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combating link spam at Yale
Systems Alchemy | General | Jul 2, 2009 3:21:34 PM | By ljr28
Due to an observed increase in recent occurrences, I’ve put together a short and informative presentation about combatin...

b in the camper van , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . ...
bricoleursdaughter | root | Jun 26, 2009 8:34:34 PM | By ecastle
b in the camper van , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter .

Galileo at The Franklin Institute
Beyond the Basement: | General | Jun 25, 2009 12:23:47 PM | By sat35
I had the privilege last week of visiting The Franklin Institute to see their newest exhibit "Galileo, The Medici ...

Object of the Week: Urine test tube
Beyond the Basement: | General | Jun 25, 2009 10:30:44 AM | By sat35
I've spent a number of weeks slowly cataloging a range of medical apparatus and glassware that was in desperate need of ...

Busy boxes
Ken @ Yale | Exchange Project | Jun 23, 2009 11:01:12 AM | By kjh27
Because mail clients typically maintain multiple TCP connections open to Exchange for every client, our three Client Acc...

Apple updates for the Mac community at Yale
ITS Announcements & News ... | General | Jun 22, 2009 10:56:35 AM | By jl775
ITS would like to update the Mac community at Yale with recent news about Apple products. Recently, Apple held...

The Legoville Reporter
bricoleursdaughter | General | Jun 15, 2009 7:10:00 AM | By ecastle
Click on the newspaper to enlarge it, if you want to read the Legoville Reporter…

The Newton, oh, joy!
bricoleursdaughter | General | Jun 14, 2009 11:23:27 AM | By ecastle
The Newton, oh joy! , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . Well, the boys found the Newton, when I was d...

The Lovell Times First Edition
bricoleursdaughter | General | Jun 12, 2009 9:07:02 AM | By ecastle
The Lovell Times First Edition , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter .

WHO declares H1N1 Pandemic
The Preparedness Blog | General | Jun 11, 2009 1:31:49 PM | By lcb53
Untitled Document In a press conference held today, the WHO declared that H1N1 is now an influenza pandemi...

Jealousy wins out
Behind the Displays | General | Jun 10, 2009 8:57:45 PM | By laj22
I like the idea of blogging but I haven't had a subject that I thought would have enough info to keep me writing one. A...

Jim Michalko on the OCLC User Studies Symposium
CMS Web Log | Languages and Scripts | Jun 9, 2009 12:45:40 PM | By dlovins
There's a recent "Hanging Together" post by Jim Michalko (former head of RLG, now a VP at OCLC) that nicely ...

The FDA as a Public Health Agency?
The Preparedness Blog | General | Jun 3, 2009 4:54:33 PM | By lcb53
Untitled Document When Dr. Margaret Hamburg became the new Comissioner of the FDA last week, she emphasiz...

When did you REALLY log in?
Ken @ Yale | Windows | Jun 1, 2009 4:26:30 PM | By kjh27
I received an inquiry today when someone noticed that they got different answers for the "last logon" value wh...

of filibusters and fouls
Systems Alchemy | General | May 27, 2009 8:34:35 AM | By ljr28
Filibusters are to U.S. congressional politics as endgame fouls are to basketball: counterproductive, pointless, & reaso...

New wireless guest service
ITS Announcements & News ... | General | May 26, 2009 10:42:51 AM | By millerje
ITS Network Services is rolling out a new wireless guest service to the campus on May 26th. This service is designed to ...

After the Concert
bricoleursdaughter | General | May 22, 2009 9:40:30 PM | By ecastle
after the concert , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . Ken took this picture of S right after his big ban...

Exchange Rollup 8 and the "Adam Bug"
Ken @ Yale | Exchange Project | May 21, 2009 7:32:17 AM | By kjh27
I consider it to be a mark of pride in the Windows world when you can claim that you've not only pinned Microsoft to the...

Java + DNS + TTL + Reflection = Dirty Hack...
joevalerio@yale | General | May 19, 2009 4:41:47 PM | By jjv6
Well, before java 6, the gods at sun decided that java should cache all dns entries FOREVER ! So, if you have a long l...

Opposition to WorldCat Records Policy Continues to Grow
CMS Web Log | Metadata | May 15, 2009 3:59:35 PM | By dlovins
According to a recent statement , the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) recommends that OCLC withdra...

Plastic Army Guys
bricoleursdaughter | General | May 15, 2009 11:09:06 AM | By ecastle
army guys , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter .

Powershell one-liner of the day: gathering data about users across groups...
Ken @ Yale | General | May 12, 2009 10:01:06 AM | By kjh27
I got an inquiry today which went basically like this: "Hey Ken, can you get me a list of the email addresses of...

Another interesting graph
Ken @ Yale | General | May 11, 2009 4:39:25 PM | By kjh27
Interesting graph showing the growth in the number of servers that WINSYS manages from mid-2006 to the present.

Stay connected this summer
ITS Announcements & News ... | General | May 8, 2009 12:00:02 AM | By ms56
Summer break is around the corner. We’ve gathered links and information for students (graduating and returning), facul...

Self-service videoconferencing rooms available
ITS Announcements & News ... | General | May 8, 2009 12:00:01 AM | By ms56
Yale staff members can now use two self-service videoconferencing rooms free of charge*: 25 Science Park, ...

Annual data self scan
ITS Announcements & News ... | General | May 8, 2009 12:00:00 AM | By ms56
Beginning this month, Yale staff will start receiving an email from the Training Management System (TMS) to complete ...

the tyvek astronaut costume
bricoleursdaughter | General | May 7, 2009 9:36:50 PM | By ecastle
the tyvek astronaut costume , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter .

Quote of the week
Beyond the Basement: | General | May 7, 2009 7:06:00 PM | By sat35
Museum Assistant "Hmmm, do I need coffee to get through this afternoon?" Museum Assistant II "I thoug...

"new" policy , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's...
bricoleursdaughter | root | May 6, 2009 9:51:46 PM | By ecastle
"new" policy , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . Apparently, there is a new policy in the Comfo...

H1N1 Social Media Tools for Consumers and Partners
The Preparedness Blog | General | May 4, 2009 1:37:32 PM | By lcb53
Untitled Document The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to provide consumers and p...

Subject Headings Available (again) as RDF SKOS
CMS Web Log | Technology | May 4, 2009 9:47:50 AM | By dlovins
Providing authority data in RDF SKOS format is potentially a great leap forward. Take a look at this record for the he...

post race , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . K post...
bricoleursdaughter | root | May 3, 2009 9:24:47 PM | By ecastle
post race , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . K post marathon.

Bridge from KY to OH , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter ....
bricoleursdaughter | root | May 3, 2009 7:56:42 AM | By ecastle
Bridge from KY to OH , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter . I just woke up to see the marathoners out the ho...

The Smell of Chemical Warfare
Beyond the Basement: | General | May 1, 2009 7:42:22 PM | By sat35
This week has been an exciting one of cataloging an amazing array of objects including 19th century chemical glassware a...

"Apocalyse in the Stacks?"
CMS Web Log | General | Apr 27, 2009 12:53:05 PM | By dlovins
Steven cited an interested article by Anthony Grafton published in Daedalus entitled: Apocalypse in the stacks? The...

Object of the Week: The Balopticon
Beyond the Basement: | General | Apr 24, 2009 12:00:00 AM | By sat35
I usually open a box of "please catalog me" objects with some sense of trepidation because I know that its con...

A Big New I.L.S. in the Sky
CMS Web Log | Technology | Apr 23, 2009 5:23:37 PM | By dlovins
In his latest Library Journal column , Marshall Breeding reports on what OCLC is calling the world's "first W...

The return of the "AD at Yale" site
Ken @ Yale | Windows | Apr 22, 2009 4:59:33 PM | By kjh27
I'm pleased to report that, after being off the air for a month or two, the web site where we documented the key element...

Happy Earth Day!
The Preparedness Blog | General | Apr 22, 2009 10:53:13 AM | By lcb53
Untitled Document What you might ask is the relevance of Earth Day to the mission of Yale CPHP? Given the rel...

Preventive mod_cas maintenance now will save headaches later!
Systems Alchemy | General | Apr 21, 2009 3:45:35 PM | By ljr28
It has already been reported that the SSL certificate for the Yale CAS server expires on June 6, 2009. An effort to repl...

FEMA launches new site on preparedness for the private sector
The Preparedness Blog | General | Apr 17, 2009 2:09:03 PM | By lcb53
Untitled Document FEMA has launched a new emergency management web site focused on the private sector. Becaus...

Save the Trochoidal Electron Monochromator, Save the World...
Beyond the Basement: | General | Apr 16, 2009 11:26:25 AM | By sat35
For quite a while now I have slowly been cataloging objects from the laboratory of George J. Schulz. These items are cha...

Great Hall of Dinosaurs
bricoleursdaughter | General | Apr 14, 2009 8:16:10 AM | By ecastle
great hall of dinosaurs , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter .

Peabody
bricoleursdaughter | General | Apr 13, 2009 10:17:57 PM | By ecastle
Peabody , originally uploaded by Bricoleur's Daughter .

Scraping OWA
Bill West | General | Apr 13, 2009 9:53:52 AM | By ww26
# 2009/03/12 - Bill West # owa-cal.sh: Web scraper for OWA 2007 calendar. Logs in, grabs calendar, # parse...

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