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29Nov/110

Views_Slideshow not working after upgrade to X.x-3.x branch?

Make sure you've added jquery.cycle to your libraries, as seen here.

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10Oct/110

Drupal & Views: Exposed Sorts (Sort by field)

As another installment in my infinity-long series of things I've known and forgotten about Drupal, and thus am posting here for posterity, it turns out that Views 3 (presently in Alpha) has this functionality built in, so you don't need to employ any hooks or external modules or anything else.

Almost as an aside, I have no idea why merlinofchaos regards this as "alpha" quality. Works *great* on my install.

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18Oct/070

Free Rice

There's a non-profit running a fun game online that donates 10 grains of rice per correct answer on a vocabulary test. [link]

I've been playing it here-and-there throughout the day today, and I've racked up about 1,200 grains thus far. :)

21May/070

Did it Again

Dear Wendy's:

When you stop wrapping your sandwiches in non-microwavable foil, I'll stop trying to microwave non-microwavable foil.

My life might depend on it, so I'd appreciate it deeply if you made this important safety alteration today.

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28Apr/070

It’s a slippery slope…

When I heard that "Girls Gone Wild" mogul Joe Francis was being busted for tax evasion, my response was probably much the same as yours was. I couldn't give a crap less.

But, watching some late-night TV, I noticed that the GGW ads are still running. With Francis imprisoned and his tax evasion case looming, who do you really think will get the proceeds from a GGW video you might buy today?

The United States Government is, effectively, now in the soft-core pr0n industry.

Food for thought.

22Jan/070

Ubuntu Studio

Ubuntu's development teams recently announced a new Ubuntu flavor aimed at multimedia and video production environments. [link]

Speaking as someone who's tried to steer video-editing friends into F/OSS, only to find the true GPL solutions "not yet ready for prime-time", I applaud this move: the right move at the right time.