21 June
Movie Posters
27 November
LED madness!
In one of my crazier moments, I recently purchased a surplus Schauf LED message board. It's a pretty nifty piece of hardware - it has two 2x16 character displays (one on each side) that can also go into a 1x8 mode with double-sized characters. The two sides display the same message; I have not checked yet whether they can be addressed individually, but I suspect not. The innards are OEM'ed by PolyComp, and they talk to a PC over an RS-232 serial link, via a proprietary (but fortunately fairly well documented) protocol.
Currently the sign is hanging in Project Club and displaying headlines from some RSS feeds (Newsvine, Ars Technica, and Case News, if you must know). It's also possible to send a message to the thing using AOL Instant Messenger, though I'm not going to publish the screenname on this blog. :) The software to accomplish this is written in Ruby, and, on the off chance that any other Ruby programmers happen to have one of these signs, I've put the code for communicating with the sign on opensource.case.edu.
31 August
MyCase
When I first paid attention to the logged-out state of the new my.case.edu this afternoon, I was pleasantly shocked to see the following two portlets in the default view:
I was surprised not only by the choice of content, but by the choice of iconography. Both seemed rather un-ITS-like (in a good way). Bravo.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, thanks for the compliment.
Now get a proper small caps version of Garamond. :)
16 January
9
Floor numbers were stenciled onto the doors in the Clarke Tower stairwell over winter break.
8 November
Some dots
29 September
Ironic indeed
"Implicit in the term 'national defense' is the notion of defending those values and ideals which set this Nation apart. For almost two centuries, our country has taken singular pride in the democratic ideals enshrined in its Constitution, and the most cherished of those ideals have found expression in the First Amendment. It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties - the freedom of association - which makes the defense of the Nation worthwhile." — Earl Warren
6 September
What not to play on the Leutner jukebox
- The Macarena by Los Del Rio. You're in college, you should be mature enough to refrain from doing things whose sole purpose is to annoy others.
- It Wasn't Me by Shaggy. The song is dumb. Plus, the staff play it more than enough already.
- Don't Stop Believin' by Journey. Not a bad song, but if you're not careful, the CD will wear out due to overuse. There's other good music in there, find it.
Am I the only one with these "jukebox pet peeves"? Do you have others? Do tell.