How to Tell a Company to Support FireFox

If a company you do business with still has not implemented FireFox support on its web site, send a polite yet determined request.

Dear [Company],

Smarter Microphone Use for Recording Presentations

Introduction

The inspiration for this article came from watching numerous DrupalCon and other Drupal-related videos that had a hand-held video camera recording the presenter's voice from a distance, rendering the audio unintelligible.

The video aspect of presentations will be addressed in a separate article.

Holocaust Denial? School District Pulls Anne Frank's Diary

In a disastrous move that many will probably view as Holocaust denial, Culpeper County Public Schools pulled Anne Frank's diary from the curriculum and from the shelves, because the book contained references to sexuality.

Web-Only Research: Convenience, Laziness or Ignorance?

I am repeatedly disturbed by people actually believing that they can in any way verify the authenticity of news online, or that they can do reliable research on the Internet.

A Greed of Their Own

Professional sports have reached a point when the leagues are primarily about money, not about the games, as this article points at an example.

We should probably look way past the insignificant issue of licensing fees and see the much bigger problem.

Skype Shutdown Scare Emphasizes Need for Open Source

eBay's threat to shut Skype down over licensing disputes is a prime example of why everyone from corporations to users must think about open source.

Avatar Is Not Code Pink Propaganda

A few musings from my identi.ca posts in response to the media trying to make a story when there is not one.

Tunes for the Day, December 25, 2009: Falco with Brigitte Nielsen, Jean Michel Jarre

"Body Next to Body" by Falco with Brigitte Nielsen; "Industrial Revolution" by Jean Michel Jarre

There is no denying it: the 80s were a decade of musical excess. Today we have two examples for your consideration.

Drupal and Pressflow Compatibility

A forum encounter with a user worried about committing to Pressflow emphasizes the importance of understanding the Drupal cross-compatibility.

Using Open Source versus Being Open Source

Whitehouse.gov implementing Drupal has open source advocates rejoicing, but it is worth remembering that using open source is not the same as being open source.

Drupal Forks and Distributions

In the spirit of true open source, Drupal has its own forks or distributions, or whatever we want to call them.

Not surprisingly, when an open source solution is stable, flexible and powerful, it is bound to gain a large userbase and scores of developers who want to customize it. The best aspect of such tweaking is that the results are released back to the community. Let us look at some popular Drupal distributions today.

Protect Your Pricey Software Licenses

While service plans and extended warranties on consumer electronics are often money-sucking schemes, protecting your licenses for music production software is a good idea.

The End of the World: Sarah Connor Chronicles Is No More!

Apparently, after decades of existence, television still does not get it right.

Back in the Saddle, Experimenting with OpenCalais and RDF

After getting back to civilization, I feel like stepping into the future and implementing semantic web capabilities on some of my sites.

Electronic Musician: Build a Laptop Studio on Any Budget

Electronic Musician gives a few pointers on setting up a laptop music studio for any budget.

Planet Drupal TV Now Feedcasting

Planet Drupal TV aggregates multiple Drupal video sources.

Quick Drupal update today: http://www.planetdrupal.tv is now online, with videos pulled from 12 different feeds. You can see what is popular and sign up to participate in forum discussions.

Terminator: TSSC Season Finale Will Blow You Away (No Spoilers)

Already one of the strongest showings of the franchise (discussed previously), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has not only impressed with the last five episodes of its second season, but it will probably have fans threaten producers with termination if the series is not continued at least for another year.

DrupalCon's "Why I Hate Drupal"

For those who may accuse some of us Drupalers of being fanboys, here is a video that I find very influential in my dealings with the content management framework.

Kindle Owners Find Out the Hard Way About DRM

Users getting their Kindle account locked out due to returned purchases is a harsh reminder that digital rights management (DRM) will never really let consumers own anything.

Thesitewizard.com Misinformation on Drupal

Thesitewizard.com's Christopher Heng makes setting up and using Drupal seem dramatically more difficult than it really is.

Elgg, MediaWiki, Drupal Overlap

As many developers have pointed out, Elgg and MediaWiki functions can be easily replicated in Drupal.

Zacker.org had a great article on the subject:

Useful Drupal Modules: Print, AddThis, Simplenews, Twitter

The availability of an immense variety of modules for it shows the ubiquity of Drupal.

Drupal Updates, Multisite, Access Control

Easily migrating multiple Drupal sites into one installation was just as easy as fixing an Access Control Module bug.

All Hail the Power of Drupal

The more I use Drupal, the more projects it becomes the solution for.

Tunes for the Day, February 21, 2009: Blackmore's Night, Ishtar Alabina

"Way to Mandalay" by Blackmore's Night; "Yalla Bina Yalla (Mashallah)" by Ishtar Alabina

Before anyone gets the idea that all the songs in this feature are gothic metal, there are two completely different offerings today.

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