HMC Mathematics Computing Weblog

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mirror (3)
News (22)
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System Maintenance (87)
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December 2007 (5)
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January 2004 (1)
December 2003 (12)
November 2003 (1)
August 2003 (1)
June 2003 (2)
May 2003 (2)
April 2003 (2)
October 2002 (2)
September 2002 (4)

2012-05 - TeX System Updates (TeX Live 2012 Pretest)
2011-07 - Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: First Impressions
2011-07 - Mac OS X Lion (10.7) Plans
2011-07 - New Copier Is Here!
2011-06 - TeX System Updates (TeX Live 2010 and TeX Live 2011 Pretest)
2010-12 - Power Outage and Math Department Services
2010-10 - Updated End-of-Life for Non-SSL-Protected Mail Services: October 22, 2010
2010-09 - TeX Live 2010 Released and HMC Math Plans for TeX
2010-07 - End of Non-SSL-Protected Mail Service: July 31, 2010
2010-06 - Ponder Upgraded to CentOS 5
2010-06 - TeX System Updates
2010-04 - Network Switch Failure (Temporarily Resolved)
2010-01 - Thoughts on the Apple iPad
2009-12 - Power Outage and Math Department Services
2009-11 - TeX Live 2009 Released!
2009-10 - New Release of hmcpset Homework LaTeX Class
2009-08 - New Scientific Computing Lab Combination
2009-08 - Upcoming Scientific Computing Lab Outage
2009-06 - New SciComp Lab Machines Coming
2009-06 - File Server Reboot: 5:00 PM, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
2009-02 - New Versions of hmcclinic and hmcthesis LaTeX Classes Available
2009-02 - Hex Back In Service
2009-02 - Continued Mirror Issues
2009-02 - Mirror Back In Service
2009-02 - Mirror Array Status
2009-02 - Mirrors Down Again
2009-02 - Mirror Hiccups
2009-02 - Status Update on hex
2008-12 - MoinMoin Wikis Updated
2008-11 - jsMath Now Available
2008-11 - More on hex - News, System Maintenance, Amber
2008-11 - Update on hex...
2008-09 - Hex Memory Degradation
2008-09 - Mirror Temporarily Offline
2008-08 - Mail Outages Resolved
2008-06 - Server Work Complete
2008-06 - CTAN and CentOS Mirrors Moved off yum.math.hmc.edu - mirror, News, LaTeX
2008-06 - Systems Work: Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8 - Mail, News, System Maintenance, Linux, Macintosh, Website, Amber
2008-04 - Status Update
2008-04 - Status Update
2008-04 - hmcposter LaTeX Class Version 3.0 on Website
2008-04 - HVAC Outage Continues; Limited Services Restored
2008-04 - Servers Off Line Until HVAC Is Repaired
2008-04 - Partial Recovery; Repairs Tomorrow
2008-04 - HVAC Failure in Machine Room
2008-04 - Version 3.0 of hmcposter LaTeX Document Class Released
2008-02 - Unexpected Power Outage; Systems Okay?
2008-02 - Server Work May Require Workstation Reboots (YMMV) - System Maintenance, Linux, Printers
2008-02 - Mail Glitches
2008-02 - Updated SpamAssassin Rules
2008-01 - NFS Issues Causing Problems with Web Server, Other Clients
2008-01 - Apple's MacWorld 2008 Announcements
2008-01 - Server Back Up
2008-01 - Work Is Underway...
2008-01 - Server Work Planned for Wednesday, 2008-01-09
2008-01 - Amber and Hex Up
2007-12 - Power Back; Restoring Service
2007-12 - Power Still Out: Maybe Monday Morning
2007-12 - Power Still Out...
2007-12 - Power Outage Underway
2007-12 - Winter Break Outage Schedule
2007-10 - Power Outages on Weekend, 2007 October 20 & 21
2007-10 - E-Mail Holiday Is Over
2007-09 - New Release (3.1) of hmcclinic LaTeX Class
2007-09 - Mirrors Back
2007-09 - Mirrors Temporarily Offline
2007-07 - Unexpected Need for Reboot
2007-07 - Maple Updated to 11.01
2007-07 - Fedora Mirror Changes - mirror, News
2007-07 - Reboot Complete - News, System Maintenance
2007-07 - System Outage, Saturday, 2007 July 7, 1:00 PM - News, System Maintenance
2007-06 - All About Leopard...
2007-04 - End of Life for Fedora Legacy (and Our Mirror of It) - mirror, News
2007-02 - New Firefox, Thunderbird, and 64-bit Machines
2007-01 - Repairs Complete - News, System Maintenance
2007-01 - System Offline for Maintenance Saturday, 2007 January 20 - News, System Maintenance
2007-01 - MATLAB 2007a Preview Available - Software, News
2006-12 - Machine Room HVAC Out; Some Machines Shut Down
2006-11 - Wolfram Workbench Available - Software, News
2006-10 - Package Requirement for Clinic and Thesis Classes - News, LaTeX, Website
2006-09 - Ponder Off Line Thursday Morning
2006-08 - Systems Back Up
2006-08 - Server Bounce on Sunday
2006-08 - Power Outage Scheduled for Saturday, August 5
2006-07 - MATLAB Unavailable During License Server Maintenance
2006-07 - MATLAB R2006a Now in Testing
2006-07 - Standard ML of New Jersey Installed
2006-07 - Mathematica Arrives!
2006-06 - Heidi Now a Duplex Printer
2006-06 - Google Earth Now Available
2006-06 - Maple Updated to 10.04
2006-05 - Update to Thesis Class
2006-04 - New Release of hmcposter LaTeX Class
2006-04 - Updates to LaTeX Classes for Clinic and Thesis
2006-04 - Running Long Jobs for Thesis and Scientific Computing Projects
2006-03 - Scratch Space and Old Beowulf Files Available on Cluster - Amber
2006-03 - MCM Judges in Town
2006-01 - PHP Support Ends - System Maintenance, Website
2006-01 - Amber Cluster Documentation Now Available - Website, Amber
2006-01 - Updated Firefox to 1.5 - System Maintenance, Linux
2006-01 - Changes to Guest and Emeritti Accounts - System Maintenance, Linux
2006-01 - Thunderbird Updated to 1.5 - System Maintenance, Linux
2006-01 - Stevenote: New Macbook, iMac, iLife, iWork, Mac OS X 10.4.4 - News, Macintosh
2005-12 - Power Back; Most Systems Running - System Maintenance
2005-12 - Systems Unavailable During Power Outage Period - System Maintenance
2005-12 - Power Outage Scheduled - System Maintenance
2005-11 - Maple Updated to 10.02 (and x86_64 Support) - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-11 - Server Reboot Successful - System Maintenance
2005-11 - Server Reboots Over Thanksgiving Holiday - System Maintenance
2005-11 - New Tape Library Arrives! - System Maintenance
2005-11 - Appropriate-Use Policy Updated - System Policy
2005-11 - End of Support for PHP - System Maintenance, Website
2005-11 - National Security Letters and You - News, System Policy
2005-11 - Unexpected Power Outage in SciCompLab - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-11 - A/C Work in Progress - System Maintenance
2005-11 - Amber Cluster Move Complete - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-11 - Amber Cluster Move Scheduled - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-10 - Fixed Java Path for {,t}csh Users - System Maintenance
2005-10 - A/C Working, Cluster Back - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-09 - Air Conditioning Problems Continue - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-09 - Power Outage Effects - System Maintenance
2005-09 - Sample Thesis/Clinic Available - LaTeX, Website
2005-09 - Maple Updated to 10.01 - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-09 - Updated MATLAB to R14, Service Pack 3 - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-08 - Firefox, Thunderbird, and Nvu - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-08 - wuffles is printable - System Maintenance, Printers
2005-08 - Support Information, Drivers, Available for New Copier - System Maintenance, Printers
2005-08 - LaTeX Class for Mathematics Homework Now Available - LaTeX, Website
2005-08 - New Copier Coming... - System Maintenance, Printers
2005-08 - New Home for Departmental LaTeX Classes - LaTeX, Website
2005-07 - New Software: Maple 10 - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-07 - Chiller Back, Amber, Too - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-07 - Amber Cluster Offline Due to Air Conditioning Issues - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-07 - Amber Cluster Move, Part I - System Maintenance, Amber
2005-06 - Fedora Core 4 i386 and x86_64 Installers Available - Website
2005-06 - New Intel FORTRAN 90 and C++ Compilers Available - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-06 - Hell Freezes Over: Mac OS to Run on Intel - News, Macintosh
2005-05 - Old Accounts Purged - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-05 - Stupid MATLAB Tricks - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-05 - Server Burps - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-04 - Change Sucks - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-04 - End of Support for Red Hat 7.3 - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-04 - HMC Poster Class Available - LaTeX
2005-04 - gaspode -- our new color printer -- installed! - System Maintenance, Printers
2005-03 - New Color Printer Arrives! - System Maintenance, Printers
2005-03 - News.com Article on CentOS - News, Linux
2005-03 - Updated Java Fixes Security Hole - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-03 - MATLAB R14SP2 Released - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-03 - Judicial Invasion! - News
2005-03 - Warning about addresses ending in .st - Linux
2005-03 - Mathematica TEXMF Tree Available - System Maintenance, LaTeX
2005-02 - New Fugu (1.1.2) Available - System Maintenance, Macintosh
2005-02 - RHEL 4 Released; CentOS 4 Imminent - System Maintenance, Linux, Website
2005-02 - Broken Shell Startup Scripts - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-02 - MCM/ICM Contest Underway - News
2005-01 - PracTeX Journal Launched - News, LaTeX
2005-01 - elijah and ramandu back! - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-01 - elijah and ramandu have bad video cards... - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-01 - Epidemiological Risks to Our Computational Infrastructure - System Maintenance, Linux
2005-01 - New LaTeX Packages Added - System Maintenance, LaTeX
2005-01 - New Apple Toys - News, Macintosh
2004-12 - Systems Back... - System Maintenance
2004-12 - CVS Emacs Available for Play - System Maintenance
2004-12 - Upcoming Power Outage - System Maintenance
2004-11 - Change Your Passwords! - System Maintenance
2004-11 - Security Update for PuTTY, WinSCP - System Maintenance
2004-11 - Eudora Considered Harmful - Mail, System Maintenance
2004-11 - NanoBlogger - System Maintenance
2004-11 - Firefox 1.0 - System Maintenance, Linux
2004-11 - h.m.c. m.c. - News
2004-11 - Welcome to NanoBlogger!
2004-04 - Added CD Burner to SciCompLab - System Maintenance, Linux
2004-04 - Training SpamAssassin - Mail
2004-01 - Web Server Changes - System Maintenance, Website
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Upgrade Status - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-12 - Server Upgrade - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-11 - New Support Material: Mac OS X & Windows - Macintosh, Website
2003-08 - Welcome Back! - News
2003-06 - New OpenOffice; StarOffice Going Away - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-06 - Memory Upgrades for SciCompLab - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-05 - Power Outage - System Maintenance, Linux
2003-05 - OpenOffice Installation Instructions - System Maintenance, Linux, Website
2003-04 - Spamassassin Installed - Mail, System Maintenance, Linux
2003-04 - Accounts Expiring - System Maintenance, Linux
2002-10 - TeX and LaTeX Notes - LaTeX, Website
2002-10 - Scientific Computing Lab Upgraded - System Maintenance, Linux
2002-09 - Mail Changes - Mail, System Maintenance
2002-09 - New Server - System Maintenance
2002-09 - Account Policy Changes - System Policy
2002-09 - New Machine-Naming Scheme - System Maintenance, System Policy