K-State's Internet1 connection up to 55 Mbps Jan. 9
K-State's Internet1 service increased 10 Mbps to 55 Mbps on Jan. 9.
The Dec. 23 article in InfoTech Tuesday has details on how
the increase was allocated.
—H. Townsend, Computing and Network Services
650 newsletter subscribers, but few are students
InfoTech Tuesday now has an estimated 650 subscribers. The majority are K-State faculty/staff, with a small
number of student and public subscribers.
Faculty/staff are asked to tell their students about the newsletter and its free
subscription form online. A link to the
newsletter is on K-State's information technology site at www.ksu.edu/InfoTech, via
the K-State homepage.
—B. Edwards, Computing and Network Services
TechBytes starts in February; send "cool IT tools"
TechBytes sessions are being scheduled for the spring semester and will begin in February. The first session will
be on "Cool Tools". If you are using a tool that you think is worth letting everyone know about, contact
Cathy Rodriguez (cathyr@ksu.edu) or Gerry Snyder
(gnsyder@oznet.ksu.edu).
Please think about the IT tools you use and share them
with other K-Staters. We will do a short presentation on each tool. Tools can be websites, software, PDA applications,
little gadgets, and so forth.
—C. Rodriguez, Information Technology Assistance Center
Macintosh user meetings for spring 2004
The Kaw River Macintosh Users' Group meets 10 a.m.-noon on the second Saturday of each month,
in Room 16 (lower level) of Bluemont Hall, on the K-State campus. Meetings for the spring semester are
Jan. 10, Feb. 14, March 13, April 10, and May 8 (no meetings June through August).
All meetings are open to the public, regardless of affiliation with K-State.
KRMUG is an official campus organization whose purpose is to instruct and
inform users of Macintosh computers on software and hardware issues as well
as to provide a community for the sharing of ideas and experiences. See the
KRMUG website for details.
—C. Loehr, K-State Student Union Computer Store
Dial-in mini-grants being phased out by Aug. 1
By Aug. 1, K-State Telecommunications will be phasing out the SLIP
instructional dial-in mini-grants provided through the Office of the Provost.
The program was designed more than five years ago as mini-grants to faculty, to offset the cost of Internet
services while developing and administering web-based courses from home. Currently, only 20 faculty members
have active, approved mini-grants.
Faculty who want to continue dial-in service from Telecommunications need to contact
Patti Sexton (532-7300) for more information. These faculty have the option to switch to a fee-based dial-in plan,
with no interruption in service.
—B. Newhouse, Regents Educational Communications Center
| Websites worth watching |
NASA's Spirit Mars Exploration Rover
With the landing of NASA's Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Jan. 3, the NASA website is displaying real-time views
of the terrain. Check out the latest images from Mars,
which include both still photos and real-time images Spirit is taking from front and rear.
Send site suggestions to TellTuesday@ksu.edu.
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