Blogging Roller

We deployed the Roller 3.1 codebase to blogs.sun.com yesterday so Sun bloggers have got Web 2.0 taggy goodness now. The rest of the Roller-using world will have to wait for Roller 3.1 to make its way through the Apache Incubator release process. Want to know more about 3.1, here's the Roller 3.1 What's New page.

But be warned. If you stand outside the Apache software factory waiting for Roller 3.1 to emerge onto the loading dock, you'll be somewhat disappointed. The next release due out is Roller 3.0 (here's the Roller 3.0 What's New page) -- we just got the votes to make the release so you can expect it in the next couple of days.

Pebble 2.0 is available. Pebble "is a lightweight, open source, Java EE blogging tool designed for individuals and small groups" developed by Simon Brown. No database required.

One of my rules for blogging is this. Don't blog that you are going to do X, Y and Z unless you are damn sure you are really truly going to do X, Y, and Z. Otherwise you come off as a quitter, a person who can't follow through on commitments. By the way, I'm going to run 5.8 miles today.