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Matt: Bay Lights Project
- Tue, 22 May 2012
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Wade Roush writes about the Bay Lights Project, a remarkable endeavor to put 25,000 individually addressable LEDs on the cables of the Bay Bridge. I think it would be cool if they opened up the algorithms to reviewed contributions, especially if they ran at a set time like between 2-4 AM — far from “public-playground interpretations” I think the creativity of the Bay Area (and beyond) would delight everyone involved. But in the...
Weblog Tools Collection: A Freshly Redesigned Plugin Directory
- Tue, 22 May 2012
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The official WordPress.org Plugin Directory has received a rather significant redesign. With over 19,000 plugins listed, the team took some time to revisit this highly popular destination for the millions of folks using WordPress.
Right off the bat, you should notice a new ability to to mark your preferred plugins as Favorites. Each plugin page now has a new Support tab populated with the plugins’s support thread, and a super-handy chart...
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/21
- Mon, 21 May 2012
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New plugins
Config Constants allows you to modify WP_DEBUG and other wp-config.php constants directly in the WordPress admin rather than manually editing them.
Password Protected is a very simple way to quickly password protect your WordPress site with a single password.
Updated plugins
Redirection allows you to manage 301 redirections and keep track of 404 errors without requiring knowledge of Apache .htaccess files.
StatComm provides realtime...
Weblog Tools Collection: Code Poet v2: More than Just a Directory
- Sun, 20 May 2012
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Code Poet has just relaunched, and it is now so much more than the directory of WordPress professionals that it was before. If you build anything with WordPress, Code Poet is now on the fast track to be your one stop shop for resources and information.
Today, Code Poet features free eBooks from WordPress professionals, interviews with WordPress professionals, useful resources from the WordPress community, and a handy quiz to test your WordPress...
WordPress.tv: Seth Carstens: Smartphones and Tablets and Bears, OH MY!
- Sat, 19 May 2012
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Dev Blog: Plugin Directory Refreshed
- Sat, 19 May 2012
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Been hanging out with a few WordPress.org hackers — Scott, Nacin, and Otto — the last few days in a BBQ-fueled haze of hacking to make plugin directory better. There are over 19,000 plugins listed and they’re really the heart and soul of WordPress for many people, so they deserve a little tender loving care. Here’s a quick before and after snapshot you can zoom in on to see a visual overview of some of the changes:
Our...
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 5/19
- Sat, 19 May 2012
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Art Blogazine is a simple and minimalist theme with HTML5 markup.
Outline is a beautiful, simple, elegant, monochrome theme for blogs or websites with a simple floral motif in the header.
Phire is a modern and easily customizable dark theme.
WPstart is a simple parent theme allowing you to create any type of website you want.
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Matt: WP BBQ in Memphis
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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For the third year now I’m over in Memphis for the World Championship of BBQ, joined by Otto, Nacin, Scott, and Rose. Last year due to flooding the festival was moved to a fairgrounds inland, but there’s nothing quite like being right on the Mississippi with the sweet aroma of pork all around you. (An aroma that, incidentally, follows you home in your clothes. 
) The team we sponsor, the Moody Ques, put together an impressive booth t...
Matt: Building Have Baby / Need Stuff
- Fri, 18 May 2012
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Mark Jaquith writes How I built “Have Baby. Need Stuff!” — a nice overview of the latest and greatest in modern WP development.
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Alex King: Social 2.5 beta 2
- Thu, 17 May 2012
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We’re just about ready to put a bow on version 2.5 of Social. If you’d like to test the second beta release, grab it from GitHub.
Social is a plugin that allows you to maintain a centralized conversation on your site, while also participating in conversations on Facebook and Twitter.
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