Author: rcragun
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Ireland – arrival and Dublin
One of the perks of my job is that I can occasionally get funding to attend international conferences. Since I love to travel, this is a great way for me to get out a bit and see the world without spending tons of my own money while also making international connections that will advance my…
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LibreOffice – Comments Inserted on the Left rather than the Right
I’m guessing I have discovered a bug in LibreOffice, but I don’t know if that is the case for sure. Regardless, it’s a problem. Here’s the situation. I have my students submit all sorts of things to me digitally so I can grade them digitally. I just finished a marathon grading session and finals are…
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Limesurvey: How to Randomly Assign Participants to Different Conditions (i.e., Experimental Designs)
I’ve used LimeSurvey for a long time and really like the software. It’s powerful, yet very easy to use. But one thing I couldn’t figure out with the software was how to assign participants to one of several conditions within a single survey. For example, if you want to randomly assign participants in your survey…
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In Memoriam: Donald P. Hartmann
One of my professors from the University of Utah, Donald P. Hartmann, recently passed away. I took one of Don’s advanced classes as an undergraduate and, during that class (with about 8 students in it), he invited me to consider doing some research. I later joined his Peer Lab and spent quite a bit of…
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Linux: How to Change Password at The University of Tampa
Despite sending in feedback to the Information Technology department at my University about the myriad ways they could improve the process of changing passwords, they haven’t made the process much easier. Since the process is overly cumbersome, not at all intuitive, and I forget about the complications every time I have to change my password…
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LibreOffice: Printing with Comments in Margins
UPDATE: As of 12/15/2015, LibreOffice 5.0 broke this feature. See here. This should be fixed as of LibreOffice 5.0.5. I do a lot of my grading in my classes electronically. As a LibreOffice user, one issue I’ve had with the software is that I haven’t been able to insert comments into the document and then…
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Bahamas trip – Atlantis Resort
Through my work, we had the opportunity to travel to the Bahamas and stay at the Atlantis Resort. We were somewhat excited by the opportunity, but were also a bit wary as we had some forewarning that Atlantis is expensive, and we don’t really do expensive. Even so, it was something new and I’m always up…
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Linux: Changing Date Format in Detailed Display in Dolphin File Manager
While there are many file managers to choose from when using a Linux-based operating system, the default file manager that comes with KDE – Dolphin – is pretty good. I’ve run into a few issues here and there that I wish were different, but it generally does what I need. There is one aspect of…
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Linux: Using dd to erase a hard drive (using pv to view progress)
I occasionally need to wipe a hard drive and give it to someone else. When I do, I’m always careful to make sure that I have wiped it clean. Of course, wiping a hard drive clean is a bit more complicated than just deleting everything or even reformatting it. If you really want to make…
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bypassing the “ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap” error in Firefox 34
Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to override security protocols browsers have instituted as they are designed to keep you safe on the internet (in the “less likely to be hacked” sense). However, with a recent update to Firefox 34, a website I use all the time for my research that is run by my…