User: mdudzik

Don't overlook the SchoolTool Project

On: Real Open Source Applications for Education?

http://www.schooltool.org/ The project is funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation and consists of administation infrastructure, student information system and skills tracking programs. It's built on Zope3 and is part of the Ubuntu distribution (comes bundled with the Edubuntu variant by default). Very well built and well conceived software. It's getting more attention in Europe right now, but there are plenty of US users. I think the skills assessment part was built for Virginia schools.

Re:A good SIP phone is hard to find...

On: SIP vs. Skype, Making the "Open" Choice

...."Had to work with our IP-PBX (Asterisk). This ruled out alot of the good, proprietary clients like Gizmo, Skype."

Gizmo 2.0 for Mac and Windows does work with Asterisk. http://support.gizmoproject.com/FAQs/asterisk.php

I'm way ahead of you

On: Going Beyond Fermat's Last Theorem

Here's my two part solution to winning the lottery:

1) Buy a ticket
2) Verify the winning number.

I have actually completed the first step.

I'm a little stuck on part 2), but I'm really poised.

He gives a damn, that's why

On: Dan Gillmor on His Move to "Citizen Journalism"

Read his stuff. They're not just "tech columns". They are often political writing well informed by a knowledge of technology. Dan is one of the best columnists around, "tech" or not. I'm sure whatever he does will be worth watching.

Re:Another approach...

On: De-spamming Your Inbox The Hard Way

Fastmail (fastmail.fm) provides this capability. You just mark the spam emails and "bounce" them back.

Two users is one too many

On: Non-Invasive Computer Control Through Brainwaves

"this cap allowed two users to control a cursor ..." One user, one cursor is my motto. Or is this like a wireless Ouija board? Ok, I'll go RTFA.

And when you're carjacked

On: Hardware That Recognizes You

You don't get thrown out into the cold night. At least not all of you.