These plug-ins were demoed or mentioned last night at the Montreal WordPress Meetup on January 14, 2010. I've listed them more or less in the order in which they were presented.

If I missed any, please let me know!

WordPress Mobile Edition
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

WordPress Touch
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Stray Random Quotes
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Tagline Rotator
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Author Slug
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Codestyling Localization
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

WordPress.com Stats
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Subscribe to Comments
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Defensio Anti-Spam
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Google Analyticator
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

pageMash > Page Management
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Widget Logic
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Photo Dropper
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

WP-o-Matic
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

In-Series
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Twidger
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

WP Ajax Edit Comments
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

Montreal WordPress Meetup Event: http://www.facebook.com/event....

These two little raven-furred siblings are three months old and need a good home in Montreal. Their mom was rescued on the street while pregnant and these little guys (well, one guy and one gal) have never been outside. They are friendly, lively, and CUTE! They've been dewormed and vaccinated and are eagerly waiting to meet their new parents-to-be. We just adopted their brother and sister (you can see them peeking out the edges of the photo) and these little ones are jealous because they want a nice new family too!!!!

For more info, contact me @zoonini or zoonini AT gmail DOT com.

Mimi is about a year and a half. She has been spayed and is up to date with her vaccines. She is a very quiet and cuddly cat and needs a calm and loving environment.

Ideally, she needs a permanent home in Montreal, but if anyone is willing to foster her for a few months, that would also be helpful as she is currently in boarding.

Please contact me @zoonini or zoonini AT gmail DOT com if you'd like more details.

Arroz Con Pollo

------- Chicken -------

3 Tbsp olive oil
1 broiler-fryer chicken, about 2 1/2-3 pounds, cut into serving pieces, or 2 1/2 to 3 pounds of chicken thighs or breasts, bone-in, with skin on, rinsed and patted dry
1/2 cup of flour for dredging
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Paprika

------- Rice -------

2 tablespoons olive oil (can use up to 1/4 cup)
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups sushi rice
2 1/2 cups boiling chicken stock
1/4 tsp. saffron threads crushed w/mortar & pestle
Pinch of oregano
1 teaspoon salt
2-4 bay leaves

------- Garnish -------
1/2 cup roasted red pepper strips (jarred are fine)
2 tbsp. minced parsley
1 tbsp. capers (optional)

1. Rinse the rice very well until water runs clear and put in bowl covered with cold water to soak while you prepare the chicken.

2. Heat 3 Tbsp olive oil in a large skillet (a skillet that has a cover) on medium high heat. Put the flour in a wide bowl, mix in a generous sprinkling of salt, pepper, and paprika. Dredge the chicken pieces lightly in the flour mixture and put in the pan to brown. (You can skip the flour dredging part if you want. It just makes a nicer coating for the chicken.) Cook a few minutes on each side, just enough so that the chicken has browned. Use a slotted spoon to remove from pan and set aside.

3. Rinse rice again and drain off as much water as you can. Add rice to the pan to brown. Add a little more olive oil if necessary. Stir first to coat the rice with the olive oil in the pan. Then don't stir too much or you will prevent it from browning. Let it brown and then stir a little to let more of it brown. Then add the onion and garlic. Cook the onion, garlic and rice mixture, stirring frequently, until the onions have softened, about 4 minutes.

4. Place the chicken pieces, skin-side up, on top of the rice. In a separate bowl, mix together the boiling stock, saffron, salt, and oregano. Pour the stock mixture over the rice and chicken. Bring to a simmer, reduce the heat to low, and cover. Let cook for 20-25 minutes, depending on the type of rice and the instructions on the rice package, until the rice and chicken are done. You may need to remove breasts before the legs if using both, as white meat cooks faster and you don't want it to get too tough before the dark meat is done.

5. Remove chicken to separate platter. Fluff the rice with a fork. Gently stir in red pepper strips, parsley and capers (if using). Add more salt and pepper to taste.

Serves 4-6.

Adapted from http://elise.com/recipes/archi...

This sweet 1 to 1-1/2 year-old grey tabby needs a loving home in Montreal. If anyone's interested in this good-natured, laid-back kitty who's already had all his shots and been neutered, please get in touch with me for details. He's been waiting for 3 months and is eager to leave the vet's office!

There are so many cool things I want to check out following WordCamp Montreal. Thought I'd compile and share some of them here:

From Kim Vallée & Jérome Paradis's talk about migrating to WP from another platform:

- P2 theme - http://wordpress.org/extend/th... - also mentioned by Matt Mullenweg, want to check out his post: http://ma.tt/2009/05/how-p2-ch...
- FlexoArchives widget to collapse archives - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- Twitip ID plug-in - add field for Twitter username to comment form - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- Search Unleashed plug-in - customizable search - http://urbangiraffe.com/plugin...

From Alexandre Simard's talk about finding a low-cost e-commerce solution:

- eShop e-commerce plug-in - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- YAK for WP e-commerce plug-in - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

From Matt Mullenweg's Q&A session with Jeremy Clarke:

- Ecto & MarsEdit - Mac desktop clients for blogs
- multilingual plug-in they've chosen to work on as "officially supported" (he couldn't remember name, developed by Nicolai?)
- Backpress - puts certain things in its own framework
- BBpress

From WordPress Security talk by Brad Williams:

- WP Security Scan - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- WordPress Exploit Scanner - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl... (he runs this once a week for his clients)
- WordPress File Monitor - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...

From Caching & Optimization talk by Jeremy Clarke:

- WP-supercache - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- WP-Tuner - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- Firebug & Yslow (already installed)

From Advanced Theming & Plug-in talk w/Pier-Luc Petitclerc & Jeremy Clarke:

- Widget Logic plug-in - build conditionals into widgets without hard-coding template files - http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...
- Subversion version control software
- PHPxref code library - http://phpxref.com/