Website Creation

Who knew that Chris Clark could create his own website? Well with a little help from Dr. Dee and some assistance from "The Bee-Man" I was able to make a website talking about both Josh's in out class. Also, I was able to make an animation by using Paint. I enjoyed using TextPad and writing the code for my new websites. 

Man You Don't Wanna Mess With

We had a speaker come into class who talked to us about cyber security experts, what cyberspace means to different branches of government, and other various topics such as what the word "attack" truly means. The talk was very informative and the speaker did a good job presenting it. Also it helped his case that he was about 6 1' and 225 pounds and ex-military. He definitely got everyone's attention. I have enjoyed all the guest speakers who have come and talked to us

Reading Response

The internet truly is a crazy thing. I was unaware of all the trouble it could bring.
From the hacking of anonymous to the accessibility of porn, the internet has drifted from how it was born.
People may say that the stock market is great, but for many Americans it only breeds hate
However, Nick told us how the internet produces jobs, which means many people can eat without having to rob
So the internet is not all bad, it just makes it easier for the desired results to be had

What a guy

Well this week we learned a lot about Dr. Wilkes. This teacher has more than what meets the eyes. A guy who walks through a swarm of bees or holds onto the branch the bees are swarming to has some very large cajones. This class has continued to be entertaining and provide new and useful information. Very glad I took Dissecting the Internet instead of Arthurian Legends.

Smart Kids

The guy from Duke who invented Captcha is a beast. He thought of FREE and highly effective ways for people to use entertainment as a source of work for what he was trying to accomplish. He seems like a pretty good guy. I mean i would vote for him for President because at least he can get stuff done. I especially like the way he presented the new way of translating the internet into other languages and how he explained it was more beneficial for poor people who cant afford rosseta stone. And our Freshman Seminar is probably the best out there because of our good teachers who make the subject interesting and how we get to watch video that are entertaining and effectively teach what we are learning and what is going on around us... good times in Hon 1515

Making Money

I must say, I learned a lot about making marketing and the computer industry. From everything that our guest speaker said, it sounds like the business he is in might be THE career path to take. It doesn't seem that companies will ever stop advertising and our speaker's internet advertising seems to be affective and financially appealing.


All the other kids with their boring little jobs
Better run, better run
Run over to online marketing

Book Reports

We were given books to read, make a report on, and give a presentation in class about them. My group got the the book Against the Machine by Lee Siegel. It was a book that did a good job of explaining the good and bad of what the Internet has done to our culture. The presentation before the class went well also and it seemed that we kept most of the students attention during the report we gave on the book. Too bad Dr. Parks had to be running things at an Honors conference and couldn't be with us lowly students

Puzzles

In the puzzles,
The tricky puzzles,
The words can not be found

Ohhh in the puzzles,
The simple puzzles,
The message can be hidden.

We learned about how messages and important information has been hidden in word puzzles and combinations over time and how they have changed as the messages have become longer and more detailed. Today computers are used to break codes that people never could... at least most people

Danger of Facebook

Go go go Facebook,
Its your creep time,
Gonna sign on and get in some creep time
Gonna look through some pics try to find a big crime
And you know we don't care if you ever creepin'!

So through debates we have discovered that Facebook is a company that uses deceit and low morality in the business ventures.They make people think one thing about them and do the other. I might have to go on and delete my Facebook.... cause it's bad

Creepin

Hide yo kids, hide yo wife
The internet is findin' everybody!


So it's a little bit creepy that using simple search engines, my partner was able to find out my class schedule, sports, address and other personal information. Perhaps we should just go back to the stone age so teenage girls don't spend their entire existence creeping on other people or scrolling through photos all day... just a thought

Run these streets

-Cause I run these streets all night and day!

I rep for my college, go hard my hall
Still runnin on the streets, I aint never gonna fall

They don't make too many runners like me,
Bonafide sprinter, certified you see
 --Story of Tarahumara Appalachian Student

So basically between Chris and our guest speaker this week, I have decided to get back in shape by using technology hand in hand with running. We'll see if those with technology is actual better to use with exercise.

All over the world

I don't know what you heard about Korea, but you can't get a computer out of Korea
From the gaming arcades to the conventions
All they do is game and drive their Kia


Game addictions are real and are sadly prevalent in societies around the world. To spend seven hours a day playing games is terrible and conventions lasting for 50 straight hours of playing?... ridiculous. that is not my kind of social interaction

Get those bits passed

From the window to the wall, pass all those bits don't fall!
Oh package package package package package packages

I feel as if binary codes and passing information through hubs is not what people think of when they go buy their macs. Dissecting the Internet is opening my eyes a little bit to just how much I truly appreciate nerdy people!

Pass the class

The binary code seems never stop, Dr. Dee is not hesitant to pop. Dr. Wilkes is obviously much smarter than me, oh yes Honors 1515 is the place to be.