Archives for September 2006
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.
3 September
Online Calendaring at Case
An online, campus-wide calendar system is a commonly-desired IT system at Case. In fact, demand for the service is so high that, to my knowledge, at least four groups (ITS Middleware Services Engineering, SIS, CaseLife, USG) have considered addressing the problem. I have been involved in a few discussions of the issue over the last year. But, not much progress has been made. (CaseLife does include data from various calendars, but not a very large number of them, and it does not yet provide any sort of machine-readable version of the data it collects.) This is because the problem is a difficult one.