As I was passing through customs upon arriving in Australia I noticed a sign informing everyone that there was some television show being filmed today and that if we didn’t wish to participate we should inform somebody. Aside from the reference to the elusive ‘somebody’ it made me wonder just when exactly did privacy become something I had . . . → Read More: Privacy: Where’d you go?
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When the UDD gave their ultimatum today that the House of Representatives be dissolved, to which Prime Minister Abhisit responded “No”, I bet you were all wondering what would be next. I mean, when you give an ultimatum it’s a case of either do-what-we-want-or-we-will-do-something-bad right? Wonder no more! UDD leaders announced that they: will take one thousand litres . . . → Read More: Taking it to the Next, Bloody, Level Did you know it’s possible to do a Google search of a specific website using the address bar of Google’s Chrome browser? Search from the address bar?! Different sites seem to support this differently with not all sites offering the ability to press tab to search, though it can still be done manually by entering a colon . . . → Read More: Chrome Tip of the Day I noticed on my morning visit to Central Chitlom that the transparent rubbish bin that sits just outside has been removed and that they now have some guy with a handheld metal detector inspecting bags at the entrance. My habit of living my life inside a tiny bubble often causes me to forget that there is . . . → Read More: A Tense Bangkok Oui got the call this morning that his application for permanent residency has been approved so we’re flying out on the 21st of March, which unfortunately seems to be after the commencement of mass-protests by . . . → Read More: And We’re Done My last post got me thinking about my mum in a round about way. Besides playing the trumpet I also played the piano, which I learnt a few years after trumpet so I had to learn how to read bass clef at the same time. Luckily it was just a simple case of transposition from the . . . → Read More: Talents of Unknown Origin It’s 3:21am and I can’t sleep, so here’s some music to enjoy from Mike Oldfields Music of the Spheres. These are actually from a live performance which in my opinion sounds superior to the original studio recording. The company website (www.cibus.co.th) has gone through a number of iterations as I tried to decide the best way to do it. The current iteration runs on Drupal (version 6) and I implemented a limited install of Ubercart in the hope that someday I would fully implement it as a customer portal for ordering products directly. Unfortunately I hit a wall when I discovered that Ubercart only supports integer quantities, a problem when your products are wholesale food, so I put that on hold in the hope that the next version might change that. Now with Drupal 7 drawing closer I’ve seen clearly the direction it will be heading, the team from Ubercart have moved to something else called Drupal Commerce for political reasons, reworking the entire suite from the ground up, so I am having to re-examine the website and plan for the future. Thus the need to redesign the site from the ground up once more without the use of Ubercart but rather using the Content Construction Kit (CCK) and Views extensively. Though it will look mostly the same I am switching from using the Zen theme as a base to the Genesis theme. The redesign I am currently working on will enable a clean upgrade to Drupal 7 once it is released, unlike the existing implementation. In retrospect it was wishful thinking that the company I work for would ever be ready or capable of implementing my plans. The Managing Director has a background in sales and managing restaurants/retail outlets and is a man I have a great deal of respect for, but his background causes him to focus solely on getting the product out to the detriment of everything else and in my whole time here I have never been able to get him to see the wisdom of organising the company operations in a more manageable fashion. If I’m ever asked in a job interview to recount a situation where I could have done better this will be it. I have no hard feelings towards him at all though because were it not for him the company would surely have failed by now, I have only regrets of what I had hoped to achieve. Since submitting Oui’s application for permanent residency things have become increasingly busy in my little world and it’s moments like these in which I truly appreciate the wonderful life I’ve had for the last few years. That’s all in the past now because our departure is approaching quickly and so many things need to be done . . . → Read More: So Incredibly Busy Can someone please, please tell me what I’m doing wrong? Google are laughing at me . . . → Read More: I Fail at the Internet |
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