August 2002 Archive DET ISP Project (Friday 30th August 2002) Keep up to date with the progress of the long awaited Internet Services project for NSW DET schools. (DET Intranet access required. A "sanitised" public site is also available). Dr Karl's Page (Monday 26th August 2002) Find out about all the fascinating things in life - why your breath smells, why you get belly button lint, etc! See also details about Sleek Geek Week. CIA World FactBook 2001 (Friday 16th August 2002) This could certainly be a useful resource for schools - if you trust the CIA!. Or you can download the entire FactBook (70Mb zip file !!) to run locally from http://www2.cia.gov/factbook.zip No Nags Software (Friday 16th August 2002) Well organised archive of free software for Windows. Every category from graphics to servers. Apple School Technology Day (Friday 9th August 2002) Its on again! The annual Apple School Technology Day at Port Kembla Golf Club. This year's focus is on making the move to OSX - desktop orientation, network and server issues, peripheral equipment, tips and tricks. Download and return the Fax Back form to register, by 23rd August. Centenary of Mt Kembla Mine Disaster (Thursday 1st August 2002) An explosion at 2pm on July 31, 1902, at Mt. Kembla colliery (in the Illawarra) killed 96 men and boys.This year marks the 100th anniversary of the disaster, and many community events have been planned. The Mount Kembla Mine Disaster Committee have organised a full program of activities to be held in the village of Mt Kembla, Windy Gully and Wollongong. See also the Mt Kembla PS site. Better HTML Exporter (Thursday 1st August 2002) A plug-in to enhance iPhoto's web export function - for creating thumbnail photo pages. Other thumbnail utilities (for Mac and Win) are available from Wazza's Software Links page.       Back to headlines