Monthly Archives: February 2007

DRM in Windows Vista

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 2/15/2007
It probably won't surprise blog readers that I did not run out and buy Windows Vista at the first available opportunity when it was released recently. (Nor did I run out for it at the second, third, fourth, or any subsequent opportunity...) Aside from my general loathing of the Windows platform in general, Vista's stunningly [...]
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Upgrading WordPress from SVN

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 2/15/2007
I might have to try this out. There's a good post over on the WordPress Codex about using Subversion to track WordPress development. It has examples for tracking development and stable releases, and shows how you can start using SVN even if you've already installed WordPress (as I have) from the tarball. Spiffy stuff!
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Why would anybody need that?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 2/7/2007
A bit ago, I wrote a piece on Data Crow that went up on Linux.com yesterday. Data Crow is a application to manage a media collection, which comes in handy when you have more than a few hundred CDs, books, or DVDs. A couple of readers asked, as they always seem to, "why would I need [...]
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Most over-used phrase in PR

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 2/6/2007
I realize that PR is not about brilliant creativity, but I'm so damn sick of seeing the same phrase over and over again -- I get at least 30 emails a day (at least it seems that way) that start off like this: "Just wanted to make sure you got word of this news..." Like, it's the [...]
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WordPress 2.1

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 2/5/2007
After coming back from Linux.conf.au last week (I stayed in Sydney an extra week for vacation) I noticed that the WordPress folks had released 2.1 while I was busy getting sunburned. I've upgraded my blog to 2.1 and all went well. Definitely worth a look if you're the blogging type. I've got a review up [...]
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