[Moodle] Stop picking on my laptop!!

Wed Jan 23 17:31:48 EST 2008

hahahahah .. Lets try VirtualBox then. It wont make your milk go sour
or mutate the laptop   :-)

Regards Roland

On 23/01/2008, Kent Beveridge <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> My poor laptop is going to cry soon! People want to rip its heart out to replace it later, or add extra legs to it...geez...it might mutate and kill us all soon!
>
> ps its actually not leased, and its a Dell 6400 that I am paying off, sorry to disappoint you Mac maniacs and gov't lease condition breakers!
>
> hee hee hee ....couldnt resist for those who know my twisted sense of humor!
>
> And I still aint butchering it!! so there. (ps: its reliable and hasnt faltered once in its first year so far....)
>
> Kent.(cant stop larfing now!)
>
> Kent Beveridge,
> I.T. co-ordinator
> St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> Horsham
> email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
>
> |<3|\|7  b3\/3r1D93 ?  ;-)
>
> Wishes and Eggs, one you make and one you break!  A bit like promises.....
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>
> ________________________________
>
> From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen
> Sent: Wed 1/23/2008 1:58 PM
> To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle day..I'm in!
>
>
>
> Say Kent .. here is a suggestion.
>
> Get yourself an 80 or 120 Gb laptop HDD. Takes less than a min to
> install and it can even be dual booted with the DET image on a 40 Gb
> partition. I use one as a transport drive. You can have oodles more
> room and fun with the rest. At the end of the lease, just pop the old
> hdd back in before you return it. An old laptop HDD can even be
> recycled as an external USB2 drive so you will get your use out of it
> for a very long time. On the other hand, you can have fun building a
> virtual computer that can run on your Windows partition .. even
> perhaps running and storing this on a transport drive. Fun fun fun!
>
> Regards Roland
>
> On 23/01/2008, Adam Barbary <home at adambarbary.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I assume that I'm already down, but will reiterate my intentions. I
> > will be there to help out and can bring a system, which I had better
> > build before the weekend.
> >
> > Now Kent, don't be too precious with the lappy, it will love the
> > freedom of running FOSS. I will bring my Ubuntu 64 Macbook as proof ;)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Adam Barbary
> > Viewbank College
> >
> >
> > On 23/01/2008, at 10:15 AM, Kent Beveridge wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Phil,
> > > You can take it that I will be there, I will bring with me my
> > > laptop, and two mini-tower old machines to be 'played with'. (I aint
> > > touchin' the laptop, its just if I want to make any notes).
> > >
> > > Oh, BTW, access to power points no probs I take it? (rather than run
> > > down the battery of the laptop).
> > >
> > > See you there..
> > > Kent.
> > >
> > > Kent Beveridge,
> > > I.T. co-ordinator
> > > St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
> > > Horsham
> > > email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au
> > >
> > > |<3|\|7  b3\/3r1D93 ?  ;-)
> > >
> > > Wishes and Eggs, one you make and one you break!  A bit like
> > > promises.....
> > > "This email and any attachments may be confidential.  You must not
> > > disclose or use the information in this email if you are not the
> > > intended recipient.  If you have received this email in error,
> > > please notify us immediately and delete the email and all copies.
> > > The School does not guarantee that this email is virus or error
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> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Phil Brown
> > > Sent: Tue 1/22/2008 1:23 PM
> > > To: moodle at edulists.com.au
> > > Subject: [Moodle] Moodle day at Wellington Secondary College
> > >
> > >
> > > OK Folks, it's full steam ahead.
> > >
> > > The moodle day at Wellington Secondary College details:
> > >
> > > Address: 91 Police Road, Mulgrave
> > > MELWAYS: 80 D5
> > > Google maps link <http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&time=&date=&ttype=&q=91+Police+Rd,+Mulgrave+VIC+3170,+Australia&sll=-37.823345,145.15686&sspn=0.235395,0.466919&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,-37.934924,145.169392&ll=-37.929643,145.169392&spn=0.029382,0.058365&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=1
> > > >
> > >
> > > Enter the school via the first gate as you head away from Springvale
> > > Road
> > >
> > > The day is planned to start at 10am and finish when ever. We will be
> > > able to provide:
> > >
> > >
> > > *     Spare computers to install Linux or configure
> > > *     Internet to use
> > > *     Morning tea and refreshments etc
> > > *     Data projector facilities to showcase etc
> > >
> > > There are a number of cafes and food bars directly across the road
> > > from the school. It should be a good day.
> > >
> > > If you are coming could you please let me know by Email or ring me
> > > on 0425 782 876 by Friday morning - just so we can adequately plan
> > > for the day.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Phil Brown
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead