What’s a “Flexbook” you ask?
The Virginia Physics “Flexbook” project is a collaborative effort of the Secretaries of Education and Technology and the Department of Education that seeks to elevate the quality of physics instruction across the Commonwealth. Participating educators will create and compile supplemental materials relating to 21st century physics in an open–source format that [...]
Category Archives: Open Source
Virginia Planning a Physics Flexbook
September 23, 2008 – 10:38 pm
Is the Browser the New Operating System?
September 8, 2008 – 11:59 pm
I’m a big advocate of open source software and feel most comfortable when I’m using a Linux OS. However, I’m quite content on just about any OS as long as I have my Firefox. I seem to live out of my browser anymore and the OS comes second. Tasks that used to require a separate [...]
Out of Office (for the past year)
September 1, 2008 – 8:53 pm
One year ago this week I began working outside of MPOW’s office. Space was getting cramped and I volunteered to give up my office and telecommute. I still go into the office a couple time a week, but I just find a table, put down my laptop and work from that spot. The other days [...]
Ultra Low-Cost PCs
July 2, 2008 – 11:27 pm
OPLIN has a newish blog titled What Does This Mean to Me, Laura? The “Laura” is of course Laura Solomon.
I was recently invited to guest blog about Ultra Low-Cost PCs like the Asus Eee PC. The post is up now.
Optimizing SQL Presentation by Jay Pipes
June 23, 2008 – 11:34 am
Last week I got to see Jay Pipes speak at a local PHP users group meeting. He did a 2-part talk on optimizing SQL (Join-Fu, as he calls it). I managed to keep up and follow part 1, but I have to admit that part 2 was largely over my head. Below [...]
