Wireless...ness

I've gotta say, Trinity's wireless connectivity is indeed quite impressive. The ability to surf the Net any where on campus, including unnecessarily random locales such as the 4th floor of the Prassel garage (yes, I have accessed the Interweb from the garage roof...don't ask why) is crazy-convenient. I still dont really have much a of grasp on how the system works despite the class tour of the server room (sorry Brittany and Ms. Belisle...that stuff's kinda confusing), but I appreciate the system's existence nontheless.

I've gotta admit...I'm just ever-so slightly disappointed with Trinity's # 10 ranking, I mean...what the heck is Ball State University, and who's ever heard of Muncie, IN??? (appologies to any who may hold Munchie Indiana and/or its esteemed institution of higher learning in high regard). Seriously though, apparently Ball State is on the ball in the "unwired campus" game: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20051011corp.htm

Personally, my Internet use probably breaks down somewhere around 90% entertainment %10 actual work/non-mindless tasks. I feel that I appreciate our high level of connectivity more that do most students here because I was completely Internet-less for the entirety of my freshman year which was a huge bummer. When I first moved in on my first year, I had major network issues for which ITS was of little help...but that didn't really matter since my laptop pretty much exploded less than a month into the school year, and I was computerless until winter break when I finally received a new laptop. Everything was great until I realized that my new compy was running Windows Vista, and Trinity hadn't yet made the transition from XP so I was without Internet for the rest of the year. Ever since I was finally able to hook up to Trinity's network two years ago, I have throughly enjoyed the increased capacity for procrastination thanks to the multitude of flash games and other excellent E-ntertainment that the Web has to offer.

Jeez this post is too long. :)