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2013 Banff Gran Fondo 25 Aug 2013 | 03:57 am
Ride Time: 4:45:22 Stopped Time: 35:00 Distance: 143.99 km Average: 30.28 km/h Fastest Speed: 75.55 km/h Ascent: 942 metres Calories: 4689
déjà vu: where is my mind edition 15 Aug 2013 | 09:54 am
vaguely reminds me of something. can’t quite place it… they should try a kitchen table…
how to repair all tables in all databases on a mysql server 11 Aug 2013 | 12:22 am
This comes in handy, and I have to google it every time I need it12. So, here’s a copy for reference later… Run it as root, with MySQL running. It’ll repair every table in every database. Give it tim...
on the napsterization of education 8 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
Another post on how education is undergoing (or will very soon be forced to undergo) a napster-like disruption/transformation/eruption. But napster didn’t disrupt music. It disrupted the previous bus...
help (still) wanted: Director of Educational Development 2 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
We’re still looking for someone who will kick ass as the Director of Educational Development at the new Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. From the posting: The University of Calgary invite...
Desire2Learn Fusion 2013 notes 22 Jul 2013 | 04:09 am
Since we’re adopting Desire2Learn, the UofC sent a few folks to the annual Desire2Learn Fusion conference – the timing was extremely fortuitous, with the conference starting about a month after we sig...
the death of Google Reader has been greatly exaggerated 10 Jul 2013 | 11:44 pm
Using Marco Arment‘s handy dandy RSS feed-subscribers apache access log processing script, here’s the current breakdown of accesses by known RSS reader applications to my blog since 8am today: The bi...
syncing Desktop across multiple computers 10 Jul 2013 | 12:03 am
I treat my Desktop as “stuff I’m working on right now” and file things away into project folders after I’m done actually working on them. I also use 3 different computers, and a couple of iOS devices....
why I (still) use DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine 4 Jul 2013 | 12:42 am
I’ve been using DuckDuckGo as my primary search engine for about 2 and a half years now. This is why: Gabriel Weinberg, founder of Duck Duck Go, at Gel 2013 from Gel Conference on Vimeo. (via a post...
on migrating to desire2learn 2 Jul 2013 | 06:08 am
So, we’re moving to Desire2Learn. Lots of things happening to get us there. Everything is being driven by a timeline leading to the decommissioning of our old LMS on May 31, 2014. Which means, when de...
