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I’m still playing around with WordPress, and I think I have dead set fallen in love with the Administration Panel. So many options, so much customobility, its incredible and contains pretty much everything I would need. I’ve been fiddling around in getting the CSS and the actual HTML to the appearance of this site and its a lot of work (because I am doing things I should have done in the first place and made sure everything validated before building on with extra pages. I’m actually thinking of doing a bit of a redesign of the site - so I can just edit the WordPress CSS - thus making it very easy for me to upgrade. It’s going to take a while though if I do intend to switch to WordPress because I have to redo the current system for my current pages, I will have to rewrite segments of my gallery to use WordPress authentication, and make it use the Smarty template engine standalone.

For those that have missed it, Windows XP Service Pack 2 has been officially released to the public (Well okay its been RTM for a while and many have already downloaded it). It’s just been rolled out on to the Windows Update site, and contains many essential (despite what others say) benefits such as the built in security center, the limiting of TCP/IP half-open connections to help stop spreading viruses like Sasser, contains an updated version of the Windows Firewall (pretty much useless to me because I don’t use it), and new capabilities and extensions for wireless networking. You can download it via the Microsocft website here or you can order your free Windows XP installation CD. After installation you’ll be greated with Windows Update v5, which is apparently the “next generation” in Windows Update, incorporating fixes from a range of Microsoft products distributed via one site using the update detection mechanism.

Here’s a handy piece of software.. LClock is a Windows Longhorn style system tray clock. Its been featured in all of my desktop screenshots (replacing the old yucky clock with a new sexy looking one). It also contains a built in sexy looking calendar, as well as contains virtually any option you need to customise the system tray clock, including the font and font sizes! Best of all, its free and is continually updated.