Tech@Sakana – A sysadmin’s blog

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If you got the following error in Wordpress when saving, auto-saving, or commenting on a post :
Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to submissions.ask.com:80 in /path/to/blog/wp-includes/class-snoopy.php on line 1150 then keep reading
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As you might have noticed, Wordpress 2.5 is out, so I’ve just upgraded this blog.

Till now all I can tell is that the admin interface has changed a bit. Oh and there is a system to upgrade plugins with one click, which is way cool. Otherwise pretty much the same good old WordPress.

The upgrade went smoothly, just as for any other previous release and everything seems to be running just fine. However, at the first glance, the blog seems a bit slower than before the upgrade … (maybe this is not related to the upgrade … I’ll have to check this out).

Edit : The slow feeling is away, so I guess it was something totally unrelated to the upgrade.

A cool feature of Wordpress I’ve just discovered : delayed posts.

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It is high time I give out a bit of link love for those blogs I always rush to when there’s a new post !

In no particular order !

1. Lifehacker : Software reviews, tips, and every hack you need to enhance your productivity
2. l’Oeil du web : (In French) Half technical, half fun blog of a friend who moved to the south of France
3. Aashiyana – Santanu and Pamela : Life, travels, civilization blog of a friend couple who moved back to India
4. Terminally Incoherent : Rants and comments, technical stuff, reviews
5. My SysAd Blog — UNIX : Tips about OpenSolaris
6. Get Rich Slowly : Financial tips for everyday life
7. Wise Bread : Financial tips, getting the most of your money
8. Ririan Project : Everyday life tips
9. OpenBSD Journal : Official news for the OpenBSD “free as air” Unix system.
10. OSNews : News about the world of operating systems

Hmm, that’s it for now ! This post to be a “thank you” for all the authors behind those blogs who write great posts and, well, ruin my productivity

What about you ? What are your favorite blogs or news sites ?

If you don’t own a blog you can list them in the comments below, but if you do have a blog, you might want to write such a post.

This a great way to share your favorite blogs with your readers and this helps those blogs to crawl their way up in page rank and to get a bit of well deserved fame