Archive 6. July 2011

WordPress 3.2 now available. Update executed (and for the first time also via automatic update and ssh access for the update, since my web server does not have write permissions on the WP code) and everything seems to have worked smoothly, even though I use a number of plugins. Nice. The admin has been really streamlined, much faster responses.

That's why we need to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia. I heard the appalling interview this morning as well. The lies and nonsense from politicians can ruin your entire day. The moderator is usually not my cup of tea, but during today's interview, he hit the nail on the head with a few things: "Morality is for fools, the smart ones make money out of it" - that's the mindset of Pfeiffer and probably some others in the Union. The fact that we have laws prohibiting the export of weapons to crisis regions doesn't matter in this context. Presumably, he would also break into someone's house and empty it if the neighbors had given their consent beforehand.

Prowl - iOS Push Notifications. Is a very practical tool for the iPhone or iPad as a supplement, because you get nice APIs with which you can, for example, send messages from servers to the iPhone. Or you use Send2Prowl from Firefox or Prowl from Chrome to send a link directly to your iPhone.