Some Great New Features Coming to WordPress in Version 2.7

I’ve been running WordPress 2.7 since beta 1 on my local dev server, along with a recent client site which required threaded comments. Instead of going with Brian’s Threaded Comments plugin, which I’ve used a few times myself including my own blog, we made the decision to move forward with 2.7 despite it still being in beta. During my time spent in the new admin and learning the template changes that have occurred, I’m really happy with the progress made since 2.6 and feel that WP is truly moving in the right direction.

MSN Messenger 7 build 7.0.0604 leaked

A new build of MSN Messenger 7 beta is making it’s rounds today. Normally, I wouldn’t get too excited about anything coming from MS – but the team working on MSN is actually doing some cool shit lately.

The new build includes a couple new features that I’m pretty stoked on. You now have the option to view your friend’s avatars in the contact list in place of the little MSN dude. It can be a mini-thumbnail (as seen in the screenshot to the right) or it can be a bigger size which is…