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tools for CPSC 104

Thinking about putting together a collection of tools for students in CPSC 104 Firefox browser with extensions to check spelling edit HTML – cuneAforn google toolbar blog this Spybot

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2004 11 27 Interesting Web Sites
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Writing for the Web

Here is a collection of annotated links about writing for the Web. Net Tips for Writers and Designers Tips about writing and design from a writer, type designer, and typographer. Schnell – Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians A comprehensive resource covering HTML, XHTML, XML, CGI, and various other technical issues for an […]

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2004 11 22 Interesting Web Sites
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Links for academics/scholars

Talking with some friends at lunch the other day I was *shocked* ( as in the case of Capt. Louis Renault in Casablanca) to hear that they were still using IE for browsing and hadn’t even heard about Firefox. What follows are some links to tools/sites useful to an academic/scholar using the Web. Firefox – […]

2004 11 20 Interesting Web Sites
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Speaking of blogging

Fredericksburg.com – Taking thoughts online, an article published in the Free Lance-Star on November 13, 2004, contains some quotes from me about blogs and blogging. It’s rare that I get quoted in an article and my name is spelled two different ways 🙂

2004 11 15 About the Internet and the Web Comments (0)

About converting from ASCII to integer, integer to ASCII, and casting ints as chars and chars as ints

These topics came up in my CPSC 220 class today. The course deals with C++ and we’ve worked with the string class. Converting from ASCII to integer and from integer to ASCII need to work with C strings rather than C++ strings. The conversion is easy, though. For this discussion suppose we have the declarations […]

2004 10 29 Teaching Comments (0)

bush-cheney web site blocks foreign visitors

Doesn’t this seem to be xenophobic? The Bush-Cheney Web site, http://www.georgewbush.com/, has blocked access to the site by clients (browsers) that are located on foreign computers – those outside of the U.S. It’s not a complete ban because computes form Canada can view the site. Reports are available in the Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2668-2004Oct27.html. Maybe it’s […]

2004 10 28 Politics Comments (0)

Links about B-Trees

We’re covering B-trees in my Advanced Data Structures class – CPSC 321 at Mary Washington College. Here are a few links that we’ll be looking at Lecture materials from David Alex Lamb. Topics include B+ Trees, Definitions, Layout Details, B+ Tree Search, Range Queries, B+ Tree Insertion, Other B+ Tree Operations http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/home/dalamb/235/slides/btree.html Useful collection of […]

2004 10 27 Teaching Comments (0)

Effective Internet Communication

There’s no substitute for a well-thought-out and well-expressed message. To make your communication most effective you need to write clearly, take into account that people will likely be reading your message on a computer screen, and take full advantage of the medium itself. Here are some guidelines for effective Internet communication using text: Be careful […]

2004 10 27 About the Internet and the Web Comments (0)

Internet Communication

Two types of communication – Asynchronous – no time constraints. Examples: email discussion groups Usenet news Synchronous – communication at the same time in same virtual space. Examples: Chat Virtual Worlds MUD IM A few links from “Learning to Use the Internet and the World Wide Web” that deal with communication on the Internet. Chat […]

2004 10 27 About the Internet and the Web Comments (0)

Another Plagiarism Link

I listed a couple of links to plagiarism sites in a previous post. Today, I came upon the Internet Resources section of College and Research Library News. Some of the content is only available to members, but there is lots available to others. The Internet Resources section contains collections of hyperlinks arranged by topic. They […]

2004 10 08 Teaching Comments (0)