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You may have noticed a little downtime this afternoon.  That’s because we’ve upgraded the blog to use the brand new Wordpress 2.5.  The change should go unnoticed for the casual reader, but the upgrade means many enhancements for writing and maintaining the blog.  Among the biggest changes:

• Simplified admin dashboard: The interface for writing and managing the blog has gotten a major face-lift.  What used to be cluttered is now much more organized and easy on the eyes.
• Integrated Statistics: We’ve been using the Wordpress Stats plugin to analyze our visitor data.  Now it’s been integrated into the main dashboard for quick access.
• Better Photo Management: It’s now much easier to upload and add images to posts, without the need for additional plugins.  You can even create a gallery associated with a single post very easily.

The upgrade process was nice and simple, and everything seems to be working as expected.  We’ve also added a new subscribe link in the sidebar.  If you notice something wrong with the site, please let us know in the comments.