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Sunday 11 February

Case Wiki API Working (00:31) - The Case Wiki API (http://wiki.case.edu/api.php) appears to be magically working now. There are lots of really cool things that could... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Thursday 28 September

Overengineered Wikis (13:49) - According to Wikipedia, A wiki is a type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 5 September

Potential for the Semantic Wiki (14:13) - Semantic MediaWiki was installed on the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] last week. Since then, about 150 relations and 50 attributes have... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 30 August

Semantic MediaWiki Active on Case Wiki (21:47) - I installed Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) on the Case Wiki this evening. Semantic MediaWiki allows you to embed relations and attributes... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 11 July

Potential for Enhanced Collaboration at Case (12:01) - Would a service that provides customized web space for groups or individuals to develop content and upload files be useful... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 10 July

Case Wiki Upgraded to MediaWiki 1.7.1 (01:35) - I just upgraded the Case Wiki to MediaWiki 1.7.1. If you notice any weird behavior, please send an e-mail to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 13 June

More People Talking about Computer Help Documentation (14:15) - I have mentioned [[Category:Computer Help|computer help documentation]] in my blog before. With a new help documentation site accessible through the... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

Sunday 16 April

Google Map of Case Campus Updated (22:04) - I was randomly checking the [[CaseWiki:Map|Google Map of Case]] on the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] and noticed that the satellite photographs... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 7 April

MonoBook Skin Enabled on Case Wiki (14:48) - More choices are better! Many can relate to the skin used by the Wikipedia projects. So, in an attempt to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Case Wiki Upgraded to MediaWiki 1.6.1 (03:16) - I have upgraded the Case Wiki to version 1.6.1 of MediaWiki. I believe I worked out all of the kinks,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 27 March

Footnote Support Added to Case Wiki (00:42) - I quietly added support for [[Help:Footnotes|footnotes]] on the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] a few days ago. The librarians and encyclopedia purists... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

Friday 24 March

Thoughts on Establishing a Wiki Farm (02:31) - Following in Jeremy's footsteps, I am going to jot down my thoughts on a wiki farm at Case. I will... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

Wednesday 22 March

New Syndicated Feeds Available for the Case Wiki (02:29) - I completely rewrote the syndicated feed generation for the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] today (for the 3rd time). Feeds are now... | 1 Trackbacks | 14 Comments
New Syndicated Feeds Available for the Case Wiki (02:29) - I completely rewrote the syndicated feed generation for the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] today (for the 3rd time). Feeds are now... | 1 Trackbacks | 14 Comments

Wednesday 15 March

Case Wiki Moved to Different Server, Almost Ready to Be Production Service (02:14) - The [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] has been moved to a new physical server. The new server will be the wiki's permanent... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Friday 10 March

eAccelerator: Now With Support for PHP 5.1 (09:09) - I was installing a fresh LAMPS environment for an ITS server (the Case Wiki's final home no less) and saw... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 20 February

Case Wiki Hits 1000 Users (01:24) - I just noticed that the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] has hit the 1000 users mark! Since the wiki can log you... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Tuesday 7 February

Case Wiki Named "Wiki of the Weekee" (12:41) - Wiki That! has named the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] it's 17th "Wiki of the Weekee." In their announcement, they rate the... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Thursday 26 January

My Sins Against the Wiki Community (21:46) - Last December, I was contacted through the grapevine to explore the possibility of using the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] to host... | 1 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Sunday 18 December

Watching Wikis in Real Time (23:14) - I have created an AJAX-powered extension to MediaWiki that lets you watch edits in a wiki in real time. It... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Tuesday 6 December

Using WIkis in Education (12:24) - Using Wikis in Education This site is dedicated for examples of how to use wikis in an educational environment. Oh,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Creating Graphs (11:07) - I want to create an extension for MediaWiki that will all users to create graphs of data. I'm not talking... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Friday 2 December

Graphs and Wikis, Oh My, Part Deux (00:03) - In a previous post I talked about the things that could be done with graphs on wikis. After a few... | 0 Trackbacks | 9 Comments
Graphs and Wikis, Oh My, Part Deux (00:03) - In a previous post I talked about the things that could be done with graphs on wikis. After a few... | 0 Trackbacks | 9 Comments

Tuesday 29 November

Graphs and Wikis, Oh My (17:48) - The theme of this week for me seems to be graphs. In [[EECS 325]], I have to plot the results... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 9 November

Case Wiki Hits 500 Users (00:08) - I just noticed that the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] now has 500 registered users! The [[stats|web server statistics]] are equally impressive.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 8 November

Remove Edit Restrictions on the Case Wiki (11:25) - I've been thinking a bit lately about removing some of the restrictions that are currently in place on the [[Main... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Monday 31 October

New Syndicated Feeds on the Case Wiki (13:21) - I completely rewrote our custom [[CaseWiki:Feeds|syndicated feeds]] plugin for MediaWiki this weekend. The new version has some slight semantic differences... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Thursday 13 October

Wiki Touchgraph (22:40) - I found this cool applet called Touchgraph that does pretty cool relational plotting. Just check out [[Special:Touchgraph]] on the [[Main... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Wednesday 5 October

Case Wiki Slowly Gaining Attention (22:55) - The [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] is slowly getting presence in the blogosphere. * The Fish Wrapper (blog entry) * Edugadget Wiki... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 15 August

Google Sitemaps Significantly Help Spidering (14:10) - A week ago, I registered the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] with Google Sitemaps (1). Today, I looked at the Case Wiki... | 0 Trackbacks | 13 Comments

Thursday 14 July

Wikis Used for Data Storage (10:04) - I have been thinking a lot lately about using wikis as a storage backend for data-- not text for an... | 1 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

Thursday 7 July

Firefox Geo Extension (10:27) - There is an extension available for Firefox that displays a globe in the status bar when you visit a page... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Wednesday 6 July

Google Maps API + Case Wiki = Map of Wiki Entries (10:17) - Some previous posts (1, 2) touched on the subject of using the new Google Maps API to integrate with the... | 1 Trackbacks | 1 Comments