Last update, I detailed some of the progress I made and changes to the project. I just wanted to provider another intermediate update on the progress I am making on getting things polished. First, I have missed my July/August 2025 window of getting things pushed to GitHub. This was
In my last post, I spent some time detailing my dream for an external Moodle ecosystem devoted to admins. As a recap, there were three aspects I was focused on: * Moodle Dashboard * Moodle API Wrapper (Python) * Third-party Moodle API Gateway The Moodle dashboard would allow quick access to common functions
If you've ever spent any time with Moodle as an admin, you'll probably appreciate the words of affirmation in this post. For those unfamiliar with Moodle, let me take a brief moment to paint the picture for you: Moodle is an open-source Learning Management System (LMS)
I went to make an update to the site and I magically wiped everything out because of a Docker Compose issue. We're back after I restored everything...again. I need to go back and fix images in posts, but the site is fully functional again.
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Normally, you have to announce you're doing a thing before you can post mortem it when it fails. I didn't announce this to anyone but myself, but I feel it's good practice to analyze the facts and prepare for moving forward. I don'
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Hello. I just wanted to offer a bit of transparency into recent changes made on April 18th, 2024 to this website's WordPress platform. I added a small tracking script to the website. I am using the Plausible self-hosted platform to collect some basic information about visitors. This will
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I'm not sure how AAA game publishers roll out online games, but I always envision layers of complex interactions between multiple on-prem and cloud services securely talking business while getting the job done. I may be giving them the benefit of the doubt, but this is what I
The musings of a geek.
I have a small disdain for WordPress (WP from here on out). In fact, I probably hate it. Every blog that I have ever set up goes through the following process: 1. Install WP 2. Find a theme 3. Realize the theme is a lite version and leaves out a
A long time ago in a galaxy far-far away I had a grand dream for a browser-based space game with similar gameplay to a very old PHP-based game called BlackNova Traders. I dubbed my version Nova Trade Wars. I initially intended this game to be very immersive and it was
Things have gotten busy at home and work, but development is slowly progressing with Margaret. I will publish a new article as soon as possible!
Implement the token reward system into your family or use this as a building block for your own system!
When it comes to rewarding children for things they do right, it can actually be really hard to find something that works. When my wife and I originally started working on a system, it came in various forms. It may have been positive reinforcement through a small toy for being
Reviewing the initial attempt at making a workflow to give Margaret a brain.
Planning a Tweeting and blogging AI grandmother.
Looking forward to getting this blog set up and moving. I have a lot of things planned for this year and I'm looking forward to sharing with you.