Hey, someone’s put up a live demo account for the Wordpress 2.5 alpha.

Changes I noticed through a quick browse around was a WYSIWYG editor for posts and some changes to the dashboard (looks like you can use custom RSS feeds there; which is pretty awesome).

In case they delete the post, the username is admin, and the password is demo.

Obviously, the full range of admin functions are unavailable; but a good chunk of the day to day is.

Also remember; it’s still in alpha; so while there is a feature freeze in place; I imagine there’ll still be a fair number of changes going on (for myself, I’m hoping they do some admin interface UI polishing…)

EDIT: Oooh… you can edit permalinks of posts too, which is pretty neat Most painful missing feature: There doesn’t seem to be a way to mass edit tags (which replace labels in 2.5, it seems…)

I think this guy may have gotten a few more inquiries then he really wanted on his Craigslist post…

But, in case you’d thought that Karma had ceased to function, the lottery win brought him to the attention of authorities.

He’s on the sex offender registry, and didn’t tell the gov’t when he moved… so he could be looking at 5 years in prison.

I suppose he can afford lawyers now…

Source

Just saw this headline from the CBC: ”Online breast cancer information not always accurate: study”

But those penis enlargement pills, Nigerian millionaires, and lesbians that want to fuck me 24/7 are all legit, right?

Man, who knew that stuff posted on the internet might not be legitimate!

I mean, it’s a long, careful process before you’re allowed to put stuff on the internet. It takes lots of time and effort to get certified. If there wasn’t, any jackass could…. could… just…. spout…any….shit…he…wanted…to….

ahem

Well then…

In all seriousness, I can respect the importance of emphasizing this fact; especially in the US where looking up medical information online is much more common (funny that, when going to the doctor costs wads of cash, people all of a sudden get a “do it yourself” feeling…). We’ve been telling kids for years, though, to not believe something just because it’s on the internet, ESPECIALLY if it’s on someone’s personal site. Are we now going to go around and say, “Sites on topic (whatever) are not always accurate”, and then substitute (whatever) for every topic known to mankind?

If someone hasn’t figured out that the internet is not always to be believed, they probably won’t read a peer-reviewed and published study…telling them exactly that.

Also, I’m pretty sure that sites dealing with Methylchloroisothiazolinone are not always accurate. (Thought I’d beat the scientists to the punch) (That word is actually from the back of my bottle of shampoo. I have no idea how it’s pronounced, or how so many letters could possibly be next to one another)

I was flipping through “the internets” (you know, the “tubes”), and I saw this story about how there’s going to be a duking-out in Florida over the teaching of “Intelligent Design” in the science classrooms of schools.

What I didn’t realize (and is linked to from that article) is that a court in 2005 declared that Intelligent Design is not a science because it comes from Creationism, which is religious doctrine.

Unlike in Canada, there’s a lot less wishy-washyness over faith being in schools in the US. I’m really surprised that there’s any debate on the issue now - since there’s a legal precedent that states that it is in fact illegal to teach Intelligent Design in the classroom (as that would be state-sponsored and enforced religious indoctrination).

And in Canada? I’ve heard nary a whimper over wanting Intelligent Design taught in the classroom. Of course, I can’t really remember being taught evolution either…

Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. - Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

I’m about to run to class, just wanted to put up this link.

It’s an article about bosses who are “workplace pyros” - which is a needlessly sensationalist term that basically means, “A boss to whom every small misstep is a disaster”, so everyone in the workplace rushes about constantly putting out fires - even while more important things are left undone.