8 Ways to Sunday

This is where my mother and I are staying while she visits doctors in Tucson:

The front entrance as seen from the courtyard at dusk. Click for slightly larger version.

Beats the hell out of Motel 6, that’s for sure.

Hotel Schmotel Tucson Hospitality Inn is a non-profit hospitality house especially for seriously ill people receiving treatment in Tucson and their caregivers. It’s kind of like a B&B in the way it’s set up, and only costs $35 per night. (Update: The hospitality house where we stayed has changed its name from Hotel Schmotel to Tucson Hospitality Inn as of late 2005.)

I’d hoped to take more pictures by now, but for now all I’ve got is the exterior shot above and this photo of the kitchen:   (more…)

After many moons in development, Textpattern is finally and officially “finished.” Debuting at version 4.0, it looks like a much more mature and feature-rich CMS than the one I tinkered around with about a year ago. TxP has sprouted a handful of new developers since going open-source, and its community now boasts a plugin repository, a wiki, and even a magazine.

I’ve been looking around for a Movable Type replacement to power my photoblog, and WordPress doesn’t quite fit the bill. Now that it’s all grown up, Textpattern might be just what I’m looking for. Once I can set aside some time, I’ll have to take it for another spin.

(Props: hicksdesign)