Is there some sort of trial with custom templates on WP.com?

Anyone know how http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ is using a custom theme? I guess I could ask them directly but hey that would be too easy.

Anyone want a WordPress.com invite?

Just like when I first got Gmail I’m finding I have nobody to give invites to that I know.

The first comment that mentions my two dogs names gets the invite.

How many people accept payments for online support?

I provide support online in my own time in various places after working fulltime as a Senior Technical Consultant (Mainly for Java, Oracle and VB stuff) so I don’t have any financial problems and hence never think of actually accepting or asking for any payment for helping someone out as it actually makes me feel good helping people out and as corny as it sounds that is payment enough for me.

However I’m interested in finding out how many people do actually charge for such support? Like issues with a WordPress plugin or some layout fixes, that kind of thing.

What I plan for this blog

I thought about this for a while and I think I will use it to share my experiences with providing voluntary technical support online in the various forums I participate in. I will also post related things like anything nifty I manage to do with the software I use, moving that stuff from my personal blog to here and leave my personal blog just for personal stuff.