http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu you + computers = awesome Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:03:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The SCCS Video Pit is a space filled with an awesome projector, multiple consoles and lots of games, all provided free of charge for the entire Swarthmore campus and cared for by a group of volunteers. This morning I came down to the SCCS space to find the Video Pit completely ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=136 Some of you may have noticed some...irregularities with the mailing lists of late. We've been in the process of switching from our old dying server to a new one, and the mailing lists were one of the last things we moved, so there have been some issues associated with that. ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=131 They should be up in a few hours, with all data intact. Any questions? Email staff at sccs. EDIT: The sites should be back up; if they aren't please make loud noises. The plugin for user-editable themes is coming soon! http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=127 Due to popular request (seriously, emailing staff@sccs works!) I've ordered Halo 3 ODST and it should be here by Tuesday. Keep the requests coming! http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=123 UPDATE: We're done hiring for this semester. Welcome new sysadmins, and thanks to everyone who applied! In the next couple of weeks, we're going to be hiring new SCCS administrators. If you like playing around with linux, web administration, photography, etc., send us an email at staff@sccs.swarthmore.edu and we'll organize an ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=109 Our party was an unqualified success. There was pizza, there was Beatles rock band, and there were more people down here than I've ever seen. As proof, I offer these pictures (which were actually taken after pretty much everyone left): [gallery] http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=101 One of the most comfortable couches on campus. No lie. Those are the shiny new CS-department reject monitors, instead of the prehistoric CRTs that were three times deeper than their screen size. A little sad to see those go, but, like, not really. Those Mac Classics, I'm sad to say, are no ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=90 For everyone and anyone who's ever dreamed of kicking some online ass, we've updated our XBox Live subscription. Come down to the media pit and take advantage of the new access. ALSO! This friday (Sept 18) at 8 we're having a party -- Rock Band, Left 4 Dead, Super Smash ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=82 We know you've been anxious for us to update the online Cygnet for the past year; well, you can finally put your anxieties to rest, slow your anxious breathing, and get that blood pressure down a bit: the Cygnet is now up-to-date (except off-campus and abroad students, which will be ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=79 As some of you have noticed, all of the mailing lists were down for a while. The problem was eventually traced to a lack of communication between the program responsible for distributing email to the lists, and another program it was relying on to filter out spam. This has been ... http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/?p=62