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Gravatar Blog
The Globally Recognized Avatar blog is using WordPress. The idea is pretty cool. Hat tip: Mathias.
WordPress and Dreamhost
As has been reported many places, and sent to me in a dozen emails, Dreamhost have integrated support for installing and upgrading WordPress through their administration interface. For many this is not new, some systems like Fantastico have had support for auto-installing WP for a while now, but the interface was cluttered and WordPress was just one of several dozen miscellaneous scripts. What’s really interesting about this decision is their thought process, quoted from their newsletter:
Why didn’t we make it so you could just install Movable Type itself with one click instead? Somewhat because Movable Type is a commercial product, and they would require us to do some sort of weird registration for all our users with them in order to even install the free version. Also, WordPress doesn’t require “rebuilding” your blog every time you publish. Mostly though, installing WordPress was eleven times easier for us.
Tyler Brekko sent me screenshots from the entire installation process, including emails from the “Happy DreamHost WordPress Robot” and it’s kinda neat. They take advantage of a few structural decisions in WordPress and on wordpress.org to make the process very smooth. You can read a bit in their knowledge base. What surprised me the most was the sheer number of people who emailed me about this, DreamHost must have a ton of users. Here are some other posts around the web about this:
Thanks to everyone who wrote in about this!
Moleskine Blog
Jeremy Boggs wrote in to point me to this very neat blog where each entry is a scanned page from a Moleskine notebook.
Extraordinary Machine
“I still only travel by foot and by foot it’s a slow climb but I’m good at being uncomfortable so I can’t stop changing all the time.” The latest from the unreleased Fiona Apple CD. Hat tip: Jess.
On BlogExplosion
Jonas asks Does BlogExplosion perform?
Gallery: 12-6-2004
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Gallery: 12-5-2004
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Gallery: 12-4-2004
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Manji
Introducing Manji, another theme for WordPress.
Blogsome
Pixelog
If you check out the new Pixelog you may notice in addition to having gorgeous photos, it’s powered by WordPress. You can read about the photolog switch from MT on Christine’s blog and get the technical details on ScriptyGoddess.
The Real Photo Matt
Michael Boyle sent me this awesome picture that made my day. “…for all your digital photographs.” Thanks!
MSN Spaces Review
On Topic Blogs
I don’t read any blogs stay on topic all the time, and I like it that way.
Happy Christmahanukwanzakah
Happy Christmahanukwanzakah everybody.
Don’t Drink and Dial
Virgin targets drunker dialers by allowing you to blacklist certain numbers. Will there be a service the other way? Don’t accept calls from X number between 2-6 AM on weekends and holidays? Hat tip: Jason Shellen.
Gallery: 12-2-2004
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The Apple Blog
The Apple Blog looks good and runs WordPress. Hat tip: Om.