b2++ – 0.8

Finally, a new release of b2++! This is a minor release, putting the features we’ve been using here on blogs.linux.ie into a release for wider distribution!
New in this release:

  • Comment Moderation: Every comment, pingback and trackback must now be validated before they’re displayed. Bye bye comment spam!
  • Referer Blacklisting: You can add any referer in your backend to a blacklist. The next time someone visits from that site the referer doesn’t show up on your site.
  • Minor bugs with the smilies in b2edit.
  • Added Pirate Speak plugin by Dougal Campbell.

If you’re upgrading from b2++ 0.7, then download the upgrade package and copy the src/ directory into your b2++ install and run the upgrade script. That’ll update your database tables properly.
New users should of course download the full b2++ package.

New users: b2++ 0.8 tar.gz | zip
Existing users: b2++ 0.7 -> 0.8 upgrade tar.gz | zip

Horrific Accident in Dublin

Almost exactly a month since I reported that 5 people were killed on Irish roads, 5 people were killed, and 17 injured in Dublin when a bus toppled over into people waiting at a bus stop on Wellington Quay in Dublin. Now it appears that CIÉ were warned two weeks ago of how dangerous the location was. What does it take for a large bureaucratic organisation to fix things?

Sun Stuff

APOD has an amazing picture and story today about a huge star that exploded 170,000 years ago. The gases produced are seen expanding out at huge velocities and temperatures!
Then there’s a picture of a solar eclipse on photosig. I’m jealous, because for some reason, *every* time there’s such an event over Ireland the sky is cloudy. Every single time. *grrr*

Couple o' stories for the feens!

The People’s Republic of Cork have a couple of new articles online.. I read the feminist one in the Echo this evening and as I was nodding my head I thought it’d be good to bring to the attention of my dear readers here..

So there you go, the combined intelligence and social engineering skills of the average Corkonian is imbued in the above writing. Read ’em and weep, err laugh, guys!