Shrop's Funkadelic Playground

Setup SVN Tools and Repositories on Cpanel Servers

Posted Mon, 09/14/2009 - 5:55am by shrop

Once completed, you will have subversion client and server tools installed and Apache configured to serve a SVN repository over a shared SSL cert. If you are not familiar with compiling source on Unix systems, you may want to ask your support to help. I am not resposible for any isues the steps below may cause on your server (You have been warned!)

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New Job Title for Shrop

Posted Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:36am by shrop

Some great suggestions from my Twitter and FaceBook friends for a new job title:

Captain Shrop of the UNCSU
drupal czar
grand pubah or head honcho
Sr. Afro/Fu Manchu Analyst
Chief Shropster
The Man
Student Union Technology Czar
Student Union Director of Drupal and Afros
Colonel Chaos
Director of Internet Communications and Karma (D.I.C.K.) (gee thanks Dave!)

Thanks for the suggestions. I am submitting to management for immediate approval since I am currently without title!

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Drupal Wins CNet's Webware 100

Posted Mon, 05/25/2009 - 5:14pm by shrop

I am very proud of my favorite open source webcms for winning the CNet Webware 100 for the third year in a row. You can read more about that here: http://drupal.org/Drupal-2009-webware-100-winner

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Drupal Wallpaper-Dark

Posted Sun, 05/03/2009 - 8:34pm by shrop

I have been on a bit of a wallpaper kick this past week. I really wanted a dark themed Drupal wallpaper and couldn't find one. I created my own using the striped black background and the Drupal logo EPS file from drupal.org.

WarGames + Geeks + Documentation Sprint = Good Times

Posted Tue, 04/14/2009 - 7:26pm by shrop

Last Friday, the SUAR IT (Student Union, Activities and Recreation IT) Staff got together to watch WarGames. We had a couple off staff who had only seen this classic geek movie once or not at all. A few of us also took the time to write up some documentation for our department during this mini documentation sprint.

Following the movie, @cwind showed us his skills at the game Defcon.

Rocky River Community Church Marriage Retreat

Posted Mon, 03/09/2009 - 7:41am by shrop

Lisa and I had a great time in Charleston this past weekend. We really missed Emily Grace though. Rocky River Community Church hosted a marriage retreat. Twenty-Seven couples learned about God's will for marriages and exchanged some ideas on marriage, raising children and family in general. The church staff all did an awesome job of making this happen.

Anyway, check out some pics that we took while walking around historic Charleston.

Snow Day 2009

Posted Wed, 03/04/2009 - 2:33pm by shrop

Emily Grace and I had a great time in the snow Monday (03-02-2008). Well, honestly, I just took photos and dodged snowballs. It was great to have that much snow - yes 4-5" is a lot for us in Concord, NC.

Past, Gift and Future

Posted Tue, 02/17/2009 - 10:25pm by shrop

Today I took Emily Grace to school so Lisa could attend her first Spanish class at work. We are both "talkers" and as a result talk a lot while driving/riding together. She told me that she really likes "the gift" because of all the cool stuff we have like gadgets, computers, etc. She said that they didn't have all of that in the past and it wasn't as good as we have it now in "the gift."

Yes, I finally realized she was talking about "the present." I was reminded that Emily Grace is my "gift" from God.

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David Allen's Office/Workspace

Posted Mon, 01/26/2009 - 8:10am by shrop

Check out this video of David Allen talking about his office/workspace:

http://lifehacker.com/5138412/take-a-tour-of-david-allens-office

One thing that I notice is how organized his office is (to be expected) and how he relies on paper a pen quite a bit. I have tried to eliminate paper completely. I am relying on electronic tools - iPhone, Evernote, etc. for collections, processing and archiving of information. It does make me thing that I should consider where do I include paper/pen effectively in my work flow.

Thoughts?