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Here's the scenario. You want to view a downloaded Youtube video, but the media software on your computer cannot show it properly. What do you do? There is a free program called VideoLan Client (VLC)  that is often described as a Swiss army knife for media files. It will play just about any music or [...]

(download) Click here to download: Moodle_Learning_Tips.swf (378 KB) ICT has always been prominent at BISS, but this year it will have an even bigger profile as all subjects will be expected to use Moodle to make their resources and activities available online. It will be useful if this blog was a platform to share tips [...]

I've been using Freedur VPN to access blocked websites from China, but recent developments have caused me to drop them after accountant Chris Mathews ran off with the domain and a database of customers. See this Shangahaiist story for more details. Despite reassurances from their twitter feed I can't give them access to my data [...]

Distributing the web is not my idea, but it resonated with me after Twitter and Facebook were blocked after the unrest in Xinjiang. The idea resurfaced among western technology commentators after a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack against a Georgian blogger crippled Twitter and Livejournal. The idea from tech heads such as Dave Winer, [...]

How difficult is it to get a virtual private network (VPN) working in China to access international sites that are blocked or geo filtered? A VPN is a way of connecting to a computer remotely. Many sites such as BBC Iplayer, Hulu or Pandora have geographical restrictions that block access from computers outside specific countries. [...]