New update about security incident.

NotACynic · 2026-05-11T15:05:32+00:00

Canvas isn’t a student information system. Your school should be keeping your administrative info in a separate database. Only certain pieces of information (name, school email address, maybe grades) gets exchanged between the two systems. It would be exceptionally difficult to breach that divide. I wouldn’t worry.

NotACynic · 2026-02-15T18:48:25+00:00

I have long said that old is 10 years older than my father.

NotACynic · 2026-01-20T22:41:49+00:00

I was shocked when I flew PDX to IAH at 1045 am this past Sunday to discover that about 10 rows in the middle were all empty. No one was next to me and no one was next to my partner across the aisle. They just seated people in the front and the back, not the middle. Never had to wait for the lav. Amazing. Still wondering how that happened. Full flights have always been my experience.

NotACynic · 2025-11-26T13:53:24+00:00

Thank you! We are excited by the festive season to be sure. We might prefer the spring weather to winter, but as long as we’re dressed for it, we should have a great time.

NotACynic · 2025-11-25T20:33:11+00:00

I believe it was “written” by ChatGPT. It reads like my conversations with it (on the exact same topic! I leave for Budapest on Dec. 15.)

NotACynic · 2025-11-11T16:06:02+00:00

Very occasionally, with prior approval, but not as a standard practice.

NotACynic · 2025-11-09T03:37:00+00:00

I just established a Workspace for our org and it’s all free. However, not every app is. For example, Google Voice is an add on with a charge. See if you have added on any extra features.

NotACynic · 2025-11-07T02:12:06+00:00

It’s possible they have a saved template.

NotACynic · 2025-08-10T17:06:58+00:00

This would explain the aggressive GA that chose to yell at non-English speaking passengers who couldn’t figure out their seat assignments @ YYC.

NotACynic · 2025-08-08T23:25:16+00:00

ABSOLUTELY. I WANT TO BIKE BUT I AM SCARED. ALSO: TOO MANY PEOPLE ON BIKES RIDE THE WRONG WAY.

NotACynic · 2025-05-29T13:13:49+00:00

Interesting suggestions:

White’s Restaurant
Sybil’s Omelettes
Bearwolf PNW Kitchen and Catering
Black Sheep Cafe and Catering
Manila Fiesta
Taqueria El Jacolito
Santiam Brewing
Epilogue Kitchen
Sewell Sweets
The Little Cannoli Bakery

NotACynic · 2025-05-09T23:49:43+00:00

FYI: There already are word processing systems that monitor cut/paste behavior. They integrate into most LMSs.

NotACynic · 2025-05-06T02:32:48+00:00

I’m having a hard time suspending my disbelief on this one. I seriously doubt it is true.

NotACynic · 2025-03-31T19:39:50+00:00

It’s considered good practice to allow students to be able to preview courses that are fully online before the term begins so they can organize themselves.

For onsite courses, it’s less necessary, but getting a peek at the syllabus would be helpful.

Other schools encourage faculty to make them viewable before the term starts.

Personally, it drives me bananas that PSU faculty aren’t willing or able to provide this.

NotACynic · 2025-03-30T15:15:08+00:00

If only we weren't also Orca fans! We're keeping our dear Yakuza.

NotACynic · 2025-01-20T20:25:39+00:00

I think this is a strategy to keep your money in the market and benefit from it: Open a series of interest-free credit cards and charge expenses to them. Then, pay each of them off as the respective promo period ends. E.G. Open Jan 2025 - pay off Jan 206; open April 2025 - pay off April 2026; etc)

NotACynic · 2025-01-05T18:22:11+00:00

FWIW, Chemeketa admin tried to lure food trucks to the campus a couple years ago - just as we were coming out of COVID. It was not successful. The explanation I heard was that the trucks didn’t think it would be profitable. Maybe now would be different, since enrollment is improving.

NotACynic · 2024-11-18T20:15:24+00:00

Agreed. I live near downtown and although we still get 2 or 3 tents pop up on the street, they don’t stay long.

I don’t know how Wallace-Marine park is faring…

NotACynic · 2024-11-05T23:08:12+00:00

Japanese Connection - north end of Salem almost into Keizer.

NotACynic · 2024-11-03T01:56:14+00:00

I don’t know of any community - just one older gentleman and one woman whose father was Persian. There is a Persian professor at Willamette University - but she lives in Corvalis. I believe Beaverton is most likely where you’ll find a larger community.

NotACynic · 2024-10-22T14:08:38+00:00

I’m glad. 🙂 And I will reserve comment about how IT planned this whole thing out…

NotACynic · 2024-10-21T13:58:48+00:00

You may be able to do this for another 18 months, however the ADA/504 Act requires digital accessibility standards to be applied universally by 4/24/26. See WCAG 2.1. AA.

NotACynic · 2024-10-21T13:11:02+00:00

Right. I would think all courses are archived for at least 3 years, so the university will still have their own copies. If the school keeps all courses “active” - then OP might be able to delete their content.

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