Category Archives: Wes
Gund woes
Latest version of EndNote XML parser died on an &. Somewhere SimpleXML module s converting & to &, I needed to convert it back again before output. Now all 224 new entries import, but URL not parsing correctly. Endnote simply … Continue reading
Morgan Horses
Marcia J. Purvis, Communications Coordinator, Dept. of Animal Science , inquired The Morgan Horse Farm has another request on the following page: http://asci.uvm.edu/morgan/?Page=horses/sale_horses.php&SM=horses_sub.html&view_all=true&typeID=9 When someone chooses Step 1: All , then Step 2: View All, they would like the horses listed (alphabetically) … Continue reading
Experts database
Amanda K. Waite,Web News Editor, University Communications asked: University Communications is looking into the possibility of using data generated by Digital Measures (the new faculty reporting tool being implemented on campus) to update the experts database. We need a spreadsheet of netids, … Continue reading
mySQL and UVMEXT
Lucy Carrasco wrote: I started recently as an assistant webmaster at UVM Extension and Marcus mentioned to me that you helped him with setup of the Across the Fence WordPress site. I have a few questions regarding the database setup … Continue reading
13lunas
http://www.uvm.edu/~lrg/13lunas Tina Escaja video project. Video recording page not fitting into tiny PC screen for Living/Learning gallery show. tried to fix CSS with limited success. need to see the actual PC
Odds and Ends
oddball stuff that people ask me to look at, explain, fix, etc. Call it Academic Computing. bof·fin noun ˈbä-fən Colloquial word used to refer to highly trained specialists in their respective fields; especially when the exact field of specialty … Continue reading
Gund update 2012-09-24
Finally got back to this project. Making use of dSpace import map file. map file records the ID of all new items added through the item importer, and can be used to delete those same items. Web Endnote interface now … Continue reading
BBB Update 2012-09-24
Interest in using BB from Steven Exler (EPSCoR) and Ken Bechtel (Social Work). This prompted investing some time in fixing numerous little bugs and misbehaving features. Also tried a stress-test, hooking up 25 clients and seeing around 50% CPU usage. … Continue reading
“I am wanting the use BigBlueButton for my Educational Technology class”
Carmen Petrick Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education writes: I am wanting the use BigBlueButton for my Educational Technology class to video chat with a class of 6th grade students. The 6th graders have netbooks and iPads. Will this be … Continue reading
BigBlueButton updates
updated from .8b3 to .80