It tastes like burning

Is the server that is hosting my wordpress blog required to have an FTP server running in order to use the automatic update feature?
I recently moved this domain to a VPS with linode.com and one of the big things I want is ‘NO FTP SERVER’. I do all my transfers to and from the server [...]

Today I noticed a posting of a security vulnerability in the Feedburner Feedsmith plugin for wordpress. The authors have released an updated version. It’s very easy and recommended to update to the latest version.
How to update:
1. Download version 2.3 of the plugin.
2. Sign in to your WordPress admin control panel.
3. Under Plugins, locate the [...]

I discovered this while posting on a different blog. I won’t post details until after figure out where to report it to the wordpress developers.
Update: I just tested it with this site and was able to recreate it.
Update 2: It’s either a bug with wordpress or Ultimate Tag Warrior. After further testing, the bug only [...]

I’m liking my new theme. It’s been awhile since I’ve changed the look of this place. A couple of new features include having some recent photos from my flickr account displayed and the ability to subscribe to comments. Stay tuned as I do some more this weekend.

I upgraded wordpress to 2.0.5 yesterday, then I upgraded all my plugins. After that I noticed my feed republished itself in bloglines. However the feed entries were missing the Related Posts info that are part of a plugin I use. So I copied back my old wp-rss2.php. Now if I preview the feed I see [...]

I’ve been doing quite a bit of work on the backend side of the blog lately. Including, but not limited to, installing many new wordpress plugins, a new theme and style, and some overall code tweaking. One side effect I’ve noticed is that my feed has been showing items as new again even though they’ve [...]

A couple of weeks ago I installed the related posts plugin here at the ‘It Tastes Like Burning blog’, and while I don’t know how valuable it has been for visitors, I’ve been having fun following them for a ride down memory lane.