This is a brief post about something that I have found useful in some instances, although some people would probably say that it isn't the most accepted or "kosher" way to style a Drupal site. But there are times when "useful" is important.

We try to keep a fairly close eye on the ongoing development of Drupal - for a number of reasons. Most importantly, we think Drupal is the best CMS (content management system) and probably the best open source project period, hands down, "not a real contest". So, yes, we're Drupal fans.

I was rather surprised at the number of shipping modules and options for Drupal (Ubercart) that would not do what I wanted it to do. A client simply wanted one of three shipping rates to be assigned based on the total number of products in an order. It should have been simple. Creating a table-based type of shipping rate in Zen Cart is very easy to do.

It has been our pleasure to play a role in the recent launch of the Zinn Education Project, which promotes the use of Howard Zinn's A People’s History of the United States in middle and high school classrooms across the country. As stated on the website:

AOL's AIM is not something that I've paid attention to aside from using it to communicate with friends and colleagues (along with several other online communication programs). But I became a bit more curious when I saw the recent announcement: AOL Opens AIM for Open Source.

Not that I have a general problem with commercial software, I am happy to see that numerous open source software communities and initiatives continue to thrive. Yes, there exists many die hard fans of open source software, just as there are some who think it is the bane of the software world. I happen to sit somewhere in between - I can appreciate both. And I use both.