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Currently looking for small Drupal projects

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 10:18 — kitt

I'm currently looking for Drupal contract work. In particular, I'm looking for smaller projects, short-term work. A smaller project can be an entire project start to finish for a site that is well defined in terms of features and can use most of the modules that currently exist (that is to say, minimal custom work); or a part of a larger project. The small part of a larger project appeals to me, as I enjoy working in groups and seeing parts come together into a fantastic whole.

My resume is Drupal heavy as of late, and I'd like to continue that. I am not, however, opposed to other PHP work. I'm good with PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, browser Javascript (drifting towards jQuery), integrating sites together (consuming APIs, so to speak), and Linux/Apache/SSL site setup.

Please do contact me if you have a Drupal project (or maybe another project that could be otherwise interesting, no sense in limiting myself to just Drupal!).

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Ice cream with Dad

Wed, 01/25/2012 - 16:35 — kitt

On the way to the airport today, Dad commented, "we should have stopped for ice cream," just as we were at Midway. It was 3:13PM, my flight wasn't until 4:45PM, and really, having ice cream with Dad? Totally worth being late for. I encouraged him to turn around, let's go! He was a little surprised, but turned right and we were on our way.

Ice cream with Dad has become our little bonding moments. Well, ice cream and cupcakes. Apparently sugar-cravings run in the family. Go us.

I like how much of a little kid Dad is when he has a bowl of ice cream. He knows how to enjoy them, and it makes me very happy to see him smiling and grinning over them. So, yeah, if I'm late for my flight, meh, so I have a crappy seat; if I miss it, there's the next one. I'm willing to miss a flight to hang out with Dad for just a little longer.

I ended up at the airport at 3:45PM, through the (wrong) security line by 4:19PM (the priority line had the x-ray machine, and the peon line had only metal detectors, so, yeah, peon line for me!), and at the gate by 4:25PM. Totally worth taking that chance for ice cream with Dad.

Remembering a meltdown

Sat, 01/21/2012 - 15:55 — kitt

Today I witnessed the complete and total meltdown of a four year old. He was upset about something or other that I suspect neither he, nor his father, actually remembered. The wailing, the tears, the destructive moment, the pounding, the air-hitting, all of it warped into a

And I thought about the number of times I had done that as a child. I recall only a few, but certainly not because I had only a few. I'm sure I had a lot more than a few, with that certainty coming from my grumpy face in more than a small number of family photos.

Actually, of the photos of my childhood that I actually have, my nose is red from crying more often than it is not.

I was clearly either a frustrated and / or frustrating child.

After seeing the meltdown, I texted both my mom and my dad and apologized, once again, for being such a horrible child. I'm not sure I actually was any more difficult than any other child, as a whole I couldn't have been too bad: I didn't use drugs, I enjoyed going to school, I had good grades, I had good friends. There's a difference, however, between being a good kid and being an easy kid.

And I know that I wasn't an easy kid.

Both my parents responded.

Skallops, another Kickstarter backing

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 19:43 — kitt

Managed to make it completely through December without backing a single Kickstarter project. I find that both good (didn't spend money - go go go austerity program go!) and sad (didn't help someone towards their goal).

Broke that streak today:

It's from Evan Murphy and Michael Woods, of trebuchette fame, and fellow Tech alums, along with Marshall Grinstead, also a Tech alum.

Kinda excited about this. I'm mostly excited about building things with H & L with them, move away from passive games into deliberate creativity and making things.

Related: FIRST!