I got back from DC not to long ago and previous to that, Pittsburg, all in all a lot of cool things to see outside of NYC. Might want to move there sometime this summer just to be there for a month or so. Lets see, umm got a tint ticket yesterday, end of the month quota BS from the cops. Working to really promote my freelance web design work this summer and make some loot. Alright, gotta help some friends move to their new house tomorrow, good night!

When I got there, Dr. Brian Colle of Stony Brook’s Marine Science Department talked about “Climatology and Modeling of Storm Surges in New York’s Coastal Waters”. Here is a brief synopsis of his lecture.

A large fraction of the New York metropolitan region and Long Island is vulnerable to coastal flooding during tropical and extra-tropical cyclones. This talk will explore our understanding of cyclone position, track and strength, and how that favors flooding in the New York region.

There have also been advances in high resolution atmospheric and storm-surge modeling of land-falling cyclones in our region. A few historic storms will be discussed, such as hurricane Gloria (1985), which will highlight the modern difficulties in forecasting storm surges and the implications for emergency response.

This was something really cool to see, he presented computer models of storm path predictions and storm surge levels. Most of the time, the models we see on TV are great but I never truly understood the significance of every single mark on the models, Dr. Colle explained all of that and more. What was the most interesting to me was that in a Category 1 hurricane, the southern coast of Long Island would be experiencing flooding of a couple of meters of water. That is CRAZY!

By just clicking through the pages, I was able to think like a perspective student and wonder where I might find answers to what I wanted to know, sure enough the information is there and clear! I hope this new site offers less confusion and more APPLICANTS!

Well back to my studying! By the way, I’m available on AIM all the time. Drop me a line!

It’s soo sweet! Muhahahaha

What I liked most about it was the extensive history of the caves, discovered somewhere back in the late 1700’s. It was so much fun! I wish I could go again, but I will, probably this summer. The overall experience was unforgettable!

Getting involved with clubs and organizations on campus can open up free perks like this all the time! Yeah, the trip was free! hehe

So I will do a podcast every week recapping on my posts for the week, I will give a brief summary of each of my posts and add a little that I might have missed. So without further ado, here is my first podcast.

Podcast Episode #1

Podcast Notes
- Podcast Intro Music by Jeremy Goun
- Chat with SB Bloggers & Admissions
- 7PM-9PM EST Wednesday 3rd, October 2007
- Special Thanks to Perry Goldstein & Alan Inkles
- Stony Brook v.s Hofstra Football 28-33 FINAL

Now both are great events but I think clearly one is more worth it to attend. Wynton Marsalis by far the “once in a lifetime” event to see. For those of you who don’t know who he is, Wynton Marsalis is one of the “most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music”. I have contacted Perry, our director of Undergraduate Music for tickets. I can go to a Stony Brook football game any other time but, Wynton Marsalis to most of us would be a once in a lifetime event.

I’ll take pictures when I get there and post it on my next post! Peace out!

This start page consists of three parts which are easy to implement. The first part is inserting your company logo. Users have to know who’s start page they are seeing, it looks more professional and makes the page look a lot nicer.

Second is to including a simple search field so if at anytime, someone wants to use Google or Yahoo to do a search, they can do it right from the start page. It’s essential for any start page to have www search. Also in addition to adding search, it’s good to add other links as well so they are also quickly accessible by your users. Our staff requested Yahoo and Blackboard to be added as links.

The third step, which is exclusive for our project is the calendar by Google. Jobs and deadlines are color coded so our staff can easily organize and know when things are suppose to be done by when . Of course, the calendar is optional for your start page but it is essential to ours.

I will write up a tutorial on how to make your own start page step-by-step.

In the meantime you can check out our hot SBUGuide Start Page!

Let me know what you think.

What is vCard?
Wikipedia defines (so does the rest of the world) it as “vCard is a file format standard for personal data interchange, specifically electronic business cards. vCards are often attached to e-mail messages, but can be exchanged in other ways, such as on the World Wide Web. They can contain name, address information, phone numbers, URLs, logos, photographs, and other optional fields.” It’s occasionally used with Microsoft Office.

So, it’s like a rolodex and a vCard is just one entry in someones rolodex. Simple right? Well yeah it is! A lot of people also like to create a simple personal webpage to tell people a little about themselves and their qualifications. Things that would go on these pages may include a résumé or a.k.a curriculum vitae (CV) and a vCard so one can download it and add it to their personal rolodex address book.

There’s two easy parts in this, the first part to is to actually make the vCard and the second part is to make the simple webpage that goes with presenting your vCard.

If you want to create a page like this, download my vCard creator package.