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I'm Jonathan, a father of 4, husband to an adoring wife, and a web developer in San Antonio, TX. I talk about whatever is on my mind including mental disorders, technology, and politics.

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AIH : Week 1

Posted Sat, 06/13/2009 - 15:40 by darthclue

Providing instruction to three children with special needs when you've got no idea what they actually know and are capable of is interesting to say the least.

Here's what we've done so far this week and what we've found out in the process.

Educational Standards or A Failure of the System

Posted Sun, 05/31/2009 - 20:48 by darthclue

Public Schools are an interesting institution. They provide an education for every child.

But they have become legislative nightmares. Education professionals, both teachers and administrators, are continuously required to implement ever-increasing standards which provide little to no value to the customer who is in this case, both the child and the community at large.

I personally have had a variety of educational opportunies in both public and private schools.

It sounds like you've had a rough enough time...

Posted Thu, 05/28/2009 - 23:01 by darthclue

As a follow up to Crisis Level Epsilon...

I went to court today with my wife to attempt to get some of the charges dismissed as a result of my own mistakes.  The judge listened intently as I explained how the last couple of months had gone between the gallstones and the kidney stones and everything else.  I made sure to emphasize that this was my responsibility, period.

Behind the curve

Posted Mon, 05/18/2009 - 17:34 by darthclue

I like to think that I work in a progressive industry.  I like to think that we try to reach out to our clients in ways that will reach them.

It turns out that I'm right.  I have a normal set of websites that I scan on a regular basis which belong to our counterparts throughout the industry.  Each of them have a link to Twitter.  Each of them use Twitter on a regular basis.  Some of them use it frequently enough that I might consider it a little overboard for my taste but I'm not in their target audience.

We Are the People

Posted Thu, 05/14/2009 - 18:36 by darthclue

Just a quick follow-up to my previous post.  It would appear that my plea went unheard.  This could be for any number of reasons but it appears that one of my primary social communication tools had a melt-down (aka, The Great Twitter NoReply) at around the same time.

I managed to secure funding, albeit in a less than desirable way.  I had to pay my fines in the form of a bond so that I could get a new court date.  My wife didn't have to pay and got a personal recognizance bond and a new court day as well.

Justice is neither blind nor equal.

Crisis Level Epsilon

Posted Tue, 05/12/2009 - 18:22 by darthclue

As I began cleaning up the stack of papers and other assorted junk that has accumulated over the last few months as a result of my mounting health problems I came across a ticket that I had received two days prior to my emergency gallbladder removal.  FML.

In my attempt to be a nice citizen and try to make arrangements to get it taken care of I was told "$1538.00 or go to jail."  FML.

As I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown I was told "$1538.00 by Thursday or go to jail."

So here's why I'm posting this...

Social Media and your Social Profile

Posted Sun, 05/10/2009 - 03:53 by darthclue

Random thought : What does your Social Profile say about you and just how accurate is it?

This popped into my head Saturday and as I waited for Star Trek to start it kept rolling around the inside of my brain.  And the more I thought about it the more I felt the need to flush out what this random thought really means.

Swine Flu : Pulling the fire alarm is so yesterday.

Posted Thu, 05/07/2009 - 18:21 by darthclue

I'm sitting at home this evening when my phone begins to ring.  I recognize the number as belonging to the school nurse.  Not quite sure why they'd be calling I was prepared for just about anything but the following.

Somniloquy or The things I hear

Posted Thu, 04/30/2009 - 23:34 by darthclue

All of my children have done it...

All of my kids, my sister, myself .. we all talk in our sleep.  It can be interesting at times, and downright frightening at others.  The youngest is now talking about paw paw, puppy dogs, and the cat.

It's quite amusing to hear her little voice knowing full well she is very much asleep.

SADUG 002 : Wysiwyg API + TinyMCE

Posted Tue, 04/28/2009 - 22:30 by darthclue

The second Drupal Users Group for San Antonio was held Tuesday night where we discussed wysiwyg editors and how to configure the Wysiwyg API with TinyMCE for Drupal.

A little background...

In the not too distant past it was painful to implement client-side wysiwyg editors and usually required alot of file editing.  With the advent of the Wysiwyg API it is now possible to implement a number of client-side editors quickly and in a fairly painless method.