[wipes forehead and puts down pitchfork]

Well, I am certainly glad that that is done.  I have finally finished tweaking, configuring, customizing and generally messing around with my new blog.  I’m running on the new WordPress 2.5 platform, and just for the benefit of you technogeek types, I am running the following plugins:

• Akismet
• AskApache Password Protect
• Hello Dolly
• Ozh’ Absolute Comments
• Post Notification
• TinyMCE Advanced
• WordPress.com Stats
• WordPress Database Backup
• WP-phpMyAdmin
• WP-SpamFree
• WP Grins
• WP Security Scan

All of them can be located at the WordPress Extend Plugins directory or through a simple Google search.

Two particular plugin developers deserve a shout out.  Scott Allen from Hybrib6, developer of the WP-SpamFree  plugin was really great at helping me track down and imcompatibility between his plugin and the AskApache Password Protect plugin.  And the developer of Post Notification did a wonderful job of helping me figure out how to make their software play nice with my cool new theme.

Between all these developers and the cool theme I’ve got, I’m gonna owe some money to some people.