My Trinity Network Diagram

Today we took a tour of the Trinty Server Room on the first floor of Halsell. It was a very eyeopening experence because though I know a bit about how to work a computer I never knew the extent that one had to go through to make a network of computers. I can safely say that I will not be mocking my brother anymore about his love of computer, this tiny look into how everything works together has facinated me! There was only one down side to this adventure into the Sanctum of the Trinty Network, when Mr.Jared Pack opened the floor pannel to show that we were standing on a raised floor, I got some dust/dirt in my mouth and it definatly did not taste very nice.

Top Tech Tip

Today Joe Hatch came into class to talk to us about computers and how they function and all of the little things that can go wrong and how to make your computer better. Most of what we went over I had already knew about, do to my brother and his Computer Science background, but I did learn some interesting things about the Trinity network that I didn't already know. I have had some problems with connecting and using my personal computer on the Trinity Secure Network, and I have never known exactly where to go to get help for this problem, which no one seems to understand. I was ecstatic to learn where to find the Student Computer Support in Winn 103. I plan to make a trip there tomorrow after my class to see if they can figure out and fix whatever is wrong with Emmy (my computer, yes I did name it), so that I can FINALLY get onto a secure network and have better internet access!

On the Hunt

For today's class homework I had to look through my class member's blogs, read them to find their secret fact, and post at least two comments. I was very interested to learn about the people that sit around me, since you don't usually get an opportunity to really get to know anyone that you have a class with, how could you when you only spend a semester together. I commented on Rory Davidson's blog, at http://rorydavidson.blogspot.com/, and Zia Lunden's blog, at http://zlunden.blogspot.com/. I can't wait to see what other interesting tidbits I can learn about my class mates in the weeks to come!

All you will ever need to know about Nicole

Hello! My name is Nicole McCarter and I am from Katy, Texas. I attended Katy High School, where I was a member of six clubs: NHS, History Club, Book Club, Creative Writing Club, Speech and Debate, and Best Buddies. I love to read any book that I can get my hands on, watching the Disney Channel and hanging out with my family and friends. My father is a retired oilfield technician and my mother is an Oncology nurse. I have two older brothers, both juniors in college, one goes to the University of Texas at Dallas for a Communication Technology and Electrical Engineering double major, and the other goes to the University of Texas at Austin and he hasn't exactly decided what he is going to major in. I plan to either double major in Classics and English or double major in Classics and History. Since I am only in my first year at Trinity University I haven't gotten into too many campus activities but I would like to get into a few public service clubs.

I took a business oriented computer class in my junior year of high school and I remember a good deal, however most of it has been forgotten because I didn't use it everyday. Beyond using the everyday Word, PowerPoint and internet I have no experience using computer, my brother usually works things out for me if I ever have a problem.

P.S. Because of my love of books I have accumulated a library of more than 500 fiction novels, most of which I haven't read.

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