Etherpad CentOS installation

Paul has written a fantastic guide for installing Etherpad onto CentOS - I recommend you follow that before reading this.

My problem is that the JAR wouldn't compile on my box.

I ran into a problem, my box wouldn't let me use fsc (Fast Scala Compiler) so I had to change the fsc references to use scalac(Scala Compiler) then I could compile the JAR.  I also had to use JAR instead of FastJAR

This isn't a guide as such, just an overview of how I fixed the problems I had.

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Apple products will revolutionize your #fail

Such a knowledge #fail Posted on Becta Public ICT Forum

Want to go ethical and buy an ipad?  Here is 1 reason not to published just this week.

The thought of teachers writing apps for the ipad cracks me up...

My response read:

Graham are you aware that to develop an app for an ipad/phone/touch you need an apple laptop/workstation?  How are pupils/teachers going to start making apps if in you have replaced their computer?

I disagree entirely that these devices will replace workstations/netbooks/notebooks/laptops (whatever) – they will complement your existing technology.

Finally, in my opinion apple won’t win out in the tablet market, why would they when you could buy a HP tablet and already have a wealth of learning tools available or even an open source device that is android powered and have a mass market of free excellent tools?

RE the environmental issue, in the words of our favourite mayor, what a “load of codswobble”

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Drag and drop in flash objects on android

Does anyone know if its possible to drag and drop in flash on android.  I want to play a flash game on my phone and it appears that the click and drag functionality doesn't exist or isn't supported?

Am I missing something?

The HTC Hero comes shipped with Flash Lite, sound and video works although some games are a bit too heavy for the graphics processor to handle.

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Etherpad with Shibboleth Authentication (Technical document)

I want to login to Etherpad with my UK federation/Shibboleth login.

Firstly I need to get my SP working.
Configure SP & Apache initially..
I need to configure Tomcat to use Shibboleth for Authentication configure Jetty to use Shibboleth Authentication.
Once this is done I will have the users attributes as environment variables.

Now I have the variables I need to create a script to check the variables and create an account if required.  All sounds pretty simple right?  Let's hope so, as I make progress I will document my changes.

I'm referring to the LDAP plugin patch code for how to handle "talking to etherpad".

ETA is 3/4 weeks.  Sucks that I need to use Apache but oh well!!

Note:  Etherpad runs on Jetty, not Tomcat and doesn't require Apache.  It is the shibboleth element of this that requires Apache to operate.

Note:  Thanks to nuba for reminding me about Jetty.

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Teachmeet Yorkshire & Humber presentation (Google's Hidden Gems) #tmyh10

I'm doing a 7 minute presentation on Google's Hidden Gems at Teachmeet Yorkshire and Humber 2010 at Doncaster South City Learning Centre on 26th March.



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