This is a "new" blog for me. (On Drupal, of course.) (Different from my old blog, which I haven't contributed to in a while as I've been launching Acquia.)
But I need a theme – and I'd prefer something unique, vs. an off-the-shelf Drupal theme.
Anybody who wants to pitch me on creating one should contact me.
The thoughts of the aged.... This makes me wish I were 28, could live on a few spare bucks, and go live the cycling racer life for at least a couple of years. Spending my days training. Living for the next race, the camraderie of my racing buddies, the wins, and the losses.
I'll have to settle for hoping my body doesn't rebel so much on me that I can't at least go here (Tenerefe) and do the rides.
Kashmir Kalifornia Videoclip Competition! Cycling in Tenerife:
In the mid-1990's I ran engineering at ON Technology. One of our most profitable products was MeetingMaker, an enterprise-grade calendaring system. It was a much loved - and equally despised - product among companies that (for whatever reason) weren't running Microsoft Exchange but needed a "real" calendaring system to run their company. Faithful customers included Cisco, Apple, Kaiser-Permanente, Boeing, and many other large companies. From what I hear, a number of these companies still use (and hate) MeetingMaker to this day.
Lots of video conversations. Jay gets goofy occasionally. Jeff runs a timer to keep us (me) from going down too many rabbit holes. Dries wears headphones to keep from driving Karlijn nuts.
Drupalcon Szeged 2008. Kieran and I are walking to meet some Drupalers at a patio bar, and I spot a sign for a fitness studio.
Just. Too. Hard. To. Resist.
Traveling from Boston to Hungary for Drupalcon, I flew threw Paris CDG. These guys were on my second leg flight (CDG>BUD). They caught my eye first on the shuttle from the terminal to the plane, and then they sat as a group in the plane.
At first I thought they were rough ne'er-do-wells that had been hired as schwag-hander-outers (or other temporary labor) by Lotto for some event, and were traveling there. Wrong....
Your perspective changes as the years go by.
Spend a day in a foreign country and find a way to converse with locals about some interesting thing about the country.
A young person will say about that day: Today I learned a lot about ...."
Somebody a couple of decades older will say about that day: Today I learned a little about ...."
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Signed:
Me, sounding like everyone's father.
If you do web development, you probably know about A List Apart. If you don't, you should.
They do a survey each year to get demographic info about web professionals. It's helpful to the industry. You should take it. I did.
It's pretty obvious; everybody says it's China. But here's the graph to show it:
The Tour is the most exciting sports event of the year for me. I follow each day's stage with keen interest. It's a wonderful event to be a fan of, because it's such a long-lasting high. In contrast to the Super Bowl (which I do watch and love), the TdF gives you the gratification of competition for three straight weeks.
When the winner is announced (congratulations, Carlos!), it's all exciting and is the ultimate achievement. And all that's great.
But, the day after - today - the "What now?" feeling starts to appear.
