This article on OPEN Forum about social media friendly business cards prompted me to create a personal QR code with my contact details. Here’s a decent list of QR code generators. A lot didn’t work for me — scanning the code with i-nigma reader app resulted in garbled or missing data that I couldn’t import into the [...]
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After upgrading a site with complex CCK node types, I ran into this error on the node type’s manage fields page: This content type has inactive fields. Inactive fields are not included in lists of available fields until their modules are enabled. It went on to list every Computed Field and FeedField I was using [...]
I’m not a programmer so I’m especially happy when I can contribute to Drupal meaningfully. I submitted a patch today to add caching to the Whois module. http://drupal.org/node/698850
I bought and setup Kayako as our internal issue ticketing system this week. Ran into a couple of small bumps during the install — I was missing Zend and mCrypt. But otherwise, installation was smooth. The Kayako manual is pretty good. (Though it sucks that there is only a PDF version of the manual. Come [...]
I miss the eraserhead mouse pointer on my old Thinkpad. It’s so convenient for switching between typing and quickly using the mouse. If the laptop only has a trackpad, you have to move your whole hand to move the mouse. It’s annoying. With the eraserhead, you don’t even have to lift up your palm. Your [...]
Apple’s “There’s An App For That” campaign is so good that I expect apps for all kinds of things, and have actually been disappointed. I recently searched for these apps that don’t exist: IMDB — to add insult to injury, there isn’t a mobile version of the website. MSN/Bing Video — to watch The Guild. [...]
I wanted to add a “currently reading” list of books to this blog. One of the better plugins I found was Aaron Forgue’s Amazon Showcase. It lets you create multiple showcases — lists of Amazon items you select using the ASIN or ISBN-10 number. Each showcase can then be used in the sidebar as a [...]
My first taste of Drupal was the 4.6 version in 2006. I very clearly remember running into the flexinode module and thinking “OMG, custom content types! Woo! That’s exactly what I want in a CMS!” Haven’t looked back since. Below are the slides that Dries used to present the State of Drupal at Drupalcon ’09. [...]
I’ve worked in IT for nearly 10 years now. First as a help desk operator, then a Linux sysadmin, and now a Drupal developer/webmaster. In that time, I’ve run into a handful of really perplexing problems. ”Perplexing” meaning after hours (usually, days) of troubleshooting, I can’t figure out why the system is suddenly unstable. You [...]
I took my sysadmin friend Marc to DrupalCampLA 2009 this past weekend. When we get together, I go on and on about Drupal and he waxes on about Django. I think he got the sense of why I tell everyone I know to use Drupal for their web projects. Especially after sitting in on Rain [...]
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