My Trinity Network Diagram

Visiting the high-security main data center in Halsell was a diverting way to spend a class period. An odd sensation too-- while my feet were cold, my head was hot! Actually, the room is cooled through air conditioning vents in the floor. When it comes out of the vents, the air is 55-60 degrees, but by the time it reaches the ceiling, it has been heated to about 70-80 degrees by all the machines, and can even reach 105 degrees in the corners of the room! You can see from diagram (above & left) how Trinity's internet works. It has been compared to a wagon wheel, and is actually pretty interesting. Take a look.

Top Tech Tip

On Thursday, Joe Hatch, one of Trinity's most knowledg-eable computer gurus, came to visit our class. He told us about index.dat files, which store the history of every website you've ever visited. If you've had your computer for a while, all this info piles up and slows down your computer. Additionally, index.dat files give hackers an easy place to look at all the sites you've visited, including online banking sites. Mr. Hatch advised the PC users out there to use CCleaner to delete this file, along with lots of other junk (Click here to visit the CCleaner website for a free download). For the Mac users, he recommended going to file, browser reset to speed the computer up. Since I own both a macbook and a Dell (PC, at home), I plan on using both of these tips. A big thank you to Mr. Hatch!

Scavenger Hunt

Reading my classmates blog posts was very interesting--and often surprising! I commented on Stephen, Emily, and Morgan's blogs, telling them we shared a common interest or asking a question about something in the content of their blog. Here are their blogs' URLs:

http://stargoff.blogspot.com/

http://www.emilyaroberson.blogspot.com/

http://morgansfisher.blogspot.com/

I look forward to learning more about these people in the weeks to come.

About Me

Hi, I'm Erin. Born and raised in Dallas, I'm a full-fledged Texas girl. I'm a Communications Major here at Trinity University. I hope one day to land a job in TV Broadcasting or the advertising industry. I enjoy working for Tiger TV's Newswave as reporter/weather anchor. In my spare time, I also love theater; last semester I acted in Trinity's production of First Years Putting on Theater in a show called Manslaughter, The Comedy. I was heavily involved in theater in high school, my favorite role being Claire Ganz in Neil Simon's comedy, Rumors. I'm also active in community service, volunteering frequently at Reading & Radio Resource, recording audiobooks for the visually impaired, and at the North Texas Food Bank. Cliche though it sounds, I love singing in the rain, dancing in the car, and my pets. (In addition to my cats, Sophie and Tacy, I am the proud parent of a new fish, Theodore. I thought it was a dignified name for a fish--if Theodore had clothing, he'd have a monocle and a pocket watch draped across his waistcoat.) I am experienced in Microsoft Office, particularly Powerpoint, and in research in library databases, but I am eager to learn more about Computers, especially about Photoshop.

You can e-mail me here.