July 2007

Auto-booting iMac as a thin client

I finally figured out how to auto-boot an iMac as a Thin Client to Ubuntu. The Open Firmware commands are:

setenv boot-device enet:"ip of LTSP server",yaboot (without the quotes)

Now it auto boots as a thin client whenever it is started up, there's one more thing off my to figure out list.

Professional Development

This is a long overdue post that I wanted to get up to my blog. It comes from attending a previous NECC and talks about some of the ideas that I came across that have directed my professional development efforts over the last year or so.

In between sessions I went to the Poster Gallery where they had people with poster/computer displays about varying topics. I went by several that had to do with professional development and had to share some of the great ideas that are coming out about creative technology staff development options.

8 One Liners That Stick

8 One Liners That Stick: "George Bernard Shaw once said that ‘The problem with communication … is the illusion that it has been accomplished.’"

(Via lifehack.org.)

I got this via my feeds this morning and thought how true it is (my wife surely would agree :) - I love you honey!).

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