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Archive for September, 2006
A test run of Viper007bond video plugin for YouTube, straight from WFMU’s blog post about this video …
I just found a great Coca-Cola commerical parodying Grand Theft Auto on digg. The commerical is hosted on google videos, so I went searching for a solution to embed it in a post of a WordPress blog I recently setup for Dr. Carole Ann Creque’s Marketing 310 class (they are currently discussing the [...]
Single Sign-on for Third Party Applications with Typo3
Published by September 24th, 2006 Uncategorizedin . 1 CommentWell, I have been meaning to do it for a while now, but looks like now I have no other choice: its time to re-visit Typo3. I have become pretty familiar with this CMS over the last 6-8 months and I worked on a museum site using Typo3 ver 3.8 – but I think [...]
A WordPress Website with Static Front Page
Published by September 23rd, 2006 Uncategorizedin . 3 CommentsUpdate: be sure to check out bloghelper’s tutorial on the same subject which offers more in-depth details and a few more alternatives.
For many the WordPress application has become synonymous with blogging. And while I am certainly guilty of this conflation, I have recently been exploring how this program can be used as a [...]
Flickr Set Slideshow, featuring the Red Scare!
Published by September 19th, 2006 Uncategorizedin . 2 CommentsFor a while now I have longingly watched Darcy Norman include Flickr sets in his blog posts. My urge to finally scratch this itch was further prompted by the fact that I recently bucked-up and became a proud Flickr Pro account holder. So last night I was thinking, “Hey, maybe I could find [...]
IMing with my Tech Muse, or Blue Skying Course Managment Alternatives
Published by September 17th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 3 CommentsIf there is any one person directly responsible for my current state of exile in instructional technology nirvana at UMW, it may very well be Zach Davis. A few years back, circa 2003, he was talking to me about how he had integrated a movable type blog into his 16th and 17th-century British Literature survey [...]
Creating Custom Categories for WordPress using K2
Published by September 16th, 2006 in Uncategorized. 6 CommentsOne of the things we have been experimenting with here at UMW is creating custom categories for a WordPress installation that will allow us to track students and/or groups quickly and easily in the sidebar. The NIAHD Journals gave me the idea for this hack, and while its not the prettiest hack you’ll [...]
I’m here to unclog your internet tubes.
Image care of Michael Heilemann’s flickr account, one of the great minds behind K2.
Johns Hopkins has taken the Lyceum pill -boooyaaa!!!
Published by September 9th, 2006 Uncategorizedin . 1 CommentI had known this for a few days now, but I wasn’t certain if it was a test run or the real deal, but it seems official given the recent post to the ibiblio lyceum blog- Johns Hopkins University is using Lyceum as a multi-user blog solution. See site here. Asheesh Aroia was instrumental in [...]



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