Dr. Garrett's Student Website
School of Business
Eastern Illinois University

Dr. Garrett's Links

General Links

Information on EIU TurningPoint

Statement on Academic Integrity

Fall 2008 Final Examination Schedule

EIU Home Page

School of Business Home Page

Get a WebCT account (User Services)

Glossary of Computer Terms

EIU MIS Server Farm Info

Kevin Kelly's article on free generatives

Elluminate room for my courses

Collaborative Project Links

FeedForAll website

SharpReader website

Feed Instructions (general)

Setting up FeedForAll for uploading your feed (newer version of FeedForAll)

Programming Links

VB Script Demo Pages

Link for sorting algorithms

VS Convert Download to convert VB.NET assemblies from version 7.1 to 7.2 and vice-versa.

Link to my snippet of VB code to convert a binary IP address to a dotted decimal IP address

QuickRef - This site is a programmer's reference for a number of different programming languages.

Hello World - This site has a "hello world" program in over 250 programming languages.  If you have ever wondered what some of these languages look like, check out this site.

Java programming tutorial site - This official Sun site has a lot of info if you need information that isn't in your text.

WDG XHTML Validator - Includes validation for pages containing php scripts

htmlPlayground - This site lets you play with all sorts of html constructs and then import the code back to your web page. 

WinSCP Download

Notepad++ Download - This program handles php and if you also download and install the "ftp-synchronize" plugin, it will automatically set up an ftp conduit to the server.  In essence, it works a lot like Dreamweaver for creating/editing php files.

Example distribution Jar file - This file illustrates how a jar file can be downloaded and executed from a web page without installation.

Sun Java Bean-builder

Telecomm Links

NIC Manufacturers (IEEE)

Information on Networking/Internetworking Protocols

TCP/IP Port Finder

Request for Comments (RFC) database

Port probe (check your system for vulnerabilities on TCP and UDP ports)

RSS Feeds site with numerous RSS feeds that you can subscribe to with your reader

Automatic Enkoderform This site gives you a form to fill in and then generates some html that you can copy and paste into your web document.  The code hides your email address (or any other thing you need to encrypt) from bots that harvest email addresses.  It is a great way to include a "mail-to" on your web page without having your address harvested for spammers.

DNS Tests - Here is a variety of DNS and TCP/IP tests that can be run from a remote server.

Ajax DNS - This is an Ajax website that has some DNS lookup tools

SIW - System Information for Windows.  This tidy little download is an essential utility for troubleshooting.  It is a small app that doesn't need to be installed and will run from a flash drive.  Freeware.

WinPCap - Windows version of libpcap.  Captures ethernet packets on different adapters in your system.

Wireshark - Formerly known as EtherReal, this software analyzes the packets captures by WinPCap or libpcap.

Security Links

shadowserver.org - This site explains all the intricacies of botnets

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool