About Me
IT Analyst in Southwest VA. Originally from England, born in Liverpool, and brought up mostly in Steyning, West Sussex. Started life as David Tod, but changed my name in 1993.
Went to college in at the University of Bristol, lived in Italy and Japan before coming to the U.S. Somehow via an MA in English and PhD work in Instructional Technology, have ended up as an IT Analyst.
Now living in Blacksburg, Virginia with two lovely daughters.
If you wish to email me, you'll notice that I own my last name as a domain, so my email address is my first name at my last name dot com.
On Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/dcartertod
Monthly Archives: February 2006
Blackboard, F5 (BigIP) and Internet Explorer Performance
We have run into some very strange performance problems with Blackboard and Internet Explorer recently. We think there is an interaction with our load balancer (which is an F5 BigIP – forget which version). We have found that Internet Explorer … Continue reading
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My daughter on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
I had never watched the show until tonight, but because my daughter made an appearance on it, I watched. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this evening. My girl was one of the dancers who danced on the canvas to make the … Continue reading
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Google Maps for Politics: Flock Together
My brother, Martin, has put together a really nice site, Flock Together, to map political events using Google Maps
Gmail for Domains
Earlier I wrote about Microsoft offering e-mail hosting for universities and colleges – what I wasn’t clear about was that this hosting was at the college’s domain, e.g. @email.yourcollege.edu. I think this is a big deal – with MSN, it … Continue reading
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Will Richardson Moving On
Will Richardson announces that he is moving on: “…today I notified my superintendent that as of May 15 I would be leaving the district for parts somewhat unknown.” I met Will at a conference in D.C. a couple of years … Continue reading
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Windows Live @ edu Program – free email hosting for universities and more
Update: Gmail has come out with a similar program – when I first wrote about this, I didn’t highlight the fact that this is @yourdomain.edu – Robert Scoble reports that at least 20 Universities have signed up for this While … Continue reading
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