One day last week, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, our SPAM-fighting server blocked over 100,000 SPAM messages. Go ahead, read that again. That is 100,000 in one day… 24 hours… that’s over 4,100 per hour, which is just more than 1 per second. In another light, that is also approximately 100 messages blocked per user! Could you imagine your inbox 100 messages heavier… each day?
Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Phillip Thomas
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The mail service at UCLS became unresponsive at some time after 4:00PM until the server was rebooted at 6:15 PM. Service appears to have returned to normal and we are investigating the cause.
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by jk
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So far, the biggest win I see in Leopard is being able to create an iCal event right out of a Mail message. The program is smart enough to know when a date appears; hovering over it produces a click box to enter it in iCal. It works really well and is a major timesaver.
Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Curt Lieneck
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Adobe has recently publish a treasure-trove of video tutorials for its CS3 suite. These videos cover everything from basic use of the programs to high-end tips and tricks. Check out the video workshop here.
Posted on February 29th, 2008 by Joe Kallo
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If you are unable to login to the files.ucls.uchicago.edu or get mail due to password difficulties, your password is likely one of those corrupted by some work done Monday. Please contact jk at 834-4476 and we can fix it quickly.
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by jk
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Toshiba announced this morning that it will no longer produce players for the HD-DVD format. Blu-Ray’s recent adoption by Netflix and Wal-Mart, two of the key players in the DVD world, were the final nails in the HD-DVD coffin. So go ahead and buy that Blu-Ray player!
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Curt Lieneck
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[UPDATE]Tuesday, February 12 2008: The server files.ucls.uchicago.edu has been stable for over 10 days now. We are still keeping a close eye on the situation.
Sunday, Feb 3 2008: Unfortunately, although the file server had a longer stable period, we experienced another interruption. We are still working on the issue now and want to resolve the problem as soon as possible.
Friday, Feb 1 2008: The UCLS File Server files.ucls.uchicago.edu is back up and running. We anticipate that our actions have resolved the issue. Our case with Apple Support is still open and we are working with Apple to ensure the continued availability of the file service.
Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Phillip Thomas
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Throughout the day today, 01-Feb-2008, the file server files.ucls.uchicago.edu has been intermittently unresponsive. You may have and will likely continue to experience difficulty maintaining a connection with the file server.
We have an open case with Apple Support designated as high priority and are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. No other services should be affected and no data loss has been reported.
Posted on February 1st, 2008 by Phillip Thomas
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We have all been there: you notice that your computer’s hard drive is almost full and you have no idea what is taking up all the extra space. You could search through the likely places checking file sizes individually, but wouldn’t it be much more convenient to see an “overhead” graphical view of your hard drive with the files represented by squares whose scale indicates their size? You can get just such an overview with a free utility called Disk Inventory X. It’s very easy to use, but be sure to notice that if you click on a file (i.e. that big 4 gigabyte one taking up so much space) you’ll be given both it’s name and location.
Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Joe Kallo
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If you need some good holiday background music for social events, visit pandora.com, create a “station” by typing in a holiday song you like, and Pandora will go out and find other songs like it and play them for you, streaming them right to your desktop. Plug in a set of inexpensive computer speakers, and - voila- you are a holiday music machine…and Pandora is free. Of course, you can create stations for other kinds of music, too.
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Curt Lieneck
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