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Since the Events Manager site is no longer used, I went into the way back machine and found a history I had written. Even this history is only 2000-2008; the project was still being used up through 2018 when I retired.

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The Slideshows section is just that. I’ve created slideshows to augment my memory of these past several years while we were locked down by COVID, doing homeschooling, dealing with the CZU Lightning fire, taking care of Mom and G, going to dog shows, driving events and documenting home improvements.

Track shots from 2020-2021 that I purchased at different events.

Loma Prieta Autocross Marina April 18, 2021

I retired from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2018 after 30 years in information technology. In that capacity, I worked on and with a variety of technologies, platforms, open source and proprietary software and hardware in addition to leading teams, providing executive consultation, physical security systems and project management.

I recently came across some very old photos of wheat harvesting near Shandon 1895-1904 time period. I'm pretty sure these were in Aunt Tootsie's storage. One has Phillip's stamp on the back.

My great grandfather.

Found a few shots of Peter McMillan as a younger man.

Found some shots of grandpa Ted that I hadn't seen before.

Here's an newspaper clipping

Came across some shots of Grandma Inez's side of the family. This first photo is of William Harry Byrne who worked in the San Francisco Fire Dept.

As Drupal 7 nears the end of its lifecycle, I started a little project to migrate from D7 to D10. 

Through the month of November 2023, I got back up to speed on Drupal, migrated my old site and started to add content that I had notes on from 2019-2023.

As I dug into the tutorials on how to migtate data and reviewed what might actually be of relevance to me or someone else, I dropped a bunch. 

To learn Drupal 10, I setup a site on Pantheon so I could easily build up and tear down prototypes till I found the right set of modules for my needs.

So we flew down to Los Angeles and went to Venice Beach for a weekend. We took Leo so we could determine if he was able to fly (he was, kinda).

So we went to Turlock for a dog show. Never thought I’d go to Turlock.

Leo did pretty well at the show and made it to the groups competition.

I did some bike rides through the various parts of town and out into the fields to add some miles.