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  • 2009 Nobel Conference Time Lapse

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    doachs

    Well, it is the beginning of October here at Gustavus Adophus College and that means it is Nobel Conference time. Just like last year, we took images of the entire conference from one of our webcams and combined them into a single time lapse video. Watch the video. For those who are interested, I have…

  • How to watch the Nobel Conferece

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    doachs

    There are many ways to watch this years Nobel Conference on your computer. If you are on campus and have a wired network connection you can view this stream or try going to http://tv.gac.edu/. If you are on campus and have a TV connected to cable, you can watch the Nobel Conference on channel 7.…

  • Commencement 2009 Time-lapse

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    doachs

    As per the tradition started a few years ago by Matt Dobosenski, this years Commencement ceremony held on Sunday, May 31st 2009 was captured by time-lapse. If your computer can handle it, take a look at our highest quality video stream. If that version is too much for your computer to handle, there is a…

  • Another round of phishing email

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    doachs

    This morning many of our users woke up to find their inbox had been invaded by a number of email messages asking them to verify their gustavus.edu email account. This is just a quick reminder to say that no one associated with Gustavus sent that message.  An easy test to do is to read the…

  • Blocking External DNS Servers

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    doachs

    To combat recent infections, we are now forcing all computers on campus to only use our DNS server.

  • New anti phishing tool now in use

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    doachs

    Earlier this week we started using a new tool to fight against phishing email.  A group of higher ed email administrators has put together a list of email addresses used for phishing. As new addresses are discovered, they are added to the list.  We have modified our email server to quarantine any email sent to…

  • Gustavus, now with 50% more bandwidth

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    doachs

    Earlier this afternoon we upgraded the internet connection for the campus from our previous 100Mbit/s to the new 150Mbit/s.

  • Can’t login to Google Calendar?

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    doachs

    When you get the error page, try telling your browser to reload the page. Many users are getting the following error this morning when they try to login to Google Calendar. This service cannot be accessed because your login credentials are not yet valid If you see that error message, just tell your browser to…

  • Time-lapse of Ice Rink Replacement

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    doachs

    Ice Rink Time-lapse This is a time-lapse video of the Don Roberts ice rink going from the final stages of the 2008 Nobel Conference to the newly repaired ice rink. Earlier this year the cooling system failed and had to be replaced. In this video you can see the removal of the old cooling system…

  • Internet Connection Down ( Wed. Night ) [ update ]

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    doachs

    The internet connection for the campus is currently down ( 7:00pm Wednesday Nov, 12). It appears to be a problem with our upstream provider. We are working with them now to try and fix whatever is causing the problem. I will try to report back here when I learn more. [UPDATE Thursday Morning] By 1:00am…