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Category Archives: Asides
WordPress + mod_auth_mysql
mod_auth_mysql and phpass, a new patch that allows Apache authentication (for Subversion, Trac, enterprise integration systems) to work with the new WordPress secure password storage.
12 Signs
Community Tagging
Foxmarks Beta
The new Foxmarks beta works with Firefox 3 and seems pretty solid. Check out Foxmark’s WordPess-powered blog.
Kyle Skips OpenID
5 reasons I won’t be getting on the open id train, by Kyle Neath. Animated comment thread.
WordCamp Milan
I’m leaving tomorrow for Milan where I’ll be attending WordCamp Italy. Hope to see some of you there!
Expo Keynote
Here’s a video of my “high order bit” keynote talk at Web 2.0 Expo. It’s succinct — 10 minutes — and covers WordPress.com and Automattic growth, the possibly related posts launch, and Monotone.
Mark on DRM
Favorite Posting Bookmarklet
A question for Ma.tt readers: What’s your favorite posting bookmarklet? We’re starting to think about ways to make posting to WP from wherever you are on the web easier in 2.6, just curious what you guys enjoy the most and why.
Web 2.0 Expo Announcements
The two things I announced at Web 2.0 Expo this morning (I don’t want to tell you how early I got up) were Possibly Related Posts and the Monotone theme. The latter should be available early next week. A few people covered the talk, including WebGuild, NextWeb, Mashable, and WebWare. Update: Here are some pictures from the talk.
Kara Interview
I had the pleasure of chatting with Kara Swisher for a bit earlier in the week over oysters and cobb salad. Kara has posted a summary of our chat and a 5-minute video interview with different types of questions than I normally get.
WordCamp in Vancouver
At Web 2.0 Expo
For those of you in San Francisco for the Web 2.0 Expo, I’m going to be speaking Friday in the main ballroom at 10:15 AM. Earlier that morning are Jonathan Schwartz, Dan Lyons, and Matt Cutts, all tough acts to follow. I’ll be doing a “High Order Bit” which means “short” and will be launching something.
Identicons from Gravatar
You may notice in my comments now for people who don’t have an existing Gravatar I show cool geometric patterns. These are called Identicons and they were originally conceived by Don Park. With a single parameter, you can have the Gravatar API fall back to an identicon or even force it to return one. This works in any size Gravatar supports, up to 512 pixels. Sweet!
Thomson Reuters WordPress
Yonkers Graveyard and Dinner
Visiting Glenda’s grandmother’s grave in Yonkers and exploring the nearby grounds, family dinner with her brother Gil and mother.
Flickr Code
Flickr has open sourced their uploader on their new code site, which has all the nice bits you’d expect including a WordPress-powered blog. Hat tip: Ryan Schwartz.
Slow-boiled Frog
After we had a late breakfast the other day troublemaker John Roberts informed that the story about throwing a frog into hot vs cold water, that I love to use, is totally false. The blog he linked has an entire category chronicling the slow-boiled frog showing up in the news. I stand corrected!
Papal WordPress
The United States Papal visit has a WordPress.com blog. Nice! I’m going to be in New York City this weekend at the same time, maybe see mass in Yankee stadium?