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Two questions:1) Does anyone know how to fix a 1st generation iPod? When I try to power up, all I get is the Apple logo for a few seconds, then it just shuts off.2) Is anyone looking to sell their slightly used iPod to me? I think mine is dead.Boo

I give you, “T'was The Night Before Holiday Break”. A couple of colleagues and I came up with this little ditty. That’s Yours Truly narrating. Good times had by all, despite the low production values.  Happy happy. Merry merry.&nb

College recruiters in their 20s look for applicants, figure out their own futuresIndeed they do.After a couple of admissions cycles, some will move on to something else, while others will get sucked into the higher education industry for the rest of their careers.“A co-worker of mine once described admissions as a two-or-20 job, meaning you’re either in it for two

The Information Systems & Research (ISR) team in the Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Office have a great spin on a holiday classic.  I present to you “The 12 Days Of Techie Christmas”.Side note: I work with these folks.  Awesome. Stick around for the “bloopers” at the e

The most awesomest hat. Ever.Thanks to Lynn, Drew, David, Anne, Marty, and Diane for the thoughtful and very appropriate gift. I will wear it with pri

You know the holidays have arrived when the Wreath Of Khan is hung.[stolen from my friend Pa

Northeast Mississippi Community College’s website. The landing page. This is the first thing that prospective students, parents, alumni — and the entire world — sees when they visit the school’s web presence.Not exactly the most flattering picture for an institution of higher education, wouldn’t you say?I know that I would expect something a bit more, umm, engaging. The guy

This is an actual message received by my office. The applicant-in-question had received a letter stating that he or she could not be admitted to the program/campus of their choosing.  The student’s response is quite creati

WHAAAAAA? Disney just bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion.Announcing the news, Disney also said it will release a new Star Wars movie in 2015.The movie is currently titled Star Wars: Episode 7.That means it will take place after Return Of The Jedi.From a press release: “Star WarsEpisode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected

Monsters University = brilliantThis website is better than some real universities’ websites. A lot bett

Apparently, in most cases, yes. I was reading this piece at The Atlantic that talks about what your (private sector) employer can and cannot say to you regarding candidates up for election. I must admit that I was a bit taken aback. From the article: Can your boss really tell you who to vote for? The answer is probably yes – depending on where

A much more entertaining version of last night’s debate.  And it’s got a great ho

What every prospect is muttering under their breath as they fill out an application.Repeatedly.Or, perhaps they are shouting it into the telephone while chatting with an admissions counsel

Why do you ask a question for which you know the answ

Get to work, nerds. Where’s my damn light sab

Soccer is fun. “Any moron with a pack of matches can set a fire. Raining down sulphur is like an endurance trial man. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.” -Loki, from Kevin Smith's Dogma.Just sayin’.That’s my boy, right-wing striker for HAEA, last Saturday on the pitch. He’s getting pretty good, if I do say so myse

My wife is an Internet celebrity! (well, in State College, at least)Penn State ‘Catch-22’ read-a-thon aims to spotlight school’s academics: Reed and comparative literature professor Eric Hayot thought of the read-a-thon after NCAA’s sanctions against Penn State and its football program. The university was punished after four administrators were accused of enabling convicted

When the administrative assistant who has been working in your office for 22 years (and at the University for a grand total of 37 years!) decides that she is retiring at the end of the month. Okay, so it’s not this kind of fear, but in my work environment it’s still pretty bad.Yikes.Needless to say, I wish her well in her retirement. But holy hell

Daddy want.I watched several live-blogs of Apple’s roll-out of the iPhone 5 yesterday. It must be pretty cool to work for a company that can get the Foo Fighters to play a few songs during a new product demo.I have the iPhone 4, and I lurrrrrve it. The 5 looks great too, but I won’t be upgrading until my 4 dies. So, if you see me

Awesome double rainbow, right?I snapped this just as we got home from work the other night. We had just driven through a strange downpour – whilst the sun was shining. Sure enough, when we reached the driveway and got out of the car, we saw this beautiful rainbow.Postscript: no filters have been added to this picture. &nb

As an Admissions Dude, I’d be remiss if I didn’t highlight this great piece of admissions travel propaganda. Here we have the traveling counselors from the Juniata College admissions crüe in something of a 1970s, “Mod Squad”-esque pictorial. The photos were all taken by 2012 Juniata graduate Patrick McCloskey.The image is found at the Juniata College

Badass Nittany Lion in the stairway outside of the office. Just added yesterd

Nerd in training.This is a shot of the bathtub where my kids bathe. We got the kids some bathroom crayons, to write/draw on the tub walls.As you can see, my son will be voting for Harry Potter in the presidential election this November.I particularly like the “Gryfindore” li

Mitt Romney learns the meaning of the word “upstaged”.So, I’m a recovering political junkie. I used to be waaaay into politics. Anymore? Not so much.But this image – which is ALL OVER the Interwebs today – really got me thinking; Last night was supposed to be Mitt Romney’s super-sweet-16-coming-out-party.  Now, all anyone is talking about today is Clint

Woe, is me. I finished my bike ride this morning (in the dark, I might add) only to return home and discover that the coffee pot had turned on, but failed to produce any coffee. Oh no.After fiddling with it for 10 minutes or so – during which time I unplugged the maker, plugged it back in and smacked it around for good measure – I gave up. At approximately 6:08 a.m.