Category: Technology
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Hi-Five-Pi: Raspberry Pi Cluster Part 1 – Initial Hardware/Software Setup
February 04, 2020
This post covers the initial steps I took to setup my five-node Raspberry Pi 3 cluster with SLURM, a scheduler and resource manager for High-Performance...
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Review of OSU’s Online B.S. in Computer Science Program
May 03, 2018
Last month I completed my bachelor’s degree in computer science from Oregon State University’s post-baccalaureate program. This program is tailored to students who already have...
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Digital Archiving Tip: How to Extract Embedded Media from PowerPoints
November 07, 2017
Converting PowerPoint presentations into PDFs will provide a better format for long-term preservation in digital archives. However, this will lose any animations, transitions, and embedded...
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Whitewashing Cultural Heritage Collections
September 12, 2017
Is there a word for something that you don’t know, but you really do know? That’s how I felt during Dr. Kimberly Christen’s webinar hosted...
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My DIY Prusa i3 3D Printer
May 02, 2017
A year and a half ago, I ordered the cheapest Prusa i3 3D Printer kit I could find from 3D Printers Online Store. A few...
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Usability Study Tips for Distance Education Students
November 16, 2016
I wanted to share a few tips I learned from doing a usability study for my final project in graduate school as a distance education...
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Linked Data: What New Catalogers Need to Know
June 11, 2016
This post focuses on linked data and what new catalogers need to know. Catalogers working in technical services now are expected to adapt to changing...
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Am I a Data Scientist Now? Review of Coursera’s Data Science Specialization
July 28, 2015
No, I’m not a data scientist now. But I do have a wider understanding of data science and a few new skills thanks to coursera.org’s...
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Library Metadata Specialist – Accidental Computer Programmer
June 16, 2015
So by accident or design you found yourself in a position that involves computer programming. A common situation for library metadata specialists. I recall projects...