It’s fresh fruit season and yet here I am pulling the frozen kind out for Mallory’s mandatory, pre-bread dose of healthy.
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cmkl: Drupal why do you do this to me
So I’ve had to put off the launch of one of these regional websites I’m doing at work because I cannot figure out Views 2.0 in Drupal 6. It is a very powerful web application but it is horribly designed and the user interface is punishing to the point …
Continue readingcmkl: I just unlinked LinkedIn: I don’t like the ‘pay for a peek’ bit
So I got this bulk email from LinkedIn today explaining how for a little bit of money I could see exactly who was viewing my profile and everything everyone posted about themselves on this Career/Business networking site. And it bugged me. A lot. And I…
Continue readingcmkl: Jack Layton: grief, mourning and then action
I won’t dwell on how awful I feel over Jack Layton’s passing this morning. I do. But everyone does. Y’all don’t need to read about my grief. I’m not all that close to party politics and I only ever shook Jack’s hand once or twice despite following his …
Continue readingcmkl: A mixed day
On the one hand, the rainy cold weather, combined with a birthday party for her Nibs, gave me some daylight time to work on a long-neglected volunteer project. And clean toilets. And do laundry.
Continue readingcmkl: Junior entrepreneurs
Mallory and her friend Claire spent most of this morning selling lemonade and muffins in front of our house. They were adorable.
Continue readingcmkl: Next flight lands me in my own bed
I have never done this much flying all jammed together like this. It gives me a new appreciation for those who do. And it sorta makes me long for when we start running out of gas and this sort of flying becomes impossibly expensive.
Continue readingcmkl: On to Calgary
It’s a lot easier to train two people than eight. Especially when one of them used to produce websites. Today I think went pretty well. We were done a bit early and I had a chance to shoot the breeze with two awesome women who work for my employer in t…
Continue readingcmkl: And now, Saskatoon
The Paris of the Prairies. If I’m lucky there’ll be enough time post training and pre-flight to walk along the river. Today went pretty well. The folks in the Winnipeg office are using Contribute to edit their static site, so the cut paste and post reg…
Continue readingcmkl: Winnipeg seems in great shape
I don’t visit all that often. But generally speaking I’ve been here every few years. I tend to measure the health of the people and the province by how much plywood I see covering shop windows on Portage Ave. And as Manitobans head into an election, Po…
Continue readingcmkl: The Prairie tour begins tomorrow
So I’m heading out west for a three day Drupal training tour starting tomorrow evening. Winnipeg tomorrow, then Saskatoon, then Calgary. Back home on Friday. When we arranged this tour it seemed to sort of make sense. We’ll see how I feel when I get back.
Continue readingcmkl: Life before photoshop
Special effects. Wow. I have to laugh at some of the things that were done in the name of ‘enhancing’ photographs in the pre-Photoshop era. Sandwiching two slides together. Taking a picture then winding the film back and shooting again. Colouring nega…
Continue readingcmkl: Exhuming Kodachromes
And Ektachromes. In an attempt to shed stuff I have purchased a slide/negative scanner and have been spending some time digitizing the tons and tons of little yellow plastic boxes I have full of slides.
Continue readingcmkl: Sleepover
Mallory’s friend C. Is over for my daughter’s first sleepover. Earlier we were worried that Mallory wouldn’t have the courage to sleep with a non-parent. She has only ever slept with her Auntie Janet before.
Continue readingcmkl: As kid-focused and limited as it was
This weekend’s trip really did whet my appetite for this September’s canoe trip with my friend Martin. We’re going to Killarney Park this time. Something of a re-do of trips I’ve done before, but we’re going through some terrain I’ve never seen and Kil…
Continue readingcmkl: Frontenac Park, Site cluster 5
We’re back from three nights and four days at Frontenac Park. We had a lovely time. Select photos below. Some random notes before I fade off to sleep.
Continue readingcmkl: Heading to Frontenac Park. This should be interesting
We’re heading off tomorrow for some canoe-in camping. With the whole fam. Frontenac Park. No portages, but we do have to take all our stuff with us in the canoe and leave the car behind. Figure we’ll stay there for the whole reservation?
Continue readingcmkl: Frustrating evening with the machine
I’m trying to do two things with my computer. Actually now that I’m writing my post-of-the-day, it’s three. Let’s see if we can go Oh for Three.
Continue readingcmkl: Francis Fuels: customer service heroes
It’s a bit unusual for me to be crowing about a product or service, but the service technicians at Francis Fuels really do deserve praise. For the last little bit – like since they got our HRV working and we’ve had heat – there’s been this little water…
Continue readingcmkl: Stephen Harper wants to be the public service’s best friend, or rather he did
Or rather he did. Before getting elected. This deserves more attention. “We have no plans to cut departmental program spending” Harper wrote in the Ottawa Citizen in 2006.
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