In December I started working as a web developer at the Chicago Technology Cooperative. We do a lot of work with Drupal, and most of our clients are nonprofits. I recently attended Drupalcon Boston and with two of my coworkers presented a session on Drupal as a GIS/Mapping Platform.
My big project of the spring went public today. It’s called the California Inclusionary Housing Policy Database, and we introduced it like this:
The California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH) is pleased to launch a free searchable database of more than 130 California Inclusionary Housing (IH) programs, the first of its kind in the U.S.
The California Inclusionary Housing Policy Database contains information on the key characteristics of California IH programs in existence in 2006. At that time there were an estimated 170 programs, of which CCRH was able to retrieve electronic and hard copy versions of approximately 80%.
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The database provides summaries of characteristics for each policy. Users may search for these summaries by jurisdiction name or by more than 30 other variables. … In addition, each summary provides a link to the jurisdiction’s full policy.
My roommate Mike and I went hiking on the Lost Coast (north coast of California where they couldn’t build a highway) over Memorial Day weekend. We didn’t make it too far, because Mike’s knee wasn’t up to it, but it was so, so beautiful. Pictures are here.
Also, I got new glasses: a green pair and a black and red pair. They were super-cheap, and will probably wear out the way cheap things do, but: prescription glasses I can change like tshirts!
My roommate Mike and I went for a hike in Mendocino National Forest today, up Snow Mountain. Except it rained at the trailhead (3200 feet), which meant snow partway up the mountain (4500 feet), so we turned around at the shoulder (6000 feet) and didn’t go to the top (7000 feet). We took our time and spent a good five hours on the mountain, though. I took some pictures and put them on a map: flickr photos of Snow Mountain.
This coming Saturday I am going snowboarding at Sugar Bowl near Lake Tahoe. Check out their trail map and daydream along with me!
