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It goes without saying that I love Star Trek. I 'll proudly say that I 've watched every movie, every episode, of every series. Yes, even Voyager, although by the end I felt I was doing so on principle. I 've read a couple of Star Trek novels in my youth, but they were never a big ( Read more... )

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I usually don't write much about what I do for a living. In previous years, I considered such public discussion taboo. My previous job didn't have an Internet media policy, and no recommended code of conduct. My current job, however, is more enlightened.

Today was the ( Read more... )

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The last two weeks have been more than a little draining. I've been pushing to complete a major update for a web-based class at work. While I have been working with the product for several months now, it was only a few weeks ago that I saw it in actual use. That made a ( Read more... )

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Working from home yesterday had its downsides. The biggest of course is one you wouldn't expect -- noise.

For those that have known me for a while you probably know that my hearing is particularly sensitive. In high school I could tell which room had a television on ( Read more... )

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One of the most requested features among our users (i.e., Me and the other four people using the site), is the ability to automatically save posts-in-progress.

This turned out to be easier than I had thought to implement as the Drafts module provides all the needed ( Read more... )

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The weekend is just getting started here. Pazi and I had a quiet breakfast of soy chirzo and toast. There was a call with Trice, most of which I had to duck out to take a shower. I would have waited, but something is making me profoundly uncomfortable in a rather ( Read more... )

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Today was difficult due to a bad bout of insomnia last night. For whatever reason, I just couldn't seem to sleep no matter how much I lay there in bed. My mind raced in spite of grogginess, revolving predominately around my soon-to-be-arriving toy.

I'm embarrassed to ( Read more... )

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Imagine your a novelist.

You have carried around a story in your head for almost an entire decade, but have been unable to write it. There have been several attempts, rewrites, false starts, and even one successful but aborted attempt. Life interrupts throughout all of ( Read more... )

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Test server changes:

• Updated to Drupal 6.15. This was the easiest core update I've ever done. In November, I had moved all the modules to the site folder as recommended for a 6.x site. Previously, everything was in modules/contrib, and it was always a hassle to get ( Read more... )