O:9:"magpierss":19:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:50:{i:0;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:19:"Matt: Job Interview";s:4:"guid";s:46:"http://photomatt.net/2006/09/05/job-interview/";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://photomatt.net/2006/09/05/job-interview/";s:11:"description";s:143:"<p><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/09/the_end_of_the_.html">Seth Godin: The end of the job interview</a>. Hear hear.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:25:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:143:"<p><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/09/the_end_of_the_.html">Seth Godin: The end of the job interview</a>. Hear hear.
</p>";}i:1;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:20:"Matt: WebWorkerDaily";s:4:"guid";s:47:"http://photomatt.net/2006/09/04/webworkerdaily/";s:4:"link";s:47:"http://photomatt.net/2006/09/04/webworkerdaily/";s:11:"description";s:225:"<p>Om has launched a new blog called <a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/">WebWorkerDaily</a>, it&#8217;s hosted by <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> as part of a new program we&#8217;re making public soon.</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:53:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:225:"<p>Om has launched a new blog called <a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/">WebWorkerDaily</a>, it&#8217;s hosted by <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> as part of a new program we&#8217;re making public soon.</p>";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: One Penny";s:4:"guid";s:72:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/09/03/wp-theme-one-penny/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18869919/";s:11:"description";s:281:"<p><a href="http://www.themeporter.com/2006/09/02/one-penny-wordpress-theme/">WP Theme: One Penny</a> Two column, fluid, light on dark theme for Wordpress. Also checkout <a href="http://www.themeporter.com/2006/09/01/beckett-wordpress-theme/">Beckett</a> from the same author.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:12:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:281:"<p><a href="http://www.themeporter.com/2006/09/02/one-penny-wordpress-theme/">WP Theme: One Penny</a> Two column, fluid, light on dark theme for Wordpress. Also checkout <a href="http://www.themeporter.com/2006/09/01/beckett-wordpress-theme/">Beckett</a> from the same author.
</p>";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Akismet: For Lifetype";s:4:"guid";s:45:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/09/for-lifetype/";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/09/for-lifetype/";s:11:"description";s:417:"<p>Paul Westbrook has written in that he has created an Akismet plugin for the <a href="http://www.lifetype.net/">Lifetype</a> blogging platform.</p>
<p>You can read <a href="http://wiki.lifetype.net/index.php/Plugin_akismet">more about the plugin and download it on the Lifetype wiki</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve added it to the <a href="http://akismet.com/development/">ever-growing list on the development page</a>.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:38:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";}s:7:"summary";s:417:"<p>Paul Westbrook has written in that he has created an Akismet plugin for the <a href="http://www.lifetype.net/">Lifetype</a> blogging platform.</p>
<p>You can read <a href="http://wiki.lifetype.net/index.php/Plugin_akismet">more about the plugin and download it on the Lifetype wiki</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve added it to the <a href="http://akismet.com/development/">ever-growing list on the development page</a>.
</p>";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Matt on WP: It’s Just Software";s:4:"guid";s:56:"https://matt.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/its-just-software/";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://matt.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/its-just-software/";s:11:"description";s:280:"<p>Seen on the secret Automattic chat room:</p>
<pre>
photomatt_lap: okay, think we can import their wp_tags to categories and
just switch up those functions to use wp_categories instead of wp_tags?
       rboren: Well of course we can...
       rboren: It's just software.
</pre>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:30:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:280:"<p>Seen on the secret Automattic chat room:</p>
<pre>
photomatt_lap: okay, think we can import their wp_tags to categories and
just switch up those functions to use wp_categories instead of wp_tags?
       rboren: Well of course we can...
       rboren: It's just software.
</pre>";}i:5;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Blackbox";s:4:"guid";s:71:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/09/02/wp-theme-blackbox/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18563760/";s:11:"description";s:179:"<p><a href="http://www.kaushalsheth.com/blackbox-wordpress-theme-released/">WP Theme: Blackbox</a> is a single column , smooth, monochrome, lightweight design in dark colour.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:45:11 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Kaushal";}s:7:"summary";s:179:"<p><a href="http://www.kaushalsheth.com/blackbox-wordpress-theme-released/">WP Theme: Blackbox</a> is a single column , smooth, monochrome, lightweight design in dark colour.
</p>";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP theme: HemmingwayPearl";s:4:"guid";s:78:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/09/01/wp-theme-hemmingwaypearl/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18429245/";s:11:"description";s:178:"<p><a href="http://confusedweb.com/hemmingway-mod">WP theme: HemmingwayPearl</a> Striking, red,  very wide Hemingway modification for Wordpress with AJAX commenting enabled.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:44:51 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:178:"<p><a href="http://confusedweb.com/hemmingway-mod">WP theme: HemmingwayPearl</a> Striking, red,  very wide Hemingway modification for Wordpress with AJAX commenting enabled.
</p>";}i:7;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Nishita";s:4:"guid";s:70:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/wp-theme-nishita/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18154066/";s:11:"description";s:381:"<p><a href="http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2006/08/nishita-another-free-photo-blog-wordpress-theme/">WP Theme: Nishita</a> An absolutely gorgeous photoblog theme for Wordpress. Also, check out the <a href="http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2006/05/brajeshwar-v70-wordpress-theme/">original Brajeshwar v7.0</a> (on which Blythe, below is based) on Brajeshwar&#8217;s blog.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:57:58 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:381:"<p><a href="http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2006/08/nishita-another-free-photo-blog-wordpress-theme/">WP Theme: Nishita</a> An absolutely gorgeous photoblog theme for Wordpress. Also, check out the <a href="http://www.brajeshwar.com/archives/2006/05/brajeshwar-v70-wordpress-theme/">original Brajeshwar v7.0</a> (on which Blythe, below is based) on Brajeshwar&#8217;s blog.
</p>";}i:8;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP theme: Blythe";s:4:"guid";s:69:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/wp-theme-blythe/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18151914/";s:11:"description";s:202:"<p><a href="http://jane.acespace.co.uk/?p=5">WP Theme: Blythe</a> A minimal, simple, light 3 column design with latest article highlight. Again, a different looking theme with an interesting twist.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:45:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:202:"<p><a href="http://jane.acespace.co.uk/?p=5">WP Theme: Blythe</a> A minimal, simple, light 3 column design with latest article highlight. Again, a different looking theme with an interesting twist.
</p>";}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Klate";s:4:"guid";s:68:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/wp-theme-klate/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18150846/";s:11:"description";s:260:"<p><a href="http://stabani.com/archives/2006/259">WP Theme: Klate</a> Very interesting two column theme for Wordpress that looks different from almost everything I have seen so far. Definitely worth a click if you are looking for an out of ordinary theme.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:45:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:260:"<p><a href="http://stabani.com/archives/2006/259">WP Theme: Klate</a> Very interesting two column theme for Wordpress that looks different from almost everything I have seen so far. Definitely worth a click if you are looking for an out of ordinary theme.
</p>";}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Tuned";s:4:"guid";s:70:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/wp-theme-tuned-2/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18150317/";s:11:"description";s:162:"<p><a href="http://www.heritage-tech.net/wordpress-stuff/">WP Theme: Tuned</a> Lightweight, minimalist, bluish WordPress Theme that is optimized for AdSense.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:30:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:162:"<p><a href="http://www.heritage-tech.net/wordpress-stuff/">WP Theme: Tuned</a> Lightweight, minimalist, bluish WordPress Theme that is optimized for AdSense.
</p>";}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:51:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Plugin: AdSense Sharing";s:4:"guid";s:79:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/wp-plugin-adsense-sharing/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18150318/";s:11:"description";s:131:"<p><a href="http://adsense.ayanev.com/">WP Plugin: AdSense Sharing</a> Share the AdSense revenue with co-authors on your blog.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:30:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:131:"<p><a href="http://adsense.ayanev.com/">WP Plugin: AdSense Sharing</a> Share the AdSense revenue with co-authors on your blog.
</p>";}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Weblog Tools Collection: Pimpin’ WP";s:4:"guid";s:63:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/pimpin-wp/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18142788/";s:11:"description";s:277:"<p><a href="http://cormacmoylan.com/blog/pimpin-wp/">Pimpin&#8217; WP</a> <em>I love Wordpress. It&#8217;s beautiful.</em> Welcome to Wordpress, Cormac. I hope you find WeblogToolsCollection.com to be as wonderful of a resource as you find Wordpress to be a blogging tool.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:15:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:277:"<p><a href="http://cormacmoylan.com/blog/pimpin-wp/">Pimpin&#8217; WP</a> <em>I love Wordpress. It&#8217;s beautiful.</em> Welcome to Wordpress, Cormac. I hope you find WeblogToolsCollection.com to be as wonderful of a resource as you find Wordpress to be a blogging tool.
</p>";}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress.com: Avatars";s:4:"guid";s:74:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/wordpresscom-avatars/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18041815/";s:11:"description";s:288:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/08/30/new-feature-avatars/">WordPress.com: Avatars</a> Wordpress.com offers personalized avatars for your hosted blog, much like GMail. Visit Mac Daddy for a tutorial on these avatars.PS: Do you recognize the cute kid in the example avatar?
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:30:24 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:288:"<p><a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/08/30/new-feature-avatars/">WordPress.com: Avatars</a> Wordpress.com offers personalized avatars for your hosted blog, much like GMail. Visit Mac Daddy for a tutorial on these avatars.PS: Do you recognize the cute kid in the example avatar?
</p>";}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:62:"Weblog Tools Collection: Windows Live Writer Firefox Extension";s:4:"guid";s:91:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/31/windows-live-writer-firefox-extension/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/18037513/";s:11:"description";s:322:"<p><a href="http://www.canerten.com/firefox-addon-extension-for-windows-live-writer-live-writerfox/">Windows Live Writer Firefox Extension</a> Access right click posting to Windows Live Writer from Firefox. Works much like the Wordpress  Press It bookmarklet. Must have Windows Live Writer installed on your computer.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:15:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:322:"<p><a href="http://www.canerten.com/firefox-addon-extension-for-windows-live-writer-live-writerfox/">Windows Live Writer Firefox Extension</a> Access right click posting to Windows Live Writer from Firefox. Works much like the Wordpress  Press It bookmarklet. Must have Windows Live Writer installed on your computer.
</p>";}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:62:"Weblog Tools Collection: 10 Ways to Eliminate the Echo Chamber";s:4:"guid";s:91:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/30/10-ways-to-eliminate-the-echo-chamber/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/17675501/";s:11:"description";s:666:"<p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/18/10-ways-to-eliminate-the-echo-chamber/">10 Ways to Eliminate the Echo Chamber</a> Chris talks about ways to reduce the &#8220;Echo Chamber Effect&#8221;. Darren has a <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/30/how-to-eliminate-the-echo-chamber-and-add-new-dimensions-to-your-blog/">good writeup on this list</a> and there is some <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP#a060830p30">buzz in the blogoshpere</a> following Chris&#8217; post. My sarcasm might be lost to everyone but I really do like his advice, especially &#8220;Say something original at least once a day&#8221;.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:45:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:666:"<p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/18/10-ways-to-eliminate-the-echo-chamber/">10 Ways to Eliminate the Echo Chamber</a> Chris talks about ways to reduce the &#8220;Echo Chamber Effect&#8221;. Darren has a <a href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/30/how-to-eliminate-the-echo-chamber-and-add-new-dimensions-to-your-blog/">good writeup on this list</a> and there is some <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP#a060830p30">buzz in the blogoshpere</a> following Chris&#8217; post. My sarcasm might be lost to everyone but I really do like his advice, especially &#8220;Say something original at least once a day&#8221;.
</p>";}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:31:"Weblog Tools Collection: bLaugh";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/30/blaugh/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/17668796/";s:11:"description";s:718:"<p><a href="http://blaugh.com/">bLaugh</a> <a href="http://bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/">Brad Fitzpatrick</a> and Chris Pirillo come together to write an online comic that is on the money. I was introduced to it from a blog on online comics and I have become a regular almost instantly. Their dry tech humor is refreshing and their art work is pretty good. They also offer a little extra something in the form of a GoDaddy coupon to make the parodies a little more sweet. I will not disclose it here but will force you to visit the link if you want to get some money off your next GoDaddy purchase. <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:30:23 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:718:"<p><a href="http://blaugh.com/">bLaugh</a> <a href="http://bradfitzpatrick.com/weblog/">Brad Fitzpatrick</a> and Chris Pirillo come together to write an online comic that is on the money. I was introduced to it from a blog on online comics and I have become a regular almost instantly. Their dry tech humor is refreshing and their art work is pretty good. They also offer a little extra something in the form of a GoDaddy coupon to make the parodies a little more sweet. I will not disclose it here but will force you to visit the link if you want to get some money off your next GoDaddy purchase. <img src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />
</p>";}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Weblog Tools Collection: SixApart Vox";s:4:"guid";s:66:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/29/sixapart-vox/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/17479016/";s:11:"description";s:802:"<p><a href="http://www.sixapart.com/vox/">SixApart Vox</a> So where is <a href="http://www.sixapart.com/vox/index">VOX</a>? I remember a bunch of <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/31/sixapart-to-launch-comet-renamed-vox-on-june-1/">hoopla</a> on the original Comet hosted blogging platform and remember thinking to myself that they are following the same path as Wordpress.com with a small and private group of users with plans expanded to a larger audience while they learn the ropes of their new software. Most of <a href="http://www.vox.com/explore/posts/">the stuff</a> looks like a web 2.0 rehash of most things cool put together with LiveJournal. Anyone use VOX? PS: I wonder if FeedBurner had to fix their &#8220;xx readers&#8221; script to accomodate TechCrunch&#8217;s cool 100k.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:32:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:802:"<p><a href="http://www.sixapart.com/vox/">SixApart Vox</a> So where is <a href="http://www.sixapart.com/vox/index">VOX</a>? I remember a bunch of <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/31/sixapart-to-launch-comet-renamed-vox-on-june-1/">hoopla</a> on the original Comet hosted blogging platform and remember thinking to myself that they are following the same path as Wordpress.com with a small and private group of users with plans expanded to a larger audience while they learn the ropes of their new software. Most of <a href="http://www.vox.com/explore/posts/">the stuff</a> looks like a web 2.0 rehash of most things cool put together with LiveJournal. Anyone use VOX? PS: I wonder if FeedBurner had to fix their &#8220;xx readers&#8221; script to accomodate TechCrunch&#8217;s cool 100k.
</p>";}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:25:"Matt: Scooped by a Source";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/29/scooped-by-a-source/";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/29/scooped-by-a-source/";s:11:"description";s:490:"<p><a href="http://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a8356.asp">Scooped by a Source</a>. &#8220;&#8216;I think you&#8217;re assuming that there is any value left in the scoop,&#8217; wrote <a href="http://buzzmachine.com/">Jeff Jarvis</a>, blogger and citizen journalism advocate, in an email. &#8216;There isn&#8217;t. You can&#8217;t control the biorhythms of news anymore. The world doesn&#8217;t much care who reported what first. Bylines matter to writers, not readers.&#8217;&#8221;
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:27:26 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:490:"<p><a href="http://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a8356.asp">Scooped by a Source</a>. &#8220;&#8216;I think you&#8217;re assuming that there is any value left in the scoop,&#8217; wrote <a href="http://buzzmachine.com/">Jeff Jarvis</a>, blogger and citizen journalism advocate, in an email. &#8216;There isn&#8217;t. You can&#8217;t control the biorhythms of news anymore. The world doesn&#8217;t much care who reported what first. Bylines matter to writers, not readers.&#8217;&#8221;
</p>";}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Plugin: WP-Galeria";s:4:"guid";s:74:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/29/wp-plugin-wp-galeria/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/17425501/";s:11:"description";s:338:"<p><a href="http://spy98.bitshifters.net/wordpress-plugins/wp-galeria/">WP Plugin: WP-Galeria</a> Is a simple files and folder based gallery plugin for Wordpress that supports zip file upload, on the fly thumbnail creation and comes with a couple of premade templates derived from Kubrick and k2. I did not notice an example gallery.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:45:28 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:338:"<p><a href="http://spy98.bitshifters.net/wordpress-plugins/wp-galeria/">WP Plugin: WP-Galeria</a> Is a simple files and folder based gallery plugin for Wordpress that supports zip file upload, on the fly thumbnail creation and comes with a couple of premade templates derived from Kubrick and k2. I did not notice an example gallery.
</p>";}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:24:"Matt on WP: Evian Water?";s:4:"guid";s:50:"https://matt.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/evian-water/";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://matt.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/evian-water/";s:11:"description";s:345:"<p><a href="http://deschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/is-wordpress-the-evian-water-of-blogs/">Is Wordpress the Evian Water of Blogs?</a> I prefer to think of us as the <a href="http://www.dublindrpepper.com/">Dublin Dr Pepper</a>. <img src="http://matt.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:30:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:345:"<p><a href="http://deschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/is-wordpress-the-evian-water-of-blogs/">Is Wordpress the Evian Water of Blogs?</a> I prefer to think of us as the <a href="http://www.dublindrpepper.com/">Dublin Dr Pepper</a>. <img src="http://matt.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />
</p>";}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"Weblog Tools Collection: Swift: Safari for Windows";s:4:"guid";s:78:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/29/swift-safari-for-windows/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/17264275/";s:11:"description";s:400:"<p><a href="http://www.getswift.org/alpha.html">Swift: Safari for Windows</a> Still in alpha, but based on the Apple Webkit rendering engine and already a downloadable product. I could not get it to install on my XP laptop. EDIT: After reading <a href="http://bbs.getwebkit.org/viewtopic.php?t=48">this post on their forums</a>, I was able to get I installed. Thanks Roger from 456 Berea Street.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:10:06 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:400:"<p><a href="http://www.getswift.org/alpha.html">Swift: Safari for Windows</a> Still in alpha, but based on the Apple Webkit rendering engine and already a downloadable product. I could not get it to install on my XP laptop. EDIT: After reading <a href="http://bbs.getwebkit.org/viewtopic.php?t=48">this post on their forums</a>, I was able to get I installed. Thanks Roger from 456 Berea Street.
</p>";}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:62:"Weblog Tools Collection: Readability and High Contrast Designs";s:4:"guid";s:91:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/29/readability-and-high-contrast-designs/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/17263248/";s:11:"description";s:453:"<p><a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/">Readability and High Contrast Designs</a> Roger takes on the light text on dark background folks and opns up a can of worms. However, the reasoning is sounds and though the dislike and readability impairment might be limited, the bookmarklet and valuable discussion is worth the read. Do you like dark on light designs as much as light on dark?
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:01:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:453:"<p><a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/">Readability and High Contrast Designs</a> Roger takes on the light text on dark background folks and opns up a can of worms. However, the reasoning is sounds and though the dislike and readability impairment might be limited, the bookmarklet and valuable discussion is worth the read. Do you like dark on light designs as much as light on dark?
</p>";}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Matt: Web Scaling Books";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/28/web-scaling-books/";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/28/web-scaling-books/";s:11:"description";s:840:"<p>I&#8217;ve read two really good books on scaling large-scale web applications lately: <cite><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102356/sr=8-3/qid=1156827416/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-2469871-3619369?ie=UTF8">Building Scalable Websites</a></cite> by Cal Henderson and <cite><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067232699X/sr=8-1/qid=1156827416/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2469871-3619369?ie=UTF8">Scalable Internet Architectures</a></cite> by Theo Schlossnagle. (Original titles, eh?) Both dispel common myths and misconceptions about scaling. While neither maps directly to the approaches we&#8217;re taking at Automattic, they&#8217;re both must-read for developers approaching or past the million/day pageview mark. I only wish I had more time to discuss my thoughts on the various concepts in the books&#8212;particularly Cal&#8217;s.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:03:50 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:840:"<p>I&#8217;ve read two really good books on scaling large-scale web applications lately: <cite><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102356/sr=8-3/qid=1156827416/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-2469871-3619369?ie=UTF8">Building Scalable Websites</a></cite> by Cal Henderson and <cite><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067232699X/sr=8-1/qid=1156827416/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2469871-3619369?ie=UTF8">Scalable Internet Architectures</a></cite> by Theo Schlossnagle. (Original titles, eh?) Both dispel common myths and misconceptions about scaling. While neither maps directly to the approaches we&#8217;re taking at Automattic, they&#8217;re both must-read for developers approaching or past the million/day pageview mark. I only wish I had more time to discuss my thoughts on the various concepts in the books&#8212;particularly Cal&#8217;s.
</p>";}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Akismet: Downtime";s:4:"guid";s:41:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/downtime/";s:4:"link";s:41:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/downtime/";s:11:"description";s:1142:"<p>The stats code introduced yesterday had a bug which only triggered about 24 hours after it had launched. It kicked in for different blogs at different times, but the result was that starting sometime last night you probably started to see really obvious spam getting past your Akismet filters.</p>
<p>All of our systems were up and running at the time, and spam was being correctly identified, which is why our monitoring systems didn&#8217;t notify us of the problem. However, there was extra junk being included with the response which broke the API call, which expects only &#8220;true&#8221; or &#8220;false&#8221;.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really sorry about this, when things are working smoothly it&#8217;s easy to forget how much vile junk is actually being blocked day to day. I&#8217;m going to go through my blogs now and double-check that no spam actually got published, and I&#8217;d suggest other folks do the same. The &#8220;mass edit&#8221; mode under &#8220;Comments&#8221; should be useful for WordPress users.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also taken steps to make sure on the Akismet side this kind of error can&#8217;t happen again.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:00:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";}s:7:"summary";s:1142:"<p>The stats code introduced yesterday had a bug which only triggered about 24 hours after it had launched. It kicked in for different blogs at different times, but the result was that starting sometime last night you probably started to see really obvious spam getting past your Akismet filters.</p>
<p>All of our systems were up and running at the time, and spam was being correctly identified, which is why our monitoring systems didn&#8217;t notify us of the problem. However, there was extra junk being included with the response which broke the API call, which expects only &#8220;true&#8221; or &#8220;false&#8221;.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m really sorry about this, when things are working smoothly it&#8217;s easy to forget how much vile junk is actually being blocked day to day. I&#8217;m going to go through my blogs now and double-check that no spam actually got published, and I&#8217;d suggest other folks do the same. The &#8220;mass edit&#8221; mode under &#8220;Comments&#8221; should be useful for WordPress users.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also taken steps to make sure on the Akismet side this kind of error can&#8217;t happen again.
</p>";}i:25;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Ebony";s:4:"guid";s:68:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/27/wp-theme-ebony/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/16771884/";s:11:"description";s:217:"<p><a href="http://webgazette.co.uk/wordpress-themes/ebony/">WP Theme: Ebony</a> Ebony is a 2 column, light on dark, fixed width theme and features a widget enabled sidebar and is fully prepared for localisation.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:29:04 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:217:"<p><a href="http://webgazette.co.uk/wordpress-themes/ebony/">WP Theme: Ebony</a> Ebony is a 2 column, light on dark, fixed width theme and features a widget enabled sidebar and is fully prepared for localisation.
</p>";}i:26;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Bright Pixel";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/27/wp-theme-bright-pixel/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/16757565/";s:11:"description";s:199:"<p><a href="http://www.kaushalsheth.com/bright-pixel-wordpress-theme-released/">WP Theme: Bright Pixel</a>  is a single column smooth, monochrome, lightweight wordpress theme in shades of white.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:14:59 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:7:"Kaushal";}s:7:"summary";s:199:"<p><a href="http://www.kaushalsheth.com/bright-pixel-wordpress-theme-released/">WP Theme: Bright Pixel</a>  is a single column smooth, monochrome, lightweight wordpress theme in shades of white.
</p>";}i:27;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Akismet: Better Stats";s:4:"guid";s:45:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/better-stats/";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/better-stats/";s:11:"description";s:570:"<p>We did some upgrades to the system last night to do some more finely grained tracking of the per blog and per key amounts of spam, ham, and mistakes moving through the system. It&#8217;s starting to expose some interesting data, and it&#8217;s kinda fun to play with. I&#8217;m curious if folks would be interested in getting access to the data for their key, daily stats and such? No graphs yet, but that&#8217;s a logical next step.</p>
<p><b>Update:</b> This upgrade had a bug <a href="http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/downtime/">that caused some downtime</a>.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:59:51 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";}s:7:"summary";s:570:"<p>We did some upgrades to the system last night to do some more finely grained tracking of the per blog and per key amounts of spam, ham, and mistakes moving through the system. It&#8217;s starting to expose some interesting data, and it&#8217;s kinda fun to play with. I&#8217;m curious if folks would be interested in getting access to the data for their key, daily stats and such? No graphs yet, but that&#8217;s a logical next step.</p>
<p><b>Update:</b> This upgrade had a bug <a href="http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/downtime/">that caused some downtime</a>.
</p>";}i:28;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Matt: 5 Reasons to Use WordPress as CMS";s:4:"guid";s:46:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/26/5-reasons-cms/";s:4:"link";s:46:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/26/5-reasons-cms/";s:11:"description";s:162:"<p><a href="http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/26/feature-5-reasons-to-use-wordpress-as-cms/">5 Reasons to Use WordPress as CMS by Blogging Pro</a>.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:15:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:162:"<p><a href="http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2006/08/26/feature-5-reasons-to-use-wordpress-as-cms/">5 Reasons to Use WordPress as CMS by Blogging Pro</a>.
</p>";}i:29;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:51:"Weblog Tools Collection: Publish WP in 12 Languages";s:4:"guid";s:80:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/25/publish-wp-in-12-languages/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/16258163/";s:11:"description";s:288:"<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/topic.php?id=225">Publish WP in 12 Languages</a> How to automatically translate your WordPress posts and pages into up to 12 different languages including a comparison of the actual results of the translations from the various tools.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:44:05 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:288:"<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/news/topic.php?id=225">Publish WP in 12 Languages</a> How to automatically translate your WordPress posts and pages into up to 12 different languages including a comparison of the actual results of the translations from the various tools.
</p>";}i:30;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Matt on WP: That’s what I like";s:4:"guid";s:56:"https://matt.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/thats-what-i-like/";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://matt.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/thats-what-i-like/";s:11:"description";s:253:"<p>Kirk <a href="http://www.medialoper.com/columns/thats-what-i-like/thats-what-i-like-wordpress/">writes about why he likes WordPress</a>. <img src="http://matt.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:30:02 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:253:"<p>Kirk <a href="http://www.medialoper.com/columns/thats-what-i-like/thats-what-i-like-wordpress/">writes about why he likes WordPress</a>. <img src="http://matt.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" />
</p>";}i:31;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Matt: Essential PC Software";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/25/essential-pc-software/";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/25/essential-pc-software/";s:11:"description";s:1185:"<p>I recently got my Sony TX690 back from the repair place, I asked them to wipe the HD to rid me of the plague that is Vista. Here&#8217;s the software I installed, in order, after getting it back: <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.foxcloud.com/wiki/Main_Page">Foxmarks</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a>, <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">Putty</a>, <a href="http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/">TortoiseSVN</a>, <a href="http://www.mirc.com/">MIRC</a>, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/">Dreamweaver</a>, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>, <a href="http://www.bradsoft.com/">Topstyle</a>, <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">AutoHotKey</a>, <a href="http://apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.novatelwireless.com/support/sw-hw-downloads.html">EVDO drivers</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/">Filezilla</a>. I will probably install <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html">XAMPP</a> later for offline plane hacking. That&#8217;s all I need to do everything I do on a computer.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:31:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:1185:"<p>I recently got my Sony TX690 back from the repair place, I asked them to wipe the HD to rid me of the plague that is Vista. Here&#8217;s the software I installed, in order, after getting it back: <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://www.foxcloud.com/wiki/Main_Page">Foxmarks</a>, <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a>, <a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/">Putty</a>, <a href="http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/">TortoiseSVN</a>, <a href="http://www.mirc.com/">MIRC</a>, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/">Dreamweaver</a>, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>, <a href="http://www.bradsoft.com/">Topstyle</a>, <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">AutoHotKey</a>, <a href="http://apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.novatelwireless.com/support/sw-hw-downloads.html">EVDO drivers</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/">Filezilla</a>. I will probably install <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html">XAMPP</a> later for offline plane hacking. That&#8217;s all I need to do everything I do on a computer.
</p>";}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Matt: AutoHotkey";s:4:"guid";s:43:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/24/autohotkey/";s:4:"link";s:43:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/24/autohotkey/";s:11:"description";s:272:"<p><a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">AutoHotkey</a> is a very slick and simple program for doing cool things with shortcuts on Windows. I&#8217;m using this to create a <a href="http://www.blacktree.com/">Quicksilver</a>-like command line for my most common tasks.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:39:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:272:"<p><a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">AutoHotkey</a> is a very slick and simple program for doing cool things with shortcuts on Windows. I&#8217;m using this to create a <a href="http://www.blacktree.com/">Quicksilver</a>-like command line for my most common tasks.
</p>";}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Matt: When You Can’t Get Started";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/24/when-you-cant-get-started/";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/24/when-you-cant-get-started/";s:11:"description";s:258:"<p><a href="http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/when-you-can%e2%80%99t-get-started-writing/">When You Can’t Get Started Writing</a>. I found this through the <a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/08/13/related-tag-surfer/">tag surfer</a>.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:10:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:258:"<p><a href="http://writingenglish.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/when-you-can%e2%80%99t-get-started-writing/">When You Can’t Get Started Writing</a>. I found this through the <a href="http://wordpress.com/blog/2006/08/13/related-tag-surfer/">tag surfer</a>.
</p>";}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"Weblog Tools Collection: AboutUs.org - Is it Ethical?";s:4:"guid";s:78:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/24/aboutusorg-is-it-ethical/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15970793/";s:11:"description";s:232:"<p>AboutUs.org is a new wiki on the block that has information for every domain in the world. But is the concept ethical? <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/archives/2006/08/25/aboutusorg-is-it-ethical/">Join in the discussion</a>.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:15:29 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Ajay";}s:7:"summary";s:232:"<p>AboutUs.org is a new wiki on the block that has information for every domain in the world. But is the concept ethical? <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/archives/2006/08/25/aboutusorg-is-it-ethical/">Join in the discussion</a>.
</p>";}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:36:"Weblog Tools Collection: Spam Magnet";s:4:"guid";s:65:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/24/spam-magnet/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15966478/";s:11:"description";s:833:"<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;q=%22This is your first post. Edit or delete it%2C then start blogging%21%22&#038;btnG=Search">Spam Magnet</a> I monitor search engine hits for my various blogs and over the past couple of weeks, the predominant magnet for search hits on new blogs and consequently comment spam (attempts, thanks to <a href="http://akismet.com">Akismet</a>) has been the results from the search linked above. It is strange to watch an IP visit a blog on my server from that search result and instantly access wp-comments-post.php. If you recently started a Wordpress blog or are planning to start a new one, I believe that you can reduce some of the deluge by removing the default post that says <em>&#8220;This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!&#8221;</em>.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:45:30 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:833:"<p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;q=%22This is your first post. Edit or delete it%2C then start blogging%21%22&#038;btnG=Search">Spam Magnet</a> I monitor search engine hits for my various blogs and over the past couple of weeks, the predominant magnet for search hits on new blogs and consequently comment spam (attempts, thanks to <a href="http://akismet.com">Akismet</a>) has been the results from the search linked above. It is strange to watch an IP visit a blog on my server from that search result and instantly access wp-comments-post.php. If you recently started a Wordpress blog or are planning to start a new one, I believe that you can reduce some of the deluge by removing the default post that says <em>&#8220;This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!&#8221;</em>.
</p>";}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:61:"Weblog Tools Collection: The Best Minimalist WordPress Themes";s:4:"guid";s:90:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/24/the-best-minimalist-wordpress-themes/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15932554/";s:11:"description";s:443:"<p><a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/06/13/the-best-minimalist-wordpress-themes/">The Best Minimalist WordPress Themes</a> Who to be a better judge of minimalist themes than Scott. A nice collection of themes are mentioned on this page, including some that I have never come across before. Of course, if you have not checked out the <a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/">themes at plaintxt.org</a>, you are definitely missing out!
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:19:48 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:443:"<p><a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/2006/06/13/the-best-minimalist-wordpress-themes/">The Best Minimalist WordPress Themes</a> Who to be a better judge of minimalist themes than Scott. A nice collection of themes are mentioned on this page, including some that I have never come across before. Of course, if you have not checked out the <a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/">themes at plaintxt.org</a>, you are definitely missing out!
</p>";}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Minimalistic Blue";s:4:"guid";s:80:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/24/wp-theme-minimalistic-blue/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15928838/";s:11:"description";s:183:"<p><a href="http://anthonycole.net/wordpress/">WP Theme: Minimalistic Blue</a> Two column,centered, sobre, blue theme for Wordpress with a plaintxt feel to it. Thanks BloggingPro
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:15:16 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:183:"<p><a href="http://anthonycole.net/wordpress/">WP Theme: Minimalistic Blue</a> Two column,centered, sobre, blue theme for Wordpress with a plaintxt feel to it. Thanks BloggingPro
</p>";}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:93:"Weblog Tools Collection: Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog";s:4:"guid";s:122:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/24/top-10-ways-to-get-a-technorati-top-100-blogger-to-link-to-your-blog/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15918195/";s:11:"description";s:398:"<p><a href="http://www.solostream.com/2006/08/14/top-10-ways-to-get-a-technorati-top-100-blogger-to-link-to-your-blog-or-website/">Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog</a>From the comments: <em>I&#8217;ve got another one:<br />
11. Write a &#8220;Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog or Website&#8221; and watch em flood in.</em>
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:30:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:398:"<p><a href="http://www.solostream.com/2006/08/14/top-10-ways-to-get-a-technorati-top-100-blogger-to-link-to-your-blog-or-website/">Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog</a>From the comments: <em>I&#8217;ve got another one:<br />
11. Write a &#8220;Top 10 Ways to Get a Technorati Top 100 Blogger to Link to Your Blog or Website&#8221; and watch em flood in.</em>
</p>";}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: Fruitopia";s:4:"guid";s:72:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/24/wp-theme-fruitopia/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15911676/";s:11:"description";s:176:"<p><a href="http://www.themeporter.com/">WP Theme: Fruitopia</a> Two column, green and white (think passion fruit) widgetized theme for Wordpress with a bright feel to it.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:15:21 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:176:"<p><a href="http://www.themeporter.com/">WP Theme: Fruitopia</a> Two column, green and white (think passion fruit) widgetized theme for Wordpress with a bright feel to it.
</p>";}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Matt: Metcalfe’s Law and Social Networks";s:4:"guid";s:75:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/23/metcalfe%e2%80%99s-law-and-social-networks/";s:4:"link";s:75:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/23/metcalfe%e2%80%99s-law-and-social-networks/";s:11:"description";s:216:"<p><a href="http://vcmike.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/metcalfe-social-networks/">Metcalfe’s Law Recurses Down the Long Tail of Social Networks</a>, written by Bob Metcalfe himself. (The title is tongue-in-cheek.)
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:18:17 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:216:"<p><a href="http://vcmike.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/metcalfe-social-networks/">Metcalfe’s Law Recurses Down the Long Tail of Social Networks</a>, written by Bob Metcalfe himself. (The title is tongue-in-cheek.)
</p>";}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"Weblog Tools Collection: CNN: Blogging for Dollars";s:4:"guid";s:78:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/22/cnn-blogging-for-dollars/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15464912/";s:11:"description";s:871:"<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/09/01/8384325/">CNN: Blogging for Dollars</a> A nice run down of some real numbers in the new web 2.0 blog to riches phenomena. Much of this information has floated about the web for a while but this article is well researched (CNN Money) and is an interesting read. Of similar interest is <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/060822/p18#a060822p18">another series of articles</a> from CNET on <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6107651.html">venture capital for bloggers</a>.</p>
<p>PS: Why in the world is TechMeme so darn difficult to link to?? I really like the ability to point to a series of articles but digging through jumbled code is a pain to say the least. I know that the &#8220;New Item Finder&#8221; can be used in some cases, but not all items seem to show up on that list.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:15:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:871:"<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/09/01/8384325/">CNN: Blogging for Dollars</a> A nice run down of some real numbers in the new web 2.0 blog to riches phenomena. Much of this information has floated about the web for a while but this article is well researched (CNN Money) and is an interesting read. Of similar interest is <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/060822/p18#a060822p18">another series of articles</a> from CNET on <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6107651.html">venture capital for bloggers</a>.</p>
<p>PS: Why in the world is TechMeme so darn difficult to link to?? I really like the ability to point to a series of articles but digging through jumbled code is a pain to say the least. I know that the &#8220;New Item Finder&#8221; can be used in some cases, but not all items seem to show up on that list.
</p>";}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Akismet: For PunBB";s:4:"guid";s:42:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/for-punbb/";s:4:"link";s:42:"http://akismet.com/blog/2006/08/for-punbb/";s:11:"description";s:595:"<p><a href="http://www.punbb.org/">PunBB</a> is cool forum software, which is now even cooler that it has spam protection.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.soderlind.no/">Per Soderlind</a> has written an <a href="http://www.punres.org/viewtopic.php?id=1850">Akismet spam protection mod for PunBB</a>. Per said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Thank you for making Akismet, I finally got rid of spam from my forum.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve added it to our <a href="http://akismet.com/development/">development page</a>, which now features 24 different application and language implementations of Akismet.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:29:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Matt Mullenweg";}s:7:"summary";s:595:"<p><a href="http://www.punbb.org/">PunBB</a> is cool forum software, which is now even cooler that it has spam protection.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.soderlind.no/">Per Soderlind</a> has written an <a href="http://www.punres.org/viewtopic.php?id=1850">Akismet spam protection mod for PunBB</a>. Per said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Thank you for making Akismet, I finally got rid of spam from my forum.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;ve added it to our <a href="http://akismet.com/development/">development page</a>, which now features 24 different application and language implementations of Akismet.
</p>";}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:51:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Plugin: Numly Copyright";s:4:"guid";s:79:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/22/wp-plugin-numly-copyright/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15440155/";s:11:"description";s:549:"<p><a href="http://www.numly.com/numly/wordpress.asp">WP Plugin: Numly Copyright</a><em>Numly assigns Numly Numbers (Electronic Serial Numbers / ESNs) for all things digital. These unique identifiers provide digital rights management capabilities as well as third-party, non-repudiation measures for proof of copyright via real-time verifications.</em> Automattically generate ESNs on your Wordpress blog posts. First seen on <a href="http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/investigator/archives/look-at-all-of-these-passwords-11240">ittoolbox</a>
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:15:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:549:"<p><a href="http://www.numly.com/numly/wordpress.asp">WP Plugin: Numly Copyright</a><em>Numly assigns Numly Numbers (Electronic Serial Numbers / ESNs) for all things digital. These unique identifiers provide digital rights management capabilities as well as third-party, non-repudiation measures for proof of copyright via real-time verifications.</em> Automattically generate ESNs on your Wordpress blog posts. First seen on <a href="http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/investigator/archives/look-at-all-of-these-passwords-11240">ittoolbox</a>
</p>";}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Matt: Ensight Business Cards";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/22/ensight-business-cards/";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/22/ensight-business-cards/";s:11:"description";s:168:"<p><a href="http://www.ensight.org/archives/2006/08/21/my-business-cards/">Jeremy Wright’s Business Cards</a> say &#8220;powered by WordPress&#8221; on the back.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:04:40 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:168:"<p><a href="http://www.ensight.org/archives/2006/08/21/my-business-cards/">Jeremy Wright’s Business Cards</a> say &#8220;powered by WordPress&#8221; on the back.
</p>";}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Theme: BlueQ";s:4:"guid";s:68:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/22/wp-theme-blueq/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15408503/";s:11:"description";s:212:"<p><a href="http://www.tquizzle.com/wordpress/themes/">WP Theme: BlueQ</a> Two column, large font, dark(er) theme for Wordpress with a fresh feel to it. I like the date icons and the sobre colors. Via Email.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:15:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:212:"<p><a href="http://www.tquizzle.com/wordpress/themes/">WP Theme: BlueQ</a> Two column, large font, dark(er) theme for Wordpress with a fresh feel to it. I like the date icons and the sobre colors. Via Email.
</p>";}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Weblog Tools Collection: WP Plugin: Last Amazon Review";s:4:"guid";s:82:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/22/wp-plugin-last-amazon-review/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15393314/";s:11:"description";s:237:"<p><a href="http://igvita.com/blog/projects/amazon-review-wp">WP Plugin: Last Amazon Review</a> Post a screen scrape of your last Amazon Review and post it on your blog. Supports AmazonID and has modules/blocks for Hemingway and K2.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:28:32 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:237:"<p><a href="http://igvita.com/blog/projects/amazon-review-wp">WP Plugin: Last Amazon Review</a> Post a screen scrape of your last Amazon Review and post it on your blog. Supports AmazonID and has modules/blocks for Hemingway and K2.
</p>";}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Matt: BarCampTexas";s:4:"guid";s:45:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/21/barcamptexas/";s:4:"link";s:45:"http://photomatt.net/2006/08/21/barcamptexas/";s:11:"description";s:224:"<p>I&#8217;m going to be in Austin this weekend for <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampTexas">BarCampTexas</a>. I&#8217;ll bring lots of WordPress stickers, so find me if you want one. Anyone else going to be in Austin?
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:02:44 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:224:"<p>I&#8217;m going to be in Austin this weekend for <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampTexas">BarCampTexas</a>. I&#8217;ll bring lots of WordPress stickers, so find me if you want one. Anyone else going to be in Austin?
</p>";}i:48;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Weblog Tools Collection: Crazy Egg Launched";s:4:"guid";s:72:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/21/crazy-egg-launched/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15236594/";s:11:"description";s:410:"<p><a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/493/crazy-egg-launched-visualize-visitor-clicks/">Crazy Egg Launched</a>: <a href="http://photomatt.net/2006/04/18/wordpress-crazyegg/">Matt had talked about CrazyEgg</a> a few weeks ago and I have been itching to try it. It looks like the service is fully launched now. It also appears that they have decided to use the Wordpress.com pages as their main examples.
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:45:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:410:"<p><a href="http://www.solutionwatch.com/493/crazy-egg-launched-visualize-visitor-clicks/">Crazy Egg Launched</a>: <a href="http://photomatt.net/2006/04/18/wordpress-crazyegg/">Matt had talked about CrazyEgg</a> a few weeks ago and I have been itching to try it. It looks like the service is fully launched now. It also appears that they have decided to use the Wordpress.com pages as their main examples.
</p>";}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Weblog Tools Collection: Baby Talk";s:4:"guid";s:63:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2006/08/21/baby-talk/";s:4:"link";s:70:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/15231001/";s:11:"description";s:217:"<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2006/08/baby_blues.gif"><img width="404" height="126" alt="Baby Talk" id="image2061" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2006/08/baby_blues.gif" /></a>
</p>";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:15:19 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:217:"<p><a href="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2006/08/baby_blues.gif"><img width="404" height="126" alt="Baby Talk" id="image2061" src="http://weblogtoolscollection.com/b2-img/2006/08/baby_blues.gif" /></a>
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