Month: July 2008

If you install software for an alternate input device, such as a slate or electronic whiteboard, Vista may helpfully decide that you are using a Tablet PC, and enable certain features that are irrelevant to the fact that you may just be using a normal desktop or laptop that doesn’t have the alternate device connected…

Back here I dissed WLM quite badly. Since then, WLM has had another update and is not quite so bad at handling Gmail IMAP accounts. In fact, it works better although there are still some minor issues. The big improvement over Thunderbird is that TB keeps prompting me to re-enter my password for each of…

A few articles back I talked a little about the Promethean Activboard and our chosen method of hanging it. Promethean supplies these with a kit of parts that include brackets designed to hang the board directly on the wall. Because most of our classrooms already had whiteboard tracks installed, we decided to make a custom…

Consumer’s Institute in NZ reviews digital cameras regularly and have just issued their latest report. Basically from their POV the competition for the top P&S spot is down to Panasonic and Canon, and I agree. I’ve compared the Canon and Panasonic offerings for some time and I would continue to choose Canon first time every…

In April 2005 the NZ Ministry of Education issued an advisory notice to schools encouraging them to carry out electrical testing of portable appliances. The suggested means for doing this is a Portable Appliance Tester (PAT). This work can be carried out by a competent person – who could be a suitably trained staff member…