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Author: doachs

  • Internet Bandwidth Increase

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    Up until Wednesday morning the entire campus shared our 200Mbit/s internet connection. At around 10am we switched to a new provider ( Global Crossing ) and with that change came a 50Mbit/s bandwidth increase which puts us at 250Mbit/s. For anyone who is curious about our current bandwidth usage, you can check out our graphs…

  • 3 Year Time Lapse Video of Perry

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    doachs

    Ever since we first heard about the possibility of a Titan Arum ( corpse flower a.k.a Amorphophallus titanum) blooming in the greenhouse we have been saving photos of Perry and documenting the growth.  Now that Perry has bloomed again I thought it was about time to create a time lapse video showing the amazing changes…

  • Corpse Flower Link Roundup

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    doachs

    Here is a list of resources available for all you Perry the corpse flower fans out there. http://gustavus.edu/biology/titanarum/ This is the main launching point for all your corpse flower needs including webcam images updated every minute and Brian O’Brien’s blog posts about Perry. http://news.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/07/06/rare-corpse-flower-set-to-bloom-again-at-gustavus/ This page has lots of information for anyone planning on coming…

  • Live Video of Corpse Flower

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    doachs

    Now that Perry the Titan Arum ( Corpse Flower ) is getting ready to bloom again, we have installed a new camera in the green house to stream live video to anyone who wishes to watch it. If the live video stream is not quite what you are looking for, we also have a webcam…

  • 2010 Commencement Time-Lapse and GigaPan Image

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    doachs

    View the time-lapse video and gigapan images of the 2010 Gustavus Adolphus College commencement ceremony.

  • Better Netflix Streaming

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    doachs

    Now that Gustavus is IPv6 enabled, students who have subscribed to Netflix streaming services can now do so over our very fast IPv6 network. However to take advantage of this, your computer must have a working IPv6 network connection. See our previous post about IPv6 for more information. To give IPv6 Netflix streaming a try,…

  • Spring Arrives at Gustavus

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    doachs

    Just like that, spring arrived over the weekend.

  • Possible Internet Outage Friday Dec. 18th **( Rescheduled for the 22nd )**

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    doachs

    *** UPDATE *** At 2:15 Thursday I received word that our ISP has rescheduled the maintenance for December 22nd instead. I just received a notice from our upstream ISP that they will be performing emergency fiber repair on the fibers Gustavus uses to connect to the internet. The maintenance is scheduled to being on Friday…

  • Explanation for last nights internet outage

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    doachs

    Last night our ISP ( Hickorytech ) needed to relocate the fiber that our internet connection travels on due to road construction. We were notified last week that there would be a “loss of service for up to one hour during the window” with the window being from 12:00am until 6:00am, October 13th. Being a…

  • Panoramic Photos of Gustavus

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    doachs

    Have you ever wondered what the view is like from the roof of Olin Hall? Or maybe search for faces in the crowd of the 2009 Nobel Conference? We have uploaded those zoomable panoramas as well as others such as the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library and a beautiful view of the Eckman Mall on a…