Day March 29, 2008

WordPress 2.5 ships

The long-awaited massive upgrade of WordPress (what this blog uses) has officially shipped, and it has a gaggle of useful new features. As always, I wait on new versions to make sure there are no bugs or issues as does…

Snow in Seattle

It just snowed in Seattle, and this is very late for them to have snow. Ditto for Vancouver. New Hampshire had more snow this year than in 135 years. Here in Connecticut we’ve had enormous amounts of rain, three to…

Basra police refusing to attack Sadrists

From Juan Cole. Al-Zaman says that the police force in Basra suffered numerous mutinies and instances of insubordination, with policemen refusing to fire on the Mahdi Army. The government response was to undertake a widespread purge of disloyal elements. [Hmm.…

Navajo Nation goes for wind power not coal

(Runner-up entry in the Face It “No Coal” Contest) The Navajo Nation will install 300 wind turbines near Flagstaff AZ, enough to power 100,000 homes. This after years of considering building a coal plant. The Navajo Nation is superbly located…