Brizzly

This week, we are supposed to explore a different internet browser. Yesterday, I decided to explore Mozilla Firefox, but today I decided to change it to Google Chrome. I explored the browser today, and it's ok! I dont really like the look and appearance of everything. It kind of confuses me. I feel that internet explorer looks more smooth, and it looks easier to use. But I got the extension, Brizzly. This is for twitter. When someone posts a picture, video, etc, it shows up underneath the post. This way, you do not have to click on the link to look at the picture, or whatever it is. When I first got the extension, I liked it. However, the right side of it is locked. If there are things below what you can see on the right, you cannot get to it. You have to exit out of things to be able to see everything. The DM are also kind of messed up, but I mostly like it.

iGoogle

One of our assignments this week was to create and iGoogle account. I didn't realize that I already had one. I think I created one on my phone a while ago, but I forgot about it. It is really cool. You get to personalize your google page. You get to pick what you are interested in, and they put it on your home page. I really like it! Hopefully I will continue to use it!

Hard Drive

I learned how to take out and put in a hard drive the last time I got a loaner. Today, Alex needed to switch her hard drives because of a problem on her computer. I went down to the help desk with her, and I got to show her how to switch her hard drive with the loaner's hard drive.

Twitter

Twitter is my favorite site to go to! A lot of people complain that it is hard to use, and they do not get it. I dont think there is anything to get...you post updates and your followers can read them. Unlike facebook, your feed only consists of updates from the people you follow. You can easily post a picture from your phone as a twitpic and put a caption under. It breaks down a barrier between normal people and celebrities. They are typing exactly what is on their mind...in their own language. It does not go through somebody else first...it is directly from them! I like this(I really like it when Miley had her twitter). You can choose who you want to follow. You can follow 5 or 5,000 people. There are so many good qualities about it, I could go on for days!

Wikipedia

I like Wikipedia because it is very easy to use and has everything. If you search something on google, wikipedia is one of the ones that pops up first. It is very accessible. It isorganized well. It is said that anyone can change the information on this site, but have many people done it? This is could be the same situation of another website. I use this site for many school research projects, and I do not think that somebody would change the information on webpages with history, etc. I could see this happening for more modern topics on Wikipedia. And as we talked about in class, there are monitors of this site. If something is on there that shouldn't be, it can be removed.

New Computers

I forgot to post about the new computers for next year that we got to see a few weeks ago(well actually I forgot to post about a lot but...). They were so cool. They look so much nicer, they can turn both ways, they are TOUCH SCREEN(!!), the keyboard and front part will not peel, the battery is longer, and there are many other neat things about them. I cannot wait to get them, and get rid of the ones we have now!

Processes

I finished my list of processes last week(and you never collected them...cough, cough). I didn't know how many things had to run on my computer, and what they all meant. It is interesting to look at things like this, and see what my computer does. I never realize how much my computer does, and it is interesting to see what it does. It was also interesting to see what each one meant, and to really understand if I needed each one.

CCleaner

We ran the CCleaner yesterday. I had a lot of junk on my computer, and it cleaned it really good. My computer seems to be running a lot better and faster today. I haven't run this cleaner since last year, so it was nice to clear a few things from my computer. I need to run this more often, and I also need to run the other cleaners that I have on my computer.

Random

This class is really fun and informative!!

Puzzles

Last week, we did a few logic puzzles. They were HARD, and we could not figure them out. We tried to figure them out, but then we moves to logica games. Those worked out a lot better for us!

Logica Games

Meghan and I played a lot of logica games this week. They really exercise your brain and make you think. Some are really hard, and we could not figure them out. However, for the most part we had to put our brains together to figure them out. In the end, we finished a good bit of them. When I finish all these blogs, I will play them!

iPad Pros/Cons

Cons:

• does not have keyboard
• no drives
• flat(glare)
• could break easily
• doesnt have FlashPlayer
• doesnt have word
• no camera
• doesnt multi-task

Pros:

• good for travel
• long battery life
• easily portable
• iWork
• 3G capability
• nice looking
• keyboard docking station
• some other things

iPad

When I first heard of the iPad, I automatically thought "cool, I want it"! I am usually interested in the new things that come out from Apple, and this sounded like a cool one. I had not done any sort of research or searching to see what it was. I thought it would be a tablet like the ones we have, with a keyboard. However, I soon found out that it was MUCH different.

Vanish

I started reading the Vanish story one day, and I only got through the first day. It was not very interesting. But when I finally decided to read the rest of it, I could not stop reading. It was very interesting, and almost to the point of creepy. It was cool to hear about ways that he protected himself from being caught. It was amazing how smart he was with technology, and how he figured out how to stay protected from those looking for him. It was also neat how they found him.

Science Fair

I participated in science fair. It was a very long process, but I learned a lot. My project was on "The Effect of Teeth Whiteners on Teeth". It was interesting looking at all the other projects, and I learned a little from each project.