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LBNL 2008, Day 4 and some random updates Posted on June 30, 2008 at 4:18 pm by Flak Post Categories: Life • Site News Tagged: lbnl 2008 • michaelpruess.com • promises • summer • tired ramblings about a busy life • work Comments: 0

I began working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory last Wednesday. I’m in the same place as last year, down to the same cubicle. It still had my name on it. The computer, an extremely dusty G5, still had my application preferences saved in my account. Orientation was still devastatingly snore-inducing.

My work this summer so far has revolved around WordPress… which is awesome. It seems like this time around I’m actually going to make something usable for the Communications Department in the way of a Content Management System, and two serious possibilities being explored right now are Drupal and WordPress. Erik, the main web guy here, is figuring out what he can and can’t do with Drupal; I’m figuring out what I can and can’t do with WordPress. It’s very fun because I love working with WordPress and I don’t feel like a complete idiot because I know a lot about the software. And I’m still learning stuff as I go! Woot.

Ultimately, my task will be to turn this mess into a CMS that will allow non-tech savvy Communications folks to push content themselves.

So yeah. That’ll keep me busy for a while, at least.

In the meantime, I’m looking for time to devote to writing, drawing, and my own web business. I’m pretty pooped at the end of a day so it’s a bit tricky. I’m going to try to get back to a 2xweek Night Switch schedule, starting this Friday. I also want to get the ball rolling on HC again… hopefully I can finish up book one before the year’s over.

I’ll try to keep the site updated somehow!

Oh, and in the meantime, you guys can check out the changes on michaelpruess.com. It’s been improved a bit, I think.

LBNL 2008 - THE CONCLUSION! Posted on June 25, 2008 at 6:12 pm by Alar Post Categories: Life • Site News Tagged: lbnl 2008 Comments: 0

“Flak’s work started today and it’s just nine hours of useless training for the first couple days. He’ll be online at work on Friday, hopefully, and then he’ll be more coherently active again.”

“Flak has no reliable Internet access” Posted on June 9, 2008 at 5:34 pm by Alar Post Categories: Life • Site News Tagged: computer gremlins Comments: 1

Yes, it’s finally happened. Flak no longer has the use of either of his computers, and is forced to share with friends, family, or possibly some other establishment! He doesn’t know how long it’ll take until he’s back online, but I’m sure we can all assume that he still loves us all.

Alar Update 2.0 Posted on May 25, 2008 at 3:14 pm by Alar Post Categories: Life Comments: 5

So, I’ve got a few things I need to be doing soon.

Continue reading Alar Update 2.0…

Out Dorking, take 2 Posted on May 23, 2008 at 12:29 am by Flak Post Categories: Life Tagged: excuses • fanime • friday update Comments: 0

Sorry. No Night Switch today. I decided not to force it last night between coming home from school and leaving for San Jose. By the time you’re seeing this, I’m probably already in San Jose, either at the convention or in my hotel room, being a total dork and having an awesome time. I’ll check in on the forums at some point this weekend.