Mahoneyt^.[blog]

Srhinehart.com, the would-be home of Steve Rhinehart’s portfolio, is not in the possession of Steve Rhinehart. Why? You ask? Well, I’ll tell you. Jason Eberle and I bought it before Steve did and then whipped up a graphical front-end that changes every time it is loaded. I did the back-end DNS and virtual host stuff so that I could just host it on the same server that Mahoneyt.net is on. Steve was anything but flattered and ended up buying StephenRhinehart.com before I could tell him it was just a joke and he can have the original domain. Therefore, I’m stuck with a domain I have no use for and Steve got the last laugh.
Steve Rhinehart, also known as "Evil Steve," is pictured here with a red light saber in his hands. Jason Eberle is the one on the far right and the other person is Steve Cary, appropriately known as "Good Steve."

While everyone else from my high school class is finished with school for the year, I’m still working hard on final projects, “studying” for finals, and writing papers. Well, tomorrow I present my Programming III final project with Jason and then I’m officially finished for the year. Freshman year of college was a larger challenge than I could have ever imagined, but in hindsight it was ultimately the most enjoyable year of school I’ve ever had. The people that you meet and the coursework that you do doesn’t compare to the mundane tasks of high school.
Also, I’ve officially started my new job at the Information & Technology Services department on campus. The work environment is very professional and yet extremely laid back at the same time. I like the work I am doing and I have met a lot of very knowledgeable people even just two weeks in. I will be spending the majority of my summer on campus (40 hour work weeks) working for ITS so I suppose it’s only suitable to like the people I’m with. I guess the days of part-time work are over.

As usual, the My.RIT webportal has a poll running which regards a “taboo” issue. These polls often affect the student body; Other times, these polls are simply useless opinion polls about popular culture and entertainment. However, I was surprised to find this question being posed considering the placement:

I’m assuming that the 14% of people who did answer “yes” to the question were either faculty or students who didn’t understand the question. Peer-to-peer file sharing is a growing and ever-changing outlet for retrieving movies, music, and more. Regardless if the file sharing that is occurring is violating copyright, it is not RIT’s responsibility to make sure these copyrights are being upheld. It is the responsibility of the copyright holder – in this case the RIAA, MPAA and major software development companies.