The latest tech news in the Walker Management Library, for the first week of September 2005.

1) VUprint -  To help non-Vanderbilt users, BIS clients, and other patrons print, and to help everyone especially when the CS Print Server goes down, Rachel has come up with a temporary solution to the chaos! A simplified explanation: Over the past few weeks , the 8 public workstations have been pointing to 2 printers:  Kilimanjaro and WMLPUBLICPRINTER.  They aren't connected to the printers in the normal way you would add a printer on your own workstation.  Instead, they are being routed through the CS Print Server in Baker before they come to the Owen print server.  So when the CS Print Server is down, no one can print at all.  **Rachel's solution:   Rachel added a second WMLPUBLICPRINTER to all the public workstations.  This one doesn't go through the CS Print Server at all, so you won't even be asked to authenticate.  The default is still set to the WMLPUBLICPRINTER on the CS Print Server (which looks like:  WMLPUBLICPRINTER on 129.59.1.91), but if someone really needs to print and has no VUnet ID/password, then instruct the patron to select the WMLPUBLICPRINTER on global. On a side note, the VUprint team doesn't expect to start charging for printing anytime before September 30.

2) Database Update - All of the databases (at the moment) are currently working. Is the world going to end?

3) Birthdays - Not only is Rahn's Birthday this week, so is Google's.  Google turns 7 on Wednesday, September 7.  It seems hard to imagine life without it .

4)  Student Computers - Rachel has finished setting up the student computer outside Rahn's Office.  She will inspect the other 2 in the student work area and make sure they are updated, log-in-able, and have all the appropriate programs on them.

5) Upstairs Computer - This computer is sooooo close to being ready.  All we need now is have someone turn the connection on so we can get connected to the network and Internet.  DOH!  Once connected, Rachel will be able to finish a few more configurations and then it will be ready.  Hold on just a bit longer, Brent.  I know you are eager!

6) New WML Website - Rachel is making slow BUT STEADY progress on the new website and the Staffweb.

Have a good weekend, everyone! Thanks for your attention and time!