Ways to Keep Organized

What's another way we can organize your computers? What about email? Your Favorite Websites? Your Blog Posts? RSS Feeds?

You can use bookmarks to better keep track of your favorite websites. You can also organize email by setting things to spam and check regularly. You can organize blogs posts & RSS feeds into folders. RSS feeds can be organized by erasing inactive feeds and subscribing to ones that are your personal favorites

Wiki Recap

 If I were to make a wiki it'd be a comparison of the GOP vs. the DNC. A bit "out of our age group", but this is what I came up with. Simply, an unbiased representation of the characteristics & policies of the two biggest political parties in the US today. Why This? Well, There's A Lot to write about, and quite a few pages can be created branching out from the home page.

 These could include: 

- Ideologies

- Economic Policies 

- Foreign Policies

- History & Establishment

- Stands on Important Social Issues

- Popularity by state, ethnicity, etc.

  

Wikispaces

What is Wikispaces, exactly?

Wikispaces is a website that (as the title would suggest) is based around the idea of wikis. Wikis are special websites that enable its users to easily edit its content.

But How Do I Get Started?

Simple, just go to the wikispaces web page and click sign up. After following a few simple instructions and verifying your account, you will now be a registered user who can edit, add, and remove content.

Now what?

After making your new Wikispaces account there are quite a few things you'll still need to know So i'll briefly explain some key aspects of wikis.

- They are fast hence the name "wiki"

- They, as previously stated, enable users to edit, add, and remove content (this means you)

- You can now communicate with friends to help create a better wiki, take notes, etc.

But How Do I Use It?

Easy, simply click new wiki and answer a few questions such as your industry, blog name, URL, etc. after this you are free to freely edit your new blog!

What about communication & collaboration with friends?

Well, you must include your friend in your project (or vice versa) then your friend and yourself can easily edit and add to/remove each others work. There is also almost always a discussion session in which you two could communicate.

Tech Article 4/19

Smart-watches:  Are They Really A Good Idea?

Recently companies such as Apple, Samsung, Google, and Microsoft have announced their making of a new "smart-watch". However, I'm here to ask, are they really a good idea? Some people (such as myself) think this idea is rather dumb, however others are just dying with anticipation for this product to hit the shelves. This new smart-watch, by my best guess, is the supposed successor to the smartphone you've already spent a ton of money on. So (in an attempt to steal your hard earned money) it will probably pertain to the same features(apps, TIME, etc.), that instead of being kept in your pocket will be kept on your wrist. 

Will it look dumb?

Yep.

Will it break as soon as you lightly bump into a table?

Probably.

Will people still spend tons of money on it?

You bet.

What will it be priced?

Though no one is really sure yet, it probably will cost quite a bit, may even have a service fee.

Will it succeed? 

With price as a major factor, I've got no idea.

5 Key Points Of Video

1. Can collaborate with various authors around the globe.
2. Protective wiki's can only be edited by certain authors.
3. You can have 3 types of links.
4. Links can be made to connect links together.
5. You can create a discussion page

Tech Article 4/11

Brains as Clear as Jell-O for Scientists to Explore

Kwanghun Chung and Karl Deisseroth/Stanford University

Kwanghun Chung and Karl Deisseroth/Stanford University

Kwanghun Chung and Karl Deisseroth/Stanford University

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A transparent brain has been created with the consistency of jello has been made for examination by scientists at Stanford university. Parts of a human brain and a mouse brain are the models. This will be vastly useful for scientists to examine. They can have the nerves that send signals highlighted in bright color with a 3-D view. This is truly an innovation in science studies.
For more info http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/science/brains-as-clear-as-jell-o-for-scientists-to-explore.html?ref=technology

My Spring Break

I have to say I did indeed enjoy my spring break, I actually had fun. I must say however that during spring break I did get a little sick of weather that certainly could be mistaken for our earlier winter break. Well, at least I THOUGHT Easter was going to be sunny. Besides that I enjoyed my break, I got to see my cousins again (which could be considered good or bad) and well, I got some free time and thankfully, some sleep. I certainly miss staying up late and sleeping in. My family didn't do anything (vacation wise) but I suppose that's fine. I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Tech Article 3/14

Researchers Uncover 25 Countries Using Surveillance Software

     In the US we have a right to our privacy, and one can be penalized by law for not respecting this basic right. However, other countries that have questionable pasts on human rights, don't enforce this right, in fact 25 governments have been revealed to spy on its citizens via surveillance software.  

     This was discovered by security researcher at citizen lab,Morgan Marquis-Boire, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, and Bill Marczak, a computer science doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley. They volunteered to investigate some suspicious emails and then discovered surveillance software that could grab images off computer screens, record skype conversations, and turn on cameras and microphones. One year later they discovered the program has been running off servers in 25 countries without oversight. The program "Finspy" was found in he code. 

For more info on this topic click here

Facebook Boasts New News Feed Design

Facebook recently announces the new redesign of its news feed this Thursday. Mark Zuckerberg calls it a "Personalized Newspaper" which will allow the user to pick which topics they're interested in. It makes articles, pictures, and images bigger to make them easier to see on a mobile device. I personally think this change is due to the decline in Facebook users but I'm not sure.

Click Here to view the official page on this topic.

Political Survey

Find out what political party you belong in! Whether it be the most right winged conservative to the most left winged liberal, find out where you belong!


A little side note: These are for parties in the US (as depicted in the image above)
Click Here

time travelling

If i could travel back to any time in history I could change the world... I could make it a better place, a safer place, a less hurtful place. I could make a world where every man could live in harmony and peace with his fellow humans, I could stop violence, war, and cruelty. So I decided to go back to the beginning of this period. Imagine all the good i could('nt) do if i went back! I could give myself a better idea of what to write on this essay, I could do...other things. I could go outside and buy groceries or get a new shirt.... Then I could takeover the universe. 

 

 

Tech Article 2/27

4-D Printers?

As a promise of 3-D printers has reached the national agenda, some scientists decided to raise the stakes.  4-D printers are currently in development, adding a new twist to printing. Now the time element has been added, instead of printing plain static objects things you print have the capability of transforming into other things once printed. View the video below for an example by M.I.T. researcher Skylar Tibbits.

As you can see the straight line transformed into the acronym M.I.T.
If you wish to see more on this fascinating new production please click here

China Denies Army's Participation in Cyber Attacks

Recently, an American security company has accused the P.L.A unit in Shanghai (one of the most aggressive computer hacking operations in the world) of waging cyber warfare against U.S. corporations. However, Geng Yansheng (spokesman for China's ministry of National Defense) has denied any connections between the army and  the accusations of U.S. corporations. In fact he claims that China too has been a target of these attacks. Chinese officials have insisted that China has been a major target of recent cyber attacks.

Click Here to see the official site on this event

Do Now 2/19

Law

If I were to start a new class in this high school it'd be studying law, and court cases. I find it difficult to know law in and out so I believe anyone should start as early as possible, that's why I would want a high school class offering courses in law. Aside from having charm and sternness, a good lawyer certainly needs to know the American court system. That's exactly what I'd teach in this class, which I'd run from 12 pm to 130 am. Lawyers earn a very high pay on an average of $113,130 making this a very reasonable career choice. I'd simulate fake court cases within the classroom (I'd be the judge, set the charges, and distribute evidence) the class would be graded on how well they behaved and how they used the evidence and their knowledge of law.

Bored

Ever Just wanted to watch something completely irrelevant to the work I just did in the post below

me too cause that was pretty boring

Tech article 2/14

Obama Issues an Executive Order Against Cyber threats

       “Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems"

"We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.”

                                                                                         - Barrack Obama

    

   Obama has issued a new executive order which will promote cyber security. The order consists of recommendations from cyber security experts to companies and will define the government's part in cyber security. However the executive order will not include what cyber security experts most recommend, a minimal safety requirement. Most security software companies use is massively outdated, but this action would require congressional approval. 

For more info on this new executive order visit this site

Welcome!

Sup.

I'd like to welcome you to my blog

(Though your probably only here because you were extremely bored)
 But Don't Worry
We've Got Stuff On Here... Lots o' stuff
Thank You For Your Time
Now please enjoy this picture of a cat with bread on its head

Yeah I know I just blew your mind

Bread & Milk

Over the Weekend I got the Bread and Milk

They said snow... My parents told me to get the bread and milk. Well, I'm not responsible so I never did go out to buy anything. So when i was questioned about the bread and milk this was all I could come up with. I'm now grounded... Enjoy!

  

Tech Article 2/8

Huawei 4Afrika

   In a world of a growing smart phone industry, Microsoft unites with Huawei, China to make a new smartphone. The phone is called Huawei 4Afrika and is being sold to several different African countries at a set price of $150.
   This project can finally bring the ever growing smartphone industry of the 21st century to Africa. And with Microsoft being such a small player in the smartphone business, they need as much help as they could get. The phone will run windows 8 software and compared to the other $600 smartphones is actually quite affordable.
For more info on this new product visit this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/business/global/microsoft-looks-to-africa-for-mobile-gains.html?ref=technology&_r=0