Filed under: Blogging, Web services
Two thumbs up for Wordpress 2.0 beta
Wordpress.com has certainly stirred some buzz, but I'm still a fan of running my favorite blogging software on my own domains. Fortunately, it looks like the version of Wordpress driving Wordpress.com has made it into a public 2.0 beta. Before I say anything else though, I have to stress the obvious: this is beta software. If you're running a (dare I say it) 'mission-critical blog', I wouldn't recommend upgrading.That said: the Wordpress 2.0 beta rocks. I haven't had the chance to use Wordpress.com, but from the screenshots I've seen, this beta looks like it has most or all of the same new features. There is much AJAX-ification, the ability to import from a couple other blog services and a more understandable system for designating user and author rights. These aren't the only changes, and their Codex has a more complete (though not concrete) list.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
