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Search Sprint Conclusion

The Minnesota Search Sprint is unofficially over. Earnest, Djun, and Blake have already left. Chad is local, but I've said goodbye to him too. Robert and I leave tomorrow.

Search Sprint Day One

LIVE FROM THE MINNESOTA SEARCH SPRINT...

Search Sprint Pre-Plan

In the spirit of the "Data Sprint," and the "Testing Sprint", Friday 5/9 through Sunday 5/11, we are meeting in what is being dubbed the "Search Sprint" at the University of Minnesota.

A Developer's Assistant - A Boston DrupalCon 2008 Presentation

I started work on the coder module a little over a year ago, as a response to an internal engineering meeting where were discussing Quality Assurance code reviews, and said "we should have a module to do that."
At OS/CMS I briefly introduced coder in the Lightning Talks session.

Drupal Battle Plans

Every release cycle, dries starts a "Personal Battle Plans" thread on d.o.

DrupalCon Boston 2008 Housing

If you're still looking for a DrupalCon hotel, check out the Milner Boston Hotel which is the best deal available and about as close to the Boston Convention Center that you can get. Be sure to use their website and get the web special $109 ($122 after taxes) per night!

Florida Democratic Primary 2008

Florida held their primary elections yesterday, and the Florida Party Chair proclaimed victory for the Florida Democratic Voters:

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Technical Tuesdays: #theme Form Elements into tables

Forms API (FAPI) is one of the coolest pieces of Drupal.

Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Today is a Martin Luther King Jr Day, a National Holiday in the United States honoring the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Guarded Conditionals and dgries

I was responding to a Drupal issue this morning, that involved using a = or a >= when I flashed back to my college professor teaching about guarded loops.  A quick google, and I found reference to his 1981 book, "The Science of Programming" whose synopsis says "This is the very first book to discuss the theory and principles of