Monthly Archives: January 2008

WordPress MU + OpenID

January 10, 2008 – 18:41

After quite a bit of work, WP-OpenID is now ready for WPMU! Always wanted your WPMU install to consume OpenID for logins and comments? Now it can!
I am already running this modified version on blogs.gnome.org and perkypants.org (WPMU and WPSO respectively), in order to test the changes in both environments.
To try it out, download the [...]

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Faster OpenSSH 4.7p1 in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

January 10, 2008 – 09:38

A couple of weeks ago, while chatting with Rob, I mentioned that John gave me an awesome tip that I use all the time: The pget command in lftp, particularly for sftp downloads. That’s right: Not only does lftp provide a sweet interface for sftp, but it can also make multiple connections and download in [...]

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GNOME bugs through the ages

January 9, 2008 – 23:22

Over on Planet Debian, Christian Perrier looked back at the number of Debian bugs submitted over the years.
The variation is not quite large enough to make any serious judgements about the impact of Ubuntu, but the spike in 2004 has a certain whiff of intrigue about it. Perhaps that’s just me.
Of course, I [...]

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Happiness is a warm cache

January 1, 2008 – 00:56

If you haven’t celebrated New Year’s in Sydney, you haven’t celebrated New Year’s… and remember, kids, 2008 is the year of Linux on the des– kidding! Happy new year!
Photo courtesy SMH. Click the image for more.

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