[geeks] Stuff I've offered previously

[Rjtoegel]

On Jul 24, 2014, at 10:33, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, it will make for an interesting year!
>
> In other news it just actually hit me that this is happening - the move,
that
> is - I just went through my DVR and deleted 90% of the shows because I'll
> never get a chance to watch them before I give my DVR back to Comcast.
>
> If you'll excuse me, I need to into my basement and make one last 'scrap'
> sweep, and box up all the remaining treasures that didn't make it into the
two
> 16' PODS. You can really shove an amazing amount of stuff in a POD, of
course,
> I have yet to see how my packing strategy works out. My approach was to put
> EVERYTHING in a box, and fill the POD completely, floor to ceiling, side to
> side, and back to front. It made me happy I saved my server boxes all these
> years.
>
> Sadly, it appears I will be scrapping an E450, an HP 5Si MX (copier-sized)
> laser printer, and a small pile of ext. SCSI HDs and other small bits. I'm
> donating about 8 laser printers to the boys club (they have a location
where
> they refurb and give away/sell PCs and printers).
>
Does that make me want to jump in the car and head your way!  I know you are
busy so I won't.
> I'm not sure about the fate of the Dell blade server I picked up from a
list
> member, I feel bad scrapping it, but the Boys Club is the only group that
> would consider taking it, and I need to add HDs and trays to get any blades
> working, and once it's working, I have my doubts about them being able to
> justify the cost of running it for any serious purpose.
>
> Lionel

Oh?  Where's this?  Always on the lookout for cheap geeky stuff. :)

>> On Jul 24, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Rjtoegel <rjtoegel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know.  I've seen some who teach as if Microsoft is the only game in town
> and
>> others who are little more generic since most packages are similar.  My
> older
>> son used to think the PC way was all there is until he took a class where
> he
>> had to program for iOS.  He's beginning to see there are "other worlds"
out
>> there.  The last gentleman who taught computer programming (AP) was a
>> Microsoft drone.  He unfortunately made everything so convoluted that the
>> stuff he wrote (like a term record and BWHO sheet, breakdown of failure
>> according to ethnic group) only worked on half of the school computers.  I
>> redid it in Open and it worked on everything (the kids loaded that on all
> the
>> machines cause most in my school used Open at home).  Of course the
amusing
>> thing was he also taught Vocal Music but didn't know how to use a
> microphone
>> on stage.
>> Anyway, good luck with the job.  Hope it works out well for you.  At least
> you
>> know the subject :-)
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>> On Jul 24, 2014, at 7:16, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The way I look at it, teaching them MS tools makes sense because it is
(by
>>> far) the dominant environment in the world (90%+ of desktop users), and
> the
>>> vast majority of free alternatives strive to emulate/recreate MS-like
user
>>> environments and applications.
>>>
>>> Besides, I have no say in the matter, only if I want to be at the front
of
>> the
>>> classroom or not while they learn this. ;^)
>>>
>>> If it helps, the web class uses a lot of FOSS tools, including GIMP.
>>>
>>> Lionel
>>>
>>>> On Jul 24, 2014, at 12:10 AM, rjtoegel <rjtoegel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Gee...A new generation of Microsoft drones are coming? B Just kidding. B
>>>>
>>>> Bob
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