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This page last updated on Monday, April 28, 2008 14:50:18
It won't be long before wintry weather threatens the Omaha area. If poor weather conditions force the University to close for all or part of a day, your most reliable source for accurate information is the Creighton University weather hotline at 280-5800.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
FINAL EXAM in BA 107 at 4:30pm
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Last day of class!
Apple buys chip manufacturing company
The Victorian-era supercomputer and the genius who created it
Seagate ships it's one billionth hard drive
Patch your Linux kernel without rebooting
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Suspicions arise over mac clone maker and now they only accept PayPal
Blind users struggle with web pages
TIPS on Assignment Five!
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Log into Grackle using Putty
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Change to your public_html directory (remember, it's cd public_html)
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Then you need to start to edit a page, and let's say it is called hobby.html
nano hobby.html -
Then you type in your HTML tags and other code, being sure to save every now and then with CONTROL-O or exit with CONTROL-X
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Then don't forget to make your pictures viewable to the outside world with the webready command, at the $ prompt just type webready
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Then go to your web browser and view the page, your URL should be
http://grackle.creighton.edu/~xxx12345/hobby.html
Good luck!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Happy Tax Day!
Psystar claims to be selling a $399 Macintosh clone
Just a note about class today: I need to be at the AIM Institute annual dinner around 5:45 downtown, so class will be ending about 5:20-5:30.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
"The Chief's Corner" - Lincoln PD chief's blog, often talks of GIS
Assignment Five handed out
Computer, TV recycling fee
bill gets second-round approval
BY LESLIE REED
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
LINCOLN - The Legislature today gave second-round approval to a bill that
would impose a fee on manufacturers to create recycling programs for
computers and television sets.
Manufacturers selling more than 5,000 computers
or TVs in Nebraska a year would be required to pay up to $20,000. The fee
would be reduced if they operated their own recycling programs.
Legislative Bill 986 also would require them to establish programs to take
back new equipment sold in the state. If it receives third-round approval by
lawmakers and is signed by the governor, LB 986 would take effect Jan. 1,
2009.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Today in 1964, IBM bets it big on the new 360 model
Redesigned MacBook and MacBook Pro models coming Real Soon Now?
WS_FTP program - download here and you can install it on your own personal computer.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Image tag references #1 and #2 and #3
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Happy 32nd birthday, Apple Computer! (April 1, 1976)
Dell to close Austin, TX plant
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Fingerprint scanners track workers
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Apple releases Security Update 2008-002
Windows XP's days are numbered
Assignment Four handed out today, due 4:30pm on 4/3/08
Thursday, March 20, 2008
No class, Easter Break
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Apple release new version of Safari web browser (article #2) and Apple updates their Airport with 802.11n and Apple snags 14% of US-based PC sales in january
State agency cracks down on USB thumb drives
Best Buy announces new trade-in service
Just a reminder on class dates: We will NOT have class on Thursday, March 20th, as that is Holy Thursday. Classes that meet after 5:00pm are cancelled, and ours is close enough to that time so we will not be meeting that day.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
GoDaddy silences police watchdog site
Assignment Three, handed out on 3/13/08 and due no later than 5:00pm on Thursday, 3/20/08.
Tuesday, March 12, 2008
When used servers cost more than new
iPhone enterprise features coming in June
Texas University is giving their students iPhones and iTouches
How much battery back-up should cellphone towers have
Sifting the data on web audiences
The MP3 player is ten years old this month!
Tuesday and Thursday, March 5 and 7, 2008
No Class, Spring Break!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
MIDTERM EXAM today in BA 107
Based on your last quiz, you guys really need to bone up on your commands!
Answers posted for Quiz Six
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Getting faculty, staff and students to sign up for campus alerts
Apple is shipping the 2GB iPod Shuffles and updates the MacBook and MacBook Pro (site #2)
Class attendance as of 2/21/08
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Two weeks with the MacBook Air
Review of the 9-core MacPro (top of the line model)
Midterm Exam will be in BA 107
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Toshiba to halt HD-DVD production
Who is watching TV on the job?
Apple slashes iPod shuffle price, introduces a 2GB model available later this month. Flash memory prices are falling, are further price cuts coming?
Faster SATA II drives for the MacBook Pro next week?
Fears of Internet predators unfounded, according to a new study (despite what these guys say)
Midterm exam is Thursday, February 28th. Midterm Exam review
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Is your lost laptop worth $54 million? Raelyn Campbell thinks so!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
I will be attending the President's
convocation on Tuesday, so class will start at 5:00pm.
President's Convocation on Feb. 12 at 4 p.m.
A special highlight of Founders Week is the annual President's
Convocation and faculty and administrator award recognition. Join the entire
Creighton community at this annual event on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 4 p.m. in
Rigge Science, Room 120, featuring remarks on the state of the University by
Creighton President the Rev. John P. Schlegel, S. J. A reception will follow
in the Skutt Student Center, Mutual of Omaha Ballroom. Many other events are
planned to commemorate Founders Week. For a complete schedule, visit
www2.creighton.edu/events/foundersweek2008/.
Why you have to pay for some Apple upgrades, and not others
Windows XP SP3 release candidate arrives
Vista SP1 RTM available to select customers - but do you have to pirate it to test it out?
Usage rates for various desktop OS
Top 25 things that only happen in the movies...
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Cracking open a vintage 50 megabyte Seagate ST-250R MFM drive!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Apple introduces a 16GB iPhone and a 32GB iPod
Touch
Link #1 and
Link #2
New MacBook Pro models coming down the line?
Rumors say so!
Are you ready for "consumption-based billing" on your cable Internet connection?
Well, the weather outside is frightful, and other colleges in town have cancelled classes after 4, but we are OPEN for classes! See you at 4:30, and ready to rock.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Windows start-up sounds through the different versions
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Here's a tip for your assignment: Check out the commands that you need to mail by mailing to yourself first, and then check your email. Once they work, then email to me. Also, be sure to use the proper subject line.
Today in class we will talk about computer hardware, and I have a special handout of the PowerPoint files to give you to take notes on.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Class WILL meet today as planned.
Rev. Paul J. Begley Jr.
BEGLEY-Rev. Paul J. Jr., age 82. Ordained Priest of 53 years for the
Archdiocese of Omaha. Preceded in death by parents, Paul J., Sr. and Mary E.
Begley; brother, Robert Aloysius Begley. Survived by brothers and spouses,
Patrick E. and Dorothy A. , Donald J. and Rosalie, William A. and Norma J.;
sisters, Regina A. Begley, Rosemary R. and husband, Keith Weide, all of
Omaha; many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews. Longtime sports
guru, Dr. Monday. Rev. Paul was a veteran of WWII and a Radio Operator of
USS Nassau CVE16. Served in the South Pacific and involved in the Battle of
the Coral Sea. Member of Knights of Columbus 6192 Bellevue, American Legion
Post No. 331, Oldtimers Baseball Assoc, USS Nassau Association, Old Seadogs
Aircraft Carrier Assoc of Omaha. President and Founder of CPL, Inc. Father
Paul was the official, self appointed, Prognosticator of the Archdiocese of
Omaha Clergy appointments.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Masses, Priest Retirement Fund, or
memorials may be sent to 5108 F St., Omaha 68117, in care of Father Begley.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Microsoft to force out IE 7 via updates next month on Patch Tuesday
After Thursday's class, this will be funny!
Let's talk about email etiquette (Slashdot question) See Tip #1 and Tip #2 Oh, and HTML in email is a bad thing!
Microsoft takes on VMware over virtualization (see virtual machine defined)
Will IBM make OS/2 an open source operating system? The answer is NO
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Sorry, that SETI signal was not ET sending us a message! (SETI project)
Perception trumps reality - Apple's stock takes a loss when they introduce new products, but not interesting or exciting enough products. Shades of the Osborne effect?
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Macworld is today! We will be sure to talk about the new products, etc. that should be announced. Here's a list
It was a good year at the range! #1, #2, #3
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Welcome to the first day of class!
How the iPhone blew up the wireless industry
The 10 worst PC keyboards of all time - how many have you used?
