Jeff Dillon

Taking another CS course
I am taking another Computer Science course at Stanford this summer. This time I am taking a Database class, which should be interesting. I have noticed that before a new class I am excited, during the class I am ready for it to be over, and after the class I am glad I learned something new. Things always seems more interesting when you don't have deadlines, homework, and exams. :)

Command Line Interface in the Browser
There's a new N1 product out called Sun N1 System Manager which features a command line interface that is accessible through a web browser. The whole thing is accomplished with some fancy java script, not applets. It is pretty slick and I had not seen anything like this before. (Here is a screen shot.) It also supports most of what you would expect in a bash shell, command line completion and command history. I thought this was pretty slick. Also, the rest of the product is pretty slick for server management.