The blog has been easily updated to WordPress 2.9. All of the features available in this release are enumerated here. Personally, I look forward to utilizing the OEmbed support.
For those of you using the Simple Tags plugin, the plugin complains quite loudly following the upgrade to WP 2.9. Guidance on how to edit the plugin to allow it to continue to function without the nagging notification can be found here. Basically, the WordPress version check that the plugin utilizes is extended to also allow version 2.9.
You can also download an edited version of the simple-tags.php file here. Right-click the preceding link, then Save Link As….
Happy Blogging!
