Still alive!
09 December 2008 at 6:51 am by Jason 1,419 views
I’m still alive, just busy is all. It’s that time of year when Jess is working 80 hour weeks (no exaggeration) so I’m staying pretty busy just trying to cook/clean/work/etc while she’s gone. One of the big things I’ve been spending my time doing is cooking/baking and I was thinking about making a second blog… this one being normal, and the other a “food blog” of sorts. I figure it will be used to share recipes, talk about whatever cooking shows/tips/etc I come across, restaurant reviews, and other stuff like that. I’ve begun designing it in the little spare time I have:
I don’t think it’s that bad for a start. My goal is to launch it in early January and see where it goes from there. Also, on that same note, I think I’ll update this site design a little bit. I liked it at first, but I really am thinking it needs a slight overhaul. We’ll see if/when I find the time to do that. Busy, busy, busy!
Oh, and on a completely different subject, this blog is now running WordPress 2.7 RC1! There are some slight visual changes between the beta and the release candidate, but I like ‘em! Go check it out for yourself!!
I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to WordPress 2.7b3. In a word… beautiful. They’ve completely redesigned the dashboard and it makes the entire thing seem very modern.
You can download the Beta here:
WordPress 2.7 Beta 3
Here is some info about it (new features, at least):
So far I don’t seem to be having any issues, so, fingers crossed!!
WordPress 2.6.3 is out, I’ve updated, and all seems well in the world! Hooray for progress!
Updated to WordPress 2.6.2… seems there’s a big issue with previous versions:
Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness of mt_rand(). With his help we worked around these problems and are now releasing WordPress 2.6.2. If you allow open registration on your blog, you should definitely upgrade. With open registration enabled, it is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow resetting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password. Stefan Esser will release details of the complete attack shortly. The attack is difficult to accomplish, but its mere possibility means we recommend upgrading to 2.6.2.
Other PHP apps are susceptible to this class of attack. To protect all of your apps, grab the latest version of Suhosin. If you’ve already updated Suhosin, your existing WordPress install is already protected from the full exploit. You should still upgrade to 2.6.2 if you allow open user registration so as to prevent the possibility of passwords being randomized.
Go download now!
Better late than never! WordPress 2.6.1 came out two weeks ago, but it wasn’t a major release (more of a “if you’re having issues, upgrade, otherwise you don’t have to” release).
So far, so good as always! I can’t wait for WordPress 2.7 (there seem to be some major changes in the works)… if they’re shooting for a November release, we can start expecting Betas soon!
