Well... not yet. It spun out as a humor piece late last night and built rather quickly. Even I was excited, but delayed the mass email until I knew it for sure.

This is a step by step setup guide for installing and setting up Drupal 5.7 in under 10 minutes. Now there is always something that comes up along the way that may take longer, but about 10 mintues is all it takes.

I put this together because the Drupal documentation assumes that you already know almost everything before you read it. If you are looking to setup a multisite version of Drupal check out my article:  Installing a Multi-Site Drupal System. It allows you to run multiple sites on a sinlge code base of Drupal.

Okay fine, I will admit that I use my Blackberry while inside of a car and yes sometimes the car is also moving. Reading an address from an email, Looking at Google's mobile Maps or just plan making a phone call are all common tasks, but driving often gives me time to problem solve, think and plan out projects. But right when I have a good idea there is no easy way to capture the information for future actions.

So I set about trying to solve the problem of "how to manage task when you cannot write", and yes the solution came while stuck in traffic. Luckily I remember the idea long enough to write it down later (not while in a moving car). I also hope that this will assist people with disabilities that seek out task management solutions.
Well this problem would restrict me from using my hands but leaves me with speaking. I don't want to carry an adding device (like a recorder) and I already have a cell phone. Voicemail makes sense but I don't want to spam my own mailbox. I need a collection method, an inbox, context based 'folders' and finally a process for retrieving the information. I chose Google's Grand Central phone solution because its free, very easy to use, setting up multiple accounts gives me my 'folders' and it has a web based interface that is accessible from both a desktop and mobile device like my Blackberry Browser.

World's Easiest & Free Blackberry GTD Solution

One of the reasons I like GTD is because I can be rather lazy. I hate doing something twice and I really hate forgetting to do something when it was right there in front on me. GTD helps me with this and since I always have my Blackberry handy, the laziness errr principle of GTD says that this might be the best solution for me.

Now I have read all sorts of reviews on Blackberry GTD software and the limitations of the basic Blackberry Task manager. But since this is the only device I use I sought a better implementation and here is my Blackberry GTD solution. Which for me is as near perfect as I could ever wish for. Why? Because my Blackberry GTD implementation is Free, has a single entry /input field and is lightning fast to use. Assuming that you already know the concept of GTD and have the general system down, here is how it works:

Just 2 Simple Steps (the rest are just helpful ideas)

I have just completed the entry of all of my ESIGN law research that I conducted while working on the PrivaSign startup project. While the venture was not successful, I hope that the legal research presented here is useful to others trying to seek electronic signature solutions for their own organizations. Originally I was surprised by the depth of laws and regulations concerning electronic signatures. What surprised me even more though was that this information was not consolidated by any one organization - federal or private.

I just read a pretty good article discussing how IT professionals tend to blame Lusers ('lousy users') rather than face up to badly written software and poor implementation. The article does a great job comparing the IT world to other businesses involved with development:

I just got my Cingular 3G Globetrotter GT MAX wireless card and am pulling 1.6mb/280kb from my house!!!!!

Antenna retracts into device for easy laptop storage.

Okay I just bought my first iPod spring '07, so I am not a huge adopter of Apple's toys (6 months later the 8gb video iPod came out!!!). But I am really loving some of the features of Apple's new iPhone. The email looks great with inline images viewable, the browser is Safari and auto sync to your desktop browser sounds great!

Engadget just posted an article (Jan '07) on RCA's new Small Wonder EZ201 and the EZ205 . It looks great with mpeg-4 encoding , 1.5-inch, 180 degree swivel LCD display, runs on 2 AA batteries and an SD card slot for memory storage. Oh yeah its only about $129. That's a bar tab for a camcorder. So wow I want more info! Google... Nope... Nada.

Well I just celebrated my 9th anniversary and since the two of us are rather hard to buy gifts for we simply picked out our own presents this year. Not too romantic but I got exactly what I wanted and she did too!

Besides some other things less techie, she got her first iPod. A nano with 4gb of storage. Now I am not a huge music listener. Sure I like dancing, driving to tunes and even right now as I type this I am watching Austin City Limits on PBS - The Raconteurs performing. But it wasn't until the iPod arrived and I starting setting it up for her that I realized this little tool could become "exactly" what she had been looking for, or rather what I had been wanting her to get... a PIM (personal info manager). I have always used my cellphone device (currently a Blackberry 7130) for contacts, addresses and calendars.