The University of Vermont

5/31/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 2:18 pm

dspace admin issue for one of m tignor’s collaborators
art lab summer proposal details
media server cut-over issues (DMDL)
CT_Cal.pl and other scripts on parrot

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5/26/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 2:15 pm

Worked on getting CT_Cal.pl prepublished calendars working
last details on CMD purchase
last details on media server
answered R McCauley video capture questions

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5/25/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 2:10 pm

continued to work on porting CT_cal familiy of functions to parrot.uvm.edu
continued Media server  testing. Almost ready to deploy, so I sent a warning message to harley and Chris.
finalized CMD purchase order

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5/24/2005

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 2:06 pm

helped p plourde install mediawiki
worked on CMD workstation purchase proposal
helped d jacobowitz with script password protection
video server configuration and testing
finished porting CT_Cal.pl to linux

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5/23/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 2:04 pm

prepared detailed analysis of purchase options for Center for Multimedia Development workstation(s)
continued testing of media server
worked on porting CT_Cal.pl to linux, which really meant porting Capi.pm — the perl/capi interface glue

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5/19/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 1:59 pm

went through scripts on warthog.uvm.edu with fined toothed comb, looking for keepers, mission critiical apps, and junk. Created and discussed master list with f swasey. scripts are being migrated from AIX to Linux
prepared time estimate for paul bierman regarding changes to landscape code
more video server testing

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5/18/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 1:57 pm

investigated Java installation in Mac OS X issues for J Bellum

investigated UVM Template printing problems

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5/17/2005

Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 1:52 pm

tracked down issue with new Tiger iCal application and CT_Cal.pl related to meetings displayed in UTC rather than local time

provided consulting to D Jacobowitz  for perl CGI-BIN programming at UVM

tested new Cisco VPN clients

finally figured out how to get "SDP Announce" method to work with QuickTime broadcaster and quicktime.uvm.edu

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Moose is Loose

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 12:18 pm
(filed under category My pitiful Life)

Saw a big ol’ Moose chowing down in the Hollow Brook Swamp last night on my way home from work, about a mile and a half from my house. I burst in the door to tell Vickie, and was almost tackled by William, who loudly exclaimed, “Daddy, we saw a moose!” But the one they [...]

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5/16/2005

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Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 1:48 pm
(filed under category MacOS Support=> Projects=> Video Labs=> Video and Audio)

more software research for t lyman
more video server testing and debugging
researched utilities to convert WMV to MOV file formats for A Quinn
explained realproducer settings to b bittman/wruv

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5/12/2005

Landscape Change Project: Adding new fields

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 2:38 pm

On May 12, 2005, at 11:29 AM, paul bierman wrote:
Anyhow, we are starting in on image uploading and data collection > soon for the summer and there will be three students working. Any  chance that you could help us add a few fields for both the  historic and modern images? [...]

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Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 1:45 pm

discovered limitations of webdav with respect to php files (they get parsed!)
began to build test structure for new landscape change project edits
researched software prices for t lyman

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WordPress upgrade part 2: Making UVM a Theme

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 11:37 am
(filed under category Blogs=> Projects=> Scripts - Programming)

As part of the 1.2 to 1.5 WordPress upgrade, I thought I would try to see if the UVM template would work in the context of the new Themes mechanism.
Yes, it does.
Here’s how I got there:
basically, followed [...]

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5/11/2005

Upgrading Wordpress 1.2.x to 1.5.1

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 3:50 pm
(filed under category Blogs=> Projects)

1) rename ~/public_html/wordpress and ~public_html/wordpress-1.2.2
2) download and unpack distribution file
3) rename resultant folder wordpress-1.5.1
4) make logical link wordpress => wordpress-1.5.1
5) copy wordpress-1.2.2/wp-config.php to wordpress-1.5.1/
6) run http://www.uvm.edu/netid/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php
7) Copy folder wordpress-1.2.2/wp-content to wordpress-1.5.1/
That’s about it for “normal” users. Now comes the tricky part….
making it use the UVM template
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Activity Log

Wesley Wright (Grand High Wizard of Blogsalot) @ 1:40 pm
(filed under category Blogs=> Projects=> Systems and Servers=> Video and Audio)

more media server configuration testing (quicktime broadcaster)
addressed access issues with https://www.uvm.edu/video
upgraded my wordpress installation from 1.2.2 to 1.5.1
reconfigured wordpress to use UVM template as a "Theme"

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