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Instant Drupal project backlog or how I learn by doing

Sep24
2008 Leave a Comment Written by jtinsky

I’ve been wanting to learn a comprehensible content management system ever since I had to start dealing with Plone. Plone looks great on paper and if you need all it has to offer it’s great. But it’s a monster to comprehend and to run. Not the best choice for your average cheap shared hosting situation.

So this summer I interviewed with a big Drupal shop who had done some very nice work using Drupal (didn’t get the job). In the course of preparing for the interview I gave Drupal a look and decided to use it sometime in the future.

Yesterday I met with the San Diego chapter of the Sierra Club and we decided to use Drupal to move their content off the national CMSish infrastructure and I’ll be doing the development.

In addition my co-worker wants to convert http://www.azrarecords.com/ to a CMS and yesterday at the Morley Field dog park one of Bucky’s long time fans said she needs a CMS and wants me to help her.

So Drupal it is for the near future. I took a look last night and learned a lot in a short period. That says a lot for the ease of use.

Stay tuned for more Drupal comprehension updates. And NO this doesn’t mean I’m giving up Django. I’d never do that.

See more progress on: learn drupal
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RegEx Buddy as a learning aid

Sep22
2008 Leave a Comment Written by jtinsky

For a long time, nearly 8 years now, I’ve known of and wanted to learn regular expressions. For about 6.5 of those years I couldn’t wrap my head around them. Then I got a job where I have to write some intermediate regexes nearly every day using Perl.

At first I really struggled even though I had plenty of examples and material to learn on. Then I discovered RegEx Buddy and I started to grok RegExes.

I can’t say that I’m a guru now but I can do most of what I need to now and I’d attribute most of it to the breakthroughs I’ve had using this simple tool.

See more progress on: master regular expressions
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My Review of Eagle Creek Tarmac Wheeled Luggage – 22”

Sep11
2008 Leave a Comment Written by jtinsky

Originally submitted at REI

Tired of tracking down lost luggage? Carry on everything you need for a weekend getaway or business trip in the sleek 22 in. Eagle Creek Tarmac.


May not fit all overhead compartments

By Rutherstone from San Diego, CA on 9/11/2008

 

4out of 5

Pros: Easy To Identify, Easy To Carry, Easy To Access Items, Good Capacity, High Quality

Cons: Sized too large to fit

Best Uses: Long Vacations, Weekend Trips

Describe Yourself: Modern, Practical

Primary use: Personal

This bag is well organized, holds more than you’d think and looks good. I think the quality is excellent and I’d generally recommend it to anyone. I bought the orange and gray so it’s easy to identify if you check it.

My only issue with it is that it’s a bit too large to fit in all overhead compartments. Specifically I took it on a two week trip to Argentina and it barely fit in the overhead compartemnt of an American Airlines MD-80 and 757 in the first class cabin.

I ended up making it fit after a lot of pushing and wedging but when I pulled it out of the MD-80 bin the little metal Eagle Creek logo badge got torn off the bag.

I also tried to fit it into the metal sizing device as I walked down the runway and found the bag to exceed the size of the sizing device.

(legalese)

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