QSL

In amateur radio operator lingo, “QSL” translates to “What is your location?” and is also a shorthand for the trading of postcards with your “ham” call sign on them. I never got into trading QSL cards, probably because I was lousy at Morse code and therefore never made that many actual contacts, but I sure am having fun watching my web stats.

In the last few weeks I’ve had people visit this blog from:

Argentina, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Kenya, Moldova Serbia/Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland, Vanuatu, and even those so-called black holes of the Internet – China, Iran and Syria.

These, in addition to repeats from almost all of the countries listed in my “Contact” post.

Virtual locations are a major focus right now, too. I’ve gotten all my multisite setups (10 different domains) done on BlueHost using Drupal, and actually have one in a testing phase. Flamencophile.com is the only one visible at the moment, and with only a wireframe front page and contact form, but I am spending upwards of six hours per day on Drupal development in addition to my manuscript edit and things are moving along nicely behind the scenes.

The more I work with Drupal the more I like it as a content management system. It is flexible and powerful and easier to use that I thought it would be. I am already looking into how to do my own theming and, if I find a module that I need that isn’t readily available, I actually think I could figure out how to build one myself. The documentation and support forums are quite good on the Drupal site.

Though there have been several thunderstorms today where I had to go offline, the monsoon activity seems to be winding down for the season and I am getting back to a more normal sleep schedule, thankfully. Things are perking along and I’m headed back to the Valley this weekend to look at places to rent.