The 6th incarnation of Elmer's blog
Video.js is an open source JavaScript framework for creating custom HTML5 video players. Video.js is incredibly powerful, and it’s used by a host of very popular websites—largely due to its open nature and how easy it is to get up and running.
Source: Live video streaming with open source Video.js | Opensource.com
howtogeek.com: How to Use the fold Command on Linux.
https://www.howtogeek.com/538778/how-to-use-the-fold-command-on-linux/
Refreshing the old blog with a move to a new instance and an update to PHP.
Set up a self-sustained set of basic Linux servers with nothing more than a system with virtualization software, a CentOS ISO, and about an hour of your time.
Source: Create a CentOS homelab in an hour
Good article that serves as a reminder just how easy it has become to work with Linux. Even though the article talks about CentOS the same strategy would work with Ubuntu, Debian, or just about any other flavor of Linux.
How We Helped Our Reporters Learn to Love Spreadsheets https://open.nytimes.com/how-we-helped-our-reporters-learn-to-love-spreadsheets-adc43a93b919
This is how the NY Times answered the “should reporters learn to code” question. Turns out a little tech fluency goes a long way. There’s something here to emulate in legal education and the practice of law.
Lets have a look on what we have on this article:
- Setting up Apache 2 in Linux Subsystem for Windows 10
- Setting up MySQL Server in Linux Subsystem for Windows 10
- Setting up PHP in Linux Subsystem for Windows 10
- Visual Studio Code and PHP Extensions
- Few tweaks to work on PHP, Visual Studio Code with Linux Subsystem for Windows
Source: How to setup Apache, MySQL and PHP in Linux Subsystem for Windows 10
Hey, what good’s Ubuntu 18.04 for web dev without Apache, PHP, and MySQL? Getting the full LAMP stack up and running in WSL is a breeze and then you can get some work done. BTW, don’t forget Git.
There are some good pointers and excellent tips in Web Development and Advanced Techniques with Linux on Windows (WSL) that are useful if you’re using WSL as part of your dev toolkit. Getting the same envs, including PATH, running across both systems is handy. It’s cool to be able to develop in Windows and test in Ubuntu without mucking about with VMs or ssh or anything.
Drupal is moving its development infrastructure to GitLab https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/blog/developer-tools-initiative-part-5-gitlab-partnership from the current pure Git environment.
With these two sets of issues in mind, we will end our operation of the blogs.harvard.edu platform in favor of a new platform managed by Harvard University’s Information Technology team. Specifics of that transition are being worked out, and we expect to roll out plans in collaboration with HUIT over the coming weeks.
Upcoming Changes in the Blogs.Harvard Blogging Platform | Weblogs at Harvard
This pioneering network of blogs was initially spearheaded by Dave Winer during his tenure as a Berkman Fellow back in 2003. The network was initially powered by Userland Manilla and was eventually migrated to WordPress. It is unclear what will happen to the one of the oldest blogging networks still in use today.