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Wow, not a post this past term...
05 Jun 2007 12:57 AM
so I will update with a new look. I am hoping that I can post more often now that RapidWeaver is now got a functioning sftp upload. One of the issues I had with the previous version was that I could not get sftp to work. So it is now much easier to make changes and publish the updates.
We have now finished our first full academic term in the National Weather Center (NWC) and are one month away from our first year anniversary. There are still many issues to work out with the new building, but all in all I would classify the year as a success. Major summer projects include installation and making operational the ceiliometer, an instrument for measuring cloud base heights. Also on the docket are preparations for a regional Unidata workshop featuring the Integrated Data Viewer (IDV). There are also major upgrades in software for the Linux lab. The School of Meteorology will be working on a revamp of the current web page. We will see how that goes over the course of the summer.
I am excited for the opportunity to again take part in the Apple Distinguished Educator Workshop to be held in during the last week of July in Monterey, CA. I am part of the Class of 2005 and am returning as an alumni participant. I was so charged up when I retuned from my last workshop and am very much looking forward to recharging the batteries again this year. I will be sure to talk more about the workshop when the time comes.
mjl
We have now finished our first full academic term in the National Weather Center (NWC) and are one month away from our first year anniversary. There are still many issues to work out with the new building, but all in all I would classify the year as a success. Major summer projects include installation and making operational the ceiliometer, an instrument for measuring cloud base heights. Also on the docket are preparations for a regional Unidata workshop featuring the Integrated Data Viewer (IDV). There are also major upgrades in software for the Linux lab. The School of Meteorology will be working on a revamp of the current web page. We will see how that goes over the course of the summer.
I am excited for the opportunity to again take part in the Apple Distinguished Educator Workshop to be held in during the last week of July in Monterey, CA. I am part of the Class of 2005 and am returning as an alumni participant. I was so charged up when I retuned from my last workshop and am very much looking forward to recharging the batteries again this year. I will be sure to talk more about the workshop when the time comes.
mjl
Current Status
02 May 2006 12:32 PM
Well, I have added a link to my .Mac calendar. Without it i would be lost. As you can see, the number of meetings is growing the closer we get to the move in date of the NWC. In the meantime, I am piecing together a plan for the move of the SoM and all of its computing.
Right now, our servers will remain in the SEC. I will not work on those until all the faculty, staff and students have completed their moves. Most of the main servers are being upgraded to new hardware, so most of the work will be in setting up the new machines, then transferring the data and starting up the new machine.
Another issue is that there will not be any SoM machines in public access labs which will be running MS Windows. All public access machines will be either Apple, Linux or FreeBSD. I know that this is not too popular with some of the students. However,. from both a meteorology side and a sysadmin standpoint, this setup will work well. This of course does not mean that there are no machines running MS Windows. Faculty, staff, and graduate students for their own desktop workstations can run whatever OS makes them the most productive.
I am trying to get electronic versions of the floor plans for the NWC. I am also testing the idea of a SoM NWC Computing blog to track status and post updates as to where the computing group stands relative to the work still needing to be performed as the SoM transitions into their new digs.
mjl
Right now, our servers will remain in the SEC. I will not work on those until all the faculty, staff and students have completed their moves. Most of the main servers are being upgraded to new hardware, so most of the work will be in setting up the new machines, then transferring the data and starting up the new machine.
Another issue is that there will not be any SoM machines in public access labs which will be running MS Windows. All public access machines will be either Apple, Linux or FreeBSD. I know that this is not too popular with some of the students. However,. from both a meteorology side and a sysadmin standpoint, this setup will work well. This of course does not mean that there are no machines running MS Windows. Faculty, staff, and graduate students for their own desktop workstations can run whatever OS makes them the most productive.
I am trying to get electronic versions of the floor plans for the NWC. I am also testing the idea of a SoM NWC Computing blog to track status and post updates as to where the computing group stands relative to the work still needing to be performed as the SoM transitions into their new digs.
mjl
New Design
22 Apr 2006 03:24 PM
Well, it is about time that I updated this website. Please be patient as I try out a few things and see about making this a better site. I will be doing this while trying to move to our new digs at the National Weather Center.
mjl
mjl