Each industry has a number of organizations that unify professionals and enable them to network, collaborate, communicate and exchange ideas and knowledge. For me, one of such organizations, is certainly Educause. Educause is an association that unifies all of us who are in higher education (higher ed) information technology (IT) and provides opportunities for collaboration with colleagues and vendors. When …
Quitting, self-defeat, six suitcases and your purpose
Quitting on your dreams and your goals should never be one of your options. You are not done until you achieve them and no matter what others may say, you are not defeated until you admit self-defeat. I came to the U.S. with six suitcases, my parents and I were allowed to bring two each when we arrived to Paterson, …
Keep your websites secure
I‘m on a search for a few replacement windows and have been looking all over north New Jersey for a place that can provide them in less than the standard 2-6 weeks time frame. One of the places recommended to me was “Air-Chek Window Depot” in Clifton, NJ. First thing I did is went online to see if they had …
Stevens disabled “inactive” e-mail accounts
As of today I no longer have my Stevens e-mail account. Stevens Institute of Technology has disabled (and will probably soon delete) all “inactive” accounts. Inactive in a sense that if you are not currently employed or enrolled at Stevens your e-mail account is gone. To be honest, since I graduated (December of 2005) from Stevens I haven’t used it …
Our trusty SNAP Server
Today starts a week (spring break for all but professional staff) of catching up on our own internal, departmental projects and priorities and one of the first things I started is a fresh reformat of our old trusty SNAP server. We had it for many years and have decided to re purpose it for software and tools management and in …
Holiday shopping
It’s 8:42 PM and I can finally enjoy a nice cup of coffee as I get to relax a bit. I’ve spent most of today in Willowbrook mall and several other stores shopping for family and friends. I have started my Christmas shopping today and will hopefully finish it tomorrow as that’s about as much mall traffic I can take …
When Verizon fails
Today was certainly one of those days which would live up to an ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”. From around 1:20 pm until 5:30 pm we (MSU campus) were separated from the rest of the world. Well, it wasn’t quite that dramatic, but it sure sounds intriguing, right? 🙂 During those 4+ hours we were without …
E-ZPass’ website
It’s time! Seriously, it is time for me to get an E-ZPass again. Yes, again, I broke the first one and it’s not a story I would want to get back to as to how it happened…let’s just say it was years ago, when I was a bit more temperamental. 🙂 For those of you that do know the story, …
Google Maps has failed me
It was bound to happen, we had a great run, but today, Google Maps has failed me. I’m one of those users who (many years ago) used to turn to MapQuest (remember them?) for driving directions. Several years ago a search engine company developed online maps which were up to date, fast and reliable and as such quickly won me …