Matt and I have been working flat out on WordPress the last couple of days, Matt especially. I think we are making good progress and should soon be ready for an alpha release!
Monthly Archives: May 2003
Nearly Official
Wow! Michel Valdrighi has announced that WordPress will be the official replacement for / continuation of B2.
“Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little are leading the new WordPress branch of b2, that is going to become the new official branch once they get a release out.”
The Hokey Pokey (as written by W. Shakespeare)
It’s been around a while, but SteveP Sent me this.
WASHINGTON POST STYLE has a contest in which readers submit instructions for doing various things, their choice, as written by famous authors. Jeff Brechlin of Potomac Falls recently won with the following:
The Hokey Pokey (as written by W. Shakespeare)
O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.The Hoke, the poke — banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, ’tis what it’s all about.
Awesome! Outstanding! Cut ‘n’ pasted from William Gibson, who is still blogging.
Barb Wire and Cliffhanger! and Buried Alive!
Over the last few days, I have read Barb Wire the novelisation of the movie by Neal Barrett Jr. It was very light reading, but I quite enjoyed this. I haven’t seen the movie so I cannot compare them. I’ve also read Buried Alive! and Cliffhanger both by Jacqueline Wilson. I’d borrowed these kid’s books from Jamie. Very enjoyable, quite funny, I especially liked the two main characters, Tim and Biscuits. Great!
Busy, Busy
The Know
A colleague of mine, Jeff, has set himself up a web site over at www.theknow.co.uk. It’s a PostNuke based site with an embedded Wiki, forum, and chat.
“TheKnow is an experimental Opinionating and Community site based upon an advanced content management system combined with a state-of-the-art “Wiki” engine and the popular phpBB bulletin board.”
Go check it out, its looks to be pretty cool. Lots of potential. It already has some interesting content too.
Flatulence Helps Fight Disease
I absolutely must post a link to this story! Flatulence Helps Fight Disease.
“British scientists say a hi-tech test focused on flatus — the pungent gas emanating from stool — is highly effective in quickly identifying tough-to-spot viral or bacterial infections of the gut.”
“While flatulence may be the stuff of jokes, the fight against dangerous gastrointestinal infections is no laughing matter.
Worldwide, over 600,000 children die each year from chronic diarrhea, most of them in poorer countries without easy access to sophisticated medical laboratories.”
“So far the technology has displayed impressive accuracy, correctly identifying the potentially life-threatening bug, Clostridium difficile, 100 percent of the time and the Norwalk virus — responsible for last year’s highly publicized cruise-ship outbreaks — 93 percent of the time. The test was also highly accurate in spotting rotavirus, a major cause of diarrhea in children.”
Hmmm… I wonder if I’ll be able to claim ‘medical research’ the next time I ‘let one go’?
Tokens
I spent most of my book tokens at the weekend. I ended up getting MySQL Cookbook by Paul DuBois, PHP Cookbook by David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg, and Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 (Programmer’s Reference) by Eric Meyer. All pretty hardcore geek fodder. I shall enjoy dipping in to them!!
