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Two security incidents in Gainesville, the first involving Erin and me. As usual, both preventable; as usual, the response is embarrassingly slow.

Open source software on campus: how faculty can encourage IT staff to install and support. Answering questions from Clancy Ratliff.

The new Illinois budget web site is a disappointment.

Facebook’s latest changes, reimagined

Delicious is having database issues. I can’t reset the password for one of my accounts.

This is what happens when you leave your MacBook outside in winter:

Reviewing 2009: family, housework, research, and travel.

Time for revisions to the look and feel of this weblog.

Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort on what “platform studies” is not–and is. We need to balance thinking about hardware, and we need to learn some code. But that doesn’t mean getting away from software, culture, or the traditional concerns of the humanities.

Facebook status updates: the memes go meta with the latest interface changes.