Anakin Dynamite
In Anakin Dynamite, an awkward apprentice struggles with older Jedis, school elections and idiots!If you like Napoleon Dynamite and Star Wars, you’ll love Anakin Dynamite.
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The Baby Name Wizard
The Baby Name Wizard is a very cool Java web-based application that will let you look at the popularity of different baby names over the last 100 years. I’m not sure why it’s so addicting, but you find yourself putting… Read More »The Baby Name Wizard
Installing GroupWise on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
Another great walkthrough from the folks over at Novell’s Cool Solutions.
VNCon – VNC for lab management
Came across an interesting tool called VNCon that gives VNC some lab management functionality. Here is a list of the main features included with VNCon: Computer Switching: Cycles through the list monitoring activity, and allowing you to take control or… Read More »VNCon – VNC for lab management
Is Microsoft a BlackBerry Killer?
Internet Week has an interesting story about Microsoft’s aspirations to kill off Blackberry and make it’s upcoming Windows Mobile upgrade, code-named Magneto the kind of the handheld hill. The reasoning is there- why pay for Microsoft Exchange and RIM’s BlackBerry… Read More »Is Microsoft a BlackBerry Killer?
Hacking Treo 650 for Verizon
According to engadget, Verizon customers have started converting Sprint Treo 650s for use on Verizon’s network. If if people are willing to go through such effort to geth them to work, they must be good, right? Or are they just… Read More »Hacking Treo 650 for Verizon
New FCC chief friendly to schools
According to eSchool News Online: “Kevin J. Martin, President Bush’s choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into a new era of digital transmissions, is a firm supporter of the eRate and other telecommunications programs that benefit education, according… Read More »New FCC chief friendly to schools
AstLinux VoIP server
AstLinux 0.2.4 VoIP server is now available. I’ve looked at this as an alternate to Asterisk@Home. The nice thing about this distro is that it can be booted from Flash ROM, USB, or CD – making it possible to make… Read More »AstLinux VoIP server
Speakeasy to Launch Business VoIP
It sounds like SpeakEasy will be announcing hosted VoIP with PBX-like features on Monday. The service, purpotedly aimed at businesses, should highlight Speakeasy’s advantage of being a high-speed ISP – being able to provide end-to-end quality of service, that other… Read More »Speakeasy to Launch Business VoIP
UK reveals 7 point plan to tackle their “digital divide”
BBC News’ story has a strong focus on the educational aspects of the plan. Another interesting part of the plan is a “digital challenge” prize awarded to the local authority for giving universal online access to services – sounding similar… Read More »UK reveals 7 point plan to tackle their “digital divide”