D'Arcy Norman @ UCalgary

plans for UCalgaryBlogs

D'Arcy Norman — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:39:08 +0000

Over the summer, my plan was to upgrade UCalgaryBlogs to WordPress 3. That’s been done. Now, we need to take steps to prevent further downtime on the virtual server we’d been using.

So, the TLC has scrounged up a new/used server for use in hosting blogs and wikis. It’s a shiny Dell Poweredge 2850, and should be more than enough horsepower to run the sites for the 2010-2011 school year.

The server will run the web apps for UCalgaryBlogs.ca and wiki.ucalgary.ca as well as hosting the data. I’ll start prepping the new server ASAP – installing Ubuntu Server 10.05 and getting it set up with all of the LAMPy goodness.

TEDxUofC

dnorman — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:22:25 +0000

It looks like the University of Calgary is planning a series of TEDx events: TEDxUofC – the first one being next week, just days after the TEDxYYC event.

After previously saying I wouldn’t go to a TEDx event because of the way they’re set up, I’m happy to post that they don’t have to be that way.

Registration for TEDxUofC is open, and cheap. Students get in for $5. Everyone else gets in for $10. It doesn’t get cheaper than that. And there’s no “how awesome are you?” filter on the registration. You prove your awesomeness by showing up.

Now this is interesting. A series of focused events, each on a different topic, open to anyone who wants to come and make a difference. Sure, the speakers are selected ahead of time. Sure, the topics are selected ahead of time. That’s ok, and the way it’s set up looks like it could provide an interesting series of events.

Now, to try to arrange child care for The Boy� twice a month, so I can head down to Hotel Alma (the new facility on the main U of C campus). Actually, I wonder if he’d like to go. He is a student, after all…

sitewide tags update

D'Arcy Norman — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:16:46 +0000

I’ve updated, and re-enabled the sitewide tags plugin. This takes all posts on public blogs at UCalgaryBlogs and feeds them into a central site to generate a shared tag cloud. Does it work?

New blog post

D'Arcy Norman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:59:28 +0000

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Does posting work again?

dnorman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:00:04 +0000

If you can read this, then we’re good to go�

testing

dnorman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:57:42 +0000

this is a test.

testing new posts…

D'Arcy Norman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:41:59 +0000

does this work? is posting borked?

how about editing an existing post?

Trying WP to Twitter

D'Arcy Norman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:45:28 +0000

Twitter Tools failed with double posts to Twitter, so I’m trying WP to Twitter which could work as well.

testing twitter integration in WPMU

D'Arcy Norman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:14:54 +0000

this is a test. there is nothing to see here. carry on.

UofC Kickoff 2009

dnorman — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:08:12 +0000

Today was the annual Kickoff event – the home opener for the U of C Dinos football team, combined with a party welcoming students to campus for another year. This year, the whole family went to the game, and we had a blast. Also, this year was different because it was the first time in a long, long time that I was able to score the free tickets offered to students�

We had to leave at half time, because it was just too much sun for The Boy� to endure, but the first half of the game was a great one. When we left, the Dinos were ahead 10-8 over the Golden Bears. Sounds like the second half was exciting, too, with the Dinos holding onto the slim lead to win the game. Whew.