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WordPress 2.0.4 has just been released, and use “svn switch http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.0.4/” command if you subversion to manage WP installations, instead of going through seemingly complicated upgrade process. It’s a security update (hopefully no new functionalities, unlike 2.0.3), so good idea to apply ASAP.

SMH: Increasing number of marrying couples asking for cash rather than gifts from their guests in their wedding reception. Sounds like what Chinese has been doing for many centuries :) I myself don’t quite get the idea of gifts — most of the time the perceived value is less than the cost, so might as [...]

Drive Blog: Is front-wheel drive better than rear-wheel drive? One thing I really like about Drive.com.au’s latest blog is, the editors know how to use flame baits. Posts were always written in the way that encourages discussion, and they know that the best way to generate discussion is by asking questions that do not have [...]

Yet another useless Internet quiz that tries to match your personality with something more identifiable. Which Website are You? Wikipedia? No wonder people kept on bugging me as though I was yellow pages.

Google has just released its latest project, Google project hosting — a “SourceForge-like” hosting services for open source projects. So far it has only an issue tracker and Subversion repository so I don’t see how it “competes” with SourceForege feature-wise. At least it has the scalability and reliability of Google’s infrastructure. It also has the [...]

Just saw this entry on Mark Pilgrim’s blog, which mainly talked about accessibility. But there’s a paragraph or two in the middle that talks about plush toys. My two-year-old can say “Firefox”. I point at the plush toy and say, “What’s this?” and he says “Firefox!” and clutches it with both hands and pulls it [...]

Exetel, the broadband service provider that I have been using, started reselling Optus’ ADSL2+ product yesterday, and have their sign up form activated at around 10′ish in the morning. I went there and have a look, to my surprise, Kensington exchange is now Active according to their NSW exchange list! A few days when I [...]

My whole family loves The Koala Brothers, which is usually broadcasted on ABC after 8am, just before I depart for work in the morning. The Aussie-animal themed characters are cute, and distinctive. The moral of each episode is usually helping each other out. A nice good feeling kind of show. One character that we like [...]

Last night I have posted my very first flash video on the web — and it was Anna sitting there watching, her own video for 2 minutes (which probably would only interest the parents and grand-parents). Anna’s video aside, I was also having fun figuring out getting that video online. There are many ways putting [...]

Vivian’s birthday today, so she picked me up from work in the evening, and we went to Dining Bar Musashi for dinner tonight. And thanks to Amanda who baby-sit for us :) It was surely a popular Japanese restaurant. When we arrived there were already people queuing up outside. Here’s what we have ordered: (Teriyaki [...]

VMWare has released their VMWare Server version 1 for free, and Microsoft has also released their Virtual PC 2004 SP1 for free. Software that used to cost hundreds of dollars and companies are now allowing people to freely download them, hoping the users will migrate to their enterprise editions. Or should I say competitions from [...]

Plane took off at almost 9am, and landed on the Gold Coast before 11am. Holiday!!! I will be off on the coast for 10 days enjoying my holidays here, with Vivian and Anna. Weather here is great — sunny, warm with slight sea breeze.

A new Windows Update applied this morning, which according to this knowledge base item, it “remove the Australian daylight saving time 2006 912475 update”. Daylight saving time changes to standard time on last Sunday of March, 2007. Therefore, computers that have the KB 912475 update installed will not show the correct 2007 daylight saving time [...]

Via Sydney Anglicans Media, CMS missionaries now have an RSS feed of video podcast, and Danny Mullins whom FOCUS is trying to support, has uploaded the first video. Looks like it is powered by Google Video to save bandwidth. However I am having trouble finding out the actual feed on their website. Any pointer?

We watched Fun with Dick and Jane (FDJ) on DVD on Tuesday. Haven’t had an opportunity to watch a DVD for a while, and I actually felt quite privileged to be able to just relax and joy the show. FDJ is indeed enjoyable — what do you expect when you have Jim Carrey acting mad! [...]