IT Milk: archive

I’ve been experiencing serious intermittent slowness on the residential network after the recent bandwidth increase to 4GB. Every couple of hours, web pages refuse to load and all network activity grinds to a halt. There’s a good chance that it may be caused by increasing the bandwidth limit and throttle, and the school’s servers are […]

I just purchased software called Business in a Box by Envision Software. It is an impressive collection of general business, legal, and accounting documents contained within editing software. The post title is an exaggeration, of course, since Business in a Box is not even close to a full replacement for a lawyer. But these templates […]

Penn State’s on-campus bandwidth limit has now been increased to 4 GB download/upload per week, up from the 2 GB limit that was in place before spring break. The tight bandwidth limit was one of my few complaints living in family housing on campus, because it placed a lot of stress while doing work on […]

I can’t believe someone on the PSU domain is spamming me with an affiliate offer. I received this email from the President of “PSU Free Student Offers.” This character named Samantha Volley is obviously fake, and I confirmed it because the name is not in the Penn State Directory or even Facebook.
Dear Penn State Student:
You […]