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Have you ever wanted to collaborate on a document with a few classmates? The collaborative workstations we have here at the Commons allow just that kind of work, but some times you want to work on the document from different physical locations, or even at the same time. Presenting Google Doc's and Spreadsheets. If you are a GMail user you already have access to this great tool. Just surf over

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This Thursday marks the annual Shave-A-Thon held by Rothermere and Doyle houses. It is a fundraising event for the Janeway Children's Hospital in St. John's. The event is being held at the campus bar (The Breezeway) starting at 8:00pm. Besides the $2 ticket price - $3 at the door – there will be a minimum donation of $15 to have your head shaved. Since it is for a good cause I have issued a

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Have you ever had a comment about the Commons or for the Commons? Well if you have you are in luck. For the past three years we have had a comments box located next to the main support desk. If you are looking for it, you will find it next to the machine that allows you to put money on your print account. For the most part those comments were left un-replied, not to say they were ignored just

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Recently in the Commons we have seen the theft of some of our computers, as well as some of the wiring for those computers. This causes us not only stress but to redirect some of our funding that was meant for improved or expanded services to replacing those computers. The Commons is not a rich organization and having to replace these machines means it will be longer before we offer some kind

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Have you been asked to get a Unix account, Print account, CS account, one of those computer thingies that let you use the machines in the library? What ever it was called, we call it a Labnet account. Labnet is the system we use to standardize the different computer facilities on campus. To you it is a simple combination of a user name and password which lets you use the computers in The

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What is RSS? It stands for Really Simple Syndication. What does it do? Well it allows for the automatic delivery of information – typically a webpage – to a client. Now all that seems rather vague, but the concept is quite simple. If the content is your local newspaper, then RSS is the paperboy who delivers it to you, and you being the client are the reader. This is the basic premise. So

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This is the initial post of the Unofficial Commons blog. As such, I guess it would be proper to share some information about this blog. First off, this is an unofficial website and not endorsed by MUN, the department of Computing and Communications, or The Commons. Maybe one day it will, but as of right now it is not.Secondly, I will attempt to be as entertaining, fun, and generally informative

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