John Burridge

 

If you have a quick question about The Clark Honors College please send me an e-mail (I do not have a permanent office in Chapman Hall and typically I am working virtually from home). You can also Book A Meeting with me.. Prior to June 2023, I provided support for CAS Department and Program web pages, and may be able to provide some help for those units.

If you need University Computing help, please visit the Tech Desk (Prior to August 2020, the Technoligy Help Desk was located in the basement of PLC. It is now in the EMU.) or the following web page: https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceCatalog.

• Status of various UO Computing Services:
  http://status.uoregon.edu/
• Central IT's Software Page
  - A list of software provided through the university's computer center.
   
• ACCOUNTS:
  • If you have a problem with your Duck ID (Your Duck ID is the left half of your UO e-mail address. DuckWeb is a personnel information portal. They're duck-a-licious.) and can't get to your e-mail, request password help here:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=21333
  • Direct e-mail questions here:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/2030/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=37001
  • For help with DuckWeb:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19366
  • If you need a special, single account for departmental use (i.e. you want an e-mail for a particular departmental program), request one here:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=20173
     
• NETWORKING:
  • If you're having problems connecting your Wireless device to UOwireless or UOsecure:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19081
  • If you're having problems connecting your computer to the Ethernet:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19861
  • If you need help with using VPN:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19862
     
• INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS:
  • For help with Canvas:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/2030/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=38635
  • For help using UOBlogs, the webpage-generating software you might use for a particular class:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/2030/Portal/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=26593
  • If you need an e-mail list (The University uses a mail list service called Mailman.) created for a class, request one here:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19493
  
   
• OTHER:
  • For help with DuckDocs:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19365
  • For help with COGNOS:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=18948
  • To report that a service -- like the network, or banner, or canvas -- is apparently down, go here:
    https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19096
  
   
• GENERAL HELP: When you're not sure which help request page to use...
  • https://service.uoregon.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=19093

 

General hardware information. I find the Ars Technia system guide insightful.

Brief Bio

I graduated from Reed College in 1987 with a B.A. in Psychology. My undergraduate thesis ought to be fairly amusing by now: "The Effects of Posted Feedback on LaserWriter Payment." In spite of studying how my fellow Reedies did (or did not) pay for their LaserWriter printing, my thesis was produced on a PDP-11 running UN*X, edited with emacs, and formatted with nroff commands. And I walked to school uphill both ways through knee-deep mud.

Upon graduation from Reed, I continued a career in computer user support.

In my spare time, I write science fiction and fantasy short stories. I am also an amateur harptist.

I've lived in Eugene since 1999.

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"Open sesame!"
An old cautionary tale
about password use.