Traffic Surfing

So last week was fun, traffic-wise. Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds posted a link to an older entry of mine on the same day that he opined about the prevalence of "Can't connect to database" errors that WordPress-powered sites tend to throw under load. Fortunately for me, I had anticipated just such a meteoric rise [...]

posting from natmech

Matt, Owen and others are in attendance. Good times.

It's Friday, You Ain't Got No Job, You Ain't Got No Money

…But you sure-as-heck have stuff to do, namely: check these links! Foo!
All you Philly area WordPressers take note: Matt Mullenweg will be in town next week and attending a meetup on Thursday. Grab a stool and swing by (well, not in that order necessarily…).
Quaker Oats: Scottish Edition, possessors of the finest box logo [...]

Got WordPress 2.5 Questions? WTC Has Answers.

Weblog Tools Collection has posted an incredibly thorough FAQ covering many of the issues surrounding the release of WP 2.5, such as:

Q. Where are my Post Categories and Tags when writing a Post?
A. Scroll down below the Post content box.
Q. How do I rearrange the order Advanced Options boxes like Custom Fields and Excerpt?
A. This [...]

WordPress 2.5 Is Out

WP 2.5 has been released. I'm going to move LB.org over to it as soon as possible, so there may be some downtime some time in the very near future.
Stay tuned.

Zounds! Google To Buy WordPress By Proxy!

Well, okay, now that I have that little bit of headline rumor-/scaremongering out of the way, I've got to say: interesting things are afoot in the Automattic/WordPress world these days. First off, Matt Mullenweg announced a few days ago that, effective immediately, all WordPress.com (as opposed to .org) accounts would be receiving an upgrade [...]

Eating My Own Dogfood (In A Good Way)

Sorry for the lack of posting. Not only has work been crazy, but I've also been burning the minutes on my freshly-received iPod Touch, thanks to Matt Mullenweg and the iPhone contest. WPhone been berry berry good to me. *grin*
Oh, did mention that this is my first official post from the Touch? Whee!