Posts
2011
Quick lick of paint.
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It’s amazing what a quick lick of paint can do!
I’m now using a theme called simple clean and overriding all default fonts with a font selected using the Google Fonts module.
That Feeling
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You know that feeling… the one where your 2000 meters up staring out over snow covered mountains shaking snow off your skis, looking down the hill, picking the line, clearing your mind, ready for that one last push, sinking down as your skis carve through the snow, leaning into corners as you sweep round effortless turns.
Kickstarting a Drupal Module
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Here’s a novel idea, why not use Kickstarter.com to fund module development?
For example (because we can never have to many!) a new Image Slideshow module. The base price would be say $1000 to kick start the development process.
Retiring the drupal.org forum.
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Note: Due to popular demand I’m publishing this early, there will be future revisions.
There’s a post on the drupal.org mailing list which caught my attention - http://bit.ly/g56sOj
There has been some chatter on Twitter concerning the future of the forums on drupal.
Lazy Mans Guide to Aeropress Brewing
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For well over a year now I’ve been using an Aeropress. I started with a crappy espresso machine, then moved on to cafetiere, still dabble with filters (Chemex is on my list of things to buy) but the one piece of equipment I’ve stuck with has been my Aeropress.
2010
Module Goto
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Module Goto is a small module that extends the great Root Candy theme for Drupal, it provides simple menu that appears on the right hand side of the module page which allows you to click and navigate between the different field sets.
MI1 Dynamic Admin Menu
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Record the most used admin menu items and create a menu containing those links. Possibly tie in with Root Candys drop down bar or custom menu support.
The idea behind these MI* (Module Idea) posts is for me to quickly post ideas that I have in the hope that I’ll either write the module or someone else will have a go.
Panic Coding
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What started out as an amusing joke at work one day has turned into quite an interesting concept. After mentioning it to my colleagues and developer friends on IRC this seemed to snowball into some kind of monster.
Drupalcon Copenhagen 2010 Swag!
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I think the dust has settled form Drupalcon CPH, at least my hangover is now well and truly gone (although probably never forgotten, damned Awesomesauce!)
Overall it was a great experience got to meet lots of really cool people both from the drupal community and form #drupaluk.
Scrobbling from iPod classic using Foobar
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I figured I’d write this as a reference for an IRC channel I op as quit a few people wonder how to Scrobble from an iPod Classic.
You need a few things: