CivicActions

Beth's blog, a non-profit technology blog I've started reading just posted a donation by the "Digital Influence Group" who'll will donate $10 for every comment made on their blog. Easy enough...

http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/05/a-comment-on-th.html

(this would be the actual link, and they're capped at 5 grand):
http://www.digtrends.com/2008/05/15/this-cant-wait/

Digg it! (anyway)

got an email from Beth clarifying it wasn't actually her blog that was doing the donating. still nifty, imho

The one trick elephant, aka the GOP, wants wants to CUT taxes to provide "economic relief" to American families as a "pre-growth" strategy. I'm still waiting for my $300 "relief" check, but I have a feeling that's not going to amount to a whole lot of economic growth...

We went to Bagdhad and blew a trillion dollars we don't have. Meanwhile, the dollar is in a coma and the only way Republicans seem to respond to the economic crisis is to continue to print and spend money.

I've been checking out Codeweaver's Crossover for Mac, an application that runs on Intel macs using the X11 system to simulate Windows operating systems. This has proven particularly useful for running IE6 on an emulated Win98 system.

Crossover uses the metaphor of "bottles" which are essentially contained operating systems with all the right files and functions to run and install windows applications on a mac. You can have a windows 98 bottle, a XP bottle, etc.. And it rules.

I've been getting to know a lot of really amazing people lately as I've been talking with some very talented web professionals about putting their technical talent to work on some of the greatest challenges of our time - climate change, human rights, clean water, the creative commons and countless others - all needing not only innovative and reliable web solutions, but also using Drupal as a requirement.

The reasons Non-profit choose Drupal are compelling:
- it's free
- exponentially extensive functionality
- geometrically improving usability

CiviCRM announces 2.0 is stable.

Features include: Contribute widget, pay now/pay later for contributions, tell-a-friend tracking, OpenID support, and standalone implementation allowing CMS-independent installations.

I found this today whilst looking for a CiviCRM developer. Might that be you? Someone you know? We've got work on the vines ready to be picked if you've got the chops. Contact us today!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/fidel_castro

What if Castro upstages Chavez as the pre-eminent leader of Latin America's 20th and 21st centuries by holding truly free and open democratic elections? Like a full-on, Khadafi style renunciation of his stubborn, axis-of-evil ways, and adopts an open, statesmanlike diplomacy that balances Latin nationalism with the "universal" truths of global interdependence, peace and justice?

Here's an interesting "virtual march" by TheBigAsk.com, an appeal to the grassroots to promote climate change legislation amongst their elected representatives.

The campaign allows people to upload their own video of their appeal, they make pinkynail images to create a mosaic that's fun to poke around in, exploring people's use of the site. There's always a call to action and the "friction" to forward or contribute is almost nil.

Dig it.

http://www.thebigask.com

It's been a very rich Thanksgiving for me - I've been shown a lot to be grateful for in the last few days. There's been a lot of sadness and/or strife in the lives of a lot of people I love in the last couple of weeks (including me) - it seems like there's been some kind of huge karmic crunch happening and in the loss and trouble, I find myself being reminded how much I have to be thankful for.

So I've been using the T-Mobile Hotspot @ Home service for a few months now. I should mention that I've been a T-Mobile customer for a couple of years now, and am a heavy cellphone user. My day job(s) require a lot of time talking to contractors, my boss(es), etc. not to mention, y'know, making a reservation for dinner somewhere, flirting with a lover, talkin to Mom, etc..

Simon is giving a presentation about the ecommerce module.
- an overview of who's been involved and history of the module

Current Practices & Directions:
comprehensive online business solution
documenting all code
docs at drupalecommerce.org
new maintainers - w/ new maintainers, there's been a lot of rapid development. yet it's a challenge to manage.
contrib modules in own projects
reduce tickets - Bruno has been knocking 'em out - down from 250 active tickets. Now barely in the top 10 open tickets

API's
Checkout API: to be improved with D6.