On the Federal Budget Mess of 2011
Politics - I have an opinion blog where I post my opinions on many things including politics. You can post comments there as well. If you really want to read my personal political opinion, it is...
View ArticleOpinion: Embrace your whiners
I am a liberal, a democrat and a union steward.So, you can imagine; I have been called a whiner many, many times. I consider it a compliment. That's a big reason I blog. Blogs can be great places to...
View ArticleWhat our Lotus Domino Server meant to say this morning
Our soon to be unplugged Lotus Domino server sent a message to each faculty and staff employee at SJSU this morning that said:This account has been scheduled for termination after [future date].Later...
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Bike riding on campus, still
Bike riding in buildingsOn April 18, 2008 I took the photo above of an SJSU faculty member to see the rest of the story on this; see this post on my union blog.Technorati Tags:San Jose State...
View ArticleYet another SJSU Phishing Scam
Please be aware of this latest phishing attempt (below). Any e-mail asking for your e-mail password and username are scams. Victor Van Leer of SJSU's University Technology Services has sent out the...
View ArticleOracle gives OpenOffice.org to Apache
According to a June 1 post on ZD Net by David Meyer, "Oracle has ceded control of the OpenOffice.org code base to the Apache Software Foundation Incubator project." This opens up some interesting...
View ArticleAbout Yesterday's IT Service Interruption at SJSU
The following was sent to the SJSU IT community:All services have been restored. Access to www.sjsu.edu was restored around 3:20pm. The rest of the services including SSO were restored successfully and...
View ArticleWhen the official password format fails!
Steve Sloan’s Recommended (Unofficial) SJSUOne Password Format Suggestion. These are not requirements, only my personal suggestions. If you have a current SJSUOne account, and the official SJSUOne...
View ArticleWhy I'm not going to tomorrow's staff breakfast
If you are really interested, the reason is here on my union blog.
View ArticleSafety Alert: Robbery At SJSU Duncan Hall Shuttle Bus Stop
This was sent to the campus community by the university via AlertSJSU:San Jose, CA - On Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at approximately 12:45 PM, a robbery occurred in front of the SJSU Duncan Hall...
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Sexually biased user interface for SJSU employee e-mail?
Click on the image above to see image larger.Am I being over sensitive? I don't think so. The user interface for employee e-mail provide for employees by Google at SJSU includes this (un)Funny Quote...
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Cool things I saw at Adobe yesterday
Here are some cool things to check out for folks interested in the worlds of animation and electronic publishing:Adobe EdgeNo, this animation was NOT done in Flash. This is Adobe Edge. Edge works on a...
View ArticleSJSU Alerts: SJSU Dorms Intruder
Sent to the campus community:Alert S J S U 12:58 p.m.Update regarding Joe West Hall intruder. Suspect in custody. Reminder: Please immediately call University Police at 924-2222 to report suspicious...
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Security in Mac OS X Lion
According to technical communicator, Phil Stokes, "Security in OS X Lion is a big problem that not many people are aware of." In a recent blog post Stokes wrote:Security in OS X Lion is a big problem...
View ArticleUsing FileVault 2 on Lion
In this presentation by MacWorld we are shown how to use FileVault 2 on MacOS X 10.7, Lion. The presentation starts off, "Apple latest Mac operating system, OS X 10.7 Lion includes FileVault 2, the...
View ArticleResources for EPUB and eBook creation
Author Liz Castro has a number of great resources available for those interested in creating eBooks in the open EPUB format. This is of special interest to those who want to use Adobe InDesign for this...
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Nikon Introduces D800
Nikon introduced the D800, what it called, "A new Nikon FX-format digital SLR camera with the world's highest effective pixel count–36.3-million pixels–for noteworthy definition and image quality."Not...
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SJSU tearing down the tower as a symbol of SJSU
San Jose State University's tower has been an icon of our university as long as I can remember. I started at SJSU as a student in 1979 and it was our symbol.To me the tower symbol said, "this is a...
View ArticleThe end of San José State’s local area guarantee
According to an e-mail sent to the campus community by SJSU President Mo Qayoumi: We have decided to proceed with plans to end San José State’s local area guarantee effective fall 2013. This means SJSU...
View ArticleMy view on a new LMS at SJSU
San Jose State University is in the process of either choosing a new Learning Management System (LMS) or staying with the current LMS, Desire2Learn (D2L). Much has been made on campus, and in the...
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