Graham Robinson https://www.mediaguy.co.uk [new] Not actually an IT genius, but don't tell anyone Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:22:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.4 Bob Embeds https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2016/12/15/bob-embeds/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2016/12/15/bob-embeds/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:23:26 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=1230 New Codes

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]]> https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2016/12/15/bob-embeds/feed/ 0 Code your job to be easier: ExamStart https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2014/07/29/code-your-job-to-be-easier-examstart/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2014/07/29/code-your-job-to-be-easier-examstart/#respond Tue, 29 Jul 2014 09:11:56 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=1195 I make lots of little programs to make my life a little easier. There’s the 2 line code that reminds me that I’ve made a cup of tea, the 10 lines that strips out everything but numbers from things on my clipboard to the 100 lines that automatically finds the computer name that the user I’m on the phone to is using (which then automatically loads our remote desktop software). But ExamStart was a little different…

ExamStart was something that other people should use. Our students would launch Exams through Blackboard if it was a Perception exam, through a generic account if using Word, through typing an address into Internet Explorer for drug calculations. The students would look to the invigilators for instruction, and the invigilators were expected to know how to launch everything with very little training.

This need to make things easier was the reason ExamStart was made. The program would launch in exactly the same way in every exam and know which Exam a particular room was due to take. It stripped the dependency on Blackboard, the need for staff to remember to add links to VLEs, added security to websites that didn’t have any and showed real time statistics to the IT team.

I’ve now had online seminars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os46Zcuk_GU) on the software as well as two papers at the CAA Conference (2011, 2013) I’ve decided to write up a little more about it. At the University it has received a little more attention after winning a Vice Chancellors Award for innovation for creating the software.

More to come @ mediaguy.co.uk

@mediaguycouk

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Explanations will stay on this site, but the code will be on https://github.com/mediaguycouk/WebPanoptoAPI

]]> https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2014/06/20/github/feed/ 0 Learning the Panopto API https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2014/06/11/learning-the-panopto-api/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2014/06/11/learning-the-panopto-api/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:28:40 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=1151 In the past week I’ve been learning the Panopto API. It’s code written specifically for interacting with a Panopto server.

I’ve been doing it for 1 week now and have been impressed with how quickly everything seems to be fitting together. The code is only really useful if you have a Panopto server, but if you want to check it out, have a look at the API pages.

]]> https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2014/06/11/learning-the-panopto-api/feed/ 0 A little Grand National betting https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2013/04/06/a-little-grand-national-betting/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2013/04/06/a-little-grand-national-betting/#respond Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:57:34 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=1003 I don’t bet often. When I do it’s normally with a Google Spreadsheet, which I put fake money into fake bets. But today is Grand National day, and everyone likes a flutter on Grand National day right?

Probably the naughtiest part of the bet was the fact that I put all of the £10 I had on Southampton winning against Reading, that bet worked out leaving me around £20 to bet on the horses.

Sam Cole, a work colleague, had pointed be towards http://www.olbg.com, but those tips just matched BetFair.

I did a bet on the top 5 favourites, with slightly less money the closer the horses were to being favourite

Betting to place in top 4

Horse Odds Bet Profit
Seabass 3.6 2 7.20
On His Own 4.1 2 8.20
Chicago Grey 4.6 3 13.80
Cappa Bleu 4.5 4 18
Teaforthree 4.3 5 21.50

 

Top four were

1. Auroras Encore (Ryan Mania) 66-1
2. Cappa Bleu (Paul Moloney) 12-1
3. Teaforthree (Nick Scholfield) 10-1
4. Oscar Time (Sam Waley-Cohen) 66-1

So I won £39.50 + £9 of my bet back.

Horse Odds Bet Profit
Seabass 3.6 2 7.20
On His Own 4.1 2 8.20
Chicago Grey 4.6 3 13.80
Cappa Bleu 4.5 4 18
Teaforthree 4.3 5 21.50

 

I also bet On His Own to win, but that didn’t work out.

In all I turned £10 into about £40.

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Mostly to help me in the future when I break it, I’ve been writing the commands used to turn the standard Raspberry Pi installation of Debian (called Raspbian) into the working system on my desk.

More information can be found under Pages: Raspberry Pi

]]> https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2013/03/23/raspberry-pi-pages/feed/ 0 Wedding photos (unprotected) https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2011/01/24/wedding-photos-unprotected/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2011/01/24/wedding-photos-unprotected/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:17:27 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=713 The wedding photos are now available in the post below. This is password protected and uses the standard website password.

Email me if you don’t have it!

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]]> https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2011/01/24/wedding-photos/feed/ 0 Wedding photos – Photographer’s blog https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2010/09/12/wedding-photos-photographers-blog/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2010/09/12/wedding-photos-photographers-blog/#respond Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:53:46 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=672 We’re still yet to see the official photos from Simon Coulson, but some have appeared on his blog.

http://www.simonjcoulson-blog.com/2010/09/12/southampton-wedding-photographer-amy-graham/

]]> https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2010/09/12/wedding-photos-photographers-blog/feed/ 0 Disposable cameras https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2010/09/03/disposable-cameras/ https://www.mediaguy.co.uk/2010/09/03/disposable-cameras/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:04:25 +0000 http://www.mediaguy.co.uk/?p=669 Our disposable cameras were developed this week and are up on Flickr

CD2 (2)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaguy/sets/72157624865588298/

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