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Dreaming in Drupal

It is said that once you dream in a foreign language, you are really starting to internalize it. Well, last night I dreamt in Drupal. I saw blocks and nodes aligning and snippets of php to accomplish my tasks. I felt as though my subconscious was building a new website all night long, tinkering withContinueContinue reading “Dreaming in Drupal”

Meditation in Motion

Here is my new favorite toy: an indoor rowing machine. I had never used one of these before and my trainer at the gym plopped me on it at the end of my workout for the day. I totally loved it, even though I was tired from lifting already. The rhythm of it felt veryContinueContinue reading “Meditation in Motion”

In My Headphones: Fluke

So, recently I have been stuck on Fluke. They may be most well known to the general population (if at all) for the “sex/rave scene” music in The Matrix Reloaded, a track called Zion. Unless you listen to stuff like Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method and Underworld you probably haven’t heard of them. I dareContinueContinue reading “In My Headphones: Fluke”

Learning with some masters

I will be attending a four-day workshop on the Drupal CMS offered by Lullabot, a group of Drupal masters, in August. I have already figured out a lot of “the Drupal way” by working with it on my own but I really look forward to the prime opportunity to actually discuss specific questions and issuesContinueContinue reading “Learning with some masters”

I Talk Good

Here is site that is great for getting all riled up over language, Common Errors in English. One of my favorite parts is the Non-Errors page. I am certainly not the grammarian that I was raised to be but boy-howdy there are some errors out there that just really get under my skin. One phraseContinueContinue reading “I Talk Good”

RSS – A mysterious yet very useful tech thing

RSS is very difficult to explain to someone who hasn’t seen it in action. I end up describing it (very generally) like so: RSS is a way that a web site can make information (articles, train schedules, music, etc.) available in a technically standard way. There is a wide variety of a type of applicationContinueContinue reading “RSS – A mysterious yet very useful tech thing”

In My Headphones: Imogen Heap

I am not into music to the same degree I used to be years ago but I do have a nice big 30GB mp3 player that has a full range of music on it that I use for the commute back and forth to the big city. Now, I occasionally I go to random modeContinueContinue reading “In My Headphones: Imogen Heap”

The Art of Being Sick

Today I called in sick to work. I was up most of the night with a mystery stomach problem that lasted until about midday. This morning I went back and forth over whether to go to work or not. I was gradually feeling better but I was having waves of nausea about once an hourContinueContinue reading “The Art of Being Sick”

I write for 8th Graders

According to the Gunning-Fog index of readability I’m very good at writing simple sentences (we’ll just ignore that five syllable word back there). I have a paltry (yet desired?) 8.91{8f8e1de30cd05f4f204cb462a11d30b8b55091276a9d5bd962aa203a2aae90c8} of words that are three syllables or more. I guess repeating syllable over and over again will push that up. My Gunning-Fog index is atContinueContinue reading “I write for 8th Graders”

Our Newest Family Member

We have a new kitten. Meet Zoe. She has actually been here for three weeks now and has more then settled in as the new matriarch. I didn’t write about us losing Otto in March. It all happened quite suddenly. We finally had more of an answer for his increasingly odd behavior as it seemsContinueContinue reading “Our Newest Family Member”