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Very Basic SEO

As part of a web computing class, a couple other students and I created a website called MyFlixList. As extra credit for the course, we were told to apply the things we learned about PageRank and SEO to become the top search result on Google for the term mis510proj. Here

mis510proj

Part of a project for my web mining class at UA is to create a website using 5 different APIs to accomplish some sort of useful task. A group of us have created a site to queue up movies you want to see, and be able to see those movies

Mendeley

In my quest to find the perfect tool to manage my ever-expanding library of PDFs, I discovered a tool called Mendeley. Here's a quick rundown of what Mendeley does for me: * Manages references - this is similar to EndNote. You can put references into folders based on topic,

Best Google Chrome Extensions

I've been using Google Chrome as my main browser pretty much since it came out. I love the minimal interface, bookmark sync, searching from the Omnibox, and the start page. Somewhat recently Chrome decided to jump on the extensions bandwagon, and I think it's great. Here

How to do tech support for family

As everyone who does computer-y things knows, you will be called upon to do tech support for people around you. The most difficult of these calls is when you are doing tech support for a relative who lives far away. The best way I have found to do this technical

BYU's library spoofs the Old Spice Guy

So, in case you've been living in a cave for the past several weeks, the Old Spice guy (Isaiah Mustafa) has become incredibly popular for his fast-paced commercials. BYU's Lee Library recently put together a spoof of the commercials advertising for the library. Here it is

How to filter Netflix on MPAA Rating

UPDATE (2014-11-07) Since this is one of the more popular posts on my site, I suppose it’s time it got updated to reflect the new changes Netflix has made to the way filtering works. The new profiles are a bit simpler in terms of filtering, but I’ve found

Still here

Things have been pretty crazy the past few weeks. I've graduated, moved, gone on vacation, returned from vacation, interviewed for jobs, found a job, and started a job. Things are calming down now, and I may be able to write something useful here soon. I plan on spending

New Skills

So, I’ve decided to rededicate myself to learning new tech skills. Because I’ll be starting a Ph.D. in the fall, I figure one of the best places to start is with statistics. I’ve heard really good things about the R statistical package, so that’s what

Passing the CCNA

I’m sure pretty much nobody reads this, but oh well. I’m going to try to start posting more often to keep the world who doesn’t care updated on what I’m doing and thinking technology-wise. I want to be more intense about this, but I don’t

On Fatherhood, Windows 7, and the Motorola Droid

Okay, it’s been a busy semester, so it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here. I’d just like to give some updates: 1) I had a baby. He is awesome, and very well-behaved. He’s not even a month old (well, he will be

Twitter: Getting started tips

I think I have procrastinated long enough in trying out the whole Twitter phenomenon, so I’m giving it a try. It’s been all over the news lately, apparently receiving $48 million worth of free publicity in the last month. So far, here are my impressions * It's