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Matters of Questionable Importance But Certain Value

drew — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:08:16 +0000

What matters (other than Twitter, naturally) occupy my extremely valuable time?

DREW DOPE! I put together a fun little website called POPE FACT. If you don't get it, don't worry—the website is an online version of a real-life game involving writing fake tattoos on people's knuckles. The launch fell on, and was in honor of, the birthday of Molly Hallweaver, one of the ladies who first introduced me to POPE FACT at Lake Tahoe.

I designed and launched a new version of the Lei-Out Beach Ultimate website. Joaq said it is the prettiest version to date, so that's worth something. Chalk up one win for gorgeous photographs found via Creative Commons search on Flickr. And, of course, the new Lei-Out website is running on my most favorite CMS to date, Drupal.

I have begun maintaining my Drupal installations on Github, with repositories for Drupal 6 core and Drupal 6 optional modules and themes. Now, when I need to do an update on my dozens of Drupal websites, I install the updates on my master, commit and push from there, and then pull the changes down on all the rest of the sites. Commit, push, and pull! So easy!

Whit hit it big, where "it" is defined as The Internet, this month with his video, "Drunkest Guy Ever: Larry Goes to the Market." Have a look at the video then go read his blog post, What! No Beer?, describing his creative process and the video's success, currently sitting at 716,000+ views on Youtube. Did I mention that he got linked on Huffington Post and BoingBoing? Yeah, seriously, I know: I need to redesign Whit's blog so that its features and appearance are consummate with his success.

Whit and I are trying, in a nutshell, to figure out how to promote efficiently and effectively our friends. Clearly, this goal cannot be accomplished simply by telling someone to get on Twitter. Expect more on this subject from us over the next year. For now, ON A COMPLETELY UNRELATED NOTE, you should go watch our friend Brittney's video application to The Big Trip.

Oh, and I dressed up as Zombie Abraham Lincoln for Halloween. Naturally.

EDIT
Oh, and I forgot to mention another website I launched this autumn, Nicole d'Avis at Bellalogica. This beautiful site is for my beautiful sister—a place for her to write and just be amazing, not that she needs a specific place for that. Did I mention that she got married to a wonderful man, Mark, and that they bought a house? It's good to have a big sister who is super good at life.

Hot Domain, Drew

drew — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:47:47 +0000

Here is a list of the domain names that I own:

Some of these I obviously hold for other people (and some of those perhaps a bit awkwardly). A few of them represent personal projects or sites for friends that never came to fruition. I spend approximately $150 per year on these "properties," plus another few hundred in site hosting costs. And I receive approximately zero (0) return on investment.

Regardless, I cannot stop myself from registering a new domain name when I have a new idea. I think a strong component of this compulsion is my perception of the scarcity of good domain names. I contributed a whiz-bang 2.0ish domain name to my work the other week, and was a bit miffed that I hadn't conceived of it myself.

My newest acquisition is hotbombdotcom.com. See, some of the Claremont Ultimate kids took to congratulating successful hucks or exciting throws by saying, "Hot bomb dot com slash Gordy slash Jughead slash SWEET." Or something like that, I don't really remember. hotbomb.com has never been available but I think this domain is the next best option. .net is for suckers, and doesn't work with the rhyme.

So, now, what I want to build is a little hotbomb application that automatically parses the URL to show photographs and text. Think hotbombdotcom.com/krump/lull/PFL: the script finds a photograph tagged with 'krump' and another with 'lull' and then displays crazy, colored text of any other URL component strings for which no photographs are tagged. Awesome.

Do you have thoughts on what I should do with any of my other domains? And when am I planning to change 2008 from the year of conception to the year of execution? We shall see.

Today or Gin

drew — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:12:48 +0000

I promised to Whit, on chat yesterday, that I would finish reworking his website and adding a Flickr feed by the end of that day, or I would buy him a bottle of gin. Well, if you measure the end of the day by when you go to sleep, I do not owe him any juniper-berry-based libations. At approximately 2 AM last night, I launched the new version of WhitScott.com.

Let me know what you think of the new site layout. I am particularly interested in your reception of the increased width. Do you mind scrolling right to watch video and see Twitter and Flickr links? Or, is your display nice and wide like mine and fits fine?

Also, I would love comments on preference for my next website (re)launch. Possibilities include drewd, Loveroni, NoodlePop, Steak and Berries, EsplainIt, and deCielo.

Lei-Out 2008 Update

drew — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:22:25 +0000

The online registration system is running well---we have had 13 teams register and pay so far. Last night, I implemented the capability for a registered but unpaid team to return to an existing bid. Now, I need player payment and roster management and an administrative interface to see bid status and send various related e-mails.

I am well on my way to putting together a solid and crazy fun DarkHorse for the tournament. I had such a fantastic time last year with this team and am optimistic for this squad. I think I will print dark jerseys this year and probably get them done by FiveUltimate. My Shadrach teammate Zahlen hooked us up for the series and I like their new fabric quite a bit.

And I finally found the time to respond to Nonny Mouse's comments on my Lei-Out site design. Oh, silly rodent.