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Jul
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Gustavo Niemeyer: Screwing up Python compatibility: unicode(), str(), and bytes() Backwards and forwards compatibility is an art. In the very basic and generic form, it consists in organizing the introduction of new concepts while allowing people to maintain existing assets…
Jul
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June Wrap-Up

Last month we launched the Yahoo! App and 360 importer so you can migrate your content to WordPress.com quickly and easily. And we introduced the SocialVibe widget, which helps you earn…
Jul
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National Blog Posting Month

Remember National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) back in November? You all used the opportunity to take a swing at churning out a 50,000-word novel on your blogs in only one month — some with…
Jun
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Miguel de Icaza: Mono
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considering changing my name to include granddad last name (schuch), found out you can now find a lawyer, a scientist and an inventor with the same name as mine in google results
Jun
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Let's make the web faster From building data centers in different parts of the world to designing highly efficient user interfaces, we at Google always strive to make our services faster. We focus on speed as a key…
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Google Shares Its Need For Speed Google has always been about speed. From its highly streamlined homepage to vast server farms, the company goes to extreme lengths to ensure that all of your search queries are returned in a…
Jun
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lxml 2.2.2 binaries for Windows are out. when Python 3.1 is released I’ll be building lxml for 5 different Python releases.
Jun
22nd
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XBMC Installer Deluxe Makes the Most of Your Modded Xbox [Xbmc]

Read over our coverage of XBMC, but not quite sure if you’re ready to take the plunge? XBMC Installer Deluxe makes tinkering with your freshly modded Xbox a breeze.

We’ve shown you the…
Jun
18th
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Martin Aspeli: Scrambled eggs

Solutions for buildouts that misbehave after being left alone for a while and other egg version related issues

Eggs are great. They’ve facilitated a revolution in the way we manage packages and…
Jun
16th
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SocialVibe

You spend a lot of time creating great content and attracting an audience for your blog. What if you could use that influence to make a positive social impact? Now you can.

We’ve teamed up with…
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Mozilla puts Safari's '11 million downloads' in perspective LOL. As if it weren’t bad enough that Apple was force feeding Safari 4 to its customers and then gloating about the number of downloads it achieved, we have this bit of news from Mozilla’s Asa…
Jun
15th
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following dash’s advice (http://ping.fm/NIAnZ) I’ve registered a second and meaningful domain name. welcome the new old http://ping.fm/Rv4hu (and update your bookmarks)
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banjo is the future of website theming, and i’ve seen it. check it out for yourself: http://ping.fm/ySHvT
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May Wrap-Up

Sorry for this being the latest wrap-up ever.

May was a fun month for us. We rolled out a ton of new features: the ability to add YouTube videos and polls to comments, stats in your time…