micah
Real Name: Micah Webner
Davisburg, Michigan (United States)
Network and Systems Administrator
Twitter Status
Just installed Yamaha Studio Manager and #M7CL editor on my laptop. Now to pencil and paper to come up with a plan.
Biography
I've been a computer hobbyist since learning BASIC from the kid who sat next to me in ninth grade French class. With 20 years as an IT professional, I currently work as a full-time contractor at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan. My tasks include network and Linux server administration, development and administration in the college ERP system, and management of several websites. Given my choice, I'd play with VMware and Drupal all day.
I'm also the volunteer head of the sound and lighting team at Cornerstone Church in Highland, Michigan, where I also dabble in network consulting and manage our Drupal websites.
I am a Geek. I love God.
Latest Contributions
Building a Custom Media Page in Drupal
Submitted by micah on December 18, 2009 - 1:45pmCornerstone Church Media Creating a simple Drupal Module page_example.module Lullabot Drupal API Reference How To: Embed a ViewTutorial Links
This tutorial explains how I used a custom Drupal module to create a richer user experience for the Cornerstone Church Media page. It builds on my earlier tutorial on Creating a Simple Drupal Module and does not require advanced PHP skills. This technique could also be used to build a custom front page for a site.
SSH Key-Based Authentication using PuTTY
Submitted by micah on March 2, 2009 - 7:10pmTutorial Images
In the comments for Episode 108, I posted some information about using key-based authentication for SSH. Here is a tutorial for setting this up from a Windows client using PuTTY and its related tools.
Begin by downloading the PuTTY binaries. At a minimum, you will need PuTTY, Pageant, and PuTTYgen, but you may want to grab the files for PSCP and PSFTP if you want to do quick command-line file transfers.
Selecting LED PAR Cans
I'm looking to add some DMX controlled LED PAR 64's to our lighting arsenal this year. I started hearing a lot of good things about them at the end of last year, including the fact that good ones can be found for around $200 each, so I budgeted for four of them. The problem is, I don't think I've heard anybody mention good brands and models. Most of what I'm finding online is DJ gear.
We're looking for these both for effect and to add some red/blue color contrast to our stupid lights for TV.
Generating a Dummy Front Page for Drupal
I was chatting with Rob Feature earlier this evening about how to best create a Drupal front page that contains no content. That is, we want to build front pages that don't contain normal Drupal node-based content. Our front pages are made up of blocks instead.
Rob's favored theming technique is to create a blank page and then add blocks to contain everything on the front page. My technique is similar, except that for my last site, I simply omitted rendering $content in my page-front.tpl.php file, and created a bunch of custom regions that only appeared there. So what's the problem?
The problem, my friends, is performance.
What message does this video convey?
In my comments on Episode 103: The Whiz-Bang factor, I expressed my opinion that a message "to communicate ways that your church offers discipleship and community to those seeking a church home" falls on the side of healthy communication as opposed to simple vanity marketing. If you disagree with that statement, please post your comments under that heading.
Given that premise, does this video convey the intended message? Does it communicate what our church offers, or does it come off as a commercial to sell you something?
