Objectives: TROUBLE SHOOT A NETWORK Equipment List:  2 Routers 3 Switches 2 Computers Ethernet cords and power cords for said hardware Notes and Observations: Even though I’ve put together a network numerous times at this point, I had trouble doing it this time around. We were having trouble configuring the router. However we eventually got … Continue reading Lab Report 10 – Troubleshooting

This week we did a lab on trouble shooting. Me and Anthony had some trouble getting the network set up, but we figured it out in the end. Troubleshooting it was fairly easy. We just made sure everything was connected and it worked. Other than that, I just studied for the upcoming final and worked … Continue reading Week 15 Learning Reflection

Objectives: Learn a bit about video editing Equipment List:  Video editing software A computer Your brain At least one hand and finger Notes and Observations: This time we learned about one of Alfred Hitchcock’s techniques. If you have footage of someone working up a smile, what you put before and after can dramatically change the … Continue reading Lab Report 9- Video Making

This week I just worked on my video. As I’ve had more pressing projects, I haven’t really dove in deep to making this video. However, I have a solid concept for it. I think it will turn out well.

This week we reviewed the test and talked about the upcoming video project. I realized what I did wrong on the test, so I think I will do well on the make up test this Monday. I messed up my math when choosing the right amount of binary digits needed to make the subnet work. … Continue reading Week 12 Learning Reflection

Objectives: LEARN HOW TO HACK (just kidding… kind of) Equipment List: Wireshark program A computer Your brain Notes and Observations: We learned how to look through packets this lab. You can easily get lost in the language of networking when it comes to this. We were looking at mountains of data that only made enough … Continue reading Lab 8 – Packet Sniffing

Objective: Get a better grasp on subnetting by seeing it work before my eyes. Equipment List: Computer for each lab participant 3 routers 3 switches 1 hub All associated cables with hardware Notes and Observations: This was a two part lab. The first period was used to map out and plan the network. The second … Continue reading Lab Report 7 – Subnetting

This week we reviewed subnetting and had an exam over it. I think I did pretty well on the exam. There weren’t any questions I felt completely lost on. I’m eager to see my grade on the exam. I also decided what I’m doing my video project over. I’m going to to a project over … Continue reading Learning Reflection week 11

This week we delved into the chasm of subnetting. Subnetting involves working with binary a lot, so I’m grateful I have prior education on subnetting. The whole process is not incredibly difficult, but it is a little tedious. Once I understood the principle of it, I was able to do the questions and lab well. … Continue reading Learning Reflection: Week 9

Objectives: Create a internet server Equipment List: Computer Internet Connection Apache Software Notes and Observations: I found this particular lab to be more fun than the others. This kind of thing is more in my line of work. Getting everything together and working wasn’t all that hard. The fun part was actually creating the website. I … Continue reading Lab 6 Internet Servers

In week eight, we continued our studying of binary and how it applies to networks. Again, binary is mostly review for me, so most of what we went over isn’t worth writing home about. All of that binary stuff has been ingrained in my brain never to leave again. One of the main things to … Continue reading Week 8 Learning Reflection

This week we got started on a new unit. We got started on binary and touched a bit on sub netting. This mostly review for me, as I remember being bewildered at the concept of binary my freshman year. I didn’t do that well on my test, though. I plan on reviewing and going over … Continue reading Week 7 Learning Reflection

Obejectives: Simulate a network Equipment List: At least four people Yarn Paper Envelopes Tape A working brain Notes and Observations: Switches and routers read different languages. What I mean is that if I sent a package meant for a switch to a router, the router would not be able to read it, and vice versa. … Continue reading Lab 5 Report

Objectives: Learn about cable and get some experience working with it Equipment List:  UTP Cable 2 RJ-45 connector Cable tester Wire stripper Patch pannel Notes and Observations: I found this lab a bit harder, since I’ve never been good at manipulating small things. As I have said before, I am clumsy when it comes to … Continue reading Lab Report 2

In week 3 of Networking we learned mostly about cable. I got a glimpse of how nightmarish doing cable can actually be. It turns out the organization is the name of the game when you are running cable. I actually have a good friend that works in networking, and he pretty much told me that … Continue reading Learning Reflection Week 3

Objectives: Get all media set up for the class and learn how a motor works! Equipment List:  Computer with internet connection Copper wire Styrofoam cup Two paper clips Wire cutter Scissors or something to strip wire with Magnet Dry erase marker or a cylinder with similar diameter Notes and Observations: The hardest part of getting … Continue reading Lab 1- Setting Up a Homepage and Making a Motor

Ever since I started taking classes to earn my digital media degree, I have been able to apply everything I learn on a daily basis because I am head designer and brander of the musical group I am apart of, Room 347. For this particular blog post I will be talking about a page on … Continue reading Digital Media II Final

Forever exposing my weakness of working with Photoshop. Assignments I’m Ready For My Close up This Doesn’t Belong Here Two Movies, One Line

The I’m Ready For My Close Up Assignment had me take a close up shot in a movie, and change the background. I chose to use a close up of Bradley Cooper and put him on Hoth. This assignment was essentially the reverse of the other mash up assignment I did. Instead of pasted the … Continue reading I’m Ready For My Close Up

The This Doesn’t Belong Here assignment had me photoshop something where it doesn’t belong. I chose to put myself into a scene from Pulp Fiction. I definitely don’t belong with gangsters in tuxes. I used a green screen to make cutting myself out easier. I used Adobe Photoshop. I used the magic wand tool to … Continue reading This Doesn’t Belong Here

The Two Movies, One Line Assignment had me mash up two lines from two movies and make them one. I chose one of my all time favorite movies and one of the funniest TV shows to hit the silver screen. This was nothing too advanced for me. I just downloaded the two clips and cut … Continue reading Two Movies, One Line: NO VADER NOOO

The Mini documentary assignment had me make… a mini documentary. I wanted to be creative with this. I didn’t want a run-of-the-mill documentary. Thus, I decided to do one over a baby. The baby can’t talk, so it was mostly a voice over with footage that illustrated what the voice-over was talking about. The main … Continue reading Mini Documentary

Ah yes, my favorite genre of digital media, video. Assignments: Why So Serious? Song Visualization Winnebago Man Analysis

The Winnebago Man was skillfully put together by the production team. The storytelling of the story is perhaps the most impressive part about the film. The film opens up with a clip of the documentary creators arguing with the Winnebago Man on camera. It gets our attention and sets the tone for the whole film. … Continue reading Winnebago Man Analysis

The Why So Serious assignment asked me to take a serious part of a movie, and overlay it with comedy audio. So I did just that, mixing the Bobadook and Seinfeld. For those who don’t know, The Bobadook is an Australian horror movie that got a lot of critical acclaim along with some attention in … Continue reading Why So Serious?

The Song Visualization Assignment told me to make a video where I display pictures to tell the story a song is telling. To this, I went with none other than the legendary Tenacious D! This was fairly easy to me. Find the pictures, put them on the time line, fit them with the song. Boom. Done. … Continue reading Song Visualization

Week 8 was a fun week. The class stitched together the radio show for ds106 Tuesday afternoon. We all had separate parts to edit that we mashed together to make the final product. Reagan and I did most of the stitching together as the class supervised. I think the radio show turned out to be … Continue reading Week 8 Summary

Make It 800% Slower had me take a song and slow it down by 800%. I used Andy Mckee’s acoustic guitar tune “Hunter’s Moon”. This assignment was pretty simple for me, but hey, four stars is four stars. I used Reaper Studio for this. I tried doing it with Audacity first, but it kept crashing on … Continue reading Making “Hunter’s Moon” 800% Slower

The Combining Covers assignment has me combine a cover of a song with its original. I chose “Simple Man” by Lynard Skynard and Shinedown’s cover of it. I ended up spending more time that I wanted on it, but I extended my work time because I enjoyed doing this assignment. Going into this assignment, I … Continue reading Combining Lynard Skynard and Shinedown’s versions of “Simple Man”