William's Ramblings

Long time-no post...

2007-09-07T16:30:00.000-04:00

I haven't posted here in a long time. For awhile this site has been used mainly when I'm involved with a class where using a blog helped. I'm in another class but I'm not sure yet if I'll be using this blog or my main blog (www.williamsblog.net). Anyway this class is with Jones International University (JUI) and (short version) it's about e-learning.

Overview of Design Patterns

2005-03-22T07:32:00.000-05:00

CIS327-TuesdayWilliamMarch 2005Final Paper“Design Patterns” and the Gang of Four (GoF)Software design patterns mirror (or mimic) the “real world” processes and methodologies. The reasons for this come not only to the fact that humans have been building computer processes along the same lines that we approach the real world. Getting to the “lower levels” when you look at what computers do for us

Utility Class Fills in Java's Missing Functionality

2005-03-10T07:52:00.000-05:00

Anybody who regularly switches between Perl and Java can find Java lacking in elementary operations. Try out a utility that bundles all the methods and helper classes that Java is missing into one class. I ran across this like while reviewing my bloglines and I figured that I would pass it on. I'm not sure how many other "multiple language programmers" there are in the class or who might

Is anyone else from the class reading this or posting???

2005-03-01T19:54:00.000-05:00

I just went through the list of blogs setup by my classmates (see list below) and for the most part I haven't seen much of any postings on them... other than the originally requested (read: required) posts. That is except for:http://cis327scott.blogspot.com/http://cis327jp.blogspot.com/And the following blogs are in the basically not used list:http://cis327marvinthomas.blogspot.com/http://

Best Java Blogger

2005-02-26T08:11:00.000-05:00

There is a contest for the best java blogger. No, in no way do I think I have any option on this... I'm just adding the link here so people can go and see what sites have been included in the contest.

Looking for more JAVA blog sites...

2005-02-22T21:54:00.000-05:00

And I found this site: http://www.clientjava.com/blog/ and I figured that I would pass it on... I will say that it's not for the "faint of heart".... But for the "hard core" person who wants to know more about what's going on this does seem to be a site that you could include in your bloglines list.

JavaRanch - A Friendly Place for Java Greenhorns

2005-02-08T18:18:00.000-05:00

I ran across this like (http://www.javaranch.com/) while reviewing the del.icio.us site for updates on java (here's the link again for anyone who didn't see it on my previous post: http://del.icio.us/tag/java)

2005-02-03T17:52:00.000-05:00

While reading my bloglines list I ran across this link. The quote about the link is: PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and more.

Words 4 - 22

2005-01-26T19:34:00.000-05:00

I decided to put the rest of these words and definations into a single post. 4. Encapsulation Encapsulation hides detailed internal specification of an object, and publishes only its external interfaces. Thus, users of an object only need to adhere to these interfaces. By encapsulation, the internal data and methods of an object can be changed without changing the way of how to use the object.

3. Polymorphism

2005-01-26T19:31:00.000-05:00

The ability to define a base class that includes routines that perform standard operations on groups of related objects without worrying about the exact data type of the object.

2. Inheritance

2005-01-26T19:19:00.000-05:00

An object-oriented programming technique that allows the use of existing classes as bases for creating other classes.

1. Abstraction

2005-01-25T20:28:00.000-05:00

According to our book the term "abstraction" can be viewed as: Humans think in terms of objects. We possess the marvelous ability of abstraction, which enables us to view digital images of people, planes, trees and mountains as objects, rather than as individual dots of color. We can, if we wish, think in terms of beaches rather than grains of sand, forests rather than trees and houses rather

"The Incomplete Universe"

2005-01-25T19:21:00.000-05:00

In case anyone else is interested I did a "Google Search" on this topic after seeing it in the Analogy section we are reading now. I figured that I would put what I found here in case anyone else wondered if it was a real book or not... The Incomplete UniverseTotality, Knowledge, and Truth Patrick Grim The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have,

A list apart...

2005-01-25T19:04:00.000-05:00

While reading my "bloglines list" I ran across this post from "A List Apart" web site. I must say that this web site (IMHO) is a very good site for people building web pages and who are concerned about CSS and web usability. This link (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whatstheproblem/) is where they are talking about Use Cases and web systems so I figured that it would be appropriate to post

del.icio.us

2005-01-16T10:41:00.000-05:00

I figured I would pass on to everyone the link to the del.icio.us site, and the one for the JAVA links. If you aren't sure what del.icio.us is, then here is a quote from them: del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own

CIS327 - Java programming class

2005-01-16T10:31:00.000-05:00

Welcome to all CIS327 JAVA programming class members, professors, or anyone else who happens to come across this blog. This is one of two blogs that I'm currently running "outside of work". As you can see this blog hasn't been updated much. But I'll start doing more updates here with regard to the JAVA programming and things that I think you all might be interested in.

Looking for graphics tutorials

2003-12-02T21:44:00.000-05:00

Found this one. (Update - Jan 2005: Deleted the dead link. When I find some more then I'll create a new post.)

Rant...

2003-12-01T05:57:00.000-05:00

I know that Microsoft is a BIG COMPANY and all, but I just saw one of the new commercials that they have out about the new Office software. I must say that it is almost enough to make me sick. As if upgrading to this software package is going to "solve all of your problems", and it will give you the ability to "do just about anything you want" with moments of thoughts (or just snapping your

More on Wiki...

2003-12-01T05:27:00.000-05:00

It's early Monday morning and I was thinking that I might want to look more into Wiki, so I ended up at the Wiki Wiki Web site. I think I'll set up a phpwiki install rather than wait on finding what CASCADE will end up including. Also, here is a list of Wiki clones.

Weekend... or at least Sunday

2003-11-30T13:42:00.000-05:00

Ok... I'm on a hunt... I'm looking for Wiki software. I got to thinking about the fact that CASCADE will have a Wiki with it and was thinking that there are a number things that we can do with it. But gotta run... parents just showed up... Also, note to self.... remember to check http://mamamusings.net/ for blog entries, as well as echosystems and stuff.

This is a neat idea of a name for a site

2003-11-26T17:35:00.000-05:00

http://www.scarythingsinmyhead.com/

Running Mac OS apps on/with-in Windows

2003-11-25T14:54:00.000-05:00

I looked at this page before, but it seems to have been updated. (Or at least I've read farther down on the list and am seeing new stuff... not that it's the best option, but it might be a short term "play with when I have a second" (as if I'll see any of them for awhile...) Well, this all came from a google search.

Network tools

2003-11-25T09:05:00.000-05:00

Responding to a question raised at work about bandwidth usage I did a google search (yea... I know... big surprise). Well one of the things that I did find was this site which seems to have a number of tools that could be used not only to answer this question (or not... I don't know for sure that these tools will have everything we need to answer the work question, but I'm not finished with the

Post Titles

2003-11-25T09:02:00.000-05:00

Well, one of the things I figured out the other day was how to turn on the option for titles for these posts. So I'm now going to have titles for my posts as well as if I get the chance I'm going to update previous posts with titles.

Working Mom.net access

2003-11-23T11:28:00.000-05:00

Well, I recived an "OK" e-mail from the working mom blog site to get access to her site. As you can read from the info at the link above, the person who is running the blog has decided to password protect her site. And I totally understand her feelings. How did I end up there in the first place. Well, it actually comes from poking around. I really like her other (techie) site (which is

IQ test... I didn't know I had one....

2003-11-23T10:40:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure why this page came up (I can't remember bringing it up so it might have been a pop-under, but it doesn't look like one...), so I'm filling it out now... I'll let you all know if it tells me how dumb I am... [update] Well.... I'm going to call this SPAM... while the site takes you through this test, you have to create an account to see the results, and after going through all of

Web-based Access....

2003-11-23T10:27:00.000-05:00

Ok... I've set up a NewsIsFree account so I can view the blogs/site updates that are of interest to me. I'm not 100% sure if I'm all that happy with the service, but since it's been all of 10 minutes, I feel I should at least give it a chance.

Web form WYSIWYG plugin

2003-11-23T10:05:00.000-05:00

Not sure about this yet, but it might be worth a test run (you know... kick the tires and all). Anyway, it's listed as "turn any

into a WYSIWYG editor".  We'll see.  And it seems to be *Free.
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<h1>Taskbar add-in...</h1>
<p>2003-11-23T10:01:00.000-05:00</p>
As what sometimes happens I end up follwoing a trail from one web site to another.  I ended up here on Figby, and from there I ended up on a site talking about this taskbar add-on.  And you know.. .it got me to thinking.  I had asked some of my guys to look into the request from someone at work who wanted to search the work directory (LDAP) better (or at least in her opinion, faster).  And I just
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<p>2003-11-23T09:34:00.000-05:00</p>
While following the path of the Blogger post on the "blogging at/about work" I noticed a link to Ray Ozzie's Weblog.  Now, the name doesn't mean anything to me right off, but when I started to look at it he mentions that he is/was trying to get other people at Groove to do more blogging.  Now, Groove I had heard of, so I went to check and sure enough it's the product I remember.  For those that
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<p>2003-11-23T09:25:00.000-05:00</p>
While I had heard something about this from a previous Slashdot posting I had not really read too much about it.  But I just noticed that Blogger has a posting covering the same topic, but this time they are taking the "wish we could have helped him before he posted it" stance.  As we continue to move along a project that deals with blogging and the work place I wonder if we will end up with
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<p>2003-11-23T09:14:00.000-05:00</p>
Still looking for a web based site where I can "sign-up" for RSS feeds to give me the easy ability to review what is said on these sites without having to have a "off-line" (PC based) client.  I did another google search and ended up getting back to Open Directory with this list of tools.  They seem to be PC based tools, but I don't know forsure.
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<p>2003-11-22T14:32:00.000-05:00</p>
Another good thing found on scriptygoddess.com.  After I finished doing the previous post I ended up finding this post on being able to skin your pop-up comments and trackback windows.  That is something that I have been hoping to do for awhile.  I had been using (and currently use) the PHP and cookie settings to control the skin showed for the rest of my blog (not this one, the one that I have
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<p>2003-11-22T14:21:00.000-05:00</p>
Was reading the write-up in my copy of "Your Bloglet Update" e-mail that I get from scriptygoddess.com.  She was talking about a write-up done on her blog about using PHP to FTP a file she wanted access to.  I must admit that the more that I learn about the expandability of PHP the more that I really like it as a tool.

Trackback to the article.
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<p>2003-11-22T11:57:00.000-05:00</p>
Looking for a new set of tools to pull in RSS data feeds.  I'm looking for them in two different categories, the first is off-line (or PC based) and the other is on-line (that is web based).  The PC based version is not only for myself, but for other people.  I've looked at a few (and right now Zempt is one of my top programs.  But I haven't really found any that are web-based, but I'm going to
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<p>2003-11-22T11:53:00.000-05:00</p>
This is my first post, and I'm going to make it short.  That's it.  :)
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