VaultPress now supports one-click database restores direct server-to-server so you don’t need to download or upload anything.
Fight Clubness
New Blogger Importer
We now have an importer that works with the new Blogger, and Andy has a weird moustache thing going on.
Over the holidays I chatted with Mathew Ingram about the future of the web in 2012 and beyond and he turned that into an opinion piece on GigaOM you should check out.
Apokalyptik
Demitrious has joined Automattic. Now go guilt him into blogging more. 🙂
NYC Meetup Pictures
Photos from the Meetup in NYC are up now. It was really enjoyable, NY has a really great group of WP folks.
Solo and the Wookie
Bring me Solo and the Wookie. P.S. I Can Has Cheezeburger is now hosted on WordPress.com.
WordPress Party
The party Monday is on Upcoming, and also got some coverage at Laughing Squid with a bit of historical perspective. Also next week on Thursday is the NewTeeVee Pier Screening, which looks like it’s going to be a fun event.
MT OS
I am settled back from Greece and quite a bit happened while I was unplugged. I want to belatedly congratulate the Movable Type team for committing to GPL for MT4, and wish them best of luck in rebuilding their developer community. The news has been written about nearly everywhere, rightly so; Lisa has a blog round-up.
Japan Meetup
I just read on Detlog there is a WordPress Japan meetup in Okayama on July 1. I just got a copy of a new Japanese WP book and it looks pretty neat. I’d love to make it to Japan and one of these meetups someday.
Automattic and Six Apart
The landlord at 87 Third Avenue included a lease clause requiring that MakerBot comply with science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov’s “three laws of robotics,” which require that robots follow orders, not injure humans, and protect their own existence.
Makerbot has a fun article in the WSJ today about moving office space. (Makerbot is an Audrey company.)
Toni on Wallstrip
Toni Schneider of Automattic was interviewed on Wallstrip today. We got to hang out a bit with the Wallstrip team and they’re very sharp, though maybe short on the Wii Tennis. Yesterday they did a musical review of the company behind most states’ Lotto.
Interview on Adii
I did a short interview with Adriaan Pienaar on his site, talking a bit about 2.3 and blogs in media.
King of Web Standards
Jeffrey Zeldman: King of Web Standards. Hat tip: Niall.
IIS Authentication Plugin
IIS Authentication plugin for the WordPress PHP blogging engine. So wrong, yet so right.
Farewell Splashblog
Six Apart is shutting down their mobile service Splashblog, which they acquired in 2006. Contrary to rumors Rojo (which I use) is sticking around despite being offline from July 25 through August 7, almost two weeks of downtime.
Wade Roush writes about the Bay Lights Project, a remarkable endeavor to put 25,000 individually addressable LEDs on the cables of the Bay Bridge. I think it would be cool if they opened up the algorithms to reviewed contributions, especially if they ran at a set time like between 2-4 AM — far from “public-playground interpretations” I think the creativity of the Bay Area (and beyond) would delight everyone involved. But in the meantime the non-profit needs to raise a fair amount in a short period of time to have a chance: you can donate to the Bay Lights here.