UPDATE: Started following the Maemo5 teams twitter feed. There’s a really slick Interaction Demo of the the N900. It’s impressive, but I remain unconvinced. They need to get the basics right or they will be doomed to failure. Admittedly, I want to be convinced, though. Here’s a leaked press release image of the n900 Rover. […]
Quick response to All About Symbian’s attempt to rationalize why gaming sucks on Symbian (vs. the iPhone). I think his list is quite good. My thoughts basically echo’s the article: First off, the games are too expensive – we’re talking 3 to 5 times more expensive than your typical iPhone/iPod-touch game. Symbian is too hard […]
I made an impulsive decision today to upgrade my Ubuntu box from 8.04 LTS to 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). In hind sight, that was not the best move, as I didn’t do any research, just made a slight change in the System -> Administration -> Software Sources application and hit the upgrade to 8.10. The reality […]
I have always stood by the adage of using the “right tool for the right job”, and it is clear to me that in this case, Drupal was not the right tool for this site. It was however the right tool for me; using Drupal as the underlying CMS for this site has been a […]
Finding the source can be difficult to track down due to the hierarchy of theming calls whose source can be spread throughout the whole system.
From Overriding themable output | drupal.org regarding drupal theming
Wow. There is a startling admisssion. Even Drupal admits that theming is a bit hairy.
I don’t intend for this to be trolling, but I was googling the term “Drupal is ugly” looking for why most of the themes which are formally submitted to drupal.org are so, umm, un-inspiring. This found an interesting blog post from a well known Drupal developer AND designer who quit his involvement earlier this year. The post […]
