DrupalEd and DrupalBlog: Preconfigured Drupal Distributions. Getting the word out to see if anyone has any feedback. This was originally posted on cyberdash.com: One of the biggest complaints about Drupal is that it's difficult to configure. I'll agree. As I've said in this discussion thread on drupal.org, most Drupal users know “that the reason that […]

note well the norms that certain universities are trying to establish and note who those norms serve.

uh-huh. from the facinating essay :: phpPatterns() – Templates and Template Engines “So… [IA? EH.] —— could be interesting, but it goes nowhere.

Think Secret: Virginia Tech cluster awaits G5 Xserves. And we're behind them in line. 🙁 [Hack the Planet] ——- this is not really news, but falling off the list might be somewhat important.

i've always liked this wesite, i don't know why. it pops up on my radar about once or twice a year and always makes me smile.

Infocus: TCP/IP Skills Required for Security Analysts. This article guides users new to the security field through some of the key skills required to work as a security analyst. The focus is on core TCP/IP competency and related technologies such as intrusion detection systems, firewalls and routers. [SecurityFocus News] —— i'm not an expert and […]

White House Throws Its Support Behind a Bill to Overhaul Supercomputing Programs. The Bush administration has endorsed a bill to revamp the federal government's supercomputing programs. (The Chronicle of Higher Education) [Chronicle.com – The Wired Campus] ——- i'm not sure this is worth it, but it is interesting to watch the direction that computer policy […]

Karl Auerbach: ICANN Out of Control. 17 May 2004: “October's distributed, denial-of-service attack against the domain name system–the most serious yet, in which seven of the thirteen DNS roots were cut off from the Internet–put a spotlight on ICANN, the nongovernmental corporation responsible for Internet addressing and DNS. The security of DNS is on ICANN's […]

Word out. Marc Canter: At the end of the day – it's not just the code that makes up the standard, but the people who use it. This is consistent with Things really go boom when Demand gets the power to Supply. That's my current corollary to Cluetrain. [The Doc Searls Weblog]

Blogging and Cost. I've been thinking about money and blogging today, in part because so many people are writing about MovableType's pricing. thanks, ailaina I can't seem to figure out how much I receive from this weblog. But I can figure out roughly how much I spend — mostly in time. The expense number is […]