I’ve updated my site to WordPress 3.0. There are a few new things, most of which I’ll never use on this blog. Though I do enjoy the new theme (now default) that WordPress has included with 3.0.
I’ll be playing around with it for a bit to see how the new features can best be implemented into other projects. Really looking forward to finally creating a theme or two. Been holding off until this release was finalized.
The latest “major” version of WordPress was released today. And though I’ve not actually used it yet, WordPress 2.7 looks awesome. While there is a lot in the new version, two things I’m looking forward to are a much overhauled admin dashboard. The 2nd feature I’m looking forward to is actually two similar features. You can now install and update any plug in from the WordPress repository without having to fool with downloading, unpacking, and uploading. The other part of this actually allows you to upgrade WordPress itself.
I’ll be giving WordPress 2.7 a go on my test site in a bit, with an actually upgrade to come (hopefully) soon after.
Apple has released iTunes 8.0.2 which in addition to some fixes and enhancements brings along the iPhone and iPod Touch 2.2 update.
With the iPhone / iPod Touch (IPIPT?) 2.2 update comes with a number of enhancements to the Google Maps, including street view, walking locations, and the ability to share locations via email. Safari also gets the goofy update that changes the “search” icon next to the address bar to look more like a search box. Who cares?? Though the update does claim to improve stability and performance in Safari, now that’s what I want to hear!
For a complete list of what’s available in the 2.2 update, check out the Apple Support website.
So, I decided that I’d upgrade my WordPress install to v2.6.3. It’s actually something that I had been wanting to do for a while, but haven’t had the time. Finally got around to doing it, and messed up big time.
You see, this is the first time I’ve done my WP updates from my Mac. When doing them from Windows, you’d just upload the files, and it was done. Files that are there would be left alone, unless they needed to be over written. Not the case with the FTP upload from OSX. OSX decides to delete the existing folder, and replace it with exactly what you uploaded. This means my theme, plugins, and other settings went buh-bye.
Thankfully, I had a backup copy of my theme… the plugins, well that’s another story. 
However, I think I’ve managed to remember everything I used, and those have hopefully been reinstalled. Let me know if anything breaks, and I’ll see what I can do to fix it.
Neowin.net today released an update to their site called “Finity” or Neowin v5. IMO this is probably one of the better redesigns I’ve seen in a long time. Very sexy!
And if you enjoy the Neowin.net Forums, they have a spiffy iPhone and Windows Mobile version available as well. Yeah, they are that cool. 
Source: Neowin.net