Holy Smoke! New Raspberry Pi Zero Costs Just $5… | TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/26/raspberry-pi-zero/
Calypso interface used to manage WordPress.com blogs now open source
A single interface to manage all your WordPress.com or Jetpack-enabled sites, built with the latest web technologies and used by millions of people — and now it’s open source.
https://developer.wordpress.com/calypso/
This could present a radical change for managing the Classcaster network. Written in JavaScript and powered by Node.js, Calypso leverages the REST API in WordPress. Check out the code on Github at https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso.
Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Code editor now open source | Ars Technica
Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Code editor now open source | Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/visual-studio-now-supports-debugging-linux-apps-code-editor-now-open-source/
Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools – Linux Links – The Linux Portal Site
Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools – Linux Links – The Linux Portal Site http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20151115010546816/MonitorCalibration.html
How to record and edit screencasts in Linux | Opensource.com
How to record and edit screencasts in Linux | Opensource.com http://opensource.com/business/15/11/how-record-screencasts
10 Plugins to Give Your eBay Site the Edge Over Your Competition – WPMU DEV
10 Plugins to Give Your eBay Site the Edge Over Your Competition – WPMU DEV http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/ebay-wordpress/
A Handful of Open Source Assessment & Feedback Tools
- Rogō, a complete assessment authoring, playback and management system, developed by the eponymous project at Nottingham University, and deployed in three other institutions
- OpenMentor, a system that analyses tutor feedback on assignments, developed at the OU, now deployed in two other institutions by the OMTetra project
- QTIWorks, a full-featured, QTI compliant assessment and test player, developed at Edinburgh University, now deployed by the QTI-DI project
- Uniqurate, an online, QTI compliant assessment and test authoring tool developed at Kingston University by the eponymous project, and coupled to QTIWorks
Source: Assessment & Feedback tool development lessons | Wilbert Kraan
Of most use to CALI is likely to be Rogo, written in PHP backed with MySQL and LDAP for user management.
The top four Internet Relay Chat clients | Opensource.com
In this article, explore the many open source options for connecting to IRC and find the one that works best for you.
Source: The top four Internet Relay Chat clients | Opensource.com
Of particular interest is Kiwi IRC, web based client that is powered by node.js and provides embeddable widgets so you can add chat to your website.
EC2 VPC VPN Gets an Update with NAT Traversal, Additional Encryption Options, and More
You can use Amazon Virtual Private Cloud to create a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud. Within the VPC, you can define your desired IP address range, create subnets, configure route tables, and so forth. You can also use a network gateway to connect the VPC to your existing on-premises network using a hardware Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. The VPN running in the AWS Cloud (also known as a VPN gateway or VGW) communicates with a customer gateway (CGW) on your network or in your data center (read about Your Customer Gateway to learn more).
Source: EC2 VPC VPN Update – NAT Traversal, Additional Encryption Options, and More | AWS Official Blog
This raises some interesting possibilities for secure applications that would benefit from the heightened security for the data being moved.
3rd Hackcess to Justice hackathon winners include app built on #Drupal8
After two days of brainstorming and collaboration in North Carolina’s capital city, lawyers, students and coders developed legal apps to aid farm workers, streamline legal aid cases and evaluate legal
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The $500 third place prize went to Michael Silverman, a developer. His submission of a Legal Aid eligibility test is intended to provide a simple, easy to use, mobile friendly interface that allows individuals to learn if they are eligible for legal aid by answering a few questions. Silverman plans to continue to work on the app to be accessible through voice prompts which will be translatable to different languages.
Source: App to aid migrant workers wins 3rd Hackcess to Justice hackathon :: ABA Journal
That third place prize went to an app built on Drupal 8 as a custom module. That’s pretty cool. All of the projects worked on are on the Hackcess To Justice submission page.