WordPress 2.0

Somehow the release of wordpress 2.0 slipped past my attention. Now it is here ad it’s looking good.
For a quick low down, see Owen Winkler’s What’s New in WordPress 2.0
Upgrading – here I come. :-)

Jordvarme og nybyggeri

Nye Huse er et magasin rettet mod alle (os) med drømmen om at bygge selv. Det første nummer er på gaden denne vinter og udover en håndfuld (lidt overfladiske) artikler fra intelligente huse til kreativ arkitektur. Det første nummer har alternativ opvarmning som tema og giver blandt andet et par spændende indspark til jordvarme, solvarme og stokerfyr.

Jeg er lidt pjattet med jordvarme – ideen om at grave nogle meter slange med frostvæske ned i haven, slutte en varmepumpe til, og så varme hytten op, er da for cool. Jordvarme kombineret med solfangere og en mini vindmølle (leverer strøm til jordvarme-anlægget), synes at være en løsning, der kan skære ret drastisk ned på varmebudgettet.
Og, jo – der er da udgifter til jordvarme-anlægget, solvarme og mini-vindmølle, men hvis naboen kan lokkes med på en vindmølle og måske et par meter slange til jordvarme, så er udgiften til et super anlæg til alternativ energi pludselig halveret.

Læs mere om jordvarme:
Teknologisk Institut – Sådan kommer du igang med jordvarme.
Teknologisk Institut – FAQ om Jordvarme.
Idényt – Vedvarende varme luner økonomien
Vedvarende-energi.dk – Jordvarme – 3 gode grunde.

Firefox blogging extension

This is a test post with a blogging firefox extension from performancing.com – the extension gives you easy access to your blogs. A nice feature is the split window that lets you drag and drop content dircectly into your blog post.

It will also allow you to drag lists, headings and even images…

(quote was dragged and dropped).

I miss the shortcuts I use in the normal editing window, though, so I’ll have to drop a comment on that.

Donating computer power revisited

In the dawn of the internet one of the coolest screensavers thinkable was displaying the SETI@Home process – basically a visualization of your efforts to help find LGM.

Now BOINC(Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) gives you the opportunity to donate computing power to a range of scientific research projects from climate prediction to biomedical research.

The web word processor

Writely is a free online service that bills itself as a “web word processor” with “Simple & SECURE web document sharing.” Once a user has registered for an account, she can create word processing documents using the online WYSIWYG interface. Those documents can be published to a blog via the blog API. The system tracks revisions, and documents can be shared with selected collaborators.

Haven’t tested it yet, but it looks really interresting…

[Via Kairosnews]

A squirrel on the phone

A student at the MIT has designed a protyped Autonomous Interactive Intermediary (AII) – also described as a phone-answering squirrel. The AII is able to screen calls and sort phone-calls according to your calendar and present stress level. The AII is designed to look like a squirrel, so that people using it won’t be dissapointed when the AII shows limitations – and a human looking interface would indicate flawless behaviour and a lot of features…

[via Bitconomy]