Link for 25 February 2010

• Philip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system [ted.com]

Links for 23 February 2010

• Devotion to Duty [xkcd.com] – now one of my all-time favorite XKCDs for the Sysadmin profession :)
• Va. House, Senate pass competing budgets to close deficit [washingtonpost.com]
• Metro Fare Increases Coming Down the Pipe [dcist.com]
• Obama Health Plan Costs $950 Billion Over 10 Years [wsj.com]
• US 'closes in on Google hackers' [bbc.co.uk]
• Photo of the Day: February 22, 2010 - Bad News Peep [dcist.com]
• Lower Pervian School District vs. Mike and Ikes [reason.com]
• Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow [time.com] vs. Russian capital Moscow covered by record 63cm snowfall [bbc.co.uk]

Links for 15 February 2010

• Steven Spielberg admits he didn't want to do Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• In Marjah Buildup, a Telling Day's Delay
• Snow paralysis has cost D.C. area too much

Links for 13 February 2010

Hrm…some of my links from the 11th were definitely from before then, and I’m not quite sure where they came from. Ah well, so’s life.

• NBC Olympics – official website for the 2010 Olympics, which start(ed) Friday the 12th!
• Live Updates from the Opening Ceremony
• Pay-go redux: Can Obama rein in federal spending?
• Trouble in Space Station Construction
• Canada Redefines Itself in Olympic Opening Ceremony
• Nato hails major Afghan operation – interesting article detailing Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan.

Links for 11 February 2010

• Sniper's imprint, faded, remains indelible – interesting article about the DC area snipers, one of whom was executed last evening.
• Please tell me why I should care about Sun?
• What I Couldn't Say

Links for 9 February 2010

• Boeing 747-8 Information
• Reading Report: The Road to Serfdom
• Endeavour to deliver Space Station 'a room with a view'
• U.S. Enlists Ex-Foes for Afghan Army
• Some early comments about Power7
• Boeing’s New 747-8 Continues a Jumbo Tradition

Links for 7 February 2010

• With tears but no trouble, Washington sends Tai Shan to China
• A look at the new AeroTrain system at Dulles Airport
• White House articulating a case for ending the filibuster permanently
• Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

Links for 5 February 2010

• World's Largest Data Collector Teams Up With Word's Largest Data Collector [technology]
• Credit Where It's...Don't [humor, technology]
• O'Reilly and Stewart Interview [politics, humor]
• Haiti Earthquake: Who's Given What? [information, economy, earthquake, haiti]

RIT Course Planning Schedule

As a service to other RIT students and myself, I’ve created a 4-year course planning schedule which I’m using to plot out my 4 years here at RIT until graduation. It can be easily extended to include a 5th year if you so choose. Each year is a different sheet in the Excel file, and I’ve included a “Pre-Y1” sheet for credits received before entering RIT. The main sheet is a high-level overview of the total year courses, and lists the abbreviations for each type of course – i.e. E for Free Elective. Please feel free to download and use this for your own purposes, and you are more than welcome to leave comments here for future versions!

RIT 4-Year Planning Schedule.xlsx