http://geekdept.com/blog Dinkin around with Linux and Windows Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:40:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... you're better actually post something from time to time. Yes I have been absent for awhile but definitely active.  We did a lot of cool things this year in the district and I have some big plans for this coming year.  With the release of Office 2010 we are at ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=125 Hmm... With blogging being this easy I might post more often than once a month. I got the iPhone a couple of weeks ago and I have to say I'm impressed. There isn't much I can't do. I remotes into a server the other day using a free app and ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=123 Tech guys can be condescending, rude, impatient, we get such a bad rap mainly because the average Joe just doesn't want to admit that the problem they are having just might be them.  Yes, this is a venting rant, perhaps you should surf away now... then again, maybe you are ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=121 I have written in the past about the awesome Microsoft Zune Marketplace membership that allows you to download unlimited songs to your Zune player.  A great program if you Zune player doesn't bit the dust.  The problem is that a lot of Zune players are biting the dust and mine ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=119 As promised this segment covers the hardware and software compatibility of each operating system. Ubuntu has impressed me again with their continued improvement on hardware compatibility.  This time there is no hoops to jump through to get the wireless up and working.  It works out of the box.  In fact, everything ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=116 During the school year we ran a pilot to see if Ubuntu would be a feasible choice for the OS on our Netbooks.  Ubuntu did fine as expected but using OpenOffice did not.  I had the students take a survey regarding their experience with the Netbooks and most had no ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=112 You only have to read a couple of posts in this blog to know that I am a huge proponent of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software).  I have been fascinated with it since learning about it and have a lot of respect for the developers that donate their time ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=109 I am training for the Chicago Marathon in October and a long-time friend of mine just back from Iraq has agreed to run it with me.  We started a blog about our training since he is in Indiana and I am in Michigan.  If you like to run or just ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=107 OK, so I've joined the bandwagon and begun to give meaningless updates on what I'm doing with Twitter.  I've yet to figure why I'm doing it but for some reason I feel I must.  My problem is that I don't have the time or memory capacity (as shown by my ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=104 The school website is a mess.  That is the honest truth.  Schools for the most part do a poor job with their websites but ACS is pitiful.  I don't say that to demean the school district, heck they hired me so they must be doing something right.  :)  Just kidding, ... http://geekdept.com/blog/?p=102