Just made my first attempt at upgrading a Drupal Installation from 5.7 to 6.10… and IT WORKED!!! Had a couple of problems, including the “White Screen of Death” but easily sorted with the Drupal Handbook and forum help with others that had the same problems. Drupal, along with now, WordPress, are my two favorite CMS [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Drupal rocks!
Posted: 27th February 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: CMS, drupal, website design, Wordpress
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WordPress can Podcast?
Posted: 23rd February 2009 by Eric D in UncategorizedTags: company girl, glorious filaments, Podcast
This is just a test to see how WordPress handles audio files and how they would show up. I really have no intention of getting into podcasting. But, just in case, I may as well play around with the software. The test song: A ringtone made from Jeremy Patterson’s “Don’t Be a Company Girl” song. [...]
Breaking Story: Chinese Ministry of Seasons Declares it’s Still Winter
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Groundhog's Day, Humor, Melbourne, Ministry of Seasons, Ministry of..., Nationalism, Punxsutawney Phil, Time Zones, Weather
Despite temperatures as high as 76°F (24°C) last week, the Ministry of Seasons has indeed declared that the season continues to be winter. Locals across Shanghai are sighing, as they don their double and triple layers and thick coats & jackets once again for yet another week. Xue Shangdi, Vice Minister cites reliable sources for [...]
Is that… a Taiwanese Flag? In Shanghai?
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Little Korea, North Korea, Shanghai, Sony Ericsson, South Korea, Taiwan
From Shanghai, China- Miscellaneous Pics Indeed it is! Not so clear due to the inept suckiness of my phone camera (Sony Ericsson W908c… don’t bother), but, that just may be the flag of that which cannot be named! My my, what the Korean businesses can get away with in Little Korea! Care to compare? Farther [...]
Imported Coke & Pepsi
Posted: 15th February 2009 by Eric D in UncategorizedTags: Coke, Lotus Mart, Metro, Pepsi, Strange
A Coca~Cola in Shanghai generally only costs 2.5 RMB. Here at Lotus Supermarket at the Songhong Station, Line Two, the imported version is 7.5 RMB. A Pepsi Cola also generally costs around 2.5 to 3 RMB. Here again at Lotus, the imported version is 13.00 RMB. What’s the difference in the taste? How the hell [...]
Dysfunction Junction, What’s your Function?
Posted: 15th February 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Cars, Idiots, Shanghai, Strange, Traffic, Trucks
One of the nastier places to try to drive (and walk for that matter) in a civilized matter right now is Jianhe Road & Yan’an South Road during rush hour. Construction currently going on on the road has somehow released a strange chemical in the air making drivers here act in a much more irratic [...]
