#20=Wikis!

I did not go and correct any wiki articles because I could be wrong on whatever I'm looking at. I didn't really look at wikis this week because I use it way to often as it is anyways. I use them for finding information for essays or whatever kind of homework assignment I have to do. In high school, most teachers were dead set against using wikipedia just because of the fact that anyone can go and change the information listed. Nothing on the Internet can really be trusted but Wikipedia is by far the worst one to trust. They aren't to big against it here at Fredonia, as long as we cite it then they don't have to big of an issue with it. They prefer that we use it as a last resort if we really need to. But, I don't really trust much on the Internet and Wikipedia least of all. Overall, I don't think Wikis are something that should be used by everyone on a daily basis for really important things. It would be good to use just to get a general idea of a certain topic but not as the only background for a project or something.

Youtube and podcasts!

Here we are on YouTube. I used to use this site a lot until I came to college and I started using it all the time instead. People are constantly sending me links on Facebook about videos that I should watch but unfortunately half of them are very stupid. I have a ton of video favorites and I subscribe to a few different users videos. It's a cool site, the amount of stuff they have on it is ridiculous. I tend to watch mostly comedians like Ellen DeGeneres, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Kate Clinton, and a few others. I'm a big fan of a Capella groups as well as a huge Star Wars fan, I finally decided which video to embed in here. The guy who did this is an amazing performer and really good with his videos.

Next on the list is podcasts! Pretty cool things if I might say so myself. I listen to a lot of podcasts for tech related things. I focus mostly on one in particular and that's the Invisible Children podcast. I'm assuming none of you really know about the Invisible Children so I'll use my computer knowledge and post a link for you guys to check it out. CHECK OUT THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN HERE! I've supported this cause for a few years now, even got in the paper once because of it back in April 2009. It's a good cause and people need to be more aware of it.

Back to podcasts though. I listen to Invisible Children, 2 Homos, B&N Meet the Writers, and Itunes: Meet the Authors as well as the different things on Itunes U. There's a lot of podcasts out there and everyone can find something that suites them. My dad is a big Chicago Bears fan and that's all he listens to at work. The options are endless guys!

Multimedia part 2 of 3!!!!

So...I did the Overdrive thing. It's not my favorite thing in the world and I probably won't use it again but it's good for if I do need it. I got a book on it but it was hard to get it working right when I tried to use it. I was just having no luck. I did look through Overdrive for a little bit and it seems like there is a good amount of things on it. It would be cooler if there was more but I suppose that's what Itunes and Zune is for.

Ah college

I'm back to college and the first week is done. It went well I think. Not to happy with my schedule, don't know what I was thinking when I planned it but oh well. We've been playing a lot of Frisbee and learned two new games called Ninja and Waa. They're pretty cool especially ninja, hence the name of the game. L...O...L...Been kind of a boring week and I wish I was working but there is pretty much no such thing as a job in this area. I'm keeping on top of my work do, I said I would get at least a 3.0 so that's what I'm aiming for. I don't really know what else to say. I heard this story about a mud covered troll which I will have to tell when I get home. It's hilarious beyond belief! Yeah...so, other than that nothing much has really happened, just kinda getting back in the swing of things I suppose.

Vampires suck? The movie?

This new movie came out that most of you have probably heard of. It's called Vampires Suck and it's a parody on the Twilight Saga. I haven't seen it yet but the previews to it look really funny and from what I hear so far, the previews give it no justice! This is not what this specific post is going to mostly be about. It will of course be about vammpires because that's been a long time coming, but it won't focus on that movie. More on the Twilight series than anything else.

At the begining of the summer I decided to read the Twilight series so I can no longer be a hypocrite and finally have some sort of backing as to why it is a sucky series. I was able to make it through the first three in the series but I couldn't finish Breaking Dawn. It dragged on way to much, so I just skipped to the Eclipse novella, The Short Second life of Bree Tanner. It was well written unlike the other books. It is an idiotic idea that the vampires in these books sparkle in the sun like diamonds though. This made me think...are they all like this?

I went on to read Insatiable by Meg Cabot which is a really good book. The writing is pretty good, a lot better than Stephenie Meyers in my opinion. In this book, the vampires don't sparkle. They can turn into mist to get into places that have been made holy. Being splashed with holy water and stabbed in the heart is how these vamps get destroyed.

Another book I read was Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. In this book, vampires are destroyed by having their heads cut off, usually in a pretty violent matter.

These different books lead me to wonder where the authors are coming up with these ideas. Some of them are decent and 'normal' ideas, like beheading. But...sparkling like diamonds and turning into mist is a rather obnoxious idea even for a fiction story. I plan to read Dracula by Bram Stoker at some point in the near future in hopes that that tale sounds a little more 'realistic'.

Multimedia, part 1/3

I did the Flickr thing. Got an account, uploaded a picture of my dog Maggie and I played around with the editing tools. It was pretty easy to edit it so that makes it better but I personally don't like this image sites. It's just not my thing. They're cool and everything but I just see no purpose to them. If I want to share my photos with people then I'll put them on my Facebook and be done with it.

Flickr and the Picasa program are easy to use and it's pretty quick to learn them. I used the Flockdraw drawing tool as well. That I liked. I'm entertained pretty easily. Those kinds of things are fun to me and I like that I can just draw whatever without any sort of 'box' to stay in.

I used these things to edit my photo and just played around with them but they're old things. It's something that I'm trying for the 23things but I will most likely never use them again after this.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is my birthday!!! I made it to 19! Lol. I'm excited for two things: 1.)My kick butt Dr. Seuss Shoes are on their way here as I type. I'm so excited. I'm hoping that if I can wear shoes to work today, I'm going to wear those. And second...I have to work today! I'm actually really excited about that. Most people don't really like or mind working on their birthday but I am perfectly content with it. I have tomorrow off though =) If I didn't work today I would probably just spend my time packing for school and on Facebook saying thanks to a bazillion people for the birthday wishes.

Here's a keynote. I learned this morning that having your phone connected to your Facebook can destroy your morning. My phone is set to receive notices from Facebook when people do pretty much anything such as writing Happy Birthday on your wall. I turned my phone on and woke up to about 32 messages from a combination of Facebook and friends saying Happy Birthday. It's great and everything but it takes awhile for them to all load up. Anywho...Happy 19 years to me! Should be a great day!