I’m about to give up. I know that’s what they want me to do. Between MSC turning off POP and IMAP, their trying to ram WebCT/Vista down my throat, and now trouble with my Cox, my technological endeavors have been stymied as of late. Over the weekend, I brought my dead sever home from campus. [...]
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MSC Email Issues
On July 22, 2009, Macon State College’s Office of Technology Resources CIO turned off secure POP3 and secure IMAP access to email. Apparently, some phishers obtained access to the system because some users replied to their emails with sensitive information. As a result, the maconstate.edu domain became blacklisted. The reaction was to make email inaccessible [...]
On Kant’s Aesthetic Judgment
The only thing that would be more ponderous and difficult than trudging through Kant’s prose in his Critique of Aesthetic Judgment would be attempting to put his aesthetic philosophy found within to the test.
Some Thoughts on Health Care
[An excerpt from a Facebook discussion.] There needs to be an affordable public option. Period. It should focus on preventative care, education on nutrition, premium incentives for exercise and body weight, and incentives for states to build parks, bike lanes, and exercise facilities. The health care discussion and reform needs to be about health. There’s [...]
WCWJU
I’m thinking about starting a religion. Seriously. It seems that only narratives about belief and faith get anywhere in this country these days. Facts are irrelevant — too pedestrian. Loud opinion is king, and my don’t we have plenty of it to go around? Not only do we like opinions, but we seem to relish [...]
Plato’s Phaedrus
Phaedrus addresses much of the subject matter contained in Gorgias, rhetoric and right living, and closes with a discussion of writing. Yet these discussions are products of the pair’s original topic: love.
Regional Imagery
Well, we finally did it: Giles and I have officially launched Regional Imagery, LLC. We envision it as a stock photography venture that specializes in images of place. We think that publishers and corporations are often interested in iconic shots and/or detail shots of particular places for use on book covers, brochures, web sites, etc. So, [...]