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At least I can Hear ... (Jan 31 2003 18:53 GMT) - At least I can Hear some Evil I have both Conjuntivitis and Laryngitis (both mild). So, basically I'm seeing and speaking none... |
Howard Greenstein: Random Thought
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Could be Worse. Could be ... (Jan 31 2003 18:51 GMT) - Could be Worse. Could be Raining
Snow and ice bring Britain to standstill Thousands of motorists are still stuck in their cars after spending the night trapped on motorways blocked by blizzards and black ice. [via BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] One motorist told BBC Breakfast News that he had only moved two miles in 10 hours and had had just two pasties to sustain him. I'm sure this is a reference to some English dish, and that the gentleman in question didn't have a lap dancer along for the ride. |
Brain Off
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Application Thoughts #1 A series ... (Jan 31 2003 18:03 GMT) - Application Thoughts #1 A series of three ideas rattling around in my brain Simple Web Application Design for Non-Techies The lecturer for my Ecology classes brought in a notebook, in which sutdents from multiple classes were to sign up for Work Days on one of serveral Restoration Projects, for extra credit. Each Work Day has space for 20 students, there's a sheet of paper giving directions to the location, and a form for entering contact info. And I wonder, is there a toolset which would allow him to build this sign up notebook as a web application?? The most notable advantage would be the paper conservation, which he lamented a couple times. For this, he needs to design the form, assign constraints to the fields, assign actions to the fields (for example, the app could reference a student database with all the contact info), save the data to a database, perhaps interact with a grading application, send out reminders about the upcoming work day... |
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