Archive for July, 2007

Goodbye T-Mobile, Hello AT&T

Published at July 4, 2007 in Life. 0 Comments

I officially switched to AT&T yesterday, after 5 long years on T-Mobile. For this I will eat a hefty $200 early termination fee since I’m breaking my 2-yr contract with T-Mobile (expires Sept 2008).

For a few days I had overlapping services from both providers. This is because when I first activated my iPhone, I chose not to transfer my existing number. Instead, I received a new number from AT&T while leaving my T-Mobile plan unaffected.

However, after playing around with the iPhone for a few days, I realized I needed to make the official plunge. Fortunately, I was able to port my existing number to AT&T with no major hangups, despite having already activated the service.

I’ve documented this process in greater detail on iphonehints.com.

WordPress as a Blogging Platform

Published at July 3, 2007 in Tech. 1 Comment

I haven’t written in a while and let my blog get a little stale. Granted, I’ve had way too much going on between starting a new job (kinda), moving to LA from SD, traveling, and everything in between.

I just upgraded this site to WordPress v2.2.1. Before it was running v2.1.2. Although we are extensively using Drupal at work with the aim of building an internal platform of sorts, I decided to stick with WordPress for my blog for a few reasons:

  • I’d like to stay familiar with WordPress since it’s one of the largest open-source php/mysql projects in the tech world.
  • It’s easier to setup and maintain a WordPress blog.
  • I didn’t want the hassle of exporting all my content into Drupal.

Being said, it was a bit tempting to drink the Drupal “kool-aid”, so-to-speak. We are working with some of the best Drupal folks in the community, namely Bryght and Firebright. Additionally, I’ve leaned a lot about the Drupal framework, worthy modules, themeing, etc. Logically speaking, rebuilding my own site in Drupal would help to solidify my Drupal tech know-how and retain that knowledge.

However, at the fear of “putting all my eggs in one basket”, I’d like to keep my horizon broadened, so WordPress it is!

Btw, I am posting this from Ecto. This seems like a very sweet program, and could make blogging much easier.