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I just upgraded my blog to the new Wordpress 2.7 release. Took all of three minutes (just a single click to reconnect the database, most of the time required was for uploading the new files to the server).

The new version of Wordpress (my blogging platform of choice) has a very cool new social news aspect to it. The dashboard shows popular blog posts from around the world that are related to the content on your own weblog. This is exactly how I found this interesting photoblog post by Matt Mullenweg, who apparently just visited the Taj Mahal in Agra with Om Malik, a well-known web and technology writer (and founder of the GigaOm network of technology blogs).

Here are some pictures taken at the Minnesota Orchestra last week. It was a wonderful evening marked by the splendid performance by the conductor Osmo Vänskä and the very talented ensemble. The Orchestra Hall itself presents a very interesting architecture - an open glass structure laced with whimsical blue tubes. The pictures capture a glimpse of the ‘falling rock’ structure that lends itself to the acoustic perfection of the Hall, and comprises of over hundred cubes embedded into the walls and ceiling. The Orchestra performance itself was scintillating, and ebbing with energy thanks to an effusive conductor.