Interesting take on the “Open Source War”
eSchool news has an interesting editorial on the “Open Source War” between Linux and Microsoft. Food for thought…
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Setting up a Linux NFS Install Source for Your LAN
Great howto on setting up a Linux NFS Install Source for SUSE Linux. Aimed a relative Linux newbies (ie: I understood it….)
Two-User PC – a nice fit for schools?
CRN has an interesting story on how VARs are selling schools PCs with additional video cards and using Win XP’s multiple user sessions have two users use the PC at the same time. Microsoft seems fuzzy on the legality of… Read More »Two-User PC – a nice fit for schools?
M&M’s Chocolate Mpire
A fun clip – M&Ms move to the “dark” side of the force.
Block IE use via Proxy registry settings
Another amazingly simple idea from Novel’s cool solutions crowd – blocking access to IE via pushing out the proxy settings in the registry.
SchoolMatters: online data for schools
Standard & Poor’s has brought SchoolMatters online recently. They bill it as “a public source for information and analysis about our nation’s public schools.” It has some very nice data analysis and comparison tools, although I would like it if… Read More »SchoolMatters: online data for schools
Copy between USB devices with no computer?
An interesting writeup of the Sync Box USB II caught my eye. It boasts the ability to copy data between two USB devices with no computer. Would be useful for dumping digital photos to a memory key or similar applications.
More Lessons on Skype
Interesting blog entry on VoIP / Skype: I like his point on branding. This is the 2nd of two posts. The 1st is worth reading as well.
Linux versus XP on the desktop
The Register has an interesting article about Linux vs. Win XP adoption on the desktop in England. The most interesting part is the results, of course (.PDF file)
No Name game#1
Another game that seems impossible…. I’d be happy to finish, let alone have a good time.