John McLear – Page 146 – Founder, Inventor, Creator

Is my school closed?

Posted on October 26, 2009 by primaryt

Schools worldwide have a free service where they can register any closure information. Authorities also use this service if their is regional closures due to poor weather or illness.

The site is My School Closures and is available at http://myschoolclosures.com

libcurl library on a shibboleth 2.2+ SP install on debian

Posted on October 23, 2009 by primaryt

The easiest way to install the libcurl library on debian is to run this command:

apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

Unable to find XML-Security header files (shibboleth)

Posted on October 23, 2009 by primaryt

When installing shibboleth 2+ on debian you may get the error

unable to find XML-Security header files

This is due to a missing lib

Run the command: apt-get install libxml-security-c-dev

And all your dreams will come true.

Size comparison between HTC G1, HTC Hero, HTC Vario 3 and Blackberry curve

Posted on October 21, 2009 by primaryt

From left to right: HTC Vario 3, HTC G1, HTC Hero, Blackberry Curve

A message from the kids about the flip netbook

Posted on October 21, 2009 by primaryt

A message from the kids at Wilsden Primary School about the Flip netbook

Hi John,

We love the new laptop it is ace, because it is touch screen.

It is really tiny and we have never seen any thing like it before,

It is so cool we like the stiles and the little handle.