We got word earlier today that the JISC Mini-Projects program is going to fund CaPRéT! CaPRéT is one of the tools I’ve proposed as part of my Plagiarism is Good idea. Though we dropped a T and made it sound French in what we proposed to the British! This program was a bit of a… Continue Reading CaPRéT Receives Funding
I ran Microsoft Updater to update my Mac Office 2011 and one of the updates was the XML Importer. This is the warning message I got… [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I just hate this. The… Continue Reading This just annoys me…
In a few weeks, I’m running this little conference for about 250 attendees. More soon.
Here are 3 different visualizations of my work time for 2010-2011. (If you remember, I posted on my prediction for 2010-2011 and how I spent my time in 2009-2010.
I am not a designer, but I have worked with them often enough to know that when I send artwork off for production (e.g., printing) there are certain things I should do. Like convert the text to outlines, use vector graphics and not rendered images, etc. So when I get something like this: I just… Continue Reading Please look, first…
Your add-ons may be the reason why… [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Slow Performing Add-ons Add-ons provide many useful features and functions, but they can also cause Firefox to become slower. Some add-ons can even slow Firefox… Continue Reading Firefox slow to load?
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Yesterday on my drive home, after teaching class, I found a Utah driver. You know, the…I’m going to drive 5 miles under the speed limit, just because… Apparently WikiHow has an article… Continue Reading I found a Utah driver, in Massachusetts
I was fortunate to go to MIT OpenCourseWare’s 10th anniversary gathering on Monday, April 4th. You can peek in on the last 10 years in OpenCourseWare via tweets (for this little conference I’m running) or the timeline that MIT OCW put together. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat”… Continue Reading Congratulations MIT OCW, 10 Years!
On a couple of the WordPress sites I run for OEIT, I have added in embed and object tagged code. My user has an administrator role to enable me to do this. I exclusively use the HTML mode to do my editing, so there’s little to no chance of inadvertently changing the HTML code for… Continue Reading Disable Visual Editor in WordPress
So, I’m not sure if this is a Friday Funny from an “eeeeeeeeeeeew” factor. Or a Tuesday Tip to encourage me to vacuum more often. I’m almost done with my Spring cleaning, and here are the results of my vacuuming the main level in my apartment. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=””… Continue Reading Spring Cleaning