ted talks Jeff Han

Jeff Hans muti touch interface design is very very intersting. I want one so bad it looked so fun playing with the dots, lava lamp programs. I am always impressed by the new technology coming out today. I always wonder what will they think of next.

research paper

My topic was privacy on the internet and cookies. I have to say that i learned the most about cookies. I think everyone allready knows that the internet is in no why shape or form private. Cookies are infact the one of the biggest risks on the internet. If you have every bought anything via the internet your personal. Cookies are only small pieces of data that cant preform any operations by themselves but can contain any information you have entered into the computer. This was the most shocking thing i learned from this project.

Ted talks

I watched the talk from Stephen Lawler called Look up in the sky its virtual earth. I picked this video to blog about because i didn't like it. The virtual earth thing is pretty cool and will save the movie industry a lot of money and make commercials look amazing but how can it help me. The video seemed more like ad for Microsoft than anything. The apple commercial statements and by him talking about how they were the first to the Katrina disaster and showed people there house via virtual earth should have been in a commercial rather then on Ted.com.

HTML code

The only time i have used the actual html code is to change my background on myspace. I know there is a lot more u can do with myspace but never took the time to figure it all out. To change your background you just copy a html code from the Internet and paste it into your about me box and magically a new background appears. I really have know idea how the html code works but always wanted to learn. So I am mildly excited about building a actual web page.

Ted Talks

I have to first off say that i don't keep up with the news. In addition to that I do not know much about the military as in how things have changed and how they operate on the inside. I personally liked the presentation by Thomas Barnett. In the lack for words I have to say it was very entertaining. His views are very new to me but I can see were he was coming from. I think the military would be much better off if they took a little advise from him and made some inside changes. Now I have to admit most of what he said didn't mean a whole lot to me. The one thing that did stick out was about having the marines not handing out aid they should be ready to go in and kill. I think he is right. Shouldn't other country fear the marines. I sure seeing pictures of them handing out aid to people doesn't invoke fear in anyone.

Artificial Intelligence and computers

The article I found was called AI beyond Computers. The article was really really long so I choose the Artificial Progress section to summarize. This part of the article talked about how PC games have progressed over the years of gaming. Now they have come out with Artificial life, which has been described as "one of gaming’s hottest new frontiers" by Next Generation, a popular computer and video gaming magazine. Not that sure what Artificial life actually is but i would assume its like the Sims PC game just way more realistic.


http://www.lggwg.com/wolff//aicg99/stern.html

Ted talks

I watched a few videos and they were all pretty much boring. I found Jills Sobules video called A happy song about global warming. I personally thought it was great. Its good to see someone take the lighter side for a change instead of talking about how bad global warming is. I think by now everyone gets the point. Al gore even liked the song he was standing and clapping at the end. Everyone should watch it; it is truly funny.

Al Gore

I choose to watch the talk for Al Gore. First off i didn't know he was so funny. The restaurant story he told was pretty funny; how before he got back from Africa the story had been changed around and was already in the media. I also learned that building emit more global warming pollution than cars even though we have the lowest emission standards for automobiles in the world. At www.climatecrisis.net there is a carbon calculator that is user friendly to find out how much carbon you use. I think this is a helpful tool in showing someone individually how they can cut back on how much carbon they use.

Google Reader

Non of the atomic learning links worked for me this week. I watched the You Tube video and just did what it said. so here is the link to my reader.


http://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=my#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fhowstuffworks.com%2Ffeature-article-feed.htm

Ted Talks

I watched the talk about William Kamkwamba building his family a windmill. William said he learned how to build the windmill just from reading a book on windmills. I don't think i could build a windmill after just reading a book on them. This is a amazing thing that William has done. The windmill he built made enough electricity to power 4 lights and 2 radios. I think William is a very very very intelligent person with a extra strong drive to better himself and the people around him.

Myspace

Myspace was at first a good way to get in touch with people from your past and to find new people. I would never have had a myspace if it wasn't for my girlfriend originally making me one because she was bored. After she made it i would check it very occasionally. The longer I had it the more I used it. Now myspace is not what it was any longer. With all the fake profiles that are just trying to sell things, get you to watch sex cams, and the many other scams I rarely use myspace. If someones sends me a comment I respond but that's is about it. I think I'm pretty much over the social networking thing. I have to much other stuff going on to be worried about myspace anymore. Just because this blog is about myspace I figure i would put a link to mine if anyone wanted to check it out.




http://www.myspace.com/tinytankers

Internet stories

The video on ted by Jonathan Harris was very interesting. We feel fine and the universe straight blew my mind. They way both programs compile information is very intriguing. I think they are two of the few things that are good on the Internet. It takes a alot of time to do what he did and I'm going to go check them out as soon as i finish typing this blog.

TED TALKS

I watched the William Mcdonough video The Wisdom of Designing Cradle to Cradle. I enjoyed the talk very much. I was shock by the California warning put on the rubber duck. The warning stated that exposure to the rubber duck could cause cancer. Now if the manufacture knew this why would they make it and sell it to the public. Today everything a person can use or eat can raise there risk of cancer its crazy. Mcdonough had some great ideas on how to make us humans live more green such as putting farm land on top of buildings. They would have little bridges between the buildings so the farmers could walk from one to the other. Sounds crazy but there already is a few grass topped building out there. Mcdonough also spoke about making everything more recyclable. He made some great points and I was very impressed. If everyone thought the way he did the world would be a much cleaner place

Surfing the Net

I know that I'm suppose to record the websites i go to all week but i only visit a few. For starters i go to the rcc website everyday to check my email and blackboard. I have something to do in blackboard everyday almost its quite ridiculous. The second website I visit the most is a tie between youtube and myspace depending on how many friend request and comments i have gotten. I use youtube to pass the time when I'm bored or don't feel like doing my homework. Next on the list is jegs and summit racing. I go to these to order and price compare parts for my truck. Other than that i don't really use the Internet all that often unless i have a research project or something off the wall i need to know. Oh in a little bit I will be going to the Ted website so i can do my next blog lol.

group project

Our group project is due in like a week or so. I didn't know anybodies e mail address so i figured i would blog about it and hope some of my partners see this. Its only 12 slides long and there are five people in the group. i have know idea how everyone would like to split up work. Couple slides a people would work we just have to decide what the slides will be about together so no one has similar slides about the same thing. We could all do our own in pick the best slides for the finial PowerPoint. I don't know these are just ideas. I have had group work in Flo classes before and it sucked so bad. If everyone wants to meet at school and talk bout it i would be down for that. I think so people in my group go to Warsaw so we could find a happy medium between both campuses. I m pretty sure e mailing between five people will get very confusing.

Peace, one love, and all that good stuff ha ha ha ha ha

Education and the Internet

I think the Internet is the best thing to happen to education in a long time. Without it i wouldn't be taking this class right now. It gives people like myself with a lot of obligations outside of school the opportunity to take classes online so they can do the work on there own schedule; whether its three o clock in the morning or four o clock in the afternoon. The Internet is also a great place to do research for projects and it doesn't require you to leave your house. The net also helps link classes from different locations to the same teacher in real time using video conferencing. This helps the schools offer more classes and as a bonus the school only has to pay the labor of one teacher instead of three or four. Over the next five years its hard for me to say what will happen with education and the internet. You can already take classes and earn degrees online; email work to your teachers, take quizzes in the comfort of your own living room how much more can really be done. The only thing is to do is to improve on what already there. I personally think everyone in college should be able to have high speed internet installed in there home no matter were they live. With dial up you do more waiting than anything else.

Do Schools Kill Creativity

I personally cant say that schools kill creativity, but I don't think today's school systems help anybody be creative. It is not to often in public schools a student is asked to think outside the box. Everyone is required to take math, english, and history classes to a preset level to graduate. Not everyone is good at these three basic subjects. It is ok to assume that those people are good at something else in life. Like the story Sir Kin told of the little girl in the thirties who did poorly in school but turned out to be a great dancer who went on to choreograph the Broadway play Cats. There is something out there for everybody they just have to have the opportunity to find it

Michael Parker ITE 130 Blog

Hey its Mikes blog for guess what ITE 130. Well lets get started on this biography. For starters I am the rip old age of 22; only for a few more weeks anyway. I work full time as a mechanic, auto technician, or grease monkey what ever you prefer to call it. I am going to rcc for a associate degree in business management so hopefully i won't have to work on cars forever. That's my girlfriend and I in the picture i know fellas you wish she was my sister. We have been together for four years now and still close as ever. I inherited my house which i have lived in for 19 years now. On my free time i like to party, work on my project truck, ride bmx, skateboard, play guitar hero and of course halo, sleep , and just kick it with the fellas. I guess that's enough information for everyone to get to know me.