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WordPress 3.0.1

tbbs-land now runs the latest, not-so-greatest WordPress. Version 3.0.1. The 3.X WordPress as been a disappointment to me. The automatic upgrade of plugins just fails to work,  a little spinner shows up, along with a message saying that this upgrade … Continue reading

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Obligatory Post-Upgrade Test Post

Well, we’re running WordPress 3.0 here in tbbs-land. The upgrade itself was routine. I deleted the recalcitrant SimpleTags plugin post-upgrade. It is allegedly WP 3.0 compatible; the automatic upgrade ran and ran and ran, with no discernible progress, nor any … Continue reading

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Upgrade x2, 2 Days Late

Last Tuesday, Constantine, the Fedora 12 Beta, was released. I make it a point to upgrade sooner rather than later. And, thanks to Fedora’s preupgrade, followed by 1.1G of downloads, and what seemed to be interminable disk-thrashing, the upgrade finished, … Continue reading

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Upgrade Double

Last Monday, tbbsLand went to WordPress 2.8.2, and I sadly neglected to document that event. Tonight, in another painless upgrade, this old blog went to WP 2.8.3. Both were security-related updates. If they want an upgrade a day, I’ll do … Continue reading

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And the Geekery Begins..

I’ll be able to devote my full attention to the Big Screen Kindle, still on target to arrive tomorrow. I just completed the tbbs-land upgrade to WordPress 2.8, with no major problems. My “Related Posts” plugin wasn’t compatible, and has … Continue reading

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You are using WordPress 2.7.1

I love it when my WordPress Dashboard says such sweet nothings; tbbs now proudly runs the latest, greatest. I attempted to use the WP 2.7 Automatic Update feature to perform the upgrade; unfortunately, it fell short of the mark; it … Continue reading

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Not Even a Power Outage Deters Me

The power was out at tbbs WorldHQ when I got home from work tonight. We’ve been fortunate to have had few, and short outages in the 12+ years we’ve been in this house. Since we’re all-electric, I’d call it doubly … Continue reading

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We Interrupt this Upgrade, to Bring you an Upgrade

I got home tonight, all a-tingle about the prospect of upgrading at least one of my home boxes to Fedora 10, the official version of which shipped today. My last “yum update” of the Fedora 10 beta was underway, when … Continue reading

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Happy Blog B’day, #3

And how the internet time flies, not unlike the time in the non-digital world. Three years ago, this old blog went live on the series of tubes1. As is the ritual at times like these, the statistics from the WP … Continue reading

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Hoisting the Banner Again

Thank heaven for WordPress updates, for giving me something to write about this evening. The occasion being, of course, the update of this old waste of pixels to WordPress 2.6.3. Smooth. Quick. Painless. Thanks, WordPress, for making it easy. -k- … Continue reading

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