Darren Mothersele

Essential Drupal Viewing

Darren — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:56:21 +0000

I was lucky enough to see Jakub Suchy give an awesome summary of Drupal security features today at the Drupal Camp in Prague. I would recommend keeping an eye on the DrupalCamp website for the video recording to be posted - essential Drupal viewing!

Views as Embeddable Widgets

Darren — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:33:40 +0000

If you want to learn more about using Drupal in marketing, or meet some other Drupal users, then you should come along to the Drupal for Marketing event in London on evening of 29th October.

I will be doing a presentation on creating Widgets from content on your Drupal site. If you want to attend it's free but you need to register your interest on the Event Page

Drupal Events in London

Darren — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:09:27 +0000

It's been a long day, but I've finally finished relocating back to London. Unfortunately I just missed (by one day) a Drupal meet-up. It's always good to hang out with other people doing the same thing as you, and the Drupal community is awesome! It looks like there are a couple of events being lined up for October, including a Drupal for Marketing event on the 29th. I couldn't see it yet, but I'm sure info will be posted to the Drupal UK site soon.

Dr. Woohoo! Cards

Darren — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:08:23 +0000

My new Moo cards are ordered. I just had to get the Dr Woohoo designs. They are lovely, here's a few examples:

Not familiar with Dr Woohoo? I wasn't either. He is a New Mexico based artist who's work "combines the intelligence of algorithms, the creative expressiveness of organic media with behaviors found in natural systems". I'm very interested in how programmatic code combined with abstracted artistic ideas can be used to produce such sophisticated artworks. I've heard that the algorithms used have a lot in common with those of artificial intelligence. I'll be looking into this in more detail.

Flying visit...

Darren — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:00:46 +0000

I'm going to be in London for a few days this week, followed by a quick visit to Lancaster for a P2P-Next meeting. Maybe I'll see you along the way? If not this time maybe soon? You may have heard the rumours that I'll be back in London on a more permanent basis from October. :) Well, I can't confirm anything yet, but I'll announce here as soon as I know what's going on...

Turned off automatic publishing of comments

Darren — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:08:02 +0000

Commenting is still active, and I will try to approve and publish comments as soon as possible after posting. I have had to turn off automatic publishing of comments while a stream of spam comments is hitting my site. Hopefully when the spammers see the comments are not getting published they will stop. Mollom seems to have stopped working, although my stats say that it is still blocking some spam.

Hello Drupalcon Paris

Darren — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:53:27 +0000

It's hot but raining in Paris. My suitcase was no match for Paris' cobbled streets. I arrived at the hostel drenched and dragging a now wheel-less case behind me. I'm not sure if any other Drupallers are staying in this hostel (FIAP) - but it's the best I've ever stayed in. After spending last weekend in a horrible smelly room in Edinburgh, this place is literally a 'breath of fresh air'.

Now I have to try and find the venue. Looking at Google Maps it looks like just a short walk away. It's raining still so I hope I've not underestimated the distance!

Data to quickly create a Country Field with CCK

Darren — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:42:21 +0000

Sometimes you just need a quick solution, using the built in functionality of modules you are already using without adding extra modules to your site. For example, you might want to add a country field to a node using CCK without the overhead of a complex module like Location.

Here's an easy way, just use a standard text field, with a "Select List" widget. You then just need the data to create the options. Here's the data you need, ready to copy and paste into the options for the CCK widget.

Drupal in Paris

Darren — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:10:31 +0000

I've got my ticket and travel sorted for Drupal conference in Paris from 1st-5th of Sept. Now I just need to sort out some accommodation. Please let me know if you've found a good budget hotel or hostel!

Learning Italian, A new website idea...

Darren — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:03:39 +0000

After talking with many people in Serbia for whom English was their second language it became apparent that the main way young people learn English is through music, TV and films.

I have been learning Italian for 4 months. I started with an intensive short course when we arrived in Italy, and have followed this up with audio courses and attempting to use websites like livemocha. It is clear now that I must start watching Italian films.