This is my last week in Aubert, so this week I tried to get everything in order before I move out of my office. The start of this week I finished up work on the spectral index site, which came out pretty well. There is also room to add data if need be. Earlier this week I also took a look at the MVCO stress data that was sent to me. I matched it up with dive data and plotted it against time,

The results are similar to what I saw before, unfortunately. I haven’t had a chance to add this into the paper yet, because I will need to learn a little more about the topic before I can explain it in the paper. How was it calculated? Is it stress from waves or currents? Anyway, I can always add that at a later date. I took your offer up on borrowing the computer since I was not able to get matlab onto my computer. Student employees cannot download matlab from the IT site. Also I can now access the server with this computer so I will need it in order to run my website program.

I met with Lisa Taylor on Wednesday and discussed the websites I wanted add. It went well and she gave me the templates for the MISC lab websites. I had to do a bit of work to fit things into the template nicely. However, I was only able to get the HTML template to work. Lisa also sent me a .php template, but I cannot get it to work. I assuming she would rather have me use the .php template so we are currently working on getting that up and running. The link to the spectral index site is,

http://misclab.umeoce.maine.edu/SpecIndex/SpecIndexPage2.htm


On Thursday I met with Steve and he set me up with access to the server where I have uploaded my websites. Once I had access to the server I got working on updating my float program. The directories had to be changed to the location of the folders on the server. I worked hard today and yesterday on making the directories as variables in the script. This will give Lisa a bit more freedom in moving and renaming files. It should be rather simple to update the script if the files are renamed or moved. I realize this program may be a bit hard to work with so I have made every effort to make it as user friendly as possible. I do still need to change it to the .php template when I figure out why that template is not working. It is done for the most part, just a couple tweaks here and there and updating the site will take only a couple key strokes!

Today I uploaded all the folders, files, and m files to the server and ran the program a couple times. I believe I have most of the bugs out. I will run myself for the next week or so, to make sure it functioning right. I reorganized the images to fit into the template, thumbnails I figured were the easiest way, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be thumbnails. I am open to suggestions if anyone has a better idea. I threw together I quick float homepage which I will improve if Lisa decides to keep it. The link to the homepage and my other pages can be found here,


http://misclab.umeoce.maine.edu/FloatUpdates/FloatHome.htm


A finer detail about the program is that in order to run the program, you must network with the server. The server must be mounted and be under a directory on the computer you are running the program from. The default directory is ‘Z’, but just to be safe the script prompts you to enter the directory. This is in case for some reason you cannot mount the server under ‘Z’. The program takes a couple minutes, but it will do everything I’ve promised.

Well, it’s been a good summer. I am interested in working with both of you again in the spring or next summer. I am glad I was able to be a part of the MISC lab, even for such a brief period. I will certainly be in touch. I am going to need help getting my presentation ready in the next couple weeks, so I’m sure we will be seeing each other again soon. I will return the computer as soon as I get the websites squared away.

Adiós