As the WOU infrastructure has grown and matured, we have come to understand certain complications and inefficiencies in some areas. Specifically, and as we all know, the Apple technology was never designed for Enterprise use (not Star Trek). Large organizations … Continue reading
I hope you’ve read it. Katie’s story I hope we’ve all read it. It’s more than a political agenda from our nation’s president. It’s more than “boys will be boys”. It’s more than “…kids these days…”. It’s more than our-country-is-headed-to-hell-in-a-handbasket. … Continue reading
Office 2007? Weird man, it’s just weird.After over a decade of normalcy from MS, they change … everything? And why? To look cooler. Meh. So I had to ask for help to convert a Word document to PDF. Didn’t really … Continue reading
My Dell Mini 9 was having problems with the browser, updates and was still using the pre-built OS from Dell.Time to upgrade.Which version of Ubuntu should I try?I only have an 8GB solid-state drive … Ubuntu.com … downloads….Wait! Ubuntu Netbook … Continue reading
Today we had our second WOU tv meeting.WOU tv will be a centralized repository for all the campus videos.Channels will be created to group content and allow anyone to see video from multiples areas. Faculty will be able to release … Continue reading
I have become the new unofficial “spec”-er of software for the campus at large. Each time a department wants to buy a piece of software for internal use, the task ends up coming to me to help. So I worked … Continue reading
Yeah, I know. You’ve already got it. HD is like so last year. But I’m … slow. I can’t help it. I just couldn’t justify paying top dollar for an HD TV (when I don’t have TV service), and a … Continue reading
Hi, my name is Michael – and I use a Mac. I’m no Cupertino fanboy, but be assured that I was tempted by the ability of the MacBook to run all Mac/Linux/Windows software on one hardware platform. And I’ve been … Continue reading
Bill and I are working on a simple interface that Public Safety can use to display emergency information on the Digital Signage around campus.The system uses an authenticated XML file to “start an emergency” and you select which group of … Continue reading
Well, the day has come at last. The iPad has arrived.We all knew it was coming. For some, it loomed like an ominous weekend to Aunt Betty’s… For others, it was Christmas in July. Only time will tell. So on … Continue reading
