I'm currently in the process of updating the site to Drupal 4.7 and Gallery 2.1. I'm using the process to get familiar with both application's multisite hosting capabilities. The upgrade of Drupal went smoothly. Left on the to do list is to update the Kubrick-based theme which currently does not display my primary links. I'm fairly pleased with the updates I've seen in the interface. The gallery should be back on line later today. I'll add additional information as I complete these updates.
I've been blogging occasionally for a few years now. During this time I've mixed my thoughts about work with posts about my family, but no longer. My new blog will
Well, our web site here at http://kieffers.name has been updated (as if you hadn't noticed already). I decided to decommission the old version, which I created from scratch a couple years back to better learn the PHP programming language. The new site is based on Drupal, an open source CMS (content management system). I like Drupal very much.
I just returned from the InterLab 2003 Conference held at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California. A gaggle of my coworkers also attended and we had a great time. It was a great bonding experience without the distraction of work.
The first thing I need to say is that it's so nice to see so much green. Portland's downtown is beautiful with big maple and oak trees lining the downtown streets. The riverfront park that separates downtown from the Willamette River stretches quite a ways and provides the path from the hotel I'm staying at to the conference location. It's hard to believe that Portland and Oregon have the highest unemployment rates for US cities and states. It's such a great town, who wouldn't want to locate a business here?
A car drives by with a loud booming stereo during a family dinner. Chad says, "Teenagers, can't live with 'em, can't shoot them." Owen replies, "Yeah, cuz they'll shoot back."