Previous beeHive Flashes

Massive, extended data breach at Marriott's Starwood hotels

2019/01/08

2019/01/10

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations on Friday, January 4 at 11:00pm:

PsychoPy 1.90.3

2019/01/03

2019/02/15

Prath is out of the office this week. As usual, send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca

2019/01/03

2019/01/18

The Qualtrics Migration from UW Psych License to UW License is still in progress.

2019/01/03

2019/01/17

2019/01/03

2019/01/17

Technoference: A habit parents should ditch during 2019 - Dillon Browne article

2018/12/21

2019/01/03

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations on Thursday, December 20 at 11:00pm:

Google Chrome 71.0.3578.98
K-Lite Codec Pack Mega 14.6.0
Notepad++ 7.6.1
WinSCP 5.13.6
VeraCrypt 1.23

2018/12/21

2019/01/03

Qualtrics Migration from UW Psych License to UW License - begins December 5 and is expected to take about 2 weeks

2018/12/19

2018/12/20

There seemed to be some issue with google last night (Dec 17) in the KW area around 5:30pm-9:00pm (1, 2). Google seemed to be inaccessible (couldn't even search) and emails from gmail accounts to UW seemed to be bouncing at that time.
If someone was trying to email you from a gmail account during that time, the email would have bounced back to them to let them know it wasn't delivered. If you were expecting something critical at during that time, you might want to touch base with the sender in case they haven't retried since service was restored.

2018/12/19

2018/12/20

Michael is out of the office Wednesday. As usual, send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca

2018/12/18

2019/01/17

PhD candidate wins President's Community Impact Award - Robin Mazumder

2018/12/18

2018/12/21

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations on Wednesday, December 12 at 11:00pm:

Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.101
Google Chrome 71.0.3578.80
iTunes 12.9.2.6
Mozilla Firefox 60.4.0esr
Tera Term 4.101

and on Monday December 17 at 11:00pm:

VeraCrypt 1.12

2018/12/15

2018/12/21

Qualtrics Migration from UW Psych License to UW License - begins December 5 and is expected to take about 2 weeks
*** Currently stalled.

2018/12/13

2019/01/03

The challenge of parenting in a migrant caravan - Dillon Browne article

2018/12/13

2019/01/03

Always Forgetting Important Things? Hereâ€™s How to Fix That, According to Science - Melissa Meade and Myra Fernandes research

2018/12/13

2018/12/18

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations on Wednesday, December 12 at 11:00pm:

Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.101
Google Chrome 71.0.3578.80
iTunes 12.9.2.6
Mozilla Firefox 60.4.0esr
Tera Term 4.101

2018/12/11

2018/12/06

The act of drawing something has a "massive" benefit for memory compared with writing it down - Myra Fernandes research

2018/12/07

2018/12/08

The OS on watarts is being updated Thursday December 6 7:30am-8:30am.

2018/12/04

2019/01/03

Technovoidance: Managing Difficult Feelings with Devices - Dillon Browne article

2018/12/04

2018/12/21

Prath is out of the office this week. As usual, send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca

2018/12/04

2018/12/15

Qualtrics Migration from UW Psych License to UW License - begins December 5 and is expected to take about 2 weeks

2018/12/04

2018/12/11

Psychology Colloquium Series

Dr. Candice Monson
Ryerson University

Friday, Dec 7th
3:00-4:30
PAS 2083

Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD and Enhancing Relationships

2018/12/01

2019/01/03

2018/11/30

2018/12/04

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations on Thursday, November 29 at 11:00pm:

Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 (17.011.30106)
Adobe Flash Player 31.0.0.153
Google Chrome 70.0.3538.110
Python 3.6.7
RStudio 1.1.463
WinSCP 5.13.5
Adobe Acrobat Professional 2017 (17.011.30106) if purchased

2018/11/29

2018/12/13

Nationality likely a key factor in life-and-death decisions - Ori Friedman, Jonathan Fugelsang and MichaÅ‚ BiaÅ‚ek research

2018/11/29

2018/12/04

The Artresearch server will be unavailable 7:30am-8:30am on Monday December 3 while the ACO upgrades the OS. Web study participants will not be able to connect to the server during this time.

2018/11/22

2018/11/28

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations on Wednesday, November 21 at 11:00pm:

Adobe Flash Player 31.0.0.148
GIMP 2.10.8
Google Chrome 70.0.3538.102
K-Lite Codec Pack Mega 14.5.5
Mozilla Firefox RR 63.0.3
Notepad++ 7.6

2018/11/08

2018/11/10

2pm Wednesday IST indicated: Users may be experiencing difficulty connecting to wireless networks on campus, and general slowness or connection instability. IST is investigating. Update: The problem was resolved Wednesday at 3:30pm.

2018/11/03

2018/11/05

Daylight Saving Time 2018 ends this weekend. Hereâ€™s what you need to know

2018/10/31

2018/11/22

UW Cyber Awareness

2018/10/30

2018/11/05

Psychology Colloquium Series

Dr. Ulrich Schimmack
University of Toronto

How Credible is Psychological Science: A Meta-Psychological Perspective

Friday, Nov 2nd
3:00-4:30
PAS 2083

Reception to follow in the PAS Lounge

2018/10/26

2018/11/10

E-Prime Challenge 2018 submissions due Oct 31. The winner will receive an E-Prime 3.0 Single User License, a Chronos, and an E-Prime Challenge t-shirt.

2018/10/25

2018/11/22

Understanding fear of guilt key in better treating OCD - Brenda Chiang and Christine Purdon research

2018/10/25

2018/11/22

5 Reasons Why Families Should Be Included in Child Therapy - Dillon Browne article

2018/10/25

2018/11/22

High-Risk Shortcut Behaviors at Work - James Beck article

2018/10/25

2018/11/22

Canadian smokers support bold new approaches to end tobacco use - Geoff Fong research

2018/10/25

2018/11/22

Researcher to discuss impacts of science-based tobacco-control policies during Perry Lecture - Geoff Fong talk

2018/10/25

2018/11/22

Trauma 101 in the aftermath of the Ford-Kavanaugh saga - Dillon Browne article

2018/10/25

2018/10/30

Software updates going out to Psych Nexus stations Wednesday, October 24 at 11:00pm:

Java 8 Update 191
Google Chrome 70.0.3538.67
Mozilla Firefox 60.3.0esr
Notepad++ 7.5.9

2018/10/11

2018/10/12

Today, Wednesday, many staff will be out of their offices attending Keeping Well at Work 2018 sessions.

2018/10/10

2018/10/25

Anti-smoking measures saved 22 million lives in past decade - Geoff Fong and ITC

2018/10/09

2018/10/10

Get your picks in for the beeHive Hockey Pool.
Deadline for entries is 7:00pm Tuesday October 9th.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2018/10/04

2018/10/09

It's official. Scotty Bruce takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2018 beeHive Baseball Pool.

Check the final standings to see some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

Get your picks in early for the beeHive Hockey Pool.
Deadline for entries is 7:00pm Tuesday October 9th.

2018/09/20

2018/10/25

Clinical Psychology PhD Program - single-page WCMS site to promote the PhD program.

2018/09/15

2018/10/25

Voodoo doll and cannibalism studies triumph at Ig Nobels - Lindie Liang, Doug Brown, Huiwen Lian, Samuel Hanig, Lance Ferris, and Lisa Keeping research

2018/09/14

2018/10/25

Voting for the losing side can affect your performance at work - James Beck and Winny Shen research

2018/09/13

2018/09/20

Over 100 E-Prime tutorials now available on the E-Prime Youtube Channel

2018/09/08

2018/09/14

Michael J. A. Wohl
Professor, Department of Psychology,
Carleton University

Wednesday September 12, 2018
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
PAS 3026

Advancing Victim Need Satisfaction:
Empathetic Collective Angst Predicts Perpetrator Group Support for the Empowerment of their Victims

2018/09/06

2018/10/25

UW's new research ethics system new

is now available.

For more information to support the transition to this new system, including training documentation and details about training sessions, please visit the Gateway website.

2018/09/06

2018/09/14

Our new IT coops this term are Kashyap and Tony. Please be gentle with them.

2018/09/05

2018/09/06

Echange was having some trouble today (Tue Sept 4), but should be returning to normal soon.

2018/08/31

2018/09/06

Significant interruption to IST service delivery due to power shutdown in MC Building - August 17 to September 4. Most services have been moved so I don't expect we'll see any significant impact in Psychology although some services may be degraded. Please send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca if you notice any issues and we'll investigate.

2018/08/21

2018/09/06

UW's new research ethics system hurray

is now available.

For more information to support the transition to this new system, including training documentation and details about training sessions, please visit the Gateway website.

2018/08/18

2018/08/31

Significant interruption to IST service delivery due to power shutdown in MC Building - August 17-31. Most services have been moved so I don't expect we'll see any significant impact in Psychology although some services may be degraded. Please send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca if you notice any issues and we'll investigate.

2018/08/16

2018/08/21

Aug 13: UW's new research ethics system is now available.

For more information to support the transition to this new system, including training documentation and details about training sessions, please visit the Gateway website.

2018/08/15

2018/08/21

Some updates going out to Nexus stations tonight (Aug 14) including Python 2.7.15, Python 3.6.6, R for Windows 3.5.1, and RStudio 1.1.456.

The same versions will also arrive in teaching labs, classrooms and podium machines across campus in order to keep things consistent everywhere for teaching.

2018/08/14

2018/09/14

Younger Kids May Make Better Decisions Than Older Ones - Stephanie Denison research

2018/08/11

2018/08/15

An updated version of jamovi is going out to Nexus stations tonight. It free software and can be assigned to any machine so just send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca indicating the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top of the PC) where you would like it installed.

JASP is also available to be assigned to any Nexus station - again, just ask - it's free. R and R-Studio (also free) are already on all Nexus stations.

2018/08/10

2018/08/21

New grads starting in September have been added to the various department mailing lists as well as the Nexus Security Groups Lists.

2018/08/03

2018/08/21

The controls section of Plant Operations will be conducting annual audible verification of the fire alarm system in PAS on August 7-10. The testing will begin at 7am and should take about 30-45 minutes each day to complete. There is no need to evacuate the building unless otherwise instructed by personnel conducting the testing. However, building occupants may wish to leave during this time as the alarms are quite loud.

2018/08/01

2018/08/21

There will be IST service interruptions August 17-31 due to a scheduled power shutdown in a IST machine room. Hopefully things keep running, but there will be reduced redundacy and as a result, there may be potential issues if there are problems with primary systems.

2018/07/28

2018/08/01

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Re: Outlook update" which tries to convince you to enter your userid and password on a bogus site.

2018/07/28

2018/08/01

Don't be fooled by the password email scam - we've seen this delivered on campus.

2018/07/17

2018/08/21

Some ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Generation laptops built between December 2016 and October 2017 are being recalled

We've checked serial#s of all that were purchased by the department and found only one which had to be serviced. That being said, use the Lenovo form to check any machines you have in case we made a typo while entering the serial# into our DB when the laptop was purchased.
Unlkiely, btu betetr sfae tahn srory.

If service is needed, the laptop can be taken to Campus Tech in the SLC who will check it in about 10 minutes while you wait.

2018/07/17

2018/08/14

Novel therapy offers new hope for social anxiety - David Moscovitch research

2018/07/11

2018/08/14

A bad mood may help your brain with everyday tasks - Tara McAuley and Martyn Gabel research

2018/07/06

2018/07/11

UW was placed on a spam blacklist back in June. Things have been cleaned up and are again back to normal.

2018/06/30

2018/07/17

Psychology professor honoured with prestigious award
Colin MacLeod wins Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Canadian Psychology from the Canadian Psychological Association

2018/06/23

2018/07/17

If you have small old batteries to dispose of, don't toss them in the garbage. Pop them in the battery recycling box in the mailroom.

2018/06/20

2018/06/23

Naved Iqbal
Professor, Department of Psychology,
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Thursday June 21, 2018
3:00pm-4:30pm
PAS 3026

Religion and mental health: A case for Islamic psychotherapy

2018/06/14

2018/07/06

Seems UW email has been placed on a blacklist due to spammers using UW account â€“ probably a number of people on campus fell for the recent phishing emails we've seen and the bad guys took over their accounts. IST is working to remove the block.

Anyway, if you've sent email to an off campus address and it bounced back to you, you'll need to resend it again later once IST has arranged to be removed from the blacklist.

2018/06/14

2018/06/20

It's official. Theresa Bauer takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2018 beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool.

Check the final standings to see some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2018/06/14

2018/06/20

A couple UW-directed phishing emails are going around, One with the subject "Payroll Increase Notification" and a second with the subject "UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD". Both try to convince you to login to a bogus site which would simply collect your userid and password.

On the off chance you entered your login credentials, stop by to see Michael, Prath or myself ASAP so that we can get your passwords changed.

As usual, if you get anything like these, follow the instructions at the top of this phishing info page so that IST is aware. They will probably block access to the site from campus machines and can hopefully fine tune the mail filters to prevent other stuff like this from arriving in the future.

2018/06/13

2018/06/14

On the off chance you entered your login credentials, stop by to see Michael, Prath or myself ASAP so that we can get your passwords changed.

2018/05/29

2018/05/31

Test of emergency communication system - May 29

2018/05/25

2018/06/20

Qualtrics has enabled the "Access API" feature for Psychology users while we wait to be merged into the UW Qualtrics instance of the licensing.

2018/05/25

2018/06/01

SharePoint is being upgraded from SharePoint 2013 to the new version, SharePoint 2016 on Saturday, May 26 between 7:00am and 11:59pm.

2018/05/24

2018/05/29

There will be upgrades done in the 4th floor office area wiring closet affecting PAS 40nn rooms on Saturday May 26 between 8:30am-11:30am. The network will be unavailable for most of that time so you'll want to avoid logging in to that area during this time.

2018/05/17

2018/05/24

You may have lost a number of personal preferences (default browser, email and pdf apps) due to a chance which went out to Nexus stations in the wee hours of May 16. I've placed some notes at Psych Nexus Notes - Quick Fixes (just the #1 point "If your default app preferences are lost...") which hopefully allows you to get things back to normal. If you have any grief, feel free to email PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca.

2018/05/15

2018/06/01

Every Major OS Maker Hit By Security Flaw Actively Being Exploited to Hack Users. Nexus stations are patched automatically - ensure you update everything else ASAP once patches are available.

2018/05/11

2018/06/20

UW Policy 46 - Information Security

2018/05/11

2018/05/25

Some network routers in PAS will be updated Tuesday May 15th between 7:00am and 8:00am. Users may experience an interruption to wired and wireless network services while the devices reboot.

2018/05/11

2018/05/15

Every Major OS Maker Hit By Security Flaw Actively Being Exploited to Hack Users. Nexus stations are patched automatically - ensure you update everything else ASAP once patches are available.

2018/05/11

2018/05/12

The Annual Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

John G. Holmes
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo

Friday May 11, 2018
2:30pm-4:00pm
PAS 2083

The Structure of Interdependence Shapes Cognition in Relationships

Reception to follow in ABC room (3026)
All are welcome!

The Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture is presented annually by the Department of Psychology to honour the memory of Ziva as an outstanding scholar, friend, and mentor who passed away in February 2004.

2018/05/08

2018/05/09

Canadians to receive mobile emergency alert test this week: Here's what to know

2018/05/03

2018/06/04

Being compassionate may make you feel better about yourself, says new study - Kira Vimalakanthan and Allison Kelly research

2018/05/03

2018/05/08

There will be upgrades being done in the 3rd floor lab area wiring closet affacted all PAS 32nn rooms on Friday May 4 between 6:30am-8:30am. The network will be unavailable for most of that time so you'll want to avoid logging in in that area during this time.

2018/05/02

2018/06/04

The latest versions of R and R-Studio have been installed on systems so the previous fixrstudio.cmd fix is no longer required.

2018/05/02

2018/05/08

Our new IT support coops this term are Alan and Joel.
As usual, be gentle with them.

2018/05/01

2018/05/29

2018/04/27

2018/04/28

IST will be upgrading the switches in our 2nd floor lab area wiring closet tomorrow morning, Friday April 27, between 6:30am-8:00am. The network will be temporarily unavailable during that time. Rooms affected are PAS 22nn.

2018/04/18

2018/04/27

Our department backups (D:\users) and the Nexus backups (your Documents folder, Desktop, Psych shares, etc) are kept for about 4 months. Backups are good, so consider making an additional backup of anything critical at least once a term - now is as good a time as any. If you are using external drives, consider using VeraCrypt (installed on all Nexus stations) to encrypt your backups.

BTW, Nexus storage locations are mirrored on a 2nd server for instant switchover in the event of hardware problems on the primary server. File are also mirrored to a 3rd server in another building on campus. As well, files are also stored on a 4th server off campus so as long as the crater isn't too large, you could always revert to that copy.

2018/04/13

2018/05/03

Grid expectations: Kitchener needs a safe network of bike lanes, advocates say - Robin Mazumder

2018/04/13

2018/05/03

Women who believe their sex drive changes can better cope with low libido - Siobhan Sutherland and Uzma Rehman research

2018/04/13

2018/04/14

Get your picks in early for the beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool.
Deadline for entries is Friday April 13th at 8:00pm EDT.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

Also, if you are asking Janice for any favours, do yourself a favour and avoid broaching the subject of her position in the final regular season Hockey Pool standings.

2018/04/12

2018/04/13

Wear a sports jersey Thursday to support the Humboldt Broncos

2018/04/11

2018/04/12

Wear a sports jersey Thursday to support the Humboldt Broncos

2018/04/10

2018/04/14

Department of Psychology 2017-2018 Colloquium Series

Prof. Nira Liberman
Tel Aviv University

Friday, April 13th
3:00-4:30
PAS 2083

Construal Level Theory: An overview and some applications to learning

Reception to follow in ABC room (3026)

2018/04/10

2018/04/13

Get your picks in early for the beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool.
Deadline for entries is Friday April 13th at 8:00pm EDT.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2018/04/05

2018/04/08

Psychology staff will be attending the 2018 Waterloo Staff Conference on Thursday April 5th and Friday April 6th. During this time the staff will be attending multiple workshops and will only be checking their email periodically.

2018/04/02

2018/04/03

Get your picks in early for the beeHive Baseball Pool.
Deadline for entries is 8:00pm Monday April 2nd.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2018/03/28

2018/04/02

Get your picks in early for the beeHive Baseball Pool.
Deadline for entries is 8:00pm Monday April 2nd.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2018/03/22

2018/04/08

Waterloo Brain Day

Friday April 6, 2018
EV3, Room 1408

2018/03/21

2018/03/26

Department of Psychology 2017-2018 Colloquium Series

Dr. Felix Warneken
University of Michigan

Friday, March 23rd
3:00-4:30
PAS 2083

The Origins of Cooperation: Evidence from Children and Chimpanzees

Reception to follow in ABC room (3026)

2018/03/20

2018/05/02

A known issue with R-Studio might prevent it from starting properly. Apparently it should be fixed in the next release. If you run into the problem, do this to get it running again:

1.) double-click: Psych Shortcuts (on the desktop)
2.) double-click: Programs
3.) double-click: fixrstudio
4.) double-click: fixrstudio.cmd

2018/03/06

2018/03/09

Campus mourns death of student

2018/03/06

2018/03/07

A test of the University's emergency communication system is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 between 7:45 and 8:15 a.m. Test activation and deactivation messages will be sent using the below channels:

Tweets to @UWaterloo and @WatSAFEapp
WatSAFE mobile app
The 'UW Emerge' on-screen pop-up for desktops and laptops, including Nexus stations
Skype for Business Instant Messages
Portal alerts and push notifications

Visit the WatSAFE website for more details.

2018/03/03

2018/03/07

Jonathan D. Huppert
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Common and specific factors in CBT: Theory and research from studies in the treatment of anxiety

Tuesday March 6, 2018
12:00-1:30pm
PAS 3026 - ABC Room

2018/03/02

2018/03/06

Alex Koch
University of Cologne, Germany

Why Good is More Alike than Bad: Implications for Classification, Generalization, Recognition, Social Comparison and Evaluation

Monday March 5, 2018
10:30am-12:00pm
PAS 3026

2018/02/27

2018/03/09

Student, staff or faculty member Arts Awards nominations can be submitted until March 5, 2019.

2018/02/14

2018/03/20

A known issue with R-Studio might prevent it from starting properly. Apparently it should be fixed in the next release. If you run into the problem, do this to get it running again: 1.) double-click: Psych Shortcuts (on the desktop) 2.) double-click: Programs 3.) double-click: fixrstudio 4.) double-click: fixrstudio.cmd

2018/02/09

2018/02/14

An update Wednesday night will prevent your Chrome bookmarks from being loaded. To fix it, do this: 1.) Quit Chrome 2.) Double-click Psych Shortcuts (on the desktop) 3.) Double-click Explore Psych / Programs / chrome_bookmarks_fix 4.) Double-click recovermybookmarks.cmd

2018/02/07

2018/02/14

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th Gen Laptop Recall affecting some laptops built between December 2016 and October 2017. If you have one of these, you can take it to Campus Tech in the SLC for the fix.

2018/02/03

2018/02/07

A January MS update introduced a bug in Outlook: Attachments are removed when forwarding plain text emails.

A fix will be applied to all Nexus stations tonight (Friday January 2). For non-Nexus stations, MS will roll out the fix automatically with other Office updates in a few weeks or you could also apply the fix manually to machines sooner rather than later if desired.

2018/01/19

2018/01/30

I'll be out of the office until Monday January 29th... As usual, send Psych IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca
see ya,
	Bill

2018/01/17

2018/01/30

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Mailbox Space-Quota Exceeded."

It has already been reported to IST so go ahead and just chuck it if you get it. Of course, if you accidentally entered your login information, stop by right away.

2018/01/12

2018/01/30

One of the classrooms in the DC had about 6 feets of flooding. You can see here that the exit door at the front of the room is almost under water and all but the last 3 rows of desks are under water.

2018/01/12

2018/01/17

UW Policy 8 -- Information Security

2018/01/05

2018/02/07

Lower class wiser about interpersonal conflict than middle class - Igor Grossmann and Justin Brienza research

2018/01/05

2018/01/12

AMOS on our teaching lab machines (the ptlab* Nexus stations in the dept) currently has a problem with the license which prevents it from starting properly. IST is investigating.

2018/01/03

2018/02/07

How to Find Wisdom in a Divided Society - Igor Grossman and Alex Huynh research

2017/12/29

2018/02/07

Working class men 'are wiser than rich ones' - Igor Grossmann research

2017/12/22

2019/01/17

myResearch is a web-based, comprehensive research management, networking, and expertise discovery system that will be available for researchers and research administrative staff in 2018.

2017/12/22

2018/01/12

Qualtrics again had issues with the migration of the Psychology Qualtrics users into the UW licensing due to the size and number of surveys so the migration scheduled for Dec 18-21 has been cancelled. Avoid using the new UW Qualtrics Login page if you had an account prior to August 2017.

You should continue to login using the same login link as you previously used - i.e., one of the two links over there on the left in the Tidbits section of the beeHive. Avoid logging into the UW Qualtrics Login page if you previously used the UW Psych Qualtrics Login page.

Feel free to stop by if you have any questions or concerns.

2017/12/19

2017/12/22

Our Psychology Qualtrics license will be moving to the UW Qualtrics license Dec 18-21.

After Dec 21 login using the new UW Qualtrics Login (https://uwaterloo.qualtrics.com) and import your old account by following these migration instructions.

Feel free to stop by if you have any questions or concerns.

2017/12/16

2017/12/28

2017/12/16

2017/12/19

Our Psychology Qualtrics license will be moving to the UW Qualtrics license Dec 18-21. Continue to login using UW Psych Qualtrics Login thru Dec 17.

After Dec 21 login using UW Qualtrics Login (do not login to this prior to Dec 21) and import your old account by following these migration instructions.

Feel free to stop by if you have any questions or concerns.

2017/12/15

2018/02/07

To possibly save some folks the cost of purchasing SPSS, we've packaged a few freeware stats programs for automated deployment to Nexus stations. If you would like JASP and/or jamovi installed on your Nexus station, send an email to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca with the name of your machine (the yellow sticker on the top of it) and things should land on yoru machine a short time later.

BTW, R and R-Studio are already on all Nexus stations in the department.

2017/12/15

2017/12/16

Our Psychology Qualtrics license will be moving to the UW Qualtrics license Dec 18-21. Continue to login using UW Psych Qualtrics Login thru Dec 17.

After Dec 21 login using UW Qualtrics Login (do not login to this prior to Dec 21) and import your old account by following these migration instructions.

Feel free to stop by if you have any questions or concerns.

2017/12/08

2017/12/14

Department of Psychology 2017-2018 Colloquium Series

Daniel Ansari
Department of Psychology and Brain and Mind Institute
Western University

Number symbols in brain and mind

Friday, December 8, 3:00p.m.
PAS 2083

2017/12/07

2017/12/28

Reading aloud gives memory a boost: University of Waterloo study - Noah Forrin and Colin MacLeod research

2017/12/02

2017/12/15

Our Psychology Qualtrics license will be moving to the UW Qualtrics license Dec 18-21. Continue to login using UW Psych Qualtrics Login thru Dec 17.

After Dec 21 login using UW Qualtrics Login (do not login to this prior to Dec 21) and import your old account by following these migration instructions.

Feel free to stop by if you have any questions or concerns.

2017/11/29

2017/12/02

Another bogus UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds, this one with the subject line "Re. For Whom It's May Concern." trying to convince you of a Google Foundation award. You can find more details here.

If you have a moment, before you chuck it, follow the instructions at the top of this phishing info page so that the IST SOC is aware and can hopefully fine tune things in the future to prevent this sort of thing from sneaking thru in the future.

2017/11/14

2017/11/22

Another phishing email making the rounds. This one with the subject "ITS Help-desk" attempting to tempt you into giving them your password.

As usual, if you get things like this, follow the instructions at the top of this phishing info page so that IST is aware.

2017/11/07

2017/12/02

People Who Value Virtue Show Wiser Reasoning - Alex Huynh, Harrison Oakes, Garrett Shay and Ian McGregor research

2017/11/03

2017/11/04

There was a problem logging into OWA(Connect) between 12:30pm-1:30pm today. It's fixed now.

2017/10/31

2017/11/07

Adobe Acrobat Pro is used to create or edit PDF files. Adobe Acrobat Reader is used to view PDFs.

Adobe Acrobat Pro 11 has reached end-of-life and Adobe is no longer providing updates. A lot of malware exploits have been directed against PDFs so if you are using Adobe Acrobat Pro 11 (or any earlier version), it should be uninstalled.

Nexus station have already been taken care of, but ensure you check home machines and laptops if you had purchased any licenses there.

If Adobe Acrobat Pro is still needed, the latext version, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC v2017, can be purchased from the IST Webstore for $110.

We have the latest version installed on the two Nexus stations in PAS 3023 if needed.

2017/10/24

2017/12/02

Video can help you not get mugged by one-armed bandits - Mike Dixon, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Candice Graydon, et al research

2017/10/19

2017/11/01

The Buzz - Who Will Bee the Best Baldie?
Tuesday Oct 31, 11:30pm
Hagey Hall HUB

2017/10/17

2017/10/24

KRACK Wi-Fi attack threatens all networks: How to stay safe and what you need to know - this is a Bad Thing™. Read more.

2017/10/17

2017/10/24

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds, this one with the subject line "You Have {1} New Important Message". It leads to a site in Sri Lanka were the bad guys would simple collect your userid and password. Stop by if you inadvertantly fell for it.

2017/10/13

2017/10/17

There have been a few issues with the Request Tracker system Thursday. If you sent any new requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca today, login to confirm your request is showing up.

2017/10/12

2017/12/15

If you would like JASP installed on your Nexus station, send an email to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca with the name of your machine (the yellow sticker on the top of it).

2017/10/11

2017/12/02

Can Smartphones Make Us More Absent-Minded? - Jeremy Marty-Dugas research

2017/10/11

2017/10/17

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds, this one with the subject line "Library Account". It contains a link that would take you to a malicious site where it would steal your login credentials.

2017/10/06

2017/10/10

Get your picks in early for the 2017/18 beeHive Hockey Pool.
Deadline is Monday October 9th 8:00pm EDT.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2017/10/05

2017/10/07

It's official. Mark Witherall takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2017 beeHive Baseball Pool.

Check the final standings to see some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2017/10/05

2017/10/06

Please ensure you logout from Nexus stations tonight, Wednesday, in order for a critical update to complete which requires a reboot.

2017/10/05

2017/10/06

Get your picks in early for the 2017/18 beeHive Hockey Pool.
Deadline is Monday October 9th 8:00pm EDT.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2017/10/04

2017/10/06

Bingo starts Thursday October 5th.
Cards can be purchased from Mare in PAS 3020 or Michelle in PAS 3006.

2017/10/02

2017/12/02

Canada's Do Not Call List

2017/10/02

2017/10/05

Get your picks in early for the 2017/18 beeHive Hockey Pool.
Deadline is Monday October 9th 8:00pm EDT.

2017/09/26

2017/10/02

If you need to edit Word documents with merged table cells in the next little while, send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca and we'll remove a recent patch recent update which may not allow them to display properly.

2017/09/26

2017/09/28

Noldus Canada will be doing a presentation of The Observer XT Tuesday September 26 3:30pm-4:30pm in PAS 4029. Send me a quick note if you plan to attend so that I have a handle on the numbers.

2017/09/23

2017/10/24

Apple's recent IOS 11 update seems to have broken the Mail app. You can't send or reply from Outlook.com, Office 365, or Exchange 2016 in iOS 11 Mail.app

2017/09/23

2017/10/24

Learn about and protect against spear phishing

2017/09/22

2017/09/29

Updates to SharePoint is happening Wednesday, September 27 from 10:00pm to 2:00am on Thursday, September 28.

During this time SharePoint service will be briefly interrupted during the updates as servers are rebooted after the updates are applied. In some instances, users may be prompted to re-authenticate.

2017/09/20

2017/09/26

UW has a site license to RefWorks for reference management. The Write-n-Cite plugins are already installed in Word on Nexus stations.

We also have automated deployment of Mendeley available for Nexus stations. If you would like that on any machines, just send the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top).

2017/09/20

2017/09/26

PsychoPy on Nexus stations in Psychology has been upgraded to 1.85.3b. If you are developing or running programs on laptops or elsewhere, stick to the same version. We'll typically only do updates on this package between terms.

2017/09/14

2019/04/25

Getting started with Office 365 for faculty, staff, and graduate students

2017/09/14

2017/09/22

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds, this one with the subject line "edu.uwaterloo.ca Notice: Pending mails from *********@edu.uwaterloo.ca".

There's actually been a fair number of phishing emails floating around asking for your Office 365 credentials so beware of any you see.

If you happened to enter your credentials on any bogus sites, let us know ASAP so that we can change your passwords ASAP and try to confirm if there was any logins that are unexpected.

2017/09/08

2017/09/14

There's issues with Eduroam (wireless) across the campus at the moment. IST is investigating. If you hear your neighbour cursing, let them know.

Yikes Yikes Thursday 5:45pm Update from IST: The issues with the campus Wi-Fi have created sporadic connectivity issues for users attempting to connect to eduroam. IST has restored service but reoccurrence is likely until a solution is determined with the vendor. We are currently communicating with the vendor to determine a permanent solution. Additional information will be shared when available.

You can also check IST Network and Service Alerts for status updates.

2017/09/07

2017/09/08

Heads up! Chance to see northern lights on Wednesday night (2)

2017/08/22

2017/08/25

Qualtrics was unable to migrate the Psychology users and data to the size. For now, continue to use our usual UW Psych Qualtrics Login rather than the UW login portal. We'll look at migrating individual user accounts at convenient times.

2017/08/22

2017/08/24

Solar Eclipse 2017 and Eclipse Live: Video streams from NASA Television and locations across the country

Or listen to it on CBC Radio.

2017/08/21

2017/08/22

For now, continue to use our usual UW Psych Qualtrics Login rather than the UW login portal. We'll look at migrating individual user accounts at convenient times.

2017/08/19

2017/08/21

This is a change from the original 14-18 schedule. I'll post a message here when we get word from Qualtrics that the migration has been complete and it's OK to login.

2017/08/18

2017/09/26

Guidelines for Cloud-Based Educational Technologies

2017/08/18

2017/09/16

Working Dads Say They Struggle Just as Much as Working Moms With Work-Life Balance - Winny Shen research

2017/08/18

2017/09/16

2017 Vanier Scholar explores urban design for citizen wellbeing - Robin Mazumder research and award

2017/08/18

2017/08/24

If you have any UW-owned PCs, laptops, home machines which you would like upgraded to Win10, send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca and we'll get them on our schedule. The Education/Enterprise license for Windows 7 that UW has doesn't provide an Upgrade button, so it's a wipe the drive and re-install process. For this reason, ensure you have a copy of all your files before you leave the machine with us.

2017/08/18

2017/08/21

IST is performing maintenance on the network storage devices this Saturday, August 19 8:30am-2:30pm. To minimize the chance of potential issues, I'd suggest you avoid being logged into Nexus stations and also avoid accessing your Nexus file space and lab/dept shares from home or elsewhere during this time.

2017/08/18

2017/08/19

2017/08/17

2017/08/18

2017/08/17

2017/08/18

2017/08/17

2017/08/18

Working Dads Say They Struggle Just as Much as Working Moms With Work-Life Balance - Winny Shen research

2017/08/17

2017/08/18

2017 Vanier Scholar explores urban design for citizen wellbeing - Robin Mazumder research and award

2017/08/17

2017/08/18

2017/08/16

2017/08/17

2017/08/16

2017/08/17

2017/08/16

2017/08/17

Working Dads Say They Struggle Just as Much as Working Moms With Work-Life Balance - Winny Shen research

2017/08/16

2017/08/17

2017 Vanier Scholar explores urban design for citizen wellbeing - Robin Mazumder research and award

2017/08/16

2017/08/17

2017/08/15

2017/08/16

2017/08/15

2017/08/16

Working Dads Say They Struggle Just as Much as Working Moms With Work-Life Balance - Winny Shen research

2017/08/15

2017/08/16

2017 Vanier Scholar explores urban design for citizen wellbeing - Robin Mazumder research and award

2017/08/15

2017/08/16

2017/08/03

2017/08/15

2017/08/03

2017/08/15

Working Dads Say They Struggle Just as Much as Working Moms With Work-Life Balance - Winny Shen research

2017/08/03

2017/08/15

2017 Vanier Scholar explores urban design for citizen wellbeing - Robin Mazumder research and award

2017/07/25

2017/07/28

Michael, Prath and myself will be at a training session on Tuesday morning. As usual, send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca.

2017/07/25

2017/07/28

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one has forged the UW President's email address and asks you to follow a link to compromised site where the bad guys are hoping you'll give them your UW userid and password.

2017/07/19

2017/07/25

Michael, Prath and myself will be at a training session Wednesday and Thursday orning from 9:00am-11:00am. As usual, send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca.

2017/07/14

2017/08/03

An electrical power shutdown is scheduled for about half of PAS on Saturday July 29 7am-9am. Because the network will be unavailable in the entire building during this time, we'll want to shutdown ALL machines in PAS (even in unaffected areas) on Friday evening. We'll send an email with additional details as the date approaches.

2017/07/08

2017/07/14

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. As usual, follow the instructions at the top of this page and hopefully IST can fine tune the filters to better catch these in the future.

2017/06/27

2017/07/14

Those with a wandering mind also stray from long-term goals suggests new research - Brandon Ralph research

2017/06/27

2017/07/14

The hidden ways that architecture affects how you feel - Colin Ellard comments

2017/06/27

2017/07/14

Washing one's hands could help shift goal pursuit, new study finds - Christine Purdon comments

2017/06/27

2017/07/14

UWSpace - Psychology

2017/06/23

2017/08/03

The upgrade of Nexus machines to Windows 10 is almost complete.

If you have other UW-owned non-Nexus PCs, laptops, home machines which you would like upgraded to Win10, send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca and we'll get them on our schedule. The Education/Enterprise license for Windows 7 that UW has doesn't provide an Upgrade button, so it's a wipe the drive and re-install process. For this reason, ensure you have a copy of all your files before you leave the machine with us.

2017/06/22

2017/07/14

Submit Information to the Spam Reporting Centre by forwarding unwanted messages to spam@fightspam.gc.ca

2017/06/17

2017/06/20

It's official. Adam Zanna takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2017 Hockey Playoff Pool.

Check the final standings to see some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2017/06/03

2017/06/23

The upgrade of Nexus machines to Windows 10 is almost complete.

A new default profile is created when you first login to a Win10 machine. If you haven't already had your Win10 profile set up stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) at some point soon.

2017/06/02

2017/06/22

Guess the number of Oh Canada M&M's in the jar in the display case (by the mailroom) by Tuesday June 20th.

Ballots available from: Emily Miniger (PAS 2007), Tammy Neal (PAS 3028) and Mare Appleby (PAS 3020).

The winner will be announced at the June 21 BBQ on PAS Patio.

2017/06/01

2017/06/03

The upgrade of Nexus machines to Windows 10 is almost complete.

2017/05/31

2017/06/16

If you are using Qualtrics, they are in the process of transitioning from their old URL starting with http to https. Use the link to UW Psych Qualtrics Login over to the left under the Tidbits section when you login. If you've bookmarked that link previously, you'll want to delete it and bookmark the new location which uses https.

2017/05/30

2017/06/01

We've seen a few bogus UW-directed phishing emails with the subject "OWA Today !".

We've already provided details to IST, but if you receive the same (or other) phishing attempts. follow the instructions at the top of this phishing info page.

2017/05/27

2017/06/01

We are in the process of upgrading Nexus machines to Windows 10.

If you would like to request a date for a machine to be upgraded, send the name of the machine (on the yellow sticker on the top) along with a couple potential dates to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca and we'll get it on our schedule.

We normally plan to pick up a machine in the morning and return it the following afternoon, so plan on the machine being gone for a couple days. If possible, make a copy of the D: drive contents before we pick it up.

We'll also need to configure your Win10 user profile so stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) before you login to a Win10 machine.

2017/05/20

2017/05/27

UW Book Store's Online Textbook Adoption System

I'll keep a permanent link under the Course Related and Marking section on the beeHive. Or, just press ctrl-f and look for "Adoption".

We are in the process of upgrading Nexus machines to Windows 10.

We'll also need to configure your Win10 user profile so stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) before you login to a Win10 machine.

2017/05/19

2017/05/20

All campus WCMS sites were down May 18 2:45pm-4:00pm. They are working again now.

2017/05/16

2017/05/20

World's biggest cyberattack hits 150 countries and the threat is 'escalating. Nexus stations are updated automatically. If you patch your own systems and laptops regularly, you should be ok.

UW Book Store's Online Textbook Adoption System

Unit4 is the new Finance system. Among other things, you might see emails from that informing your of transactions.

We are in the process of upgrading Nexus machines to Windows 10.

We'll also need to configure your Win10 user profile so stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) before you login to a Win10 machine.

2017/05/15

2017/05/16

World's biggest cyberattack hits 150 countries and the threat is 'escalating. Nexus stations are updated automatically. If you patch your own systems and laptops regularly, you should be ok.

Unit4 is the new Finance system. Among other things, you might see emails from that informing your of transactions.

We are in the process of upgrading Nexus machines to Windows 10.

We'll also need to configure your Win10 user profile so stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) before you login to a Win10 machine.

2017/05/10

2017/05/12

The FCC promotes a Privacy Awareness Week with good advice: Safeguarding Your Data --- Protecting Your Privacy --- Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks --- Preventing and Responding to Identity Theft

2017/05/05

2017/05/10

A nasty Google Docs phishing scam was circulating May 3.

Basically it was a Google Docs email invite which was designed to steal your Google password so that the bad guys could access your account. The emails were seen on campus.

If you think you might have fallen for this and would like us to take a look, send an email to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca.

So you clicked on that sketchy Google Docs link sent by email. Now what?

2017/05/03

2017/05/10

SAS and Matlab licenses will expire at the end of April. Faculty members can purchase licenses at the IST Webstore. Both can be purchased now. You'll need to use the new Unit4 account#s. Once the licenses have been purchased, email PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca to have the software installed.

2017/05/02

2017/05/10

Our IT coops this term are Hayden and Felix. Please be gentle with them.

2017/04/26

2017/04/27

On Wednesday April 26 around 10:00am, we will be having our regular fire drill in PAS. They typically last about 15 to 20 minutes. Please be sure when you leave the building to close your doors.

2017/04/20

2017/04/21

A previous issue with the UW Request Tracker (RT) system having trouble receiving requests using our PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca email address has been resolved.

2017/04/19

2017/04/24

Psychology Departmental Colloquium

Eli Finkel

Northwestern University

The All-Or-Nothing Marriage

Friday April 21, 2017
3:00pm-4:30pm
PAS 2083

Reception to follow in
PAS 3005 Lounge

2017/04/19

2017/04/20

The UW Request Tracker (RT) system is having trouble with our PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca email address at the moment so emails aren't arriving. Until it's fixed, please email to rt-psych@rt.uwaterloo.ca or submit new Psych IT requests using our PsychIT Requests form.

2017/04/14

2017/05/10

IST will begin moving email accounts to 2016 Exchange server beginning Friday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. and will continue for the next several months until completion. Clients may need to reauthenticate or possibly reboot your PC, smartphones, tablets, etc. OWA(Connect) users will also see a new interface.

2017/04/14

2017/05/03

SAS and Matlab licenses will expire at the end of April. Faculty members can purchase licenses at the IST Webstore. For SAS, you'll need to wait until May 1st before you can renew. Once the licenses have been purchased, email PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca to have the software installed.

2017/04/14

2017/04/16

Another Rogue Puch™ is up for grabs in the 2017 beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool. Deadline for entries is Saturday April 16th 3:00pm EDT.

Please pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2017/04/12

2017/04/14

the 2016/17 beeHive Hockey Pool. Check the standings for some humble words from the winner.

Please pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2017/04/06

2017/04/08

Staff may be out of their offices attending the 2017 Waterloo Staff Conference on Wed/Thur April 5/6.

2017/04/05

2017/04/08

Don't forget to complete this week's energy challenge by completing the Energy Quiz! The quiz should be completed by the end of the day April 7th to earn the Psych department points!

2017/04/04

2017/04/08

You may have noticed a few things in the news related to: Hackers: We Will Remotely Wipe iPhones Unless Apple Pays Ransom. Apparently the bad guys are using the passwords from a LinkedIn breach from several years ago. You should always use a different password for various accounts you've set up, so if you were using LinkedIn a few years ago and use the same password elsewhere, you should change the passwords on those accounts to something unique.

2017/04/03

2017/04/08

Another Rogue Puck™ and bragging rights up for grabs in the 2017 beeHive Baseball Pool.

Deadline for entries is 8:00pm EDT Friday April 7th.

2017/04/01

2017/04/03

Most staff will be out of our offices this afternoon, Friday March 31, for a staff event.

2017/03/30

2017/04/27

Microsoft released a security update which was installed on Nexus stations on March 14 which causes superscripts to appear as subscripts in footnote references in Word 2016.

UW has the volume licensing version of Office so at the moment a fix is not available. IST is aware of the problem and will send the fix to all Nexus stations on campus once it's made available from MS. I'll pop any updates here as well.

2017/03/29

2017/03/30

Maintenance is being done on an Exchange mail server on Tuesday March 28 at 2:00pm. OWA and email clients may need to re-authenticate.

2017/03/20

2017/03/25

A slightly tempting UW-directed phishing phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Re: Webmail admin" which has the From field forged to make it appear as if it's coming from "webmail@uwaterloo.ca". It's hoping you'll provide your userid and password which the bad guys will use to take over your account.

If you get things like this, following the instructions at the top of this phishing info page.

2017/03/18

2017/03/25

Microsoft is ending support for Windows Vista. If you have an home machines or laptops still using Vista, you should upgrade or retire the machine in the next few weeks.

2017/03/07

2017/05/15

We are in the process of upgrading Nexus machines to Windows 10.

We'll also need to configure your Win10 user profile so stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) before you login to a Win10 machine.

2017/03/07

2017/03/25

IST has implement a new email protection service called Proofpoint Protection Service (PPS) on February 28. PPS is intended to detect and block spam email, phishing attempts, and malware for inbound email. If you are interested in more details, check IST's Email security resources page.

If you receive any spam that you feel shouldn't have arrived, follow the instructions at the top of this phishing info page so that IST is aware and hopefully they can adjust the filters to prevent similar messages from arriving in the future.

2017/03/07

2017/03/16

It's that time of year so you can probably expect to see an increase in tax scams. If you receive any, follow the instructions at the top of this phishing page so that IST is aware and can hopefully adjust the email filters.

2017/03/02

2017/03/16

Bingo starts March 6th

Buy your cards from Mare (PAS 3020) and Michelle (PAS 3006). Bingo sheets (2 cards per sheet) are $5.00 each or 3 cards for $10.00.

Proceeds will support the beautification of the PAS Patio.

2017/03/02

2017/03/03

I'll be out of the office until the afternoon of Thursday March 2nd... As usual, send Psych IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca
see ya,
	Bill

2017/03/01

2017/03/07

Psychology Departmental Colloquium

Dr. Paul Bloom

Yale University

Against Empathy

Friday March 3, 2017
3:00pm-4:30pm
PAS 2083

Reception to follow in
PAS 3005 Lounge

2017/02/28

2017/03/07

IST has implement a new email protection service called Proofpoint Protestion Service (PPS) on February 28. PPS is intended to detect and block spam email, phishing attempts, and malware for inbound email. If you are interested in more details, check IST's Email security resources page.

2017/02/22

2017/02/27

I'll be out of the office until Monday February 27th... As usual, send Psych IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca
see ya,
	Bill

2017/02/15

2017/03/07

We are in the process of upgrading Nexus machines to Windows 10.

We'll also need to configure your Win10 user profile so stop by to see Prath (PAS 3030), Michael (PAS 4006) or myself (PAS 4008) before you login to a Win10 machine.

2017/02/10

2017/02/15

Nexus stations in Psychology will now reboot everyday at 5:55am if no one is logged in.

On Thursdays, machines are configured for a required reboot. If someone is logged in, a dialog will appear letting you know that you can delay the reboot for up to 12 hours or reboot immediately.

I would suggest that people continue to logout each night to allow machines to reboot daily. This ensures that software updates which are applied overnight (and may require a reboot to complete) are fully installed. This will help keep your system stable and secure and ensure that files are backed up properly.

2017/02/10

2017/02/13

Clinical Candidate Talk

Dr. Katie Birnie
Postdoctorial Fellow
University of Toronto & Hospital for Sick Children

Individual, Parent, and Family Factors in Child Physical and Mental Health: A Multi-Method Approach

Friday Feb 10, 10:30am-noon
ABC Room (PAS 3026)

2017/02/09

2017/02/10

A problem with one of the Connect servers may have prevented some people from accessing email early Wednesday morning. It's fixed now.

2017/02/08

2017/02/09

As of Feb 3, Google's search results from campus IPv6 networks are being blocked with a CAPTCHA page. This primarily affects campus wireless connections, including Eduroam. It is common when Google suspects scripted or malicious activity from a particular network. This does not affect Google searches within University of Waterloo web pages. To have your search results appear, enter the requested information in the CAPTCHA and proceed to the search result.

IST indicated that this behaviour is a security response from Google and they cannot offer any further information about when we can expect Google to end this behaviour.

Update Tuesday morning: the problem seems to be gone now.

2017/02/07

2017/02/08

IST indicated that this behaviour is a security response from Google and they cannot offer any further information about when we can expect Google to end this behaviour.

2017/02/01

2017/02/15

We've started moving Nexus machines to Win10. Things are going reasonably smoothly so far, but we'd like to get a few more people testing things before we start moving machines en masse. If you are interested in having your machine upgraded sooner rather than later, send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca.

We normally plan to pick up a machine in the morning and return it the following afternoon, so include a couple potential dates when we can do the work and we'll get it on our schedule asap.

2017/01/31

2017/02/03

University of Waterloo
Faculty of Arts
Department of Psychology
Presents

Dr. Kurt Gray
Assistant Professor of Psychology

University of North Carloina, Chapel Hill
Recipient of UW Science Faculty ALumni Award

Thursday Feb 2, 2017
11:30am - 1:00pm

PAS 2083

Mind Perception and Morality

(mini reception to follow)

2017/01/19

2017/01/31

Another bogus UW-directed phishing email is makinbg the rounds. This one has the subject line "RE: Webmail Admin".

If you get things like this, following the instructions at the top of the phishing page.

2017/01/18

2017/01/21

A problem with the Exchange server was preventing messages with attachments from being delivered between about 1pm Tue Jan 16 and 10:15am Wed Jan 17. The attachments would have been flagged as a virus and removed. The problem has been resolved, but messages sent with attachments during that time may need to be resent.

2017/01/14

2017/01/19

Another bogus UW-directed phishing email is makinbg the rounds. This one has the subject line "RE: Admin Alert: Final Notice!".

If you get things like this, following the instructions at the top of the phishing page.

2017/01/13

2017/01/21

Knowledge Integration Seminar Series

A brief tour of science comedy

Robert Gooding-Townsend and Nathaniel Barr

Friday, January 20, 2017
2:30-4:00pm
Environment 3 (EV3), room 1408

2017/01/13

2017/01/17

SPSS and AMOS licenses expire Dec 31 and will stop working at that time (apparently there's no Jan grace period this year). I've sent details to faculty members on how to purchase licenses for 2017 so touch base with them if you need these packages in your area. Indicate the name of the machine Nexus station (on the yellow sticker on top of Nexus stations, e.g., clpurdon14a) or the inventory# of other machines which is needed for the purchase. The software will install automatically on Nexus stations a few hours after an order is submitted. Non-Nexus installations will need to be done manually.

2017/01/12

2017/01/31

Undergrads are in the process of being migrated to the Office 365 Undergraduate student cloud email service for their email so you will see more undergrads using @edu.uwaterloo.ca email addresses.

2017/01/12

2017/01/21

IST will be testing the University's campus-wide emergency communication system Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 8:30am. Emergency communication channels being tested include:

Tweets to @uwaterloo and @WatSAFEapp.
WatSAFE mobile app.
The 'UW Emerge' on-screen pop-up for desktops and laptops.
Skype for Business Instant Messages.

2017/01/07

2017/01/14

Cognitive Science Confessions: My biggest research mistakes

2017/01/04

2017/01/14

2016/12/21

2017/01/13

2016/12/20

2017/01/07

Studies examine racial bias in pollution, devaluation of black communities - Hillary Bergsieker research featured

2016/12/20

2017/01/01

Netapp storage maintenance will occur December 29 9am-noon. This will affect your Nexus storage space (My Documents, N:, etc) so ensure you are not logged into a Nexus station during this time. The Psych network shares (psych-lab-*, psych-dept-*, etc) will also not be available. You'll also want to avoid accessing these locations remotely during this time.

2016/12/20

2016/12/21

watarts will be down tomorrow, Tuesday December 20 from 8am-10am for maintenance. I've placed a temporary copy of the beeHive at https://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/~bee/.

2016/12/17

2017/01/14

2016/12/14

2016/12/20

Network maintenance is happening Friday Dec 16 7am-8am. You may notice brief network interruptions during this time.

2016/12/08

2016/12/20

Studies examine racial bias in pollution, devaluation of black communities - Hillary Bergsieker research

2016/12/08

2016/12/09

The University of Waterloo Cognitive Science program presents:

Wed., Dec. 7, 2016
3:00-5:20 pm
HH 1102 (Hagey Hall, room 1102)

A group of scholars will reflect on their research. â€œConfessorsâ€ from computer science, linguistics, neuroscience and psychology will be speaking. No registration or cost is required.

2016/12/07

2016/12/20

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/07

2016/12/20

GIMP (a free Photoshop alternative) has been updated on all Nexus stations in Psych. The first time you start it, it may take 30-60s to start while it indexes various files so be patient. The basics are easy and you can take your pick of tons of on-line GIMP tutorials.

2016/12/07

2016/12/20

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/07

2016/12/20

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/07

2016/12/10

We have some new/unused/blank mini-dv tapes available if anyone is still using those types of videocams in the labs. Feel free to stop by if you can make use of them.

2016/12/07

2016/12/08

2016/12/06

2016/12/07

We have some new/unused/blank mini-dv tapes available if anyone is still using those types of videocams in the labs. Feel free to stop by if you can make use of them.

2016/12/06

2016/12/07

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/06

2016/12/07

2016/12/06

2016/12/07

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/06

2016/12/07

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/06

2016/12/07

2016/12/05

2016/12/06

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/05

2016/12/06

2016/12/05

2016/12/06

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/05

2016/12/06

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/05

2016/12/06

2016/12/04

2016/12/05

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/04

2016/12/05

2016/12/04

2016/12/05

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/04

2016/12/05

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/04

2016/12/05

2016/12/03

2016/12/04

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/03

2016/12/04

2016/12/03

2016/12/04

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/03

2016/12/04

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/03

2016/12/04

2016/12/02

2016/12/03

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/02

2016/12/03

2016/12/02

2016/12/03

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/02

2016/12/03

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/02

2016/12/03

2016/12/01

2016/12/02

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/12/01

2016/12/02

2016/12/01

2016/12/02

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/12/01

2016/12/02

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/12/01

2016/12/02

2016/11/30

2016/12/01

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/11/30

2016/12/01

2016/11/30

2016/12/01

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/11/30

2016/12/01

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/11/30

2016/12/01

2016/11/29

2016/11/30

We'll having a problem with a GIMP update gettng to Nexus stations. The old version has been uninstalled, but the new version hasn't landed on machines yet. We've installed GIMP on a few machines that had used it in the last little while. We hope to have it on all machines at some point soon, but if you need it sooner rather than later, let use know the name of the machine you are working on, and we can pop it on sooner rather than later.

2016/11/29

2016/11/30

In What Ways Do Socially Anxious Adults Suffer? - David Moscovitch comments

2016/11/29

2016/11/30

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/11/29

2016/11/30

A psychological link between disease and gender equality - Igor Grossmann research

2016/11/29

2016/11/30

2016/11/28

2016/11/29

GIMP (a free Photoshop alternative) has been upgraded on all Nexus stations. It may take 30-60s the first time you start it while it indexes fonts, so be patient. If you haven't used GIMP before, here's 20 fantastic GIMP tutorials to get you from beginner to pro and some GIMP Youtube tutorials.

2016/11/25

2016/11/26

Another phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one tries to convince you that you have a traffic fine.

If you get things like this, follow the instructions at the top of this phishing page in order to get the details of your message to IST who can hopefully fine-tune things to avoid more junk in the future. Thanks.

2016/11/24

2016/11/29

Gov't Bill To Regulate Vaping - Geoff Fong comments

2016/11/22

2016/11/26

Psychology Colloquium Series

Dr. Shane Frederick

Risk Aversion, Hedging, and Construct (In)validity

Friday, November 25th
11:00-12:30
HH 373

2016/11/18

2016/11/24

Math Anxiety: An Important Component of Mathematical Success - Jonathan Fugelsang research

2016/11/16

2016/11/28

2016/11/16

2016/11/25

Sustainability Survey - please take 5-10 minutes before Thursday November 24.

2016/11/08

2016/11/16

The UW VPN first) will be updated starting Tuesday November 8. The first time you start the VPN after this date, a pop-up will appear letting you know it is about to be updated. Once the update starts, be patient and just walk away for 10 minutes while the update happens.

2016/11/01

2016/11/05

Since Oct 19 UW has been intermittently blocked from sending email to @hotmail or @live addresses. IST is investigating.

When you are teaching, it's probably a good idea to mention this to the class and suggest that people should turn off forwarding if it's currently set to @hotmail or @live addresses.

Update Monday Oct 31: UW has been removed from the blacklist so email again is being delivered.

2016/11/01

2016/11/05

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series
Presents

Dr. Julia Spaniol

Motivation-cognition interactions in aging

Friday, November 4th, 2016 3:00-4:30pm
HH 1106

Reception to follow in HH180

2016/11/01

2016/11/05

Another phishing attempt is making the rounds trying to convince you to login to a bogus site where the bad guys would simply save your userid/password in order to access your account. This one has the subject "Dear Employee/Staff !"

2016/10/29

2016/10/31

Maintenance is happening with the UW SPSS license server on Saturday, October 29 from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. SPSS in our various teaching lab areas (machine names starting with ptlab*) may not start during this time as it will not be able to contact the license server in order to confirm a valid license is installed. If you start SPSS prior to 1pm, you should be able to use it that afternoon - just don't quit and attempt to restart it during this time.

Machines with an SPSS research license (offices and research areas) will not be affected.

2016/10/29

2016/10/31

A problem with the mailman server prevented messages from being delivered this morning, Friday Oct 28, between about 7:50am-10am. If you sent a message to any of our Psych Mailing Lists during this time you may need to resend it.

2016/10/29

2016/10/31

2016/10/28

2016/11/18

E-Cigarettes : Welcome Back, Big Tobacco - the fifth estate - ITC Project Dave Hammond

2016/10/28

2016/11/01

Since Oct 19 UW has been intermittently blocked from sending email to @hotmail or @live addresses. IST is investigating.

When you are teaching, it's probably a good idea to mention this to the class and suggest that people should turn off forwarding if it's currently set to @hotmail or @live addresses.

2016/10/28

2016/11/01

Psych Halloween Monster Mash

Monday October 31st

11:30am-1:00pm

PAS Lounge 3005

2016/10/27

2016/11/05

FYI. Undergrad student email is moving from mailservices to the cloud based Office 365 service. All undergrad student email addresses will eventually look like userid@edu.uwaterloo.ca.

2016/10/27

2016/10/28

Psych Halloween Monster Mash

Monday October 31st

11:30am-1:00pm

PAS Lounge 3005

2016/10/26

2016/10/28

Wednesday morning: UW has been blocked from sending email to @hotmail or @live addresses. Things were working briefly on Thursday, but it's failing again. IST is Investigating.

When you are teaching, it's probably a good idea to mention this to the class and suggest that people should turn off forwarding if it's currently set to @hotmail or @live addresses.

2016/10/26

2016/10/27

2016/10/25

2016/11/10

University of Waterloo Travel Survey - complete by Nov 4.

2016/10/21

2016/10/26

Wednesday morning: UW has been blocked from sending email to @hotmail or @live addresses. Things were working briefly on Thursday, but it's failing again. IST is Investigating.

2016/10/21

2016/10/25

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series

Dr. Amit Bernstein

Re-Thinking How We Study and Clinically Target Attentional Dysregulation

Friday October 21
3:00pm-4:30pm
PHY 150

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (Room 3005)

2016/10/20

2016/10/21

Wednesday morning: UW has been blocked from sending email to @hotmail or @live addresses. IST is Investigating.

2016/10/19

2016/10/25

Another phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "IT Service Help Desk". The bad guy include a bogus link in the email that simply collects your userid and password so that they can break into your account.

If you get any like this in the future, please follow the instructions at the top of our phishing page so that the right people get the details. Thanks.

2016/10/18

2016/10/21

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series

Dr. Amit Bernstein

Re-Thinking How We Study and Clinically Target Attentional Dysregulation

Friday October 21
3:00pm-4:30pm
PHY 150

2016/10/15

2016/10/18

Friday afternoon: A problem will mailservices (email housing undergrad and some research lab accounts) is preventing some users from viewing their email. IST is investigating.

2016/10/15

2016/10/18

Another Rogue Puck™ is up for grabs in the 2016/17 beeHive Hockey Pool. Dead line for entries is Monday October 17 at 8:00pm.

Please pay homage to the Past Pool WInners.

2016/10/14

2016/10/15

Thursday afternoon: IE and Chrome users may notice a "Your connection is not private" message when visting some UW sites. IST is in the process of updating certificates. The message will not appear if using Firefox.

2016/10/07

2016/10/12

It's official. Larry Nelson takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2016 Baseball Pool. Check the final standings to see some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2016/10/07

2016/10/08

2pm Thursday: IST is investigating login problems with the myWaterloo web interface to mailservices which handles some undergrad email and some lab email accounts. Mailservices is working as expected.

2016/10/06

2016/10/07

2016/10/01

2016/10/04

One of the servers in the Exchange email cluster crashed before lunch today (Friday). If you happened to be connected to that one when it went down, your may have been disconnected/hung. If that happens, quit and restart Outlook or whatever email client you are using and it should be fine. In a couple cases, people have had to logout, reboot their machine and login again before a connection was made again.

2016/09/27

2016/10/06

Information from 500 millions accounts on Yahoo were stolen. Are you a Yahoo user? Do this right now.

Ensure your Yahoo password is different from your UW password. If it was previously the same, send a note to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca and we should check if your accounts were accessed from somewhere unexpected.

2016/09/26

2016/10/06

Waterloo study on BS wins Ig Nobel Peace Prize - Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Nathaniel Barr, Derek Koehler, and Jonathan Fugelsang research

2016/09/24

2016/10/06

Meet the Winners of This Year's Ig Nobel Prizes (2016) - Peace Prize: Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Nathaniel Barr, Derek Koehler, and Jonathan Fugelsang for their scholarly study called "On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit."

2016/09/21

2016/09/23

Nexus stations in Psych were upgraded to Office 2016 the evening of Monday September 19.

If you are running into any grief, it may be the case that one additional reboot is needed for the install to tidy itself up. Do this:

logout
at the login screen, press ctrl-alt-del and instead of logging in, press the triangle beside the power icon in the bottom-right corner and select Restart to have the machine reboot.
When the login screen appears again, don't login immediately. Wait about 2-3 minutes before you login and things should be hunky-dory.

If you still run into any problems, send a message to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca with the name of the machine (yellow sticker on the top of the machine) in the subject line and we'll check it out.

2016/09/20

2016/10/04

I'm wayyyy backlogged. If you are waiting for something from me, thanks for your patience.

2016/09/20

2016/09/23

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one has the title "Admin Security Alert:: Treat As Urgent!!". The grammer is worser thatn mine so you know it's bogus. If you get things like this, please follow the instructions at the top of this phishing page including forwarding the email headers. Thanks.

2016/09/16

2016/09/23

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall: What Canadian consumers need to know

2016/09/15

2016/09/16

We have a network switch in the 3rd floor office area that is having intermittent problems. The network will typically return in 30 seconds or less. IST is investigating and I suspect they will replace the switch between 7am-8am on Thursday morning.

2016/09/14

2016/09/23

In case you get an email referring to PubPeer... Check Here's why more than 50,000 psychology studies are about to have PubPeer entries and also PubPeer's secret is out: Founder of controversial website reveals himself

2016/09/14

2016/09/21

Nexus stations in Psych will be upgraded to Office 2016 the evening of Monday September 19

2016/09/10

2016/10/06

Psych Admin Staff - Who do I ask?

2016/09/05

2016/09/14

Dropbox Forces Password Resets After User Credentials Exposed - if you use Dropbox.com, you probably want to change your password. You should avoid using Dropbox for anything UW related and instead keep UW contents on UW servers - see UW Policy 46 - Information Management

If your Dropbox password is also used for other accounts, you'll need to change your password on the other accounts as well. It's easy for the bad guys to look for other places your email or name is being used. You should use a unique/different password for all your various accounts (e.g. LinkedIn, gmail, etc).

You can also check other email accounts you might use with various services at Have I been pwned?

2016/09/02

2016/09/14

Another UW-directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Important Information" and tries to convince you to login to a bogus site so that they can use your UW userid and password for nefarious purposes.

Follow the instructions at the top of this phishing page if you ever receive anything suspicious.

2016/09/01

2016/09/05

Dropbox Forces Password Resets After User Credentials Exposed - if you use Dropbox, you probably want to change your password. You should avoid using Dropbox for anything UW related and instead keep UW contents on UW servers - see UW Policy 46 - Information Management

You can also check other email accounts you might use with various services at Have I been pwned?

2016/08/31

2016/09/23

If you have new RAs working in your lab we'll need to update our Nexus Security Groups Lists so that they can access your lab shares and printers. Please send UWuserids and full names (student#'s, gmail or hotmail addresses don't help at all). Send details of anyone who should be removed as well.

2016/08/31

2016/09/14

We Outsource Our Minds Every Day, And Psychologists Want To Understand The Consequences - Evan Risko rsearch

2016/08/31

2016/09/14

Drawing May Be The Key To Acing Your Next Quiz! - Jeff Wammes / Melissa Meade / Myra Fernandes research

2016/08/31

2016/09/14

Why Do We Love Images Of Emptiness? Scientists And Artists Explain - Colin Ellard comments

2016/08/18

2016/08/30

On August 23 a new email scanning service (for blocking spam, phishing attempts, and malware) will be implemented on the Exchange/Connect server which is used for faculty/staff/grad email.

2016/08/16

2016/10/19

Faculty and staff (including grad students) have access to Windows 10 (free) and Office 2016 ($9.75) for personally owned machines. (not UW-owned machines). See Windows & Office home use for all the details.

2016/08/13

2016/09/01

UW Policy 46 - Information Management

2016/08/12

2016/08/13

How to watch the Perseid meteor shower 'outburst' (Thursday night)

2016/08/11

2016/08/13

There was a problem with the campus cirus checker for a period of time on Tuesday. If you tried to send an email with a .doc or .docx attachment, it may have been marked as infected and you have been notified that it was not sent. IST has fixed the problem.

2016/08/05

2016/08/30

Rio 2016 Olympic Games

2016/07/30

2016/08/31

Maintaining healthy relationships: Studies identify a promising way - Alex Huynh / Igor Grossmann research

2016/07/27

2016/08/31

Pokemon Go or Pokemon Go away? - Colin Ellard comments in the podcast

2016/07/23

2016/07/24

Research Gateway System

2016/07/22

2016/07/23

Cancer Institute awards MUSC Hollings $15 million to lead studies on tobacco policy, e-cigs - ITC news

2016/07/07

2016/07/13

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Uwaterloo Webmail Activities".

Feel free to follow the instructions at the top of our phishing page to report things like this and perhaps IST can consider fine tuning email filters or perhaps block access to the malicious web sites from campus machines.

2016/06/22

2016/06/25

Previous problems with the WCMS web sites on campus have been resolved. IST has given the all clear to resume content creation/edits.

2016/06/21

2016/07/06

Watcard services are being moved to new servers and some services will not be available Wednesday June 29 until Monday July 4 at 7:00am.

2016/06/17

2016/06/27

Darn week off... I'm wayyyy backlogged with messages so thanks for your patience if you are waiting for anything.

2016/06/09

2016/07/13

Violent person on campus: know you can survive

2016/06/08

2016/06/16

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds with the title "Restore access" (text here). Just chuck it.

2016/06/07

2016/06/25

Our level of wisdom varies depending on the situation, study finds - Igor Grossmann research

2016/06/03

2016/07/19

Cancer Institute awards MUSC Hollings $15 million to lead studies on tobacco policy, e-cigs - ITC news

2016/06/03

2016/06/16

Undergraduate student cloud email service

I suspect current grad students are considered staff and will be on the same schedule as staff and faculty (to take advantage of Office licensing and Onedrive storage space), but I'm waiting to hear back from IST to confirm.

2016/06/02

2016/06/04

Unfortunately I don't get any kickback or anything :-(, but here's a very good deal if you want fast home internet and a cable package: Rogers Ignite Gigabit unlimited usage internet and Digital VIP package for $99/month. Gigabit is 10 times faster than what we currently have going to our offices in PAS.

2016/06/01

2016/06/03

Another UW-directed phishing email is making the rounds with the subject "Admin update !!" IST is aware of it so just grit your teeth and delate it.

If you happened to click on the link and provide login details, let us know ASAP so that we can get your password changed.

2016/05/31

2016/06/07

Awake in a Nightmare - Al Cheyne comments

2016/05/25

2016/05/31

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Scheduled message" and tries to convince you to login to a site controlled by the bad guys in which they just collect userids and passwords in order to access you accounts later.

2016/05/20

2016/05/31

A nasty Symantec exploit is out there. UW no longer has licensing for Symantec EndPoint (SEP), so the UW distributed version of SEP will not be automatically updated and you will be vulnerable. If you are still still running a version of SEP distributed from UW, you should uninstall it and install one of the packages recommended by IST ASAP.

2016/05/20

2016/05/31

LinkedIn password breach. Good idea to change your LinkedIn password. Also, never use your UW password on other sites - if you have, change it asap as well.

2016/05/19

2016/05/20

2016/05/18

2016/05/19

Wireless on campus was down from about 12:30pm-2:45pm. It's back now.

2016/05/17

2016/05/31

What Kind of Voter Is Most Susceptible When Pols Pile It High and Deep? - references "cognitive psychologist and fellow bullshit aficionado Gordon Pennycook of the University of Waterloo in Ontario."

2016/05/10

2016/05/31

Need to remember something? Better draw it, study finds - Jeffrey Wammes, Melissa Meade and Myra Fernandes research

2016/05/10

2016/05/11

Monday 4:00pm: There seems to be a network problem in the ACO server room which is preventing people from printing to networked printers (among other things). I'll pop a note here when it's fixed.

2016/05/07

2016/05/14

Just though I'd mention this sooner rather than later... Microsoft is offering Office 365 plus 1TB of on-line storage (!!!) to eligible students. UW students, including grad students, will be able to register and take advantage of this sometime in the Fall term.

2016/05/06

2016/05/14

Matlab licenses are by UWuserid for a calendar year with a grace period allowing it to run until the end of April. If you were using Matlab and it recently started complaining about the license, it probably needs to be renewed.

2016/05/06

2016/05/14

If you have new RAs working in your lab we'll need to update our Nexus Security Groups Lists so that they can access your lab shares and printers. Please send UWuserids and full names (student#'s, gmail or hotmail addresses don't help at all). Send details of anyone who should be removed as well.

2016/05/04

2016/05/14

Our new IT Support Coop student this term is Richard Chen. Please be gentle with him.

2016/05/02

2016/05/06

A few UW directed phishing attempts are making the rounds. Here's the text. it's just the bad guys hoping that you will enter your userid and password which they will collect in order to take over you account.

2016/04/27

2016/05/10

We're Easily Confused About What Experts Really Think, New Research Shows - Derek Koehler research

2016/04/27

2016/04/29

I've seen a few phishing attemps with the subject "CIBC Notification". If you hoover your mouse over the "Login Here" link contained in the message, you'll notice it would take you to a site under cibc.al which the bad guys' site somewhere in Albania. If you logged in with your CIBC credentials, the bad guys would simply snarf your credentials and use it to access your real CIBC account.

2016/04/23

2016/05/14

2016 Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

Timothy D. Wilson
University of Virginia

Just Think: The Challenges of Enjoying One's Own Thoughts

Friday May 13, 2016
3:00-4:30 pm
EV3 1408

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (3005)

2016/04/20

2016/05/10

Heartbeats can reveal wisdom level, Waterloo study suggests - Igor Grossmann research

2016/04/20

2016/05/10

We Asked Some Psychologists to Explain the Science Behind Your Crippling FOMO - Abby Scholer comments

2016/04/20

2016/04/23

2016 Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

Timothy D. Wilson
University of Virginia

Friday May 13, 2016
3:00-4:30 pm
EV3 1408

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (3005)

2016/04/19

2016/04/20

James Danckert has a rear projection screen which he no longer requires for his research. A projector (not included) would need to be placed behind the screen in order to use it. If there's anyone in the dept who could make use of it, let me know ASAP, otherwise we'll just send it out thru surplus later in the week.

2016/04/19

2016/04/20

If you use Outlook (desktop app, not the Outlook Web App - OWA), take a moment to check that the following is set:

Start Outlook
click the triangle beside "Junk" and click "Junk E-mail Options" from the pull-down menu.
In the "Option" tab of the resulting pop-up dialog, ensure that "No Automatic Filtering. Mail from blocked senders is still moved to the Junk E-mail folder." is selected.

2016/04/19

2016/04/20

Apple Quicktime should be removed from all Windows PC as soon as possible since Apple has discontinued support and there are currently known exploits. [1] [2]

Apple Quicktime will be removed automatically from Nexus stations shortly so nothing to do with those, but be sure to check and remove it from home machines and laptops.

2016/04/15

2016/04/19

Our Dept backups of D:\users and Nexus backups are only kept for 2-4 months at most - if you delete a file today, you have at least two months to recover it. I really recommend to people to make permanent backups of files on all machines (offices, labs, home, laptops) at least once a term - and now is as good a time as any. Consider making two copies of critical stuff (it's not a backup unless there's two). Things won't last forever, so check old backups you've made to ensure they are still readable.

2016/04/14

2016/04/19

The "court order" phishing emails are making the rounds again. A few people in Psych have mentioned they received a couple different ones this morning. The subject lines were "GRANT, Notice to Appear" and "Notice of appearance in Court #0000771456". Here's the full text of each.

Follow the instructions at the top of this page if you are on the receiving end of any bogus emails.

2016/04/13

2016/04/17

Another Rogue Puck™ is up for grabs in the 2016 Hockey Playoff Pool.
Deadline for entries is Saturday April 16th at 8:00pm EDT.

2016/04/13

2016/04/14

It's official. Matt Brown takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2015/16 Hockey Pool. Check the final standings to see some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the past pool winners.

2016/04/08

2016/04/14

IST sends Chrome browser updates to Nexus stations on campus. Unfortunately it appears a large number of machines haven't received some recent updates. IST is investigating and expects to push the latest version to all machines in mid/late April.

2016/04/08

2016/04/12

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one tries to make you believe it's a message from the campus police and provides a login screen for more details. Although the login screen looks like a UW site, if you look at the URL, you'll notice it's not associated with UW and simply a site in the US that the bad guys have compromised in order to collect your login credentials.

The full text of the message can be found at phishing examples.

2016/03/30

2016/04/08

Waterloo Brain Day
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
8:30am to 5:00pm
EV3 Room 1408

2016/03/29

2016/05/21

Psych IT requests can be sent to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca or use the PsychIT Requests link over there on the left.

2016/03/28

2016/04/06

Enter the 2016 beeHive Baseball Pool before the 8:00pm EDT Tuesday April 5th deadline.

2016/03/12

2016/03/15

Daylight Saving Time

Sunday March 13 2:00am - turn your clock forward 1 hour to 3:00am.

2016/03/08

2016/03/23

Maintenance will be happening on Exchange (Connect) email servers between 10-10:30pm the evenings of March 9-21. If you happen to be actively connected to a specific servers when when it is removed for maintenance, you may be prompted to re-enter your userid/password. No other impact is anticipated.

2016/03/08

2016/03/10

Another phishing email making the rounds. This one with the subject line "HELP DESK" which tries to convince you to provide your login credentials which the bad guys would simply save and use to get into your accounts.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2016/03/02

2016/03/03

One of the network switches in the 4th floor office area will be replaced Wednesday morning between 7am-8am. The following computers and printers are connected to it:

cmac09a danckert15a dbes13b dbesclrprt dbesner-fr13 dixonmac14a dkoehler14a fuglab11c fuglab12a jstolz13a jstolz13b jwbeck-fr12 jwbeckprt l2porter-sr14 mafernanprt mjdixonprt orilab09a orilab10a orilab12a orilab13c orilab14a psyadj13a psyadjprt pwehr-fr14 rbobocel-fr13 rboboprt3 rennisprt white12a white14a

Best to avoid logging into machines during that time.

2016/02/25

2016/03/01

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series

Dr. Michael Inzlicht

Emotional Foundations of Self-Control

Friday February 26
3:00pm-4:30pm
QNC 2502

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (Room 3005)

2016/02/25

2016/03/01

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds, this one with the subject "Validate Your Webmail" - here's the full text. The embedded link takes you to a fairly convincing login page where the bad guys are simply collecting userids and passwords.

IST has now blocked access to this site from machines on campus.

If you get messages like this in the future, follow the instructions at the top of my phishing page to forward details to SOC (be sure to include the headers).

2016/02/23

2016/03/23

Science: Kanye West Isn't Indecisive, He's Just Emotionally Complex - Igor Grossmann and Alex Huynh research

2016/02/16

2016/02/21

Another UW directed phishing attempt is makeing the rounds. This one with the subject "Please Upgrade Your University Of Waterloo Account". Here's the full text.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2016/02/13

2016/03/23

Why People Are Confused About What Experts Really Think - Derek Koehler NY Times article

2016/02/10

2016/02/21

How to get an extra 2GB of free cloud storage from Google right now

2016/02/10

2016/02/13

A whack of people in the department seem to be getting spam from mailing list at "Alerts <alerts-bounces@amboli.in>" which you can delete. I think the bad guys just got ahold of the list and populated it with emails they harvested off the web. When people reply to the list, it goes to everyone. It's surprising the list owners haven't fixed it yet. In the meantime, you may want to add @amboli.in to your list of clocked senders.

2016/02/10

2016/02/13

Trauma prompts the brain to focus on survival, not 'peripheral details' - Myra Fernandes comments

2016/02/09

2016/02/10

If you own a Surface, please see Trauma prompts the brain to focus on survival, not 'peripheral details' - Myra Fernandes comments

2016/02/06

2016/02/07

World Nutella Day

2016/02/04

2016/02/09

If you own a Surface, please see Microsoft AC power cord recall for Surface Pro devices.

2016/01/28

2016/02/04

There seems to be a flurry of emails arriving on campus with Word documents that contain malware (nasty macros it appears). Friends don't send friends attachments so if you get 'em, just chuck 'em. I've left a sample on my phishing page.

Also, with tax season approaching, you can expect the bad guys to be sending phishing emails in an attempt to get you to give up personal or banking information so that they can skim from your accounts.

If you'd like to brush up on recognizing virii and various forms of malware, learn about how these things propagate, and how they can affect you, here's a good 4 minute video technical overview.

2016/01/26

2016/02/04

University of Waterloo study shows slower typing leads to better writing - Srdan Medimorec research

2016/01/26

2016/01/28

SharePoint maintenance is happening tonight, Monday Jan 25, starting at 8pm.

2016/01/25

2016/02/04

Emotional Complexity is a Good Trait - Igor Grossmann research

2016/01/20

2016/01/25

UW Weather Closing Guidelines

2016/01/16

2016/01/20

The network problems from earlier today have been resolved. It was a DOS (denial of service) attack on UW - basically the bad guys were flooding the campus with network traffic.

2016/01/15

2016/03/28

Lenovo Topseller Quick Reference Guide

2016/01/11

2016/01/25

2016/01/11

2016/01/25

Canadian Remembrance Day 2011

2016/01/11

2016/01/20

Why bullshit is no laughing matter - Gord Pennycook article

2016/01/08

2016/01/16

Our new IT coop this term is Jackson Denny. Please be gentle with him.

2016/01/04

2016/02/13

SPSS/AMOS 23 has now been installed where requested. You'll find these in "IBM SPSS Statistics" in the Start Menu (no longer under Data Analysis). There's currently a problem with AMOS 23 which is being investigated. A workaround is in place so if you need to run AMOS, double-click "Psych Shortcuts" (on the desktop) -- Programs -- fixamos.cmd, and then start AMOS Graphics.

If you need these (or other software purchases), please have your advisor or lab manager contact us as we need their approval and also the account# to charge.

2016/01/03

2016/01/04

2015/12/22

2016/01/03

Psych teaching lab machines (the ones named ptlab*) now have the new SPSS 23 installed. There's currently a problem with Amos 23 which is being investigated. A workaround is in place so if you need to run Amos, double-click "Psych Shortcuts" (on the desktop) -- Programs -- fixamos.cmd, and then start Amos Graphics.

2015/12/22

2015/12/30

Most of the information we spread online is quantifiably "bullshit" - Nate Barr article

2015/12/17

2015/12/22

Psych teaching lab machines (the ones named ptlab*) now have the new SPSS 23 installed. There's currently a problem with AMOS 23 which is being investigated.

2015/12/16

2015/12/22

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2015/12/15

2015/12/30

IST is doing maintenance on the network file servers 9am-2pm on Dec 29. Your Nexus My Documents and Desktop (N: drive) along with the dept/lab file shares (i.e., psych-lab-* shares) will be unavailable during this time.

2015/12/12

2016/01/04

SPSS and AMOS licenses expire at the end of December. Earlier this week I sent a note to faculty members and lab managers who had purchased SPSS and AMOS in 2015 asking which machines they would like licenses purchased on in 2016. Please coordinate with them if you require a license so that they can send me a summary. SPSS is $185/machine/year and AMOS is $125/machine/year (an SPSS license is required as well). AMOS is not available on the Mac OS.

2015/12/12

2015/12/17

SPSS/AMOS has been removed from the Psych teaching lab machines (the ones named ptlab*). New versions will be installed the week of Dec. 14. Until then, both programs are available in the ACO labs on the first floor - PAS 1098 and 1080.

2015/12/12

2015/12/16

This-Idea-Must-Die Day

Monday, December 14
1:00pm-3:30pm
AL 208

2015/12/10

2015/12/30

Leave the machines on when you leave for the holidays. A bunch of updates happen between terms. Thanks.

2015/12/10

2015/12/16

Ubiquity of Internet Affects How We Think - Evan Risko research

2015/12/10

2015/12/12

I accidentally clobbered SPSS/AMOS on the Psych teaching lab machines (the ones named ptlab*). Until it's fixed, those programs are also available in the ACO labs on the first floor - PAS 1098 and 1080.

SPSS/AMOS on machines purchased from research funds are are not affected.

2015/12/08

2015/12/09

Michael, Prath and myself will be attending the WatITis conference on Monday December 7. We'll try to check email between sessions. Adib is also off today so send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca and we'll take care of thongs asap.

2015/12/06

2015/12/07

While preping for the 2016 version, I accidentally clobbered SPSS and AMOS installs on nexus stations. I don't have enough license codes to re-activate all the installs, but I hope to be able to do it Monday. I have a few left though, so if you really want to work on the weekend, send me the name of the machine (on the yellow sticker on the top), and I'll get it working again sooner rather than later.

SPSS and AMOS is still working on all the teaching lab machines with names starting with "ptlab".

2015/12/05

2015/12/08

Michael, Prath and myself will be attending the WatITis conference on Monday December 7. We'll try to check email between sessions. Adib will be holding down the fort so send IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca which he can also view.

2015/12/03

2015/12/15

Why people think total nonsense is really deep - Gord Pennycook, Al Cheyne, Nate Barr, Derek Koehler and Jonathan Fugelsang research. Also this, that and the other thing.

2015/12/01

2015/12/16

Local study aims to better treat ADHD without medication - Tara McAuley research

2015/12/01

2015/12/05

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series
Presents

Dr. Adam Anderson

Form and function in the emotions

Friday, December 4th
3:00-4:30 PM
*Environment 2, Room 2002*

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (Room 3005)

2015/11/28

2015/12/02

Special research talk by
Dr. Lynn Alden (UBC)

Social Anxiety Disorder and the Relational Self

Monday Nov 30
3:00-4:30pm
PAS 3026

2015/11/14

2015/11/15

Microsoft re-issues security patch after reports of bugs, crashes. The fix should arrive on Nexus stations automatically tonight.

If you are having problems and would like the fix sooner rather than later, close any programs you are working on (since the machine will need to reboot) and do the following... 1.) click Start 2.) Right-click Computer and select Properties 3.) click "Windows Update" near the bottom-left 4.) click "Check for updates" near the top-left 5.) once it has updated, click "Install updates" 6.) allow the machine to restart when prompted.

The above should also work on non-Nexus machines.

2015/11/12

2015/11/13

2015/11/07

2015/11/12

Another phishing email making the rounds. This one with the subject "CO-OP Invoice 2015-26144947". The attached zip file contains malicious content. Here's the full text.

If you receive things like this, please follow the instructions at the top of this page so that IST is aware of it.

2015/11/05

2015/11/07

Department of Psychology Colloquium Series Presents

Dr. Mel Goodale

Friday, November 6, 2015
3:00-4:30 PM
*AL 211*

"Visual" Activity in the Blind Brain: Neural Underpinnings of Echolocation in the Blind

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (Room 3005)

2015/11/04

2015/11/19

Here's a note from IST regarding the XCode Ghost exploit on iOS (iPhones).

2015/10/31

2015/11/21

Flu Vaccination Dates and Locations

2015/10/30

2015/10/31

Department of Psychology Colloquium Series
Presents

Dr. Kang Lee

Friday, October 30, 2015
3:00-4:30 PM
*Environment 2, Room 2002*

Little Liars: Development of verbal deception in children

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (Room 3005)

2015/10/30

2015/10/31

Here's How To Get Jose Bautista's Miracle Beard On Your Face For Halloween --- Print it, cut it out, rule the world.

2015/10/29

2015/11/04

Adobe Acrobat Pro X end of support life is Nov 15. There's been some nasty security exploits in the past so if you are still using it on any machines, you should uninstall it as I think we can expect future exploits on it which won't be patched. I've sent an email to people who have purchased licenses on UW owned machines and will remove instances of it from Nexus stations on Dec 1. Other machines (Macs, laptops, home machines), will need to be done manually.

2015/10/29

2015/10/31

Psychology Annual Monster Munch
Noon Friday Oct 30
PAS 3005 Lounge

Best Costume Contest, Door Decorating Contest, Pumpkin Carving Contest

Pizza Lunch (2 slices for $5) and Bake Sale

All proceeds go to the Psychology Social Committee

2015/10/24

2015/11/04

We've had a number of people mention that they received a phishing with the subject "Notice of appearance in Court #000592357". Since we're no angels and a lot of us are probably expecting court notices :-), you'll want to avoid this one as the enclosed attachment contains malware. Here's the full text of this particular email.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em. You can also report any spam to IST using the instructions at the top this page.

2015/10/22

2015/10/23

Update Wed 10:45am: I haven't seen a confirmation yet from IST that the intermittent issues have been resolved, but it appears most of the services (with Websites, Lync, Wireless, Campus email, Telephone services) which were affected by the power failures on Tuesday are back to normal. Let us know if you notice any issues though.

2015/10/21

2015/11/19

How Our Evolving Brains Can Shape Cities - Colin Ellard research

2015/10/21

2015/10/22

Update Tues 2:30pm: Power outages (4 so far today) in the MC data centre are causing intermittent issues and are affecting the following services: Websites, Lync, Wireless, Campus email, Telephone services.

IST is working on getting things back to normal.

2015/10/17

2015/10/21

FBI tipped off Wilfrid Laurier University about online threat

2015/10/16

2015/10/17

ARTS Graduate Students Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, October 15, 10:30am-noon in QNC 0101

2015/10/15

2015/10/16

2015/10/14

2015/10/21

Engaging the wandering mind - Exploring the cognitive, neural and applied consequence of boredom.

Oct 17 2015m 10am-5pm, QNC Room 1506

2015/10/11

2015/10/15

Various psych-lab-* folders have been moved to a new network file share as of Saturday October 10th around 3pm.

2015/10/10

2015/10/11

Get your picks in for the 2015 beeHive Hockey Pool before the Saturday October 10th 8:00pm EDT deadline. Fame ~~and fortune~~ could be your's.

2015/10/09

2016/01/15

Lenovo Topseller Quick Reference Guide Oct-Dec 2015

2015/10/08

2015/10/10

Get your picks in for the 2015 beeHive Hockey Pool before the Saturday October 10th 8:00pm EDT deadline. Fame ~~and fortune~~ could be your's.

2015/10/07

2015/10/11

Various psych-lab-* folders will be moved to a new network file share on Saturday October 10th starting at 9am. Please avoid accessing the folders on Saturday to ensure none of your files are lost. Check the message to psycmail (ask your advisor if you aren't on that list) for all the gory details including the full list of folders affected.

I'll send a follow-up email and will also post a note here when the work is completed.

2015/10/07

2015/10/11

It's official, Psych alumni Geoff Haddock claims the Rogue Puck™ in the 2015 Baseball Pool. Check the standings for some humble words from the winner.

Please also pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2015/10/02

2015/12/22

You can now send Psychology IT requests to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca. See the PsychIT link over to the left (big at the moment on the 9th bulleted line) to check/update your requests or even create new requests using that.

No harm cc'ing Michael, Prath or myself as well if you know who will probably be dealing with your request.

2015/10/01

2015/10/07

I'm wayyy backlogged at the moment. If you are waiting for something. Thanks for your patience. Emails to PsychIT@uwaterloo.ca may be picked up by Michael or Prath and taken care of more quickly, so take advantage of that.

2015/09/29

2015/11/19

Climate sceptics use strong words - Srdan Medimorec and Gordon Pennycook research

2015/09/24

2015/10/01

On Monday, September 28, the University will announce the launch of its new safety and emergency notification app, WatSAFE. This is a free app that provides immediate access to personal safety and campus emergency resources. While the app will not be announced until September 28, it is now available for download.

On a related note, IST is currently investigating an issue that is preventing Android users from downloading apps from the Google Play Store.

2015/09/19

2015/09/22

An earlier problem with AMOS not starting (license complaints) on teaching lab machines has been fixed.

2015/09/18

2015/09/19

Thursday Sept 17: We're investigating a problem with SPSS and AMOS not starting properly.

2015/09/16

2015/09/18

Our new IT coop student this term is Adib Shalekeen. Please be gentle with him - he's the only one we've got!

2015/09/14

2015/09/18

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Re: Help Desk" trying to convince you to update your Outlook account. See the full text here.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/09/12

2015/10/08

Our grad students have been moved to the Connect email server (notes). Among other things, this allows faculty/staff/grads to share email folders and calendars. If you previously were forwarding email to non-UW accounts, it was disabled and new emails would arrive on your Connect account.

2015/09/09

2015/09/22

The WCMS now supports a template for newsletters, reports and magazines. See the WCMS Publications Beta Release notes and visit the Report on Giving website to see a live example.

2015/09/09

2015/09/14

Another nasty exploit on Mac OSX so I just thought I'd send a reminder to everyone (PC users included) to avoid links in emails or web sites from untrusted sources. See Mac keychain flaw can send your passwords to hackers via text and Apple Mac OSX Vulnerability - Your Keychain Secrets At Risk

2015/09/08

2015/11/19

Psychology on the Street - Colin Ellard research

2015/09/04

2015/09/22

E-classrooms using podium fob access for fall 2015

To get a new fob or to reactivate a current fob; go to MC-1052 (former CHIP office) or fill out a form.

2015/09/02

2015/09/18

If you have new RAs working in your lab we'll need to update our Nexus Security Groups Lists so that they can access your lab shares and printers. Please send UWuserids and full names (student#'s, gmail or hotmail addresses don't help at all). Send details of anyone who should be removed as well.

2015/09/01

2015/09/12

Our grad students have been moved to the Connect email server (notes ). Among other things, this allows faculty/staff/grads to share email folders and calendars.

2015/08/27

2015/09/01

Printers were off-line Wednesday afternoon. The problem has been resolved so things should be back to normal again.

2015/08/21

2015/09/01

The process of moving our grad student email accounts from mailservices to Connect will start Wednesday afternoon August 19. Here's some notes.

Things completed at around 3:30pm Thursday so you should now see all folders under your accounts.

2015/08/20

2015/09/04

Mac conference teaches best ways to learn - Dan Smilek research

2015/08/19

2015/09/01

The bad guys are sending more UW directed phishing emails in an attempt to get you to login to a bogus site with your UW credentials. A number of people have seen a message with the subject "Uwaterloo.ca UPDATE". The full email is here.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/08/19

2015/08/21

The process of moving our grad student email accounts from mailservices to Connect will start Wednesday afternoon August 19. Here's some notes.

2015/08/18

2015/08/19

The bad guys are sending more phishing emails in an attempt to get you to login to a bogus site with your google credentials. See this example.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/08/14

2015/08/19

Our tentative schedule for Grad student accounts being moved from mailservices Connect is Wednesday August 19 4:00pm-10:00pm. Here's an early draft of notes.

2015/08/13

2015/10/02

2015/08/13

2015/08/20

11 Habits Of People Who Never Worry - Christine Purdon comments

2015/08/12

2015/08/20

Nominations for Arts Awards must be submitted before September 11th.

2015/08/06

2015/08/13

Could scratch tickets be a gateway drug to problem gambling? - Gambling Lab - Madison Stange, Mike Dixoni and Candice Graydon

2015/07/31

2015/08/12

There's a nasty exploit [1] [2] which can affect Android phones by just having a maliciously crafted SMS message arrive on the phone. The bad guys simply need to know your phone number.

You can protect yourself by turning off the automatic download of multimedia messages. Here's some easy instructions.

2015/07/23

2015/08/12

Microsoft discontinued support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. I'm pretty certain we don't have any around, but in case you have a laptop or old machine at home connecting to campus using the UW VPN...

Effective August 4, 2015, IST will treat any detection of Windows XP clients accessing off-campus web resources will be treated as a security breach, as defined by UW Policy 8 Escalation of security incidents will follow the standard Computer Security Incident Response Procedure.

2015/07/23

2015/07/28

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "FW: Your Webmail account Certificate expired on the 20-7-2015".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/07/21

2015/07/23

A recent phishing attempt claims to be sending statement documents to clients via email. The statement displays as a zip file attached to the email message and may contain one of several forms of malicious software. Unfortunately Symantec and also MS antivirus programs are not currently catching these - hopefully virus definitions recognizing these appear in the next day or so.

Here's the content of a sample message without the attachment.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/07/16

2015/08/06

How Grounded Is Your Love Life? - Amanda Forest, David Kille and Joanne Wood research

2015/07/16

2015/07/28

Strong passwords are important. Nowadays, 12 character passwords are a good idea.

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: Password Checker --- How Long to Hack My Password --- The Password Meter --- How Secure is My Password

You can change your UW password at WatIAM (click the "WatIAM User Access" link there). Best to not be logged into your Nexus account when the change is made - feel free to stop by our offices if you like.

After it's changed, ensure you update things on your smartphone, laptops, etc. If have things using your old password, you'll be automatically locked out of your account for a period of time after 50 failed password attempts (which won't take long if your phone is automatically checking).

2015/07/14

2015/07/21

Several Flash exploits are in the wild. I would recommend you enable Click-to-Play in each of your web browsers in order to prevent Flash content from loading automatically.

2015/07/10

2015/10/09

Lenovo Topseller Quick Reference Guide July-Sept 2015

2015/07/08

2015/07/14

Don't blame mental illness for Luft murders, sister says - Christine Purdon comments

2015/07/08

2015/07/14

Sleep Paralysis: The Terrifying Condition Millions of Women Endure Al Cheyne comments

2015/07/07

2015/07/14

If you would like to test a new version of E-Prime before we send it out to all Nexus stations in the department later in August, send me the name of the machine you would like it installed on (the yellow sticker on the top of the machine).

2015/07/07

2015/07/08

Microsoft is offering research grants to work with HoloLens

2015/07/01

2015/07/07

Another UW-directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Security Alert".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/06/28

2015/07/07

Inside the furries: they're people too - Courtney Plante comments

2015/06/24

2015/06/28

On Tuesday evening starting around 9pm-10pm, Nexus stations in Psych will have their antivirus software moved from Symantec SEP to Microsoft SCEP. You may see that your antivirus is disabled for a brief period of time, but it will fix itself.

2015/06/23

2015/07/10

Lenovo Topseller Quick Reference Guide April-June 2015

2015/06/17

2015/06/22

It's official. Adam Zanna takes home a Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2015 Hockey Playoff Pool. Check that page for some humble words from the winner.

Also, please pay homage to the previous beeHive Pool Winners.

2015/06/17

2015/06/18

IST is investigating a problem with WCMS pages with forms (e.g. Psych TA Perferences) loading very slowly or displaying errors which started Tuesday morning.

2015/06/16

2015/06/17

A number of phishing emails making the rounds with subjects like "You have a new notification from soandso@gmail.com. View??", "soandso@gmail.com says you're a friend. Accept?" and "soandso@uwaterloo.ca has indicated you're a friend. Accept?".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/06/06

2015/07/28

New Resource Allocation Model

2015/06/03

2015/06/11

Citing Properly with RefWorks - Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 1:00pm-3:00pm, DC 1568 - Refworks is installed on all Nexus stations and is free for all UW faculty, staff and students.

2015/05/27

2015/06/03

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "RE: mail exceed Quota limit." It's pretty obvious that the link doesn't take you to a UW site so hopefully no one falls for it. Take a look at the full text if you like.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/05/22

2015/05/23

Monkey day care - Growing up as a child research subject - mentions UW Psychology.

2015/05/20

2015/06/03

Inside Psychology (social and cognitive perspectives) - Q&A with Igor Grossmann and Evan Risko.

2015/05/15

2015/05/17

On Wednesday afternoon, there was some breakage of the WCMS so some site were/are appearing as plain text. The IST WCMS team restored things from an 11:00am Wednesday backup. If you updated any WCMS web pages on May 13 between 11:00am-9:30pm, check to see if your changes are in place as they may need to be redone.

2015/05/14

2015/05/15

On Wednesday afternoon, there was some breakage of the WCMS so some site were/are appearing as plain text. The IST WCMS team is aware of the issue and in the process of restoring things from an 11:00am Wednesday backup.

2015/05/13

2015/05/17

Python 3.4.3 can be found on all Nexus stations in C:\software\python34

2015/05/12

2015/06/03

The article Social media campaign aims to raise profile of Canadian research refers to the Research2Reality which includes 10 UW researcher video interviews including one with Daniela O'Neill titled How Do Young Children Develop Language?

2015/05/09

2015/05/12

A reminder of the Student Portal (I'll keep a link over there on the left on the second bulleted line).

2015/05/08

2015/05/17

For those of you on outside wall or digesting in the bowels of the PAS research areas, the umbrellas are up and there's comfortable/colourful chairs in the PAS patio. :-)

2015/05/08

2015/05/12

The hard disk in ptlabclin92 in PAS 3276 croaked and is unreadable. We'll restore D:\users from last nights backup. If you had anything in D:\users-nobackup, you'll need to restore those contents from your own backup.

2015/05/07

2015/05/27

If you have new RAs working in your lab we'll need to update our Nexus Security Groups Lists so that they can access your lab shares and printers. Please send UWuserids and full names (student#'s, gmail or hotmail addresses don't help at all). Send details of anyone who should be removed as well.

2015/05/05

2015/05/08

Our two new IT Support coops this term are Eric and Jacob. Please be gentle with them.

2015/05/03

2015/05/12

You'll now find R and RStudio in the Start Menu under Programming (not Data Analysis).

2015/05/03

2015/05/12

What Dove's latest body image campaign gets right - and wrong - about boosting self-esteem - Christine Logel comments

2015/04/30

2015/06/23

Lenovo Topseller Quick Reference Guide April-June 2015

2015/04/30

2015/05/06

Gordon PhD candidate Psychology - yeah, Gord Pennycook!

2015/04/30

2015/05/05

A few more bogus phishing emails are making the rounds. One with the subject "Admin Help-Desk" and the other with "Tax-Refund ID: 867999632". It's just the bad guys trying to convince you to give them your login info or bank account info so that they can do nasty things. Look at these samples if you'd like to see what they look like.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/04/29

2015/05/06

Blackberry Q10 and Z10 smartphones may have problems reaching the Connect Exchange server (faculty and staff email server). IST is working with Blackberry to rsolve the issue. If you see an update on your device, avoid installing it until things are fixed. If you are running into issues, call the IST Helpdesk at x44357 for assistance in restoring service.

2015/04/27

2015/04/29

PAS will be having a fire drill on Tuesday, April 28th around 9am. In the event of severe weather fire drills will be held Thursday April 30, 2015.

2015/04/25

2015/04/27

Truecrypt is currently broken on Nexus stations (Friday am). Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

2015/04/23

2015/05/06

If you received a Lenovo ThinkPad notebook between February 2010 and June 2012, check if your battery pack has been recalled. Please visit Lenovo's Battery Recall site where you can check if your battery is affected by the recall and arrange to receive a new replacement battery.

2015/04/18

2015/04/27

Feeling the 'Rocky' in Relationships - Mandy Forest and her colleagues at UW

2015/04/15

2015/04/27

Our Dept backups and the Nexus backups are only kept for 3-4 months. I really recommend to people to make permanent backups of files on all machines (offices, labs, home, laptops) at least once a term - and now is as good a time as any. If you are purchasing CDs or DVDs from a UW account, see Helen and she'll be able to order things for you. "CD -R" or "DVD -R" discs are probably best for archiving files (longer shelf life), but +RW's will probably also do the trick. Consider making two copies of critical stuff (it's not a backup unless there's two). Be sure to store them in a dark, cool, clean area and not on your window sill. Things won't last forever, so also consider recopying old discs.

2015/04/15

2015/04/18

It's official, Mike Klein takes home the Rogue Puck™ in the beeHive Hockey Pool. Check the standings for Mike's acceptance speech.

2015/04/15

2015/04/18

Entry deadline for the 2015 beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool is Friday April 17th 7:00pm EDT.

2015/04/11

2015/04/22

Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

Dr. Michael Ross

Are Older Adults More Susceptible to Consumer Fraud?

Tuesday April 21, 2015
3:00pm-4:30pm
PAS 2083

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge (3005)

2015/04/09

2015/04/10

Another Rogue Puck© and bragging rights are up for grabs in the beeHive 2015 Baseball Pool. Deadline for entries is 7:00pm Thursday April 9th.

2015/04/07

2015/04/09

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, many staff will be out of their offices attending the OHD Staff Conference 2015.

2015/04/07

2015/04/09

Waterloo Brain Day
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 8:30amâ€“4:00pm in EV3 1408

2015/04/05

2015/04/09

Another Rogue Puck© and bragging rights are up for grabs in the beeHive 2015 Baseball Pool. Deadline for entries is 7:00pm Thursday April 9th.

2015/03/27

2015/04/15

At tax time, you can expect various phishing emails to arrive with the bad guys trying to convince you to send them confidential information like bank account info, SINs, etc. If you receive any of these, you can report them to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.

2015/03/26

2015/04/15

'But You Never Said...' Why Couples Remember Differently - Mike Ross comments

2015/03/26

2015/04/15

Waterloo researcher recognized as a world leader in tobacco control - Geoff Fong

2015/03/17

2015/03/25

Another phishing is going around with a blank subject line from "Admin Team" trying you to convince you to enter your userid and password into a bogus site. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/03/14

2015/03/17

Another phishing attempt aimed at staff and faculty is going around with the subject "RE: ITS help desk". As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/03/06

2015/03/25

Does heavy smartphone use make us more lazy, less intelligent? - Gordon Pennycook, Nathaniel Barr, Jennifer Stolz and Jonathan Fugelsang research.

2015/03/06

2015/03/09

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series

Dr. Betsy Paluck

Changing climates of conflict: A social network experiment in 56 schools

CANCELLED

~~Friday, March 6, 2015~~
~~2:30-4:00pm~~
~~Hagey Hall 1102~~

~~Reception to follow in PAS Lounge~~

2015/03/04

2015/03/10

If you purchased a Lenovo laptop which was shipped between September 2014 and February 2015, you'll want to check if it contains the SuperFish Vulnerability and remove it if found. The SuperFish Vulnerability potentially allows a man-in-the-middle attack when visiting secure web sites.

Alternatively, you can run a vulnerability test and if it indicates your machine is vulnerable, follow the instructions in this Superfish removal guide.

2015/03/04

2015/03/06

Another phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "RE: Faculty/Staff Mailbox Message!!!" As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2015/03/03

2015/03/10

Low Self-Esteem Hinders Intimate Partner Communication - Megan McCarthy research

2015/02/28

2015/03/10

Psychology St. Paddy's Bingo starts Wednesday March 4th. Cards can be purchased from Michelle Manios in PAS 3013.

2015/02/25

2015/05/06

I'm guessing most people would be eligible to file a claim... Canadians to get money back for overpriced electronics as part of $80M class-action settlement

2015/02/25

2015/03/03

The link between childhood shyness and teen angst (Heather Henderson guest speaker on CBC radio)

2015/02/25

2015/03/03

Plane crash/phobia - 570 News radio interview with Christine Purdon

2015/02/18

2015/03/03

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Tobacco (HBO) - ITC Uriguay

2015/02/14

2015/03/10

Recent MS updates might not allow you to connect to the UW VPN if you are using Windows 8.1, or Win7 with IE 11. If you bump against this, as a temporary workaround, use Firefox and go to https://cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca/+CSCOE+/logon.html, click AnyConnect, and then Start AnyConnect (administrator credentials will be required).

2015/02/12

2015/02/18

Yeah, way backlogged again. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2015/02/07

2015/02/18

Society began shifting towards individualism more than a century ago - Igor Grossmann research

2015/02/05

2015/02/08

Sharepoint will be unavailable Friday Feb 6 8pm to Saturday Feb 7 8am while maintenance is happening. The servers may be available for login, but avoid using them during this time.

2015/02/04

2015/02/07

Department of Psychology Colloquium Series

Presents

Dr. Adrian Owen

When Thoughts Become Actions - Imaging in Disorders of Consciousness

Friday February 6th, 2015
2:00pm-3:30pm

Environment 2, rm 2002 (EV2-2002)
*NOTE ROOM CHANGE*

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2015/02/03

2015/02/06

The UW VPN will be unavailable Feb 5 7am-8am while maintenance is happening.

2015/02/02

2015/02/08

Weather / Emergency Closing Guidelines

2015/02/02

2015/02/04

Department of Psychology Colloquium Series

Presents

Dr. Adrian Owen

When Thoughts Become Actions â€“ Imaging in Disorders of Consciousness

Friday February 6th, 2015
2:00pmâ€“3:30pm

Environment 2, rm 2002 (EV2-2002)
*NOTE ROOM CHANGE*

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2015/01/31

2015/02/08

A few Mac users around here have been bumping up against this: Wi-Fi issues continue to hamper OS X users despite updates

2015/01/30

2015/02/08

I'm wayyy backlogged at the moment. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2015/01/30

2015/02/02

There was a problem with the SharePoint server late on January 28. SharePoint will be unavailable until about 10:30am this morning, Jan 29. IST is restoring things from a backup so any changes made on SharePoint between 8pm Jan 28 and 9:00am Jan 29 will have been lost.

IST had to restore individuals' personal MySharePoint contents from backup. Things saved between noon Jan 27 and 4pm Jan 29 will not appear on the site, but it may be possible to recover specific contents from that time from additional backups if needed.

2015/01/30

2015/02/02

On Saturday January 31 7-8am IST will be performing maintenance on the netapp servers which houses the Nexus N: drives (My Documents and Desktop) and also the Psych file shares (e.g., the various psych-lab-* locations). As usual, be sure to logout when you leave on Friday, but leave your machines turned on. Late Friday I'll run something to force logouts in case anyone forgot. Avoid logging in until after 8am Saturday morning.

2015/01/28

2015/02/02

Department of Psychology Colloquium Series

Presents

Dr. Tania Lombrozo

Explanation: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful

January 30, 2015
3:30-5:00pm
Hagey Hall 1106

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2015/01/27

2015/01/31

A lot of Apple related phishing attempts have been making the rounds lately. If you get messages regarding anything asking you to validate your account, you can generally assume they are bogus so just chuck 'em.

2015/01/20

2015/01/30

Studying toxic bosses focus of Waterloo researcher's grant - Doug Brown research

2015/01/17

2015/01/26

IST will be migrating some network storage space from MC to EC2 on Saturday January 24 8am-10am. During this time the Psych network shares under Psych Shortcuts --> Explore Psych will be unavailable.

2015/01/14

2015/01/20

Sing and read with your child - Daniela O'Neill research

2015/01/10

2015/01/26

Notes for Office 2013 Upgrade.

2015/01/09

2015/02/08

If you have RAs coming/going from your labs, please check the Nexus Security Groups Lists and send me updates for the userids which should be allowed access to your printers and network shares. Send both their full name and UWuserid (not student id#).

2015/01/09

2015/01/14

SPSS ($165/machine/year) and AMOS ($110/machine/year) licenses for 2015 have been installed on Nexus statiobs were requested. Look for it under Data Analysis in the Start Menu. If you need the Hayes macro reinstalled, send me a note with the name of the machine.

I'll send emails later this week with license codes and details for non-Nexus installs.

2015/01/06

2015/05/06

2015/01/06

2015/01/14

uw-unsecured Wi-Fi will be discontinued Monday January 5. You'll need to login to wireless with Eduroam.

2015/01/06

2015/01/14

Our new coops this term are George and Willson in PAS 4201. Be gentle with them.

2015/01/06

2015/01/09

SPSS ($165/machine/year) and AMOS ($110/machine/year) licenses for 2015 have been installed on Nexus statiobs were requested. Look for it under Data Analysis in the Start Menu.

I'll send emails later this week with license codes and details for non-Nexus installs.

2015/01/06

2015/01/08

I'll be out of the office until Wednesday January 7th.
see ya,
	Bill

2015/01/05

2015/01/06

SPSS ($165/machine/year) and AMOS ($110/machine/year) licenses for 2015 have been installed on Nexus statiobs were requested. Look for it under Data Analysis in the Start Menu.

2015/01/04

2015/01/14

End/start of term is always a good excuse to make extra backups of any critical files you have. If you are dealing with confidential data, you'll probably want to copy things to an encrpted drive. Truecrypt is probably still a resonable option.

Backups of Nexus network locations are kept for 16 weeks. If you delete something today, you can recover it anytime in the next 16 weeks, but after that, you are out of luck. Backups of D:\users on Nexus stations are only kept for 2 months. Check the Backups section in the Psych Nexus Notes for all the gory details.

2015/01/04

2015/01/06

uw-unsecured Wi-Fi will be discontinued Monday January 5.

2015/01/04

2015/01/05

SPSS ($165/machine/year) and AMOS ($110/machine/year) licenses for 2015 have been installed were requested.

2014/12/29

2015/01/06

Notes for Office 2013 Upgrade. I'm going to start upgrading pockets of machines over the holidays. If you'd really prefer not to have your machine upgraded before Jan 15, let me know asap.

2014/12/20

2015/01/04

Take advantage of Lynda Web Training. To login, click "Login" on the Lynda front page, then "Log in through your organization or school", specify your organization as "uwaterloo.ca" and then enter your usual UW login credentials.

2014/12/20

2014/12/30

Family criticizing your weight? You might add more pounds - Christine Logel research

2014/12/20

2014/12/29

Notes for Office 2013 Upgrade. I'd suggest to initiate the upgrade of all Nexus stations in the dept before Jan 15 if possible. Just start it before you leave at the end of a day. If you do nothing, machines will get updated the evening of Jan 15.

2014/12/19

2014/12/20

MS Office will be upgraded to Office 2013 in the next few weeks. Take advantage of training using Lynda Web Training. Doing a quick google for "what's new in Office 2013" will also provide some highlights.

2014/12/18

2015/01/04

End of term is always a good excuse to make extra backups of any critical files you have. If you are dealing with confidential data, you'll probably want to copy things to an encrpted drive. Truecrypt is probably still a resonable option.

2014/12/18

2014/12/19

2014/12/17

2014/12/29

I'm again wayyy backlogged and several days behind in even reading many emails. Thanks for your patience.

2014/12/17

2014/12/20

Notes for Office 2013 Upgrade

2014/12/17

2014/12/18

2014/12/16

2015/01/04

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Update Your University of Waterloo Email Account". and another very convincing one with the subject "RACER Access"

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/12/16

2014/12/17

2014/12/15

2014/12/16

2014/12/14

2014/12/15

2014/12/13

2015/01/04

As of Dec 1, SPSS and AMOS have starting generating pop-ups indicating that current licenses will expire in 30 days.

SPSS for 2015 will be $165/machine/year and AMOS will be $110/machine/year. I've sent emails to faculty members indicating the machines they had purchased SPSS and AMOS in 2014 and asking where it should be installed in 2015. They will need to respond to that with an account# to charge. Just touch base with your advisor or lab manager so that they have a handle on the licenses that need to be purchased for 2015. It's much easier and much much less time consuming if we can do licensing all at once at the start of the year rather than deal with individual licensing for each install, so if folks can plan ahead, it's much appreciated.

2014/12/13

2014/12/30

Be sure to logout each day before you leave and ensure you keep Nexus stations powered on 24/7, including over the holidays.

2014/12/13

2014/12/20

MS Office wll be upgraded in December to Office 2013. Take advantage of Lynda Web Training. to find learn about new/different features. Once you've logged into Lynda, just search for Office 2013 and select the courses/videos that strike you your fancy - "Office 2013 New Features" and "Office 2013 First Look" will be good places to start.

2014/12/13

2014/12/14

2014/12/09

2014/12/13

Take advantage of Lynda Web Training. To login, click "Login" on the Lydia front page, then "Log in through your organization or school", specify your organization as "uwaterloo.ca" and then enter your usual UW login credentials.

2014/12/09

2014/12/13

Successful Aging Series

Dr. Alison L. Chasteen
University of Toronto

How Older Adults' Beliefs about Aging and Abilities Influence their Memory Performance

Fri Dec 12 12pm PAS 1241

2014/12/06

2014/12/09

Exchange (faculty/staff) server maintenance is happening Monday December 8, 6:30am-8:30am. Probably best to avoid email and calendar during this time.

2014/12/03

2014/12/13

As of Dec 1, SPSS and AMOS have starting generating pop-ups indicating that current licenses will expire in 30 days.

SPSS for 2015 will be $165/machine/year and AMOS will be $110/machine/year. At some point in the next week or so, I'll script something to send an email to faculty members indicating the machines they purchased SPSS licenses for in 2014 and asking which machines licenses should be purchased for in 2015. They will need to respond to that with an account# to charge. Just touch base with your advisor or lab manager so that they have a handle on the licenses that need to be purchased for 2015.

It's much easier and much much less time consuming if we can do licensing all at once at the start of the year rather than deal with individual licensing for each install, so if folks can plan ahead, it's much appreciated.

2014/12/03

2014/12/04

Michael, Prath and I will be at the WatITis conference on Wednesday December 3rd. We'll try to find time to respond to urgent emails, but no promises. Our coops, Mason and Roy in PAS 4201 x37870, will be around to hold down the fort.

2014/12/02

2014/12/09

Why Everything You Think About Aging May Be Wrong - Igor Grossmann research comments

2014/12/02

2014/12/06

Departmental Colloquium

Dr. Ian McGregor
York University

Reactive Approach Motivation for Religious Zeal

Friday, Dec 5th at 2:00pm
PAS 2083

2014/11/29

2014/12/20

IST is hoping to provide information on relevant security incidents potentially affecting UW users at IST Recent information security threats. There's only a couple documented there at the moment, but it provides useful information in order to stay aware of current threats. I'll kept a permanent link to this on beeHive in the "...mostly about computer stuff" / "Security" section below.

2014/11/22

2014/12/09

Boredom in the modern world: It's much more than a yawn - James Danckert comments

2014/11/22

2014/12/02

A few people have been getting automated emails from IST indicating "Incorrect eduroam Wi-Fi settings detected on your device". Yes, it's a valid message.

If the message indicates the device must be configured to use 'User authentication' only, no harm following the instructions they provide, but a quicker/easier solution may simply be to select 'User authentication' at Step 10 here.

2014/11/22

2014/11/26

Some maintenance is being done on artsweb on Monday morning 8-8:30am. Web studies housed on artsweb will not be available at that time.

2014/11/21

2014/11/22

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This wone with the subject "Microsoft outlook App users". As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/11/20

2014/12/03

SPSS for 2015 will be $165/machine/year and AMOS will be $110/machine/year. At some point in the next few weeks, I'll script something to send an email to faculty members indicating the machines they purchased SPSS licenses for in 2014 and asking which machines licenses should be purchased for in 2015. They will need to respond to that with an account# to charge.

2014/11/13

2014/11/20

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Important security update for all our staff".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/11/13

2014/11/20

Racism still an uncomfortable truth in Canada: Duncan McCue - Justin Friesen photo op.

2014/11/13

2014/11/20

Two incidents involving suspicious persons on campus reported (updated)

2014/11/13

2014/11/20

Potentially catastrophic bug bites all versions of Windows. Patch now. Nexus stations will pick this up automatically. Do a manually update on other PCs asap.

2014/11/12

2014/11/20

IST will be updating the Cisco AnyConnect VPN clients in the next few days. You'll get a pop-up next time you try to connect. It's valid and you can accept the upgrade.

2014/11/11

2014/11/20

'Darkhotel' hack targets executives using hotel Internet - you should probably consider yourself an exec since most people around here deal with students names/ids/marks and/or subject information.

2014/11/11

2014/11/20

iOS 'Masque Attack' could allow hackers to replace iPhone apps with malware - use caution if installing outside the App Store.

2014/11/08

2014/12/09

Take advantage of Lynda Web Training. To login, specify your organization as "uwaterloo.ca" and then enter your usual UW login credentials.

2014/11/08

2014/11/11

Critics chafe as Macs send sensitive docs to iCloud without warning. This is bad. I would suggest that you disable the autosave feature if you use a Mac for UW related work, especially if you deal with student information (names/ids/marks) or participant information for studies. Since the iCloud is hosted in the USA, contents are subject to the provisions of the USA Patriot Act so there are considerations with regards to UW Policy 8 - Information Security. See also the Policy 8 - Information Security FAQ.

2014/11/07

2014/11/11

Apple devices hit by 'WireLurker' malware in China - mostly limited to China at the moment, but something to be aware of.

2014/11/07

2014/11/08

Take advantage of Lynda Web Training. Specify your organization is "uwaterloo.ca" and then enter your usual UW login credentials.

2014/11/07

2014/11/08

Critics chafe as Macs send sensitive docs to iCloud without warning. This is bad. I would suggest that you disable the autosave feature if you use a Mac for UW related work, especially if you deal with student information (names/ids/marks) or participant information for studies. Since the iCloud is hosted in the USA, contents are subject to the provisions of the USA Patriot Act so there are considerations with regards to UW Policy 8 â€“ Information Security. See also the Policy 8 - Information Security FAQ.

2014/11/06

2014/11/20

Born bashful - Psychologists have new insights into the causes and effects of childhood shyness. - Heather Henderson comments.

2014/11/06

2014/11/07

watarts will be down Thursday 7am-10am. Web studies and content will not be available at that time. You can temporarily access the beeHive front page at https://artsresearch.uwaterloo.ca/~bee/

2014/10/29

2014/11/06

Waterloo researcher examines brain activity of horror movie fan - James Danckert research

2014/10/24

2014/10/29

Nexus stations have the UW emerge client installed which will provide notifications in the event of a campus emergency. We also typically install it on UW-owned laptops and other PCs. You can also install it on personally owned machines so feel free to download it.

2014/10/23

2014/10/29

As of October 21, IST will now be emailing users for failed or misconfigured wireless devices. If you receive an email indicating "Incorrect eduroam Wi-Fi settings detected on your device" or that "UW-wireless is being discontinued", follow the instructions at Connecting to the eduroam wireless network to configure your device correctly (the Configuration guides at the bottom of the page are useful).

2014/10/22

2014/11/03

The Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch
Friday October 31 at 12 noon in the PAS lounge!!

Pizza, Bake Sale, Cake Raffle, Costume Contest and Pumpkin Carving with prizes.

2014/10/22

2014/10/24

The Matlab research license server is having problems recently. If you have problems starting Matlab, wait 5 to 10 minutes and then try again. IST has opened a support case with Mathworks to solve the issue.

2014/10/21

2014/10/23

IST will now be emailing users for failed or misconfigured wireless devices. If you receive an email indicating "Incorrect eduroam Wi-Fi settings detected on your device" or that "UW-wireless is being discontinued", follow the instructions at Connecting to the eduroam wireless network to configure your device correctly (the Configuration guides at the bottom of the page are useful).

2014/10/17

2014/10/25

An updated version of the Hayes Process Macro is available for SPSS. If you would like the updated version on your machine, send a note with the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top).

2014/10/16

2014/10/24

Academic career is memorable for UFV Young Distinguished Alumni winner Tanya Jonker

2014/10/15

2014/10/16

There was a power outage on campus Sunday which affected a number of services. Things are back to normal now.

2014/10/10

2014/10/22

Psychology United Way Bingo starts Monday October 6. You can still purchase cards from Louise (PAS 4006), Katy (3027), Elsa (4042) or Jane (3041).

2014/10/10

2014/10/12

beeHive 2014/15 Hockey Pool Entry Form

Please also pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2014/10/08

2014/10/16

ShellShock/BashBug update for Mac users from IST.

2014/10/08

2014/10/10

Psychology United Way Bingo starts Monday October 6. You can still purchase cards from Louise (PAS 4006), Katy (3027), Elsa (4042) or Jane (3041).

2014/10/08

2014/10/10

beeHive 2014/15 Hockey Pool Entry Form

Please also pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2014/10/07

2014/10/08

Psychology United Way Bingo starts Monday October 6. Purchase cards from Louise (PAS 4006), Katy (3027), Elsa (4042) or Jane (3041).

2014/10/06

2014/10/09

It's official. Josh Weston takes home a Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2014 beeHive Baseball Pool. See the final standings for Josh's humble accepatance speech.

Please also pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2014/10/04

2014/10/07

Psychology United Way Bingo starts Monday October 6. Purchase cards from Louise (PAS 4006), Katy (3027), Elsa (4042) or Jane (3041).

2014/10/03

2014/10/09

Self-compassion: your body will thank you for it - Allison Kelly research

2014/10/03

2014/10/04

The 3rd floor office area network is down. I've powered off all machines in that area. IST will be replacing a network switch early in the morning and hopefully things will be back to normal by 8:30am, but don't turn on any machines in that area until we say "go". We'll go around and power on all machines when things are working again. yikes

2014/10/02

2014/10/15

Our new IT person is Prath Balasingam. Please be gentle with him.

2014/10/01

2014/10/12

Do Not Call List

2014/10/01

2014/10/09

Caught in a Relationship Conflict You Can't Solve? Why 'Leaving' It Helps - Igor Grossmann research

2014/10/01

2014/10/04

At the moment there are two options for connecting to the campus wireless - Eduroam (encrypted, use this) and uw-wireless (not encrypted, avoid this). The uw-wireless option will be discontinued in January 2015. Check that your phones, laptops, etc are all using Eduroam now to avoid problems when the service is discontinued in January.

FYI: Factors affecting Wi-Fi service and Campus Wi-Fi infrastructure and quality assurance

2014/10/01

2014/10/04

Apple has finally provided a patch for the Shellshock/Bashbug exploit. Whether or not you are vulnerable depends on the services running on your machine. Best practice regardless is to patch ASAP.

2014/10/01

2014/10/03

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca//2014/sep/30tu.html - Allison Kelly research

2014/09/26

2014/10/01

A nasty vulnerability, called the Bashbug or Shellshock bug, is in the wild which affects all Linux and Mac computers, as well as printers, home routers, storage devices, embedded devices, etc. This, this (which also mentions how to test for it), and this. Patch as soon as updates are available.

Here's another reasonably thorough summary.

A statement from IST.

2014/09/25

2014/10/04

Yeah, still wayyyyyyyyyyy backlogged... As usual, thanks for your patience.

2014/09/25

2014/10/04

Psychology United Way Bingo starts Monday October 6. Purchase cards from Louise Porter in PAS 4006.

2014/09/25

2014/09/26

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Sign in Alert" which attempts to lead you to a non-UW site where the bad guys simply collect your userid and password in order to access your various UW accounts. That's A Bad Thing™ by the way... :-)

2014/09/24

2014/10/18

We have a few older machines purchased in 2008-2010 which we'd like to drop in grad student offices. The machines aren't the fastest in the world, but should still do the job for email, Office apps, web browsing if you are even marginally patient. :-)

The deal is that we'd deploy new versions of software to these machines for testing before the software is installed on the other 320+ Nexus stations in the department. The testing involves providing a success/fail rating for each package along with comments and additional details - responses can typically be completed in a couple minutes for each package.

If you are interested in helping out, let me know.

2014/09/24

2014/10/01

If you are using wireless on campus, ensure you connect with Eduroam. Sometime later this term the uw-wireless option will disappear.

2014/09/19

2014/10/01

Wearable Computing And Privacy Invasions You Might Want To Think About Now - Evan Risko research

2014/09/17

2014/09/19

A number of people have mentioned they are running into problems using wireless on campus - the problems are not limited to PAS. IST is working with the wireless vendor to get the problem resolved. If you login and don't immediately have a connection, it may be the case that you will see a 15 minute delay before you are connected. See below for a few additional details.

2014/09/13

2014/09/29

Arts Reunion 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
11:00am to 1:00pm

2014/09/13

2014/09/16

Solar storms set to light up northern lights, mix up GPS and radio tonight (Friday) and early Saturday. Hopefully the skies clear so we get a good northern lights display.

2014/09/11

2014/09/25

I am wayyyyyyyyyyy backlogged... As usual, thanks for your patience.

2014/09/06

2014/09/11

Student killed by lightning on University of Waterloo campus

2014/09/04

2014/09/06

Mailservices has been blacklisted by the ProofPoint service due to spam originating from some mailservices accounts. Organizations who subscribe to the ProofPoint blacklist will not receive emails sent from UW mailservices account. When email is rejected, users should receive an email notice indicating that their email has not been delivered. IST is dealing with the situation to restore full service asap. Mailservices is used by students, including grads - Connect accounts used by faculty/staff are not affected.

2014/09/03

2014/09/24

Grad students can get one free copy of MS Office for a personally owned machine from the IST Chip in MC 1052.

2014/09/03

2014/09/04

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject line Dear Account Owner..!!". As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/09/02

2014/09/29

Please check the Nexus Security Groups Lists and send me updates for the userids which should be allowed access to your printers and network shares. Send both their full name and UWuserid (not student id#).

2014/08/29

2014/09/03

Blacklisting of campus email servers. Some organizations may not receive UW emails... UPDATE THURSDAY MORNING - THIS HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

2014/08/28

2014/09/24

If any machines need to be relocated, please touch base with Michael or myself. We need to configure things in the wiring closets before they are connected and we also have to update our DB of equipment location.

2014/08/28

2014/09/07

The road to failure is paved with good intentions - here's how to turn them into action - Derek Koehler research

2014/08/27

2014/09/07

Our new coops this term are Mason Rathahao and Roy Zou. Please be gentle with them.

2014/08/27

2014/09/07

HP Notebook PC AC Power Cord Safety Recall and Replacement Program - if you have an HP laptop, check if you laptop power cord is marked with "LS-15". If so, you'll get a free replacement.

2014/08/27

2014/08/28

iTunes has been updated on Nexus stations. When you first start it, it will mentioned there's now a new version available and asks if you want to download it. Say no as you won't be able to install it anyway - it'll get updated automatically in the next round of software updates.

As well, iTunes will say it's not the default player and tries to convince you to change things - again, say no to keep the existing default on your account.

2014/08/26

2014/08/29

Blacklisting of campus email servers. Some organizations may not receive UW emails.

2014/08/15

2014/08/21

Centre for Mental Health Research Lecture

Dr. Jessica Grisham
University of New South Wales (Australia)

Interpreting Intrusions

Tuessday August 19 3:00-4:30pm
PAS 3026

2014/08/14

2014/09/03

IST will be enabling an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) on the Eduroam wireless network as a production trial, leading to a permanent implementation.

The policy will be enabled on August 18 and removed on August 29. If no major issues are experienced during this period, the policy will be permanently implemented in October (with further communication).

The University is required to have an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) on the wireless network. The production trial has been scheduled to reduce impact.

The policy will need to be accepted on every device connected to eduroam once every 120 days. While connected to eduroam, the policy will intercept browser traffic (http only) on devices that have not accepted it and redirect to a page with the terms & conditions. Once the policy has been accepted, it will not prompt the device for 120 days. The policy will be integrated into the splash pages of uw-unsecured and uw-guest, causing no other impact to those wireless networks.

2014/08/14

2014/08/16

Visiting Researcher Talk

Oshin Vartanian
Defence Scientist at Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)

The Prospects of Cognitive (Brain) Training for Improving Cognition in Applied Settings

August 14th, 3:00PM, ABC Room

2014/08/12

2014/09/07

Small changes produce dramatic results for women in engineering - Christine Logel / Mark Zanna / Steve Spencer / Jennifer Peach / Greg Walton research

2014/08/11

2014/08/21

An updated version of Symantec EndPoint (antivirus) is available to fix a nasty exploit which potentially allows a bad guy to take over your machine if you click on a malicious link.

Nexus machines will automatically be updated. When notified of the update, please allow the upgrade to complete and just walk away from the machine for about 20 minutes to allow it to complete.

2014/08/11

2014/08/17

Bye bye privacy - Evan Risko research

2014/08/09

2014/08/11

An updated version of Symantec EndPoint (antivirus) is available to fix a nasty exploit which potentially allows a bad guy to take over your machine if you click on a malicious link.

Nexus machines will automatically be updated over the weekend. Please allow the upgrade to complete and just walk away from the machine for about 20 minutes to allow it to complete.

2014/08/08

2014/08/09

An updated version of Symantec EndPoint (antivirus) is available to fix a nasty exploit which potentially allows a bad guy to take over your machine if you click on a malicious link.

Nexus machines will automatically be updated between 8:30-midnight over the next few nights starting tonight (Thursday). If you are logged in when an upgrade is being pushed to the machine you'll be prompted to all the install to happen immediately or to delay it by 30-60 minutes. While the upgrade is happening, just walk away from the machine for about 20 minutes to allow it to complete.

2014/07/26

2014/08/17

Scared to fly? Recent news of crashes validate fears, psychologist says, but it's never been safer, say experts - Christine Purdon comments

2014/07/26

2014/08/11

Tales of a Teacher: Hilary Bergsieker (2nd article)

2014/07/23

2014/07/26

Our coop IT Support office has moved from PAS 4279 to PAS 4201.

2014/07/22

2014/07/26

Michael is on vacation this week. I'll be off the following two weeks.

2014/07/19

2014/08/11

How green cities are better for us physically and psychologically - Colin Ellard comments

2014/07/19

2014/08/11

Wisdom, Selective Engagement Help Older Adults Cope with Aging - Michael Ross, Igor Grossmann, and Emily Schryer research

2014/07/17

2014/07/19

Yet another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Important notification" and tries to convince you that your mailbox is too large and that you need to upgrade it. Here's the full text of the email.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/07/16

2014/08/11

The Bigger the Better: Cigarette Warning Labels Prompt Quit Attempts - Geoff Fong research

2014/07/15

2014/07/17

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Important Secirity Notification". Here's the full text of the email.

2014/07/15

2014/07/16

We have a bunch of boxes if you'd like to claim some. Just stop by to see out coops, Jason and George, in PAS 4279 if you'd like to claim any.

2014/07/05

2014/07/10

We have a stash of boxes that we're going to recycle Friday afternoon. If you can make use of any, see the coops, Jason or George, in PAS 4279 on Friday morning before we get rid of them... the boxes that is - not the coops. :-)

2014/07/04

2014/07/10

Hopefully R and RStudio are good now. Let us know if you notice any problems.

2014/06/28

2014/07/16

Why you should never say 'cheer up!' to a friend who's feeling blue - Denise Marigold research

2014/06/28

2014/07/16

Sorry to ask but... do women apologize more than men? - Karina Schumann research

2014/06/28

2014/07/05

There were some problems with the network switches (bad UPS) in PAS this morning (Friday). If you run into any grief, logout and the login screen, press ctrl-alt-del and select Restart using the icon in the bottom-right of the screen. After the login screen appears, wait an additional 2 minutes before logging in.

2014/06/27

2014/07/15

World Cup

CBC for streaming

2014/06/25

2014/07/16

Espousing Equality, but Embracing a Hierarchy - Justin Friesen / Rich Eibach research

2014/06/25

2014/07/04

The earlier problems some people were having with Word/Excel/etc not being able to open a temporary file location are hopefully resolved. As usual, if you run into any issues, let us know.

2014/06/21

2014/06/25

The earlier problems some people were having with Word/Excel/etc not being able to open a temporary file location is hopefully resolved. As usual, if you run into any issues, let us know.

2014/06/19

2014/06/20

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Newsletter Subscription Service

2014/06/18

2014/06/19

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Newsletter Subscription Service

2014/06/17

2014/07/16

UW Secretariat statement on Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation which takes effect July 1, 2014.

2014/06/11

2014/06/27

World Cup

2014/06/10

2014/07/04

Some issues still with R and RStudio that the ACO is trying to sort out before it's deployed to all machines. The weekly changing ETA is now sometime during the week of June 2. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab. Sorry again for the delay and thanks for your patience.

2014/06/10

2014/06/21

Some machines/users are running into problems with programs not being able t create temporary files - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, SAS, Dymo Labelmaker and Filemaker are some of the programs people have mentioned. If you run into this problem, could you let me know. I think we have a fix, but want to confirm things on a small number of machines before applying the update widely.

2014/06/10

2014/06/20

You'll get a prompt to upgrade Symantec EndPoint (antivirus) on UW-owned non-Nexus stations including home PCs and laptops. This will only happen if we had previously done the install of the OS and SEP. Anyway, click "Yes" for the upgrade and walk away from the computer for about 20 minutes - if the upgrade process is interupted, there might be grief.

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/10

2014/06/17

Distance from a conflict may promote wiser reasoning - Igor Grossman research

2014/06/10

2014/06/11

Things are piling up on me again. As usual, thanks for your patience.

2014/06/09

2014/06/10

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/09

2014/06/10

Things are piling up on me again. As usual, thanks for your patience.

2014/06/09

2014/06/10

2014/06/09

2014/06/10

2014/06/09

2014/06/10

IST is looking into a problem with Wireless and VPN Authentication. It seems to be intermittent at the moment (since today, Wednesday at 10:05am) although IST has mentioned they have a workaround in place. If it fails the first time, wait a bit and try again. Hopefully it will be back to normal soon.

2014/06/08

2014/06/09

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/08

2014/06/09

2014/06/08

2014/06/09

2014/06/08

2014/06/09

2014/06/08

2014/06/09

2014/06/07

2014/06/08

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/07

2014/06/08

2014/06/07

2014/06/08

2014/06/07

2014/06/08

2014/06/07

2014/06/08

2014/06/06

2014/06/07

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/06

2014/06/07

2014/06/06

2014/06/07

2014/06/06

2014/06/07

2014/06/06

2014/06/07

2014/06/05

2014/06/06

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/05

2014/06/06

2014/06/05

2014/06/06

2014/06/05

2014/06/06

2014/06/05

2014/06/06

2014/06/04

2014/06/05

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/04

2014/06/05

Some machines/users are running into problems with programs not being able t create temporary files - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, SAS, Dymo Labelmaker and Filemaker are some of the programs people have mentioned. We're investigating the problem with the ACO. I'll pop a note here when things are resolved.

2014/06/04

2014/06/05

2014/06/04

2014/06/05

2014/06/03

2014/06/04

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/03

2014/06/04

2014/06/03

2014/06/04

2014/06/02

2014/06/03

You may see a pop-up on your Nexus machine asking if you want to update Adobe Flash. Just click the "Update Later" button. It will get updated automatically at some point. If you see this on a machine, could I trouble you to send me the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top). Thanks.

2014/06/02

2014/06/03

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/02

2014/06/03

2014/06/02

2014/06/03

2014/06/01

2014/06/02

2014/06/01

2014/06/02

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/06/01

2014/06/02

2014/06/01

2014/06/02

2014/05/31

2014/06/01

2014/05/31

2014/06/01

If you have selected Yes to the upgade, after it's done, start SEP and the version you see should be 12.1.4100.4126.

Nexus stations will be upgraded overnight at some point soon.

2014/05/31

2014/06/01

2014/05/31

2014/06/01

2014/05/30

2014/05/31

Some issues still with R and RStudio so things probably won't be in place until later this week (hopefully, it's been delayed a number of times). In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/30

2014/05/31

Press Ctrl-F to search the beeHive for a link to "Voice mail" on how to deal with voicemail on office phones. You'll also find a tip there on how to have an email sent to you when someone leaves a voicemail on your phone.

2014/05/30

2014/05/31

2014/05/30

2014/05/31

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/30

2014/05/31

2014/05/29

2014/05/30

2014/05/29

2014/05/30

2014/05/29

2014/05/30

2014/05/29

2014/05/30

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/29

2014/05/30

2014/05/28

2014/05/29

2014/05/28

2014/05/29

2014/05/28

2014/05/29

2014/05/28

2014/05/29

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/28

2014/05/29

2014/05/27

2014/05/28

2014/05/27

2014/05/28

2014/05/27

2014/05/28

2014/05/27

2014/05/28

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/27

2014/05/28

2014/05/26

2014/05/27

Some issues still with R and RStudio so things probably won't be in place until next week. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/26

2014/05/27

2014/05/26

2014/05/27

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/26

2014/05/27

2014/05/25

2014/05/26

Some issues still with R and RStudio so things probably won't be in place until next week. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/25

2014/05/26

2014/05/25

2014/05/26

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/25

2014/05/26

2014/05/24

2014/05/25

Some issues still with R and RStudio so things probably won't be in place until next week. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/24

2014/05/25

Ready for May's Surprise Meteor Shower?

2014/05/24

2014/05/25

2014/05/24

2014/05/25

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/24

2014/05/25

2014/05/23

2014/05/24

Some issues still with R and RStudio so things probably won't be in place until next week. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/23

2014/05/24

2014/05/23

2014/05/24

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/23

2014/05/24

2014/05/22

2014/05/23

We're hoping to have a new verison of R and RStudio ready for deployment on Tuesday or Wednesday. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/22

2014/05/23

2014/05/22

2014/05/23

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/22

2014/05/23

2014/05/21

2014/05/22

We're hoping to have a new verison of R and RStudio ready for deployment on Tuesday or Wednesday. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/21

2014/05/22

2014/05/21

2014/05/22

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/21

2014/05/22

2014/05/20

2014/05/21

We're hoping to have a new verison of R and RStudio ready for deployment on Tuesday or Wednesday. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/20

2014/05/21

IST will be testing the University's emergency communication system Tuesday, May 20, 8:00am-8:15am.

2014/05/20

2014/05/21

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/19

2014/05/20

We're hoping to have a new verison of R and RStudio ready for deployment on Tuesday or Wednesday. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/19

2014/05/20

IST will be testing the University's emergency communication system Tuesday, May 20, 8:00am-8:15am.

2014/05/19

2014/05/20

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/18

2014/05/19

Tania Bielak: Challenging beliefs and predictions, and changing the course of social anxiety disorder

2014/05/16

2014/05/19

We're hoping to have a new verison of R and RStudio ready for deployment on Tuesday. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/15

2014/05/16

Still wayyyy backlogged. Thanks for your patience... as usual.

yikes On Thursday morning Michael, the coops and myself will be assisting with the ITC (Fong) move to a new building (Tech Town). If you are phoning or emailing, you may not hear back from us until later in the week. We'll try to skim messages for anything urgent and deal with those sooner rather than later.

2014/05/13

2014/05/15

Still wayyyy backlogged. Thanks for your patience... as usual.

yikes On Tuesday/Wednesday Michael, the coops and myself will be assisting with the ITC (Fong) move to a new building (Tech Town). If you are phoning or emailing, you may not hear back from us until later in the week. We'll try to skim messages for anything urgent and deal with those sooner rather than later.

2014/05/10

2014/05/13

The Thursday Mailservices issues have been resolved.

2014/05/09

2014/05/10

One or more of the servers in the Mailservices cluster ran out of space between 3 and 4 this morning. Those email accounts hosted on the affected server(s) -- largely student accounts -- are not having new messages delivered and cannot update email (including saving messages to the Sent folder). Other email accounts, hosted on other servers, are behaving normally - i.e., faculty/staff accounts on Connect are fine.

Indications are that incoming messages are being delayed, not bounced as undeliverable. Delayed messages should be delivered after the problem has been fixed.

IST is working to fix things.

2014/05/06

2014/05/16

We're still having problems with the deployment of R and RStudio. Sorry for the delay. In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/06

2014/05/12

University of Waterloo
Department of Psychology
Annual Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

Dr. Susan Fiske Dr. Susan Fiske
Princeton University

Talking Up and Talking Down: The Power of Positive Speaking

3:00pm Friday May 9, 2014
Alumni Hall
St. Paul's University College at the University of Waterloo

Reception to follow in same room

2014/05/02

2014/05/18

Why Do Rich Kids Commit Crimes? - James Danckert comments

2014/05/02

2014/05/06

R and RStudio seems to be causing major breakage on Nexus machines in the department. I would suggest you not run these applications until we resolve the issues. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We've uninstalled these packages on all machines.

At the moment testing is being done for other "Common App" packages (Java, Chrome, VLC, etc) so we're going to put R/RStudio in the backburner for now to avoid confounding issues.

In a pinch you should be able to use R and RStudio in the PAS 1098 ACO teaching lab.

2014/05/02

2014/05/06

Microsoft Announces Special Patch for IE 0-day (Win XP included!). Nexus stations will be upgraded automatically in the wee hours on Friday morning. Be sure to update any non-Nexus machines, laptops and home machines manually asap.

2014/05/01

2014/05/02

Stop using Microsoft's IE browser until bug is fixed, US and UK warn. You may need to use use IE for some sites on campus (e.g., FORE), but for anything off campus, use Firefox or Chrome instead.

A few people mentioned they were able to change their home page to the beeHive in Firefox. If this happens to you, shoot me a quick note and I'll update something to allow you to set your homepage.

2014/04/30

2014/05/07

D'Amato: On Earth Day, children speak up with paint and paper - ECEC article

2014/04/30

2014/05/01

Stop using Microsoft's IE browser until bug is fixed, US and UK warn. You may need to use use IE for some sites on campus (e.g., FORE), but for anything off campus, use Firefox or Chrome instead.

2014/04/29

2014/05/06

Our new IT Support coops for the summer are George Abraham and Jason Park. Please be gentle with them.

2014/04/26

2014/05/02

R and RStudio seems to be causing major breakage on Nexus machines in the department. I would suggest you not run these applications until we resolve the issues. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We've uninstalling these packages from all machines.

At the moment testing is being done for other "Common App" packages (Java, Chrome, VLC, etc) so we're going to put R/RStudio in the backburner for now to avoid confounding issues.

2014/04/26

2014/04/30

There will be a FIRE ALARM DRILL in Psychology on Tuesday April 29th at 1:30pm. Please help the Fire Wardens by vacating the building during the drill. If you have any studies or participants scheduled for this time, you are required to reschedule. Contact Mare if you have any questions.

2014/04/26

2014/04/30

Picture books are educational for kids - Daniela O'Neill research.

2014/04/25

2014/05/13

I'm still HUGELY backlogged. Thanks for your patience... as usual.

2014/04/20

2014/04/26

R and RStudio seems to be causing major breakage on Nexus machines in the department. I would suggest you not run these applications until we resolve the issues. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We're uninstalling these packages from all machines and will test a new package soon.

2014/04/17

2014/04/26

Our Dept backups and the Nexus backups are only kept for a few months at most. I really recommend to people to make permanent backups of files on all machines (offices, labs, home, laptops) at least once a term - and now is as good a time as any. If you are purchasing CDs or DVDs from a UW account, see Helen and she'll be able to order things for you. "DVD -R" discs are probably best for archiving files (longer shelf life), but +RW's will probably also do the trick. If you'd like to purchase an external harddisk, touch base with Michael or myself. Consider making two copies of critical stuff (it's not a backup unless there's two). Be sure to store them in a dark, cool, clean area and not on your window sill. Things won't last forever, so also consider recopying old discs.

2014/04/17

2014/04/20

R and RStudio seems to be causing major breakage on Nexus machines in the department. I would suggest you not run these applications until we resolve the issues. Sorry for the inconvenience.

2014/04/16

2014/04/19

Get your picks in for the Hockey Playoff Pool before the Friday April 18th 7:00pm EDT deadline.

2014/04/16

2014/04/17

2014/04/15

2014/05/02

11 Habits Of People Who Never Worry - Christine Purdon comments.

2014/04/15

2014/04/16

It's official, Rob Enouy takes home a Rogue Puck™ in the 2013/14 Hockey Pool. Here's some humble words from the winner.

As usual, please take a moment to pay homage to the Past Pool Winners.

2014/04/11

2014/05/02

How the Heartbleed bug works, and what passwords you need to change

2014/04/11

2014/05/02

Heartbleed bug: Check which sites have been patched

2014/04/11

2014/05/02

Heartbleed bug, statement from Information Security Services

2014/04/09

2014/04/11

This one is a bit nasty... How to protect yourself from the 'Heartbleed' bug

2014/04/05

2014/04/09

Many Psych staff will be attending sessions at the OHD 2014 Staff Conference on Monday/Tuesday April 7/8. If you leave a message or are waiting for something, please be patient.

2014/04/04

2014/04/11

It's that time of year for tax return scams. I've updated my phishing examples page with one that was recently received.

2014/04/04

2014/04/05

Bingo started Monday March 10th, but you can still join. Cards available now from Katy (PAS 3027) and Theresa (PAS 4053). $5 for 1 sheet (2 cards) or $10 for 3 sheets (6 cards). Cash prizes: a straight line wins 100f the proceeds, an inside square wins 150f the proceeds, and a full card wins 250f all proceeds (the remaining funds will go towards greening our patio this summer).

2014/04/03

2014/04/04

2014/04/02

2014/04/09

Waterloo Brain Day - April 7, 2014

2014/04/02

2014/04/06

Researcher argues lifestyle changes key to preventing cancer - Dave Hammond comments

2014/04/02

2014/04/06

Property Values - How Children Learn About Ownership - Ori Friedman article

2014/04/02

2014/04/03

2014/04/01

2014/04/06

Speaker: Dr. Doug Crawford
Canada Research Chair in Visuomotor Neuroscience, Distinguished Research Professor at York University

Cortical Mechanisms for Allocentric vs. Egocentric Coding of Reach

April 4th, 2014 1:30pm
LHS 1621

2014/04/01

2014/04/02

2014/03/31

2014/04/04

Deadline for entries for the 2014 beeHive Baseball Pool is Thursday at 7pm.

2014/03/31

2014/04/01

2014/03/30

2014/03/31

2014/03/29

2014/04/23

I am way wayyy wayyyyyyyyyyy backlogged... As usual, thanks for your patience.

2014/03/29

2014/04/04

Hundreds of students suspended from school for inadequate immunizations. See also UW Measles Activity.

2014/03/29

2014/03/30

2014/03/28

2014/03/29

2014/03/27

2014/03/28

2014/03/26

2014/04/01

Nathaniel Barr is one of three recipients of the 2014 Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student

2014/03/26

2014/03/29

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series

Dr. Pierre Jolicoeur
University of Montreal

Electrophysiological explorations of attention, memory, mind, and body.

Friday March 28, 2014
2:00pm-3:30pm
PAS 2083
Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2014/03/26

2014/03/27

2014/03/25

2014/03/26

2014/03/24

2014/03/25

2014/03/23

2014/03/24

2014/03/22

2014/04/01

Penalty Minutes: Hockey world reflects on youth player's death - Rich Ennis comments.

2014/03/22

2014/04/01

Reported 'neuroimage bias' not as strong as first believed - Evan Risko research.

2014/03/22

2014/04/01

Stop Pretending You Enjoy Bad Sex - Erin Fallis research.

2014/03/22

2014/03/26

Current Matlab licenses expire the end of April. Licenses purchased in 2014 will expire at the end of April 2015 so no harm if you renew or purchase your Matlab user licenses sooner rather than later. Matlab is licensed by userid.

2014/03/22

2014/03/23

2014/03/21

2014/03/22

2014/03/20

2014/03/21

2014/03/19

2014/03/26

Press Ctrl-F to search for text on the web page you are currently viewing.

2014/03/19

2014/03/20

2014/03/18

2014/03/19

2014/03/17

2014/03/18

2014/03/16

2014/03/17

2014/03/15

2014/03/22

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Revalidation Alert!" and saying "Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit set by your administrator..." It tries to convince you to enter your userid and password at which point the bad guys can login to your account.

As usual, if you get'em just chuck'em.

2014/03/15

2014/03/16

2014/03/14

2014/03/15

2014/03/13

2014/03/14

2014/03/12

2014/03/22

Middle-aged people actually more likely to fall victim to con artists than 'risk averse' senior citizens, study says - Michael Ross research.

2014/03/12

2014/03/13

2014/03/11

2014/03/12

2014/03/10

2014/03/11

Bingo will start Monday March 10th. Card available now from Katy (PAS 3027) and Theresa (PAS 4053). $5 for 1 sheet (2 cards) or $10 for 3 sheets (6 cards). Cash prizes: a straight line wins 100f the proceeds, an inside square wins 150f the proceeds, and a full card wins 250f all proceeds (the remaining funds will go towards greening our patio this summer).

2014/03/10

2014/03/11

LEARN was unavailable 7-9am and 10:40am-12:40pm on Sunday. Guidelines for Instructors.

2014/03/09

2014/03/10

2014/03/08

2014/03/09

2014/03/07

2014/03/08

Latest phishing attempt... This one from alert@uwaterloo.ca, with subject line "Last Notice Before De-Activation". This email is NOT from IST or any other department on campus. It's just the bad guys' attempt to get your login information.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/03/06

2014/03/07

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/03/05

2014/03/06

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/03/04

2014/03/05

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/02/28

2014/03/03

The \\filed\psych$ share was moved to a different volume (qtree) on February 27 2014. There's nothing you need to do differently to access the share...

...except, to restore files from prior to Feb 27, you need to browse into \\filed\psychold$ and then right-click on the file you want to recover and select "Restore previous versions".

See the Backups and Recovering Files/Folders section in the Psych Nexus Notes

2014/02/27

2014/03/03

Apple Patches Mavericks SSL Flaw: Update Now. This is a nasty one. If you have a Mac or other Apple device, please patch ASAP. The bug potentially allows allows a bad guy to sit between you and another site and view what's going between the two - definitely a Bad Thing™ if you are reading email, doing banking, etc.

2014/02/27

2014/03/01

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series
Presents

Dr. David Sherry
Western University

Food Storing, Memory, and Neurogenesis in Black-Capped Chickadees

Friday, February 28, 2014
2:00-3:30 PM
PAS 2083
Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2014/02/26

2014/03/04

There seems to be a lot of phishing email arriving recently. A lot try to convince you that you need to confirm or login to accounts relating to PayPal, Amazon, AppleID, iTunes, eFax, eCards, banks and direct bank deposits,

In the bulk of the cases, clicking on the embedded link in the email will take you to a bogus site. If you provide your userid and password, the bad guys have it and can go wild.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/02/26

2014/03/04

The IST Security Group has seen a relatively large number of compromised accounts recently. In addition to phishing attack responses, they suspect it is due to people using the same password for their UW accounts as they use for accounts elsewhere. Specifically they are thinking that if people have LinkedIn and GitHub accounts (which had known compromises in the last few years) and use the same passwords for UW accounts, then their accounts here would be at risk and the UW passwords should be changed ASAP.

In general, avoid using your UW password on any other sites.

2014/02/26

2014/03/03

A couple free MATLAB Seminars are coming up on March 18. Register early.

2014/02/25

2014/02/27

Maintenance needs to be done on the system hosting the \\filed\psych$ network file share (where things like psych-lab-gfong are stored). This will occur Thursday February 27 between 4:30am-7:00am. Please do not access the share at that time.

2014/02/19

2014/02/23

Women: Stop Apologizing So Much At Work! - Karina Schumann comments

2014/02/18

2014/02/23

Another UW phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "mailbox limit exceeded - Important". The contained link would take you to a compromised site in New Zealand and attempt to run something nasty. As usual, if ou get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2014/02/16

2014/02/23

RefWorks drop-in session, Tuesday, February 18, 2:30 p.m., Library Flex Lab.

2014/02/16

2014/02/23

Citing Properly with RefWorks, Wednesday, February 26, 10:00 a.m.

2014/02/13

2014/02/14

Nathaniel Barr
University of Waterloo

Thursday February 13, 2014
10:30am-12:00pm
ABC Room PAS 3026

The Merits of Understanding the Mind

2014/02/11

2014/02/26

2014 Sochi Olympics

CBC Sports - Olympics

2014/02/11

2014/02/23

SPSS and AMOS is under "Data Analysis" in the Start Menu - it's a little confusing in that there's a separate "IBM SPSS Statistics" housing only Python in the Start Menu as well which most people probably don't use.

Also, if we previously installed the Hayes Process macro for you, we'll need to pop that in place again - just send me your machine name (the yellow sticker on the top of the machine).

2014/02/10

2014/02/11

2014 Sochi Olympics

2014/02/08

2014/02/11

Dr. Paul Wehr
University of British Columbia

Monday February 10, 2014
10:30am â€“ 12:00pm
ABC Room PAS 3026

Explaining Core Concepts: A Mock Lecture in Three Parts

2014/02/07

2014/02/23

Sendit might currently give you a message saying "Your Java version is out of date". Anyway, when you see this message, just click "Later" and on the subsequent screen click "Cancel" on the "FileCatalyst" pop-up, and then click the "Use Basic Upload Tool (no Java)."

Java updates get passed down from above to all Nexus stations on campus automatically (it saves each dept with having to deal with applying updates) and we're just waiting for the ACO to slide the update onto Psych machines.

2014/02/07

2014/02/16

Cities and their psychology: how neuroscience affects urban planning - Colin Ellard article

2014/02/07

2014/02/13

Maintenance needs to be done on the system hosting the \\filed\psych$ network file share (where things like psych-lab-gfong are stored). This will occur Wednesday February 12 between 6:30am-7:00am. Please do not access the share at that time.

2014/02/06

2014/02/07

Michael and I are interviewing coop students today. Our current coops, Omar and Akram, are at a course this afternoon so you'll find a lot of doors closed today. We probably won't be able to respond to emails today either, but can hopefully get back to you on Thursday. Thanks for your patience.

2014/01/24

2014/02/04

Enhancing Teamwork Effectiveness in Coursework through Training - Michela/Chan/Leung/Mitchell project

2014/01/24

2014/01/29

SPSS 22 and AMOS 22 with 2014 licenses have been installed on Nexus stations where requested. Emails have also been sent to individuals where licenses were purchased on non-Nexus machines in order for people to do the updates themselves.

2014/01/23

2014/01/24

IST implemented an update to Eduroam recently which will prevent Surface Pro tablets from connecting to Eduroam. IST has provided a workaround. Feel free to stop by if you have a Surface Pro and like to get it working on Eduroam.

2014/01/18

2014/01/29

The new Psych web site has gone live. There's still a lot of fine-tuning going on, but let us know if you notice any major issues.

A few faculty members have asked about updating their profile information. For now, send those updates to Mare at mappleby@uwaterloo.ca. IST is hoping to have a module in place later this term which will allow faculty members to update their own profiles. We're also hoping to add grad profiles at some point soon, but we're not quite there yet.

2014/01/18

2014/01/29

SharePoint is being upgraded from SharePoint 2010 to the new version, SharePoint 2013 on Saturday, January 25th. It will be unavailable that day.

Although not implemented initially, two of the major benefits of the new version is that it will allow authentication from other institutions/entities, and also sharing on SkyDrive which is a cloud service similar to Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. UW has a Skydrive server on campus which eliminates many concerns wrt Policy 8 (Information Security) as files would be stored here rather than on servers in other countries (some granting agencies may not allow international cloud servers to be used, and course names/marks/ids/etc should definitely not be stored there anyway). Allowing authentication from elsewhere means you can easily share files with folks from other institutions around the world and potentially even google/gmail accounts (meaning you or others could also easily access files from tablets and smartphones for instance).

2014/01/17

2014/01/18

The new Psych web site has gone live. There's still a lot of fine-tuning going on, but let us know if you notice any major issues.

2014/01/15

2014/01/18

IO Division Colloquium

Julian Barling
Queen's School of Business

Questions from leadership research for leadership research

Friday January 17, 2014
10:30-12:00 PAS 1229

2014/01/14

2014/01/24

SPSS 22 and AMOS 22 with 2014 licenses have been installed on Nexus stations where requested (except for a few machines where people were logged in on the weekend). I'll send an email soon to individuals with details as to how to install on non-Nexus stations where licenses were requested.

2014/01/12

2014/01/24

Home versions of Faculty/Staff versions of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) will automatically be updated on or after Monday January 13. Once you click OK to upgrade, just walk away for 15 minutes or so - interupting the process may cause potential problems.

2014/01/11

2014/02/27

I'm wayyyy backlogged. If you are waiting for something from me, thanks for your patience.

2014/01/10

2014/01/17

Our new coop students this term are Akram Aoun and Omar Doo. Please be gentle with them.

2014/01/10

2014/01/17

myHRinfo will be unavailable on Friday, January 10th.

2014/01/09

2014/01/14

Don't worry: Be wise and happy - Igor Grossman referenced.

2014/01/02

2014/01/14

I actually took some holidays over over the holidays so SEP, SPSS and R was not updated. These will happen over the next week or two. You may see some warnings about the SPSS/AMOS license expiring which you can ignore (the grace period will allow it to run until the end of the month).

2013/12/24

2013/12/31

IST is doing scheduled maintenance on December 27 9am-9pm. Many campus systems will be unavailable. Here's all the gory details.

Among other things the Netapp servers which handle the Nexus profiles, N: drive (My Docs and Desktop) and the dept/lab shares will be off-line. During this time, I'd suggest not to be logged in to any Nexus stations, and also avoid accessing your Nexus file space and the dept/lab shares from laptops or home machines (http://beehive.uwaterloo.ca/nexus/usernotes.html#elsewhere).

Email will not be affected during this maintenance period.

2013/12/19

2014/04/06

Microsoft Windows XP operating system - end of life status - don't wait until the last minute (April 2014) to upgrade.

Nexus stations that can be upgraded to Win7 have been done. For other UW owned PC's (including laptops and home PCs) contact us ASAP. Students can download and install Win7 at no cost.

I would suggest that you should not put a WinXP machine on the network after that time. The Risk of Running Windows XP After Support Ends April 2014.

2013/12/19

2013/12/24

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is bad science says Waterloo researcher - Jason Locklin interview.

2013/12/14

2013/12/31

Please leave your Nexus workstations on over the holidays. There's a number of updates which need to be put in place (Symantec EndPoint/Antivirus, SPSS, R, etc) and we'll need them on so that we can propagate and confirm there are no problems with the installs.

No harm turning off LCDs if you like though.

2013/12/14

2013/12/18

I'm wayyy backlogged. I'm having to mostly ignore emails for now while I finish some time sensitive work. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2013/12/05

2013/12/14

Psychology Colloquium Series Presents:

Louis A. Schmidt, Ph.D
Department of Psychology Neuroscience & Behaviour
Offord Centre for Child Studies
McMaster University

Rethinking Frontal Brain Asymmetry and Emotion

Friday, December 13, 2013
2:00-3:30pm
PAS 2083
Reception to Follow in PAS Lounge

2013/12/05

2013/12/14

I'm wayyy backlogged. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2013/12/03

2013/12/07

Where Am I? - In the Thursday Dec 5 at 8 pm episode of The Nature of Things, Colin Ellard will be discussing wayfinding and his VR lab will be shown (trailer).

2013/11/28

2013/12/07

The University of Waterloo Cognitive Science Program presents:

Waterloo Intelligence Day

Intelligence in Machines, Humans, and Other Animals

Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1:30-3:30, PAS 2083.

2013/11/28

2013/12/05

Alex Shaw, Ph.D
Booth School of Business
University of Chicago

Wednesday December 4, 2013
10:00-11:30am
ABC Room PAS 3026

Fairness: What it is, isn't, and might be for.

2013/11/28

2013/12/03

Heather A. Henderson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Miami

Monday December 2, 2013
10:00-11:30am
ABC Room PAS 3026

Linking social withdrawal to adjustment: Developmental processes and mechanisms

2013/11/27

2013/12/03

Study finds fewer smokers when graphic warning labels used - Geoff Fong research

2013/11/26

2013/11/27

Another UW-directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "update" and forged from "uwaterloo support".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/11/22

2013/12/04

Michael Wagoner (mwagoner@uwaterloo.ca, x35669, PAS 3006) has taken over for Carlos. Be gentle with him.

2013/11/21

2013/12/03

Where Am I? - In the Thursday Dec 5 at 8 pm episode of The Nature of Things, Colin Ellard will be discussing wayfinding and his VR lab will be shown.

2013/11/20

2013/11/21

The E-Prime License server is being upgraded Nov 20 between 4:30pm-6:00pm. If you start E-Prime during this time, you may see a warning about the license being invalid. Simply acknowledge the warning and E-Prime will run fine - E-Prime allows several "grace period" runs without the license server being available. If you see the same message after Nov 20, please let us know ASAP as that indicates a problem with the license server which may prevent you from starting E-Prime.

2013/11/16

2013/11/28

Tree of Hope Bingo (Support Family & Children Services) starts Monday Nov 18, 2013. $5 for 1 sheet (2 cards) or $10.00 for 3 sheets (6 cards) available from Katy McEwen in PAS 3027 and Theresa Bauer in PAS 4053.

2013/11/14

2013/11/19

Since Tuesday, emails generated by Waterloo LEARN may be flagged as SPAM by your receiving email server/client. Please scan incoming email marked as SPAM to determine whether it may be a legitimate email from Waterloo LEARN. If your SPAM automatically goes to a Junk folder, you may wish to check for Waterloo LEARN emails. IST and D2L are working to get a resolution to this issue.

2013/11/13

2013/11/28

Current licenses for SPSS and AMOS expire Dec 31 2013. I'll be sending a note to faculty members and lab managers at some point in the next few weeks with a list showing the machines they purchased licenses for in 2013 and asking which machines they would like to purchase licenses for in 2014. If you require SPSS/AMOS, contact your advisor or lab manager so they have a handle on things and can respond to my email. Licenses are tied to machines, so they will need either the Nexus name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top of each machine), the inventory# of the machine (looks like P7654 written in marker on UW owned machines), or the UWuserid of a personnally owned machine.

The cost is going up again. Licenses for 2014 will be $150/machine/year for SPSS and $100/PC/year for AMOS. AMOS is not available for Macs.

Depending on your needs, all Nexus stations in Psychology also have the freeware packages R and RStudio installed - look in "Data Analysis" in the Start Menu. We'll typically upgrade all Nexus stations at the same time so that the same versions are everywhere in order to ensure you don't run into issues moving from machine to machine.

2013/11/11

2013/11/13

November 12 between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m.: Scheduled maintenance of the Exchange (faculty/staff Connect email and calendar services) server to restore the service to the configuration prior to the October 30 outage.

2013/11/08

2013/11/13

Google Street View maps London's River Thames - Colin Ellard comments.

2013/11/08

2013/11/09

I won't be in on Friday morning.

2013/11/07

2013/11/28

2013/11/07

2013/11/09

Wednesday Oct 30 saw various problems on campus (Connect/Exchange, Sharepoint, wireless, etc) due to a problem with an upgrade of load balancers in IST. The load balancers were removed to aleviate the problem, but a few things might be slower than usual until a fix is done and they are put back on-line. As usual, feel free to ask if you notice any issues with anything.

2013/11/07

2013/11/08

I won't be in on Thursday and Friday mornings this week.

2013/11/01

2013/11/07

As of Wednesday 7:00am there are problems with several services on campus including the Connect/Exchange email server (which faculty/staff use), Sharepoint and a few other services requiring central authentication (myHRinfo, Quest, JobMine, etc). IST continues their investigation.

2013/10/31

2013/11/01

As of Wednesday 7:00am there are problems with several services on campus including the Connect email server (faculty/staff), Sharepoint and a few other services requiring central authentication (LEARN, Eduroam, myHRinfo, Quest, JobMine, etc). IST is investigating.

Update 1:30pm: In meetings until about 3:30pm so last update until then... Apparently firmware updates were applied to IST load balancers. After problems appeared, they attempted to revert to previous versions but problems persisted. IST is in contact with hardware vendors to solve the issues with load balancers. Some services have been moved off the load balancers so partial service has been restored to some things while others remain offline.

Update 3:30pm: Between 11:24:32 and 14:30:39 today the campus mail servers bounced as undeliverable 4305 pieces of email from uwaterloo.ca accounts to the outside world. You would have received a message saving the email was not delivered. This has been resolved so resending the email will allow it to be delivered.

Update 3:45pm: Blackberry email authentication: Navigate to your System Settings (Settings icon) / Accounts and if your Uwaterloo account shows 'Not Connected - Account Invalid', then select and enter your password.

Update 4:00pm: Most services have now been restored. Since load balancers were taken out of the environment, some services may be slow/degraded so be patient. IST continues to work with the hardware/software vendors to investigate the problem.

Update 4:40pm: The network file servers are down. Don't close application windows and hopefully you can continue and save when they are up again. With the load balancers off-line I suspect file servers crashed when thousands of people were logging out at the end of the day. Currently logins will fail so go home and fine tune your Halloween costumes for a while.

Update 5:30pm: Network file servers are back. I'm going to reboot all Nexus stations this evening so that they are in a good state when people arrive in the morning. If you are logged in this evening, you'll see a pop-up giving you an hour notice that the machine is going to reboot which hopefully gives to plenty of time to save what you are working on.

The Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch is Thursday October 31 at 12 noon in the PAS lounge... Pizza (2 slices for $5), Bake Sale (small change for treats), Costume Contest (prizes) and Pumpkin Carving (more prizes). Mark it on your calendars.

2013/10/30

2013/11/01

Although I haven't seen a sample of the email, IST reported that a recent phishing attempt claims to be sending voicemail messages to clients via email. The voicemail message displays as a zip file attachment and may contain one of several forms of malicious software.

Waterloo's voicemail system does not generally forward voicemails as an attachment to email. Under no circumstances should you run any such attachment.

2013/10/26

2013/10/31

2013/10/26

2013/10/31

Memory testing can age older adults in minutes (Igor Grossman comments)

2013/10/22

2013/10/26

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds with the subject "Important! 2013 webmail upgrade to confirm email is active to avoid email being disabled". This one asks for your userid and password at which point the bad guys would be able to login to your account and we'd need to go thru the Information Security Breach Response Procedure which potentially also involves the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Anyway, save us from having to go thru the red tape - if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

The full text of the message can be found on my phishing samples page.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/10/19

2013/10/26

Psychology Colloquium Series

Dr. E. Tory Higgins Dr. E. Tory Higgins
Columbia University

Value From Engagement

Friday October 25 2:00pm-3:30pm
PAS 2083
Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2013/10/18

2013/10/19

Psychology Colloquium Series

Dr. E. Tory Higgins Dr. E. Tory Higgins
Columbia University

Value From Engagement

Friday October 25 2:00pm-3:30pm
PAS 2083

Reception to follow in PAS Lounge

2013/10/17

2013/10/22

We've seen a bogus emails recently which proports to be an eFax message. The message contains links to a PDF and a DOC file which are infected with malware. If you hover your mouse over the links (without clicking) you'll see the link would go to a site in Brazil which was probably compromized and is hosting the malware.

The full text of the message can be found on my phishing samples page.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/10/16

2013/12/19

Microsoft Windows XP operating system - end of life status - don't wait until the last minute (April 2014) to upgrade.

Nexus stations that can be upgraded to Win7 have been done. For other UW owned PC's (including laptops and home PCs) contact us ASAP. Students can download and install Win7 at no cost.

2013/10/16

2013/10/18

ITC Talk

Hom L. Shrestha

Tobacco War in Nepal - A Decade-Long Journey

Thursday October 17 2:45pm-3:45pm
PAS 2086

2013/10/12

2013/10/16

A new switch has been placed in the 4th floor office area wiring closet so hopefully the network interruptions we were having in that area are a thing of the past.

2013/10/11

2013/11/28

The 8th Annual Southwestern Ontario Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology and Organizational Behaviour Graduate Student Conference will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at the University of Waterloo

2013/10/11

2013/10/12

There's a problem in our 4th floor office area wiring closet which is causing frequent lose of network connectivity for workstations and printers. The problem has been reported to IST and hopefully a new switch will arrive soon. I'll post updates here.

2013/10/10

2013/10/11

IST will be replacing a UPS in the wiring closet in the Preschool area Thursday Oct 10 between 7:15am-8:00am. Please don't login to any machines in that area until after 8:00am that day.

2013/10/10

2013/10/11

Rogers cell service is down as of about 6:30pm Wednesday evening.

2013/10/09

2013/10/16

Weighed down by guilt: Research shows it's more than a metaphor (Bobocel/Day research)

2013/10/09

2013/10/10

Carlos and I are interviewing coop students and will be out of our offices for much of the day.

2013/10/08

2013/10/16

How 'impermanence' can help us all get along - Psychology considers a novel solution to human tribalism (Larin/Kille/Eibach research)

2013/10/07

2013/10/11

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject line "Urgent Updates Needed" As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/10/06

2013/10/07

It's official, Derek "Coca" Koehler claims the Rogue Puck (TM) in the 2013 Baseball Pool.

2013/10/05

2013/10/11

Different strokes: Bizarre syndromes that can haunt recovery (with video) (James Danckert research)

2013/10/04

2013/10/06

It's official, Derek "Coca" Koehler claims the Rogue Puck (TM) in the 2013 Baseball Pool.

Get your picks in for the 2013/14 beeHive Hockey Pool before 7pm Saturday October 5th.

2013/10/03

2013/10/04

It's official, Derek "Coca" Koehler claims the Rogue Puck (TM) in the 2013 Baseball Pool.

Get your picks in for the 2013/14 beeHive Hockey Pool before 7pm Saturday October 5th.

2013/10/01

2013/10/11

Do Not Call List

2013/10/01

2013/10/05

'Age-old' reverence of knowledge has made people too afraid to admit what they don't know (David Moscovitch reference)

2013/09/29

2013/10/03

Get your picks in for the 2013/14 beeHive Hockey Pool before 7pm Saturday October 5th.

2013/09/24

2013/10/11

Bingo starts Monday Sept 30, 2013

Cards available from Katy McEwen in PAS 3027 and Theresa Bauer in PAS 4053.

All proceeds go to the Psychology Social Activities Fund

2013/09/24

2013/10/10

Promising Perseid Meteor Shower Will Peak Soon

2013/09/24

2013/09/26

FORE will be down Tuesday September 24 in order to install new hardware.

2013/09/18

2013/10/01

Is a pedestal a prison in romantic relationships? (John Holmes research)

2013/09/13

2013/09/23

On Sept 12, several printers in the department were replaced and the name of the print queues were changed to make things consistent with our new naming convention. In order to use these printers you will need to follow the instructions here to remove the old printer and add the new one.

The printers that have changed are:

old p_clinprt changed to p_psych_clinprt
old p_psysochp changed to p_psych_psysochp
old p_psychcolor changed to p_psych_deptcolour

BTW, when adding the new printer and looking for the new name in the long list of department printers just skip over the first 25 printers as they are using the old "p_" names and will be changed soon. In this case, you are looking for printers starting with "p_psych_".

If you have any problems please contact Carlos.

2013/09/13

2013/09/23

Beginning Sept 12, IST is sending out an update to Symantec EndPoint (SEP, Antivirus) which will automatically update home PCs and laptops if the free Symantec EndPoint (SEP, antivirus) from IST was originally used for the install (we'd typically install this on any machine purchased on a research grant).

Things don't go well if the install is interrupted, so I would suggest to click OK to have it upgrade itself immediately, and then walk away from the computer for about 15 minutes while it does its thing.

Nexus stations will be updated automagically in the wee hours so there's nothing for you to do on those machines.

2013/09/13

2013/09/17

Geoff Fong research: Tobacco Use In India Could Lead To Death Toll of 1.5 Million Yearly By 2020 If a computer needs to be moved, please contact Carlos or myself as changes need to be made in the wiring closets and we need to update our DB. Thanks.

2013/09/13

2013/09/17

Several Microsoft updates became available on Tuesday which appear to be causing problems for people. Nexus stations are set up so that they will not have these updates applied. If you are doing Windows Updates on non-Nexus PCs (laptops or home machines) do not apply the patches mentioned here.

UPDATE Sept 12: Apparently the problematic patch has been pulled so carry on installing everything that Windows Updates recommends.

2013/09/10

2013/09/23

Darn vacations... I'm way, wayyy, wayyyyyy backlogged. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2013/09/10

2013/09/13

Apparently there's been sightings of wireless access points around KW which broadcast themselves as "UWaterloo". These are probably just bad guys that are tempting you to login with your UW credentials in order to steal your UW userid and password. If this happens, there's a fair bit of red tape to go thru as we all probably deal with confidential information (marks, subject info, etc). Worst case, affected subjects/students and possibly even the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario would need to be made aware of any breach of an account with access to confidential information. It would not reflect well on the department when it hits the news so always be cautious when accessing wireless networks outside of UW's Eduroam.

2013/09/10

2013/09/13

A brief comment from Mike Dixon in The Steely, Headless King of Texas Hold 'Em.

2013/09/09

2013/09/17

Normally Nexus stations reboot overnight between 1am-5am in order to install software and updates. If you happen to be working at that time, you'll see a pop-up informing you that it will reboot in 15 minutes which gives you time to save things and logout - you can login again after the reboot happens.

If you have something that runs overnight, please send me the name of the machine you are working on the network name is on a yellow sticker on the top of the machine().

2013/09/05

2013/09/13

If your Mac, iPhone or iPad crashes unexpectedly, it may be due to this recent exploit: Apple Operating Systems Brought Down By 'Unicode Of Death'

2013/09/05

2013/09/10

Psychology Colloquium Speaker

Dr. Jim Tanaka

Becoming a face expert: The cognitive and neural plasticity of face recognition

Monday, September 9, 2013
Time: 3:00-4:30
Place: PAS 3026

2013/08/30

2013/09/13

SEW Courses for September-October 2013 have been announced.

2013/08/30

2013/09/09

The new REG website last gone live. Update your bookmarks or just use the links on the beeHive.

2013/08/27

2013/09/10

Darn vacations... I'm wayyyy backlogged so if you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2013/08/18

2013/09/13

If a computer needs to be moved, please contact Carlos or myself as changes need to be made in the wiring closets and we need to update our DB. Thanks.

2013/08/15

2013/08/18

If a cmputer needs to be moved, please contact Carlos or myself as changes need to be made in the wiring closets and we need to update our DB. Thanks.

2013/08/14

2013/08/18

A few more UW directed phishing emails are making the rounds. One with the subject "IT Services" and asking you to follow a link ("CLICK HERE") to enter your login information. The other with the subject "confirm email update" and asking for your userid and password. In both cases, you'd be gving your userid/password to the bad guys and they would be able to access your accounts, emails, etc. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/08/13

2013/08/14

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "confirm email update" and asking for your userid and password. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/08/10

2013/08/14

2013/08/09

2013/08/26

I'm on vacation until Monday August 26th...
see ya,
	Bill

2013/08/06

2013/08/13

RHR International Sponsors Award for Best Student Paper in I/O Psychology - Pylin Chuapetcharasopon

2013/08/03

2013/08/09

I'll be on vacation August 9-25.

2013/08/03

2013/08/08

I'm on vacation until Wednesday August 7th...
see ya,
	Bill

2013/07/31

2013/08/03

Another email phishing attempt is making the rounds to UW email addresses. This one with the subject "System Administrator(Mailbox Exceeded Quota Limit)". As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/07/30

2013/10/10

Microsoft Windows XP operating system - end of life status

2013/07/29

2013/07/30

Microsoft Windows XP operating system - end of life status

2013/07/24

2013/07/29

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one with the subject "The Waterloo! Helpdesk". Here's the full message if you'd like to take a gander.

If you were to click on the link and enter your userid and password, the bad guys would have your login info and could do whatever they want with your account.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/07/23

2013/07/24

There was an electrical power shutdown in PAS Saturday July 20 from 7:00am-12:15pm. Power has now been restored. You may need to restart network printers before print jobs appear.

2013/07/21

2013/07/23

There was an electrical power shutdown in PAS Saturday July 20 from 7:00am-12:15pm. Power has now been restored. You may need to restart network printers before print jobs appear.

2013/07/20

2013/07/21

There will be an electrical power shutdown in PAS Saturday July 20 from 7:00am-12:15pm. Please ensure you logout and shutdown your machines, printers and UPSes before you leave on Friday.

All Nexus stations in Psych have been powered down as of 11pm. Please don't turn the machines on until after 12:30pm - it'll take a little bit of time for network device and servers to get back on-line. If you have a mobile device, I'll pop a note here when things are ready.

2013/07/19

2013/08/03

I'm more than a bit backlogged at the moment. If you are waiting for something from me, thanks for your patience.

2013/07/19

2013/07/29

There's always a crunch with new machines being purchased for the start of the Fall term. If you would like to have new machines in place for September, please contact Carlos or myself ASAP so that we can order before July 24 (Katy is on vacation the following week). This should ensure they arrive and we can have them set up in time. Thanks!

2013/07/19

2013/07/20

There will be an electrical power shutdown in PAS Saturday July 20 from 7:00am-12:15pm. Please ensure you logout and shutdown your machines, printers and UPSes before you leave on Friday.

In case you aren't around, I'll run a script to shutdown Nexus stations at around 11pm on Friday evening.

2013/07/18

2013/07/19

There's always a crunch with new machines being purchased for the start of the Fall term. If you would like to have new machines in place in your research areas or grad offices for September, please contact Carlos or myself ASAP so that we can order them before the end of July. This should ensure they arrive and we can have them set up in time. Thanks!

2013/07/17

2013/07/29

Microsoft Windows XP operating system - end of life status

We have pretty much all Nexus stations capable of running Win7 upgraded (just a few left while some data collection studies finish up). You'll want to upgrade or retire any other machines or laptops sooner rather than later. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

2013/07/09

2013/07/17

Uzma Rehman research: Bedroom Secrets and Lies, and How They Affect Your Sex Life

2013/07/05

2013/07/09

Dr. David Sherman

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB

ITC Talk

Monday July 8, 2013
3:30pm-5:00pm
PAS 3026 - ABC Room

2013/07/04

2013/07/18

The ACO reboots watarts and artsweb the 1st Tuesday of each month between 8:20am-8:40am in order to get patches in place. Obviously web services will not be available at this time. If you expect participants to be accessing your web studies around that time, please let them know that they may experience problems.

If this is a major problem for any of your studies, let me know and we'll see if the ACO can schedule the reboot at a different time.

2013/07/03

2013/07/06

Mike Dixon research: Gamblers Like Noisy Slot Machines -- It Reinforces the Rewarding Feeling After a Win

2013/07/03

2013/07/04

myWaterloo is having some problems at the moment. IST is investigating.

2013/06/28

2013/07/03

I'll upgrade all Win7 Nexus stations which have Amos 21 installed the evening of June 27. The upgrade will solve a few issues that several people here mentioned they were running into - chances are others in the department may also be doing the same analysis. If you are working on a non-Nexus machine, you'll need to manually download and install the fix from here.

2013/06/27

2013/07/01

It's official... Scotty Bruce takes home a Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2013 Hockey Playoff Pool!!!

Please pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2013/06/22

2013/06/23

UPDATE 1:20pm - IST has identified the cause of the earlier network issue and has restored services campus-wide.

There was a campus wide network problem (DNS) today starting about 11:50am affecting pretty much all things network related - email, web, network storage locations...

If you are working on something and unable to save to a network location, save to a local hardisk location (D:\users or D:\users-nobackup on a Nexus station) or USB stick so that you have a copy to revert to.

If you are running into problems with anything, let me know as the network outage could possible have left some things in a bad state. Thanks.

2013/06/07

2013/06/09

UPDATE: The following should now be fixed. If you need any of the packages below sooner rather than later, simply logout, restart your PC and those packages should install.

Original Note: A number of Nexus applications were to be updated in the wee hours of Thursday morning, but server problems prevented all machines from being upgraded properly. The ACO will be working on the server issues Thursday morning and hopefully a subsequent reboot will allow things to be installed properly.

If you normally use FireFox or Chrome, you may need to use IE for the time being. Other applications that may be unavailable are Perl, Flash, FileZila, Ghostscript, GSView, Java, Notepad++, Shockwave Player, Tera Term, Thunderbird and VLC.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

2013/06/07

2013/06/09

IST has resolved the Outlook connectivity issue which was causing email problems for Faculty/Staff. You may need to close and re-open Outlook to ensure you are connected to a working server.

2013/06/06

2013/06/07

A number of Nexus applications were to be updated in the wee hours of Thursday morning, but server problems prevented all machines from being upgraded properly. The ACO will be working on the server issues Thursday morning and hopefully a subsequent reboot will allow things to be installed properly.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

2013/06/04

2013/06/06

Congrats to Geoff Fong: PAHO/WHO honors individuals and institutions for tobacco control contributions

2013/06/02

2013/06/09

Gamification 2013 Call for Participation

2013/05/28

2013/06/27

As machines were upgraded to Win7, we usually renamed them to better indicate when they were purchased. Hopefully this makes it easy to determine the age, suitability to task and to plan for replacing older machines.

Typically machines end with two digits (indicating the year) and a letter (indicating the nth machine purchased in a year). So, for instance, the machine dkoehler12c would be the 3rd machine purchased in 2012 by Derek Koehler (the current runaway leader in the Baseball Pool btw).

It's probably wise to plan on replacing machines once they are approaching 4-5 years old (depending on what they are being used for of course).

2013/05/28

2013/05/31

People have reported a few "Prize Winner" phishing emails have arrived in their accounts. Click this phishing link and take a peek at some of the links at the top to learn how to better recognize these bogus messages.

2013/05/27

2013/05/31

Waterloo Copyright FAQ

2013/05/25

2013/05/27

Another UW directed phishing email is arriving on UW accounts. This one with the subject "Uwaterloo IT Services". The embedded link leads to a non-UW web site which is a dead giveaway that it's bogus. In general, IST would never ask for your password, and you should never share your password with anyone. Plus, the english in the message body ain't no fine and you should not trust words that should be talking right but don't.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/05/18

2013/05/27

I'm more than a bit backlogged at the moment. If you are waiting for something from me, thanks for your patience.

My motto: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

2013/05/15

2013/05/27

On Tuesday May 14th, the VPN software will be updated. Users will be prompted to download the new client the first time they attempt to connect to the VPN.

If you have any problems with the upgrade, call the IST Helpdesk at x37070.

2013/05/15

2013/05/18

I'm more than a bit backlogged at the moment. If you are waiting for something from me, thanks for your patience.

2013/05/11

2013/05/15

On Tuesday May 14th, the VPN software will be updated. Users will be prompted to download the new client the first time they attempt to connect to the VPN.

2013/05/10

2013/05/27

Please review the University of Waterloo policies, procedures, and statements relating to information security.

2013/05/08

2013/05/15

Our computing support coops this term are Affan (returning from F2012) and Waleed. As usual, be gentle with them.

2013/05/07

2013/05/23

Bingo starts Friday May 10th. Proceeds will go to enhancing the PAS Building Patio. Cards available from Katy McEwen in PAS 3027.

2013/05/07

2013/05/11

Department of Psychology
Annual Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

Dr. Russell H. Fazio
Weighting Positive versus Negative Valence: The Fundamental Nature of Asymmetries in Attitude Generalization

Friday May 10, 2013
3:00 p.m.
St. Paul's University, Alumni Hall

Reception to follow in same room.

2013/05/01

2013/05/07

Daniela O'Neill and Angela Nyhout article: Wordless books encourage more complex conversation with toddlers, research finds

2013/05/01

2013/05/03

Get your picks in for the 2013 beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool.

Deadline for entries is Thursday May 2nd 7:00pm EDT.

2013/04/30

2013/05/01

Yours truly takes home the Rogue Puck™ in the 2012/13 Hockey Pool.

2013/04/27

2013/05/01

LEARN will be down Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1 for a scheduled upgrade.

2013/04/24

2013/04/27

If your Nexus station falls into sleep mode and you need to power it up when you come in (you'll see a message "Resuming Windows" when you fire it up), could you send me an email with the machine name (the little yellow sticker on the top of the machine) and I'll fix. With the machine hibernating, it may prevent the nightly backup from running.

2013/04/19

2013/04/22

IST has seen spam/malware arrive on campus themed to the Boston Explosion. Update: some as well with the subject "Texas Plant Explosion".

Short version: people are being sent messages links supposedly to pages containing Youtube videos of the aftermath which actually are Java exploits.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/04/18

2013/04/19

IST has seen spam/malware arrive on campus themed to the Boston Explosion.

Short version: people are being sent messages links supposedly to pages containing Youtube videos of the aftermath which actually are Java exploits.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/04/15

2013/04/27

2013/04/15

2013/04/22

At last count, there's more that fourteen links here on the beeHive. If you are looking for something and it doesn't jump out at you, search the page by pressing ctrl-f in your browser.

As well, check the "Psych Nexus Notes" link over there on the left for details on where to save things, how to set up and troubleshoot printers, how to access the network shares, how to recover things from backups and to be aware of a few gotchas.

2013/04/15

2013/04/22

Always use your UW email address for all UW-related emails.

2013/04/15

2013/04/18

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "Important information about your Webmail account." As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/04/09

2013/04/12

The Annual Staff Conference is on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Psych staff will be attending multiple workshops and will be checking their email periodically so please be patient if you do not get a response right away.

2013/04/05

2013/04/06

Work will be done in the 4th floor lab area wiring closet Friday morning between 7:00am-8:00am. Avoid logging in to machines in that area at that time.

2013/04/04

2013/04/10

Waterloo Brain Day
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
8:30am to 5:00pm

2013/04/04

2013/04/05

A network switch is bring replaced in the 4th floor lab area wiring closet Thursday morning between 7:10am-8:00am. Avoid logging in to machines in that area at that time.

2013/03/29

2013/04/22

2012 T4 and T4A Slips are Now Available Through myHRinfo

2013/03/29

2013/04/04

E-Prime YouTube Channel

2013/03/28

2013/04/05

beeHive Baseball Pool entry form

Deadline for entries is 7:00pm Thursday April 4th.

2013/03/27

2013/04/04

Richard Ennis has been named one of the Distinguished Teacher Award winners for 2013.

2013/03/22

2013/04/04

Another few more UW directed phishing emails are making the rounds. One with the subject line "Uwaterloo Upgrade" and the other "Email Notification For Staff/Student/Faculty". Full text of each is shown here. Both ask for your password (which you should never share with anyone). As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/03/21

2013/03/22

Tuesday's problems with LEARN have been resolved.

2013/03/20

2013/03/23

Department of Psychology
Colloquium Series
Presents

Dr. Laurel Trainor
Auditory Development in Infants: From Perceiving Music to Social Behaviour

Friday, March 22, 2013 3:00-4:30pm PAS 2083

Reception to Follow in PAS Lounge

2013/03/20

2013/03/21

As of Tuesday afternoon, there are problems with LEARN.

From IST: D2L is currently working behind the scenes to resolve these issues without bringing Waterloo LEARN down. Unfortunately, you will be experiencing some strange behaviour from the system until it is resolved.

Hopefully IST will provide updates here as they happen.

2013/03/12

2013/04/02

We are in the process of upgrading all Nexus machines in the department Win7. If machines in your area haven't yet been done, send me the machine name and a few dates which may work and we'll get things upgraded sooner rather than later.

2013/03/09

2013/04/04

SEW Courses in March/April. Sign up early while spots are available. People moving research lab web sites to Drupal will need to take SEW 099 and possibly SEW 100 (ask if you aren't sure). 101, 109, 110 and 016 may also be useful in some cases.

2013/03/09

2013/03/12

We are in the processof upgrading all Nexus machines in the department Win7. If machines in your area haven't yet been done, send me the machine name and a few dates which may work and we'll get things upgraded sooner rather than later.

2013/03/09

2013/03/12

This weekend I'll be sending out a minor revision of SEP and TrueCrypt to Nexus stations late in the evening on Friday and Saturday. Things will be installed on reboots. TrueCrypt will require two reboots for the install to complete so if you need to use TrueCrypt and it's not behaving as expected, just logout and restart the machine (press ctrl-alt-del at the login screen and select "Restart".

2013/03/08

2013/03/09

Stompin' Tom Connors, creator of 'The Hockey Song', dies at 77

2013/03/07

2013/03/11

Gord Pennycook and Al Cheyne's research: What Predicts Distress After Episodes of Sleep Paralysis?

2013/03/05

2013/03/11

Gord Pennycook's research is mentioned in: What Kind of Thinker Believes in God?

2013/03/05

2013/03/07

Gord Pennucook and Al Cheyne's research: What Predicts Distress After Episodes of Sleep Paralysis?

2013/03/02

2013/03/04

TrueCrypt on Win7 Nexus machines in the dept will be upgraded this weekend. It actually require two reboots to allow it to run (one reboot to install the software and a second reboot to start the driver). Machines normally reboot between 1am-5am each night so it should be ready for you to use on Monday. If TrueCrypt isn't working for you on the weekend, simply logout and reboot your machine.

2013/03/01

2013/03/05

The Kitchener Detachment of the RCMP has issued a "Scareware" scam warning.

We've seen an example of this on campus.

2013/03/01

2013/03/05

Gord Pennycook's research is mentioned in this post: What Kind of Thinker Believes in God?

2013/02/27

2013/03/04

FORE will be down for maintenance 1pm Friday March 1 to 7am Monday March 4.

2013/02/15

2013/02/17

Astronaut aboard the International Space Station to connect with Waterloo students starting at 11:15am Friday.

2013/02/15

2013/02/16

Department of Psychology Colloquium Series Presents

Dr. Noam Soreni
Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Friday, February 15
3:00-4:30 PM
PAS 2083
Reception to Follow in PAS Lounge

2013/02/14

2013/02/15

Stephanie Denison's research work: Wise Beyond Their Years: What Babies Really Know

2013/02/13

2013/03/11

New RAs will need to be added to the appropriate Nexus Security Groups in order to be able to access network shares or printers in the department. You'll also want to remove people once they leave the department. Please do a once over and send any changes.

2013/02/13

2013/02/14

IST is investigating a problem with one of the campus BES server which handles email to/from Blackberrys. I'll pop a note here when the fix is confirmed.

2013/02/13

2013/02/14

iPhone and iPad users should hold off on installing the latest iOS 6.1 update. In addition to battery problems, it also may be causing significant problems for email and calendar servers.

There is now a 6.1.1 update available which hopefully works better.

2013/02/12

2013/02/13

iPhone and iPad users should hold off on installing the latest iOS 6.1 update. In addition to battery problems, it also may be causing significant problems for email and calendar servers.

2013/02/11

2013/02/14

Update: Flash Player Exploit Targeting Macs and Windows

2013/02/05

2013/02/06

I'll be out of the office until noon on Tuesday.

2013/02/02

2013/02/05

LEARN is now back on-line as of about 1:40pm. IST info sites: Latest news here --- While Learn is down --- News on Learn

2013/02/01

2013/03/04

SPSS/AMOS has been installed on all Nexus stations where requested. If you start things and see a message about the firewall, click "Allow". If you see a message regarding character encoding, click "Use Unicode encoding". If you see a message about "unblocking Java", click "Cancel". If you previously had the "process" dialog installed, send a note with your machine name as it will need to be re-installed.

2013/02/01

2013/02/17

I'm participating in the 2013 Skate 48 Hockey Challenge on Feb 16. Click here and thanks in advance if you'd like to make a donation to the KW Rotary Club for various kids' programs. You'll also get a tax receipt.

2013/02/01

2013/02/02

LEARN has been experiencing performance problems since Monday at 3:25pm (slow for login and for accessing file). IST investigating and has provided some additional info sites: Latest news here --- While Learn is down --- News on Learn

2013/01/31

2013/02/05

There will be a test of the Emergency Alert System Jan 31 at 8am.

2013/01/31

2013/02/01

2013/01/31

2013/02/01

LEARN has been experiencing performance problems since Monday at 3:25pm (slow for login and for accessing file). IST investigating. Latest news here.

2013/01/30

2013/02/01

I'm participating in the 2013 Skate 48 Hockey Challenge on Feb 16. Click here and thanks in advance if you'd like to sponsor me with a donation to the KW Rotary Club for various kids' programs. You'll also get a tax receipt.

2013/01/28

2013/01/31

SPSS/AMOS installs will happen this week on Nexus stations. We'll also contact people with non-Nexus (including laptops and home machines) regarding those installs.

2013/01/27

2013/01/31

Another phishing email making the rounds. This one with the subject "Hi" and contains a link to a login page. If you were to enter your password, they would simply use your login info to access your account for identity theft or to send email, or host port (or whatever) on your account.

And another with the subject "Great news!" which you can also chuck.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/01/26

2013/01/27

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/01/23

2013/01/28

SPSS/AMOS installs will hopefully happen this weekend on Nexus stations. We'll contact people with non-Nexus (including laptops and home machines) early next week regarding those installs.

2013/01/22

2013/02/05

Yeah, I'm way backlogged. If you are waiting for anything, thanks for your patience.

2013/01/20

2013/01/23

Deadline for entries in the beeHive 2012/13 Hockey Pool is Tuesday January 22nd at 7:00pm EST.

2013/01/11

2013/01/20

I'm away until Monday January 21st...
see ya,
	Bill

2013/01/10

2013/01/20

Our new computer coop students this term are Jay Vyas and Amit Soodan. As usual, be gentle with them.

2013/01/09

2013/01/20

Home, laptop and non-Nexus stations may receive a SEP Update starting Jan 7. When you are prompted, go ahead and install. Once started, you may want to walk away from your machine for 15 minutes or so while it completes.

This will only happen if the faculty/staff version of SEP was installed (all UW owned machines). Students can install SEP free from here. As with other system software, Nexus stations are updated automatically so there's nothing for you to do there.

2013/01/08

2013/01/11

Start of term and I'm backlogged already. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2013/01/08

2013/01/09

2013/01/03

2013/01/08

The bad guys are starting the new year with another UW directed phishing attempt. This one with the subject line "Uwaterloo New Year Webmail Upgrade". As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2013/01/03

2013/01/04

NetApp Failure - N drive & profile space for staff & students unavailable (this link only available from on campus or while logged in using the UW VPN Service).

UPDATE WEDNESDAY 8:00am: The problem was resolved at 7:53am this morning. If you were logged in before that time, simply logout and log back in again.

2013/01/02

2013/01/03

NetApp Failure - N drive & profile space for staff & students unavailable (this link only available from on campus or while logged in using the UW VPN Service). Your Nexus N: drive (My Documents, Desktop, etc) and profile (preferences, etc) will not be available until IST has repaired the problem. I'd recommend to logout until things are fixed.

If you do attempt to login, you will be logged in with a temporary profile (none of your usual settings and preferences). You will be able to access things on your D: drive, but a bunch of things won't work as expected. Hopefully things are fixed before Wednesday morning.

I'll pop a note here once things are back to normal.

2012/12/22

2013/01/02

It's way cooler...

2012/12/22

2013/01/02

Roller Kingdom

2012/12/19

2012/12/26

Please leave your Nexus stations on over the holidays. Backups and updates will continue as usual.

2012/12/16

2013/04/04

Please see Carlos or myself to update your Win7 profile before you first login to a Win7 Nexus machine.

2012/12/16

2013/01/20

Through bingo and cash donations we have reached our $300 goal for Tree of Hope! Thank You for making the holidays brighter for a family in need.

Thanks, Theresa

2012/12/11

2012/12/12

Why Gmail, Chrome, and Drive Went Down Today (Monday)

2012/12/07

2012/12/16

Tree of Hope Bingo starts Tuesday November 27. Cards are available from Theresa (PAS 4053) and Louise (PAS 4006)

Our Goal: $300, Total Raised To Date: $296

2012/12/05

2012/12/20

Psychology's Holiday Food Drive
Please consider picking up an extra non-perishable food item and drop it off under the Christmas tree in the PAS lounge (PAS 3005) by December 19. If you don't have time to shop, please consider a cash donation (see Theresa or Louise).

2012/12/05

2012/12/07

Tree of Hope Bingo starts Tuesday November 27. Cards are available from Theresa (PAS 4053) and Louise (PAS 4006)

Our Goal: $300, Total Raised To Date: $246

2012/12/04

2012/12/06

Waterloo Ignorance Day
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1-4 p.m., PAS 2083

10 speakers will report on:
What I Wish I Knew About the Mind, Brain, and Intelligence.

Sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program.

2012/12/04

2012/12/05

Carlos and I will be at WatITis November 4th. We'll be able to check email, but we won't be able to take care of anything urgent until Wednesday. Feel free to catch up to our coops, Affan and Suraj, in PAS 4279, x37870...
see ya,
	Bill

2012/12/01

2013/02/05

The SEP upgrade we performed on Nexus stations optionally provides browser intrusion prevention which I would recommend enabling. The first time you run IE or Firefox you will be prompted to allow SEP to integrate with these programs - say "Yes" to enable these.

You can also check the status and enable by doing this:

In Internet Explorer, select "Tools/Manage add-ons" and under "Toolbars and Extensions" for "Symantec Intrusion Prevention", ensure it is "Enabled".
In Firefox, select "Tools/Options" and in the "General" tab, click "Manage Add-ons", then "Extensions" ensure "Symantec Intrusion Prevention" is enabled.

2012/11/29

2012/12/10

We're in the process of upgrading all Nexus stations stations in the department to Win7. Most faculty/staff machines and a number of research labs have already been upgraded.

If you would like a workstation upgraded sooner rather than later, send a note with the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top) and we'll find a spot in our schedule. Expect to be without the machine for two day - our coops will pick it up in the morning and return it later the following day. Make an extra backup of files you have saved on the D: drive before we start.

If a machine is being used for data collection, be sure to touch base with others using the machine to ensure there are no conflicts. Ideally we'd like to do entire research lab areas close together so that people don't need to jump back and forth between Win7 and WinXP machines.

2012/11/28

2012/12/16

Nexus stations in Psych classrooms (PAS 3012, 3026) and the general lab (PAS 3022) will be upgraded to Win7 in December. PAS 4032 is already Win7. Your Nexus file space (N:, My Documents and Desktop) will follow you around between WinXP and Win7 Nexus stations. But, your Win7 profile is different from your WinXP profile. Please see Carlos or myself to update your Win7 profile before you first login to a Win7 Nexus machine.

2012/11/28

2012/11/29

We're in the process of upgrading all Nexus stations stations in the department to Win7. Most faculty/staff machines and a number of research labs have already been upgraded. If you would like a workstation upgraded sooner rather than later, send me a note with the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top) and we'll find a spot in our schedule. Expect to be without the machine for two day - our coops will pick it up in the morning and return it later the following day. Make an extra backup of files you have saved on the D: drive before we start.

2012/11/27

2012/11/28

The bad guys were busy over the weekend. A few more phishing emails may have landed in your inbox. One with the title "Dear E-mail Subscriber", another with "Newsletter" and a third with "WARNING VIRUS DETECTED".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/11/27

2012/11/28

Free Snowman...

2012/11/24

2012/11/29

Facebook Gift Scams: How They Work

2012/11/23

2012/11/27

Who you gonna call?

2012/11/22

2012/11/23

FORE will be down Thursday morning between 8:30 and 10:30 while IST moves the server to a different location

2012/11/19

2012/12/05

Tree of Hope Bingo starts Tuesday November 27. Cards are available from Theresa (PAS 4053) and Louise (PAS 4006)

2012/11/19

2012/11/23

Onions

2012/11/17

2012/12/01

You can check the status and enable by doing this:

In Internet Explorer, select "Tools/Manage add-ons" and under "Toolbars and Extensions" for "Symantec Intrusion Prevention", ensure it is "Enabled".
In Firefox, select "Tools/Options" and in the "General" tab, click "Manage Add-ons", then "Extensions" ensure "Symantec Intrusion Prevention" is enabled.

2012/11/15

2012/11/19

The Wizard of Oz

2012/11/14

2012/11/15

iCoffee

2012/11/13

2012/11/24

I'm wayyyy backlogged at the moment. If you are waiting for something, thanks for your patience.

2012/11/13

2012/11/14

Education

2012/11/10

2012/11/13

Poor Ralph

2012/11/09

2012/11/16

A few more bogus UW directed phishing emails are making the rounds. One with the subject "UPGRADE YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT", another with "Email Quota", and a third with "Is Your E-mail Still Active?(Last Warning)."

Click here for more details on each.

As usual, if you get 'em just chuck 'em.

2012/11/09

2012/11/10

The campus was having network problems around 11am Thursday which slowed things down significantly. IST implemented a temporary fix and is planning an upgrade for the campus DNS servers on Thursday evening between 10pm-midnight.

2012/11/08

2012/11/09

Another bogus UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "UPGRADE YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT". As usual, if you get 'em just chuck 'em.

2012/11/07

2012/11/10

Unemployed

2012/11/07

2012/11/08

Emergency alert to be tested Wednesday Nov 7 at 8am. You will see a pop-up on Nexus stations at this time.

Emerge is installed on all Nexus stations on campus. Folks with non-Nexus machines which connect to the network should download and install Emerge from here.

2012/11/05

2012/11/07

Symantec EndPoint (antivirus) has been upgraded on all Nexus stations which were on on Saturday night.

2012/11/05

2012/11/07

Sudden Realization Romney

2012/11/03

2012/11/05

Symantec EndPoint (antivirus) will be upgraded on Nexus stations in the Psych dept Saturday November 3 between 6pm-11pm. Please ensure all machines are turned on, but no one is logged in.

2012/11/03

2012/11/05

Dragon, Baby

2012/11/02

2012/11/03

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one with the subject "uwaterloo.ca UPGRADE" that tempts you to click on a non-UW link to enter your UW credentials so that they can steal your userid and password in order to login to your account to view your personnal emails and files, and probably send more spam.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/11/01

2012/11/16

Psychology's 2012 United Way Campaign
(on Facebook too)

2012/11/01

2012/11/03

Class, Oct 31

2012/10/30

2012/11/28

Nexus stations in Psych classrooms (PAS 3012, 3026, 4032) and the general lab (PAS 3022) will be upgraded to Win7 in December. Your Nexus file space (N:, My Documents and Desktop) will follow you around between WinXP and Win7 Nexus stations. But, your Win7 profile is different from your WinXP profile. Please see Carlos or myself to update your Win7 profile before you first login to a Win7 Nexus machine.

2012/10/30

2012/11/13

For the last few years, we've been including the year the machine was purchased as part of the computer network name (shown on the yellow sticker on the top of the machine). Hopefully this makes it easy for people to determine the age of a machine and to plan for replacements.

We are currently using something like "brown12b" which would indicate this was the 2nd (b) machine purchased by Doug Brown in 2012. If you are planning ahead and would like to know when any machines were purchased, just send a note with the network name of the machine, or the inventory number (the P1234-like # written on the back of the machine). Many machines may also have a sticker on the back with the purchase date.

2012/10/30

2012/10/31

As of about 5:40pm Monday, about half of the campus is without power. This includes IST and many servers so your network file space including your Nexus My Documents, Desktop and Network file space will no be accessible. Email is also down along with web sites housed on IST servers.

If you currently have something open and need to save things, save to D:\users which is the local hard disk on Nexus machines.

This IST page will provide an update of when things are back to normal. If it doesn't load, you know things are still down.

2012/10/27

2012/11/01

Companies Give Out Scholarships...

2012/10/27

2012/10/30

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. The broken english mentions "we are poised to open a query" and the link they beg you to entery your userid/password in to goes to a non-UW web site.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/10/21

2012/10/27

Grammar Matters

2012/10/20

2012/11/01

Psychology's 2012 United Way Campaign
(on Facebook too)
Bingo has started. If you haven't already, buy your tickets ASAP from Louise in PAS 4006 or Theresa in PAS 4053.
Raffle tickets are $2 each or 3/$5 and are also available from Louise and Theresa. Draw will be held at the Halloween Pizza lunch on Oct 31.

2012/10/19

2012/10/23

IST received information from Microsoft that emails from UW are no longer being blocked by Hotmail servers.

2012/10/18

2012/10/19

hotmail.com, live.com, msn.com and me.com are currently blocking email from UW. Apparently way too many people are falling for phishing attacks. IST is working on getting it unblocked. If you forward your @uwaterloo.ca email to one of these addresses, folks at UW will not be able to reach you.

Update: The problem persists and IST is now recommending to remove forwarding on any UW accounts to ensure that you are able to read emails sent to your @uwaterloo.ca account.

There was also a note in Thursday's Daily Bulletin.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions or concerns.

2012/10/17

2012/10/21

Difference between Science and Screwing around

2012/10/17

2012/10/18

Update: The problem persists and IST is now recommending to remove forwarding on any UW accounts to ensure that you are able to read emails sent to your @uwaterloo.ca account.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions or concerns.

2012/10/16

2012/10/17

Hotmail is currently blocking email from UW. Apparently way too many people are falling for phishing attacks. IST is working on getting it unblocked.

2012/10/15

2012/10/16

Jump From Space Live

2012/10/13

2012/10/17

Lineups

2012/10/11

2012/10/12

Carlos and I are interviewing coop students all day today. If you drop an email, we may not be able to get back to you as quickly as usual. Thanks for your patience.

2012/10/06

2012/10/20

Psychology's 2012 United Way Campaign
(on Facebook too)
Bingo has started. If you haven't already, buy your tickets ASAP from Louise in PAS 4006 or Theresa in PAS 4053.

2012/10/06

2012/10/13

Evil genius

2012/10/04

2012/10/06

Psychology's 2012 United Way Campaign
(on Facebook too)
pointer

Bingo has started. If you haven't already, buy your tickets ASAP from Louise in PAS 4006 or Theresa in PAS 4053.

2012/10/04

2012/10/06

Bubbles

2012/10/03

2012/10/04

Psychology's 2012 United Way Campaign
pointer

Bingo has started. If you haven't already, buy your tickets ASAP from Louise in PAS 4006 or Theresa in PAS 4053.

2012/09/29

2012/10/04

Best "Worst Movie Death Scene Ever"

2012/09/29

2012/10/02

Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre Open House

2012/09/28

2012/09/29

The Phone Stacking Game

2012/09/25

2012/09/28

Waiting for an iPhone 5...for no reason

2012/09/25

2012/09/27

Another phishing email is making the rounds which tries to convince you it is from TD Bank. It has the subject "Your online EasyWeb account has been limited". Click the link above for what the message looks like.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/09/20

2012/09/22

Tuesday: There seems to be scattered wireless signal problems with PAS. This has been reported to IST who is investigating.

2012/09/19

2012/10/03

I'm wayyyy backlogged. If you are waiting for something, I'll get to it as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.

2012/09/19

2012/09/25

Psy - Gangnam Style

2012/09/19

2012/09/22

Microsoft offers advice to deal with IE security bug

2012/09/18

2012/10/13

Several people have accidentally stumbled upon the key combination which sets the keyboard to French. Press and hold the "Left Ctrl" and the "Right Shift" keys at the same time for 2-5s in order to switch it back. You can also disable the French keyboard by going into the Control Panel and selecting "Region and Language", then the "Keyboards and Language" tab, then "Change Keyboards" and remove the French keyboard.

2012/09/18

2012/09/19

Another UW directed phishing email si making the rounds with the sibject "Message Delivery Report Pending." As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/09/14

2012/09/19

Let me in...

2012/09/13

2012/09/25

Just a follow-up reminder to the email I sent Sept 4 regarding the Campus Services change to Nexus Authentication ...

Most UW systems will require your Nexus password as of September 19. IST is recommending that you set your password in WatIAM ahead of the change on September 19th to avoid problems. Setting your password in WatIAM will set the password in ADS/WatIAM and NEXUS.

If you are logged into a Nexus station and you plan to enter a password that is not the same as your current Nexus password, please do the following to ensure you don't run into any grief:

save any work and quit all programs
set your password in WatIAM
logout
login again

This will ensure there's no issues related to having a different Nexus password during your current Nexus login session.

2012/09/12

2012/09/14

Question for you all?

2012/09/12

2012/09/13

Another phishing email is making the rounds, this one with the subject line "Dear uwaterloo.ca E-Mail Account User. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/09/09

2012/09/27

Our Nexus Groups List (use your UWuserid/password to login) contains lists of userids associated with various security groups in Psych. People need to be associated with the correct groups in order to access specific Nexus network shares and also to be able to print to printers. Please check and send any updates

2012/09/08

2012/09/11

Our new coops this term are Suraj Patel and Affan Sajid. Be gentle with them.

2012/09/08

2012/09/09

There was a power outage last night in PAS between about 8:30pm-12:30am which is why your machine is probably shut down. Our coops are making the rounds to fire up machines starting with the faculty/staff offices.

You will probably need to turn off and restart your printers before you can print

2012/09/06

2012/09/12

How people in science see each other

2012/09/05

2012/09/09

The server which backs up D:\users on the Psych machines on the 2nd and 4th floors is having problems which Carlos is looking into. While you see this message here, make an additional backup of anything critical that is stored there.

2012/09/05

2012/09/07

Things should now be working OK WRT the move from artsfile to fileu. Please click here for details of the changes and to also find how to update your desktop shortcuts, how to access your public_html folder on artsweb, and why your Recent Documents may be appearing as read-only, and a few other things.

As usual, please let us know if you are having any problems.

2012/09/05

2012/09/06

Silence is golden...

2012/09/04

2012/09/07

Why You Should Probably Disable Java on Your Browser Right Now

If you are going to non-UW sites, you might want to consider using FireFox or Chrome as disabling Java for these two browsers is easy (IE is a bit more problematic). The link above has details on how to disable Java. IST monitors network traffic and should be able to determine if you are visting a site which is attempting to compromise your system. Nexus stations should be safer as regular user permissions don't have permissions to write to system files.

The above link contains good advice for home machines and laptops, including Macs which are also vulnerable.

UPDATE: Java SE Downloads provides a fix for the above. When updating, you probably don't need the JDK download (unless you are a Java programmer) and only need to update the JRE components. Anyway, just click the "JRE Download".

UPDATE2: Not so fast: Java 7 Update 7 critical vulnerability discovered in less than 24 hours - at this point I would suggest to disable Java using the instructions at the top. Or, just uninstall it completely.

Nexus stations will be updated automatically so you don't need to do anything with them.

2012/09/01

2012/09/19

If you have any machines which need to be relocated, let us know. We need to update our database and juggle things in the wiring closet before they are turned on in their new location.

2012/09/01

2012/09/05

There's always one of these on the first day of class...

2012/09/01

2012/09/04

Why You Should Probably Disable Java on Your Browser Right Now

The above link contains good advice for home machines and laptops, including Macs which are also vulnerable.

UPDATE2: Not so fast: Java 7 Update 7 critical vulnerability discovered in less than 24 hours - at this point I would suggest to disable Java using the instructions at the top.

Nexus stations will be updated automatically so you don't need to do anything with them.

2012/08/31

2012/09/01

Why You Should Probably Disable Java on Your Browser Right Now

The above link contains good advice for home machines and laptops, including Macs which are also vulnerable.

UPDATE: Java SE Downloads provides a fix for the above. Nexus stations will be updated automatically so nothing to do there.

2012/08/30

2012/09/05

The bad guys are busy today... A couple phishing emails are making the rounds. One with the subject line "Dear Uwaterloo.Ca E-Mail Account User" and the other with "This Email Account [YOURUSERID@uwaterloo.ca] Will Be Deactivated Shortly".

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/08/30

2012/09/05

An update of Firefox (and several other packages) went out to all machines in Arts last night. You may have lost your Firefox preferences including bookmarks and saved passwords. If you would like those things restored, logout and stop by to see Carlos or myself.

Also, the Firefox icon on the desktop was removed. You can now start Firefox from "Start / Programs / Internet Tools / Web Browsers".

2012/08/29

2012/08/30

Firefox should again be working. You may need to start Firefox, quit Firefox and restart it again. If you still have problems, please let me know.

2012/08/28

2012/09/01

High Jump

2012/08/24

2012/09/05

Things should now be working OK WRT the move from artsfile to fileu. Please click here for details of the changes and to also find how to update your desktop shortcuts, why your Recent Documents may be appearing as read-only and a few other things.

As usual, please let us know if you are having any problems.

2012/08/24

2012/09/05

WatIAM account expiry notices have been sent by IST with details on accounts that will expiry soon. If you receive any of these, forward them to Carlos or myself along with a note indicating how long the account should be kept and we'll update things.

Be sure to check email on any of your research accounts as well otherwise, if there's no response to the warning message, the account will expire and will disappear.

2012/08/24

2012/08/28

iPhone 5 parody video suggests new phone will be a DSLR

2012/08/23

2012/08/24

In case of fire...

2012/08/22

2012/08/24

fileu is being upgraded and will be unavailable Thursday August 23 7am-8am. Be sure that you are not logged in during this time. Please logout the night before.

2012/08/22

2012/08/24

Quest will be unavailable Wednesday August 22 7am-8pm due to system maintenance.

2012/08/21

2012/08/24

The Artsweb web server as off-line between Wednesday August 15 8:30am and 6:00pm Friday August 17. It's back. Please see the Web Form Templates for Surveys/Questionaires by bee page for details on how you'll now need to transfer files to/from the artsweb server.

2012/08/21

2012/08/24

I'll also send a note to psycmail later this aft.

As usual, please let us know if you are having any other problems.

2012/08/21

2012/08/23

Slow down, you move too fast

2012/08/20

2012/08/21

kitten vs TWO scary things

2012/08/19

2012/08/21

Another phishing email is making the rounds which is more convincing than usual with the subject "Email Alert - [youremail]" and starts off by saying "This message is from the Information Services & Technology (IST) of The University to all our Staff and Student."

As usual, if you get 'em, chuck 'em.

2012/08/18

2012/08/21

The Artsweb web server as off-line between roughly Wednesday August 15 8:30am and 6:00pm Friday August 17. It's back. Please see the Web Form Templates for Surveys/Questionaires by bee page for details on how you'll now need to transfer files to/from the artsweb server.

2012/08/18

2012/08/21

We are doing additional testing and hope to have a fix out in the next few days... In the meantime, continue to make additional backups of any files/folders you save/modify in My Documents or your desktop (avoid using the desktop if at all possible).

The move of Nexus user space from artsfile to fileu/filepp has completed.

We've had a few issues come up for some people... Feel free to send a note to Carlos or myself so that we know how widespread the problems are, but we may not be able to respond to each message.

In some cases, the My Documents folder is appearing as read-only. Until we get this resolved, save new files to D:\users (put a password on the file if you are sharing a machine).

Firefox is also not starting for some people. For the moment, use IE or Chrome (under Internet Tools in the Start Menu).

If you happen to notice a message at login saying that you've been "logged in with a temporary profile", please let Carlos or myself know asap. We've had one instance where permissions weren't set correctly on a folder. Thanks.

You'll need to recreate shortcuts which previously pointed to locations on artsfile (e.g., shortcuts you may have stored on your desktop to files/folders in your My Documents folder while it existed on artsfile). If you aren't sure how to do this, logout and stop by to see myself or Carlos.

2012/08/17

2012/08/18

The move of Nexus user space from artsfile to fileu/filepp has completed.

We've had a few issues come up for some people... Feel free to send a note to Carlos or myself so that we know how widespread the problems are, but we may not be able to respond to each message.

In some cases, the My Documents folder is appearing as read-only. Until we get this resolved, save new files to D:\users (put a password on the file if you are sharing a machine).

Firefox is also not starting for some people. For the moment, use IE or Chrome (under Internet Tools in the Start Menu).

2012/08/16

2012/08/24

Be sure to check email on any of your research accounts as well otherwise, if there's no response to the warning message, the account will expiry and will disappear.

2012/08/16

2012/08/17

The move of Nexus user space from artsfile to fileu/filepp has completed. If you notice any problems. Let us know.

2012/08/15

2012/08/20

And he was never seen again...

2012/08/15

2012/08/16

On Wednesday August 15 between 4:00am and 8:30am we'll be moving your Nexus user profiles and file space from an ACO server (called artsfile) to servers in IST (called fileu and filep).

Please ensure you are not logged in during this time.

I'm going to generate pop-ups this evening warning of a reboot which will happen after one hour in order for force logouts on machines where people simply forgot to logout.

yikes yikes yikes The first time you login may take longer than usual while your profile is updated (especially of you have a lot of files/folders on your desktop), so be patient and don't restart the machine. Feel free to touch base with Carlos or myself to confirm things are working as expected, but again, just let things run.

2012/08/14

2012/09/05

Re: the Wobbly Furniture research, David was interviewed on the radio and there's also a Scientific American podcast.

2012/08/14

2012/08/16

WatIAM maintenance is happening on Tuesday, August 14 from 7am-noon. During this time the search tool will not be available and you won't be able to change passwords.

2012/08/14

2012/08/15

If a bear attacks

2012/08/11

2012/08/13

Another phishing email is making the rounds to UW email addresses. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/08/10

2012/08/15

On Wednesday August 15 between 4:00am and 8:30am we'll be moving your Nexus user profiles and file space from an ACO server (called artsfile) to servers in IST (called fileu and filep).

Please ensure you are not logged in during this time.

2012/08/09

2012/08/14

Trippy

2012/08/08

2012/08/09

Strongest Girl In The World Prank

2012/08/03

2012/08/08

bearladder

2012/08/02

2012/09/07

I'm wayyyyy backlogged. If you leave a message and I don't get back to you quickly, thanks for your patience. :-)

2012/08/02

2012/08/03

Goddammit Mr. Noodle

2012/07/31

2012/08/02

Those first two guys...

2012/07/29

2012/08/13

London 2012 Olympics

2012/07/29

2012/08/02

The backup server for D:\users croaked Friday night so backups of machines on the 2nd and 4th floors were not done that evening. It's back running again so backups will resume Saturday.

2012/07/28

2012/08/14

If you are doing data collection on Nexux machines, we can set up two desktop icons - one called "Network Off" and the other "Network On" - to allow you to disable the network card if you are concerned about network traffic affecting time sensitive data collection. In most cases with newer machines it's probably not needed, but if you'd like to remove any potential concerns, just send a note with the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on the top) and we can pop things in place.

BTW, after you are logged in, Nexus itself doesn't generate any additional network traffic or CPU load compared to a non-Nexus machine.

2012/07/28

2012/07/31

When Parents and Kids Are Swapped

2012/07/28

2012/07/29

On Friday evening one of our backup servers which does the nightly backup of D:\users on Nexus PCs (and a few other machines) on the 2nd and 4th floors croaked (dead power supply). I don't have a spare so it won't be fixed until Monday. Backups did not happen Friday evening and will not resume until Monday evening.

If you have anything critical that was created or changed on Friday or the weekend which you are nervous about losing, perhaps drop a copy on a Nexus network drive (either your My Documents folder or a psych-lab-* or psych-dept-* folder) which gets backed up every hour.

2012/07/27

2012/07/28

BTW, after you are logged in, Nexus itself won't generate any additional network traffic or CPU load compared to a non-Nexus machine.

2012/07/25

2012/10/13

If you are using a Win7 Nexus machine, Refworks is installed, but to have the Word Add-in for Write-N-Cite installed, click "Start / Programs / Refworks / Install Write-N-Cite Plugin for Word".

2012/07/21

2012/07/27

2012/07/19

2012/07/28

Darn vacations... I have a huge backlog of emails so if I don't get back to you quickly, thanks for your patience.

2012/07/19

2012/07/28

Genuine Fear

2012/07/09

2012/10/13

We are in the process of moving Nexus machines to Win7. You will have a separate profile on WinXP and Win7. Before you use a Win7 Nexus station, stop by to see Carlos or myself so that we can get your profile up to speed. To make things really easy move and remove files/folders you have creates from your desktop.

2012/07/09

2012/07/17

About 9,000 Canadian computers face infection threat Monday

You can check if your your machine is infected at the DNS Changer Working Group site.

Nexus PCs are fine, but check any non-Nexus PCs including home machines, laptops and Macs which are also vulnerable.

2012/07/06

2012/07/09

I'm going to force an reboot of Nexus machines later this evening, Thursday, in order to ensure some updates get in place. If you are logged in, you'll see a warning that the machine is going to reboot in 3 hours which will hopefully give you plenty of time to finish up what you are doing and logout. If for any reason you would not like me to do this on your machine tonight, send me a note with the name of the machine (the yellow sticker on top of the machine) and I'll avoid your machine.

2012/07/06

2012/07/09

A fix was provided a while ago to identify machines infected with specific malware. You can check if your your machine is infected at the DNS Changer Working Group site.

Nexus PCs are fine, but check any non-Nexus PCs including home machines, laptops and Macs which are also vulnerable.

2012/07/05

2012/07/19

Popcorn in slow motion

2012/07/03

2012/07/17

Another phishing attempt making the rounds. This one with the subject line "Notice: uwaterloo.ca Account Holder!" Click here to see the entire message.

A second directed phishing attempt also is going to UW emails. This one with the subject line "Important notice!!!". Both this and the previous one go to a non-UW URL in an attempt to get you to give them your UW userid and password.

As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/07/02

2012/07/03

Canada Day Celebrations Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:00â€“10:30p.m UW Columbia Lake Fields

2012/07/01

2012/07/03

Another phishing attempt making the rounds. This one with the subject line "Notice: uwaterloo.ca Account Holder!" Click here to see the entire message. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/06/29

2012/07/05

1979 Muppet Movie Camera Test - Part Two

2012/06/27

2012/06/29

The Simpsons - Comments about PhDs and Grad Students.

2012/06/26

2012/06/27

30 Rock - Graduate Students

2012/06/22

2012/07/19

We get a lot of thunderstorms in the summer along and the power flickers which come with them. This is the season that the UPSes on systems pay for themselves. Don't ignore any warnings that pop up saying that your battery should be replaced. If you see these, let use know asap so that we can get a new battery in place asap. Replacement batteries are $39 - just send the account# to charge and a desciption of the research along with the name of the machine (or room#) that has the UPS.

2012/06/20

2012/06/27

To login to the new photcopiers, you'll need to enter:

Userid - your WatIAM userid
Password - same photocopy PIN you used previously
Billing Code - same billing code you used previously

2012/06/20

2012/06/26

Slow news day.

2012/06/16

2012/06/21

Dr. Fergus Craik

Bilingualism, aging and dementia: Cognitive effects and neural correlates

PAS 3026 at 3pm on Wednesday, June 20

2012/06/15

2012/06/20

To login to the new photcopiers, you'll need to enter:

Userid - your WatIAM userid
PIN - same photocopy PIN you used previously
Billing Code - same billing code you used previously

2012/06/15

2012/06/20

Happy Fan

2012/06/14

2012/06/20

It's official... Maureen Stafford takes home a Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2012 Hockey Playoff Pool!!! Click for some humble words from the winner.

2012/06/12

2012/06/15

This is Norm, and this was a bad idea..

2012/06/07

2012/06/11

I am a published psychologist, author of the Stanford Prison Experiment, expert witness during the Abu Ghraib trials. Ask me anything starting June 7th at 12PM (ET).

2012/06/06

2012/06/07

Venus transit: A last-minute guide

Also this is updated every 15 minutes.

2012/06/01

2012/07/19

The Psych Share folder has been copied from the ACO server to an IST server. Rather than accessing the Psych Share at the old location under "\\artsfile\psych", it is now under "\\filed\psych$".

The "Psych Shortcuts" icon on Nexus stations has been updated so the easiest way to access the Psych Share at the new location is to simply double-click on "Psych Shortcuts" on the desktop of a Nexus station and then double-click "Explore Psych".

N.B. If you have created your own shortcuts to folders under "\\artsfile\psych", you will need to delete those and re-create shortcuts referring to the new locaiton under "\\filed\psych$". The old "\\artsfile\psych" will briefly remain, but will be read-only.

2012/05/31

2012/06/01

The Psych Share folder has been copied from the ACO server to an IST server. Rather than accessing the Psych Share at the old location under "\\artsfile\psych", it is now under "\\filed\psych$".

2012/05/30

2012/06/12

This shall be my finest moment

2012/05/30

2012/05/31

On Wednesday May 30 between 7:00am-9:00am the Psych Share folder will be copied from the ACO server to an IST server. After this time, rather than accessing the Psych Share at "\\artsfile\psych", it will be at "\\filed\psych$".

Please avoid using either location during this time to ensure your files are copied correctly. A note will go to psycmail and an update posted here when the copy has completed.

The "Psych Shortcuts" icon on Nexus stations will be updated so the easiest way to access the Psych Share at the new location is to simply double-click on "Psych Shortcuts" on the desktop of a Nexus station and then double-click "Explore Psych".

N.B. If you have created your own shortcuts to folders under "\\artsfile\psych", you will need to delete those and re-create shortcuts referring to the new locaiton under "\\filed\psych$" after the move is complete. The old "\\artsfile\psych" will briefly remain, but will be read-only.

N.B. At the moment there is a preliminary copy of the Psych Share at "\\filed\psych$" - any files created or modified there will be lost when the final copy from "\\artsfile\psych" is done on Wednesday morning so stay away from there for now.

2012/05/29

2012/06/01

Another UW directed phishing email is making the rounds. This one has the subject line "Great News!" and tries to convince you to enter your UW userid and password - if you do this, the bad guys will have access to your email account. The entire bogus message is shown here. In general, if the link isn't at a .uwaterloo.ca web site, you can pretty much guarantee it's malicious and just chuck it.

2012/05/29

2012/05/30

Fail Compilation May 2012

2012/05/19

2012/05/29

How a slinky falls.

2012/05/15

2012/05/19

Who wants to be a millionaire?

2012/05/11

2012/05/28

Annual Ziva Kunda Memorial Lecture

Friday May 25, 2012
3:00pm, TC 2218A

2012/05/11

2012/05/17

Yeah, those emails you may have received with the subject line "Your TD EasyWeb cIient account has been Iimited" are bogus. If you check the link, it won't take you to the TD site, but rather something that looks like the TD site in an attempt to have you enter your TD userid and password... at which point the bad guys would have access to your bank account.

2012/05/11

2012/05/17

UW Policy 8 - Information Security For non-account# photocopying, there is a watcard photocopier in PAS 1099.

2012/05/11

2012/05/15

King of the Internet

2012/05/08

2012/05/11

For non-account# photocopying, there is a watcard photocopier in PAS 1099.

2012/05/08

2012/05/11

Spring Town Hall
Wednesday, May 9 3:00pm to 4:30pm in the Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall

2012/05/03

2012/05/11

If when logging into a Nexus station you see a message indicating your profile can't be loaded and you will have a "temporary profile" loaded instead, please logout and stop by to see Carlos or myself for a quick fix. The problem is due to how Symantec blocks some malicious java code from a website you may have visited (though often I think it's a false positive).

Also, here's a warning to encourage you to get things fixed sooner rather than later if you see this... "Temporary profiles" are not saved so among other problems you'll run into is that files/folders saved to the desktop will be permanently lost. Just thought I'd give fair warning.

2012/05/03

2012/05/11

Best zombie baby ever.

2012/05/02

2012/07/19

2012/04/21

2012/05/03

I'LL BE BACH...

2012/04/21

2012/04/25

There will be a fire drill in PAS Tuesday April 24 at 8:45am.

2012/04/20

2012/04/25

Graduate Student Research Conference 2012 - Arts
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 in the Davis Centre

2012/04/20

2012/04/21

There are currently problems with LEARN being extremely slow to respond. IST is dealing with the D2L people and they expect the problem to be resolved by 5:30pm today (a core network switch at D2L is being replaced).

2012/04/20

2012/04/21

Stolen

2012/04/18

2012/04/20

The printing problems from earlier today have been resolved.

2012/04/16

2012/04/20

Henri the French Cat Articulates the Pain of Existence

2012/04/16

2012/04/18

Our Dept backups and the Nexus backups are only kept for a few months at most. I really recommend to people to make permanent backups of files on all machines (offices, labs, home, laptops) at least once a term - and now is as good a time as any. If you are purchasing CDs or DVDs from a UW account, see Helen and she'll be able to order things for you. "CD -R" or "DVD -R" discs are probably best for archiving files (longer shelf life), but +RW's will probably also do the trick. Consider making two copies of critical stuff (it's not a backup unless there's two). Be sure to store them in a dark, cool, clean area and not on your window sill. Things won't last forever so also consider recopying old discs.

In the same way, if you are copying things to an external disk disk, be sure you have a second copy of everything as all drives will also fail eventually, and probably at the worst time possible.

2012/04/15

2012/06/01

There's currently long standing issue with quotas to be aware of which the ACO has on their todo list.

2012/04/15

2012/05/17

RDP access to machines on campus now requires first connecting with the UW VPN Service.

2012/04/15

2012/05/17

Jeff Hughes (Soc Psych grad) has a Scripts Repository with a number of useful tools that complements the Psych Web Form Templates by bee. I'll keep a permanent link to Jeff's page at the bottom of the Templates page.

2012/04/15

2012/05/08

If you need the process.spd add-on for SPSS installed on a Nexus station, just send me the name of the machine (there should be a yellow sticker on top of the machine).

2012/04/15

2012/05/08

Apple Releases Flashback Removal Tool for Macs Running OS X Lion without Java

2012/04/15

2012/04/16

You won't like me when I'm angry...

2012/04/13

2012/04/15

The problem earlier in the week in which backups of the D:\users where not happening has been fixed. If you receive any future messages that you haven't been backed up, let Carlos know ASAP.

2012/04/12

2012/04/15

On April 10th a change will be made to the Connect mail server (which faculty and staff use for email) so that Connect changes to NEXUS Authentication. What this means is that when logging into Connect with Outlook or OWA, rather than using "ads\youruserid", you will instead use "nexus\youruserid". If you are logging in from your Nexus station using Outlook (faculty/staff), you won't be prompted for a password.

2012/04/12

2012/04/15

You won't like me when I'm angry...

2012/04/12

2012/04/13

Backups of D:\users on 1st and 3rd floors were halted for some reason. They have been restarted and Carlos is looking into what caused the issue. If you receive any future messages that you haven't been backed up, let Carlos know ASAP.

2012/04/11

2012/04/15

2012/04/11

2012/04/12

On April 10th a change will be made to the Connect mail server (which faculty and staff use for email) so that Nexus authentication will be used rather than ADS authentication. What this means is that when logging into Connect with Outlook or OWA, rather than using "ads\youruserid", you will instead use "nexus\youruserid". If you are logging in from your Nexus station using Outlook (faculty/staff), you won't be prompted for a password.

2012/04/10

2012/04/12

Terry Stewart takes home the Rogue Puck™ for winning the 2011/12 Hockey Pool - click the link for some humble words from the winner.

two pucks Two more Rogue Pucks™ are up for grabs:

2012 beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool

and the

2012 beeHive Baseball Pool

Entry deadline for both is Wednesday April 11th at 7:00pm EDT.

Please pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2012/04/10

2012/04/12

Hey!

2012/04/09

2012/04/10

Two more Rogue Pucks™ are up for grabs:

2012 beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool

and the

2012 beeHive Baseball Pool

Entry deadline for both is Wednesday April 11th at 7:00pm EDT.

Please pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2012/04/08

2012/04/09

Another Rogue Puck™ up for grabs in the 2012 beeHive Baseball Pool - deadline for entries is Wednesday April 11th at 7:00pm EDT.

Please pay homage to the Past beeHive Pool Winners.

2012/04/06

2012/04/08

The problems with Waterloo LEARN (Desire2Learn learning management system) today, April 5, have been resolved.

2012/04/05

2012/04/11

2012/04/05

2012/04/10

hourly wage = $15.51

2012/03/29

2012/04/06

Waterloo Brain Day
Wednesday April 4 in PAS 2083

2012/03/29

2012/04/05

Tail!

2012/03/28

2012/04/15

There will be a "General Public" E-waste Green Day drop off being held on Saturday April 14th, 2012 from 8:00am to 4:00pm, at our Central Stores 263 Phillip Street, Waterloo location where you can drop off non-UW electronics at no cost.

All UW-owned equipment must go thru the usual UW surplus process so contact Carlos or myself to handle those items.

2012/03/28

2012/04/05

On April 10th (changed from March 27th) a change will be made to the Connect mail server (which faculty and staff use for email) so that Nexus authentication will be used rather than ADS authentication. What this means is that when logging into Connect with Outlook or OWA, rather than using "ads\youruserid", you will instead use "nexus\youruserid". If you are logging in from your Nexus station using Outlook (faculty/staff), you won't be prompted for a password.

2012/03/28

2012/03/29

There will be a campus test of the university's Emergency Warning System today, Tuesday, March 27, at 1:00 p.m. The emerge software is installed on all Nexus stations (you'll need to install yourself on other machines) so you will see the warning at this time. If you are running subjects and would prefer to have it disabled on any Nexus stations at this time, send a quick note with the name of the machine (there should be a yellow sticker on top of the machine).

2012/03/27

2012/04/15

RDP access to machines on campus now requires first connecting with the UW VPN Service.

2012/03/27

2012/03/28

There will be a campus test of the universityâ€™s Emergency Warning System tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, at 1:00 p.m. The emerge software is installed on all Nexus stations (you'll need to install yourself on other machines) so you will see the warning at this time. If you are running subjects and would prefer to have it disabled on any Nexus stations at this time, send a quick note with the name of the machine (there should be a yellow sticker on top of the machine).

2012/03/23

2012/03/28

If you receive an email with the subject line "Welcome letter from ITMS Media Services", you can ignore it. The message was meant to be sent to a small number of people at UW, but instead went to a larger set.

2012/03/23

2012/03/27

Due to a recently announced critical vulnerability, IST will block all RDP traffic from off campus to the campus network effective noon on Thursday, March 15th, 2012.

After this time, in order to use RDP, you will first need to install and connect using the UW VPN Service. Once connected with the VPN, you can run Remote Desktop as usual to connect the machines on campus which you have permissions to access.

The documentation which IST provides is pretty straightforward. If you are using RDP to connect to machines on campus, please try to set things up yourself on home machines or laptops ASAP.

Feel free to ask if you have problems.

Updates:

If you seem to be waiting a while for something to happen during the install, check the bottom of your browser window for a message telling you how to continue.
It's not necessary to connect/map to a network drive in order to use RDP so you can safely skip that step. Being connected thru the VPN is all you need to use RDP.
But, if you do want to map to your Nexus file space, your Nexus N: drive is located at \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\youruserid and the lab shares are under \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\psych . Also, you'll need to choose the option to "Connect using different credentials" and for your userid enter "nexus\youruserid", and then enter your Nexus password. In this way you can open your UW files files from anywhere in the world in the same way as you open files on your local hard disk (another good reason to avoid things like Dropbox).
The IST documentation isn't very clear in the section "Using the VPN client after installation", but where you enter your Username and Password, you may also need to enter "cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca" in the "Connect to:" field the first time you connect.
Nexus machines have already been patched with the with the RDP vulnerability. The reason IST is implementing the block immediately is because other self-managed machines on campus with RDP enabled may not be updated in a timely fashion and would be vulnerable. We actually do see a lot of brute force attacks to machines with RDP enabled where the bad guys throw a lot of password attempts at machines so the VPN is a good idea anyway to add an extra layer of protection.
Apparently there will be issues if you have Kaspersky Antivirus installed. Just un-install Kaspersky and use Symantec EndPoint (SEP, antivirus) which is available at no cost to faculty/staff/students.
Using Matlab from a machine off campus also now requires the VPN connection.
If you can install the VPN, but not connect, try changing your password on WatIAM.
The VPN client doesn't replace RDP - you simply need to connect with the VPN client before you connect in the usual way with RDP.

2012/03/22

2012/03/28

On April 10th (changed from March 27th) a change will be made to the Connect mail server (which faculty and staff use for email) so that Nexus authentication will be used rather than ADS authentication. What this means is that when logging into Connect with Outlook or OWA, rather than using "ads\youruserid", you will instead use "nexus\youruserid". If you are loggin in from your Nexus station, there will be no need for the "nexus\" prefix and you can just login with youruserid".

2012/03/22

2012/03/23

Due to a recently announced critical vulnerability, IST will block all RDP traffic from off campus to the campus network effective noon on Thursday, March 15th, 2012.

The documentation which IST provides is pretty straightforward. If you are using RDP to connect to machines on campus, please try to set things up yourself on home machines or laptops ASAP.

Feel free to ask if you have problems.

Updates:

If you seem to be waiting a while for something to happen during the install, check the bottom of your browser window for a message telling you how to continue.
It's not necessary to connect/map to a network drive in order to use RDP so you can safely skip that step. Being connected thru the VPN is all you need to use RDP.
But, if you do want to map to your Nexus file space, your Nexus N: drive is located at \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\youruserid and the lab shares are under \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\psych . Also, you'll need to choose the option to "Connect using different credentials" and for your userid enter "nexus\youruserid", and then enter your Nexus password. In this way you can open your UW files files from anywhere in the world in the same way as you open files on your local hard disk (another good reason to avoid things like Dropbox).
The IST documentation isn't very clear in the section "Using the VPN client after installation", but where you enter your Username and Password, you may also need to enter "cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca" in the "Connect to:" field the first time you connect.
Nexus machines have already been patched with the with the RDP vulnerability. The reason IST is implementing the block immediately is because other self-managed machines on campus with RDP enabled may not be updated in a timely fashion and would be vulnerable. We actually do see a lot of brute force attacks to machines with RDP enabled where the bad guys throw a lot of password attempts at machines so the VPN is a good idea anyway to add an extra layer of protection.
Apparently there will be issues if you have Kaspersky Antivirus installed. Just un-install Kaspersky and use Symantec EndPoint (SEP, antivirus) which is available at no cost to faculty/staff/students.
The VPN client doesn't replace RDP - you simply need to connect with the VPN client before you connect in the usual way with RDP.

2012/03/20

2012/03/22

Matlab is licensed by UWuserid (not machine). The license period is for the calendar year with a grace period running to April. If userids were licensed for 2012, they will stop working soon. You can renew or purchase Matlab user licenses here.

2012/03/17

2012/03/22

On March 27 a change will be made to the Connect mail server (which faculty and staff use for email) so that Nexus authentication will be used rather than ADS authentication. What this means is that when logging into Connect with Outlook or OWA, rather than using "ads\youruserid", you will instead use "nexus\youruserid". If you are loggin in from your Nexus station, there will be no need for the "nexus\" prefix and you can just login with youruserid".

2012/03/16

2012/03/29

I'm My Own Grandpa

2012/03/16

2012/03/22

Due to a recently announced critical vulnerability, IST will block all RDP traffic from off campus to the campus network effective noon on Thursday, March 15th, 2012.

The documentation which IST provides is pretty straightforward. If you are using RDP to connect to machines on campus, please try to set things up yourself on home machines or laptops ASAP.

Feel free to ask if you have problems.

Updates:

If you seem to be waiting a while for something to happen during the install, check the bottom of your browser window for a message telling you how to continue.
It's not necessary to connect/map to a network drive in order to use RDP so you can safely skip that step. Being connected thru the VPN is all you need to use RDP.
But, if you do want to map to your Nexus file space, your Nexus N: drive is located at \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\youruserid and the lab shares are under \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\psych . Also, you'll need to choose the option to "Connect using different credentials" and for your userid enter "nexus\youruserid", and then enter your Nexus password. In this way you can open your UW files files from anywhere in the world in the same way as you open files on your local hard disk (another good reason to avoid things like Dropbox).
The IST documentation isn't very clear in the section "Using the VPN client after installation", but where you enter your Username and Password, you may also need to enter "cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca" in the "Connect to:" field the first time you connect.
Nexus machines have already been patched with the with the RDP vulnerability. The reason IST is implementing the block immediately is because other self-managed machines on campus with RDP enabled may not be updated in a timely fashion and would be vulnerable. We actually do see a lot of brute force attacks to machines with RDP enabled where the bad guys throw a lot of password attempts at machines so the VPN is a good idea anyway to add an extra layer of protection.
The VPN client doesn't replace RDP - you simply need to connect with the VPN client before you connect in the usual way with RDP.

2012/03/16

2012/03/17

Another phishing attempt making the rounds. This one is forged to make it appear as if it's from upgrade@uwaterloo.ca. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/03/15

2012/04/15

If you need the process.spd add-on for SPSS installed on a Nexus station, just send me the name of the machine (there should be a yellow sticker on top of the machine).

2012/03/15

2012/03/16

The main pipe from UW to the real world is down at the moment so you'll notice that accessing non-UW sites is slower than usual. The service provider, Orion, is working on repairs. Apparently a fibre cable was accidentally cut.

2012/03/15

2012/03/16

Due to a recently announced critical vulnerability, IST will block all RDP traffic from off campus to the campus network effective noon on Thursday, March 15th, 2012.

The documentation which IST provides is pretty straightforward. If you are using RDP to connect to machines on campus, please try to set things up yourself on home machines or laptops ASAP.

Feel free to ask if you have problems.

Updates:

If you seem to be waiting a while for something to happen during the install, check the bottom of your browser window for a message telling you how to continue.
It's not necessary to connect/map to a network drive in order to use RDP so you can safely skip that step. Being connected thru the VPN is all you need to use RDP.
But, if you do want to map to your Nexus file space, your Nexus N: drive is located at \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\youruserid and the lab shares are under \\artsfile.uwaterloo.ca\psych . In this way you can open your UW files files from anywhere in the world in the same way as you open files on your local hard disk (another good reason to avoid things like Dropbox).
The IST documentation isn't very clear in the section "Using the VPN client after installation", but where you enter your Username and Password, you may also need to enter "cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca" in the "Connect to:" field the first time you connect.
Nexus machines will be patched this evening when they reboot overnight so no problems there with the RDP vulnerability. The reason IST is implementing the block immediately is because other self-managed machines on campus with RDP enabled may not be updated in a timely fashion and would be vulnerable. We actually do see a lot of brute force attacks to machines with RDP enabled where the bad guys throw a lot of password attempts at machines so the VPN is a good idea anyway to add an extra layer of protection.
The VPN client doesn't replace RDP - you simply need to connect with the VPN client before you connect in the usual way with RDP.

2012/03/14

2012/03/15

Due to a recently announced critical vulnerability, IST will block all RDP traffic from off campus to the campus network effective noon on Thursday, March 15th, 2012.

After this time, in order to access machines on campus with Remote Desktop from off campus, you will first need to install and connect using the UW VPN Service.

The documentation which IST provides is pretty straightforward. If you are using RDP to connect to machines on campus, please try to set things up yourself on home machines or laptops ASAP.

Feel free to ask if you have problems.

Updates:

If you seem to be waiting a while for something to happen during the install, check the bottom of your browser window for a message telling you how to continue.
Most people will have no need to connect/map to a network drive so you can safely skip that step. Being connected thru the VPN is all you need to use RDP.

2012/03/12

2012/03/16

Kids these days...

2012/03/11

2012/03/13

Auroral Forecast

2012/03/10

2012/03/14

At some point in the summer we'll try to get everyone switched over to using the UW VPN Service in order to connect to office machines by RDP (without it, the connection will fail). This is similar to what IST is doiong in academic areas.

The documentation which IST provides is pretty straightforward so if you have a moment, please try to set things up yourself on home machines or laptops sooner rather than later just to get ahead of the game.

Feel free to ask if you have problems.

We'll send a note later when we are about to make a more concerted effort to get people set up.

2012/03/10

2012/03/11

Solar flare may make for a night sky light show

2012/03/09

2012/03/12

Game Over by PES

2012/03/08

2012/03/14

What to do in the event of a power outage.

2012/03/08

2012/03/10

There's some email containing malware addressed to uwaterloo.ca addresses circulating that tries to convince you it's from FedEx and contains malware. I've stashed a sample on my phishing page. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/03/08

2012/03/09

Biggest solar flare in years about to smack Earth. This may disrupt utility grids, airline flights, satellite networks and GPS services tomorrow (Thursday).

2012/03/08

2012/03/09

FYI... If you are planning to purchase new workstations for your grad students...

2012/03/03

2012/03/08

Another phishing attempt making the rounds to uwaterloo.ca addresses from "WaterlooSupport" which asks you to enter your userid and password on a google spreadsheet for the bad guys. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/03/02

2012/03/03

In case you didn't notice... Power out across Elmira, Waterloo and Guelph

If you restarted your machines as soon as the power returned, you'll probably have some grief since the network and servers need to fire up first. It's probably a good idea to logout, and at the login screen, press ctrl-alt-del and select Shutdown, then Restart. If there's any future power outages in the next little while, wait 10-15 minutes before thinking about firing things up again.

2012/03/01

2012/03/02

In case you didn't notice... Power out across Elmira, Waterloo and Guelph

If you restarted your machines as soon as the power returned, you'll probably have some grief. It's probably a goot idea to logout, and at the login screen, press ctrl-alt-del and select Shutdown, then restart. If there's any future power outages in the next little while, wait 10-15 minutes before thinking about firing things up again.

2012/02/28

2012/03/08

Stupid Design

2012/02/28

2012/03/03

Another phishing attempt making the rounds to uwaterloo.ca addresses which asks you to send your userid and password to the bad guys (which they will just use to browse your email messages and to send more spam). As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/02/25

2012/02/28

What we say to dogs

2012/02/23

2012/02/25

Epic Skies

2012/02/20

2012/02/28

Another phishing attempt making the rounds to uwaterloo.ca addresses which proclaim to be from the TD. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/02/17

2012/02/23

Grad Students

2012/02/16

2012/02/17

Professors

2012/02/15

2012/02/20

Another phishing attempt making the rounds to uwaterloo.ca addresses which proclaim to be from the CIBC. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/02/10

2012/02/16

Grad School Scam

2012/02/09

2012/02/10

Jonny Mizzone

2012/02/07

2012/02/14

I'm on vacation until Monday February 20th...
see ya,
	Bill

2012/02/07

2012/02/09

Sleeping with pets

2012/02/05

2012/02/14

Matlab was updated to the latest version on Nexus stations (Saturday January 4th).

2012/02/04

2012/02/07

Apple iNett: Back To Work!

2012/02/04

2012/02/05

Matlab will be updated to the latest version on Nexus stations on the weekend in the wee hours.

2012/01/31

2012/02/04

Guess/Keep

2012/01/31

2012/02/01

Thanks for your donations to the Hockey for Heart Tournament. We ended up winning the tournament, but my pinky (2) didn't make it thru all the games

2012/01/30

2012/01/31

Thanks for your donations to the Hockey for Heart Tournament. We ended up winning the tournament, but my pinky didn't make it thru all the games

2012/01/30

2012/01/31

Sleeping With Pets

2012/01/28

2012/01/30

Sh*t Nobody Says

2012/01/27

2012/03/10

IST will be upgrading wireless across campus in the coming months, but unfortunately a number of people are experiencing slow connections right now. If you are having problems, let us know and we'll provide a cabled connection to the wireless network which will speed things up significantly.

2012/01/26

2012/01/30

This weekend I'm participating in the Hockey for Heart 2012 charity hockey tournament. Thanks in advance for any donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

2012/01/26

2012/01/28

Carlos and I will be inerviewing coop students for next term most of the day on Thursday so we'll only be checking messages intermittently. For any emergencies, our current coops, Daniel and Vahid, can be reached at x37870 in PAS 4279.

2012/01/26

2012/01/28

Police Notes

2012/01/26

2012/01/27

A number of people have mentioned they have been running into wireless problems recently. If you are experiencing any grief, could you let me know where you were working and the time frame.

2012/01/25

2012/01/26

Solar Eruption Triggers Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years

2012/01/25

2012/01/26

Hands Free Car Phone

2012/01/24

2012/01/25

Hands Free Car Phone

2012/01/23

2012/01/24

Hands Free Car Phone

2012/01/20

2012/01/23

Tim's cups

2012/01/19

2012/04/15

2012/01/19

2012/01/25

SOPA and PIPA: Everything you need to know

2012/01/19

2012/01/20

So True

2012/01/14

2012/02/01

Drop-in sessions for LEARN, the new learning management system that has replaced UW-ACE, will be held in EV1 242 on Thurs Jan 19 12:00-2:30pm, and Fri Jan 27 1:00-3:30pm.

2012/01/13

2012/01/19

Congress 2012 of the Humanities and Social Sciences

2012/01/12

2012/01/19

The Automatic Page Turner

2012/01/12

2012/01/14

Learn was painfully slow since the start of the term. A fix was applied around 11am today (Wednesday), so performance should be better. Don't be afraid to provide any comments or feedback - check the "Help" in Learn for how to contact their support.

2012/01/11

2012/01/19

2012/01/10

2012/01/13

Waterloo Copyright FAQ

2012/01/08

2012/01/11

The Canada Party - Election 2012

2012/01/06

2012/01/10

Another phishing attempt making the rounds to uwaterloo.ca addresses which proclaim to be from the TD bank. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2012/01/06

2012/01/08

Liberals announce 300ition break for Ontario students

2012/01/05

2012/01/11

Nexus stations in teaching labs have been upgraded to SPSS 20 and AMOS 20.

SPSS/AMOS 20 has also been installed on all research lab and office Nexus machines where faculty members requested licenses be purchased (or at least it will get installed automatically the next time the machine reboots).

Installs on non-Nexus machines will need to be done manually. In the next little while, I'll send notes to people who had purchases licenses indicating how to download the install files and also the authorization code to use.

2012/01/04

2012/01/26

I'm participating again in the Hockey for Heart 2012 charity hockey tournament. Thanks in advance for any donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

2012/01/03

2012/01/08

New Mail from Prof

2012/01/03

2012/01/05

Nexus stations in teaching labs have been upgraded to SPSS 20 and AMOS 20.

2012/01/02

2012/01/04

I'm participating again in the Hockey for Heart 2012 hockey tournament. Thanks in advance for any donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

2012/01/02

2012/01/03

They will never get along...

2011/12/29

2012/01/03

Nexus stations in teaching labs have been upgraded to SPSS 20 and AMOS 20. I'll get machines where licenses which have been purchased upgraded in the next week or so.

2011/12/26

2012/01/11

Nexus stations in Psych have all been upgraded to Office 2010.

A couple minor issues you may run into with a trivial fix... if you've created shortcuts to Word, Excel or PowerPoint on your desktop yourself, you'll need to delete those (since the old version is no longer there) and create new shortcuts (right-click and drag from the Start Menu). Things should always start properly from the Start Menu.

Also, the first time you start Outlook, the user name name field on the login panel may come up as "MAIL\youruserid". You'll need to change this back to the usual "ads\youruserid". Grad students should avoid Outlook on Nexus stations for now as there's some potential issues with multiple userids logging into the same machine and also quota issues - for the moment, students should stick to the web intereface or thunderbird on Nexus stations.

2011/12/22

2011/12/29

Please leave your Nexus stations on over the holidays as a number of updates will be going out over that time (Office 2010, SPSS, AMOS and a few others). They will go into a power saving mode when not in use. No harm turning off the LCDs, printers and scanners.

2011/12/21

2011/12/26

We'll be updating a sprinkling of Nexus machines to Office 2010 again in the next few days to ensure there's no major issues for when we move the remaining 280+ Psych Nexus stations to Office 2010 one night next week. If you would like to avoid having your PC as one of the random test installs, let me know asap (send the machine name).

If your machine is updated and you notice an issue, let us know asap. One minor issue you may run into with a trivial fix... if you've created shortcuts to Word, Excel or PowerPoint on your desktop yourself, you'll need to delete those (since the old version is no longer there) and create new shortcuts. Things should always start properly from the Start Menu though.

Also, the first time you start Outlook, the user name name field on the login panel may come up as "MAIL\youruserid". You'll need to change this back to the usual "ads\youruserid".

2011/12/20

2012/01/02

Things that go ping

2011/12/20

2011/12/21

There's a problem with Sharepoint permissions at the moment which Carlos is looking into.

2011/12/20

2011/12/21

We'll be updating a sprinkling of Nexus machines to Office 2010 over the weekend to ensure there's no major issues for when we move the remaining 280+ Psych Nexus stations to Office 2010 one night next week. If you would like to avoid having your PC as one of the random test installs this weekend, let me know asap (send the machine name).

Also, the first time you start Outlook, the user name name field on the login panel may come up as "MAIL\youruserid". You'll need to change this back to the usual "ads\youruserid".

2011/12/19

2011/12/20

Goodbye Cruel World

2011/12/17

2011/12/20

2011/12/17

2011/12/19

Use the force

2011/12/15

2011/12/20

There's a significant number of Windows security updates which have been released recently. These will get applied to Nexus stations automatically so no worries there, but be sure to update any non-Nexus stations (home machines, laptops, etc) ASAP.

2011/12/14

2011/12/29

The 2011 licenses for SPSS/AMOS 19 expire on December 31 with a grace period until January 31 at which time SPSS will stop working. Soon you'll start seeing warning messages about this when you start SPSS or AMOS.

I've sent a note to faculty indicating which machines they had purchased licenses for in 2011 ask asking which machines we should purchase licenses for in 2012. If a faculty member had purchased SPSS/AMOS for you this past year, touch base with them ASAP for a renewal if you need it.

I've asked that people purchasing licenses get back to me with this information by Tuesday December 20th. The paperwork and installs are much much easier if we can do everyone at once. THANKS.

Nexus stations are easy and will get updated automatically. Other machines will need to be done manually. I'll update things here once we have the software and license codes ready to go.

2011/12/13

2011/12/15

What the Higgs is going on
on-line: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 12:30pm ET

2011/12/11

2011/12/17

Man's Life

2011/12/10

2011/12/13

Tree of Hope Bingo
Nov 14 thru Dec 8
Our Goal: $300 (to support a family of four in need)
Current Donations: $300.00+
See Louise (PAS 3023) to buy bingo cards and/or make cash donations

2011/12/10

2011/12/11

Start at the top and scroll down

2011/12/09

2011/12/10

In honour of Sherry's last day on the job, we present...

2011/12/08

2011/12/10

Super Antics #3

2011/12/08

2011/12/09

There's some phishing
emails forged to appear as if they came from Canada Post. The attachment contains a trojan. As usual, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2011/12/06

2011/12/08

Sometimes the walls move...

2011/12/01

2011/12/06

Ditto

2011/11/30

2011/12/08

Exclusive: Millions of printers open to devastating hack attack, researchers say

Networked printers in Psych are behind a firewall and protected from attacks from the outside world.

2011/11/29

2011/12/01

Hungry

2011/11/28

2011/12/20

Holiday Food Drive
Supporting the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.
Non-perishable food items can be dropped off in the PAS lounge until Dec 16.

2011/11/24

2011/11/29

Father of the Year

2011/11/23

2011/12/08

Waterloo Ignorance Day
Tuesday, December 6, 9-12, PAS 2083

2011/11/22

2011/12/10

Tree of Hope Bingo
Nov 14 thru Dec 8
Our Goal: $300 (to support a family of four in need)
Current Donations: $278.00
See Louise (PAS 3023) to buy bingo cards and/or make cash donations

2011/11/18

2011/11/28

If you have had any issues with wireless connections recently, could you pop me a quick note with details. Thanks.

2011/11/18

2011/11/19

Department of Psychology Colloquium
Dr. Karl Aquino, University of British Columbia
Date: Friday, November 18, 2011
Time: 10:00-11:30am
Place: HH 373

2011/11/17

2011/11/22

Tree of Hope Bingo
Nov 14 thru Dec 8
Our Goal: $300 (to support a family of four in need)
Current Donations: $228.18
See Louise (PAS 3023) to buy bingo cards and/or make cash donations

2011/11/15

2011/11/17

Tree of Hope Bingo
Nov 14 thru Dec 8
Our Goal: $300 (to support a family of four in need)
Current Donations: $112
See Louise (PAS 3023) to buy bingo cards and/or make cash donations

2011/11/14

2011/11/24

Latest GOP Debate Concludes With Candidates Wrestling Squealing Pig To Ground And Slaughtering It

2011/11/11

2011/11/14

Invisible Wall

2011/11/10

2011/11/23

Waterloo Ignorance Day
Tuesday, December 6, 9-12, PAS 2083

2011/11/10

2011/11/15

Buzz II donations: $1,000
Goal: $1,000

Pictures here (will only work with Internet Explorer on campus).

2011/11/08

2011/12/20

The ACO upgraded artsweb November 2nd. There's a few problems we're in the middle of tidying up, but if you notice any issues, please let me know asap.

Correct time of day for studies collected between Sept-Nov and be determined here.

2011/11/05

2011/11/11

Why go to college

2011/11/05

2011/11/06

A test of the universityâ€™s emergency communications system is scheduled for today between 1:00 and 2:30. This system employs messages to voicemail on campus phones, text messages to cell phones, and a message to computers that appears as a "pop-up" directing everyone to the special emergency home page. This system is only deployed in the event of major emergencies where there is imminent physical danger.

If you are doing data collection at this time and would like to avoid the pop-up, just let me know the name of the machine.

2011/11/04

2011/11/10

Buzz II donations: $960
Goal: $1,000

2011/11/04

2011/11/08

From the Psych Grads

Nice of you guys and much appreciated.

2011/11/03

2011/11/08

There's a currently a problem on artsweb which is causing the system time to fall back to 1968 which may affect web studies running on that server. The ACO is hoping to replace the hardware the week of Sept 26. I'll pop a note here with the scheduled downtime and additional details when I have them.

I also have something updating every minute that will show the time on artsweb and watarts which may help to work around the problem.

UPDATE: The ACO has upgraded artsweb as of November 2nd. There's a few problems we're in the middle of tidying up, but if you notice any issues, please let me know asap.

2011/11/02

2011/11/04

From Psych Psych Grads

Nice of you guys and much appreciated.

2011/11/02

2011/11/03

I also have something updating every minute that will show the time on artsweb and watarts which may help to work around the problem.

UPDATE: The ACO will be upgrading artsweb Wednesday November 2nd starting at 8:15am so it will be unavailable for a portion of the morning. If you notice any issues with any web studies, please contact me asap.

2011/11/01

2011/11/04

Buzz II donations: $940
Goal: $1,000

2011/11/01

2011/11/02

I also have something updating every minute that will show the time on artsweb and watarts which may help to work around the problem.

2011/10/29

2011/11/05

How pumpkin pie is made

2011/10/29

2011/11/01

Buzz II donations: $679
Goal: $1,000 by Fri Oct 28

2011/10/28

2011/10/30

Psychology Colloquium
Dr. Richard N. Aslin
University of Rochester
Date: October 28, 2011
Time: 1:30-3:00pm
Place: PAS 1229
Title: What eye tracking (and neuroimaging) can reveal about infants' language processing and visual attention

2011/10/28

2011/10/30

Printers have been moved to a private subnet and should be working now (with a few exceptions that we're tidying up). They are no longer open to toner bombs from off campus so you can fill them with paper and close the trays.

As usual, if there are any problems, let us know asap.

2011/10/28

2011/10/29

Think hard

2011/10/27

2011/10/29

Your next Halloween costume

Buzz II donations: $613
Goal: $1,000 by Fri Oct 28

2011/10/27

2011/10/28

As usual, if there are any problems, let us know asap.

2011/10/26

2011/10/27

Printers on campus were recently hit with toner bombs (many pages of black) from our friends in Serbia. If you are hit, cancel the job using the controls on the printer. If that doesn't work, remove the paper tray, wait for the current page to finish printing, remove the power from the printer and wait about 30 seconds before plugging it in again.

UPDATE: Our 80+ Nexus printers were moved to the private subnet over lunch today. You will need to restart your printer before you will be able to print - power it off, wait 10 seconds and turn it on again.

As usual, if there are any problems, let us know asap.

2011/10/24

2011/11/08

If you have any problems logging into watarts or Nexus, go to WatIAM, click "WatIAM User Access" and reset your password. You don't need to change it, but WatIAM will tell you if it is too weak and should be changed. Once set, your WatIAM, Nexus and watarts passwords will all be the same.

2011/10/22

2011/10/28

2011/10/22

2011/10/26

There's several avenues of attack that the super-annoying guys are using. We'll need to move printers to a separate secure subnet to completely avoid future toner bombs - IST is pushing a change to all network switches on campus to allow this to be implemented. Until this happens (hopefully later in the week), it might be a good idea to power off printers for the evenings and weekends and/or simply keep a small number of sheets of paper in the printer.

UPDATE: We noticed some odd network issues with the new subnet and decided to hold off on the changes we were planning on Thursday.

Printers are still in the original subnet and still vulnerable to the toner bomb attacks. Please leave the printers turned on, and simply open the paper tray to prevent the printer from printing. We'd like you to do this rather than turning them off so that we can check the status of the printers over the network.

2011/10/21

2011/10/22

UPDATE: We noticed some odd network issues with the new subnet and decided to hold off on the changes we were planning on Thursday. Once the issues are sorted out, we may try again later on Friday or on the weekend.

Printers are still in the original subnet and still vulnerable to the toner bomb attacks, so keep them turned off when not in use or limit the amount of paper in the trays.

2011/10/20

2011/10/21

UPDATE: We're planning to do the printer moves on Thursday between 4pm-5pm - printers will be unavailable during that time. Please power off your printers before 4pm and you can turn them on after 5pm. If this doesn't work for you, let us know the name of the printer and we'll hold off until another time which is more convenient for you.

2011/10/19

2011/10/22

Oh, I love surprises!...

2011/10/18

2011/10/20

2011/10/17

2011/10/19

I found a necklace on the path to Lot T. I'll drop it off with the campus cops some time soon.

2011/10/15

2011/10/18

On Wednesday morning in the wee hours a number of printers on campus were toner bombed (many pages of black) from our friends in Serbia. Printers previously were relatively open, but we've now locked them down a bit tighter so it won't happen again. Unfortunately Macs printing from wireless will not be able to reach printers at the moment. If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to ask.

Update: We'll need to move printers to a separate subnet to completely avoid future toner bombs. Until that happens, it might be a good idea to power off printers for the evenings and weekends.

2011/10/13

2011/10/16

Network maintenance is scheduled is the IST server room on Thursday October 13th 5:30am-7:00am. Email on the Exchange/connect server will not be available at this time.

2011/10/13

2011/10/15

2011/10/12

2011/10/27

NASA satellite falls on car.

2011/10/12

2011/10/19

Star Wars Dog

2011/10/12

2011/10/13

Entry deadline for the 2011/12 beeHive Hockey Pool is 7:00pm October 11th.

2011/10/06

2011/10/12

Worst magic trick ever.

2011/10/05

2011/10/06

2011/10/04

2011/10/12

Entry deadline for the 2011/12 beeHive Hockey Pool is 7:00pm October 11th.

2011/10/04

2011/10/11

I'm on vacation until Tuesday October 11th...
see ya,
	Bill

2011/10/04

2011/10/11

It's official!!! Greg Gunn takes home a Rogue Puck(TM) as winner of the 2011 beeHive Baseball Pool.

2011/10/04

2011/10/05

Todo List

2011/10/02

2011/10/04

Slide!

2011/10/01

2011/10/04

It's official!!! Greg Gunn takes home a Rogue Puck(TM) as winner of the 2011 beeHive Baseball Pool.

2011/10/01

2011/10/04

Entry deadline for the 2011/12 beeHive Hockey Pool is 7:00pm October 10th.

2011/09/30

2011/10/12

October is United Way month and Psychology will be having an email Bingo as part of its fund-raising. Cards again will be $5/sheet (2 cards to a sheet) and can be purchased from Louise Porter in PAS 3023. Bingo Monday Oct 3.

2011/09/30

2011/10/02

Why?

2011/09/29

2011/10/01

E-Prime YouTube Channel

2011/09/29

2011/09/30

There's minor breakage with myWaterloo. When you login, you'll need to specify the server you want to connect to - for most students in Arts, it's probably mailservices.

2011/09/28

2011/09/30

Strictky No Elephants

2011/09/27

2011/09/28

Adopt Pinky

2011/09/26

2011/09/27

Crazy Dog

2011/09/24

2011/09/26

Protest Duck

2011/09/23

2011/09/24

Snotty sneeze

2011/09/21

2011/10/12

I also have something updating every minute that will show the time on artsweb and watarts which may help to work around the problem.

2011/09/18

2011/09/23

They're doing it wrong.

2011/09/15

2011/09/18

File-sharing site hit by hackers

2011/09/14

2011/09/21

Getting Started in D2L courses are scheduled regularly this term. Instructors/TAs will want to register early.

This two hour hands-on workshop will introduce you to Desire2learn (D2L), our new course management system for presenting course activities and resources in on-campus and fully online courses. By the end of this session you will: be able to use the D2L environment to communicate with your students; make decisions around the most effective way to organize content in your course; have basic knowledge of the tools available within D2L and the ability to use these tools effectively.

2011/09/14

2011/09/15

The campus DNS was messed up at around 10:15am Tuesday which may have caused issues with people trying to reach campus servers. People off campus may continue to have problems until about 10:15am Wedensday.

2011/09/13

2011/09/18

Apple Wants Its Lost iPhone 5

2011/09/10

2011/09/18

Free software for UW students includes:

Symantec EndPoint (SEP, antivirus)
Win7 Pro
MS Office 2010 from the IST Chip in MC 1052.

...plus a few oher things at Software for Students.

2011/09/10

2011/09/13

Sending email for UW-related work from your Gmail account or other non-UW account is a bad idea for a number of reasons. For one, people can't confirm who you are - e.g., anyone in the world can set up the email address mark.zanna@gmail.com and we don't really know it's Mark unless we ask him. If you are dealing with confidential information, you probably don't want to expect people to reply to what is effectively an anonymous account. Individuals also need to keep track of this non-UW address for future emails and prey that someone doesn't forge something similar (such as mark.p.zanna@gmail.com) which we might assume is correct if we vaguely remember Mark had sent something earlier from gmail - again we have no way of verifying unless we ask him if he really sent it. You really should use your @uwaterloo.ca for all UW-related emails. It also makes things easier for people when searching for past emails from you if you always use your same @uwaterloo.ca address so that multiple searches don't need to be done. It's especially important if your gmail address is something like myfishhiccups@gmail.com which doesn't reflect a portion of your name.

If you use Gmail, you should set it up so that any UW-related emails that you send will have your @uwaterloo.ca email address as the return address. To do this:

Login to Gmail, click the Setting (gear) icon in the top-right and select the "Accounts and Import" tab.
Under Send mail as, click "Add another email address" and add your @uwaterloo.ca address.
Select Use Gmail's servers to send your mail (this is easier to set up).
Click "Next Step >>" and then click "Send Verification" and verify the message.

Once you've done the above, you can then pick your UW address from the drop-down menu in the 'From:' field when you compose a message.

Anyway, if you can stick to your UW address for emails to myself, Carlos, Sharon, Rita, Heather, Theresa, Sherry, Marg, Mark, Colin, Helen, our coops, the ACO and IST, HR, students you are TAing, other UW faculty/Staff/students/depts/offices, research collaborators, research clients and subjects, we'd all greatly appreciate it. This will save us from having to look up your real UW email address and replying to that instead of your gmail address.

2011/09/08

2011/09/10

Free software for UW students includes:

Symantec EndPoint (SEP, antivirus)
Win7 Pro
MS Office 2010 from the IST Chip in MC 1052.

...plus a few oher things at Software for Students.

2011/09/07

2011/10/24

If you have any problems logging into watarts or Nexus, go to WatIAM, click the "WatIAM User Access" and reset your password. You don't need to change it, but WatIAM will tell you if it is too weak and should be changed. Once set, your WatIAM, Nexus and watarts passwords will all be the same.

2011/09/07

2011/09/14

Our new coops this term are Jerry Liang and Filip Dinu. Be gentle with them.

2011/09/03

2011/09/13

Pavlov's Dog

2011/09/02

2011/09/18

Waterloo Copyright

2011/09/01

2011/09/10

If you use Gmail, you should set it up so that any UW-related emails that you send will have your @uwaterloo.ca email address as the return address. To do this:

Login to Gmail, click the Setting (gear) icon in the top-right and select the "Accounts and Import" tab.
Under Send mail as, click "Add another email address" and add your @uwaterloo.ca address.
Select Use Gmail's servers to send your mail (this is easier to set up).
Click "Next Step >>" and then click "Send Verification" and verify the message.

Once you've done the above, you can then pick your UW address from the drop-down menu in the 'From:' field when you compose a message.

2011/09/01

2011/09/03

Gravity-Free Cats

2011/08/27

2011/09/01

ONE of the worst...

2011/08/26

2011/08/27

Steve Jobs was heard muttering "Damn you autocorrect" after meaning to text "I reign as CEO of Apple."

2011/08/24

2011/08/25

Yeah, earthquake today. My office has been devastated and will probably take months to clean up.

2011/08/23

2011/08/24

Electrical power, cooling, heating, ventilation was off in PAS on Saturday August 20 6:00am-midnight.

If you are powering on machines yourself, turn on the UPS, wait 10-15 seconds until green green light is solid, and then fire up the machine, LCDs, printer, etc. If you forgot to power off a printer, you may have to power down and restart the printer before it will work.

We noticed a few machines not booting - probably the power supply croaked. Let us know if you have trouble with any other machines and we'll look at them ASAP.

2011/08/22

2011/08/23

Electrical power, cooling, heating, ventilation was off in PAS on Saturday August 20 6:00am-midnight. Machines in the office wing, classrooms, teaching labs and a few other areas I thought people might be RDPing into machines are now on.

After the power outage, if you are powering on machines yourself, turn on the UPS, wait 10-15 seconds until green green light is solid, and then fire up the machine, LCDs, printer, etc. If you forgot to power off a printer, you may have to power down and restart the printer before it will work.

We noticed a few machines not booting - probably the power supply croaked. Let us know if you have trouble with any other machines and we'll look at them ASAP.

2011/08/21

2011/09/18

Please contact Carlos or myself if a computer or printer needs to be moved. We need to update things in the wiring closet before things will work in a new location and we also need to update our DB of equipment locations. Thanks.

2011/08/21

2011/09/13

Due to the recent watarts upgrade, people running web studies created prior to July 31, 2011 on watarts using the Web Form Templates for Surveys/Questionaires by bee will need to check the top of that page for info on how to fix things if those studies are still active. New studies on watarts and all studies running on artsweb are not affected.

2011/08/21

2011/08/22

Electrical power, cooling, heating, ventilation was off in PAS on Saturday August 20 6:00am-midnight.

I'll come in on Sunday morning, probably not early , and will power up Nexus stations in faculty and staff offices so that they can be accessed remotely with RDP. If there's any other machines you need turned on, send me a quick note with the room#. I'll pop a note here on Sunday when I've finished.

After the power outage, if you are powering on machines yourself, turn on the UPS, wait 10-15 seconds until the light is green, and then fire up the machine, LCDs, printer, etc. If you forgot to power off a printer, you may have to power down and restart the printer before it will work.

2011/08/19

2011/08/26

Proud Father

2011/08/19

2011/08/21

Electrical power, cooling, heating, ventilation will be off in PAS on Saturday August 20 6:00am-midnight. Plan to shutdown and power off your computers and printers the night before. We'll run something to power down all Nexus stations late Friday afternoon, but you may want to do a controlled shutdown of your machine and turn off the UPS (we can't remotely turn off the UPS which may preserve the battery life slightly).

Most of the campus will be down at this time. The MC building is not affected so you should be able to send/receive email from off campus using connect (faculty/staff) or mailservices (students) - I'm guessing myWaterloo will not be available. The main UW web page www.uwaterloo.ca will also be available but most other campus web sites will be down including all of Arts, Psych, beeHive and any web studies you may have set up.

BTW, if you need a link from the beeHive while things are down, do this... Go to Google and search for "uw beehive" (no quotes) and rather than clicking on the link, click the "Cached" link which will show you a recent copy of the beeHive.

2011/08/18

2011/08/19

The network in PAS will be down Thursday August 18 between 5:30am-8:30am. Definitely do not login before 8:30am on Thursday morning.

2011/08/18

2011/08/19

2011/08/17

2011/08/18

The network connection from PAS to/from the rest of the campus and world will be down this Thursday August 18 between 5:30am-8:30am. I'd simply suggest you just not even go close to any computers here during that time. Make sure you don't login before 8:30am that day.

2011/08/16

2011/08/19

Save bandit!!!

2011/08/13

2011/08/21

Due to the recent watarts upgrade, people running web studies created prior to July 31, 2011 on watarts using the Web Form Templates for Surveys/Questionaires by bee will need to check the top of that page for info on how to fix things if those studies are still active. New studies and all studies running on artsweb are not affected.

2011/08/13

2011/08/16

Flowchart: Do You Have to Wake Up Yet?

2011/08/12

2011/09/07

2011/08/12

2011/08/13

box mixup

2011/08/11

2011/08/12

A number of updates went out to Nexus stations last night, but some machines might require a second reboot for some apps. If you are having trouble with Adobe Flash/Shockwave or Adobe Reader (for pdf's), logout, press ctrl-alt-del and select Shutdown/Restart to let the machine reboot.

2011/08/10

2011/08/11

Due to a hardware upgrade, Quest will be unavailable on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 from 7AM EST until 5PM EST.

2011/08/05

2011/08/10

We have a hardware problem on the server which handles the E-Prime 2.0 licenses so E-Prime 2.0 will be inaccessible until things are fixed.

2011/08/05

2011/08/10

Access from myWaterloo to watarts doesn't seem to be working at the moment for research lab accounts which did not have a Nexus account of the same name. I've forwarded a list of affected accounts to the ACO to update things and I'll pop a note here when things are fixed.

2011/08/03

2011/08/10

Watarts was down for upgrades on Sunday July 31 8:30-noon. WatIAM/Nexus passwords will no be required to login.

Email on accounts which did not previously have WatIAM entries has been copied to mailservices. Account owners have been emailed passwords.

The first time you connect to watarts, you may be asked to accept a new security certificate - you can accept it.

2011/08/02

2011/08/05

Yeah, that email from BMO saying they will pop $200 into your account for completing a survey is from the bad guys. If you enter your Bank Card# and password, you will be poor soon.

2011/08/01

2011/08/03

Watarts was down for upgrades on Sunday July 31 8:30-noon. WatIAM/Nexus passwords will no be required to login.

Email on accounts which did not previously have WatIAM entries has been copied to mailservices. Account owners have been emailed passwords.

2011/07/30

2011/08/01

Watarts will be down for upgrades on Sunday July 31 8:30-noon. Web pages on watarts will not be accessible during that time. After the upgrade is complete, accounts will need to use the WatIAM/Nexus password to login.

Email on accounts which did not previously have WatIAM entries has been copied to mailservices and the account owners have been emailed psaswords.

2011/07/29

2011/07/30

2011/07/28

2011/08/12

Laser Guided Kitty

2011/07/27

2012/04/15

There's currently long standing issue with quotas to be aware of which the ACO has on their todo list.

2011/07/27

2011/07/29

If you had received a note from Keith McGowan in the ACO regarding moving email from watarts to Mailservices or the Connect Exchange server, please contact Carlos or myself so that we can arrange to move email from watarts. We'll create a WatIAM entry, a mailservices account, then move all mail currently on watarts to mailservices and set up a forward so any email sent to he watarts account will be forwarded to the mailservices account. This change will not affect any web studies you may have running on watarts.

2011/07/27

2011/07/28

Can you repeat...

2011/07/23

2011/07/27

There's currently a problem with the license server which handles SPSS and AMOS licenses in the teaching labs and classrooms on campus. Machines with SPSS/AMOS Licenses purchased by faculty members in research labs and offices are not affected. ENG is looking into the problem and I'll pop a not here when it's back up and running.

2011/07/23

2011/07/27

Dinner time

2011/07/21

2011/08/18

Electrical power, cooling, heating, ventilation will be off in PAS on Saturday August 20 6:00am-midnight. Plan to shutdown and power off your computers and printers the night before.

2011/07/20

2011/07/27

If you receive a note from Keith McGowan in the ACO regarding moving email from watarts to Mailservices or the Connect Exchange server, please contact Carlos or myself so that we can arrange to move email from watarts. We'll create a WatIAM entry, a mailservices account, then move all mail currently on watarts to mailservices and set up a forward so any email sent to he watarts account will be forwarded to the mailservices account. This change will not affect any web studies you may have running on watarts.

2011/07/19

2011/07/20

There seems to be a lot of phishing emails floating around at the moment. They typically tell you you bumping up against your email quota or that maintenance/upgrades are occuring and they want you to email or login to a non-UW site with your login creditals and possible date of birth, etc. Anyway, if you get 'em, just chuck 'em.

2011/07/18

2011/07/23

You know it is hot when...

2011/07/16

2011/07/18

When the space shuttle returns we should all be dressed up as apes.

2011/07/15

2011/07/19

We've noticed an issue with the autoupdate on a small percentage of systems running Symantec EndPoint (AntiVirus). After downloading several Mbs, the process stops and then restarts a minute later with another download occurring and again failing. This process repeats. This can be a potentially big problem with home machines as you might hit your download cap and Rogers, Bell or other ISPs may charge you extra for your internet service that month.

If you had installed SEP from from the IST SEP download site, check to ensure you currently have version 11.0.6300.803. If you don't you might want to consider uninstalling your current version and installing the latest version. Alternatively, just touch base with me and there's an easier fix we might be able to do (remove the pkg file from the Downloads directory).

Let me know if you were running into this. Thanks.

2011/07/09

2011/07/15

Hmmm

2011/07/06

2011/07/19

I'm in the process of moving the last bunch of research email accounts from watarts to mailservices. I had IST reset the WatIAM/Nexus passwords on a number of accounts that people didn't know the WatIAM password (or folks I didn't hear back from :-)). Anyway, I'll get the email moved on these accounts in the next few days, but if you are having trouble logging in or checking email, just touch base with me.

Web pages on watarts related to these accounts are not affected.

2011/07/06

2011/07/15

The mail service on artsmail has been turned off. A while ago users were move from artsmail to mailservices. If your addressbook previously contained something like userid@artsmail.uwaterloo.ca, you should instead use userid@uwaterloo.ca (drop the artsmail).

2011/07/04

2011/07/27

August/September is usually fairly busy for us. If you have new systems you would like to purchase for the start of the fall term, please try to get the order in by mid July at the latest. THANKS!!!

2011/07/01

2011/07/06

If you have Symantec EndPoint installed as anti-virus protection on home machines or laptops, you can check which version you have by opening it and selecting "Help and Support" and "About". If you don't have 11.0.6300.803, uninstall the version you have and download the current version from here.

2011/06/24

2011/07/09

Karma

2011/06/21

2011/06/26

It's official. Mark Zanna wins the Rogue Puck(TM) in the 2011 Hockey Playoff Pool.

2011/06/21

2011/06/24

Miss USA contestants answer the question, "Should evolution be taught in schools?"

2011/06/15

2011/06/21

Did you hear a click?

2011/06/14

2011/07/01

IST has provided an update to SEP (AntiVirus) which will generate a pop-up on home machines and laptops asking if you would like SEP upgraded . To avoid any issues, accept the upgrade and just let your machine sit for about 20 minutes while the upgrade completes. It's a silent upgrade which will complete in the background so avoid rebooting or shutting down the machine until it finishes. Don't browse the web or read emails while the upgrade is taking place since you won't be protected for a period of time. Again, don't use the machine for about 20 minutes while the upgrade completes.

2011/06/14

2011/06/15

Cute kid... Depth perception

2011/06/03

2011/06/10

Nexus stations reboot in the wee hours each night and among other things, generate various reports at that time so that we can look for problems and hopefully fix things before they cause issues for you. One new report which is now generated checks the health of your hard disk using a self-diagnosis (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most new hard disks. This, ideally, should allow us to replace a drive before it actually fails.

2011/06/03

2011/06/08

Google Says Hundreds Of Gmail Accounts Hijacked

2011/06/02

2011/06/14

Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?

2011/06/02

2011/06/03

Facebook Attack Spreading both Windows and Mac malware

2011/06/01

2011/06/02

SEP will be updated to the latest version on all nexus stations between 9pm-midnight tonight (Tuesday). If for any reason we should not do it at this time on specific machines, send me the name of those machines.

2011/05/18

2011/05/19

There's been a few wireless issues on some parts of campus yesterday and today which IST is looking into. No one has mentioned problems in PAS.

2011/05/17

2011/05/18

There's been a few wireless issues on some parts of campus today.

2011/05/16

2011/06/02

There's way too many ostriches

2011/05/13

2011/05/14

The nightly backups of D:\users on a number of machines on the 2nd and 4th floor may not have completed properly in the last week. Make an extra backup of anything critical you save there just to be safe. Carlos is looking into the problem.

2011/05/10

2011/05/14

Skype bug lets hackers take over Macs

2011/05/10

2011/05/13

...

2011/05/07

2011/05/10

Crash Test Kittens

2011/05/06

2011/05/14

UW's Policy 8 requires confidential information be secure and well protected. Unfortunately Western had a recent incident.

2011/05/06

2011/05/07

May 2, 2011 Daily Show

2011/05/05

2011/05/06

Haha! So we meet again!!

2011/05/04

2011/05/10

Yes, Fotos_Osama_Bin_Laden.exe is Malware

2011/05/04

2011/05/05

...

2011/04/28

2011/05/04

From Me To You

2011/04/27

2011/04/28

Today (Tuesday), beginning at 10:00PM and ending by 2:00AM (EDT), IST will be performing routine maintenance on the Connect Exchange servers. During this time, services may be restarted and it may be necessary to re-authenticate (login).

2011/04/22

2011/04/28

Perform This Way

2011/04/22

2011/04/27

Canada Council awards five prominent scholars $100,000 Killam Prizes (including Mark Zanna)

2011/04/20

2011/04/22

A gentleman...

2011/04/14

2011/04/20

There is be a "General Public" E-waste Green Day drop off being held on Saturday April 16th, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the UW Central Stores 263 Phillip Street, Waterloo location. This single day community event is also available to all University of Waterloo employees who may have personal electronic waste at the home residences.

2011/04/14

2011/04/20

Net Worth

2011/04/12

2011/04/14

It's official. Joshua Rubin claims the Rogue Puck (TM) and bragging rights in the Regular Season Hockey Pool. Check here for some humble words from the winner.

2011/04/11

2011/04/16

Friday April 15th at 7:00pm is the deadline for entries in the 2011 beeHive Playoff Hockey Playoff Pool

2011/04/09

2011/04/29

There's currently a problem with the nightly backups of D:\users for machines on the 1st and 3rd floors. For the moment, make an extra copy elsewhere of anything critical. Carlos had replaced a bad drive and is hoping the backups complete correctly on the weekend. If you see any further messages indicating you haven't been backed up, send him a note.

2011/04/09

2011/04/14

Really?

2011/04/06

2011/04/11

The Epsilon data breach leaked millions of names and email addresse. As usual, you can assume that emails asking you to send personal information (including passwords) are simply phishing attempts. But as well, be cautious of emails which include URLs for you to login to. Be sure to always confirm that sites you are logging into are valid an not look-a-likes.

2011/04/06

2011/04/09

There's currently a problem with the nightly backups of D:\users for machines on the 1st and 3rd floors. For the moment, make an extra copy elsewhere of anything critical. Carlos is looking into it.

2011/04/06

2011/04/09

Waterloo Brain Day
Date: Wed April 6, 2011
Place: Room: PAS 2083

2011/04/02

2011/04/09

I MUST GO - My people need me

2011/04/01

2011/04/07

It's on. Get your picks in for the 2011 beeHive Baseball Pool before the Wednesday 7:00pm dealine.

2011/03/31

2011/07/27

There's currently a couple long standing issues with passwords and quotas to be aware of which the ACO has on their todo list.

2011/03/30

2011/04/02

UW connection to the real world is degraded at the moment (Monday afternoon) so things are slower than usual. IST has notified ORION who manages that pipe.

2011/03/30

2011/04/02

twin baby boys have a conversation - part 2

2011/03/29

2011/03/31

There's currently issues with passwords and quotas to be aware of.

2011/03/29

2011/03/30

UW connection to the real work is degraded at the moment (Monday afternoon) so things are slower than usual. IST has notified ORION who manages that pipe.

2011/03/29

2011/03/30

Legos: What Can't They Do?

2011/03/26

2011/03/29

Did you back up?

2011/03/24

2011/04/02

In order to access network shares or print to printers in the Psych, users will have to be a member in at least one Nexus Security Group in Psych. Please send me UWuserids of any users which should be added or removed from your Psych Security Groups (login with your WatIAM userid/password).

2011/03/22

2011/03/29

There will be a "General Public" E-waste Green Day drop off being held on Saturday April 16th, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the UW Central Stores 263 Phillip Street, Waterloo location. This single day community event is also available to all University of Waterloo employees who may have personal electronic waste at the home residences.

2011/03/22

2011/03/26

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

2011/03/19

2011/03/26

The APC software pops up a warning after 3 years to replace the battery in your UPS. But, since machines here are usually on 24/7, battery life tends to be longer so it's not unusual to keep a battery for 4-5 years.

Down in the bottom-right of your display near the clock there's a little icon that looks like a computer under a parachute. Double-click on that and as long as the "Estimated Battery Time" is greater than 10 minutes, you should be good. The UPS software is configured to shutdown your system after 5 minutes of no power, so having 10 minutes of battery life provides 5 minutes for the machine to properly save things and shutdown in the event of a power outage. If you want to keep an eye on that, no harm waiting a bit longer before replacing the battery to stretch the life/$$$ of the battery.

The batteries are relatively inexpensive though ($39) so no harm replacing the battery immediately if you are getting the warning and don't want to think about it. Just give the word and we can put an order in.

2011/03/19

2011/03/22

IST will deploy Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0.6200.754 to faculty/staff clients obtained from IST's Download site on March 17, 2011. Users will see a pop-up window with the following message, "UW IST has initiated this auto-upgrade of your Symantec client. You can confirm this on the IST home page Notice Board."

Nexus stations have already been upgraded. The above applies to UW owned laptops, home machines or non-Nexus stations. When you accept the option to download and install it, be sure not to interrupt it. Best bet is to just let the machine sit for about 20 minutes while it updates since the antivirus will be disabled for a bit while it is uninstalled and reinstalled.

2011/03/19

2011/03/22

She's Watching you...

2011/03/18

2011/03/19

2011/03/17

2011/03/19

Emerson - Mommy's Nose is Scary!

2011/03/16

2011/03/17

Adobe Warns of Attacks on Critical Flash Player Bug. This won't affect Nexus stations, but be aware of it and be sure to update home PCs and laptops, including Macs and Linux machines, as soon as a fix is available.

2011/03/12

2011/03/16

Latest Japan Earthquake News

2011/03/11

2011/03/29

Files stored on the psych-lab-* shares are being counted towards your personal quota. If your quota hits 90%, please contact Carlos or myself before you lose files. The ACO is hoping to have things fixed "later in November."

AVOID STORING FILES OR FOLDERS ON YOUR DESKTOP as files won't get transferred to the network drive and backed up until you successfully logout. Since it may take several minutes to transfer large files/folders from your dekstop when you logout, you'll probably have your coat on and will be down the hall before you can see the popup that will appear telling you that it could not save your files/profile which includes your desktop contents (if you see the pop-up, you can login the same day and your files/folders will still be there and you can move them elsewhere). Check the Psych Nexus Notes for all the gory details.

2011/03/10

2011/03/17

My cat, "Chicken". The vet says "He just wasn't made right"

2011/03/08

2011/03/16

When you login, you may get a message saying that you haven't been backed up for a few weeks. This applies only to the D:\users folder which is backed up nightly. Your Nexus My Documents folder and the psych shares are not affected.

Carlos is looking into the problem, but in meantime, make a quick backup of anything critical saved there.

2011/03/08

2011/03/09

Wireless will be unavailable Tuesday March 8 from 7:00am-8:00am.

2011/03/02

2011/03/10

How to Install a Home Security System

2011/03/02

2011/03/08

Email Bingo started on March 1st, but you can still pick up cards from Theresa or Louise if you want to get in on the fun.

2011/02/21

2011/03/02

The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger

2011/02/19

2011/03/01

I'm on vacation until Monday February 28th.
see ya,
	Bill

2011/02/18

2011/02/19

If R-Project is installed on your Nexus station, it will be upgraded next time the machine reboots. It'll reboot automatically in the wee hours tonight, but if you want it sooner rather than later, logout, press ctrl-alt-del and select Shutdown/Restart.

2011/02/17

2011/02/19

I won't be in during Reading Week (Feb 22-25).

2011/02/16

2011/02/21

I scream, you scream

2011/02/12

2011/02/16

Mission Impossible Squirrel

2011/02/08

2011/02/09

I made a minor change to Web Form Templates. Any variables (including userids and passwords at the login pages) will have tabs keys and space characters stripped from the start and end of entered text. This will keep the data a bit cleaner and will hopefully prevent login issues (e.g., if someone enters a space at the start/end of a userid/password entry). This change will not occur with any existing studies, only on new studies when the 'makewebstudy' script is run. I don't expect any issues, but if you have any concerns, let me know.

2011/02/03

2011/02/08

The ACO upgraded the print server on Monday. If you have any issues printing, let us know.

2011/02/02

2011/03/15

SPSS/AMOS 19 has been installed on all Nexus stations in the Psych Divisional Teaching Labs. It has also been installed on all Nexus stations where faculty members purchased licenses.

If a license for SPSS or AMOS has been purchased on a non-Nexus station, login to a Nexus station and click 'Psych Shortcuts' (on the desktop), 'Explore Psych', 'Misc' and 'SPSS 19'. There you will find the files you need along with a file called 'README.txt' which will tell you how to get things installed on non-Nexus machines, laptops and/or home machines. If you are currently reading this on a Nexus station with Internet Explorer just click here to get to that folder (a new window will open). This should also work for people using IE on the campus wireless network - enter "nexus\youruserid" as your userid and your Nexus password when prompted.

2011/02/01

2011/02/03

Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use

2011/02/01

2011/02/02

SPSS/AMOS 19 will get installed on all Nexus stations in the Psych Divisional Teaching Labs in the wee hours of Tuesday morning when they automatically reboot. If you want it installed sooner rather than later, logout, press ctrl-alt-del and select Shutdown/Restart to have the machine reboot right away.

SPSS/AMOS 19 has also been installed on all Nexus where faculty members purchased licenses.

2011/01/29

2011/03/29

If you change your WatIAM password, it will change both your WatIAM and Nexus password at the same time. Unfortunately things are broken in Arts so if you do attempt to change your password anytime after October 27th, please see Carlos or myself to complete the process. The ACO is/was hoping to have things fixed "later in November" (2010?).

2011/01/28

2011/01/29

You may have received an email from someone in IST with the subject "Stale Passwords". This is a valid email so you can follow the instructions.

BUT, the WatIAM password change will change both your WatIAM and Nexus password at the same time. Unfortunately things are broken in Arts so if you do attempt to change your password anytime after October 27th, please see Carlos or myself to complete the process. The ACO is hoping to have things fixed "later in November" - I had assumed they mean 2010, but apparently not. :-)

2011/01/28

2011/01/29

A circuit blew again in the ACO machine room on the 1st floor at about 2:20am Thursday morning. If you notice a message indicating your profile could not be loaded, logout from the temporary profile you will be logged in with. Then reboot the machine - at the login screen press ctrl-alt-del and select Shutdown/Restart. This should get things back to normal, but if you notice any issues, let us know.

2011/01/26

2011/01/28

I'm playing in the Heart & Stroke Hockey for Heart Tournament this weekend. Click my page to make donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation (you'll get a tax receipt). Thanks.

2011/01/21

2011/02/01

SPSS/AMOS 19 will land on Nexus stations automagically (if purchased) before the end of the month.

SPSS 19 has already been installed on most Nexus stations where AMOS 19 wasn't also requested - I'll update machines that are to get both packages (our divisional teaching labs as well) in the next week or so. We're just waiting for ENG to complete the package to automate the AMOS install on Nexus stations.

2011/01/20

2011/01/21

SPSS and AMOS purchased by faculty members expired December 31, and we're in the grace period which allows it to work until January 31. I've sent a note to all faculty members indicating where SPSS/Amos was installed in 2010 and asking on what machines licenses should be renewed/purchased. If you need your advisor to purchase it for you again this year, please contact him/her asap in order to allow them to get their list to me by January 12. We don't actually have the CDs so we can't start the install process yet. I'll post another note here when we're ready to carry on.

The early pricing we received for SPSS/AMOS was incorrect. For 2011 SPSS costs $110/machines, AMOS $75/machine for AMOS (PC only) and there's also a separate module called Sample Power (PC only) available for $60/machine.

Update: Tuesday Update: SPSS 19 is now installed in IST controlled classrooms across campus, the ACO labs downstairs, our Psych Division Teaching Lab machines (ptlab* machines in 3022, 4036, 3245, 3253B, 3274, 1422, 4268, 4287). AMOS 19 has not yet been installed in any of these areas.

SPSS 19 is also going out to Nexus machines where faculty members have requested licenses be purchased. The automated AMOS install for Nexus stations isn't quite ready so machines that currently have SPSS 18 and AMOS 18 won't be upgaded immediately so that people can still use AMOS 18.

We now have SPSS/AMOS install CDs. I'll probably ask that the first person to stop by from each lab group install it on the other laptops/non-Nexus machines for that group - we're a bit backlogged at the moment, so the more we can pass off to people, the better. :-) If you need it installed on a home machine, just stop by at the end of the day to borrow the CDs and return them first thing the next morning.

2011/01/19

2011/02/12

Indeed I Have Read It

2011/01/19

2011/01/20

2011/01/18

2011/01/20

I'm playing for McAfee in the Heart & Stroke Hockey for Heart Tournament January 29/30. Any donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation is much appreciated (you'll get a tax receipt). Thanks.

2011/01/16

2011/01/19

Update: Saturday Update: SPSS 19 is now installed in IST controlled classrooms across campus, the ACO labs downstairs, our Psych Division Teaching Lab machines (ptlab* machines in 3022, 4036, 3245, 3253B, 3274, 1422, 4268, 4287). AMOS 19 has not yet been installed in any of these areas.

I received a number of messages from faculty and grads indicating which machines they would like to purchase licenses for SPSS and AMOS. Thanks for getting those responses to me early - that makes things much easier. I didn't get a chance to respond to most emails, but I have them filed away and will get the installs done before the end of the month.

2011/01/15

2011/01/16

Update: SPSS/AMOS 18 in the teaching labs and classrooms unexpectedly expired early.

Friday Update: Podium Nexus stations in IST controlled classrooms now have SPSS 19 installed. Nexus machines in the Psych Division Teaching Lab machines (ptlab* machines in WORC room, 3245, 3253B, 3274, 1422, 4268, 4287), our classrooms (ABC, 4288, 3012) also the machines in 3022 now have SPSS 19 installed. No AMOS 19 anywhere in the teaching labs yet though.

In a pinch, undergrads could sneak over to several public Nexus labs in ENG which also has SPSS 19.

2011/01/14

2011/01/15

Update: SPSS/AMOS 18 in the teaching labs and classrooms unexpectedly expired early.

In a pinch, undergrads could sneak over to several public Nexus labs in ENG which also has SPSS 19.

2011/01/13

2011/01/18

I'm playing for McAfee in the Heart & Stroke Hockey for Heart Tournament January 29/30. Any donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation is much appreciated (you'll get a tax receipt). Thanks.

2011/01/13

2011/01/14

Update: SPSS/AMOS 18 in the teaching labs and classrooms unexpectedly expired early.

Wednesday Update: Podium Nexus stations in IST controlled classrooms now have SPSS 19 installed. SPSS 19 should arrive in classrooms by Monday at the latest (maybe Friday in some areas). Psych Nexus teaching lab and classroom machines may see it arrive Thursday (if no one is logged in and I get a chance to reboot the machines a few times) otherwise Friday or over the weekend.

2011/01/12

2011/01/13

I'm playing for McAfee in the Heart & Stroke Hockey for Heart Tournament January 29/30. Any donation is much appreciated (you'll get a tax receipt). Thanks.

2011/01/11

2011/01/13

Power has returned to PAS. As usual, fire up the Nexus stations and leave them on 24/7.

When powering things up, turn on the UPS [1] [2] first and wait 15 seconds or so until the on-line light is a steady green before turning on your computer.

If printers weren't powered off before the shutdown, turn them off, wait 15 seconds and turn them on which will reestablish the network connection.

2011/01/10

2011/01/13

SPSS and AMOS expired December 31, and we're in the grace period which allows it to work until January 31. I've sent a note to all faculty members indicating where SPSS/Amos was installed in 2010 and asking on what machines licenses should be renewed/purchased. If you need your advisor to purchase it for you again this year, please contact him/her asap in order to allow them to get their list to me by January 12. We don't actually have the CDs so we can't start the install process yet. I'll post another note here when we're ready to carry on.

Update: SPSS/AMOS in the teaching labs and classrooms has unexpectedly expired early. The teaching license is a separate license handled by a license server on campus. ENG is in the process of getting a new license server in place and I'll pop an update here mid/late this week to let you know were things are at. Licenses purchased by faculty members will continue to work until Jan 31.

2011/01/09

2011/01/11

Power has returned to PAS. As usual, fire up the Nexus stations and leave them on 24/7.

When powering things up, turn on the UPS [1] [2] first and wait 15 seconds or so until the on-line light is a steady green before turning on your computer.

If printers weren't powered off before the shutdown, turn them off, wait 15 seconds and turn them on which will reestablish the network connection.

Backups of D:\users won't happen this weekend so stash away extra copies of anything critical you are working on.

2011/01/08

2011/02/17

The remote control for the projector in the ABC (PAS 3026) has croaked. I'm trying to find a replacement. For now, use the Leafs flag that's left there to turn the projector on/off. As usual, be sure to utter "Go Leafs Go" when you raise the flag.

2011/01/08

2011/01/09

Power will be off in PAS Saturday January 8th from 6am-noon. A neighbouring building which our network connection runs thru will be down from noon-4pm so the network in PAS will not be available between 6am-4pm on Saturday.

Please power down all computers and printers and also turn off UPSs [1] [2] before you leave on Friday. We'll be able to automatically power down any Nexus which are left on which will eliminate the chance of disk errors when the shutdown happens, but we won't be able to power off the UPSs (they will beep until the battery runs dry).

Please don't power up any computers until after 4pm Saturday when the network is back. I'll saunter in on Saturday after 4pm and fire up faculty/staff Nexus stations in the office areas so that those folks can can connect to their Nexus stations with RDP but I'll leave the machines in other areas to individuals to power on.

Obviously backups of D:\users won't happen this weekend. Watarts and artsweb will also not be available during this time. Email accounts on connect (faculty/staff) and mailservices (students) is housed in IST so no interruption there.

2011/01/08

2011/01/09

Late this afternoon (Friday) I'll run something to power down any Nexus stations where no one is logged in. Later this even I'll run something to power down the machine even if you are logged in. A pop-up will appear saying it will power down the workstation in 2 hours. Just let me know if you are really working on it and I'll delay the shutdown on the individual machine.

2011/01/07

2011/01/08

Folks on the 1st and 3rd floor might be getting pop-ups saying you haven't been backed up since Dec 24th or so. This would be for files stored in D:\users (your Nexus My Documents or lab shares are still being backed up elsewhere). D:\users backups should occur again on Thursday night so if you see the message again Friday, pop a note to Carlos.

2011/01/06

2011/01/10

2011/01/06

2011/01/08

The remote control for the projector in the ABC (PAS 3026) has croaked. I'm trying to find a replacement. For now, use the Leafs flag that's left there to turn the projector on/off.

2011/01/06

2011/01/08

Our two coops this term are Mike Ward and Adil Ahmed... Be gentle with them.

2011/01/06

2011/01/08

A tentative date of March 1, 2011 has been set to disable the uw-wireless logins. If you are using wireless and haven't already switched to Eduroam logins, please consider doing it sooner rather than later. If you are having trouble connecting to wireless with Eduroam, this has some troubleshooting tips (be sure to login with "youruserid@uwaterloo.ca") or feel free to stop by to see our coops, Mike and Adil, in PAS 4279 who will help you out.

2011/01/06

2011/01/07

Folks on the 1st and 3rd floor might be getting pop-ups saying you haven't been backed up since Dec 24th or so. This would be for files stored in D:\users (your Nexus My Documents or lab shares are still being backed up elsewhere). D:\users won't be backed up Wednesday night while things are being repaired so make an extra back up of anything critical you were working on today.

2011/01/05

2011/01/06

The remote control for the projector in the ABC (PAS 3026) has croaked. I'm trying to find a replacement. For now, just have someone tall turn it on/off with the Power button the on projector.

2010/12/31

2011/01/19

Nothing to see here!

2010/12/22

2010/12/31

A tentative date of March 1, 2011 has been set to disable the uw-wireless logins. If you are using wireless and haven't already switched to Eduroam logins, please consider doing it sooner rather than later. If you are having trouble connecting to wireless with Eduroam, feel free to stop by to see our coops, David and Steve, in PAS 4279.

2010/12/22

2010/12/31

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one is addressed to "Dear University of Waterloo Webmail User". As usual, if you get it, just chuck it.

2010/12/21

2010/12/31

OCD Santa

2010/12/21

2010/12/22

A tentative date of March 1, 2011 has been set to disable the uw-wireless logins. If you are using wireless and haven't already switched to Eduroam logins, please consider doing it sooner rather than later. If you are having trouble connecting to wireless with Eduroam, feel free to stop by to see our coops, David and Steve, in PAS 4279.

2010/12/17

2010/12/31

A number of updates will be going out to Nexus stations over the holidays. Please leave them on over this time - no harm turning off the monitors though.

2010/12/15

2010/12/31

Dept backups (D: drive) are kept only for 2 months. Nexus backups (My Documents, psych-lab-* shares, etc) are kept for 4 months. You should make your own backups at least once a term so that you have something long term to fall back on if you need it.

2010/12/15

2010/12/17

Carlos is on holidays until January 5th.

2010/12/10

2010/12/11

A mail loop prevented emails to Amandine Lassalle, alassalle@uwaterloo.ca, from being delivered between December 1-9. The sender would not have received a bounce message. Things are now fixed so if you sent anything to Amandine during this time, resend it to her.

2010/12/08

2010/12/13

Bookit is being moved to Exchange Calendar this weekend. If you currently use Boookit, it's probably a good idea to print any items in your Bookit calendar before 11am Friday when it goes off-line.

2010/12/07

2010/12/11

Quotas for email accounts on mailservices (students) have been doubled to 2 Gb.

2010/12/07

2010/12/08

Carlos and I will be at the WatITis conference on Tuesday December 7. For any emergencies, feel free to catch up with with our coops, Steve and David, in PAS 4279, x37879.

2010/12/04

2010/12/11

A tentative date of March 1, 2011 has been set to disable the uw-wireless logins. If you are using wireless and haven't already switched to Eduroam logins, please consider doing it sooner rather than later. If you are having trouble connecting to wireless with Eduroam, feel free to stop by to see our coops, David and Steve, in PAS 4279.

2010/12/03

2010/12/21

Reincarnation

2010/12/03

2010/12/04

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one is addressed to "Dear University of Waterloo Internet User". As usual, just chuck it.

2010/11/27

2010/12/03

There, it's done.

2010/11/27

2010/12/03

Avoid storing files and folders on your desktop on Nexus stations. If you bump up against your quota limit, you will lose files. Rather, store files in your My Documents folder and create shortcuts to the files on your desktop. This way, since the files are stored in your My Documents folder, they will be backed up every hour. Files and folders on your desktop are not backed up unless you successfully logout (no profile pop-up messages indicating files can't be saved).

2010/11/25

2010/11/27

Yeah, it's that time of year again when you will probably see a lot of holiday hoax/trojan/virus emails which you'll want to avoid opening or forwarding to others. Here's one that's starting early: Facebook Christmas Tree Virus Hoax Spreading

2010/11/25

2010/11/27

Flossoraptor

2010/11/21

2010/11/25

Symantec EndPoint (AntiVirus) will be upgraded to a newer version in the late hours of the next few days.

2010/11/19

2010/11/21

On Thursday afternoon I popped a link on the wwwowwww's line (now removed) to: 200 students admit cheating after professor's online rant

Here's an update: UCF Cheating Scandal Video Surfaces

2010/11/18

2010/11/19

There was an issue with one of the mail servers in cluster which was causing email delays. It was resolved at about midnight last night.

On an unrelated note, myWaterloo has been down since this morning. For the time being, you can use the mailservices interface, but keep in mind the addressbook is not shared between the two.

2010/11/12

2010/11/17

Apple OS X 10.6.5 Patches 131 Security Flaws - we don't have a means of updating Macs automatically so patch 'em if you got 'em.

2010/11/12

2010/11/13

The time on watarts and artsweb was behind by 1 hour between October 15 5pm and November 7 2am. If you were collecting time senstive web studies during that time and need to know the time of day that forms were submitted, you will need to adjust your data.

2010/11/12

2010/11/13

The SPSS license server for teaching labs is down at the moment. ENG (where it is housed) will hopefully have it repaired soon. SPSS purchased by faculty members will still work, but in our various teaching labs (3022, 3274, 3245, 4289, 4268, WORC room) and classrooms across campus (including ABC, 3012, 4288) it will not run until the license server is fixed (hopefully later today).

2010/11/09

2010/11/17

Canada

2010/11/09

2010/11/12

Another phishing email going around. This one attempts to look like it's coming from the Canada Revenue Agency (although the from address is @onlineupdate.com). The link in the text appears as www.cra-arc.gc.ca, but it'll really take you to the bad guys site at rd.freedommafia.net.

2010/11/08

2011/03/11

Avoid storing files or folders on your desktop as files won't get transferred to the network drive and backed up until you logout. Since it may take several minutes to transfer large files/folders from your dekstop when you logout, you'll probably have your coat on and will be down the hall before you can see the popup that will appear telling you that it could not save your files/profile (if you see the pop-up, you can login the same day and your files/folders will still be there and you can move them elsewhere). Check the Psych Nexus Notes for all the gory details.

2010/11/06

2010/11/08

Firesheep In Wolves - Clothing: Extension Lets You Hack Into Twitter, Facebook Accounts Easily

2010/11/03

2010/11/06

2010/10/30

2010/11/06

Bingo and Survivor Bingo - congrats to the first winner Maureen "One Liner" Stafford and the second winner Nadia "X" Martin. We're now playing for a full card.

2010/10/30

2010/11/03

A new Adobe Flash bug is currently being exploited by the bad guys on Windows, Macintosh and Linux/UNIX systems. You could be compromised by opening a malicious PDF file (from web link, email attachment, etc).

Nexus stations are safe. Be sure to follow the instructions for a workaround on any non-Nexus machines including home machines and laptops.

2010/10/29

2011/01/28

The WatIAM password change will now change both your WatIAM and Nexus password at the same time (they will then be the same). Unfortunately things are broken in Arts so if you do attempt to change your password anytime after October 27th, please see Carlos or myself to complete the process. The ACO is hoping to have things fixed "later in November."

2010/10/29

2010/10/30

Yes, computer controlled.

Bingo and Survivor Bingo - congrats to the first winner Maureen "One Liner" Stafford and the second winner Nadia "X" Martin. We're now playing for a full card.

THE Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch Fri Oct 29 at 12 noon including costume contest, door decorating contest, pumpkin carving, and raffle tickets (now on sale, great prizes).

Guess the number of jelly beans and chocolates in the jars in the display cabinet outside the mailroom (PAS 3021A).

Check here for all the gory details.

2010/10/28

2010/10/29

The Daily Bulletin had something today encouraging people to change their WatIAM password which would sync their WatIAM password and Nexus password to the same thing. Hold off on doing this for a bit - things are broken in Arts so it will not sync as expected. If have have already changed things on the WatIAM password page this week, logout and stop by to see Carlos or myself ASAP and we can complete the process so that you won't run into problems. I'll pop something here to indicate when things are fixed (the ACO indicated "a few weeks").

2010/10/27

2010/10/29

Another UW direct phishing email is making the rounds. This one has the subject "Dear UWATERLOO.CA Email account owner". As usual, if you get it, just chuck it.

2010/10/26

2010/11/09

2010/10/26

2010/10/29

Overnight on Wednesday Oct 27, IST will be moving Arts faculty/staff accounts to an upgraded Exchange email server. If you are using email at that time you may be disconnected. When this happens, quit your email client (Outlook, Thunderbird, OWA, etc) and wait at least 3 minutes. When you login again, things should be hunky-dory.

2010/10/23

2010/10/26

Nasty sites may try to trick users into installing malware. Here's an example. Nexus stations are safe against attempts to infect the system, but be cautious of this sort of thing on non-Nexus machines, laptops and home machines.
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2010/10/21

2010/10/26

Another UW directed phishing attempt is making the rounds. This one addressed to "Dear Nexus myWaterloo Horde Webmail Account Owner". As usual, just chuck it.

2010/10/21

2010/10/23

Nasty sites may try to trick users into installing installing malware. Here's an example. Nexus stations are safe against attempts to infect the system, but be cautious of this sort of thing on non-Nexus machines, laptops and home machines.

2010/10/20

2010/12/04

Connecting to wireless with Eduroam

2010/10/20

2010/10/29

Connecting to wireless with Eduroam

Bingo and Survivor Bingo - congrats to the first winner Maureen "one liner" Stafford. We're now playing for an "X".

THE Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch Fri Oct 29 at 12 noon including costume contest, door decorating contest, pumpkin carving, and raffle tickets (now on sale, great prizes).

Guess the number of jelly beans and chocolates in the jars in the display cabinet outside the mailroom (PAS 3021A).

Check here for all the details.

2010/10/20

2010/10/23

IST shut down the servers for the old version of Symantec AntiVirus on October 15th. If you haven't already upgraded your non-Nexus machines, laptops and home machines, you can download the latest Symantec EndPoint for free. Be sure to uninstall your old antivirus before installing the new one.

2010/10/16

2010/10/20

Watarts was back on-line around 5:25pm on Friday. Let us know if you notice any problems.

2010/10/16

2010/10/20

2010/10/16

2010/10/20

2010/10/12

2010/10/19

Conquering for Corey

2010/10/12

2010/10/16

It's official... Mark Witherall takes home the Rogue Puck(TM) as the 2010 beeHive Baseball Pool Champion.

Please pay homage to all the previous pool winners.

2010/10/08

2010/10/12

Conquering for Corey

2010/10/06

2010/10/20

Ontario Partnership for Adults with Aspergers and Autism

Bingo and Survivor Bingo - you can still snarf cards from from Louise (PAS 3023) or Theresa (PAS 4005).

'We've Got You Covered' Coat Sale - donations greatly appreciated - coat sale is Oct 18/19

THE Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch: Fri Oct 29

2010/10/06

2010/10/12

2010/10/05

2010/10/08

Please send me UWuserids of any users which should be added or removed from your Psych Security Groups (login with your WatIAM userid/password).

2010/10/05

2010/10/06

Regular and Survivor Bingo starts Monday October 4 - get your cards and survivor numbers from Louise (PAS 3023) or Theresa (PAS 4005) before 1pm today.

'We've Got You Covered' Coat Sale - donations greatly appreciated - coat sale is Oct 18/19

THE Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch: Fri Oct 29

2010/10/04

2010/10/08

Bragging rights and another Rogue Puck (TM) is up for grabs in the beeHive Hockey Playoff Pool.

Deadline for entries is Thursday October 7th at 7pm EDT.

Enter early so that you don't miss the deadline. If you decide you would like to change your picks later, just re-submit and I'll only keep your last entry.

2010/10/01

2010/10/05

Please send me UWuserids of any users which should be added or removed from your Psych Security Groups (login with your WatIAM userid/password). This list has been updated and is current as of 3pm Thursday.

2010/10/01

2010/10/02

As of about 3:45pm, UW's big pipe to the outside world is broken. Network traffic is now being handled through a smaller tube so you'll notice accessing off campus sites is slower than usual. IST is investigating.

2010/09/30

2010/10/08

On October 15 IST is shutting down the servers for the old version of Symantec AntiVirus. You'll need to upgrade to the new version before that time to ensure you continue to be protected. All Nexus stations have already been updated, but you'll need to manually check all other machines including laptops and home machines. You'll see one of the following two icons in the system tray in the bottom right corner beside the clock:

old Symantec AntiVirus (need to upgrade)
New Symantec Symantec Endpoint Protection (current product)

If you need to upgrade, you can download the latest Symantec EndPoint for free. Be sure to uninstall the old version before installing the new one.

2010/09/29

2010/10/05

Regular and Survivor Bingo starts Mon Oct 4 - get your cards and survivor numbers from Louise and Theresa

'We've Got You Covered' Coat Sale - donations greatly appreciated - coat sale is Oct 18/19

THE Annual Halloween Pizza Lunch: Fri Oct 29

2010/09/28

2010/10/01

Please send me UWuserids of any users which should be added or removed from your Psych Security Groups (login with your WatIAM userid/password).

2010/09/28

2010/09/29