OneAndOneIs2

This course is split into two parts: The subject-specific bit that only the science people do, and the generic bit that all the teachers-to-be do.

Thus far, the generic bit isn't impressing me.

Today's task: To work in a group of four to prepare a 15-minute presentation that we will deliver in concert tomorrow.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I've never known any school that had so many teachers it could put four of them into one lesson. What are we DOING this for??

Ho-hum.

On the plus side, the weekend was pretty good in a rather geeky way. Firstly, I managed to get wifi working on my clapped-out laptop (apparently a package named linux-wlan-ng is what's needed - courtesy of my local LUG) and secondly, a persistent bugbear has been eliminated when it comes to Thunderbird & my MP3 collection.

Namely, the arseache of keeping the files in synch on more than one machine. The reason I never used Thunderbird for email & RSS until recently was that it was too much hassle to have my email on one machine and not on others.

This one was courtesy of a linux.com article on an app called Unison. This little gadget was designed to synch files between two machines, and runs easily via an SSH connection.

I'll make a confession: I *have* set up RSA keys so I don't need to use a password. I know, I know...

The best bit is, it can even be run via the Web, such as it was over the weekend, not just over the local network. A big advantage when you're away from home and realize you need to synchronize before you can get your mail.

It's well worth a look into, if you have more than one machine. Even if one of them isn't Linux-based!