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I suspect the IT Labor Day picnic has been disrupted

sitedad — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:59:08 +0000

September 6 Update: The latest sent around by Walter Kraft on this:

As we reported yesterday, an investigation is underway into a breach of security in an EMU server that controls my.emich passwords and Banner Self-Service PIN codes for students and employees. The area that was compromised did not contain social security numbers or [...]

Is anyone else’s EMU Email wonky right now?

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:35:16 +0000

Maybe it’s just me, but my EmuMail (aka Eaglemail) is working a little weird for me right now. It says I’ve got 23 unread messages in my inbox (I see none) and that I have 311 draft messages (waa???) Anyone else getting anything odd like that?

As far as I can tell the [...]

Are college students shifting to the Mac?

sitedad — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:48:34 +0000

This is a bit of a tangent I suppose, though it might be interesting here, especially for the “IT” inclined. According to this AP article that is about downgrading Microsoft stock, Apple is taking a heavy bite out of the traditional dominance of Windows. Here’s the relevant quote for here, with the line about [...]

EMU rolls out new web site– thoughts?

sitedad — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:17:54 +0000

I don’t know when this happened because I don’t often have a reason to visit EMU’s homepage, but it looks like they’ve rolled out a new site. My 2 minute poke around impressions are positive. I don’t like the front page Flash animation for all kinds of different reasons, but I do like that [...]

my.emich: Does it work for you? And which browser?

sitedad — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:41:23 +0000

In the spirit of doing a little usability trouble-shooting for DoIT! today: how is my.emich working for you?

This morning, I commented that my.emich was still not working for me, which is something that I chalked up to the system update still not being completed. Then I got an email from one of the [...]

I’m sure glad I don’t use my.emich for anything…

sitedad — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:28:23 +0000

This is because my.emich has essentially been off/out of service since Saturday or so. I suspect for most people, this is not a “deal breaker,” because you can still access email via mail.emich.edu, and many (most?) people teaching who use some kind of technology to support their classes don’t use my.emich.edu But if you [...]

EMU changes name to SunGard University

sitedad — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:45:11 +0000

No, not really. But when I go to “my.emich,” I see I am being welcomed to “My SunGard University.” I guess whatever latest update to the system isn’t quite working yet….

What’s up with EMU email?

sitedad — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:01:05 +0000

I can’t get my EmuMail to work, and it’s been that way all morning. What the heck? Is Pray-Harrold construction to blame?

Of course, one solution is to get a Mac….

sitedad — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:12:30 +0000

This just in from Ward Mullens about a computer virus going around campus:

The EMU Division of Information Technology is currently working to resolve a computer issue affecting faculty and staff computers. The problem is being caused by a corrupted anti-virus file that makes it appear that your computer is infected with a virus. [...]

sitedad’s thoughts in the iPad

sitedad — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:08:28 +0000

Because Donna asked over a week ago, I thought I’d pass along here a couple of links from stevendkrause.com where I blogged about the iPad:

The iPad, the first 30 or so hours Anybody who says that the iPad is the end of user-generated content or the internet does not know what they are [...]