So Where's the Cake?

'Doritos Ramen Salad' - or What I learned from this week's Depaul Student Newspaper

Talk about potpourri, this week's DePaulia, the student newspaper of DePaul contains the following highlights:

• Enrollment rises, quality falls
  "Students now have to learn rushing techniques just to get into the elevator and when they do many elevators are over crowded. Elevators are also going unmonitored and people are piling in, which could potentially be reaching the elevator's maximum weight requirement."
• Your Mac doesn't make you cool
  "It must be admitted that this very text comes from a MacBook Pro. However, fellow Apple enthusiasts, enough with the name drop."
• Use Your Noodles: Ramen for all occasions
  "Doritos Ramen Salad:
  Package of Ramen noodles (Preferably beef flavored)
  Bag of Doritos, or tortilla chips
  ½ - Pound Ground beef
  1 Cup shredded cheese
  Taco seasoning(optional)"

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The Ugly Truth about Cloud Computing

We used to just call it 'online'.

SaveIllinoisLibraries.com

You know it's bad news when the FAQs start with:

"The budget for the state of Illinois is in a shambles."

I came upon it fresh from an article on Library Journal with the ominous title:

LJ's 2009 Placements & Salaries Survey Shows Tough Library Job Market

Anyway, back to the Illinois site. The FAQ continues:

Regional library systems received a 16.5% cut resulting in layoffs and cessation of some library support services.

They've got a badge (which you can download here) as well as a Facebook Page.

If you're in Illinois, you can use their 'Take Action' page to contact your state legislator.

Drupalcon Coming to Chicago in 2011

Wow, the big Drupal Convention for North America is coming to Chicago in 2011. Here's the announcement from the Drupalcon North American Regional Organizing Group:

"...the [Drupal Association] Board has preemptively made a decision on the location and team for the 2011 North American Drupalcon, tapping Chicago for Drupalcon 2011."

You can follow them on Twitter by going to: http://twitter.com/drupalchicago

My Talk on Web 2.0 at UIC

I'd like to thank Scott Dixon and his class from the Biomedical Visualization program at UIC for their eager reception and interest in my talk on 'Web 2.0 - Origins, Directions & Methods of Evaluation'.

Slides from the presentation are available below or from GoogleDocs directly here...