I can’t imagine 2 million of anything

18 December, 2007 – 9:20 pm

2,000,000!

Today WordPress.com passed 2 million blogs, which is pretty amazing. I’ve only been working with Automattic for about a month and a half now – so I can’t take any credit – but the rest of the team deserve a pat on the back… *pat*

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Garrett – Road to Kyoto starts Monday

24 November, 2007 – 6:25 pm

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As I write this the polls in Australia’s federal election have closed on the east coast. I spent the morning handing out how to vote information for the Greens and my feet are killing me.

While working my booth I had a chance to meet Peter Garrett, Labor’s shadow environment minister and the local member. I engaged him in a short conversation in which I asked him about potential timeframes for the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by a newly formed Labor government and his reply was encouraging to say the least. He said the process would be started next Monday, that’s only two sleeps away. Peter has been known for saying the odd thing out of turn during this election campaign, but I hope this comes to fruition in this timely fashion. He punctuated his side of the conversation with the words, “It’s long overdue”.

I don’t agree with Mr. Garrett on a number of issues (The Tamar Valley Pulp Mill, Nuclear Power and “Clean” Coal – to name a few), but I now look forward to seeing some real progress on this issue in the very near future.

Disclaimer: I am a member of The Randwick-Botany Greens

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Installing MySQL 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 client

14 November, 2007 – 2:48 am

Leopard Tank - Boom!

What a dry title.

There are a few write-ups about this here and there, but I thought I would put together the steps I went through to install MySQL on Leopard. I found that none of the posts I’ve seen do a good job of tying together all the problems that I came across. So let’s set aside the fact that MySQL should have just been there in the first place and concentrate on fixing it…

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bbPress at WordCamp Melbourne

13 November, 2007 – 2:07 pm

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I mentioned this here, the bbPress “roundtable” at WordCamp Melbourne should be a hoot. If you are interested in getting a forum up and running alongside your WordPress install then this one is was for you.

Update: It’s sold out.

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Wax on

13 November, 2007 – 12:59 pm

Hee-ya!

After many years of thinking I should, and not getting round to it, I now have to start a blog. My hand has been forced by my new employer, but I’m hardly complaining.

That’s a long-winded way to announce that I have joined the team at Automattic as a developer. This will be surprising to most in the WordPress community, who would barely know who I am, but not so surprising to the stalwarts of the bbPress community, where I have been contributing for a little while now.

I’ll be focusing most of my efforts on bbPress in the short term and I look forward to getting it’s releases back on track. You’ll find me in the #bbpress room on Freenode IRC most of the time, so I encourage members of the bbPress community to ping me there for instant gratification (or disappointment depending on circumstances).

My previous work was for the Omnium Open Project, a collaboration software based at the University of New South Wales, Australia. I’m thankful for the opportunities that came from working there and I wish them all the best.

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