WordPress 2.1 RC1 has been released (about two whole hours after upgrading to Beta 4). So far RC1 is looking quite nice.
I’ve got to say, this may be one of the most impressive WordPress releases I’ve seen yet. From my testing so far, everything seems to be working quite well. Now that 2.1 is at the RC level, I’ll get that review I promised typed up.
If you’re a WordPress user, I’d grab a copy and make sure your theme and plugins work so you’ll be ready when 2.1 goes gold.
Today I had to do something I’ve not done since I switched to Vista: burn a ISO image. Normally I would just fire up Nero and be on my way; but my version of Nero is old, and I didn’t feel like fighting with it. So I decide to find something new.
I found a fair bit of discussion on the topic, and a few highly recommended (and free) choices:
- ImgBurn – This is a well polished application, it exposes a fair bit of information about what’s going on, and some of the behind the scenes details. Novice tend to prefer knowing as little as possible, but for more advanced users, it looks like a winner.
- CDBurnerXP Pro – This one received a several recommendations, though I’d have to advise against it. While it seems like a well built application, it’s obvious that it’s not been tested on Vista (the warning about running on Windows 95 or Windows NT doesn’t inspire confidence).
- ISO Recorder – This is one that I didn’t get a chance to test, though it sounds quite promising.
Of those I tested, all had the same major flaw: none worked. ImgBurn came the closest, though failed to actually start writing. After a quick search I turned up the reason: my old Iomega CD-RW drive was so old, it doesn’t follow the standards newer drives implement.
So now I’m facing buying a new copy of Nero (as it’s always worked for me), when I stumbled upon a writeup for BurnCDCC. Even though I thought it would be a waste of time, I went ahead and tried it. After downloading the whopping 69KB file, I fired it up, and sure enough; it worked!
So if you’ll looking for a free way to burn ISOs, and have and old, hopeless drive; BurnCDCC just might help. Seems to be a great little program, and I have to appreciate the simplicity. Something nice about software that does one thing, and does it very well.
Well, WordPress 2.0.7 has been released, and I’ve upgraded this site to WordPress 2.1 Beta 2.
I was excepting a rather painful upgrade; not so much because it is a beta, but the rather large number of changes. After a couple simple tweaks to my custom theme, within 10 minutes it was up and running perfectly. Knowing the effort and quality the WordPress team puts out, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised.
So far it looks all is working quite well. If you see anything wrong, or just seems odd, please leave a comment so I can look into it.
I’ll be posting a mini-review of WordPress 2.1 here in a couple days.
Just a few days ago the WordPress team announced that 2.0.6 would be the last before the much anticipated 2.1 release. Although now it look like there will be at least one more release before 2.1, if not two. Based on discussions on the wp-testers mailing list, it’s looking like two.
Due to a security issue with some configurations, along with a few other issues (details), the WordPress crew is moving along with a release in the very near future. From the look of the WordPress Trac, it looks like there are also several issues open for 2.0.8.
So after updating a few days ago, looks like we’ll be facing a couple more upgrades. Although, given the choice I’d much rather face additional upgrades rather than these security issues.
Looking to get a good start in the latest Microsoft technology? Rob Eisenberg has written what appears to be a rather interesting, and quite useful, crash course in WPF. If you’re looking for a quick way to get up to speed, this looks like a good place to start.
For those that do any web development, you’ll be interested to know that the IE Team has released beta 3 of the IE Developer Toolbar. From what I’ve seen, this looks like an impressive release. This is well worth the download and has saved me a fair bit of time in the past.
