If anybody missed the Apple Store CocoaHeads event during WWDC, and wants to catch up on what went down, Steve Weller was kind enough to record the entire thing. The audio files are being hosted by Brian Christensen of Alien Orb Software.

I think the event turned out really well, especially the Q&A session where the audience obliged with many an excellent question.

MarsEdit users may be noticing some weird behavior with WordPress 2.2 and the “allow comments” and “accept trackbacks” options.

I discovered a bug in WordPress 2.2 which causes these settings to show up as disabled when they’re not explicitly set by the client. Lots of MarsEdit users have probably never thought about these settings, because their blog default setting was exactly what they wanted.

If you’re finding yourself frustrated that all of your new posts are coming up “Comments Disabled,” then you can work around the problem by explicitly setting the default values that MarsEdit should send with your new posts:

1. Open your weblog settings by double-clicking its icon in the weblogs drawer.
2. Select the “Defaults” pane, and choose your desired settings:

   

I’m confident that the WordPress team will fix this soon, but until they do I hope this workaround will get you back on track.

Update: Spent some time working on this issue with the WordPress folks today. Turns out there are a couple problems in both the way that the server interprets these values, and in the way that MarsEdit expects the server to behave. Both WordPress and myself are making some changes that will improve this for everybody in future releases.

In the mean time, the explicit workaround as described above is still the best choice.

Earlier this year I acquired two products which are now major elements of my product lineup: MarsEdit and Black Ink.

Since then, there seems to be a tone of acquisition in the air. I’m not sure if I can take any of the credit for prompting this, but it seems that anecodotally at least, my throwing dollars around has put the same idea into other independent developers’ heads.

Consider Scotty from Late Night Cocoa, who last month followed in my footsteps by acquiring two products: TrackTime and Event Maker. Scotty is a full-time Windows (mostly) consultant who realized that the fastest track to full-time development for the Mac might be to start with a couple of salable products.

News also came out earlier this month that Jesse Grosjean of Hog Bay Software had found a buyer for his Mori and Clockwork applications. Today we learn that the buyer is Alfonso Guerra, a friend of mine from #macsb who I met at the C4 Conference last year. No doubt at the C4 conference this year, I’ll be citing him as an example in my speech about acquisitions. :)

In almost, but not completely unrelated news – our beloved mythical Mac-monster, the Macalope, has also announced a bit of transacting. Selling out, in its own words, to CNET. I wish the Macalope luck in its new digs, though it’s going to cause quite a stir walking down 2nd Street with those horns.

Blogged from my iPhone. Psyche!

If you’re in the Boston area and want to meet some other great Mac developers (and aspiring developers!), be sure to check out the CocoaHeads Boston meeting tonight in Cambridge at MIT Building E51, Room 149.

My friend James from the meeting has set up a Meetup.com event for the meeting, so people can RSVP, etc. This is not reliable because many of us just show up on a monthly basis without ever RSVPing, but because a few of us are out of town for WWDC, if you’re planning on going, please RSVP at the Meetup.com site to encourage others to come as well.

PS: Carbon and web developers are welcome, too! CocoaHeads is just a name. We welcome all Mac nerds of all skill levels and of all ambitions :)