Category Archives: edtech

For more than ten years, the most popular web server has been Apache. According to Netcraft, Apache has more than twice the market share of the next most popular web server IIS.  For dynamic content, Apache with MySQL and PHP … Continue reading →

I wanted an MP3 player with video, but I couldn’t find one that I really loved. Then I found the iRiver Clix. It’s a flash player (2 GB) so there are no moving hard drive parts. This extends the battery … Continue reading →

A young brain is better than an old brain. At least that is what the makers of this Nintendo-DS game think. I picked up a DS-Lite just to play Brain Age. I heard about the game on several podcasts. Everyone … Continue reading →

I’m away at a retreat and need to get back to my home computer. I’m sitting in a resort where the only Internet connection is wireless. From a security standpoint, this is as bad as it gets. By its very … Continue reading →

http://opensuse.org/ It’s been a while since I’ve played around with Linux on the desktop.  I have a couple of servers, but SSH is quite a bit different than an environment that is used to create spreadsheets or listen to music. … Continue reading →