Monthly Archives: December 2007

WordPress 2.3.2

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WordPress 2.3.2 was released a short while ago and again I was very happy with the fact that I have chosen the subversion method to install/upgrade wordpress. Upgrading was a matter of disabling plugins and then running the following command:
svn sw http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.3.2/
After that, I enabled the plugins again.

Total update time for the two blogs running now: 5 minutes.

Maybe I should check into a way to make multiple blogs share sources .. that way I would only have to run the subversion command once.

New Site

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I set up a new wordpress site yesterday, though this time it isn’t for me. My brother is getting married in june and they decided they’d like their own personal “wedding website”. Since I highly dislike those “standard” sites, I volunteered my services to help them get something a little bit more unique.

Of course I used the subversion way of setting up this blog as well. This way I can keep them updated easily.

I’ve added an integrated gallery into this website called NextGen Gallery. So far, this seems to be working nicely.

Next up is to see how Google Maps can be integrated into this site. No idea yet how I’m going to tackle that.

The site can be found here.

New England culinary delights

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I returned from my vacation yesterday, but I thought I would share some of the interesting food, drinks, breweries and restaurants I ran into while in the USA.

  1. The Vermont Pub & Brewery in Burlington. If you go there for just one thing, get their Cheese & Gravy fries. They’re delicious. Other good things on their list include the Jalapeno poppers and Buffalo Style chicken fingers. Their brewfries (beer-battered) are pretty tasty as well. Their own microbrews are definitely recommendable, especially the smoked stout (smoked over maple, hickory and applewood).
  2. The Magic Hat brewery in South Burlington. They have regular tours available and their artifactory sells a variety of merchandise. But most important is their tap (of course). They have a variety of beers available for tasting here and you can also buy “growlers“, which is a great way to bring home some of their beers that they don’t sell in stores.
  3. Quiznos. Even though it’s a chain restaurant, I like it better than Subway. I think they’re subs are more varied and tastier than the ones at Subway.
  4. Tiny Thai in Winooski, VT. This is a small restaurant, be prepared for a wait. The food makes up for it though. Tasty food, generous portions. If you like Thai food, you’ll love this place. Their Tom Yam is delicious.
  5. Henry’s Diner in Burlington. This place has great food. I can definitely recommend the Philly Cheese Steak skillet breakfast. Bring a good appetite, though. It’s a big plate of food.

Overall I had my fill of typical New England food (and some Thai) over the weeks of my vacation and I found some places I will surely want to visit again.