I was not aware of the desparation and great lenghts people travel to in order to support such an addiction. I also was not aware of all the ramafications it entails and affects it has on peoples lives. Delilah‘s presentation was alarmingly abundant with information while keeping the interstest on the topic at hand which is ...

For my third blog, I decided to write about the things I learned from today’s F.A.L.O. presentations. Today’s presentations were on Copy Right and Wrong and I listened to 4 presentations–Yue, Yuka, Takuji, and Paul. I learned what copyright is and the different types of copyright from Takuji’s presentation. Copyright is a form of intellectual ...

In this ds106 assignment, “Stick Figures in Sticky Situations”, we were asked to draw a picture of a stick figure in an unusual situation. This was significant for me, because 1. I actually had to draw something, 2. I did it while I may in fact be dying of tuberculosis. THE PROCESS I thought it ...

In this ds106 assignment, “Stick Figures in Sticky Situations”, we were asked to draw a picture of a stick figure in an unusual situation. This was significant for me, because 1. I actually had to draw something, 2. I did it while I may in fact be dying of tuberculosis. THE PROCESS I thought it ...

Taken from Wikipedia, music is defined as:  “an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; “art of the Muses“).“ […]

For my presentation given on the 5th of March, I spoke about the Stuxnet virus article, Cyberbomb That Hit Iran Was 1 of 5 Weapons, Researchers Say. This was a very interesting topic to research and present, as the Stuxnet virus was a very complicated work of computer code that completed a very specific task. […]

I read an article called More colleges and employers requesting applicants’ Facebook passwords than ever before by Tecca. Social networking sites are becoming very popular with computers and Internet becoming an easy access for anyone. With these sites, people can talk to their friends, share photos, connect with other people with similar hobbies, and many ...

I read an article called How technology has changed bullying by Annalee Grant. This article talks about how cyberbullying can be easily done and that victims of it are increasing. In the past, bullyings were done directly, but cyberbullying allows the person to indirectly bully a person, making the bully anonymous. It is now very ...

In the Vice Online section of the readings, I’ve decided to discuss more about what I have learned about Cyber-Bullying and discuss some of my thoughts and opinions on the subject. First and foremost, let me start off by saying that Cyber-bullying is an ever increasing phenomena found (only) on the web. Being just as […]