Exam Tomorrow

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: March 18th, 2009 | 0 Comments

Tomorrow I have an exam in Database Programming, this involves creating tables and updating, etc. We are currently learning the basics of SQL and I think it is interesting enough. Since I started this class this semester I have become more familiar with how to view information in my database. 

Not that I would be editing much at the moment in SQL, however in the future it will be a great resource to have for when I make a website. I think in my third year (Next Year) it will be required to be used when making our final project, which will be to create a website, using all the skills and knowledge we have learned over the years in the course.

In tomorrows exam however I am not too worried, I am confident that I will be able to pass it, and as an added bonus the exam will be open book so I can bring all my notes in with me. When I am at home I use XAMPP to practice using SQL, with XAMPP it allows you to do many things such as install sites offline, it is basically a server on your pc, I made a post last year about how to set up XAMPP, check it out here to find out how.

Working on a new blog design

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: March 3rd, 2009 | 0 Comments

I thought that since i am going to make an attempt at posting regular posts to this blog then i might as well make it look better. I have been looking around for some decent looking wordpress themes and even though there may be a lot to choose from, for the most part i dont like them.

They all tend to be the same in appearence and a lot of them have too many spaces for content. I want a nice simple layout that is not dark, i know this current one looks a bit dark and i find that it can be distracting when trying to read the page. I finally found a theme that i am happy with and i have begun to customize it to my liking.

It is a light coloured theme, that i think will better suit the site.Instead of putting the new design up immediatly i have just set it up on my offline blog so i can chop and change the appearence of it, and then when i am happy with what i have done i will finally upload it to this site.

I am editing my website offline using XAMPP, you can find out more about that here.