Another update after only 11 days. This one is again a point release, to version 2.2.2. Ah well, updates fix bugs (however minor) and are quick and painless. I just had to make sure that the custom changes I’ve made to the core Wordpress files were added back in after the update. This is really easy using Subversion’s diff function and then applying that as a patch to the updated file. Ah, the wonders of version control.

I actually came up with a nice way to list all the files that were changed by the update:
svn stat | grep -v '?' | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort

For next time I should come up with a way to just FTP these files across automatically. Shouldn’t be that hard; if I find a way I’ll post it here.

I’ve had a MySpace account for a while now, although I only just started using it because I found out a few of my friends were on there. Facebook, on the other hand, is something I’ve known about for a while now but I never bothered to sign up until a couple days ago when a friend sent me an invite. I’ve had a chance to play around with both of them for a bit now, although not in any in-depth fashion, so I thought I’d go through my thoughts on each.
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A while back I saw a post (a very old post) on the Inmatrix forums where someone ask whether or not there would ever be a Linux version of Zoom Player. The answer was basically “nobody with Linux wants to pay for software, so it will be a lot of development with little or no income”. This got me thinking as to whether or not this is true.

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Yesterday I had a brief chat with a student doing 4th year software engineering at my university. He had just given a presentation on the testing methods his team was using for their web application and he said something along the lines of “we’re doing lots of manual testing because there’s no way to test web software”. Not so! Here’s a short overview of some of the software and methods you can use to increase the amount of automated testing you’re doing on your web applications.

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Here’s a question I’m throwing out to whoever is reading this, and who uses an iPod: what do you use to manage it and how has it worked out for you? I’ve recently been experimenting with a multitude of ways of controlling the little beast but nothing has really provided a complete solution. No, not even iTunes.

I’ll write about what I’ve tried some other time but I’d like to know if there’s anything out there I’ve missed.

After the last post about Intel vs. AMD in Australian prices, the battle has raged on for control of your CPU slot. Both sides have made price cuts and Intel has actually released a complete line of updated processors. Does this change anything?

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