computers

cool tool in typepad

I found a place in typepad where you can actually see what your google rank is for people that have searched for topics relating to your blogs.  If you go to the 'control panel' tab then the 'stats' sub-tab, you will come to a screen that will show you all of the recent websites (like google) that have referrenced you.  I just thought this was pretty interesting since it allows you to actually see first hand how blogging can attract people searching the internet to your site without doing any work.  Take a look at it, its kinda neat.

blog question

A couple weeks ago i was fooling around in typepad and found a way to see what google rank my posts were on for certain search words. I was surprised to see I was #1 for one of the search words. Anyways, I forgot where on typepad I should go to find this out. any clues???

xml program?

I had two pretty general questions concerning xml. 1) when will we need to get the xml book by (soon im guessing) 2) what program do you run xml in? we use oracle for sql what do we use for xml?

ER Diagrams a little easier!

I have been doing ER diagrams since last year in CIS 301. I even did a little bit at my job this summer. Although I have relatively limited knowledge of databases, I do have some tips to make reading ER diagrams a little easier. Tip 1: take it slowly. Too many times people try and work way too fast. Tip 2: don't try and look at the entire diagram at a whole, but rather try and break it up into subsections. This allows you to see entity relations easier and more clearly. Tip 3: write out each relation in words. This is a personal preference but it always helps me when dealing with cardinality or ternary relations. It also allows me to remember each relation without having to decipher the diagram over and over. I hope this post helps some people out, since I sensed there was some difficulty with people grasping it during class today.

A test post

This is my first post... im so excited for BIT 320. Taking this class is like riding on the millenium force at cedar point. woohoo