WordPress 2.5

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

I just updated my blogging software to WordPress 2.5. The update went smoothly, though it always feels scary to me when I delete the old files before putting the new ones on the server. Make sure you save your database, make a copy of the old files, preserve your config file, and don’t delete any custom themes or plugins from your wp-content folder.

WP 2.5 has a lot of new stuff in the admin section. My favorite is the built in plugin for your WordPress stats, and when writing a new post it now easily allows for embedding media.

Tibet and China

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Elephant Self Portrait

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

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This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. I don’t see how it could have been faked outside of having access to a Hollywood style budget for special effects. Some people are thinking that the elephant is tracing pencil marks too faint for the camera to pick up,  a technique used by kiddie show hosts on television. I would like to see this same elephant drawing again, showing whatever the handler is doing. But I’m pretty damn near convinced that it is for real.