Special Projects

by Juan C. Peña on Monday, April 11, 2011 at 4:06pm A long time ago I heard a speech that stated that there's nothing impossible just highly improbable. I pondered the meaning of those words in my own field (Art - Education - Computers) One day I found myself watching a cartoon episode of the Jetsons and had the speech still lingering in my head. Shortly after while driving in a ridiculous traffic jam I said to myself... Dude!!! Where's my flying car!!! It became painfully evident that this is 11 years past the year 2000 (which many movies and series depicted as this ultra advanced future) and still no publicly available flying cars. Do we lack the technology for it? ... hmm... possibly... I'm certain we do have enough tech for at least some form of flying car or at least a fully electric one... oh wait there's the Tesla(which is awesome but still pricey) never mind that one. Who cares right we want flying cars... however what does a fl...

This is the NUC|Online Website design. It's based on JSN Epic.-Pro template. With several customizations made by hand (Graphics, backgrounds, special positions and icon menus, not to mention the removal of their flash based image rotators for a more "friendly" CSS and JQuery version that is compatible with iPad and other like devices, it even has an iPhone and mobile device layout thanks to the JSN people including this functionality which looks awesome with my icon menu.)

By: Juan C. Peña Martínez {This is one of the articles I wrote for the newsletter. It generally talks about the design improvements and tools I added to the online team's websites} Implementing new tools and features helps us reach our goals and provide additional support to our community. New technology is constantly being researched and implemented on our pages. The modifications and fixes we integrate respond directly to the needs and concerns of our community (faculty and students). This additional line of support usually becomes visible when someone has a need and realizes that the tool to solve it is already implemented on the page they visit so often. This topic was created to help identify and showcase these new tools and important changes. Changes in technology are sudden and fast-paced, and our goal is to bring these new technologies to our community, keeping our institution up to date. Support Tools: Compatibility Test: Little known by our community, but one of the...