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Submission + - Good Homeschooling Software?

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on Saturday September 26, 2009 @06:21AM

NotesSensei writes: "I have primary school kids at home who are more comfortable in using our computers (Mac and Linux) than they are using (paper) worksheets provided by their school. I'd like to encourage their computer usage by providing them access to learning software that is fun to use and efficient in teaching essential skills (Math, English, Science, History etc.) Also I'd like to give them a head start in getting information organized (I was thinking about TheBrain as a tool). How would the ultimate learning setup look like? What software, what online systems and what curriculum would I want to use?"

Submission + - Running a small Mac Home Network

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on Saturday September 26, 2009 @06:04AM

NotesSensei writes: "My family is a happy Mac user. Only lately constant bickering is breaking out about time slots for usage. So I decided to add two more Macs to the home network. Ideally I want to set them up, so regardless of which machine a family member is using they get their environment. Also I'd like to have passwords synchronized across the machines. I have a NAS for storage, but would like to know how to keep desktops and passwords (including the keychains) in sync."

Submission + - Setting up a hotel-in-room-network?

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on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @04:00AM

NotesSensei writes: "I travel a lot and depend on the network connection provided by the hotels I stay. Typically I get one network cable to connect one machine. The network identifies the machines by NIC, boots up a login/billing screen and add them to the billing (hotel internet and roaming are a civilized form of street robbery). However I carry more than one device: the work pc (running Ubuntu), a netbook with Skype, VoiP and my music, a smartphone with Wifi capabilities etc.
What's a good strategy to create my own in-room wifi for all my devices? I tried a wireless router, but it didn't work since it would not be able to authenticate. Ideas are very much welcome."

Submission + - What compact desktop is best for Linux? (wissel.net)

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on Thursday October 02, 2008 @10:33PM

NotesSensei writes: "The old hardware is due and I'm looking to buy a Small Factor Desktop PC (something like the Shuttle XPC)to run Linux (Ubuntu/OpenSuse). Ideally it would have Dual Display ports and sport a 64Bit (at least)Dual Core. What would be the best model to pick (the Small Factor PCs typically have graphics on board and graphics support seems still a weak spot). Which vendor is considered Linux friendly?"

Submission + - Defending your site against ad injection?

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on Monday June 09, 2008 @09:04AM

NotesSensei writes: "Checking my site from a free ISP I realized, that they were injecting code with advertisement. I didn't like that. What would be a feasible approach using Ajax and some DOM magic (and probably some server side pre-preparation) to identify and eliminate such code injection?"

Submission + - Teaching Kids Robotics? (wissel.net)

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on Sunday May 25, 2008 @06:47AM

NotesSensei writes: "There are PicoCricket, Lego Mindstorms, iRobot Create and many others to play with Robotics. I'm looking for an easy but fun way to teach my youngsters (Primary 2) about robots and programming them. What system is best looking from a fun and educational angle? Are there free curricula available?"

Submission + - Guide to Linux beyond the dummy state? (wissel.net)

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on Sunday May 25, 2008 @06:35AM

NotesSensei writes: "I made the transition from typing DIR to ls. I updated the grub configuration, I figured out what su is and what chmod or chown is good for. I'm ready for the next step leaping from "Linux for Dummies" to "Linux intermediate". Unfortunately I don't have the time to visit all the excellent mailing lists and forums (wouldn't fora be correct, at least in Latin). What would be a comprehensive source for intermediate Linux questions? Stuff like: How to use Gnome/Kde to login and work on a remote box. How to run your Windows apps using Wine. How to use a central directory to manage your home network. How to reach out to your Linux based appliances (Router, NAS). How to recover from a failed GUI loading when some hardware pieces don't work temporarily. How to harden Linux. How to make it tolerant against hardware failure. Stuff like that?"

Submission + - Garden Chair Computing?

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on Monday February 11, 2008 @02:11AM

NotesSensei writes: "I realized, that sitting on my balcony in midst of greenery lets met work more productive. However sitting in a garden chair (deck chair) is a hot (almost burning) issue since my T60 is nowhere suitable to be used as a *LAP*top. What could I do to make the outdoor computing experience cool(er)?"

Submission + - India proposes a 10$ Laptop

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on Sunday September 24, 2006 @11:52PM

NotesSensei writes: "In an Article in "The Times of India, Pune" page 10, Saturday September 23, 2006 Akshaya Mukul/TNN reports, that Indian officials aim to create a 10$ (yes ten dollars) laptop. From the article: "Officials of the ministries of HRD and Telecom and experts from IITs and the Indian Institute of Science met last week to devise a roadmap for the indigenious laptop. One of the officials who attenden the meeting siad, 'In the meeting, no one had any doubt about the fesibility of the project. Everyone is enthusiastic and wants a quick roll out. But we have given ourseves three years before the first $10 laptop comes out.' ... Institutions like IITs/IISc have been identified as anchor instritutions for the project and entrusted with the task of research and development of cheap laptops."

The article is online here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/201 9126.cms"

Submission + - The ultimate developers PC on Linux

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on Thursday September 14, 2006 @01:25PM

NotesSensei writes: "I develop software, mainly web applications that require a J2EE server, a LAMP stack or (J)Ruby (on Rails) and Eclipse based RCP. Occasionally C#/Mono is a topic. I want to build/buy a new PC for development that should run under Linux. Now I have a lot of questions:
- What distro should I use
- What mainboard works well
- What graphic card supports 2 (or 3) monitors under Linux
In short: what the the configuration for the ultimate (web) developer PC on Linux?"

Submission + - Teaching Primary School Students programming?

Submitted by on Saturday August 26, 2006 @12:53PM

NotesSensei writes: Recently I was teasing the teacher who runs the computer club in my sons' primary school: "You teach the kids only how to use software but not how to make software". Today I got an email: "OK, you're in: teach them programming". Now I wonder what language should I pick? My first lesson will be the board game c-jump, but after that? The contestants are:

Kids programming language KPL (ab VB.net derivate

Java using BlueJ

Greenfoot (and the BlueJ)

HTML

Or should it be something completly different? We are looking at primary 3-5 (that's 10-13 in this part of the world). Where can I find inspiration for the curriculum?

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