Jimmy Z

I finally made the switch to Wordpress and combined my Tech and Biz blog with my PHP blog. Wordpress 2.0 has added import functionality to their admin control panel, and has a great Blogger import tool. I just followed the import wizard, and my blogs imported just fine.

I put in some 301 redirects from my other blogs to my new blog address. Unfortunately I will lose some page rank on the new blog for a while, but I figure it’s better to make the switch sooner than later.

I went through all of my posts and tagged them up with categories. I’m excited about using Wordpress for my blogging because of the categories and the extensibility. I feel like it is freeing me up to blog about a wider range of topics without feeling so constrained. If someone wants to only get my php feeds, they can register to the php category feed.

I am excited to install some cool plug-ins and themes. I’d like to write my own theme so that it matches the theme of my website.

Does anyone have a plug-in or theme that they would recommend?

Yesterday, Apple released Boot Camp Public Beta which provides all of the software to run Windows on a Intel-powered Mac.

I have a friend who has hacked his system to dual-boot Windows XP and Mac OS X, but he had no native video card drivers and his machine wouldn’t shut down properly.

I had been considering buying a new Mac Book Pro, an Intel-powered iMac, or an Intel-powered Mac Mini, but I had been holding off until it looked like the dual-boot thing would be more supported.

All around the Information Systems program, Boot Camp has been the big buzz. I have heard several people say, “Buying a Mac is all of a sudden very tempting!”

I love Mac OS X. I think the interface is clean, beautiful, and easy to use. I’m excited to buy a Mac shortly in the future!

Apple Stock has jumped over 15% since the announcement.

Read more at http://www.google.com/finance?client=ig&q=AAPL

Also, check out Google’s new Finance Beta. It is awesome!