IT Milk: archive

My favorite and most successful current project is Tontine Nation, which is built on the Ning social network platform. My site was recently featured on the official Ning blog as one of the successful Ning projects. Tontine is an upcoming reality tv show that is offering the largest prize money in the history of reality […]

Michael McGarry, the Chief Technical Officer at Genworth Financial, gave a presentation to the SRA Club at Penn State University.
McGarry’s presentation consisted of:

An overview of Genworth Financial, an insurance company parented by General Electric
Michael McGarry’s journey from a high school student in Cleveland to becoming a CTO at an international financial security.
Case study of a […]

The bandwidth limit is plaguing me again. It’s only the third day of the bandwidth cycle and I am already at 1.82 GB / 2.00 GB. All because of re-formatting my computer and downloading the plethora of Windows Updates.
I nagged the Penn State network coordinator to give me a break, because having Windows Updates count […]

I found a calling today for a possible future career. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children sent two representatives to speak to our Security and Risk Analysis class. They gave a lengthy presentation about what they do to find these missing and abducted children and how they use various technologies to assist them.
I […]

Being able to alias your PSU email address is one of the most practical features available to students on the Penn State website.
When you first enroll into Penn State University, the school generates a random ID based on your 3 initials and 4 digits (e.g. mine is dap5100). But using this as your email address […]

I attended the first meetings of both the IA (Information Assurance) Club and the SRA (Security and Risk Analysis) Club at Penn State University. These two clubs are the organizations that most appealed to me during IST Connections Day, where all of the IST clubs set up booths to recruit new members. What you learn […]

The following is an email from a network coordinator at Penn State University regarding a) slow internet and b) the bandwidth limit:
During the day it is slower in the residence halls than in the rest of the university. There is a cap on how much traffic the students can possibly use so it doesn’t affect […]

Phillip Jenkins is a distinguished professor of History and Religious Studies at Penn State University. He has also held the positions of Director of Religious Studies and Professor of Criminal Justice. Dr. Jenkins’ educational background is a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge where he also studied for his Masters and Undergraduate degree. […]