Ping-o-Matic RPC pinging now available. Lose all that other stuff and put this in your blog tool now. More on this after the WordPress launch.

Spider Bites. I got bitten by a spider but I’m not sure what kind. Luckily not one of the ones described on thta page.

The Scripty Goddess has her first plugin up. With a simple tweak she could shave a step. I’m really digging the new WordPress plugin system. First of many to come from her? Bing!

Phil checks out MT license. Aren’t most software licenses similarly gross and nasty? I suspect most of this was from a template of some sort. I read a Microsoft EULA once and had nightmares for weeks. The GPL isn’t bad.

Dinah discovers our secret plan for world domination. She must be taken care of now. We can’t let this get around.

Joel on Software – Fire And Motion. While I was reading this I was interrupted 7 times. Wasn’t this in Office Space first? “In a week, I’d say I do about 15 minutes of real, actual work.” Any tips for making those minutes come more frequently? Hat tip: I can’t remember.

Easy News Topics – RSS 2.0 Module aka RSS ENT.

magistyk weblog » The Best Choice – WordPress. “Only good things can come from these people.”

Blogging For Fun & Profit. The HTML version could be a lot better. Is blogging for profit still blogging?

Beyond The Template Engine. Any sufficently advanced templating engine approaches PHP in syntax and capabilities. Most are more trouble than they’re worth. (Disclaimer: I chose Smarty for a fairly large client project.)

Good comparison of different PHP blogging tools. I don’t really consider Drupal a blogging tool though, and efforts to make it one have all seemed a little strained to me. Use the right tool for the job. See also: Incomplete WP feature list and what’s new in 1.2.

The Move to WordPress, and a sharp design too. “No re-building, no muss and no fuss.” One of my favorite things about linking to all these WP sites is the beautiful permalinks they use, which used to be the realm of just the blogging elite and heavy tweakers.

Move away from MovableType? Jon Hicks, a designer I respect a great deal, contemplates WordPress.

Super Scripty Goddesses choose WordPress. Can’t wait to see the cool stuff Jennifer comes up with.

Think Tank Claims Torvalds Didn’t Write Linux, you couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried.

Getting drafts right, because it’s the little things.

Prom pictures that you were all asking for. Dig the outfits.

Jeremy Shields on why he uses WordPress. “I really feel that WordPress has redefined the way a Weblog CMS should be”

I wish I understood everything Marc writes because then I’d be a millionaire. But please, someone get that man a <blockquote>!