Procratination (by Dave)

Posted on 4/8/2008 by Arthur

Procrastination

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WordPress 2.5 Released?

Posted on 3/29/2008 by Arthur

No official word yet, but WordPress 2.5 appears to be on the verge of full release. The version number has dropped the “release candidate” qualification.

Get it from the Release Archives page.

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WordPress 2.5-beta1

Posted on 2/22/2008 by Arthur

WordPress 2.42.5 is getting closer: they’ve bumped the Alpha to Beta.

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GiveWell Astroturfing

Posted on 1/2/2008 by Arthur

Well-worth-reading summation of the GiveWell astroturfing controversy on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website.

Meanwhile, the GiveWell, or Give ‘em Hell? thread rages on on MetaTalk.

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Give Well?

Posted on 1/1/2008 by Arthur

GiveWell or Give ‘em Hell: The 26-year-old founder of GiveWell, a sort of charity 2.0 startup, is caught astroturfing AskMetaFilter and other weblogs. On AskMetaFilter, he created two accounts to ask and then answer a question on end-of-year donations, recommending his own organization and maligning hits competitors. He didn’t reveal his involvement until caught red handed.

The only honourable course now would be for GiveWell’s board to accept his resignation, but they seem to be trying to squirm their way out of that.

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