How to Podcast Mostly regurgitated material but still might be a good read for those not in the know. Some new links for applications and equipment.

If you are running WordPress 1.5.x, your blog may be vulnerable. If you do not wish to upgrade to 2.0.2 but still want to ensure that you have the security fixes in place then this guide is for you. Includes a step by step tutorial along with pictures.

Performancing Metrics After having tried Google Analytics for a while (and having removed them) I have installed the newly released Performancing Metrics to give it a quick try. Check out some of the new features including (possibly) cool bitsof information such as Adsense clicks. The presentation seems a lot more lucid and easy to access/understand than Google, but then again, my account has no data so far. Expect a review soon. PS: For all those scratching your heads … The stats update hourly, so give it a couple of hours and then check again.

FastTrack, the Pixel Perfect Award winner of last year’s theme competition, has been updated and a version 2.0 is released now. Check it out .

The bottom line on blogging He’s been known to openly criticize the company he works for, with thousands of opinion-leaders listening in. In the process, he’s become one of his company’s most publicly recognizable employees. But, at the same time, Scoble and a group of employees like him have done something millions of dollars in advertising couldn’t. The purpose of this link is two fold. The topic of the article is interesting in its own right, but the author’s style really made me think. Write the gist of your article in two short lines at the beginning of your post and make it really interesting.

WP Sidebar Widgets WordPress.com introduced new sidebar widgets and Lorelle has a nice writeup on what they are and how to use them from a users’ perspective.

Dynamic Learning Search: Swicki Direct from the pages of Techcrunch is a learning search engine that learns from recent searches and creates a search/tag cloud of searches that users care about. Very interesting and can be tremendously useful for community/topical blogs/websites that thrive on related information.

WP plugin: Podpress With lots of new features ID and tagging features.