Looks like WordCamp Portland 2008 is tentatively scheduled for September 27th and Aaron Hockley started a Google Group to discuss it.

Matt Mullenweg announced new WordCamp dates, including WordCamp San Francisco 2008, which is set for Saturday August 16th at the Mission Bay Conference Center.

There’s a new listing of upcoming WordCamps at WordCamp Central.

One that’s not listed is WordCamp Portland, which is taking place this Sunday, May 4th during BarCamp Portland.

Wondering whether you should upgrade to WordPress 2.5? Check this handy, compiled FAQ list on weblogtoolscollection.com

WordPress 2.5 was released on March 29th and it includes a host of changes and improvements.

One of my favorite (although widely disputed) changes is the usability overhaul of the admin user interface.
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Want to use your own URL as your OpenID login?

The OpenID Delegate WordPress Plugin helps you easily setup a WordPress-powered site URL as your OpenID login.

Within a total of 10 minutes, I got my free OpenID from MyOpenID.com, installed and configured this plugin, and tested it out. Viola!

For more info on OpenID, check out:

• OpenID Official Site
• OpenID on Wikipedia (geeky)