Author: John Walker
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That One Privacy Site
This is a solid site and well referenced on the Internet for those looking for information on VPNs. From the author of That One Privacy Site: There are some other good resources that cover privacy based topics quite well, but when I started down the path of retaking my own privacy, there was very little…
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Replacing Surname with Last Name in Moodle 3.1.1+
This is a post recommending utilizing Moodle menus as opposed to writing your own code. If you prefer to customize your site in a manner that upgrading becomes nigh on impossible, please, do so without leaving a comment or reading further. I had an amusing time reading the posts of folks who have hacked the…
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Installing WiFi with Fedora 24 on HP ProBook 6570b
I have a HP ProBook 6570b as my work machine and while installing Cinnamon and Fedora 24 I found myself challenged to get WiFi working with the Broadcom WiFi adapter. How did I solve it? Well, there were two likely methods that really are the same method, installing the WiFi drivers from the HP Support…
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Upgrading to Fedora 24
Fedora 24 is official. I decided to jump in on my production server as I had just risked everything taking care of the Ants. Seriously, my Cisco, Server, and Printer/Scanner were infested in their temporary location. They have never been so clean. I was going to go straight to FedUp like I had in the…
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error/invalidrestorefile Errors Trying to Restore a Course in Moodle
I am running Moodle 3.1 (Build: 20160609); however, none of that matters. I had errors restoring files as I reset my system for the next academic year which I do immediately before they send me packing for the summer season. I got it to work last Friday but on Monday decided to start again from…