A strange post… considering the one it follows, but I’ve decided to re-purpose “tanh.net” and migrate it’s content to “adie.me“:

• Months ago I purchased the domain “adie.me“, mostly because I liked the idea of having the email address “m[@]adie[.]me” (Matt Adie .me  –  cheesy I know but I like it).
• I’ve also had the urge to use “tanh.net” for something (I know not what) other than a personal blog. ..  and really… that’s what “adie.me” seems made for.

I’ve also decided to give Wordpress a try.  I love Drupal but:

• It always leads me down a path of complexity, and due to a heavy use of modules I always seem to have a difficult time upgrading.
• It’s incredibly versatile, and I highly recommend it as a CMS, but generally speaking  it’s overkill for a blog.
• It seems to be resource heavy on my shared hosting service’s mysql server

So I’ve migrated my content,  and all the posts from “tanh.net” can be found at “adie.me” under the category “From Tanh” or within the archives.

I’m still not sure what I’m going to do with “tanh.net“,  but hopefully I can come up with something interesting…

You may have noticed that the photo and video sections of this site have disappeared... This is because I've had some compatibility issues upgrading from an early version of Drupal 5 to Drupal 6.9. It may take me a little while to get around to it, but I do plan to restore most of the missing content. I will also be adding a fair bit of new content, and the order of things may change to reflect it.

I must say that I’m happy to be back, and outside of my upgrade issues Drupal 6 is a beautiful thing.

You I never realized the number of sites that have been using drupal: The Onion, Warner Brothers, HarvardScience, SonyBMG's BS Weekly, Amnesty International, Popular Science, and Forbes Office Pranks.

So it's now 2009 and I've got some plans:

• Get back into training... it's been a year now since I've done much of anything --I'd like to gear up to run a couple of races this summer.
• Make money, save, and invest... I need the money to buy a building in the next couple of years.
• Learn the art of frugality, and read more about investing.
• Take a course in renovations, and read a couple of books on the subject.
• Continue to tweak my attempts to be environmentally sustainable (I love my worm bins).
• Get back into blogging.

For those of you still suffering the pains of xmas shopping:

The Souk@SAT is on again from December 12th to the 14th (this weekend) at the SAT (1195 St. Laurent).

And the Salon des métiers d’art du Québec is already up and running until the 21st (Place Bonaventure).

[poor poor blog -- just a couple of posts up from the subject of a year ago]

It looks like Yale is offering a variety of it's introductory courses for free:
Open Yale Courses

While it's possible to teach yourself a little about everything, and a lot about somethings online, it's nice to see an ivy league school openly offering some structured courses.

Oh the shame of neglect... poor blog. I really must do something to revive it, and I think I'll begin with a Drupal update and a redesign.

Since it's time to make the sacrificial purchases required by Christmas, it's also tome to lessen the pain by supporting local artisans:

Salon des métiers d’art du Québecruns from from the 7th to the 22nd... it's huge, and you should be able to find something for just about everyone.

souk @ sat runs from the 14th to the 16th... it's young and hip and fun just to go.

It's late in the season, but I'm finally back into my training routine... and while I have enjoyed my summer of slack, it's time to salvage a little of the season and gear up for the Toronto Marathon.

I'd forgotten how pleasant it is to be tired and sore all the time...