my slice of the internet
With the release of WordPress 2.5, I quickly downloaded it and updated my blog. I must say I put a lot of faith in it, as I didn’t backup my database or files, ran the upgrade and it all worked, nothing was broken. However if you decide to upgrade, don’t take my word for it, because something may break.
The administration interface is a whole lot cleaner, everything seems just perfect 
For the people that haven’t updated yet, I highly recommend downloading WordPress 2.5.
After a long, expensive two year battle with the MPAA, TorrentSpy has decided to shut down permanently. TorrentSpy was once one of the most popular sites among the BitTorrent community, but things changed after a federal judge ordered TorrentySpy to log all user data.
Justin Bunnell, founder of TorrentSpy wrote on the site:
“We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the TorrentSpy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.”
Brokep from The Pirate Bay, another popular BitTorrent site, who has had their fair share of lawsuits, wrote this about TorrentSpy’s closure:
Today all big torrent sites are pressured somehow. TPB has its share of pressure, however we expected it and have a legal system that is more just in cases like this. The way that the copyright lobby is going at this is totally wrong and we can’t let them win. And we won’t let them win. Today we reached a loss of a site, but it was more a person having to give up for economical reasons than anything else. The copyright lobby has their big cards - money and influence. In the long run they will have to give up as well. And when they do, I’ll go to the US and buy Justin a well-deserved beer.
Well, it looks like the publicly available WebKit (Apple’s Safari) has succeded in getting 100/100 for the Acid3 test. Opera has also claimed it has reached 100/100 too, but is an internal build at the moment.
You can download the latest nightly build of WebKit (r31368 - Windows / r31370 - OS X) over on the WebKit Nightly Builds page, and you can read about it over at Surfin’ Safari. You can also view the anouncement Opera made about the Acid3 results over at the Opera Desktop Team Blog.
I received my package in the mail yesterday from Microsoft, containing the Unified Communications Launch 2007 discs. The package consisted of 2 discs, containing:
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 - Full Version
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 - Full Version
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 - Trial Version
Microsoft Office Live Meeting - Trial Version
It was quite a good pack from Microsoft promoting it products I will eventually get around to giving a go, in the meantime you can view some photos I took of the pack over in the Unified Communications Launch Gallery. There is also a current Microsoft Heroes Pack available, includes trial versions of Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 which would be quite nice.
An email was going around the office at work with all kinds of jokes and stories in it, I just thought this one was good enough to share, some of you may have seen it before, those who haven’t, enjoy.
A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2" in diameter.He then asked the students if the jar was full?
They agreed that it was.So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.
Well it seems Wordpress 2.5 has been delayed again, it’s initial release was for March 10, then pushed back until March 17, then March 21. So far according to the Wordpress trac it’s a day old so far. There is still currently 256 active tickets, which I hope will get fixed up soon.
It’s good that they are holding off until it is bug free, it will probably be one of the best releases to date. I’ve looked at the sneek peeks of Wordpress 2.5, and it looks great. I haven’t personally tried it, prefer to wait for a final incase it causes havoc with Windows Live Writer 
My party was on the 15th March, which was great. I had an RDO on Sat/Sun/Mon which worked out quite well. I created some invitations for the party, and sent them to some friends from work. On the Friday, Rachelle and I went to Jupiters Casino for dinner, which was lovely. The food is always nice there. Then on the Saturday Rachelle and I went shopping on the Saturday to buy some meat and grog for the BBQ. We bought a 700ml bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label, Smirnoff Vodka and Jim Beam White Label.
The party was meant to start at 7:30pm, but a few people had to do a few things first, so we picked Josh up and then Rachelle and Josh went to pick Dale and Mara up. Sabina turned up while I was waiting for the rest of the people to turn up, then Kirsten and Amanda turned up. We started drinking and a short while later Brian and Brad turned up, so we drank awhile more, then Brad, being the chef, cooked up the BBQ for us.
Well, it seems Wordpress 2.5 will be released on my birthday (thats right, today), but it will be late tonight as it’s not 17th March in the states just yet. It seems quite strange, I haven’t seen any Beta or RC releases of WP 2.5, I just hope all of the plugins are compatible with this new release.
The people of Townsville had to vote today, for a new Mayor, which was a waste of time in my opinion. So, we did the whole drive to the school to vote and all, but as usual, I never vote, but I thought of a better idea. Why not vote for myself for Mayor of Townsville, so thats what I did, here is a picture of my voting slip just for your amusement.
We went to The Water Park today, it was quite fun. The kids enjoyed in immensely. We arrived at around 9:40am, and the kids kept asking “when will the water be turned on”, we kept saying “at 10am”, but they kept asking impatiently 
After playing around, we decided to go get the kids McDonalds for lunch, and they were so busy we had to pull into one of the waiting bays. Now, there is a sign in front of the park saying “For drive through only, no parking”. The car next to us was a Police car, and yes, they were parked there. Isn’t that a bit contradicting, since they should obey the law.
Rachelle asked the McDonalds lady if they are allowed to park there, and her reply was “No, but they do it anyway”. I bet if a citizen parked there they would get a parking ticket. Well, that’s all for now, stay tuned.
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