UCI Housing Network and Cable TV Issues

For years, I had the BBC News ticker running on my laptop. This got me real news, not the crap that goes under "news" in the US... Unfortunately, the BBC hadn't updated the ticker for years, and it didn't work all that well on XP. I finally found the… more »

News outlets all over the place (e.g., here) report that the FCC has banned Cable TV lock-ins such as the one at UCI, where Resnet has contracted with one of the worst providers, Campus Televideo, which prevents residents from getting decent, popular ch… more »

A rather off-topic post, but I have waited for this so long... Ever since I got a Gmail account, I petitioned for IMAP support. This post announces IMAP support for Gmail. Here is more. My account settings don't show it yet, but I expect it soon.… more »

On their website, Resnet has this little blurb: IMPORTANT NOTE: ResNet advises against purchasing a wireless "router" and instead recommends that residents purchase a wireless "access point". They are cheaper and provide the same wireless access and… more »

On the heels of the update of my Perl script to log into CCA, I now have an updated version of the Windows program to bypass the CCA client installation (first described here.) The new version works with newer versions of CCA, which changed some parame… more »