparound headings. Widget-ready, gravatar-enabled, and set to download.</p>\n<p>Are you a theme author? <a href=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/submit-news/\">Submit your theme</a> to get it featured in these posts.</p>\";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:56:\"WordPress.tv: This Week on WordPress.tv: Oct 18—Oct 24\";s:4:\"guid\";s:30:\"http://blog.wordpress.tv/?p=89\";s:4:\"link\";s:84:\"http://blog.wordpress.tv/2009/10/25/this-week-on-wordpress-tv-oct-18%e2%80%94oct-24/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3301:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Another week, another great set of presentations published this week from WordCamp Seattle. This week brings the Seattle video to a close, and we hope you&#8217;ve found the presentations to be informative and useful.</p>\n<p>The first set of sessions posted this week were a neat experiment from the Seattle organizing team: WordPress presentations done &#8220;Ignite-style&#8221;, where each presenter was given only five minutes in which to deliver their talk. As a result, you&#8217;ll find these talks move quickly and give you lots of information in a short amount of time:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/martin-buckley-multiple-blogs-seattle09/\">Martin Buckley: Self-Hosting Multiple WordPress Blogs</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/eric-amundson-five-ways-to-bulletproof-seattle09/\">Eric Amundson: 5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Site</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/chris-molitor-finding-themes-seattle09/\">Chris Molitor: Finding the Perfect Theme for You or Your Business</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/donald-desantis-creating-themes-seattle09/\">Donald DeSantis: Create Your Own WordPress Theme</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/mark-mclaren-wordpress-social-seattle09/\">Mark McLaren: WordPress and the Social Web</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>We also published the closing session from Seattle, given by Liz Strauss:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/liz-strauss-community-seattle09/\">Liz Strauss: Context, Campaigns, and the U Community</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Remember that if you missed any sessions from WordCamp Seattle, <a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-seattle/\">you can view the whole list of them here</a>.</p>\n<p>Next week, we have a small series of videos that have come in from the community to publish while we wait for a short lull in WordCamp activity, but with WordCamps <a href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/\">happening over the next few weeks in more places all over the world</a>, we&#8217;re looking forward to more sessions from great speakers.</p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more from WordPress.tv!</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wordpress.tv&blog=5310177&post=89&subd=wptvblog&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:43:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3301:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Another week, another great set of presentations published this week from WordCamp Seattle. This week brings the Seattle video to a close, and we hope you&#8217;ve found the presentations to be informative and useful.</p>\n<p>The first set of sessions posted this week were a neat experiment from the Seattle organizing team: WordPress presentations done &#8220;Ignite-style&#8221;, where each presenter was given only five minutes in which to deliver their talk. As a result, you&#8217;ll find these talks move quickly and give you lots of information in a short amount of time:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/martin-buckley-multiple-blogs-seattle09/\">Martin Buckley: Self-Hosting Multiple WordPress Blogs</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/eric-amundson-five-ways-to-bulletproof-seattle09/\">Eric Amundson: 5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Site</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/chris-molitor-finding-themes-seattle09/\">Chris Molitor: Finding the Perfect Theme for You or Your Business</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/donald-desantis-creating-themes-seattle09/\">Donald DeSantis: Create Your Own WordPress Theme</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/mark-mclaren-wordpress-social-seattle09/\">Mark McLaren: WordPress and the Social Web</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>We also published the closing session from Seattle, given by Liz Strauss:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/liz-strauss-community-seattle09/\">Liz Strauss: Context, Campaigns, and the U Community</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>Remember that if you missed any sessions from WordCamp Seattle, <a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-seattle/\">you can view the whole list of them here</a>.</p>\n<p>Next week, we have a small series of videos that have come in from the community to publish while we wait for a short lull in WordCamp activity, but with WordCamps <a href=\"http://central.wordcamp.org/\">happening over the next few weeks in more places all over the world</a>, we&#8217;re looking forward to more sessions from great speakers.</p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more from WordPress.tv!</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptvblog.wordpress.com/89/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.wordpress.tv&blog=5310177&post=89&subd=wptvblog&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:42:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Is PodPress Back?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6931\";s:4:\"link\";s:70:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/24/is-podpress-back/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1181:\"<p>Dave Moyer who hosts the WordCast Podcast <a href=\"http://bitwiremedia.com/wordcast/podpress-resumes-development/\">tipped me off</a> to this development. Apparently, development on the PodPress plugin has resumed thanks to a couple of different things happening with the plugin author. </p>\n<ul>\n<li>My work schedule is now setup to allow me to be more active in the community again, which means I can now get podPress dev and my Podcast going again.</li>\n<li>Tons of people keep bugging me for updates, and I have appreciated every one of them</li>\n<li>And special thanks to the new sponsor for giving me the final push that was needed to get going on development again.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>However, the post on MightySeek.com was published on <a href=\"http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/podpress-development-starts-again\">August 16th</a>. There are a few other posts from the same time period yet the MightySeek blog has gone silent once again so I am unsure as to whether or not the plugin will actually be coming back. I&#8217;ve tried to get in touch with the author of the plugin but to no avail. </p>\n<p>How many of you would like to see PodPress make a triumphant return? </p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:52:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1181:\"<p>Dave Moyer who hosts the WordCast Podcast <a href=\"http://bitwiremedia.com/wordcast/podpress-resumes-development/\">tipped me off</a> to this development. Apparently, development on the PodPress plugin has resumed thanks to a couple of different things happening with the plugin author. </p>\n<ul>\n<li>My work schedule is now setup to allow me to be more active in the community again, which means I can now get podPress dev and my Podcast going again.</li>\n<li>Tons of people keep bugging me for updates, and I have appreciated every one of them</li>\n<li>And special thanks to the new sponsor for giving me the final push that was needed to get going on development again.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>However, the post on MightySeek.com was published on <a href=\"http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/podpress-development-starts-again\">August 16th</a>. There are a few other posts from the same time period yet the MightySeek blog has gone silent once again so I am unsure as to whether or not the plugin will actually be coming back. I&#8217;ve tried to get in touch with the author of the plugin but to no avail. </p>\n<p>How many of you would like to see PodPress make a triumphant return? </p>\";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"Dougal Campbell: SimpleBits switches to WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:33:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/?p=1851\";s:4:\"link\";s:129:\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/10/23/simplebits-switches-to-wordpress?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\";s:11:\"description\";s:2839:\"<div><img width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/SimpleBits-WoodPress_1256353021054-150x107.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"SimpleBits\" /></div><p>Dan Cedarholm, web design guru extraordinaire, has <a href=\"http://simplebits.com/notebook/2009/10/22/woodpress/\">switched his SimpleBits blog</a> to WordPress.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Well, after 6+ years on an ancient and highly customized install of Movable Type 3.15, and 4+ years on various homegrown <acronym title=\"Content Management System\"><span class=\"caps\">CMS</span></acronym> solutions, I’ve finally upgraded the guts of this site. I chose WordPress. Sure, there are several other excellent options out there to power the blogs of 2010 and beyond, but the familarity of WP, its plugins, pricetag and other factors all fed into the decision. Plus, I told <a href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt</a> in the halls of SWSW in 2003 that I’d try his little weblog project. I’m finally following through on that.</p></blockquote>\n<p>In addition to running the SimpleBits blog and web design company, Dan is the author of <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430219203?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geekramblings-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1430219203\">Web Standards Solutions</a><img src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=geekramblings-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1430219203\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321509021?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geekramblings-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321509021\">Bulletproof Web Design</a><img src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=geekramblings-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0321509021\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />, and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321643380?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geekramblings-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321643380\">Handcrafted <acronym title=\"Cascading Style Sheets\"><span class=\"caps\">CSS</span></acronym>: More Bulletproof Web Design</a><img src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=geekramblings-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0321643380\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />.</p>\n\n\n<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/09/13/0xdecafbad\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Les Orchard switches to WordPress\">Les Orchard switches to WordPress</a></li><li><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/10/31/phil-ringnalda-switches-to-wordpress\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Phil Ringnalda switches to WordPress\">Phil Ringnalda switches to WordPress</a></li><li><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/08/05/time-for-redesign\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Time for Redesign\">Time for Redesign</a></li></ol></p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:49:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"Dougal\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2839:\"<div><img width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/SimpleBits-WoodPress_1256353021054-150x107.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"SimpleBits\" /></div><p>Dan Cedarholm, web design guru extraordinaire, has <a href=\"http://simplebits.com/notebook/2009/10/22/woodpress/\">switched his SimpleBits blog</a> to WordPress.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Well, after 6+ years on an ancient and highly customized install of Movable Type 3.15, and 4+ years on various homegrown <acronym title=\"Content Management System\"><span class=\"caps\">CMS</span></acronym> solutions, I’ve finally upgraded the guts of this site. I chose WordPress. Sure, there are several other excellent options out there to power the blogs of 2010 and beyond, but the familarity of WP, its plugins, pricetag and other factors all fed into the decision. Plus, I told <a href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt</a> in the halls of SWSW in 2003 that I’d try his little weblog project. I’m finally following through on that.</p></blockquote>\n<p>In addition to running the SimpleBits blog and web design company, Dan is the author of <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430219203?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geekramblings-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1430219203\">Web Standards Solutions</a><img src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=geekramblings-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1430219203\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />, <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321509021?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geekramblings-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321509021\">Bulletproof Web Design</a><img src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=geekramblings-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0321509021\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />, and <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321643380?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=geekramblings-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321643380\">Handcrafted <acronym title=\"Cascading Style Sheets\"><span class=\"caps\">CSS</span></acronym>: More Bulletproof Web Design</a><img src=\"http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=geekramblings-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0321643380\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />.</p>\n\n\n<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/09/13/0xdecafbad\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Les Orchard switches to WordPress\">Les Orchard switches to WordPress</a></li><li><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2005/10/31/phil-ringnalda-switches-to-wordpress\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Phil Ringnalda switches to WordPress\">Phil Ringnalda switches to WordPress</a></li><li><a href=\"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/08/05/time-for-redesign\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Time for Redesign\">Time for Redesign</a></li></ol></p>\";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:66:\"WordPress.tv: Liz Strauss: Context, Campaigns, and the U Community\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2925\";s:4:\"link\";s:63:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/liz-strauss-community-seattle09/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1377:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-18\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/liz-strauss-community-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/Tj9jOXH9/12-liz01_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2925&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:45:12 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1377:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-18\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/liz-strauss-community-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/Tj9jOXH9/12-liz01_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2925/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2925&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:56:\"WordPress.tv: Mark McLaren: WordPress and the Social Web\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2921\";s:4:\"link\";s:71:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/mark-mclaren-wordpress-social-seattle09/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1386:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-19\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/mark-mclaren-wordpress-social-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/EqBPf4KL/11-ignite_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2921&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:30:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1386:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-19\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/mark-mclaren-wordpress-social-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/EqBPf4KL/11-ignite_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2921/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2921&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:62:\"Publisher Blog: SEC Launches Investor.gov on WordPress.com VIP\";s:4:\"guid\";s:42:\"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/?p=682\";s:4:\"link\";s:78:\"http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2009/10/22/sec-investor-wordpress-com-vip/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2273:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>The <a href=\"http://sec.gov\">SEC</a> (Securities and Exchange Commission) announced the launch today of <a href=\"http://investor.gov\">Investor.gov</a> &#8211; a site focused on helping and educating investors:<br />\n<a href=\"http://investor.gov\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-683\" title=\"sec-investor-gov-vip\" src=\"http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sec-investor-gov-vip.png?w=640&#038;h=374\" alt=\"sec-investor-gov-vip\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://investor.gov\">Investor.gov</a> is hosted in the <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/vip\">WordPress.com VIP program</a>, and uses a custom theme based on the <a href=\"http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=7\">GPL licensed Vibrant CMS theme</a>.</p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the <a href=\"http://investor.gov/welcome-message-from-chairman-schapiro/\">video welcome message from Chairman Mary Schapiro</a> for more details.</p>\n<p>[ Visit <a href=\"http://investor.gov\">Investor.gov</a> ]</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=682&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:15:14 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:16:\"Raanan Bar-Cohen\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2273:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>The <a href=\"http://sec.gov\">SEC</a> (Securities and Exchange Commission) announced the launch today of <a href=\"http://investor.gov\">Investor.gov</a> &#8211; a site focused on helping and educating investors:<br />\n<a href=\"http://investor.gov\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-683\" title=\"sec-investor-gov-vip\" src=\"http://wordpresspublishers.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sec-investor-gov-vip.png?w=640&#038;h=374\" alt=\"sec-investor-gov-vip\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" /></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://investor.gov\">Investor.gov</a> is hosted in the <a href=\"http://wordpress.com/vip\">WordPress.com VIP program</a>, and uses a custom theme based on the <a href=\"http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=7\">GPL licensed Vibrant CMS theme</a>.</p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the <a href=\"http://investor.gov/welcome-message-from-chairman-schapiro/\">video welcome message from Chairman Mary Schapiro</a> for more details.</p>\n<p>[ Visit <a href=\"http://investor.gov\">Investor.gov</a> ]</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wordpresspublishers.wordpress.com/682/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=publisherblog.automattic.com&blog=1470857&post=682&subd=wordpresspublishers&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:60:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 10/22\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6928\";s:4:\"link\";s:90:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/22/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-1022-2/\";s:11:\"description\";s:3398:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.clickonf5.org/instant-weekly-roundup\">Instant Weekly Roundup</a></p>\n<p>Helps you create the weekly or monthly or any span roundups of your blog posts in a few mouse clicks and within some seconds.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.clubwordpress.com/wordpress-custom-menu-plugin/\">WordPress Custom Menu Plugin</a></p>\n<p>Manage navigation menus from the admin panel in WordPress instead of having to code the template each time a menu or a menu item was added, removed or changed.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zamango.com/zamango-money-extractor-plugin-wp/\">Zamango Money Extractor</a></p>\n<p>Zamango Money Extractor is a WordPress plugin which helps to earn money from affiliate sales of a software content released by many publishers and by using of free services only. Requires an account with <a href=\"http://account.zamango.com/\">Zamango</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://plexav.com/tagspace-plugin-interactive-wordpress\">Tagspace</a></p>\n<p>The Tagspace widget lets visitors browse your blog&#8217;s categories in an dynamic &amp; engaging 3D environment. A single click on any category tag changes the color of the category tag and propels the visitor further into tagspace, revealing additional category tags.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wordcamp-nyc-badge\">WordCamp NYC Badge</a></p>\n<p>WordCamp NYC Badge, is a WordPress Plugin which helps you to display the badge for WordCamp NYC in your sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/wordpress-secondary-html-content/\">Secondary HTML Content</a></p>\n<p>Add a second block of HTML content to WordPress pages. A perfect solution for layouts with two distinct content areas or &#8220;blocks&#8221;, such as a sidebar or two column view. When editing a page, a second WordPress WYSIWYG content editor will appear beneath the standard page editing block.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/wp-ajax-edit-comments/\">Ajax Edit Comments</a></p>\n<p>WP Ajax Edit Comments (for WP 2.5+) allows users and admins to edit comments on a post. Users can edit their own comments for a limited time, while admins can edit all comments.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.clickonf5.org/cute-profiles\">Cute Profiles</a></p>\n<p>Brings all your Social Profiles at one location i.e. either left or right side of your blog pages in a well decent floating manner, saving your premium space in sidebar or footer for ads or other important data and widgets.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ignite.digitalignition.net/articlesexamples/itunes-affiliate-link-plugin/\">iTunes Affiliate Link</a></p>\n<p>The plugin adds an itunes button to the visual editor which when clicked brings forward a dialog containing a search for the iTunes store link maker.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.viadat.com/store-locator\">Store Locator</a></p>\n<p>The Store Locator plugin empowers web developers &amp; web site owners to easily manage and display any set of important stores, products, or other locations on their website in an easily searchable manner. Uses Google Maps.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner/\">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a></p>\n<p>This plugin searches the files and database of your website for signs of suspicious activity. It will not stop someone hacking into your site, but it may help you find any uploaded or compromised files left by the hacker.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:59:02 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Perurry\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:3398:\"<h3>New Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.clickonf5.org/instant-weekly-roundup\">Instant Weekly Roundup</a></p>\n<p>Helps you create the weekly or monthly or any span roundups of your blog posts in a few mouse clicks and within some seconds.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.clubwordpress.com/wordpress-custom-menu-plugin/\">WordPress Custom Menu Plugin</a></p>\n<p>Manage navigation menus from the admin panel in WordPress instead of having to code the template each time a menu or a menu item was added, removed or changed.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zamango.com/zamango-money-extractor-plugin-wp/\">Zamango Money Extractor</a></p>\n<p>Zamango Money Extractor is a WordPress plugin which helps to earn money from affiliate sales of a software content released by many publishers and by using of free services only. Requires an account with <a href=\"http://account.zamango.com/\">Zamango</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://plexav.com/tagspace-plugin-interactive-wordpress\">Tagspace</a></p>\n<p>The Tagspace widget lets visitors browse your blog&#8217;s categories in an dynamic &amp; engaging 3D environment. A single click on any category tag changes the color of the category tag and propels the visitor further into tagspace, revealing additional category tags.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wordcamp-nyc-badge\">WordCamp NYC Badge</a></p>\n<p>WordCamp NYC Badge, is a WordPress Plugin which helps you to display the badge for WordCamp NYC in your sidebar.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.cmurrayconsulting.com/software/wordpress-secondary-html-content/\">Secondary HTML Content</a></p>\n<p>Add a second block of HTML content to WordPress pages. A perfect solution for layouts with two distinct content areas or &#8220;blocks&#8221;, such as a sidebar or two column view. When editing a page, a second WordPress WYSIWYG content editor will appear beneath the standard page editing block.</p>\n<h3>Updated Plugins</h3>\n<p><a href=\"http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/wp-ajax-edit-comments/\">Ajax Edit Comments</a></p>\n<p>WP Ajax Edit Comments (for WP 2.5+) allows users and admins to edit comments on a post. Users can edit their own comments for a limited time, while admins can edit all comments.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.clickonf5.org/cute-profiles\">Cute Profiles</a></p>\n<p>Brings all your Social Profiles at one location i.e. either left or right side of your blog pages in a well decent floating manner, saving your premium space in sidebar or footer for ads or other important data and widgets.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ignite.digitalignition.net/articlesexamples/itunes-affiliate-link-plugin/\">iTunes Affiliate Link</a></p>\n<p>The plugin adds an itunes button to the visual editor which when clicked brings forward a dialog containing a search for the iTunes store link maker.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.viadat.com/store-locator\">Store Locator</a></p>\n<p>The Store Locator plugin empowers web developers &amp; web site owners to easily manage and display any set of important stores, products, or other locations on their website in an easily searchable manner. Uses Google Maps.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner/\">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a></p>\n<p>This plugin searches the files and database of your website for signs of suspicious activity. It will not stop someone hacking into your site, but it may help you find any uploaded or compromised files left by the hacker.</p>\";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:66:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Using Conditional Statements In WordPress\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6923\";s:4:\"link\";s:95:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/22/using-conditional-statements-in-wordpress/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1233:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/addicottweblogo.png\" alt=\"addicottweblogo\" title=\"addicottweblogo\" width=\"66\" height=\"52\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6924\" />Addicott Web has a <a href=\"http://www.addicottweb.com/2009/10/how-to-use-wordpress-conditional-statements/\" target=\"_blank\">great little article</a> online that goes in depth on the uses of WordPress conditional statements. The Conditional Tags can be used in your Template files to change what content is displayed and how that content is displayed on a particular page depending on what conditions that page matches. These statements enable a wide range of flexibility when it comes to when and where to display content. In fact, I use <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags\" target=\"_blank\">conditional tags</a> all the time with my use of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/\" target=\"_blank\">Widget Logic</a> plugin. I tell the widget which page I want it to be displayed on with a conditional statement and it only shows up on that page.</p>\n<p>I love these things. Let me know in the comments what you&#8217;ve been able to achieve using them in your own theme or widgets. </p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:47:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1233:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/addicottweblogo.png\" alt=\"addicottweblogo\" title=\"addicottweblogo\" width=\"66\" height=\"52\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6924\" />Addicott Web has a <a href=\"http://www.addicottweb.com/2009/10/how-to-use-wordpress-conditional-statements/\" target=\"_blank\">great little article</a> online that goes in depth on the uses of WordPress conditional statements. The Conditional Tags can be used in your Template files to change what content is displayed and how that content is displayed on a particular page depending on what conditions that page matches. These statements enable a wide range of flexibility when it comes to when and where to display content. In fact, I use <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags\" target=\"_blank\">conditional tags</a> all the time with my use of the <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/\" target=\"_blank\">Widget Logic</a> plugin. I tell the widget which page I want it to be displayed on with a conditional statement and it only shows up on that page.</p>\n<p>I love these things. Let me know in the comments what you&#8217;ve been able to achieve using them in your own theme or widgets. </p>\";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:69:\"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress 2.9 Features Video (in Portuguese)\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6919\";s:4:\"link\";s:96:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/22/wordpress-2-9-features-video-in-portuguese/\";s:11:\"description\";s:754:\"<p><a href=\"http://inexoravel.org/arquivos/2009/10/wordpress-2-9-video-sobre-novas-funcionalidades/\">WordPress 2.9 New Features</a>: Barbara Vaz has put together a seven minute video on the new Trash feature and the new image and media manipulation features in WordPress 2.9 but the video is in Portuguese. Since I don&#8217;t understand the language, even a muted look through the video was interesting.</p>\n<p>Also of interest is a series of posts by <a href=\"http://www.iamronen.com/2009/10/introduction-to-getting-started-with-wordpress/\">Ronen Hirsch about getting started with WordPress</a>. Topics are as simple as straightforward as what one can do with WordPress, where to get and use WordPress and some of the simpler features of WordPress.</p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:23:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"Mark Ghosh\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:754:\"<p><a href=\"http://inexoravel.org/arquivos/2009/10/wordpress-2-9-video-sobre-novas-funcionalidades/\">WordPress 2.9 New Features</a>: Barbara Vaz has put together a seven minute video on the new Trash feature and the new image and media manipulation features in WordPress 2.9 but the video is in Portuguese. Since I don&#8217;t understand the language, even a muted look through the video was interesting.</p>\n<p>Also of interest is a series of posts by <a href=\"http://www.iamronen.com/2009/10/introduction-to-getting-started-with-wordpress/\">Ronen Hirsch about getting started with WordPress</a>. Topics are as simple as straightforward as what one can do with WordPress, where to get and use WordPress and some of the simpler features of WordPress.</p>\";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:62:\"WordPress.tv: Donald DeSantis: Create Your Own WordPress Theme\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2916\";s:4:\"link\";s:73:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/donald-desantis-creating-themes-seattle09/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1388:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-20\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/donald-desantis-creating-themes-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/Rn7viCLV/10-ignite_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2916&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:45:07 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1388:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-20\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/donald-desantis-creating-themes-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/Rn7viCLV/10-ignite_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2916/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2916&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:79:\"WordPress.tv: Chris Molitor: Finding the Perfect Theme for You or Your Business\";s:4:\"guid\";s:27:\"http://wordpress.tv/?p=2910\";s:4:\"link\";s:70:\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/chris-molitor-finding-themes-seattle09/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1385:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-21\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/chris-molitor-finding-themes-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/9hiB9sPj/09-ignite_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2910&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:15:08 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Ryan Markel\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1385:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><ins>\n<div class=\"video-player\" id=\"x-video-21\">\n </div></ins>\n<br /><a href=\"http://wordpress.tv/2009/09/26/chris-molitor-finding-themes-seattle09/\"><img width=\"160\" height=\"120\" src=\"http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/9hiB9sPj/09-ignite_1mb_std.original.jpg\" /> </a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/wptv.wordpress.com/2910/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wordpress.tv&blog=5089392&post=2910&subd=wptv&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:30:\"Ryan: 2.8 Plugin Compatibility\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1704\";s:4:\"link\";s:57:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2009/06/23/2-8-plugin-compatibility/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1895:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Some plugins are causing grief for those upgrading to 2.8.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>HyperDB needs to be updated to the latest version, otherwise tags won&#8217;t save.</li>\n<li>DB Cache also prevents tags from being saved. I haven&#8217;t seen an update for it yet.</li>\n<li>Plugins that load old versions of jQuery for all admin pages will break all kinds of stuff.  Plugins should use the version of jQuery that ships with WP.  If a plugin must use a particular version of jQuery, that version should be queued only for the plugin&#8217;s own pages.</li>\n<li>Themes that call get_categories() from functions.php before the init action fires will fail.  2.8.1 will workaround this, but ideally these themes should update so that they can handle custom taxonomies properly.</li>\n</ul>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1704&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1895:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Some plugins are causing grief for those upgrading to 2.8.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>HyperDB needs to be updated to the latest version, otherwise tags won&#8217;t save.</li>\n<li>DB Cache also prevents tags from being saved. I haven&#8217;t seen an update for it yet.</li>\n<li>Plugins that load old versions of jQuery for all admin pages will break all kinds of stuff.  Plugins should use the version of jQuery that ships with WP.  If a plugin must use a particular version of jQuery, that version should be queued only for the plugin&#8217;s own pages.</li>\n<li>Themes that call get_categories() from functions.php before the init action fires will fail.  2.8.1 will workaround this, but ideally these themes should update so that they can handle custom taxonomies properly.</li>\n</ul>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1704/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1704&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:38:\"Ryan: Auto Upgrading to Nightly Builds\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1701\";s:4:\"link\";s:65:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2009/06/19/auto-upgrading-to-nightly-builds/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2756:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>WP&#8217;s automatic upgrade can be used to automatically upgrade to betas and nightly builds for the development branch or the latest stable branch.  To get onto a development upgrade path you must first make a small change to wp-includes/version.php.</p>\n<p>The current release of WP is 2.8.  If you peek in the version.php file, you will see this:</p>\n<p><code>$wp_version = \'2.8\';</code></p>\n<p>If you would like to try out the latest development builds for the upcoming 2.8.1 release, change that line to this:</p>\n<p><code>$wp_version = \'2.8.1-dev\';</code></p>\n<p>&#8220;dev&#8221; can be any string.  The presence of a suffix on the version tells the automatic upgrade to put you on the upgrade path for 2.8.1 development releases.  You will be able to automatically upgrade to each nightly, beta, and RC build for 2.8.1.  Once the final 2.8.1 release comes out, automatic upgrade will upgrade you to that official release and put you back on the stable release path.  To get back on the 2.8 development branch upgrade path after the release of 2.8.1, you would have to change your version to &#8220;2.8.2-dev&#8221;.</p>\n<p>If you are feeling really experimental, you can get on the 2.9 development path by setting the version to &#8220;2.9-dev&#8221;.  Unlike the 2.8 development path which contains only fixes to high-impact bugs, the 2.9 path is where new feature development is happening. You probably want the 2.9 path only if you are a developer.</p>\n<p><strong>Update:</strong> Peter wrote a <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/making-it-easy-to-be-a-wordpress-tester/\">plugin</a> that makes this easier.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1701&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2756:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>WP&#8217;s automatic upgrade can be used to automatically upgrade to betas and nightly builds for the development branch or the latest stable branch.  To get onto a development upgrade path you must first make a small change to wp-includes/version.php.</p>\n<p>The current release of WP is 2.8.  If you peek in the version.php file, you will see this:</p>\n<p><code>$wp_version = \'2.8\';</code></p>\n<p>If you would like to try out the latest development builds for the upcoming 2.8.1 release, change that line to this:</p>\n<p><code>$wp_version = \'2.8.1-dev\';</code></p>\n<p>&#8220;dev&#8221; can be any string.  The presence of a suffix on the version tells the automatic upgrade to put you on the upgrade path for 2.8.1 development releases.  You will be able to automatically upgrade to each nightly, beta, and RC build for 2.8.1.  Once the final 2.8.1 release comes out, automatic upgrade will upgrade you to that official release and put you back on the stable release path.  To get back on the 2.8 development branch upgrade path after the release of 2.8.1, you would have to change your version to &#8220;2.8.2-dev&#8221;.</p>\n<p>If you are feeling really experimental, you can get on the 2.9 development path by setting the version to &#8220;2.9-dev&#8221;.  Unlike the 2.8 development path which contains only fixes to high-impact bugs, the 2.9 path is where new feature development is happening. You probably want the 2.9 path only if you are a developer.</p>\n<p><strong>Update:</strong> Peter wrote a <a href=\"http://westi.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/making-it-easy-to-be-a-wordpress-tester/\">plugin</a> that makes this easier.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1701/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1701&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:20:\"Ryan: WordPress Bits\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1668\";s:4:\"link\";s:47:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2009/02/17/wordpress-bits/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1848:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/02/wordpress-271/\">2.7.1</a> is out, improving upon a solid 2.7 release.</p>\n<p>The next version of the iPhone app is <a href=\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/02/17/looking-for-a-few-good-hardware-testers/\">almost out</a> and features comment moderation.</p>\n<p>2.8 is well underway.  So far there have been lots of <a href=\"http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/script-loader-updates/\">script loading</a> and DB performance improvements.  The first cut of the theme installer is in, and the redesign of the Widgets admin UI is beginning.  Custom tag taxonomies now have some built-in admin UI,  and proper timezone and DST support is available if you are running PHP 5.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1668&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1848:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2009/02/wordpress-271/\">2.7.1</a> is out, improving upon a solid 2.7 release.</p>\n<p>The next version of the iPhone app is <a href=\"http://iphone.wordpress.org/2009/02/17/looking-for-a-few-good-hardware-testers/\">almost out</a> and features comment moderation.</p>\n<p>2.8 is well underway.  So far there have been lots of <a href=\"http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/script-loader-updates/\">script loading</a> and DB performance improvements.  The first cut of the theme installer is in, and the redesign of the Widgets admin UI is beginning.  Custom tag taxonomies now have some built-in admin UI,  and proper timezone and DST support is available if you are running PHP 5.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1668/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1668&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Ryan: WordPress 2.7.1 Beta 1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1658\";s:4:\"link\";s:53:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2009/02/03/wordpress-271-beta-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1964:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>2.7.1, the first 2.7 maintenance release, is almost ready.  So far, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.7.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">66 tickets</a> are fixed in 2.7.1.  There are another <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=new&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=reopened&amp;milestone=2.7.1\">50 tickets</a> open against the 2.7.1 milestone, but most of those will be moved to 2.7.2 or 2.8.  If there are tickets in that list you would really like to see fixed in 2.7.1, drop a comment.</p>\n<p>To automatically upgrade from 2.7 to 2.7.1 Beta 1, change the version in your wp-includes/version.php file from 2.7 to 2.7.1-beta and then visit Tools-&gt;Upgrade.  Otherwise, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1-beta1.zip\">download the beta package</a> and install manually.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1658&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1964:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>2.7.1, the first 2.7 maintenance release, is almost ready.  So far, <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.7.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">66 tickets</a> are fixed in 2.7.1.  There are another <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=new&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=reopened&amp;milestone=2.7.1\">50 tickets</a> open against the 2.7.1 milestone, but most of those will be moved to 2.7.2 or 2.8.  If there are tickets in that list you would really like to see fixed in 2.7.1, drop a comment.</p>\n<p>To automatically upgrade from 2.7 to 2.7.1 Beta 1, change the version in your wp-includes/version.php file from 2.7 to 2.7.1-beta and then visit Tools-&gt;Upgrade.  Otherwise, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1-beta1.zip\">download the beta package</a> and install manually.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1658/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1658&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:21:\"Ryan: Following 2.7.1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1643\";s:4:\"link\";s:46:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2008/12/12/following-271/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1413:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>A major release segues right into bug fixing for the first maintenance release.  You can follow what is being fixed for 2.7.1 <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.7.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">here</a>.  So far there are five small fixes.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1643&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1413:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>A major release segues right into bug fixing for the first maintenance release.  You can follow what is being fixed for 2.7.1 <a href=\"http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.7.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">here</a>.  So far there are five small fixes.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1643/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1643&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:19:\"Ryan: 100,000 in 20\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1641\";s:4:\"link\";s:45:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2008/12/11/100000-in-20/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1547:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/counter/\">100,000 downloads</a> of <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/\">WordPress 2.7</a> in 20 hours, and the pace is picking up.</p>\n<p><a title=\"2.7 100K by ryancboren, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanboren/3101470362/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3101470362_566b58d146.jpg\" alt=\"2.7 100K\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1641&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1547:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/download/counter/\">100,000 downloads</a> of <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/\">WordPress 2.7</a> in 20 hours, and the pace is picking up.</p>\n<p><a title=\"2.7 100K by ryancboren, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanboren/3101470362/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3101470362_566b58d146.jpg\" alt=\"2.7 100K\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\" /></a></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1641/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1641&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:19:\"Ryan: WordPress 2.7\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1638\";s:4:\"link\";s:45:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2008/12/11/wordpress-27/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2951:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Finally, at last, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/\">it&#8217;s here</a>.  And now, on to 2.8.  There were several areas that we didn&#8217;t have time to re-design for 2.7.  2.8 will focus on making the media and widgets UI as good as the rest of WP.  There will be a few new features as well.  Theme browsing and one-click theme install is a likely one.  After a short rest to recover from 2.7, we&#8217;ll start brainstorming new features and put the results on the<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8\"> 2.8 codex page</a>.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll likely do the usual .1 release in a month to address any bugs that slipped through the 2.7 beta testing cycle.</p>\n<p>A lot of people contributed to 2.7, but I&#8217;d like to give a few thank yous in particular.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://iammattthomas.com/\"> </a><a href=\"http://jane.wordpress.com/\">Jane</a> for the UX, the wire frames, and for all of the help with managing this release.  <a href=\"http://iammattthomas.com/\">Matt</a> for the great visual design.  <a href=\"http://dd32.id.au/\">DD32</a> for the upgrade and install work, file system abstraction, and all of the bug fixing.  <a href=\"http://www.santosj.name/\">Jacob</a> for the HTTP API and all of that phpdoc.  <a href=\"http://www.aaronharp.com/\">Aaron</a> for quick edit. <a href=\"http://www.ilfilosofo.com/\">Austin</a> for the many bug fixes and for getting the flash uploader working with Flash 10. <a href=\"http://blogwaffe.com/\">Mike</a> for the dashboard. <a href=\"http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/\">Peter</a>, <a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\">Mark</a>, and <a href=\"http://azaozz.wordpress.com/\">Andrew</a> for being kick ass lead devs who put in a lot of thought, love,  and hours.  And <a href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt</a> for bringing all of these great people together.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1638&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2951:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Finally, at last, <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/\">it&#8217;s here</a>.  And now, on to 2.8.  There were several areas that we didn&#8217;t have time to re-design for 2.7.  2.8 will focus on making the media and widgets UI as good as the rest of WP.  There will be a few new features as well.  Theme browsing and one-click theme install is a likely one.  After a short rest to recover from 2.7, we&#8217;ll start brainstorming new features and put the results on the<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8\"> 2.8 codex page</a>.</p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll likely do the usual .1 release in a month to address any bugs that slipped through the 2.7 beta testing cycle.</p>\n<p>A lot of people contributed to 2.7, but I&#8217;d like to give a few thank yous in particular.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://iammattthomas.com/\"> </a><a href=\"http://jane.wordpress.com/\">Jane</a> for the UX, the wire frames, and for all of the help with managing this release.  <a href=\"http://iammattthomas.com/\">Matt</a> for the great visual design.  <a href=\"http://dd32.id.au/\">DD32</a> for the upgrade and install work, file system abstraction, and all of the bug fixing.  <a href=\"http://www.santosj.name/\">Jacob</a> for the HTTP API and all of that phpdoc.  <a href=\"http://www.aaronharp.com/\">Aaron</a> for quick edit. <a href=\"http://www.ilfilosofo.com/\">Austin</a> for the many bug fixes and for getting the flash uploader working with Flash 10. <a href=\"http://blogwaffe.com/\">Mike</a> for the dashboard. <a href=\"http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/\">Peter</a>, <a href=\"http://markjaquith.com/\">Mark</a>, and <a href=\"http://azaozz.wordpress.com/\">Andrew</a> for being kick ass lead devs who put in a lot of thought, love,  and hours.  And <a href=\"http://ma.tt/\">Matt</a> for bringing all of these great people together.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1638/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1638&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Ryan: Hear that 2.7 a Comin\'\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1635\";s:4:\"link\";s:53:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2008/12/03/hear-that-27-a-comin/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1815:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>As announced on the wordpress.com blog, 2.7 is coming to wordpress.com tomorrow.  Actually, 2.7 has been running on wordpress.com for awhile, just not the exciting new admin UI.  Here&#8217;s a peek at what the admin will look like on wordpress.com.</p>\n<p><a title=\"WordPress.com 2.7 Preview by ryancboren, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanboren/3080433013/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/3080433013_2059b812ee.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress.com 2.7 Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" /></a></p>\n<p>The final release of 2.7 won&#8217;t be here until next week.  There is still a lot of coordination and management type stuff to do before we&#8217;re ready to release.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1635&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1815:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>As announced on the wordpress.com blog, 2.7 is coming to wordpress.com tomorrow.  Actually, 2.7 has been running on wordpress.com for awhile, just not the exciting new admin UI.  Here&#8217;s a peek at what the admin will look like on wordpress.com.</p>\n<p><a title=\"WordPress.com 2.7 Preview by ryancboren, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanboren/3080433013/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/3080433013_2059b812ee.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress.com 2.7 Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" /></a></p>\n<p>The final release of 2.7 won&#8217;t be here until next week.  There is still a lot of coordination and management type stuff to do before we&#8217;re ready to release.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1635/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1635&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:16:\"Ryan: 2.7 Beta 1\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1629\";s:4:\"link\";s:42:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2008/11/01/27-beta-1/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1788:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>We&#8217;ve been working our asses off and <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-27-beta-1/\">finally have a beta to share</a>.  Download, test, and enjoy the pretty visuals.  The word most people use when first seeing it is &#8220;sexy&#8221;.   This is a great design, and I&#8217;m very pleased with how it has turned out.  When the visuals are complete and the new icons are in, 2.7 will be a very good looking release.</p>\n<p>Try this exercise.  Load up the Write Post page in 2.6 and in 2.7.   Compare the location of the title field between the two.  Notice the vertical distance.  That&#8217;s one of my favorite 2.7 features.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1629&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1788:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>We&#8217;ve been working our asses off and <a href=\"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/11/wordpress-27-beta-1/\">finally have a beta to share</a>.  Download, test, and enjoy the pretty visuals.  The word most people use when first seeing it is &#8220;sexy&#8221;.   This is a great design, and I&#8217;m very pleased with how it has turned out.  When the visuals are complete and the new icons are in, 2.7 will be a very good looking release.</p>\n<p>Try this exercise.  Load up the Write Post page in 2.6 and in 2.7.   Compare the location of the title field between the two.  Notice the vertical distance.  That&#8217;s one of my favorite 2.7 features.</p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1629/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1629&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:38:\"Ryan: WordPress 2.7 UI Configurability\";s:4:\"guid\";s:23:\"http://boren.nu/?p=1622\";s:4:\"link\";s:64:\"http://ryan.boren.me/2008/10/31/wordpress-27-ui-configurability/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1858:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Implementation of the new visual design of WordPress 2.7 is almost done.  One of our primary objectives with the new design is to offer interface flexibility and customization.  You can drag-and-drop and show or hide many UI elements.  Here&#8217;s the Write Post page stripped down the way I like it.  Title, Content, Categories, and Publish.  That&#8217;s all I use and now that&#8217;s all I have to see.  Even the navigation is tucked away on the left so I can concentrate on writing.</p>\n<p><a title=\"My Write Post by ryancboren, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanboren/2990547560/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2990547560_76e92e9b8a.jpg\" alt=\"My Write Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" /></a></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1622&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:18 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:4:\"Ryan\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1858:\"<div class=\"snap_preview\"><br /><p>Implementation of the new visual design of WordPress 2.7 is almost done.  One of our primary objectives with the new design is to offer interface flexibility and customization.  You can drag-and-drop and show or hide many UI elements.  Here&#8217;s the Write Post page stripped down the way I like it.  Title, Content, Categories, and Publish.  That&#8217;s all I use and now that&#8217;s all I have to see.  Even the navigation is tucked away on the left so I can concentrate on writing.</p>\n<p><a title=\"My Write Post by ryancboren, on Flickr\" href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanboren/2990547560/\"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2990547560_76e92e9b8a.jpg\" alt=\"My Write Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" /></a></p>\n  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/ryan.wordpress.com/1622/\" /></a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryan.boren.me&blog=78&post=1622&subd=ryan&ref=&feed=1\" /></div>\";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:74:\"Weblog Tools Collection: Which OpenSource CMS Has The Best Brand Strength?\";s:4:\"guid\";s:40:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/?p=6915\";s:4:\"link\";s:102:\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2009/10/21/which-opensource-cms-has-the-best-brand-strength/\";s:11:\"description\";s:1639:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/opensourcecms2009.png\" alt=\"opensourcecms2009\" title=\"opensourcecms2009\" width=\"113\" height=\"94\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6916\" />CMSWire in partnership with Water And Stone has released their <a href=\"http://www.cmswire.com/downloads/cms-market-share/\">2009 Open Source CMS Market Share report</a>. The report is free if you care to dive in and look at look at the results which were comprised of over 1,000 respondents. I don&#8217;t think anyone will be surprised to know that the top three systems represented in the survey are Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. However, unlike last year, all three switched top metrics with Joomla taking the popularity prize. However, WordPress dominated the brand strength category. According to CMSWire, they think that having two projects with the same name contributed a large part to the branding strength of WordPress. WordPress.com the free hosting service enables users to get their feet wet encouraging them later on to take the plunge to self install WordPress. To veterans in the WordPress community, this branding is a nightmare but it&#8217;s obviously had a positive effect in terms of mind share. </p>\n<p>I encourage you to take a look through the report to find more detailed information on some of the different metrics that the big three swapped around. It&#8217;s good to know though that WordPress is still at the top of it&#8217;s game with Joomla and Drupal each holding their ground. It&#8217;s a win-win for end users and consumers alike as we have three top tier platforms to choose from. </p>\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:20:01 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:13:\"Jeff Chandler\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:1639:\"<p><img src=\"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/opensourcecms2009.png\" alt=\"opensourcecms2009\" title=\"opensourcecms2009\" width=\"113\" height=\"94\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6916\" />CMSWire in partnership with Water And Stone has released their <a href=\"http://www.cmswire.com/downloads/cms-market-share/\">2009 Open Source CMS Market Share report</a>. The report is free if you care to dive in and look at look at the results which were comprised of over 1,000 respondents. I don&#8217;t think anyone will be surprised to know that the top three systems represented in the survey are Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. However, unlike last year, all three switched top metrics with Joomla taking the popularity prize. However, WordPress dominated the brand strength category. According to CMSWire, they think that having two projects with the same name contributed a large part to the branding strength of WordPress. WordPress.com the free hosting service enables users to get their feet wet encouraging them later on to take the plunge to self install WordPress. To veterans in the WordPress community, this branding is a nightmare but it&#8217;s obviously had a positive effect in terms of mind share. </p>\n<p>I encourage you to take a look through the report to find more detailed information on some of the different metrics that the big three swapped around. It&#8217;s good to know though that WordPress is still at the top of it&#8217;s game with Joomla and Drupal each holding their ground. It&#8217;s a win-win for end users and consumers alike as we have three top tier platforms to choose from. </p>\";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:28:\"Donncha: Exploit Scanner 0.5\";s:4:\"guid\";s:29:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495383\";s:4:\"link\";s:37:\"http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner-05/\";s:11:\"description\";s:2171:\"<p>The <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvZXhwbG9pdC1zY2FubmVyLw==\">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a> has been updated, with lots of help from <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2xpb25zZ29yb2FyLmNvLnVrLw==\">Jon</a> and <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3Jib3Jlbi5udS8=\">Ryan</a>.</p>\n<p>In recent weeks blogs running older versions of WordPress were exploited. If you&#8217;re concerned that your blog might have been broken into, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZXh0ZW5kL3BsdWdpbnMvZXhwbG9pdC1zY2FubmVyL2Rvd25sb2FkLw==\">download</a> the plugin and run it. It will find false positive results but it will do a reasonably good job of finding the code that&#8217;s inserted into a hacked site.</p>\n<p>The plugin works by scanning every directory on your site. This is done recursively which unfortunately takes up quite a bi of memory. If you get an out of memory error please read the readme.txt as it has a suggestion for fixing the problem.</p>\n<p>PS. <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8xMC93b3JkcHJlc3MtMi04LTUtaGFyZGVuaW5nLXJlbGVhc2Uv\">WordPress 2.8.5</a> was released last night. Make sure you upgrade! A WordPress MU release will follow shortly.</p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts</strong><ul><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLWV4cGxvaXQtc2Nhbm5lci0wMS8=\" rel=\"\">WordPress Exploit Scanner 0.1</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvZXhwbG9pdC1zY2FubmVyLw==\" rel=\"\">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a></li><li><a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvd29yZHByZXNzLXVwZ3JhZGUtbm90aWZpY2F0aW9ucy1lbWFpbC8=\" rel=\"\">WordPress Upgrade Notifications by Email</a></li></ul></p> <img src=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&post_id=89495383\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" />\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:16:53 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Donncha\";}s:7:\"summary\";s:2171:\"<p>The <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL29jYW9pbWguaWUvZXhwbG9pdC1zY2FubmVyLw==\">WordPress Exploit Scanner</a> has been updated, with lots of help from <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2xpb25zZ29yb2FyLmNvLnVrLw==\">Jon</a> and <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3Jib3Jlbi5udS8=\">Ryan</a>.</p>\n<p>In recent weeks blogs running older versions of WordPress were exploited. If you&#8217;re concerned that your blog might have been broken into, <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZXh0ZW5kL3BsdWdpbnMvZXhwbG9pdC1zY2FubmVyL2Rvd25sb2FkLw==\">download</a> the plugin and run it. It will find false positive results but it will do a reasonably good job of finding the code that&#8217;s inserted into a hacked site.</p>\n<p>The plugin works by scanning every directory on your site. This is done recursively which unfortunately takes up quite a bi of memory. If you get an out of memory error please read the readme.txt as it has a suggestion for fixing the problem.</p>\n<p>PS. <a href=\"http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3dvcmRwcmVzcy5vcmcvZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQvMjAwOS8xMC93b3JkcHJlc3MtMi04LTUtaGFyZGVuaW5nLXJlbGVhc2Uv\">WordPress 2.8.5</a> was released last night. Make sure you upgrade! 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2009 20:00:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:9:\"miocene22\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265622@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:142:\"<p>ok thanks but I\'m not sure of what css to apply to get the navbar looking normal.</p>\n<p>Anyone got any suggestions that might fix it?\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:142:\"<p>ok thanks but I\'m not sure of what css to apply to get the navbar looking normal.</p>\n<p>Anyone got any suggestions that might fix it?\n</p>\";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:50:\"twhtwh on \"Trying to install, get blank PHP pages\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326914#post-1265621\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:16 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"twhtwh\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265621@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:363:\"<p>I\'m trying to install wordpress. Created a database, created a user with full rights, edited the config file with the correct info, uploaded the whole shebang but I can\'t access the install file, or any php file... JPG, TXT, HTML all work but when I try to access a PHP file I just get a blank page. Any idea what could be wrong?</p>\n<p>Thanks in advance.\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:363:\"<p>I\'m trying to install wordpress. Created a database, created a user with full rights, edited the config file with the correct info, uploaded the whole shebang but I can\'t access the install file, or any php file... JPG, TXT, HTML all work but when I try to access a PHP file I just get a blank page. Any idea what could be wrong?</p>\n<p>Thanks in advance.\n</p>\";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:67:\"Barefoot Ted on \"Strange...images not being framed...version 2.8.5\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326766#post-1265620\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:59:55 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Barefoot Ted\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265620@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:261:\"<p>This is an elegant grunge theme problem...I think.</p>\n<p>I updated this question here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326913?replies=1#post-1265618\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326913?replies=1#post-1265618</a>\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:261:\"<p>This is an elegant grunge theme problem...I think.</p>\n<p>I updated this question here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326913?replies=1#post-1265618\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326913?replies=1#post-1265618</a>\n</p>\";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"MichaelH on \"Adding Wordpress Blog to Subdomain?\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326911#post-1265619\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:59:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:8:\"MichaelH\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265619@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:202:\"<p>Yes, just put WordPress in the folder that your subdomain uses as its web-root folder.</p>\n<p>Review: <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs\">Installing Multiple Blogs</a>\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:202:\"<p>Yes, just put WordPress in the folder that your subdomain uses as its web-root folder.</p>\n<p>Review: <a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs\">Installing Multiple Blogs</a>\n</p>\";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:77:\"Barefoot Ted on \"elegant Grunge Theme Problem - IMAGE FRAMING NOT WORKING...\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326913#post-1265618\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:59:03 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Barefoot Ted\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265618@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:557:\"<p>..even though they should be.</p>\n<p>Version 1.0.3 and WP 2.8.5</p>\n<p>I\'ve got the apply frame to all images selected.</p>\n<p>Take a look at the site here: <a href=\"http://www.leahdawndesign.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.leahdawndesign.com</a></p>\n<p>Any ideas what\'s up?</p>\n<p>Why are my images not being framed?</p>\n<p>By the way, frames are also enabled in the Post page.</p>\n<p>Screen grab:<br />\n<a href=\"http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg</a></p>\n<p>Yet, frames are still not showing!\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:557:\"<p>..even though they should be.</p>\n<p>Version 1.0.3 and WP 2.8.5</p>\n<p>I\'ve got the apply frame to all images selected.</p>\n<p>Take a look at the site here: <a href=\"http://www.leahdawndesign.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.leahdawndesign.com</a></p>\n<p>Any ideas what\'s up?</p>\n<p>Why are my images not being framed?</p>\n<p>By the way, frames are also enabled in the Post page.</p>\n<p>Screen grab:<br />\n<a href=\"http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg</a></p>\n<p>Yet, frames are still not showing!\n</p>\";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:66:\"AzJade on \"[Plugin: Flickr Gallery] Unable to Generate Auth Token\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/265444#post-1265617\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:58:31 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:6:\"AzJade\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265617@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:131:\"<p>Just want to take a moment to thank you for the advice on how to get this to work!</p>\n<p>I couldn\'t figure it out. Thanks!\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:131:\"<p>Just want to take a moment to thank you for the advice on how to get this to work!</p>\n<p>I couldn\'t figure it out. Thanks!\n</p>\";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:65:\"wordprest on \"Problems using phpmyadmin to transfer WP databases\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326884#post-1265616\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:58:06 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:9:\"wordprest\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265616@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:153:\"<p>Yes. But you have to import your database in a new one.</p>\n<p>1- create a new database on destination host.<br />\n2- import the saved one in it.\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:153:\"<p>Yes. But you have to import your database in a new one.</p>\n<p>1- create a new database on destination host.<br />\n2- import the saved one in it.\n</p>\";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:65:\"MichaelH on \"Sub Pages Not Displaying - Am I Missing Something ?\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326904#post-1265615\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:57:24 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:8:\"MichaelH\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265615@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:612:\"<p>Might check this example:<br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_pages#Displaying_Child_pages_of_the_current_page_in_post_format\">Displaying Child pages of the current page in post format </a></p>\n<p>Also review:<br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates\">Page Templates</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Template_Tags\">Stepping Into Template Tags</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates\">Stepping Into Templates</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy\">Template Hierarchy</a>\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:612:\"<p>Might check this example:<br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_pages#Displaying_Child_pages_of_the_current_page_in_post_format\">Displaying Child pages of the current page in post format </a></p>\n<p>Also review:<br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates\">Page Templates</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Template_Tags\">Stepping Into Template Tags</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates\">Stepping Into Templates</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy\">Template Hierarchy</a>\n</p>\";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"iridiax on \"Recover My Broken Site\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326625#post-1265614\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:55:03 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"iridiax\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265614@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:193:\"<p>You could open the .sql file with a text or code editor and recover the text, but it may be hard to find and have weird stuff in it like <code>\\n\\n</code> that would need to be removed.\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:193:\"<p>You could open the .sql file with a text or code editor and recover the text, but it may be hard to find and have weird stuff in it like <code>\\n\\n</code> that would need to be removed.\n</p>\";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:77:\"Barefoot Ted on \"Elegant Grunge Theme Problem - IMAGE FRAMING NOT WORKING...\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326912#post-1265613\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:54:04 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:12:\"Barefoot Ted\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265613@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:710:\"<p>Elegant Grunge 1.0.3 WP 2.8.5<br />\n...even though they should be.</p>\n<p>I\'ve got the apply frame to all images selected.</p>\n<p>Screen grab here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://leahdawndesign.com/selected.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://leahdawndesign.com/selected.jpg</a></p>\n<p>Take a look at the site here: <a href=\"http://www.leahdawndesign.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.leahdawndesign.com</a></p>\n<p>Any ideas what\'s up?</p>\n<p>Why are my images not being framed? Any ideas?</p>\n<p>By the way, frames are also enabled in the Post page.</p>\n<p>Screen grab:<br />\n<a href=\"http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg</a></p>\n<p>Yet, frames are still not showing!\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:710:\"<p>Elegant Grunge 1.0.3 WP 2.8.5<br />\n...even though they should be.</p>\n<p>I\'ve got the apply frame to all images selected.</p>\n<p>Screen grab here:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://leahdawndesign.com/selected.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://leahdawndesign.com/selected.jpg</a></p>\n<p>Take a look at the site here: <a href=\"http://www.leahdawndesign.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.leahdawndesign.com</a></p>\n<p>Any ideas what\'s up?</p>\n<p>Why are my images not being framed? Any ideas?</p>\n<p>By the way, frames are also enabled in the Post page.</p>\n<p>Screen grab:<br />\n<a href=\"http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://leahdawndesign.com/ApplyFrame.jpg</a></p>\n<p>Yet, frames are still not showing!\n</p>\";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:48:\"gareth2 on \"Adding Wordpress Blog to Subdomain?\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326911#post-1265612\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:53:55 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"gareth2\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265612@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:311:\"<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>I am looking to add a wordpress blog to a subdomain on the following site: <a href=\"http://www.pinkheadphones.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.pinkheadphones.co.uk</a> can anyone advise me how to do this.  Is it just a matter of creating a subfolder?</p>\n<p>Are their any disadvantages to it?\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:311:\"<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>I am looking to add a wordpress blog to a subdomain on the following site: <a href=\"http://www.pinkheadphones.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.pinkheadphones.co.uk</a> can anyone advise me how to do this.  Is it just a matter of creating a subfolder?</p>\n<p>Are their any disadvantages to it?\n</p>\";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:67:\"Brian Score on \"Problems using phpmyadmin to transfer WP databases\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326884#post-1265611\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:53:30 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:11:\"Brian Score\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265611@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:220:\"<p>The dbs are quite light, only about 100 posts.</p>\n<p>No I did not do it that way, I exported and then renamed before importing using phpmyadmin.</p>\n<p>Can I import text, csv, or other files, will it still work?\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:220:\"<p>The dbs are quite light, only about 100 posts.</p>\n<p>No I did not do it that way, I exported and then renamed before importing using phpmyadmin.</p>\n<p>Can I import text, csv, or other files, will it still work?\n</p>\";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:45:\"Callumpy on \"Problem with URL and Login Page\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326848#post-1265610\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:53:28 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:8:\"Callumpy\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265610@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:33:\"<p>Damn, what can i do then?\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:33:\"<p>Damn, what can i do then?\n</p>\";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:35:\"Shane G on \"Change post HTML title\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326906#post-1265609\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:51:57 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Shane G\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265609@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:358:\"<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>Check with these plugins:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-title-tag/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-title-tag/</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/</a></p>\n<p>Thanks,</p>\n<p>Shane G.\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:358:\"<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>Check with these plugins:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-title-tag/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-title-tag/</a><br />\n<a href=\"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-seo-pack/</a></p>\n<p>Thanks,</p>\n<p>Shane G.\n</p>\";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:38:\"elcigarra on \"wp-admin theme for kids\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326910#post-1265608\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:51:28 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:9:\"elcigarra\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265608@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:504:\"<p>I\'m trying to design a blog that will be used only by kids. I mean children with ages below 12.<br />\nThe general theme is not the problem but the wpadmin theme is. I think it\'s a bit difficult for kis with no experiene in computers and blogs.</p>\n<p>I would like something that they could write a post and upload pictures in an easy way and with only a few options in wp-admin page like: drafts, new posts and categories. </p>\n<p>Anyone know a theme for wp-admin or any idea to fix this project?\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:504:\"<p>I\'m trying to design a blog that will be used only by kids. I mean children with ages below 12.<br />\nThe general theme is not the problem but the wpadmin theme is. I think it\'s a bit difficult for kis with no experiene in computers and blogs.</p>\n<p>I would like something that they could write a post and upload pictures in an easy way and with only a few options in wp-admin page like: drafts, new posts and categories. </p>\n<p>Anyone know a theme for wp-admin or any idea to fix this project?\n</p>\";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:49:\"samhager on \"Problem with Loading Photo to Posts\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326909#post-1265607\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:51:27 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:8:\"samhager\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265607@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:647:\"<p>I too, have a problem that just cropped up loading photos to my posts and it is frustrating as <em>\"you know what\"</em>! I continue to get an error saying....\n<ul>\n\"unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads. Is its parent directory writable by the server.\"</ul>\n<p>I checked the file on the server and it is there along with the photos. I also deactivated all the plug-ins to make sure they were not interfering but NO SUCH LUCK!</p>\n<p>I use the Flexsqueeze theme but I can\'t see how that would affect anything and I am about ready to give up as I don\'t know where to turn.</p>\n<p>Any tips, thoughts, would be appreciated.</p>\n<p>Sam\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:647:\"<p>I too, have a problem that just cropped up loading photos to my posts and it is frustrating as <em>\"you know what\"</em>! I continue to get an error saying....\n<ul>\n\"unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads. Is its parent directory writable by the server.\"</ul>\n<p>I checked the file on the server and it is there along with the photos. I also deactivated all the plug-ins to make sure they were not interfering but NO SUCH LUCK!</p>\n<p>I use the Flexsqueeze theme but I can\'t see how that would affect anything and I am about ready to give up as I don\'t know where to turn.</p>\n<p>Any tips, thoughts, would be appreciated.</p>\n<p>Sam\n</p>\";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:44:\"MichaelH on \"Link to blog from pages widget\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326903#post-1265606\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:50:38 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:8:\"MichaelH\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265606@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:816:\"<p>Just use the technique here to create a Page called News that redirects to your \'homepage\':<br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Layout_and_Design#How_to_easily_display_links_to_both_Pages_and_Categories_in_the_blog_navigation_header.3F\">How to easily display links to both Pages and Categories in the blog navigation header?</a></p>\n<p>As for the email, 3 possiblilities:</p>\n<p>A text widget with this:<br />\n<code>&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:you@yourdomain.com&quot; title=&quot;Email to me&quot;&gt;Email to me&lt;/a&gt;</code></p>\n<p>This put in your sidebar.php template:<br />\n<code>&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:you@yourdomain.com&quot; title=&quot;Email to me&quot;&gt;Email to me&lt;/a&gt;</code></p>\n<p>Add a new link with this in the Web address field:<br />\n<code>mailto:you@yourdomain.com</code>\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:816:\"<p>Just use the technique here to create a Page called News that redirects to your \'homepage\':<br />\n<a href=\"http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Layout_and_Design#How_to_easily_display_links_to_both_Pages_and_Categories_in_the_blog_navigation_header.3F\">How to easily display links to both Pages and Categories in the blog navigation header?</a></p>\n<p>As for the email, 3 possiblilities:</p>\n<p>A text widget with this:<br />\n<code>&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:you@yourdomain.com&quot; title=&quot;Email to me&quot;&gt;Email to me&lt;/a&gt;</code></p>\n<p>This put in your sidebar.php template:<br />\n<code>&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:you@yourdomain.com&quot; title=&quot;Email to me&quot;&gt;Email to me&lt;/a&gt;</code></p>\n<p>Add a new link with this in the Web address field:<br />\n<code>mailto:you@yourdomain.com</code>\n</p>\";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:69:\"Jen2swt on \"[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Will there be support for SEO?\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326908#post-1265605\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:50:15 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Jen2swt\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265605@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:140:\"<p>If not, please let me know so I can move onto something else. It would be a shame if this doesn\'t. At this point I\'m willing to pay.\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:140:\"<p>If not, please let me know so I can move onto something else. It would be a shame if this doesn\'t. At this point I\'m willing to pay.\n</p>\";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:44:\"Shane G on \"Plugin install onlyhalf working\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326883#post-1265604\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:50:02 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:7:\"Shane G\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265604@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:241:\"<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>Check with these options:</p>\n<p>-&gt; Assign 766 recursive permissions to wp-content directory.<br />\n-&gt; Disable all the plugins.<br />\n-&gt; Upgrade your wordrpess to the latest version.</p>\n<p>Thanks,</p>\n<p>Shane G.\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:241:\"<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>Check with these options:</p>\n<p>-&gt; Assign 766 recursive permissions to wp-content directory.<br />\n-&gt; Disable all the plugins.<br />\n-&gt; Upgrade your wordrpess to the latest version.</p>\n<p>Thanks,</p>\n<p>Shane G.\n</p>\";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:65:\"wordprest on \"Problems using phpmyadmin to transfer WP databases\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326884#post-1265603\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:49:42 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:9:\"wordprest\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265603@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:81:\"<p>how db weights?<br />\ndid you create a new, empty db in destination host?\n</p>\";s:7:\"summary\";s:81:\"<p>how db weights?<br />\ndid you create a new, empty db in destination host?\n</p>\";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:\"title\";s:52:\"yellaojrak on \"Changing page text height and color?\"\";s:4:\"link\";s:54:\"http://wordpress.org/support/topic/326730#post-1265602\";s:7:\"pubdate\";s:31:\"Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:46:37 +0000\";s:2:\"dc\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";s:10:\"yellaojrak\";}s:4:\"guid\";s:37:\"1265602@http://wordpress.org/support/\";s:11:\"description\";s:100:\"<p>On the Theme Editor page, you see no options. 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