Trinity University LAN

Here's the final product of a diagram of Trinity's local area network! Hopefully it makes sense...

Top Tech Tip

This past week our class was paid a very special visit from Mr. Joe Hatch, a network administrator and resident coordinator here on Trinity. A very nice man, Mr. Hatch explain to us some helpful tips on how to keep our PCs (and Macs) in tip top shape and out of harm's way. He explained how to keep your system up to date and that virus definitions are renewed. This provides your computer with a more stable security as it is protected from the most recent virus and means of virtual terrorism. However, I think that THE Top Tech Tip that Joe brought to us was about defragmenting your computer hard drive and getting rid of pesky temporary folders and cookies. People really do not know how much space gets eaten up by these files, and they can really drag down your computer. Having worked on computers for awhile I know how to access the temp folders and defrag my own computer, but Mr. Hatch brought up a program that seems to make everything a lot easier called CCleaner. It's free to download and you can set what exactly you want it to do, which is pretty nifty. You can have it defragment, delete temporary folders, internet history, and much more. I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't given their PC a good cleaning in awhile (myself included).

Interactive Blogging

Just wrapped up commenting on other people's blogs from the class earlier. Well not really just wrapped up, there was a paper written in between then, but who's really counting down the minutes?

I learned some neat tid bits about Moira and Larissa who join me in the arduous task of waking up before 830am to head over to the computer science building, which is oh so conveniently placed on the complete opposite side of campus. Moira (who happens to be a very graceful roller skater) shares a favorite author with my, Mr. Chuck Palahniuk. Perhaps I'll dedicate a blog to him someday and write horribly humorous and morbid tales. And there's a mutual jealousy appearing between Larissa and I. I envy her for living in New Mexico, and her me for participating in snow sports (specifically snowboarding).

It's been a long night/transition into morning, my backs killing me, and I'm worried about this first paper I'm turning in for my seminar, so in conclusion I will leave you with this picture as I enter a wonderful world of surrealities that I call dreams.

Le Intro

My name is Alexander Holmes, but you can just call me Alex. I come from Flower Mound, Texas, a relatively small suburb of the DFW area where there really isn't all that much to do. As far as interests go, I like to consider my self as a jack of all trades, I try to pick up a little bit of everything and am willing to give anything a shot. I like to go snowboarding, and recently returned from a trip to Santa Fe, and try to get out a few times each season. I picked up longboarding when I got on campus here at Trinity, and have been trying to make the best of that. I do the stereotypical male college student thing, video games, exercising, studying, etc. I'm also excited to (hopefully) be helping start up the Quidditch team here at Trinity, but we'll see how that goes.

Unfortunately as far as a major goes I have no idea what I want to do. I'm following the business path right now, but the way I see it I still have plenty of time to figure out what exactly I want to do. Part of me wants to start my own business doing something enjoyable, like a graphic tee/clothing company. God knows I don't need more though (I have more clothes and shoes than my closet can hold). But a company like Threadless is really inspiring to me, and I think if I could do something along those lines I would be a very happy man.

I am pretty well versed when it comes to technology and computers, and actually forgot to take the test to be exempt from this course. I built my own computer, and know very (note: VERY) basic programming in Java and HTML, but can hold my ground on most software, including Photoshop. I've also been known to pursue... juvenile flash animations; they're nothing special. But if you ever need help with anything or have questions you can get in touch with me at:
aholmes2@trinity.edu (it rhymes!)

Thanks for following,

Alex

Update: And now a Wordle!