Moodle Hack/Doc Fest hits Indianapolis in Summer 2016

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The Butler bulldog stands atop the Butler University sign, with a large grass field in the background.

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest — that biannual summer camp for instructional technologists, web developers, and other folks who work with Moodle — hits Indianapolis this summer. It’s being held Tuesday, June 21 through Thursday, June 23, 2016 at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. A pre-Hack/Doc documentation and coding sprint will be held Monday, June 20, 2016. … Read more

What I’m Reading: Sun of Suns

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A close-up photo of the sun.

Sun of Suns takes place in an immense habitable Dyson sphere (or something like a Dyson sphere) inclosing the star Virga. A freefall civilization — complete with barrel-like towns spun to produce gravity — has spread throughout the enclosed habitat. The book tells the story of Hayden Griffin, a young man seeking revenge against the … Read more

What I’m Reading: The Jennifer Morgue

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Bob, the main character of the novel, is suspended in a watery cage while wearing a business suit.

The Laundry series is an amusing mash up of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The X-Files, Call of Cthulhu, and The Office. The second book in the series features its hero, Bob Howard, in a very James Bond-ish style adventure in which he has to re-enact all of the tropes of the spy genre in order to … Read more

mp4 video test

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A simple mp4 video file. If things are working properly, Chrome should have no problem playing back the video. If it’s not working properly, then the video likely stops playing with some sort of “can’t load media” error.

WebM video test

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A short video converted to WebM format using Firegogg. If things are working properly, Chrome should have no problem playing back the video. If it’s not working properly, then the video likely stops playing with some sort of “can’t load media” error.

My Summer Reading List for 2015 … reimagined

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My original summer reading list was done as a cover gallery. Let’s see what it looks like reimagined as thumbnails accompanied by the book’s title, author, and brief description. Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson Aurora is Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel about the crew of a generational starship finally arriving at their destination … and dealing with … Read more