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A Summer Full of Code

October 1, 2020 Leave a comment

As the ill-fated 2020 school year faded into memory, somehow I got it in my head that what I REALLY needed to do this summer was learn how to create a full-stack, single-page web application.

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Posted in: Projects Filed under: JavaScript, journalism classroom, PHP, programming

Digital Rubrics That Work Like Paper

June 17, 2020 Leave a comment

When I switched to all-digital rubrics a couple years ago, I wanted to reproduce the feel of writing on paper without actually using any paper.

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Turning Off a Noisy External Hard Drive Automatically

January 12, 2020 Leave a comment

Turning off my noisy hard drive enclosure requires unmounting multiple volumes and then reaching below the desk to hold down a power button for several seconds. Wouldn’t it be cool if this could happen automatically as soon as I’m done using it?

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Posted in: Projects Filed under: backups, hard drives, IFTTT, scripting, smart home

Downloading the Dog

January 2, 2020 Leave a comment

We adopted a dog named Tucker. He’s adorable, but downloading his photos from our dog walker’s website was a little too difficult.

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Posted in: Projects Filed under: dog, JavaScript, scripting, Shortcuts, Tucker

Creating an Electronic Application System

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Who wouldn’t want to be responsible for dealing with hundreds of applications, planning an induction ceremony, and overseeing countless hours of service projects? It didn’t take long to discover that I had inherited an administrative nightmare.

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Posted in: Projects Filed under: Access, database, National Honor Society, user interface design

Upgrading the Journalism Lab

September 25, 2019 Leave a comment

After the school district replaced all the desktop computers in the journalism lab with laptops, I needed to find a way to reproduce the ergonomics and efficiency of our old setup using more modern hardware.

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Posted in: Projects Filed under: computers, ergonomics, peripherals, USB-C

Buying a Mac

July 31, 2019 Leave a comment

I’ve been a Mac user for nearly two decades. Say what you will about Steve Jobs’ Reality Distortion Field. I’ve…

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Posted in: Projects Filed under: Apple, Building Computers, Mac

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