Posted in Education, Web Design on Oct 10th, 2007 No Comments »
So, after doing a bit of research it turns out what I need to learn to do what I want to do on the web — whether it be in Drupal, Joomla, or a standalone site — is AJAX, and more specifically AJAX in combination with PHP.
Sometimes it’s pretty crazy how hard it is to [...]
Posted in Programming/Software, Web Design on Oct 9th, 2007 No Comments »
I love Drupal. After all, I run almost all of my websites with it.
However, it’s a HUGE PAIN IN THE ARSE if you want to do anything custom — as in anything that falls outside the list of standard modifications, modules, and themes.
I’m not sure whether it’s a case of too little documentation or [...]
Posted in Education on Oct 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
There are a lot of crappy business books out there in the world, many of them by folks who have no idea how to say anything useful. Most of them say the same thing as any other business book, regurgitate the same platitudes, and describe vague, general concepts without including any of the nuts [...]
Posted in Employment on Oct 1st, 2007 No Comments »
It’s been a while since my last update. I didn’t want to admit it in public, but it turns out that I just wasn’t ready to “survive without a job”. There was just too much I didn’t know and I didn’t have a large enough aggregate income stream to keep going without a job.
I’ve taken [...]