Commenting on Drew Turner's Blog

While viewing this classmates blog I found several interesting articles and page elements which I spent some time looking over. Drew had a picture of himself playing for the school's lacrosse team, which I though was pretty cool. This persuaded me to both include a picture on my page, and also to comment on his article about the UD lacrosse team's recent success this season. His article was about how the team has recently won a big game against the University of Virgina in the first round of the NCAA playoffs. The team is looking to make a trip to the schools first ever Fina Four. This would be an amazing thing for both the players and the school to achieve. The only thing standing in their way is a game this Sunday vs. UMBC, or University of Maryland Baltimore County. I have a good feeling we will come out victorious, as I know how hard the players have worked all season. The link to Drew's blog is http://turnerspring07.blogspot.com/

Web Page Structure

This post is in reference to materials that we have covered in class. I found one of the last topics that we covered this semester, both very interesting, and also actually potentially useful for my personal life. This was the topic of web page design focusing on HTML code. I was always very intimidated by the complex look of the HTML code, but after our class i have a much stronger understanding of the subject. Some of the codes which I may use in future web site design include: Making a header, including body text, Making specific tags such as new paragraphs, new lines, numbered and unnumbered lists, and finally including hyperlinks. I can really see myself taking this knowledge and applying it to whatever job I eventually begin working at.

SEO

This post is in reference to material that we have covered in class. One topic this semester which I found especialy interesting was Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. I was previously unaware that there were so many diferent things that you could do to a web site to make it operate more efficiently. Some of these include: Identifying relevant keywords, Matching your page to these keywords, including a title tag, increasinf the number of inbound links the page contains, and also paying attention to the anchor text that the inbound links contain. I was also impressed with the in class speaker we had on the subject. His company, SEO by the SEA is a great example of how technology is flourishing in our day of age.

Your Fired

This article is from one of our required blog list. While looking through scoblizer's articlelist, I found an interesting article about Microsoft and how they have just spent $ 6 Billion dollars for an online advertising firm called aQuantim Inc. This is a firm that builds ads and marketing for companies. The goal here could be to increase their audience base, as the article states that they do not have control of the majority of software users, as they had in the past. I think that this is probably a good idea, as the use of the internet and online marketing is only going to keep growing and expanding in the future. If you want to read more into this article the link is http://scobleizer.com/2007/05/18/microsoft-smacks-down-6-billion-for-online-advertising-firm/. Enjoy

Crock ATTACK!

This update is from our required blog list. I found a shocking article while browsing through some of National Geographic's articles. The article was about a recent crocodile attack on a veteranarian at a Taiwan zoo. On April 11th, while the vet was trying to feed the crocodile, it snapped and attacked her, biting off her forearm. The attack brought light to the terrible conditions and uninformed staff that the zoo was operating under. The article ststed that the staff didnt even know what kind of crocodile it was untill after the attack. This is very shocking to me especially becuase it happened in Taiwan's 2nd largest city. There are some pretty gruesome pictures which were taken by media and zoo visitors that day. The link to the article is http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070518-crocodile-zoo.html. Dont click if you have a weak stomach!

Surfing Update #2

This update is to inform viewers of this wikipedia site that one of the Profassional World Tour events for this year has been cancelled. The event that was cancelled was the Globe event which was to take place in Fiji. The main problem was securing insurance. This is due to the fact that Fiji has recently been places on the U.S. government's travel advisory list, citing "a high level of risk" including terrorist attacks or a volitile and unpredictable security situation. The link to this site is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing

Fishing Update #2

This update was about an interesting fishing fact that I stumbled onto while browsing the internet. The fact stated that pregnant women can help their children develop better memory skills and learning abilities by eating fish. The fish that can really help develop these skills include salmon, tuna, and sardines. The link to the wikipedia site is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing