tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61422527324564590272012-01-20T10:52:58.500-08:00Life, Media, Technology, and The UniverseCurtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-26315568472604598522012-01-04T12:47:00.000-08:002012-01-04T12:47:29.388-08:00

First I would like to welcome everybody back to another great semester. Now for those of you who have always wondered, yes their is indeed a way to utilize the print terminals located around campus through web interfaces. The large network printers located on campus are very poorly secured, and are left wide open on the SFU Intranet. Every network printer on campus runs its own administration

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-31180628348444994192011-10-31T21:58:00.001-07:002011-11-24T23:17:44.920-08:00

The CSSS finally has its very own Minecraft server running 1.0.0! The server is running bukkit, which makes it extremely easy for us to customize the server to make it our own, through running various plugins. You can see the server through the dynmap web interface. We are currently running the following plugins: WorldGuard - Allows spawn protection, as well as other various protections on

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-35078069491972688512011-10-04T10:30:00.000-07:002011-10-04T10:30:02.426-07:00

Once again the Pop Machine in the CSSS Common Room will be tweeting on a regular basis. Originally the twitter account was set up as a joke, we do plan however, to continue with these founding ideals and ensure each tweet contains a sweet, sugary, sexual innuendo. For anyone who doesn't know, the Pop Machine has traditionally been Capitalist in nature, opposing its biggest rival, the Communist

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-54542530998761448892011-09-30T22:55:00.000-07:002011-09-30T22:55:24.320-07:00

Ready to hear everybody complain about Facebook's latest changes? The new Facebook "Timeline" layout is expected to hit the site later next week, after being beta tested by a few lucky select users. The new layout should prove to be another exciting new twist for the site, but if you can't wait until next week you can get a sneak peek and sign up for an early trial here.

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-27848547471231269312011-09-28T16:00:00.000-07:002011-10-15T20:30:35.485-07:00

Utilizing a workaround solution that removes the Nautilus dependency requirements when installing Dropbox, you can now setup Dropbox folder syncing in the CSIL - Linux lab at SFU. This workaround allows us avoid being asked for sudo privileges in the lab, which of course we don't have access to. Instead of integrating Dropbox with the UI (Nautilus), we utilize a Python script that is provided by

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-62111157833234090612011-09-27T15:31:00.001-07:002011-09-27T15:31:54.543-07:00

I can never seem to figure out wether or not Timmy's is open, more often than not I walk entirely across campus to be greeted with metal bars and a closed sign in leu of my coffee. So here are the Fall semester hours for Tim Hortons up at SFU.

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-76304950224803596872011-09-26T16:20:00.000-07:002011-09-28T15:48:23.559-07:00

I recently refactored the code for a few parts of the CSSS website. One of the sections needing updating was our Facebook Groups event stream, as it had seemed to have stopped working. This module allowed us to automatically display the events that were created on our Facebook page, without any further work. This means that any admin of the Facebook Group had the capabilities to publish

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-23936003076151982072011-09-22T10:30:00.000-07:002011-09-22T10:30:02.149-07:00

ASUS is having a back to school promotion right now, until mid-October, giving students the chance to win some great prizes. They will be giving away a wireless router, a 24" display, an Eee PC, a laptop computer, a Transformer tablet, and an all-in-one PC. You can enter the draw here by liking your ASUS Campus Representative's Facebook page, giving each of the products in the draw a "Thumbs

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-29793251305321160312011-09-21T00:18:00.000-07:002011-09-21T11:32:28.757-07:00

After a hectic past couple of weeks, the Computing Science Student Society's annual FroshWeek is finally all but done with. After many weeks of planning, thousands of dollars, plenty of meetings, and too many person hours to count we are now in the wrap-up stages of the project. Planning for this huge event started as early as this past June. After landing on a new theme for this year (memes)

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-20591453960256025992011-09-20T23:50:00.000-07:002011-09-21T00:26:47.261-07:00

I finally go around to the site re-branding I have been meaning to do. It was simply replacing the title/header with a new logo, however I have been meaning to do it for a while now. I'm not sure that I am totally satisfied with the new look, however I will give it some time before I make any more changes. Next up, make a real mobile site!

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-15912209921331260982011-09-15T00:15:00.000-07:002011-09-21T00:30:14.838-07:00

Well I finally did it. Earlier today I purchased one Internets. After approximately eight hours of waiting my domain is now up and running, and my site can now successfully be reached at www.cvol.ca. I know it has been nearly three years since I first mentioned the move, three years less three days to be exact, I did finally get around to it. Due to the fact that I will be writing here on a more

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-83996449675515979172011-09-14T15:06:00.000-07:002011-09-14T15:29:14.513-07:00

A great resource provided to all Computing Science students at Simon Fraser University is the ability to legitimately download, burn and install free software through the CSIL labs.All students enrolled in a Computing Science course, or an applicable CS program at SFU, are eligible to receive free Microsoft software through the Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-89029190731945036342011-03-21T22:12:00.000-07:002011-03-26T15:59:53.531-07:00

Yup, its really simple.Download the tar.gz version of Adobe Flash PlayerIn ~/.mozilla create a folder called plugins and extract in libflashplayer.soIn ~/.mozilla/firefox also extract libflashplayer.soRestart Firefox!

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-78889247782344714392010-11-23T21:16:00.000-08:002010-11-23T21:21:32.648-08:00

In lieu of the CSSS website being decommissioned, and inherently Phorum as well, you can now find all of your common related discussions and chatter in reddit.com/r/commonroom! This sub-reddit is finally gaining some popularity, but I hope to see the rest of you join up soon, epically the first years!Hopefully the CSSS website should be back on its feet within a couple of weeks now, but who knows

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-12875847377006718412009-07-17T13:00:00.000-07:002009-07-18T18:05:31.758-07:00

With the recent sale The Pirate Bay (TPB) as well as developments in the TPB and Mininova trials, the future of the Bit-torrent community is uncertain and filled with speculation at best. With the rise of new public trackers, as well as a move in the community for decentralization of trackers and indexing services, Bit-torrent technology is changing faster then today's legal systems can keep up

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-36698843068275224232009-06-22T13:00:00.000-07:002011-03-22T00:32:18.534-07:00

The time has finally come to update the website for the CSSS. After much procrastination and free time as of late the CSSS website will finally get the makeover it has been in much need of. As I always have a personal agenda with anything, the real purpose in the site makeover is to develop my knowledge and experience in Ajax, PHP and SQL. Below I have a tentative model of the future site, which

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-71002935923576418022009-04-09T00:00:00.000-07:002009-06-22T20:59:18.223-07:00

The results are in for the 2009 CSSS General Election, which for the first time was done electronically, they are as follows:President: Dave HughesVice President of Operations: Curtis MullerTreasurer: Chris Parsons

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-70501597313801049052009-03-20T01:00:00.000-07:002009-03-20T01:14:52.548-07:00

The results for the 2009 SFSS General Election are out, and I am pleased to see many CVOL picks were able to pull off a successful campaign.President: Ada Nadison 1501Treasurer: Joseph Zelezny 980IRO: Andrew Fergusson 1219MSO:Mona Law 1233ERO: Alysia MacGrotty 954URO: Shara Lee 1048Member at Large: Winnie Chung 1354 Member at Large: Jonathan Brockman 1043Arts Rep:

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-66301576717025305662009-03-12T13:00:00.000-07:002009-03-16T20:47:07.725-07:00

These are my picks for the 2009 SFSS General Election. I have met and been given the chance to personally talk with all of these candidates and I believe that they will do above all others, the best job possible.Ada Nadison for PresidentDetails: [elections.sfss.ca]Joe Zelezny for TreasurerDetails: [elections.sfss.ca]Mona Law Member for Services OfficerDetails: [

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-57622031031554027102009-02-12T13:00:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:12:32.461-08:00

So unless you have been on Mars this past while, the economy stinks, and this has caused many companies to start to take a serious look at their financial stance as well as tie up loose ends. This in turn has directly led to a decrease in the quantity of jobs available for both intern and newly graduated students. Seeing how I am in one of these boats I find it not to be such an easy situation to

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-41239491314398481342009-01-21T13:00:00.000-08:002009-01-21T20:56:24.753-08:00

With the recent closure of the Pattullo due to a very suspicious fire, Translink has responded to the initial massive influx of traffic on other connecting routs by encouraging commuters to switch to taking transit instead of driving. I for one have followed this advice and have taken this advice and found it much better then a two hour line up to cross the Fraser River.Translink has also

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-50066372890488329562009-01-07T13:00:00.000-08:002009-01-07T22:30:11.156-08:00

I think this company needs to try a much more attractive advertising strategy, something that downplays the idea of testing poisons.

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-69881374374797450892008-11-20T13:00:00.000-08:002008-11-20T20:32:23.959-08:00

Get SFU Secure HereRecently SFU IT Services have been secretly working away at implementing SFU Secure on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The scheduled release for this software was early in the spring of 2009, but here at CVOL we have the pre-release beta of the software. Although this is still in the development stages, the software is fully functional and works like a charm. I have already

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-9815630934471765452008-11-11T13:00:00.000-08:002008-11-11T21:56:54.920-08:00

With the winter season at SFU just ahead, and with memories of the last years snow storm still recent with both the faculty and staff the school released its plan for any future snow storms. This resulting in a fifty thousand dollar price tag to the university.The new severe weather plan, which has already been implemented, involves installing new gates at the parking lot entrances. This will

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-30935439026434134432008-11-04T20:00:00.000-08:002008-11-04T20:29:44.796-08:00

With some of the polls already finishing up, CVOL has available the predictions for how the night will wrap up on this special evening post. Senator Barack Obama will take the night as the forty fourth US president in history. Exclusive predictions are as follow.

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-52804513270371698622008-11-03T13:00:00.000-08:002008-11-03T23:31:49.957-08:00

The name for the new Email system, based on the Zimbra mail system has finally been chosen. This was done through a vote based on submissions received by fellow students. As it turns out with the way the online voting system is set up, there is no notification if you submit the same suggestion as someone else. For some reason or another it was believed that no two people would come up with the

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-74913553336089985532008-10-31T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-31T13:00:00.375-07:00

While recently uploading a post from my blog onto my Facebook page, something that leads to an average of 30% of the sites traffic, the Notes application locked up and refused to allow me to publish any more blog entries onto my Facebook page. This is quite perplexing as I was only uploading text to the site, and was unaware of the huge burden that my short one page entries were weighing on such

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-8690306744867803912008-10-30T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-30T21:20:32.175-07:00

Coming next Friday to SFU, the largest gaming tournament the school has ever seen. The competition will feature a wide selection of games which will pit teams of four up against each other to compete for the prizes that will go to the best gamers of the night. This event looks like it will be a lot of fun for both gamers, and non-gamers alike and will definitely be worth signing up for.The night

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-39081561816831678822008-10-28T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-28T14:04:05.065-07:00

With the up and coming 08/09 winter season all of us snowboarders are getting our gear ready, and getting our passes for the season ahead. Burton strategically enough, times the release of their new line of snowboards exactly for this time.This year the designers at Burton boards released a line of snowboards featuring the images of vintage playboy supermodels. These limited release boards will

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-67080546097562701982008-10-23T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-24T15:59:44.137-07:00

Not too long ago in the vast world of the Internet somebody decided to challenge the problem of how to get a reflective background on their computer. Naturally their first instinct was to go get a mirror and put it through their scanner. Unfortunately for them, they soon learned that this would not work. They then resorted to their back up plan, asking the question on Yahoo and admitting to their

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-34006621706851911212008-10-22T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-23T00:08:41.830-07:00

If you are not familiar with who the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is, let me give you a quick summary. The ESA, based in Washington DC, enforces anti-piracy objectives that are held by their contributing members. These members consist of some of the largest game development corporations on the market right now.Recently the ESA targeted a fellow SFU student under the assumption that

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-47227691918734088762008-10-21T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-21T22:16:12.104-07:00

Recently there has been speculation on the idea that SFU could host BC's second medical school. This comes as good news to everyone in the SFU community, as well as the Vancouver area itself, as this would mean more local infrastructure, which would allow us to meet our ever increasing demand for doctors and specialists. This also presents itself as a great way for the school to plan and develop

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-69781912519525517142008-10-19T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-19T22:17:52.633-07:00

The controversial question that has forced students to take sides is finally going to be going to a full discussion. The decision in question is whether or not the CSSS should accept monetary sponsorship from a large, multinational corporation, specifically Microsoft Canada.This has lead to two major sides forming in this yes/no argument about accepting exterior funding for the society. One side

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-67061229994111003862008-10-16T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-16T23:08:37.868-07:00

Earlier today the first ever (to my knowledge) speed dating event took place in Convocation Mall. The event, hosted by the Society of Awesome Students, hoped to both help students meet new and interesting people, as well as establish a name for the relatively new student Society.The event was reasonably well prepared, given the hosts were still learning how to get things rolling. This did not

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-50179599353591233962008-10-09T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-09T17:38:20.600-07:00

Normally convocation is a time of celebration, for the goals of many students alike, to make it to the end of their university program and graduate have finally been achieved. This is not without such inconvenience to the rest of us, having to deal with the gross overcrowding of our facilities, restaurants, hallways, and especially parking.With each student comes a much larger set of parents,

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-68321693930247196362008-10-07T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-09T17:13:29.411-07:00

Not too long ago I went over how to easily set µTorrent up to automatically start downloads by reading off of a RSS feed, which is quite a useful tool. This is nice for starting torrent downloads when your not around your home computer, but what if you wanted to manage or track them? You are in luck, as long as you have the most up to date version of µTorrent installed it is just a few simple

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-16425710745531718872008-10-05T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-05T16:31:23.793-07:00

After many trips down to White Rock and past the Ocean Beach Hotel, finally I took up the opportunity for a Saturday night at the OB.As soon as I got there I took to notice that the lineup that formed outside the clubs doors was not due to the fact that they were overly busy, but due to managers trying to keep a minimum length of line out front. This already annoyed me, due to the simple fact

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-76687553030189176542008-10-03T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-03T15:03:27.413-07:00

For the rest of the month of October tickets for the 2010 Olympic games will be available for presale to Canadian residents. Most of the tickets for the high demand events will have to be sold through a lottery process, in order to keep the price down. Along with this most events will have tickets available for under a hundred dollars, making it cheep enough for anyone to go to an event.If your

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-59417230803945365652008-10-02T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-02T17:23:24.911-07:00

Holographic Versatile Disc(HVD) promises to be the next best thing coming since the HD-DVD/Blue-ray battle, but when will this ever happen? News about this impressive new data storage solution has been floating about for about two years now, and still we are no where closer to seeing one in our hands any time soon. HVD promises to give us approximately four terabytes of storage on just one CD

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-84970371012464508822008-09-30T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-30T07:37:03.033-07:00

Finally the Canadian government have implemented the national Do Not Call list for is fellow citizens, something that the United States has had since 2003. By putting your number on this list it makes it a fineable offense for telemarketing firms and businesses to call you at this number. There are a few exclusions to this new law which includes political parties, polling company's, newspapers,

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-64886414142916227662008-09-29T13:00:00.000-07:002008-10-02T17:02:50.480-07:00

With much anticipation an Aussie version of the acclaimed British car show Top Gear comes to the land down under. The hosts Charlie Cox, Warren Brown, Steve Pizzati and of course an Australian Stig hope to prove to be much more then a relocated spin off of their British cousins.While watching the pilot for the first time today I couldn't help but notice the many similarities between the two shows

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-57825142819257589592008-09-27T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-27T13:00:00.619-07:00

You can always tell when midterms or finals are about by just looking at the tired, lost look in most students eyes. Instead of people gathered around in circles socializing, they have now moved into studying. The hours on campus lengthen as students say later and later into the night, and the computer labs become much busier as projects start to reign their wrath.It's enough to make one wish

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-873073569098452102008-09-22T13:00:00.001-07:002008-09-22T20:05:25.072-07:00

If you haven't notices the adds in the newspapers, banners, posters, signs, and TV adds that bombard us every day, yes the voting time is once again upon us. For SFU students there are two issues up, the referendums this week, and then again two weeks from now the big federal election. I hope that everyone keeps informed on the key issues that are going to vote and you are also making an educated

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-28700990240538324362008-09-19T13:00:00.001-07:002011-09-21T00:30:37.919-07:00

The site has proved to be a worth while investment of my time and energy, even if I just get a handful of readers every so often. Although one consistent problem is the fact that its nearly impossible to make a interesting post regarding a relevant topic on average every day or two. It is however, great to have someplace that I can publish and express my opinions to whoever might even feign

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-81546724419569381222008-09-18T13:00:00.001-07:002009-03-15T20:27:24.254-07:00

Well after becoming the proud owner of my first cell phone, and an iPhone at that, I have some opinions that need expressing. Now when you think of the phrase "Tech Support" your literal translation would leave you with something along the lines; "Help for the utmost of your issues involving a technical content". This is however, far from the case of reality.I guess I should start from the

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-7723200019791160642008-09-17T13:00:00.001-07:002008-10-25T22:10:12.563-07:00

That's right, you can torrent remotely. For the benefit of those of you who didn't know how, or are currently forced to connect to a remote machine to accomplish this relatively easy task, listen up.If you go get yourself a Mininova account, you are automatically credited with a free RSS feed. This can be quite useful as all you have to do is sign in and book mark the desired torrents on the

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-1424881882090171892008-09-16T13:00:00.001-07:002008-09-16T13:54:38.056-07:00

Yesterday, like every other Monday, Wednesday, Friday, I went to the school gym. By now I have come accustomed to a more or less step by step routine in my pursuit to ensure my physique and was looking forward to another iteration. To start I head off on the long walk across campus towards the gym, where I then change into my shirt, shoes and shorts. I then head off to the fitness center, and

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-55861343829629011002008-09-14T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-14T13:00:00.667-07:00

Everyone is already familiar with the ratemyprofessors site. You can praise or prude about your last semesters professors as well as check out potential profs from the coming term. What you may not know of is a brand new site, developed by a friend of mine in computer science at SFU. Recently released is GPAboosters, a site designed to rate courses offered at both SFU and UBC, based on how hard

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-86093815456442116402008-09-12T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-12T13:00:48.993-07:00

If you have been anywhere near the Burnaby campus book store lately you would of noticed ongoing renovations over the course of the summer semester. From what it seemed no one really knew what was being done until the ribbon was cut and the renovations were complete. When it was originally finished, occupying the former top level of what was the book store looked to be a brand new fancy office,

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-4247578012255260402008-09-11T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:20:53.000-07:00

In short, in the up coming referendum at SFU, an undergraduate health plan is going to vote. The way this works is that for under two hundred dollars a semester students will be covered by this health plan, which will include all the bells and whistles that any health insurance plan would entail. Right away most students, especially those who are new to the school, living with their parents, will

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-51585567820296772652008-09-10T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-10T19:02:52.382-07:00

If you have recently bought and installed the new game from EA, Spore, you would have encountered a nonnegotiable message that you must install SecuROM along with the game itself. What this extra install does is sneak in an unremovable background process that monitors your games to make sure that you don't copy or try to illegally reproduce the game. This process eats away at systems resources,

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-33696675173232964182008-09-09T13:00:00.003-07:002008-09-09T21:47:40.945-07:00

The idea has come up to take a pole on possibly removing the ban that was placed over forty years ago, which disallows any kind of fraternity or sorority associated with SFU. In the up and coming referendum students will be given a chance to show how they support this issue and if it worth taking a look into after so many years in the closet. This was mainly due to the cultural changes that were

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-17814392278242237162008-09-05T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-05T13:00:00.494-07:00

As of September 1st, 2008 the option for credit card payments for tuition, the UPass, as well as anything else that is a regularly incurred fee by undergraduate students at SFU has been canceled. This is, in fact, quite annoying as I am one of many people who hates lines with a passion, and by removing the ability to pay through the SFU SIS I am forced to stand in what will be an even longer

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-7313418181752647942008-09-04T13:00:00.000-07:002010-05-31T20:13:18.490-07:00

Conveniently enough there was not only one accident, but two on the major connector between the Fraser valley, highway one between Langley and the Port Mann Bridge. This has come to be a usual occurrence in the area, as the amount of traffic congestion in the area keeps increasing at a steady rate. This has become manageable for the people that have to put up with this nuisance every day, due to

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-44987917550824122352008-09-03T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-03T22:31:58.624-07:00

What a mess! The change from only just two weeks ago is so different. Thousands of new annoying, lost, smelly people suddenly flooded the campus today, making it crowded and rushed as opposed to the campus of the former. With a new school year starting, it brings upon legions of new students to the university. They all have this lost look on their faces as they don't quite know where they are,

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-44771622663611850722008-09-02T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:00:00.827-07:00

I decided to post my pizza recipe as I would like to make it again some time as well as share it around. This is my home made pizza recipe:4 Cups - White All Purpose Flour2 Cups - Warm Water (44°C)2 Tbsp - Olive Oil1 Tbsp - Parsley5 Tbsp - Oregano1 Pkg - Active Dry Yeast1 Tsp - Salt1 Tsp - Sugar210 mL- Pizza Sauceand any pizza toppings, makes 2 large pizzas.First combine the pizza sauce

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-87679219715190086712008-09-01T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:48:38.133-07:00

Yes, when the little ones are pushed off onto their next steps in life and their mothers are forced to head to the nearest staples to load up on paper, pencils and every colour of pencil crayon. I will be joining these legions of kids tomorrow morning as I brave the aggravating commute back to school. I will however, be one the few people actually looking forward to tomorrow, unlike most kids who

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-4943475951746782972008-08-29T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:14.374-07:00

With the seamless integration of laptops, cell phones and PDA's into both our working and social lives it seams like you can't go anywhere without finding a network connection. It then comes to be that these wireless connections find a way to creep into every room in the area, including bathrooms. Eventually once one becomes aware of this they tempt to challenge productivity with this new found

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-20845192157855482032008-08-24T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:21.105-07:00

The Students at SFU have a fantastic new tool at their disposal with the sole intention set upon saving students money. This works in quite a simple way, it operates as a median between students who are looking for, and wanting to sell textbooks. This effectively replaces other systems of "middlemen" and acts as a way for these students to come into contact with each other. This site has very

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-52188742745721286952008-08-23T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:24.366-07:00

Every day there are millions people all over the world who live their lives with only their default wireless network. You can go to any residential neighborhood, take out a laptop and you will easily be able to get internet from these unknowingly generous people. Now we should all be thanking these people, as there will come a time when you will need to "just check that one thing" and there

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-35176796518643595672008-08-21T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:29.154-07:00

Being a computer science nerd is quite a great life. Let me rephrase that, being a computer nerd can be a great life, if you do it right. From my experiences there are two types of comp. nerds, the really nerdy ones who can be easily stereotyped, and the geeky ones, who go to nightclubs, the gym and have girlfriends. I am fairly certain that I fall into the latter of those categories, but that is

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-11105907038644279162008-08-20T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:33.199-07:00

It doesn't take long behind the wheel before you come across someone you are certain is barely qualified to drive, and contemplate how they ever got their license in the first place. I was going to assume it was through purely legal means, and was acquired. Theres a few things that they don't teach you in drivers training, and you cant pick up in any license booklet. They are, for the most part,

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-60410216780126239522008-08-19T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:39.037-07:00

With the continuing expansion in the Vancouver area, outer suburban areas continue to prosper and grow, as well as stretch farther out from central areas. This is a obvious case of urban sprawl which is happening all over the country in any prosperous major city. Recently the motions to replace the diminishing and outdated Pattullo bridge were put forward and carried through with promises of a

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-31292872050152489572008-08-18T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:43.444-07:00

After recently attending the Kokanee Crankworx in beautiful Whistler, which seems to have become a yearly pilgrimage, I was left leaving empty handed. Now this is not talking in the sense that I didn't get any cool swag, there was plenty of free energy drinks to go around, except it was more in the experience I got from coming to Whistler and taking part in this great celebration. Every other

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-69429621676313840062008-08-17T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:48.871-07:00

Today I got to experience a rare feeling which I only get a few times every year. Earlier today I walked out of the scorching hot room of my very last exam for the summer semester. As I walked out into the absent hallway I was filled with this feeling of being finished. Having no obligations of any kind of work for the next two weeks. You could call it a summer break, or a vacation, but it is

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-65830687050888720472008-08-16T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:50:59.944-07:00

While walking through the buildings on campus one can not eventually notice one of the many Peak news stands. There seems to be one around every corner. Now I do think that a campus newspaper is a great idea, and many good things can be done with it, but there are also some not so easy to spot problems with this as well. Besides the fact that their content has gone way downhill there is a far

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-81191686259608909832008-08-15T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:51:04.336-07:00

Your first couple days as a university student can be quite daunting. There is so much for you to take in within such a short time frame. I'm hoping that this entry will be of some help to new students who are starting their post secondary education.Assuming that you have been able to register and have a general idea where your classes are and when, it's time to cover the most important. The best

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-43899243890370673752008-08-14T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:51:08.035-07:00

In these days of late, it seams very plausible that as soon as someone publishes a new site on the internet it will suddenly appear in all the search engines through internet magic. This is sadly the case, as internet magic is still in its development stages. So how does your site end up in search engines exactly? Well if you think of web pages as towns, some being bigger then others, and links

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-51407650759496020612008-08-13T13:00:00.001-07:002009-08-09T21:37:31.199-07:00

Every semester university students flock to bookstores to trade in their used books and to purchase new books for the up and coming semester. This system is very efficient, and can save students a lot of money, when it works. This is however, not always the case. Often when a course changes, the new professor will also change the textbook used to one that they prefer. This is quite often the case

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-19033315704391713662008-08-12T13:00:00.000-07:002011-09-21T00:30:57.623-07:00

Already within a short time period I have been able to raise some money through small site adds. This is good news, as a domain name and web space are now looking like a viable option. As long as I just get a few clicks a day on the small, nicely blended add space, it might not be as far off as it once seemed. I have also taken a liking to writing online as well. I have created a site map and

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-5883064566494387252008-08-11T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:52:00.215-07:00

Although I am not sporting the XXL pizza stained penguin shirt, or the "I haven't showered since gutsy" hairdo, I am a Linux fan. It all started about a year ago, during my first week as a bright eyed university freshman. I had only vaguely heard about this strange non-Windows operating system, but within one week of being around other computer geeks I found myself repartitioning my drive and

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-71958587321158295492008-08-10T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:52:03.921-07:00

After a recent trip to the downtown area of Vancouver I was quickly reminded of the significant homeless problem in the area. Now the city of Vancouver has a big problem of getting all these homeless out sight or out of their troubles prior to when the 2010 winter games come to town. Some of the most played out solutions seem to require social programs, expansion of housing, and raising welfare

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-48180067091718080912008-08-09T13:00:00.001-07:002008-09-01T22:52:07.800-07:00

To coincide with the March 31 anti smoking regulations introduced in BC, SFU also took it upon itself to extend their smoking regulations to a minimum required distance of ten meters away from any campus building. This new policy, no matter how well intended, has not been able to make any significant changes since its implementation. This can be largely due to the fact that theres is next to no

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-21503769506872438972008-08-08T13:00:00.000-07:002011-09-21T00:31:07.996-07:00

After recently plunging into the depths of creating a web log I have been amazed with how much there is to it. Being the geek that I am I was amazed by Google's Analytics and how comprehensive the system is. I was eventually led to stumble onto Wordpress. After just one look at the program I was sold. Unfortunately in order to take full advantage of the Wordpress system it would require me to

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-41856894168657157032008-08-07T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:52:16.253-07:00

SFU IT Services have now openly released their new email pilot website, which is scheduled to replace the 16 year old Unix based system with a new system based on the Zimbra mail software. The new system adds a host of new features as well as changing the look and feel of the web system to coincide with other popular mail systems out there today. The main differences apart from the new look is an

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6142252732456459027.post-4345978989338501292008-08-06T19:29:00.000-07:002008-09-01T22:52:19.855-07:00

First of all you might be wondering why I chose such a strange name for my site, and it gets the best of me as well as I don't know what possessed me to pick it myself. In the end however a name is just that, we were all born without the chance to name ourselves, and for the majority of us, we have left it be. This is why after enduring the dull process of coming up with a web-name I have decided

Curtis Mullerhttps://profiles.google.com/110681877999732936982noreply@blogger.com