Recently, my IBM Thinkpad T41p has been making a lot of noise with the fan. It sort of whirrs up and down throughout the day. Also, when booting up it was starting to creak when the fan turns on...making a bad churning sort of noise. I figure that's a bad sign. I'm thinking I need to replace the whole computer.

Finally, I slow down enough to wonder if maybe I can just replace the fan. Behold the power of the web. Others have had a similar issue. The fan is a part of the computer we can expect to replace. It was so wonderful to find links like these:

My module development talk was accepted at DrupalCamp Vancouver 2008. I am presenting later today. The attendees are great. Everyone is focused and having a good time. You can download my example module which I have updated for today's talk.

At Saturday House on April 6, 2008, Gregory Heller and I offered a Drupal introduction session and module development session. More details about the module development session are available at Seattle Drupal Users Group at g.d.o. The test1 module is available below.