http://moshublog.com The combined blog: about WordPress, the Canadian Prairies and myself Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:21:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am again very pleasantly surprised how smooth the upgrade to the latest (beta!) version of WordPress was. The 2.7 version, which brings a lot of new features and a completely renewed admin panel, initially has been scheduled to be released as of tomorrow (Nov 11) but will be delayed ... http://moshublog.com/2008/11/10/upgraded-to-wordpress-27-beta2/ Just a quick note about the launch of my newest project: The Pension Report. You can get your free copy by filling out the form on the right. You may ask why did I start this unusual project. Here is my answer: I have been working on three continents, in several ... http://moshublog.com/2008/10/16/new-project-the-pension-report/ I am at least for one week behind with blogging. Sometimes the lack of internet connection, other times the tiredness after an eventful day or just the need for a few days distance to let the impressions to settle - prevented me from writing. I will try today to catch ... http://moshublog.com/2008/08/29/on-the-way-finally-the-maritimes/ The whole city is full of attractions and shows that celebrate the 400 years. One of the most unusual shows is a projection show in the harbour. The Old Mill is used as the background for it and the multimedia show is projected on the mill building and the silos. ... http://moshublog.com/2008/08/21/on-the-way-quebec-city-400/ Somebody asked me, so it seems I need to clarify: this series of posts is written on the way to Maritimes, the final point of our long trip toward East. Yesterday afternoon we arrived to Québec City. This is not the first time we are here, since we have relatives in ... http://moshublog.com/2008/08/20/on-the-way-quebec-city/ Some interesting reading from the updates that I receive regularily from TOL (Transitions OnLine), this time about the power divide in Moscow between the nationalist and globalist "kleptocrats". If you don't know what kleptocracy is, see the Wikipedia > Kleptocrat. http://moshublog.com/2008/08/20/whats-going-on-in-the-kremlin/ Excellent "junior suite" (or something like that) in the Downtown Novotel on our 4th day of travel. Went for a walk early afternoon to the By Ward Market, unfortunately, this time the weatherman was right: a huge thunderstorm and lots of rain happened exactly as it was predicted... and got stuck ... http://moshublog.com/2008/08/19/on-the-way-ottawa/ Having a few weeks between the treatments we decided to go on a long break... a trip from Winnipeg to the Maritimes. The plan was that there is no plan -- we go as much a day as we can, we stop where we like the place, visit some friends ... http://moshublog.com/2008/08/17/on-the-way-the-first-three-days/ I am serious. They have the most stupid setup when it comes about chosing in which currency I want to pay... and their stupidity forced me to pay $75.05 instead of $70.00. And when I wanted to use 2Checkout2.com's contact form to let them know about the case - they ... http://moshublog.com/2008/08/14/2checkoutcom-owes-me-505-after-their-ripoff/ According to Business Standard the number of internet users in China (253 million) surpassed the number of US surfers (est. 230 million). But that's still only 19% of the country's population... http://moshublog.com/2008/07/30/biggest-number-of-internet-users-in-china/