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2012 Commencement Time Lapse
Want to watch the 2012 Gustavus Commencement ceremony but don’t have 3 hours to spare? Here you can watch the entire day compressed down to just over 1 minute. This video was created from a series of images captured by the webcam which lives in the stadium press box and provides a view of the […]
Brief Internet connection downtime Tuesday April 3rd
On April 3rd GTS will be upgrading to a new Internet router and increasing the redundancy of our Internet connection. We anticipate that there will be a brief outage sometime between 7am and 8am (probably about 7:30am) as we switch to the new router. Adding the redundancy during the day should not cause any downtime, […]
Gustavus WiFi network downtime Monday April 2nd
Starting on Monday morning, April 2nd 2012, GTS will be upgrading the system in charge of the majority of the wireless (WiFi) network on campus. For short periods of time the wireless network will be unavailable. Anyone who needs to maintain a solid network connection during this time is encouraged to plug in with an […]
2011 Nobel Conference Streaming Statistics
You may have known that Nobel Conference 47 drew thousands of people to Gustavus this week, but you probably didn’t know that there were also a lot of people watching the event live online. The graph to the right shows the number of concurrent video streams we were serving from our live streaming system. The […]
Watch the Nobel Conference Live
Can’t make it over to Lund Center to watch the Nobel Conference in person? Watch it live on your computer or smart phone where ever you happen to be. Live video will begin Tuesday morning October 4th 2011. Visit the Nobel Conference website to learn more about this years conference.
2010 Graduate Accounts Expiring in August
Earlier today GTS sent out an email to all of the students who graduated in 2010 to inform them that their accounts would be expiring on August 10th, 2011. Here is what that message looked like: Your Gustavus account (email and home directory access) is set to expire on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011. If you […]
New faster wireless in some buildings on campus
Over the summer, Gustavus Technology Services’ Core Services staff installed new wireless access points in several buildings on campus. The new access points should be faster and be able to scale better to handle more computers using our wireless system. The new access points have been installed in: The Library Old Main Nobel Hall Carlson […]
3 Year Time Lapse Video of Perry
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
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
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 […]