There's lots of talk going on early this week about Twitter and their intentions towards third-party clients. Will they permit them? Will Tweetbot still be around in six months? How am I going to connect with other people if Twitter goes the Facebook route and makes me use official clients that aren't as nice as the third-party ones I have now?

This lister originally intended to write a list of the ten greatest fugues ever, but all ten, and the next 300 or so, would be by Johann Sebastian Bach. So for some interesting diversity, here are ten outstanding fugues from other composers. These are not the ten greatest that are not by Bach, but simply ten great fugues. Certainly, many worthy examples have been left off, so you are invited to mention your choices.

It's that time again. Version 3.0 of WordPress for iOS is out and adds some exciting new features. Most of the changes have been under the hood so we can now start giving you great updates fast. Let's jump into it.

What's new?

• Push Notifications for WordPress.com. If you have a WordPress.com blog added to the app, you'll now be able to opt in to receive push notifications of new comments, which makes it easier than ever to keep up with your readers and moderate comments on the go.

Stuff happens all the time on WordPress.com. You're blogging, commenting, liking, and following like never before. Every hour a record is broken and someone's day is made. We've always known about your love affair with stats. We like watching numbers grow, too. And we also like to see the events that the numbers represent. We think of Notifications as a magnifier for Stats: you can zoom in to see exactly who did what and then connect with them.

I have a weakness for block planes.  They are the two seater sports cars of the hand plane world - quick, nimble, and fun to handle.  Heck, from the classic lines of Stanley Excelsiors 130 years ago to the high performance Veritas planes of today, they even look fast.  (Both shown below)

I have a sizeable collection of block planes that includes some of the rarest and most beautiful ever made.  

During the last eight years I've tried to refine how I explain how to use a handplane to students. The biggest problem the students have isn't ignorance. I wish that were the case. Instead, their biggest problem is they have been flooded with so much contradictory information that they are paralyzed.

So I've been trying to increase the signal and decrease the noise so they can focus on what is important.

Is there anything that Star Wars doesn't touch?  Methinks not.  If I don't get one of these for my next birthday I'm gonna pitch a fit.  Check out these delectable Star Wars inspired cakes.

An AT-AT never looked so delicious.  How in the world were they able to get that one on the right to stand?  Amazeballs!

Chewbacca everyone's favorite Wookwook baked into a confectionary delight.