Patrick Beeson

Latest blog entries

• My new role at Scripps: Content manager

  A lot of things have been changing at Scripps lately. Some good. Some not so good.

  But the recent reorganization at the Scripps Interactive Group in Knoxville, Tenn. has provided me the opportunity for an exciting new position -- a position that will truly leverage my understanding and passion for online media.

  Continue reading

  • Patrick Beeson
  • Nov. 12, 2008
  • 7:18 a.m.
  • Nine comments

• How to find a house in Knoxville, TN

  Knoxville is an easy enough city in which to live. It's cheap, most folks are nice and life is generally relaxed. But whats it like finding a house in Sunsphere City?

  My wife and I, being home-buying n00bs, had the chance to find out with our (fingers-crossed) recent find in Fountain City, just north of downtown Knoxville.

  Continue reading

  • Patrick Beeson
  • Nov. 10, 2008
  • 8:44 p.m.
  • Four comments

• Review: Frank Thomas XTi leather riding gear

  No motorcyclist should ride without adequate protective gear. This includes an armored jacket and pants, gloves, boots and a helmet.

  But all this protection comes at a price, which is why I chose the Frank Thomas brand for my jacket, pants and gloves.

  This is a review of those critical pieces.

  Continue reading

  • Patrick Beeson
  • Nov. 6, 2008
  • 8:47 p.m.
  • No comments

• On becoming a motorcyclist

  My purchase of a 2002 Ducati Monster 620ie has me planted firmly into a new subculture usually associated with leather, rebellion and general bad-assery. I am now a motorcyclist.

  This journey began as a result of my brother Eric's initiation into the fraternity with his purchase of a 50cc scooter, and later a Kawasaki Ninja 500. It was heightened when I took, and passed, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider course, which I've written about in the past.

  But in no way would I consider myself a bad-ass yet. That won't happen for another couple hundred, or thousand, miles.

  Continue reading

  • Patrick Beeson
  • Oct. 20, 2008
  • 7:09 a.m.
  • Four comments

• How to upgrade to Django Comments 1.0

  The release of Django 1.0 held many new developments for the Python-based framework that I've used to build several projects during the past few months. But one feature I was really looking forward to exploring was the new, refactored comments application.

  Unfortunately, Django Comments 1.0 also comes with the scary prospect of database updates, data migrations, markup changes, CSS changes and other headaches. Here's how I tackled the now-documented upgrade for this application.

  Continue reading

  • Patrick Beeson
  • Sept. 7, 2008
  • 10:01 a.m.
  • 15 comments

About me

• LinkedIn profile
• Facebook profile
• Resume (PDF)