The ‘tabs on top’ idea that (I’m pretty sure) was first introduced in Opera, went to Chrome, and has made an appearance in the beta release of Safari 4 is a trend that I would like to see continue in the browser market. A tab is a visual clue that groups the content it is
For my IST 210, Database Organization, class our semester project was to create and implement a service to Penn State students that utilized the database theory and technology that we learned about over the past few months. While my experience with Bonsai Studios put me at a slight advantage in technical skill, I still found
I didn’t ever really think I would be re-posting things I have seen elsewhere on the Internet, but this was too great for me to pass up. Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo. This video made by a student, Reza, used 6,000 paintings at 20 paintings per second to create the 5 minute film. However,
Recently, my roommate and I, Dan Martens, have decided to take the plunge into programming for the iPhone and eventually releasing an application on the App Store. While very much in the initial stages of concept development for our application and learning the architechture of an iPhone app, we believe we can create a successful
The wireless network access at Penn State’s University Park campus has enough ground covered, and wireless access for laptops as well as other hand-held devices like the iPod Touch and iPhone with Wi-Fi access have become even more useful. However, you can’t just connect to the ‘pennstate’ wireless network and get Internet. The access is
I’m a sucker for a good snow, and today it came down in big, beautifully fluffly flakes. Naturally, I grabbed my camera and ran outside of my dorm to take some pictures of the scenery
For my IST 220 class last semester I created a presentation about a company called First Mile Solutions. This company organizes the implementation of last mile Internet solutions in third world countries around the globe. Their work is extremely important to the continued expansion of the Internet, and while they may not be able to
My blog, and entire website for that matter, died over my winter break. As I had explained on the previous post, this was a fairly small, yet catastrophic, error I made while upgrading my site to WordPress 2.7 (which is great). Today, I’m starting again, and I will be slowly adding more content to the
