I use the latest PDT version of eclipse (Helios) as my IDE of choice, and have used the built-in cvs and add-on svn-kit plugins for version control for many years. When I first started using git, I guess I didn't think there was a git plug-in for eclipse or that the ones I saw just weren't stable enough, so I just went to the command line to do the git work then back to eclipse to continue coding. Now that Drupal has moved their whole repository from cvs to git, I thought it might be time to add the e-git plug-in to eclipse so that I don't have to leave eclipse to get git work done.

A lot of people are realizing the benefits of using a distributed version control system such as Git over Svn or Cvs. I won't be discussing the pros and cons, just how I got it installed on a CentOS 5.5 server. If you'd like to install git on a laptop/desktop I suggest you follow the instructions for that at github, this link will redirect to the appropriate OS it detects that you are using, COOL! That page also has many very useful git links in the sidebar.

Great post about Unix and a little history lesson here.

Just read a post that the CentOS project may be in trouble. Read more at http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4597.html. This would be a blow to many businesses, mostly small, that rely on it for a RedHat compatible distro. I know a lot of people are gonna scream "why not use Debian" or some other linux.

Ellie (my daughter) is doing blogathon again this year. It's for a worthy cause, Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation. Ellie did quite a bit of research to make sure that a large percentage of the money donated to this foundation is actually used for research, whereas others had lower percentages.

All I can say is WOW. The New York City Drupal community is large, healthy, inquisitive and growing. I enjoyed the first day immensely. What's amazing is that I actually found myself answering a lot more questions than I got to even ask. This significantly helped me get over the "suck factor" hump, now maybe if I actually blogged more about my experiences I could feel I've accomplished more and help others more. Drupal is really a very robust, flexible, modular content management system. Some would argue this point and say it's much more than that. I couldn't agree more.

Its been debated which CMS is best. I've done some work in Mambo/Joomla, MediaWiki and Zen-Cart, had a little experience Wordpress, but I've decided that Drupal may be most complex most flexible system available to todays webmasters, so its off to Providence RI. to attend a Lullabot.com Drupal training seminar for a week. Then I start a new contract position at MYU Medical Center, this should be exciting.

Well, it's official, I'm no longer unemployed. Got my first paycheck. Pretty cool company. They were a combination Java and .NET shop up until now, but they started having clients ask about open source software, so they hired me and another guy (I think he's on contract?) as Php/Lamp developers.