I will start writing tidbits of info I am learning in my intro programming class. So, heres a little introduction of my background and how I got into programming. The next post will cover how to open python to create … Continue reading →

SUMMARY Alabama’s new immigration law aims to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they will “self-deport.” And in a way it’s working. Immigrants are fleeing Alabama…but not just the undocumented ones. This and other stories of people living … Continue reading →

For an assignment in Digital Media 1, I was asked to pick a well-known Kansan so I can create an poster for Black History Month. My original pick was Gordan Parks, sadly someone in my class fought for him over … Continue reading →

My three choices for doing my black history subjects are Gordon Parks, Langston Hughes and Dockum...

Tell me about the subjects you are considering and why they are interesting to you.                                                                           The three topics I chose to do are : Black cowboys, Buffalo soldiers, and The  Exodusters. These three topics are about famous Blacks in Kansas. Because of not being published in books, or shown in movies or television, Black cowboys […]

What is the topic of the story(s)? The first topic was about reaping what you sow, which was a prologue.  The second was about an immigration bill passed by Alabama called HB56. Lastly, was about the unintended consequences of bringing new residents into a  Brooklyn neighborhood. Namely, a couple of chickens. What made you laugh? Definitely […]

The main topic of the show was about an Alabama immigration law that checks citizenship for every...

The three subjects for my Black History Month project are Charlie Parker, Wayne Simien and Gale Sayers. Charlie Parker was a very influential improvising soloist in jazz. I’m a big lover of music and creating music, so Charlie Parker seemed like an obvious choice for me. Wayne Simien and Gale Sayers are both athletes. I...

This week we talked about Electricity and answered the question, “What is a network?”. A bit of it was actually kind of review, but it was nice going over both topics and refreshing them in my mind. The new stuff I learned though was with networking. I had never really even heard about topology or...

What is the topic of the story(s)? The overall podcast is basically about getting what you deserve, hence the title of the podcast, “Reap What You Sow”. In Act one, the story is about illegal immigrants. The second Act is a story about a guy who brings two chickens into his Brooklyn neighborhood and the...

1.  Gordan Parks 2. Langston Hughes 3. Frank Marshall Davis 4. Black Cowboys 5. Benjamin “Pap” Singleton 6. George Washington Carver 7. Charlie Parker 8. Eva Jessye 9. Brown v. Board of Education 10. Aaron Douglas  

Here are my 10 proposals for the Black History Month poster assignment. 1. Wayne Simien, (born 1983), NCAA All-American, NBA basketball player, Leavenworth, Kansas 2. Barry Sanders football player, Wichita 3. Charlie Parker (1920 – 1955) One of the most influential improvising soloists in jazz, and a central figure in the development of bop in the 1940s; grew...

Brian Seitz January 27, 2012   Objectives: In this lab, I made a straight through cable, a crossover cable, looked at Thinnet and Thicknet and connected a cable to a patch panel using a punch-down tool.   Equipment list: Stripper, 2 RJ-45 connectors, CAT5 UTP cable, a simple network system, patch panel and a punch-down tool.  ...

My contributions to this class so far has been by supplying a couple of links on the class Diigo page. The first post was about SOPA. It basically discussed SOPA overall and how it made history. I also recently posted a second post on Diigo that I first heard about on the news a day...

Most of what we talked about this past week in the class was the use of blogs and social media. Both are things that I am pretty familiar with. However, in the lab Friday, we created straight through cables, crossover cables, and connected cables to a patch panel. All of which I have no experience...