Permanent Weekender

Tidbits

• FORE --- WatProcure --- Unit4 --- Remuneration to Research Participants --- Travel Tip Sheet --- Concur --- Concur User Guide --- Surplus Asset Disposal
• UW Software Licensing --- IST Webstore --- Dell pricing (prices you see will be much higher so email PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca who can login to UW Premier account to get UW pricing on items) ---- CDW (you won't see UW pricing here either so email PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca for UW prices)

Answers to Occasionally Asked Questions

...about local stuff:

• Finding People
  • Here's the UW Departmental Telephone Directory and UW Directory. WatIAM also has a search.
• UW Computing, Hardware and Software
  • Here's some information about upcoming IST Training. Be sure to take advantage of the IST Online Course Materials.
  • UW Software Licensing includes information on packages available for UW-owned machines at a reduced cost. Many can be purchased through UW accounts directly from the IST Webstore and if a Nexus machine name is specified, the software will automatically be installed an hour or two later. You can also find details on software which faculty/staff/grads can get for personally owned machines for free or deeply discounted - e.g., Windows (one copy of Windows 10 is available for $11.95) and other Software for Students (Imagine, SAS, S-Plus, etc). Microsoft 365 also provides 5 Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc) licenses to install on personally owned machines - see UW Microsoft 365. NVivo is also available at no cost for UW members.
  • University of Waterloo's GenAI Hub
  • IST Contacts for specific applications
  • Dell UW pricing (if registering create a unique password different from your UW password)
  • Two-factor authentication (2FA)
  • WStore
  • SHARCNET - high performance computing (HPC) environment
  • Here's info on the UW Campus Network.
  • To connect to the campus wifi/wi-fi/wireless network, use Eduroam with your "youruserid@uwaterloo.ca".
  • Campus Wireless Guidelines and Wireless - what you need to know
  • Net-ID (NetID, Net ID) to provide temporary access to wireless for UW visitors. They'll need to login to Eduroam with theuserid@netid.uwaterloo.ca.
  • UW VPN Service --- Check your UW VPN connection
  • WatSAFE to receive messages in the event of a campus emergency.
• Additional UW Info
  • List of University Holidays

...mostly about computer stuff:

• Internet
  • WayBackMachine,
  • Other useful tools: WebMasterEyes.com, aboutURL, ColorJack
  • Locations from: WhatIsMyIPAddress.com, IP Location Finder
  • Check for dead links with W3C Link Checker or Link Validation Spider.
  • How to Clear the Cache and Cookies in Your Web Browser -- Cookiemonster - eats cookies
• Virus Info
  • VirusTotal allows you to upload a file and it is checked against a bunch of visrus checking programs.
  • Have I been pwned? - to check if your userid or email has been associated with a compromised site.
• Email, Phishing Attempts and Fighting Spam
  
  • UW Cyber Awareness
  • IST's Email security resources
  • UW's Secretariat & Office of General Counsel statement on Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation.
  • Spam Reporting Centre - forward emails to spam@fightspam.gc.ca
  • If you are reporting spam or phishing attempts, in addition to the body of the email, please also include the internet header lines which won't be included if you simply forward the message. What can you find in an Email Header?
  • Dealing with Junk Email.
• Hoax Info
  • snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Page.
• Home Networking
  • SpeedTest
  • Consider configuring your home router to use CIRA Canadian Shield to help protect things on your home network from phishing and malware attacks.
  • Local Computer Recycling Donations (personally owned stuff only, UW owned equipment must go thru the UW Surplus process)
  • Eco-Tech Recycling Waterloo - e-waste drop off, free of charge
• Security
  • IST Recent information security threats
  • How I'd Hack Your Weak Passwords
  • If you are checking your password, realize that these sites are reading your password as plain text - don't put in your actually password, but use a similar character combination to do the check: --- How Long to Hack My Password --- How Secure is My Password --- The Password Meter --- Password Basket
• Misc
  • The Original World's Cheapest Optical Mousepad
  • Screen Cleaner

Hey!!!

• Hey me!!! --- The Catch ---- Champs 2011 ---- circa 1996 billHive (created 1993 on glitch I think but that one is the first capture by the waybackmachine, here's a Daily Bulletin article from a few years later). ---- circa 1997 dept pages
• Hey Poolsters!!! Here's the Past Hive Pool Winners.
• Hey Nadine!!! Time in Waterloo and Perth, Australia --- Wordle --- Connections --- Squash Court Reservations --- Staff Pickleball
• Test files: Long mpeg ---- short mpeg ---- Fred gif ---- .mp3 Sound file ---- .au Sound file ---- .wav Sound file ---- .mov QT file ---- .avi file ---- Real Audio ---- PDF file ---- PS file ---- Flash Player Version ---- fillable PDF file ---- Flash Examples (bottom of page) ---- Java Sorting
• Local: GRT Maps ---- Weather ---- UW Weather
• Misc: ---- Auroral 30 Minute Forecast

Bill Eickmeier
bee@uwaterloo.ca

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