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  1. Mayu K

    Final: Where there is light, there is shadow.

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    3. Write a blog post that focuses on separate examples of what you feel to be both the best and the worst aspects of the internet. You are welcome to use sources from the Scoop It channels or any other sources you find to be credible. You will be expec...
  2. Mayu K

    Final: Where there is light, there is shadow.

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    3. Write a blog post that focuses on separate examples of what you feel to be both the best and the worst aspects of the internet. You are welcome to use sources from the Scoop It channels or any other sources you find to be credible. You will be expec...
  3. Mayu K

    Final: Where there is light, there is shadow.

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    3. Write a blog post that focuses on separate examples of what you feel to be both the best and the worst aspects of the internet. You are welcome to use sources from the Scoop It channels or any other sources you find to be credible. You will be expec...
  4. Mayu K

    Why did I even try.

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    Song Story ds106Back in 2002.I was in 4th grade.It is 2011.I am 19.My greatest and darkest history.Back then, my friends and I were really into this girls group.called ??????? (morning musume, morning girls)((Thinking about it now,they we...
  5. Mayu K

    Japanese is always hard.

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    Translate Failds106I saw quite a few people doing this assignmentso I decided to do one too.I type in:??????????anata ga shachou desu)You are the president.I took this phrase from a Japanese book I bought the other day.It looks simp...
  6. Mayu K

    Why did I even try.

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    Song Story ds106Back in 2002.I was in 4th grade.It is 2011.I am 19.My greatest and darkest history.Back then, my friends and I were really into this girls group.called ??????? (morning musume, morning girls)((Thinking about it now,they we...
  7. Mayu K

    Why did I even try.

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    Song Story ds106


    Back in 2002.
    I was in 4th grade.

    It is 2011.
    I am 19.

    My greatest and darkest history.


    Back then, my friends and I were really into this girls group.
    called モーニング娘。 (morning musume, morning girls)

    ((Thinking about it now,
    they were like AKB.
    But a little bit different.))

    I really liked them.
    I don't know why.

    But we were little kids.
    We envied these shiny girls.

    Back then, we were always talking about them.

    My mother knew how much I liked them.

    One day, she brings me this letter
    that says that I passed the paper screening of the audition
    for kids group (called Hello Project) of MorningMusume.

    One of my friends who sent her paper also passed.

    So.
    I went to the audition.

    On the letter, it said that
    there is going to be singing and dancing test.
    And to wear something that is easy to move.

    I knew what I wanted to sing.
    It was one of the newest songs they released
    and I liked it very much.

    However, I didn't know what to wear.

    My mother told me to wear something good-looking and cute.

    BUT
    it said "wear something that is easy to move".

    For me,
    good-looking (formal) + cute (skirt) = school uniform

    My mother rejected my idea.

    So, I decided to wear "something easy to move"
    which was

    my basketball uniform.

    My mother rejected again.

    But I was like "No no no!"
    since I heard from my grandmother that audition = battle.

    And there I was.
    Among all other girls who are wearing
    stage costumes of MorningMusume shrunken to their size,
    really frilly skirts,
    cool looking pants, ...

    I was there,

    with my basketball uniform that says
    "Jaguars 7" on front and "Kino 7" on the back.

    My friends were like ".....haha"

    This was the song I sang for the singing test.

    I think this is a great song.
    I think this song cheers you up.

    However, when I listen to this song.
    I remember the loneliness at the really crowded place.
    I remember the cold smile on my friend's face.

    But I do not regret!

    It was such a great experience.
    I will never forget that day.

    (`=ω=´)ゞ
  8. Mayu K

    Japanese is always hard.

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    Translate Fail
    ds106


    I saw quite a few people doing this assignment
    so I decided to do one too.

    I type in:







    あなたが社長です。
    (anata ga shachou desu)

    You are the president.



    I took this phrase from a Japanese book I bought the other day.
    It looks simple.

    But:






    Is your president.







    It's not even a complete sentence.

    I wonder how this worked out.
    I think it's like
    あなた = your
    が = is
    社長 = president

    and it somehow turned out like that.


    I found another interesting fail.
    Which is this:









    やくそく = suk quickly
    (yakusoku, promise)


    This came through when I was thinking of another sentence.

    Type it in kanji, and it works fine.











    Maybe the problem was with the hiragana I worked with.
    So I try some words in hiragana.











    They work fine.

    But

    doesn't change.

    I understand that GoogleTranslate works with patterns of grammar,
    but I couldn't understand how this worked.

    GoogleTranslate is surely interesting.


    (`=ω=´)ゞ
  9. Mayu K

    Japanese is always hard.

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    Translate Failds106I saw quite a few people doing this assignmentso I decided to do one too.I type in:??????????anata ga shachou desu)You are the president.I took this phrase from a Japanese book I bought the other day.It looks simp...
  10. Mayu K

    "ToGetHer" sounds so sweet.

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    Valentines Alternative ds106The assignment was to make a Valentines cardtargeted toward a particular person (real or imaginary).My first plan was to make a card with the word "ToGetHer".just because it sounds really niceand it was easy to memorize...
  11. Mayu K

    "ToGetHer" sounds so sweet.

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    Valentines Alternative ds106
















    The assignment was to make a Valentines card
    targeted toward a particular person (real or imaginary).


    My first plan was to make a card with the word "ToGetHer".
    just because it sounds really nice
    and it was easy to memorize the spelling back in elementary school.

    I used our good old friend, Paint.

    I really like Paint, just because it is really simple and easy to use.
    Although some people say it's one of those crappy software,
    it's really useful once you really know how to use it.

    So.

    At the top of the card, it says "Together Forever"
    since it has to be targeted towards someone.

     Staying together forever must be hard
     unless you really love that person...
     I envy some old grannies who looks happy together.

    Then there's that symbol of heart.

    Below that are two circular "stuff".
    They are stuck together
    forever
    but they look happy because they love each other.

     My first plan was to draw human boy and girl,
     but I wanted to express in the simplest form as possible.
     I thought of using stick figures too,
     but it became too simple.

    The bottom Japanese line says
    あいらびゅ。 "airabyu"
    Short way of writing "I love you" in ro-maji.

     I chose to write it in this way because
     I thought that writing "I love you" is too formal.
     Since the circular figures are not formal at all,
     I wanted to express their looseness in this last line.



    (`=ω=´)ノ あいらびゅ。
  12. Mayu K

    "ToGetHer" sounds so sweet.

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    Valentines Alternative ds106The assignment was to make a Valentines cardtargeted toward a particular person (real or imaginary).My first plan was to make a card with the word "ToGetHer".just because it sounds really niceand it was easy to memorize...
  13. Mayu K

    I might have used more than 4 icons.

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    the 4 icon challenge ds106Please say that I only used 4 icons.This assignment was to take one movieand represent that movie in 4 simple icons.The thing is,I couldn't think of any movie.The first few movies that came in mind wereall disney movies.B...
  14. Mayu K

    I might have used more than 4 icons.

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    the 4 icon challenge ds106Please say that I only used 4 icons.This assignment was to take one movieand represent that movie in 4 simple icons.The thing is,I couldn't think of any movie.The first few movies that came in mind wereall disney movies.B...
  15. Mayu K

    I might have used more than 4 icons.

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    the 4 icon challenge ds106



    Please say that I only used 4 icons.


    This assignment was to take one movie
    and represent that movie in 4 simple icons.

    The thing is,
    I couldn't think of any movie.

    The first few movies that came in mind were
    all disney movies.
    But I couldn't come up with any idea for icons.

    I wonder how many times I asked myself:

    Are you really majoring in art?


    The answer is,
    unfortunately,
    yes.

    I lack idea.

    So, I decided to think differently.
    Not "art",
    but "how to explain".

    And I came up with our good old friend,
    charades.

    When you play charades,
    you have to be able to "show" the word in some simple actions.
    I somehow thought that charades and this assignment is similar where
    you have to be able to "show" the movie in some simple icons.

    I playback my memory...
    back in middle school...
    we played charades (in class, I don't remember why)..
    I drew a card...
    I read, "Matrix"

    Everyone got it when I did the action for the 2nd icon,
    but here it is.

    I hope everyone understands. haha.


    (`=ω=´)ゞ
  16. Mayu K

    ‘malware’ was a new word for me.

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    According to our friend Wikipedia, Malware is defined like this:Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming (code, scripts, active content, and other software) designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads...
  17. Mayu K

    ‘malware’ was a new word for me.

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    According to our friend Wikipedia, Malware is defined like this:Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming (code, scripts, active content, and other software) designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads...
  18. Mayu K

    ‘malware’ was a new word for me.

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    According to our friend Wikipedia, Malware is defined like this:
    Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming (code, scripts, active content, and other software) designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, gain unauthorized access to system resources, and other abusive behavior.
    First, I am not a computer kind of person.
    The first computer I used was WindowsME, from 2002.
    Had no idea what Apple and Mac was until high school.
    My first interaction with Mac computer: last year (2010).
    (didn't even know how to turn that thing on.)

    This class was the first time I heard of the term "malware".

    Despite the definitions on the web,
    I still had a question.


    What is the difference between 'malware' and 'virus'?

    So I went on google,
    type in
    'malware virus difference'

    and here it is!
    Someone had the same question!

    The chosen best answer:
    Malware is any piece of bad software, like viruses, worms, spyware and trojans. So malware and viruses are the same thing.
    Very simple and short.
    I really like it!
    So, if I was to take notes, I would write it down like

        Malware
          - virus
          - worms
          - spyware
          - trojans

    (is this correct?)
    Since I have never heard of 'malware',
    I have no idea what 'worms', spyware', and 'trojans' are.
    Also, I only have stereotypical image of virus (like those on dramas and movies)
    so I thought I need a clear definition.

    So, I go on google again!
    And I find this question:
    What's the difference between a virus, worm, malware, spyware, and trojan?
    There was a very long, but very well-detailed answer by this person called N Smith.
    I wanted to post it up here,
    but this blog was going to be really long, so I'll just put the URL.

    After doing some research,
    I was glad that a lot of people had the same question I had.
    They may have heard of these words long before me,
    but I was still relieved. haha.

    Malware = evil.
    Malware is just another dirty word. 
    haha.



    Question for final exam:
    -  Malware, virus, trojan, worms, spyware are basically the same thing. (true/false)
    -  "Malware" is short for
         (malnutrition, warehouse) (malicious, spyware) (malicious, software) (malaria, software)



    (`=ω=´)ノシ
  19. Mayu K

    I hope I "Haiku it up"ed.

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    ds106      Haiku it upboushi  mom will get angry. I'm told not to buy them, but ...i love them so much.  ? some of my hats I wear in winter.For some reason,I LOVE hats.I'm somewhat addicted to them.I don't...
  20. Mayu K

    I hope I "Haiku it up"ed.

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    ds106      Haiku it up


    boushi

     mom will get angry.
     I'm told not to buy them, but
     ...i love them so much. 



     

    ← some of my hats I wear in winter.


    For some reason,
    I LOVE hats.
    I'm somewhat addicted to them.
    I don't remember when this began,
    but when I realized,
    I was surrounded by hats.
    While my friends check out the clothes that the mannequin is wearing,
    I check the hat that the mannequin is wearing.

    I collected so much of them
    that my mother told me not to buy them anymore.
    If I buy a new one, I have to toss one away.

    ((I know. She is so cruel.

    The assignment was to take a simple dailyshoot assignment 
    and use that as an inspiration.
    Since hats are always around me, 
    I thought this would be a good picture (for me).

    Writing haiku in English was hard.
    I remember doing something similar back in elementary school,
    thought it was fun,
    but somehow I feel it is very hard.

    Maybe this is because I already learned ways to write haiku in Japanese.
    I am used to the rhythm of Japanese haiku,
    and some words in English changed that rhythm.

    Japanese characters each have distinct syllables,
    as for English, one word can have 2 or 3 syllables.

    While rereading my haiku,
    I was always feeling that something is not sounding right
    in the first line.

    The words I use in the second and third line 
    each has one syllables.
    But for the word 'angry' in the first line, it has 2.

    (I hope this is making some sense)

    Also,
    What we call haiku must have some seasonal word in it.
    i.e winter: ski, snow

    I thought about this before writing this blog,
    but after looking at other people's works, 
    I decided to submit this haiku.

    In Japanese, these writings with no seasonal words are called ' senryuu ' (川柳)

    Senryuu are very interesting,
    because since there are no rules of seasonal words,
    it can be based about anything.

    I feel like I am going off topic so I guess I should end here.

    I had fun doing this assignment.
    ...I hope I did the right thing. haha.

    (`=ω=´)ノシ
  21. Mayu K

    I hope I "Haiku it up"ed.

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    ds106      Haiku it upboushi  mom will get angry. I'm told not to buy them, but ...i love them so much.  ? some of my hats I wear in winter.For some reason,I LOVE hats.I'm somewhat addicted to them.I don't...
  22. Mayu K

    My friend’s nickname was Timmyboy too.

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    His name was Timothy.Everyone called him Tim.My English teacher said he is still a kid.He became Timmyboy.Going back to topic.Tim Owens (Timmyboy) talks about art, how people can all become artists.Being in a 'creative' environmentcan make people ...
  23. Mayu K

    My friend’s nickname was Timmyboy too.

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    His name was Timothy.Everyone called him Tim.My English teacher said he is still a kid.He became Timmyboy.Going back to topic.Tim Owens (Timmyboy) talks about art, how people can all become artists.Being in a 'creative' environmentcan make people ...
  24. Mayu K

    My friend’s nickname was Timmyboy too.

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    His name was Timothy.
    Everyone called him Tim.
    My English teacher said he is still a kid.

    He became Timmyboy.


    Going back to topic.

    Tim Owens (Timmyboy) talks about art, how people can all become artists.
    Being in a 'creative' environment
    can make people become more 'creative'.

    Honestly, I think this is not true.

    My maternal great-grandfather was a professional camera-man.
    My maternal grandfather takes photos for his hobby, and is sending his photos to competitions.
    My mother also takes photos for her hobby, and is sending her photos to competitions.

    My paternal grandfather took photos for his hobby (didn't enter any competitions, but sold them)
    My father was a police officer in the identification section, using his camera.

    My brother loves his camera and was the camera person for the yearbook from middle school to high school.
    I lived through my 19 years with these I-love-camera-and-photos people,
    and yet I have no talent in taking pictures.

    I live separately with my mother now,
    so I usualy e-mail her whenever I find something interesting.
    I take a picture of that object and send it to her via email.

    my mother's reply:

    あんた文章は上手いのに、写真はいまいちすぎる。
    you are good at writing, but your photos don't look good at all.

    Thank you, mom.
    I knew that.
    Thank you for reminding me.

    If what Timmyboy said was true,
    don't you think that I am one of the I-love-camera-and-photos people?

    However, I agree with Timmyboy that ds106 will be a good environment to enjoy art.
    There are a lot of genres that I have never thought of before.
    It will be a good experience, and people can be called artists within that environment.

    (`=ω=´)ノシ
  25. Mayu K

    Midterm–Mashup (MovieTrailer)

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      Although I am majoring in Art, I am NOT what people call 'artist'. I decided to major in art just because I want to learn how to draw or design. In addition, I am not a computer-person, so I have no idea how to edit pictures digitally.  So ...
  26. Mayu K

    Midterm–Mashup (MovieTrailer)

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      Although I am majoring in Art, I am NOT what people call 'artist'. I decided to major in art just because I want to learn how to draw or design. In addition, I am not a computer-person, so I have no idea how to edit pictures digitally.  So ...
  27. Mayu K

    Midterm–Mashup (MovieTrailer)

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      Although I am majoring in Art, I am NOT what people call 'artist'. I decided to major in art just because I want to learn how to draw or design. In addition, I am not a computer-person, so I have no idea how to edit pictures digitally.
      So here, I have decided to chose ds106 assignment that is totally not in my medium of art.

      I decided to concentrate on the category of Mashup, and dig in even more, by focusing on this one assignment -- Movie Trailer Mashup.

      Here, you are to take your favourite movie trailer, and mix them with another trailer that has a totally different theme. For example, take the video from a horror movie trailer, and mix it with the audio from a comedy movie (if that makes any sense).

      This might be hard, as you have to find good trailers that would match. Only thinking about one of the trailers would not make the whole outcome successful. Just like mixing your voice with audio, matching is the hardest, and the most important part of this process.

    Mixing Desk
    < image: Mixing Desk takeb by cjsimmons CC right reserved >
    Here is one sample made by mixing video from "Toy Story 3" and audio from "Inception".


      It's pretty interesting if you know both movies.
      In addition, the combination with the seriousness of 'Inception' and the so-called-childishness of 'Toy Story 3' is interesting as well.
     I feel that this is one of the fun parts of this assignment, and as I have mentioned before,
    the mixing part and how the video and the audio match is very important part.

    Here are some more examples of movie trailer mashups. (audio ; video)
    Elf ; 300
      - "300" is war movie, and "Elf" is a comedy movie. The gap between the dialogue and the person speaking is matching really well. Also, I really like the movie "Elf", so I personally enjoyed watching this video a lot.

    The Ring 2 ; The Runaway Bride
      - "The Ring 2" is a famous horror movie, and "The Runaway Bride" is a romace comedy movie. I have never watched both movies, but it was still very interesting to watch. Since I had no clue what "The Runaway Bride" was about, without being notified about this assignment, I would have thought that this movie is scary.

    Strictly Ballroom ; Saturday night Fever
      - "Strictly Ballroom" is a comedy movie, and "Saturday Night Fever" is I believe... comedy too? (looked for it, but is still not sure). The two movies are both about dancing and music, so I think it was easier to match.

      Looking through the blogs, there seems to be a lot of ways you can edit the videos and mix them together. However, all of them look unfamiliar, and hard for me. I think I would only use Windows Movie Maker and see how it turns out.

      This assignment looks interesting, just by looking through the videos that are uploaded on YouTube. I feel they take a lot of ideas and technique, but anyone can do them. I recommend people to do this assignment because it looks, and it is  actually interesting.

    ...and, just because I want to see a lot of these videos. haha.
    (`=ω=´)ノ
  28. Mayu K

    Artist2 social networking in Japan

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    I never left Japan,and I don't really know much about American culture,so I will focus on social networking and artist only in Japan. A lot of Japanese artists use social networking services such as ameba blog (jp)mixi (jp)twitter&n...
  29. Mayu K

    Artist2 social networking in Japan

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    I never left Japan,and I don't really know much about American culture,so I will focus on social networking and artist only in Japan. A lot of Japanese artists use social networking services such as ameba blog (jp)mixi (jp)twitter&n...
  30. Mayu K

    Artist2 social networking in Japan

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    I never left Japan,
    and I don't really know much about American culture,
    so I will focus on social networking and artist only in Japan.
     
    A lot of Japanese artists use social networking services such as 
    mixi (jp)
    twitter (eng)
    GREE (jp)
    and a little bit of
    facebook (eng)
     
    Artists use these sites other than their official homepage
    to interact with their fans by
     writing about their daily life
       (fans can comment)
    uploading photos
      (fans can comment)
     advertizing
       (fans can be notified)
     replying to @tweets and direct messages
       (fans are happy)
     
    I actually got a reply from this one singer
    when I sent him a direct message,
    and I really got excited.
     
    The message was only 2 or 3 sentences
    but it made me so happy 
    that I wrote on facebook
     
                "  I am so happy that I am going to die.  "
    haha.
     
    There are a lot of ways artists can use social networking services to interact with their fans.
     
    It is interesting, 
    that just by posting blogs and pictures
    you can also become an 'artist'
    receiving comments
    and replying to those comments.
     
    'Artists' are not just famous people you see on TV everyday,
    but are people you admire.
    Those 'artist' doesn't have to be a professional.
    A 'fan' can turn into an 'artist' someday
    just like producers and singers that are now famous in NicoNicoDouga (jp).
     
    I don't know where I am trying to end up now
    so I think I should stop writing...
    Social networking sites are some ways that Artists can
    directly interact with their fans,
    and they can connect closer than when they are on TV.
     
    ...I think.
     
    (`=ω=´)ノシ

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