Passing the Annandale community centre, in Sydney’s inner-west, this morning I noticed a van from “Trains, Planes and Automobiles” outside (who bill themselves as the best antique toy store in the world). They are having an auction of several hundred model trains and die cast cars this weekend. Some items which got my attention wereRead… Read more »
In “Connecting a Samsung TV to the Internet Part 3” I had decided to reconfigure a low cost wireless router, to be a repeater bridge using the open source DD-WRT software. This was so I could plug a TV into the Internet. I was able to get the TV to “ping” the gateway, but notRead… Read more »
Lunching at the “Matilda Bay Restaurant ” in Perth, I noticed there was a “Catalina” function room. A sign on the wall indicated this was a former US Navy flying boat base in World War 2. The restaurant is on the banks of the Swan River, across the road from the Nedlands campus of theRead… Read more »
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework.will host a webinar on “e-Gems: Learning objects: Create, reuse and deploy for better teaching and learning online!”, by Helen Lynch,Canberra Institute of Technology, 12.30pm, 11 May 2011. e-Gems: Learning objects: Create, reuse and deploy for better teaching and learning online! Original post
In “Connecting a Samsung TV to the Internet Part 2” I had decided to reconfigure a low cost wireless router, to be a repeater bridge using the open source DD-WRT software. This was so I could plug a TV into the Internet. I was stuck at the point of making the existing router an “AccessRead… Read more »
Greetings from the new Science Library at the Unviersity of Western Australia. The library has a relatively conservative interior design, blending a traditional library with that of a new learning commons. The colour pallet is muted, with blond wood panelling matching the cream coloured concrete, which reflects the tones of limestone blocks of the campus’sRead… Read more »
In “Connecting a Samsung TV to the Internet” I had decided to reconfigure a low cost wireless router, to be a repeater bridge using the open source DD-WRT software. This was so I could plug a TV into the Internet. DD-WRT turned out to be very easy to install. I downloaded the appropriate software andRead… Read more »
A friend bought a Samsung LCD TV which has “Internet@TV”. They asked me to connect it up so they could use the Internet from the lounge chair. The first problem what that I was not exactly sure what the TV did and what it was they thought they were going to get. The TV seemedRead… Read more »
The AuSakai 2011 South West Pacific Conference is being hosted by the Australian National University, in Canberra, 13 – 14 September, 2011. Sakai is a Learning Management System which ANU uses for its Alliance system for some student and research discussions (this is separate from the main Moodle based system called “Wattle” used for theRead… Read more »
Needing a low cost wireless router, I went into Dick Smith and picked up a D-Link DIR-600. These were around $100, but at the counter I found they were reduced to $64. I skipped the installation disk and instead plugged the unit in and used the on-board configuration wizard. This prompted me for a passwordRead… Read more »