My Trinity Network Diagram

The tour today given by Jared Pack was very helpful and informative. He explained how Trinity's network operated and we got to observe some of the actual servers on campus. The tour was great because it gave me a much better understanding at how the network actually works. This is a diagram I made of the Trinity Network and it outlines how the internet is accessed from a dorm room. It also details how different parts of the network operate including important buildings such as Halsell, Cobb-Racy, Ruth Taylor and the Library.

Computer Top Tech Tip

The presentation by Joe Hatch brought some very interesting and helpful computer tips to light. My number one tech tip that I learned from Joe is how to speed up your personal computer, and get rid of all of the cached information and other data taking up vital space on the computer's hard drive. CCleaner.com is a great, not to mention, free way of removing "junk" from your computer such as browsing history and other random information that has been saved to your computer after surfing the web or using Window's applications. The use of CCleaner will clear space by removing useless things on your computer, which frees up space and in turn, can speed up your computer.

Response to Introductions

I really enjoyed reading everyone's blog the last couple of days, they were all very well done and professionally made. I left comments on Taylor's and Blake's blog: http://www.taylorstratton.blogspot.com/ and http://www.blakedturner.blogspot.com/.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Tim Nelin and I am from Columbus, Ohio. I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and I also lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My parents are Dr. Leif and Mary Ann Nelin, both work at Ohio State and Columbus Children's Hospital. I have two twin sisters that are currently juniors at Western Kentucky University and Millsaps College, both are also preparing to take the MCAT this spring. I also hope to attend medical school and will be majoring in Biochemistry here at Trinity.
Sports, but soccer in particular, pretty much run through the family as I am currently on the soccer team here at Trinity and my sister plays at Millsaps. I also played hockey for 14 years, but I have temporarily hung up the skates because there is not much hockey down here in San Antonio. In my spare time I enjoy watching and playing sports, listening to music of all kinds, spending time with friends and relaxing. On campus, I am very involved with soccer as I am on the team, but I enjoy every second of it. I am also involved in a Bible study with the soccer team.
A "secret" fact about myself is that I am Swedish. Although I was born in the United States, I am a dual United States-Swedish citizen because my dad was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and moved to the States at a young age. Sweden is a beautiful Scandinavian country, it shares one of the world's largest archipelagos with Finland. Many Swedes, including my family that still resides there, have vacation houses on the archipelago, and during the summer the area is breathtaking.

As far as computer skills are concerned, I have not had much in the way of formal computer training besides a web-design class I took in high school. I am proficient with computers but I am looking forward to learning more skills in CSCI 1300 that will help me in the future. If you have any questions about anything on the blog, you can e-mail me here.