Drupal Gardens is a web-based tool to create Drupal 7 web sites. It is still in beta and I received my access code today to log in and start using the Drupal Gardens web site!

In a scenario reminiscent of The Onion's satirical articles, North Bergen, NJ resident Randall Goya was fined $50 by Judge Joseph Romano in the North Bergen Municipal Court on February 22, 2010, for sweeping his living room floor. Mr. Goya also barely managed to elude a sentence of 5 days in jail.

On December 7, 2009, Mr. Goya was sweeping his living room at approximately 10:15 PM. Downstairs neighbor (and loose cannon) John Cabrero banged on his ceiling and Mr. Goya's door. When Mr. Goya told him, "Chill out, I'm just sweeping my floor," Corrections Officer Cabrero told his wife to bring him his badge and his gun. When Mr. Goya then refused to open his door, Cabrero called the North Bergen police.

Upon their arrival, Mr. Goya requested a supervisor present because he was afraid of Mr. Cabrero and unsure of whom he might know on the local force. A deputy chief arrived as Mr. Goya finished mopping his living room.

The police said that when they arrived, Mr. Goya was making "a lot of noise." At that time, Mr. Goya was sweeping dust into a dust pan.

Mr. Goya reported that C.O. Cabrero had threatened him with his gun. The police ignored his complaint, however, the deputy chief considered arresting Mr. Goya for telling Mr. Cabrero, "You better watch what you say," regarding the gun threat.

Mr. Goya had obviously run into the Blue Wall. Officer Farago issued a ticket to Mr. Goya for creating a noise nuisance.

Prior to Drupal 7, content writers often had to decide between a "Page" and a "Story" content type. Ok, it's not a blog or a forum post or an image... but which is it, Page or Story? I generally differentiated them by making the Page like a standard HTML page, clean, and the Story more like a blog post, with author metadata. The writer still says, "I have no idea what you're talking about, I just want to post some content, so which one should I use?"

Drupal 7 has simplified the decision by introducing a new default content type: the "Article" which should be familiar to Joomla users as the default post type in that CMS.

Makes sense. Drupal 7 and Drupal Gardens will probably blow Joomla out of the water, so might as well make it comfortable for Joomlaists to transition.

During an Acquia webinar about Drupal 7, I asked if "'Article' was specifically chosen as the default content type to make Drupal more friendly for Joomla users?" Moderator Lynne Capozzi tried to brush it off as a "rhetorical" question, but Drupal creator and curator Dries Buytaert answered that much thought had been given to it and "Article" was chosen as the best option. Excerpt follows:

View entire Acquia webinar about "Making Drupal 7 Simple to Use for Everyone"

Get Drupal 7 via Acquia       Get Drupal 7 from official Drupal.org project page

(Drupal 7 is in alpha release - for production sites use Drupal 6 instead)

I have great respect for the zeitgeist represented by the pool of experts and talent who are members of LinkedIn.

However, I find the LinkedIn interface clumsy, cumbersome, and often, wrong.

Here is a collection of errors and inconsistencies collected from Linked In.

Hey where did my tweet go? (again)

I tried updating my LinkedIn status from Twitter using the #in hashtag - #fail!

Twitter:

LinkedIn:

LinkedIn Twitter settings:

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The rumor, circulating since about 2004:

REMEMBER: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this month.

The truth :

888-382-1222 is actually the National Do Not Call Registry phone number. You may add your cell phone to the Do Not Call list, but you will not be bombarded with telemarketing calls if you don't. Perhaps this is an attempt to flood the government with calls, or just plain paranoia.

From Snopes.com:

Claim: Cell phone users must register their numbers with the national "Do Not Call" directory by a given deadline to prevent their cell phone numbers from being released to telemarketers.

FALSE

From UrbanLegends.com:

Forwarded email warns that a directory of cell phone numbers will soon be published and urges users to dial 888-382-1222 and enter their cell phone numbers on the federal Do Not Call Registry to prevent unsolicited calls from telemarketers.

Description: Email rumor
Circulating since: Sep. 2004
Status: Mostly false