Four (or five) resources available for me;
ACM: http://acm.cs.umn.edu/~jp2alta/
ITLabs: http://www-users.itlabs.umn.edu/~purd0033/
UofMN: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~purd0033/
UThink: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/~purd0033/going_broke/
UThink: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/~purd0033/uthink-design/
Connectivity varies: ssh, ftp, web.
Services vary: movabletype, cgi, perl, account size and bandwidth.
It's time to learn how to take control of this behemoth.
If you have suggestions begin.