Can you stop the rain?

November 27, 2004

Not that we really want the rain to be stopped. Tonight brought another round of rain on top a November that is already in the list of the wettest on record. More rain for the Mohave!

Why is Drupal missing?

November 27, 2004

I was cleaning up bookmarks and came across OpenSource CMS. Interestingly there is no mention of Drupal on their site. Why would that be? It is widely used and seems to be one of the most robust Open Source CMS solutions available.

Car dealers don't make it easy

November 22, 2004

So I called Findlay Volkswagen a bit ago about the Emissions Workshop! light on the Passat. I wanted to know how long it would take for them to hook it up to the computer when I bring it in so I could make an appointment. They have no idea. Or that's what Brian wanted me to believe. He tried to explain that because of the 150 possible causes of the light being on they had no idea how long it would take to hook up the computer and check it out. Hogwash. They know exactly how long it will take. I finally asked if it would take more or less than six weeks to get the diagnosis.

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One of those days

November 21, 2004

The Bryan Adams song of a few years ago asks have you ever had one of those days? Yes! Today was the day for a Thanksgiving trail ride. Of course it started raining last night and has been raining and snowing ever since. Las Vegas is below the snow level, but the early morning trip to pack everything up was more than we could handle. Sarah and Linda went to the lunch portion of the ride in the car and I went to work. Time to install Subversion. Head over to Wilfredo Sanchez's site to pick up the necessary parts. Of course there are no directions. No specific instructions. It turns out Sanchez must be in the midst of refresh because several files are dated Friday and the tools don't work. Time to drive home in the rain and snow.

Some rice with your Curry?

November 20, 2004

I'm trying the attachment. I was looking at Adam Curry's site where he talks about Google picking up on his move. The ads I saw pointed out another problem with computer matching words. Google serves up an ad for Curries of the World on Adam Curry's site. In this case Curry != curry.

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Blogging tools

November 17, 2004

I was reminded when looking at Joe Trippi's Drupal site of a podcast from BloggerCon III this weekend. Scoble was leading a session and there was a great deal of discussion of categories. Drupal makes categories so simple and everybody can easily subscribe to the man feed or any category they want. Can't decide which category to put something in, it doesn't matter. It can easily go in more than one.

Juris Prudence

November 17, 2004

"The issue is not whether the decision should have been decided in the Florida or U.S. supreme courts, but that the Constitution had been violated. ... The only decision was to put an end to it after three weeks and looking like fools to the rest of the world. It was too much of a mess." said Justice Antonin Scalia.

There is an old addage that says it's better to keep one's mouth shut and let people think you a fool than open your mouth and prove it. Thanks to Justice Scalia for collectively proving to the world what they only thought until then.

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