Technical
All posts in the category: Technical
All posts in the category: Technical
Today's angry place is focused on the double standards of embracing big tech without question versus espousal of critical literacy that exists in academia. Why is this so?
AI chatbot mass use is totally unsustainable from an environmental perspective, yet do we hear anyone talking about that in...
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I've been learning Grav and that mainly means learning how Twig templating works. I reckon I've made reasonable progress in the month Ive been working with Grav, so I feel good. Learning a new CMS and how to build the site and customise it's processes, I tend to just throw myself in and steadily wor...
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More thoughts on current tech. Trigger warning, these basic questions and points may cause offense. These thoughts were initially a Facebook post, but deserve further sharing. Too many academics are rushing toward this shining hill of gilded future promises. But should they?
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Laragon is probably the best Windows based localhost environment at the moment. I used to use XAMMP back in the day, but soon outgrew that when I first discovered Movamp, a tiny portable localhost that I used a lot a few years ago. Its now defunct and too much hassle to make an updated version, thou...
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This is the first post to Grav, as I learn how the whole thing works. I tend to mooch into a new CMS, and investigate the build, set up, admin, themes, plugins and how things all fit together all at once, which probably isnt the best way but then again it kind of dumps you in at the deep end so you...
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