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Yesterday Wordpress released version 2.9 of it’s extremely popular blogging tool. New features most noted are geared towards making content publishing a little easier with improvements in embedding media, the editor and security features such as easier handling of upgrades etc. Check the video for a feature tour and then visit the link for download and more info.

WordPress 2.9, oh so fine

Woot! It’s finally arrived and it’s looking very promising! There are some very nice features in this one that I’m really looking forward to trying out. Here’s a short list of some of the news:

• New instant messaging client/framework. Empathy replaces Pidgins for instant messaging (as the default app, Pidgin will still be available of course) and ushering in a more integrated environment for message handling.
• Out-of-the-box integration with Ubuntu One, a free 2GB online storage repository for safe off-site backup and syncronization of your documents. That’s nice! :)
• A new ”Software center” to make installing and choosing applications even easier than before. Lets face it, Synaptic wasn’t really that hard was it?
• A brand new boot system allowing full X stack at bootup making the wait much more pleasant. Not really a utility feature but nice nonetheless.
• Revamped Netbook Edition that I can’t wait to try out on the old craptop at home.

There’s a lot more than this short list so if you havn’t checked it out yet I suggest you head over to www.ubuntu.com and download it.

Enjoy! (I know I will :))

I’ve been away a while from the Linux community and, indeed, the OS itself for quite some time now. I think it’s the better part of a year actually and I have missed it quite a lot. So it was only natural that when I installed my brand new Samsung F1 1TB harddrive that I set aside some space for a Linux install as well.

I thought about the how and what of the installation and I recalled an application that let you set up a Linux install on top of a MS Windows installation, the application of course is Wubi Installer. What it does is quite simple but powerful, it gives you the option of installing Linux side by side with your MS Windows install without having the need to re-partition your hard drive. Continue Reading →

A couple of months ago I went flying with an aqcuaintance of mine in an old Swedish military training aircraft called ”Sapphire”. Both the aircraft and the pilot(”Kalle”) are certified for aerial acrobatics, and so Kalle took me for a ride I’ll never forget. We were upside down, sideways, we went up, we went down; and for a moment I even think we were under water.

The whole experience was quite exhilirating and I urge anyone the least bit interested to go and find the nearest airfield with pilots certified for this kind of thing and book it immediately. Until then you can enjoy a sample of what it was like by viewing the video below.

I can has Biggles!