Simple test drupal7_presentation_la_drupal_jul21-2010

Today is the 11th annual SysAdmin Day. It's celebrated worldwide on the last Friday of July and is a way to thank those who fight daily to keep the NET alive. Chances are that your SysAdmin has setup and manages everything that makes your precious business stay online. So head on over and thank him/her, give 'em a pat on the back, buy 'em a few tacos and don't take them for granted. Your business and the interwebs depend on them.

Adam Ross (aka Grayside on Drupal.org) gave a great, in-depth presentation on OpenAtrium. OpenAtrium is known as an "intranet in a box" since it provides great project management & case tracker tools from the jump-off.

Today was Anti-Discrimination Day in FIFA. It was really exhilirating and inspiring to see the Captains of each team read a statement (in English!) about their passionate disapproval of discrimination, not just in their profession of choice but also in the worldwide community. What a breath of fresh air! In today's day & age you will hardly ever hear an athlete make socio-political statements.

The Site of the Month for July 2010 is South Africa's 2010 FIFA World Cup site. As the World Cup starts to wind down, it is a nice time to reflect upon how awesome this event has been. From the inauguration, featuring Nelson Mandela, to all the wonderful goals & even to the much-hated vuvuzelas, it has been a very fun & festive event.

The Site of the Month for June 2010 is the End Poverty by 2015 project. As the World Cup gets underway and we start looking outward to the world at-large, this is a great project to get behind as it is a wonderful ideal. This was the historic promise made by 189 world leaders at the United Nations Millenium Summit in 2000.

Turbine Software, developers of the Lord of the Rings Online, announced today that the game is going Free2Play coming this Fall.

So my hosting provider (Dreamhost) somehow, accidentally deleted my databases. I sure was glad to have a backup (as they did not)! Unfortunately, the most recent backup that I found wasn't as current as I would've liked- so I lost a lot of content. It's just good general practice to take database snapshots as often as possible and archive them somewhere off-site. Hosting providers, sometimes, provide tools to do this. You can also do this manually whenever you like.

Happy Geek Pride Day! Geek Pride Day became a worldwide holiday in 2006 after it was celebrated in both Spain and on the internet on May 25th. It supports the right for every person to be a nerd or a geek. There's even a Geek Pride Manifesto which included the basic rights and responsibilities of geeks!