Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Nearly painless upgrade to WordPress 2.5

Published on April 13, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

I just completed a nearly painless upgrade to WordPress 2.5. I say “nearly painless” only because I managed to trigger a page error when attempting to upgrade a couple of plugins. (Apparently you have to deactivate a plugin before you upgrade it, which is a reasonable requirement, but it doesn’t say “deactivate first” anywhere.)

Technically, the actual 2.5 upgrade went off without a hitch thanks to WordPress Automatic Upgrade. Everything in my template just worked, which I couldn’t say after the 2.3 upgrade earlier this year.

So what is my favorite new feature? Well, so far it has to be the automatic plugin upgrade, but I am looking forward to using some fo the media features and the media browser is a clear improvement.

Permablitz: a faster way to permaculture.

Published on April 2, 2008 in Environment, Food and Gardening. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Front steps - newly finishedTreehugger is touting Permablitz: Near Instant Permaculture for the ‘Burbs. I don’t live in the ‘burbs, but I do live in a high density Portland neighborhood.

My goal by the end of this summer is to have a highly productive front lawn. The first step in that plan is the walkway seen in this photo.

Next is a rock retaining wall so that I can level things out and start planting.

An impressive means of transport

Published on April 2, 2008 in Banter and Cycling. 0 Comments

Pedicab RickshawWhile speaking with Jon Maroney at the last Mobile Portland event, he mentioned that he was hoping to get a rickshaw or similar pedal-powered vehicle for picking up clients from the airport. Jon, I think I’ve found your transport. The highly convertable Cycles Maximus Trike seems like the perfect fit for bike-friendly Portland.

Now who’s going to import it? Clever Cylces? This seems right up their alley.

I’m hoping for the dragons

Published on April 2, 2008 in Science. 0 Comments

According to some wacky scientists out there, there is a possibility that turning on a really powerful nuclear device could have unexpected consequences. Pbbwfff!

[via TreeHugger]