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AFP. It ain't so bad.... by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:19 PM

Wednesday, March 29 2006 @ 10:30 pm CST Contributed by: Nigel Kersten Views: 2,436 From looking at the mailing lists and discussion boards, you'll see that a reasonable number of people seem to be having problems with their AFP servers under OS X Server 10.4.x, particularly under heavy load with network home directories, and particularly in terms of stability. I used to be one of those people, but the solutions presented in this article have (touch wood) resolved the vast majority of my issues. Read on for all your AFP tuning needs... Whereas under 10.3 I used to get a symptom where the whole server would lock up and not even be pingable, the symptoms I've seen under 10.4.x have been entirely related to the AFP server. Login times will get longer and longer, access speed becomes slower and slower, and eventually the AFP server enters a death spiral, where the only recourse seems to be restarting the service. I'm going to quickly cover some of the more commonly known fixes and workarounds that I'd tried before these major solutions.

BPDTC Google Maps Link by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:19 PM

A link to the maps.google.com map and directions to the Buffalo Professional Development and Training Center

BPDTC Daily Schedule by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:19 PM

Check and see what events are planned at BPDTC each day.

Online Help Desk Request by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:19 PM

This website will allow Buffalo Public School staff to fill out an online help desk request. Users can then track the status of their request.

School Dude / IT Direct TIS and Technician Link by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:19 PM

TIS's and district technical support staff can use this link to check and complete their help desk incident tickets.

Firefox 1.5 Released by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Version 1.5 of the excellent web browser Firefox is now available on Mozilla.org. Improvements include: What's New in Firefox 1.5 Firefox 1.5 is the next version of our award-winning Web browser. Here's what's new in Firefox 1.5: Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved. Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance. Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs. Improvements to popup blocking. Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut. Answers.com is added to the search engine list. Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and "Safe Mode" experience. Better accessibility including support for DHTML accessibility and assistive technologies such as the Window-Eyes 5.5 beta screen reader for Microsoft Windows. Screen readers read aloud all available information in applications and documents or show the information on a Braille display, enabling blind and visually impaired users to use equivalent software functionality as their sighted peers. Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox. Better support for Mac OS X (10.2 and greater) including profile migration from Safari and Mac Internet Explorer. New support for Web Standards including SVG, CSS 2 and CSS 3, and JavaScript 1.6. Many security enhancements.

Apple's ode to hackers by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Friday, February 17, 2006; Posted: 10:32 a.m. EST (15:32 GMT) Developers embed poetic warning deep in OS X software.he maker of Macintosh computers had anticipated that hackers would try to crack its new OS X operating system built to work on Intel Corp.'s chips and run pirated versions on non-Apple computers. So, Apple developers embedded a warning deep in the software -- in the form of a poem.

eSIS Website by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Website provides an overview of the services provided by AAl's eSIS.

Everything Podcast! by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

See examples of podcasts. Learn how to produce a podcast. Downlad the Podcast Creation guide or learn to create and publish podcasts using GarageBand.

Register for Digital School by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Register for the Digital School and learned how to create a virtual learning envirnoment for teachers and sudents.

Accessing Archived email (Lotus Notes) by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Email older than 6 months will automatically be moved to your archive. Email that has been automatically archived is located in your Archive mailbox under Tools. Click on the link for complete instructions on how to access your old mail.

www.techlearning.com by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

The site has a section just for teachers offering articles on new technologies in the classroom, how to's, a site of the day, and more. The site does require you to register, but has a wealth of good information.

December Evaluation by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Please fill out this short evaluation letting us know what you thought of the December inservice.

Firefox 1.07 Security Update by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Release Notes Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability.

step-by-step reference for Mac OSX imaging by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Kate Pionessa recommends this document from Victor Central School District MacOS X Imaging Guide David Henderson Director of Computer Services Victor Central School District HendersonD@VictorSchools.org - Introduction - What you will need - Preparing a computer for imaging - How to setup the firewire hard drive - Apple Software Restore (ASR) and Disk Copy - Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) and NetRestore - Making the image - Applying the image - Cleanup - Cloning multiple machines - Some Terminology - How to image multiple machines at the same time - Setting up a sharepoint and special user on an Xserve - Copy an ASR-Ready Disk Image to this sharepoint - Netboot server setup - NetRestore Helper -NetRestore’s Configurations and Preferences. - Image a Mac after Netbooting - Making additional images - Subnets.....................................................................................................................15 --- Introduction - I have been supporting various version of the Macintosh Operating System as well as Windows for almost 15 years. When rolling out any new OS, one of the things that must considered is how to mass deploy. That is, how to take a whole group of computers over to the new OS in a short period of time, with all the accompanying software installed and configured properly. Many tools are available to help in this effort, all of which fall under the general category of imaging. Imaging is the ability to take a snapshot of one computer that is setup exactly the way you want, and apply this snapshot or image to another machine or group of machines quickly.

Inspiration Tip Sheet by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

A quick how-to to use inspiration software. Hosted on NY Learns.

Education Podcast Network by Nathan Bills — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Hi Folks, Thought you might enjoy and may want to add to itech for ideas... This link is for the Education Podcast Network and I think it's a great example of what educators are doing with our technology. It's organized by grade, subject and even has a section on "The what, why, and how of 21st century teaching & learning"

Appleworks Search on NYLearns by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

A search for "appleworks" on NYLearns.org. NYLearns is a great resource for standards based curriculum tools, ideas, and lesson plans.

Carnegie Installed zip file for servers by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Part of the Carnegie install for Mac servers.

BPS Carnegie Support Page by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

A page (in district only) with the latest info, files, and documentation on the Carnegie Learning Cognitive Math software in BPS.

Investigations online Teacher Center by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Scott Foresman OnLine Teaching Center for Investigations Users designed to help teachers simplify their teaching and planning, to better support student learning.

TERC Author's Web Site by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

 

CESAME math-reform support site by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

 

BPS Mathematics Department/Investigations by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

 

Download Software Here by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

 

Kid Pix Studio in the Classroom by Donna Raczynski — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Links to related Kid Pix Studio sites.

15 Great Ways to Kid Pix Studio in Your Classroom by Donna Raczynski — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Lessons for all grade levels that include the six project types.

Kidspiration search on NYLearns by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

This link will search NY Learns for "Kidspiration". NYLearns is a great resource for standards based curriculum tools, ideas, and lesson plans.

Microsoft Office Search on NYLearns by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

A search for "microsoft office" on NYLearns.org. NYLearns is a great resource for standards based curriculum tools, ideas, and lesson plans.

Notebook Training Guide (HTML) by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

The Notebook (by Circus Ponies) Training Guide saved as an HTML export. View this in any web browser.