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Monday 5 May

Yuck! (17:38) - New www.case.edu designs This post's title says it all. Please do the university a favor a leave a comment on... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Monday 29 January

I Guess Graduates Pay the Tech Fee Now (21:55) - Today's sign that Case's student records system is out of sync with itself is the following 3 lines from my... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Friday 26 January

Confused About My Alumnus Status (02:37) - I graduated in December. Up until last week, I had no official notification that I had actually done so. Thankfully,... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

Monday 30 October

Case IT Tech Fee Changes Coming (19:46) - Changes to the supplemental student tech fee are imminent. I posted a long opinion piece on the [[Case Forum]]. If... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 25 October

In My Time at Case (23:11) - I'm in a nostalgic mood, so I'd figure I'd present a list of my impact on the Case community in... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments
I Really Want the Course Schedule in XML (22:54) - There are few things I want more than Case's course schedule in XML format. Why do I want the course... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
What Do Others Think of PeopleSoft (22:41) - Case is switching to the PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions to manage student information. I was browsing around Willipedia (Williams College... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
Case Students Portal Savvy (17:42) - In the ITS Freshmen Survey, I found this quote: More than half the students are customizing their MyCase experience (which... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Tuesday 3 October

Devices Connected to the Network (12:26) - I was looking around at some of the [[ITS Dashboard]] metrics and found something intriguing on the Number of Devices... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 7 September

When E-mail Lists Go Bad (14:43) - I have gotten 4-6 spam e-mails today that were addressed to case-campus@case.edu or case-students@case.edu. Someone, please explain to me how... | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments

Sunday 20 August

Roundcube Webmail Client Updated (19:40) - RoundCube, an alternative and very slick webmail interface to your Case [[e-mail]] has been updated. New features include LDAP integration,... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 11 July

Potential for Enhanced Collaboration at Case (12:01) - Would a service that provides customized web space for groups or individuals to develop content and upload files be useful... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 13 June

More People Talking about Computer Help Documentation (14:15) - I have mentioned [[Category:Computer Help|computer help documentation]] in my blog before. With a new help documentation site accessible through the... | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

Wednesday 3 May

Slow Internet (18:58) - Ever wonder why the internet is so slow at Case? Please take your frustration up with the people on the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 4 April

That Don't Make No Sense (20:36) - In today's edition of That Don't Make No Sense, we look at [[VPN]] at Case. An ITS news release last... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 24 March

Student Affairs Weather Data (11:41) - I just saw the new Student Affairs weather applet at http://studentaffairs.case.edu/living/resources/weather/. Things like this are no good to me unless... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments
Student Affairs Weather Data (11:41) - I just saw the new Student Affairs weather applet at http://studentaffairs.case.edu/living/resources/weather/. Things like this are no good to me unless... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Friday 3 March

www.case.edu Gets RSS and ATOM (12:34) - Case's front page, www.case.edu looks to now be using this blog system for news publishing. The ATOM 1.0 and RSS... | 0 Trackbacks | 8 Comments

Wednesday 1 March

Update Your Home Pages, start.case.edu is Here (00:42) - I've been a hermit the last few weeks working with Andrew Witte on [[SIS]]'s latest service, start.case.edu. Although only a... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments
Update Your Home Pages, start.case.edu is Here (00:42) - I've been a hermit the last few weeks working with Andrew Witte on [[SIS]]'s latest service, start.case.edu. Although only a... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Tuesday 28 February

Roundcube Updated (03:08) - I have upgraded RoundCube, a web-based e-mail client, to the latest and greatest version and am salivating. The new version... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 27 February

The Current State of the Information Portal (02:22) - The subject of portals has been brought up in many of my previous posts. Once again, portals are at the... | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments

Friday 24 February

I Really Hate Blackboard (13:14) - In my never-ending pursuit to provide better services to students and other members of the campus community, I was looking... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
I Really Hate Blackboard (13:14) - In my never-ending pursuit to provide better services to students and other members of the campus community, I was looking... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
The EECS Department and Horde are Providing What Oracle Can't (01:20) - I have known about Horde for a while now. For those not in the know, Horde is an application framework... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Friday 17 February

SIS Launches New Case Forums (01:51) - [[Student Internet Services]], or [[SIS]], the group behind home.cwru.edu is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new Case... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 16 February

Student Affairs Now Using CAS (11:41) - Joel Kraft has informed that Student Affairs and all of its daughter sites (Career Center, Housing, etc) are now using... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
Blackboard Now Using CAS (11:10) - I woke up this morning and saw that [[Blackboard]] is now using [[CAS]] for authentication. W00t. It's not even noon... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Wednesday 15 February

Alternatives to Using Case Web Mail (12:26) - Many people complain about the user interface to Case's web mail. Did you know there are at least three other... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 13 February

Greek Life Web Site Given Facelift (11:25) - I visited greeklife.case.edu this morning and was relieved to see it had been converted to http://studentaffairs.case.edu/greek/. It now features the... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Thursday 9 February

phpClasses Becomes Case Classes, New PHP CAS Module (20:10) - Brian Beck wanted to share his Python skills with everybody. One thing led to another, and he was posting code... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Friday 3 February

Case Single Sign-On Service Upgraded (18:22) - If you have been to login.case.edu lately, you will notice it has changed from when you last saw it. [[CAS]],... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Gotta Love the Editorial Cartoon (00:43) - One thing I am instantly in love with is that The Observer's new website updates with Friday's stories at 12:00... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments
Gotta Love the Editorial Cartoon (00:43) - One thing I am instantly in love with is that The Observer's new website updates with Friday's stories at 12:00... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 30 January

Surveys Not Requiring Authentication are Meaningless (13:49) - I stumbled upon the Share the Vision Poll today. As always, it is a politcally-charged question. This poll requires no... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Debugging Nextbus (12:53) - This entry will serve to explain my progress with debugging Nextbus's interface for obtaining the GPS data of objects. The... | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Greenie Tracking Finally Up (11:20) - I went to greenie.case.edu and found that the Greenie tracking service is up and running! Check it out at http://www.nextbus.com/?a=case-western.... | 1 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Sunday 29 January

New Observer Web Site (12:50) - I was elated to see that The Observer web site has been revamped. It even features an [[RSS]] feed. It... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Friday 27 January

Single Sign-On Eases Headaches, Especially on February 15 (12:31) - Hopefully by now you are acquainted with the university's single sign-on service, [[CAS]]. You appreciate how much easier it makes... | 0 Trackbacks | 68 Comments

Thursday 26 January

We Have a Blog. We Have a Wiki. I'm Still Not Satisfied (22:18) - In my last post, I talked about my guilt for applying access restrictions to the Case Wiki. That post demonstrates... | 0 Trackbacks | 38 Comments

Tuesday 10 January

My Opinions About the Case Daily (20:42) - The Case Daily launched today. Judging by the way it is implemented, it looks like the concept emerged today as... | 0 Trackbacks | 17 Comments

Tuesday 20 December

The .cwru.edu and .case.edu Domain Names and Google (21:44) - Everyone uses those Google searches on the side of every Case branded page. However, many sites at Case don't use... | 0 Trackbacks | 1129 Comments

Tuesday 6 December

My Proposed Solution to Mass E-mails (15:50) - OK, there are two classes of mass e-mails that are sent to the campus: Essential notifications dictating a change in... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments
SOURCE Web site, Symposium, and Summer Funding (10:27) - The following e-mail was sent yesterday: To: Case Students, Faculty, and Staff, At last! SOURCE (Support of Undergraduate Research &... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Wednesday 30 November

The Beauty of XML and Middleware (21:35) - Earlier today, I realized what happens when you don't provide others a way to easily access your information; people invent... | 0 Trackbacks | 8 Comments

Monday 21 November

Disappointed with OSTN (19:36) - I am horribly disappointed that [[IPTV]] at Case is streaming over Windows Media. In order to view the content, not... | 0 Trackbacks | 10 Comments

Thursday 17 November

So It Begins (23:22) - Beginning January 3, 2006, Case network ID holders will be prompted to change their passwords to conform to the... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Wednesday 16 November

Too Many Newsletters (11:31) - The case-foo e-mail lists are bad. Today, I received an e-mail from the Observer addressed to case-undergrads@case.edu . The e-mail... | 4 Trackbacks | 7 Comments

Thursday 27 October

Squirrelmail (22:46) - I have set up a SquirrelMail installation for Case users at https://opensource.case.edu/squirrelmail/. Enjoy the highly customizable webmail interface. IMO, it... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Saturday 17 September

Announcing opensource.case.edu (14:25) - I finally created opensource.case.edu last night. Enjoy.... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Thursday 15 September

Getting PEAR to Work at Case (23:25) - For some reason PEAR, PHP's package repository, isn't accessible at Case. When you attempt to download packages from the web... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
Case Needs Course Data in LDAP (16:37) - Have you ever stopped to think about what could happen if Case's course offerings and course enrollment information were stored... | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments

Sunday 4 September

RSS Feed for Case News (11:52) - Continuing with my history of providing RSS feeds for sites that don't offer them, I have created an [[RSS]] feed... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments