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Installing/Updating WordPress with Subversion

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on April 28, 2008
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So, as there is a new version of Wordpress (2.5.1) which has some serious security fixes, I thought I would move my blog to running from svn. This doesnt mean I am running bleeding edge code, it just means updating the Wordpress code is as simple as svn sw new_version_url. Which is a lot simpler than downloading and unpacking tars over the top.

Installing/Updating WordPress with Subversion « WordPress Codex

Theres also a configuration option for the new wordpress that improves the cryptography

Garter analysts: Windows is ‘collapsing’

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Anton
on April 15, 2008
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Turns out I’m not the only one fed up with Windows

Windows is ‘collapsing,’ Gartner analysts warn

posting images from flickr in wordpress 2.5

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Anton
on April 3, 2008
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I just upgraded this blog to the latest wordpress (2.5), and found that my flickr posting plugin had broken. I had a look at the code, but despite being pretty quick to figure out what needed changing, a new version of the plugin has been released which supports wordpress 2.5

If you use wordpress, and want to post flickr images, I strongly recommend Flickr Photo Album for WordPress. I also strongly recommend upgrading to wordpress 2.5, the admin interface is rewritten, and seems to work much better

April fools

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Anton
on April 1, 2008
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I was looking for something good to post today, but the best I have found is BBC NEWS |10 stories that could be April Fools… but aren’t

I suppose top-10-harmless-geek-pranks isnt bad, and Wikipedia always has good gossip

OpenID

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Anton
on March 28, 2008
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I noticed that Yahoo recently started offering OpenID authentication as part of a Yahoo account, this means you can now use your Yahoo Id or Flickr account to authenticate for comments on this blog. Of course I had to install the wordpress openid plugin to make that work.

If you don’t know much about OpenId’s, you may want to read more about them on OpenID.net. A quick summary is that an OpenID allows you to log in to sites that support OpenID but having one username and password on a OpenID server. You just put the address of your OpenID (which can be your own website) and the other website asks your OpenID server whether you have logged in.

If you don’t want to use Yahoo’s OpenID, you can use any OpenID provider (which is the point of OpenID) such as Blogger,Wordpress or even build your own OpenID provider just for you.

I decided to build my own, mostly for curiousity. I used phpMyId, which is about the simplest php script to install. Drop the 2 files in the right place, edit the files to create the username/password (you may need access to a command line linux box for this) and then you can log in. If you want to make your website be the address for an OpenID, you need to add some html to the header of the index page (called delegating your OpenID) but this is included in the instructions for phpMyId.

Once you have an OpenId, you will probably want to test it.

Strobist: “Moment it Clicks” Back in Stock Again

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Anton
on March 17, 2008
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Strobist is reporting that Joe McNally’s book “Moment it Clicks” is back in stock on Amazon. Along with this announcement, they have a fantastic video of Joe doing a photoshoot for National Geographic of the light at the top of the lightning mast of the Empire State Building. Check out the video on Strobist.com

When my copy of the book arrives, I will give you a review!