I’ve released a bug fix version of Simple 301 Redirects for WordPress. Version 1.02 fixes a couple of bugs and 1.03 adds PHP4 support, which I carelessly neglected in 1.02. It seems that a lot of people still use PHP4 even though it’s been officially dead (i.e. unsupported and with no security updates) for over 2 years. You can get the latest version of the plugin by updating from your admin system or by visiting the WordPress plugin directory.

TeuxDeux, my favorite simple to use and difficult to spell todo list application, has quietly launched an iPhone app. They’re apparently waiting to announce it later this week, but Tina Roth Eisenberg (the designer behind TeuxDeux) recently talked about it on The Pipeline with Dan Benjamin. The app costs $2.99 and supports all of the features of the free browser-based version plus support for multiple accounts, and it’s always in sync with your accounts on the website. You can buy the TeuxDeux app here (iTunes link.)

Facebook Places adds geolocation to Facebook, allowing you to share where you are, what you’re doing, and who you’re with. It differentiates itself from Foursquare or Gowalla, with an interesting additional feature: it allows you to check your friends in with you. This is a cool feature but it is certainly open to abuse; your friends could check you in somewhere embarrassing as a practical joke. Depending on who’s watching, you may find it causing problems for you.

Here’s how to prevent other people from checking you in on Facebook Places:

1. Click on Privacy Settings
   
2. Click Customize Settings
   
3. Under Things Others Share, disable Friends can check me in to Places
   

That’s it. I’d like to see the ability to select certain people or friend lists which are allowed to check you in (or filter out people and lists which are not) but for now it’s an all-or-nothing setting. I’ll update this post if the options around this feature become more robust in the future.

I’ve decided I’m leaving the 140 Club. 2 months and about 70 tweets later, I’ve had my fun and indulged my obsessive nature for long enough.

Now is the time of year when everyone posts their year-end roundup. They talk about exciting things that happened in their field of interest, and about the last year worth of posts on their site. Many pledge to post more actively in the coming year.

I have very little in the way of posts to review. In the 15 months since I made my first post, I have added a grand total of 8 posts to my archives. That’s a dizzying pace of 0.53 posts per month, or 1 post every 57 days or so. That’s pretty sad. I’m not going to pledge to post more in the coming year–such resolutions almost never survive through January. I’ll call this a benchmark post, so I can track any changes that may occur in the future. If things start to shape up around here, that would be great.