January 2011

  • My Drupal 7 Surprise

    January 31, 2011 - 00:00
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    Technology
    Personal
    I upgraded my blog to Drupal 7 this weekend and for the most part I am pretty happy with the results so far. I had to disable my twitter functionality for now since that module is not Drupal 7 ready yet. I should have reviewed the release notes a little closer though since I did miss one important issue. Drupal 7 removed the blogapi functionality from core and the contrib module is not ready yet so I can use my Ecto client on my Mac or my iblogger client on my iPhone to update my blog. For now the only way I can post is to use the web interface. Hopefully that functionality will be back available in the next couple months.

  • Back to Drupal 6

    January 31, 2011 - 00:00
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    Technology
    Personal
    I am strongly considering moving my site back to Drupal 6. I have been working for a couple days with my blog in Drupal 7 and have found that working in Drupal 7 is very slow. Working inside of Drupal 7 has actually been painful it is so slow at times. I am going to do a little more research but think I might go ahead and roll this back to Drupal 6 and regain all my functionality and some speed back.

  • Getting Ready for 2011

    January 30, 2011 - 00:00
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    Personal
    3-Day
    The Twin Cities 3 Day is only 200 days away and it's time to start getting ready. I ordered a new pair of shoes so this year I will have two pairs of my New Balance 1200's and won't have to rely on my old keens as a backup in case of rain. I have also decided that 2010 was the last year for my waist pack and water bottles. I am going to try walking with a Camel Back backpack this year instead. I am looking forward to the weather getting nicer so I can get out and walk again. For the time being it's just going to be working out in the gym and doing some walking on the treadmill. I sent out my first fund raising leter today and I am looking at some other fund raising activities for this year to get ready for next year. Next year my daughter will be 16 and wants to walk with me so we will have to raise twice as much.

  • Drupal Users Group

    January 17, 2011 - 00:00
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    Technology
    Personal

    I have been working with Drupal for several years now and I am constantly learning more about this CMS. A couple months ago I decided to attend a meeting of my local Drupal Users group to see if I could learn more and maybe I could share something with others as well. The Drupal 414 group is fairly small but the meetings have been interesting and I think there is potential for the group to grow. I am finding the meetings helpful and am starting to get more involved. It's all a matter of time. There is at least one other web group in Milwaukee that I would like to join but they meet on Wednesday when I can't make it. Maybe I can in the future. In the mean time, if you are in Milwaukee and interested in Drupal, join us at a meeting on the Third Thursday of the Month.