Getting serious about backing up (Part I)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

We got our first family computer last fall, a 24" Apple iMac. It had been running like a champ until a strange hardware problem popped up a few weeks ago. It didn't boot properly a few times, and when I investigated further I found that the system was reporting that ...

Compendium of free OS X apps

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Fellow ADE Simon Elliott has got a huge list of free OS X applications on his web site. A huge number of the apps are open source and look like they could be of great use in the classroom. Looking through the list, I see quite a few that I ...

Looking for kid-friendly sites

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

We got our first family computer on Tuesday, and my boys are pretty excited. I've got a couple laptops, but they're for work and I don't let the kids use them. Now, though, we're ready to roll. I've downloaded Scratch, Google Earth, and Sketchup, and I'm looking forward to working ...