Apple iPad

Check out my glogster post about the Apple iPad

http://s074.ndrs.edu.glogster.com/ipad/

Cloud Computing: 15 Ways Python Is a Powerful Force on the Web

There is a slideshow that explains how Python is a powerful force. Python is a free source, it's a dynamic programming language, virtually runs on any system, used on powerful sites such as google, yahoo, youtube, and NASA, powerful yahoo software (django), supports multiple integration technologies, and Python ranks 7th as most popular programming language.
Here is the slideshow link that describes Python even further: www.eweek.ca

TWITTER!

Our ICT 12 class have all created a Twitter account for their own purpose. We have been told to follow a certain page in order to see tweets by our teacher, for example homework and updates. Students that did not have a twitter account before now has one and has been taught how to use it. For instance, tweet with various interfaces (TweetDeck, UberTwitter, Twitterific, etc.), follow other users, change the design of the page, and use key abbreviations like "RT", "@(username)", etc. Also, the danger of tweeting about something, and deleting after. The tweet may have been deleted but the danger of other people still seeing that tweet and may cause problems.
Follow:
xaviercainglet
NickNinjaMeier
Lee_Stephen
lambertnguyen
PeterVogel

Digital Footprints

Three Digital Footprints that I have searched myself on, and surpringly found info. So for all you people who like "googling" yourself up on google, there are better ones that give you more info:
www.pipl.com
www.webmii.com
wwww.whoozy.com
I personally find webmii to give more information about yourself. I personally rank them as: 1) WebMii 2) Pipl 3) Whoozy. Enjoy searching yourself up! Comment on what you see.

Unveiled Today by Apple Corp.

The latest technology unveiled today by the Apple Corp. is temporarily called the Apple tablet. No images and the confirmed name has been released, but on Twitter, many possible names have been released: iSlate, iPad, and iTablet are all possibilities. It has been told that it will have a 10-inch screen and will look similar to a large iPhone with a MacBook-like aluminum back. The price range is estimated to about $800.00 on contract with Verizon and $1000.00 without when it arrives in March. Sources say that employees are still calling the tablet by it's codename "K48"-- from the same source that confirmed the iPhone 3GS exists.

News about the Apple tablet:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/is-this-the-apple-tablet/

Sad Moment in the World...

Within the Domincan Republic (in the Caribbean), a huge earthquake rattled throughout Haiti which occupies the island of Hispaniola. Haiti is near Cuba, and the earthquake seemed to destroyed Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Approximately the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.0 - 7.3 (equivalent to 30 thousand kilotons of TNT) followed by two after shocks were measured to be around 5.5 - 5.9, but still equally devastating. Roughly 3million were affected alone, at the moment there was an estimation of how many casualties leaning towards the thousands. Canada has suggested to send $5million to help with the cause, but this figure is still within discussion. Also, it's been reported that Haiti owes Canada $2.3million, and for Canada to help, they just ignored it because of what happened. Some things to know: a General Hospital in Port-au-Prince was damaged, reported that the Governor-General
was one of the casualties taken from the earthquake. Musician, Wyclef Jean, was born in the Caribbean and has taken the terrible disaster to heart. He asks for everyone to help "I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse. The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone. We must act now." He also wants people to donate money towards a fundraiser to help with the Haitian people. Their goal is $5million. R.I.P. victims of the Haiti earthquake. For some pictures of the tragic event: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/earthquake_in_haiti.html

OMG NO WAY! Possible virus found in classmates blog!

One of my classmates' blog has a virus! Sophos Anti-Virus triggered a warning and displayed, probably a false alarm, but nonetheless my classmate was flagged with a possible virus within his blog. Most computer companies use various types of anti-virus' such as Norton, BitDefender, ect. to make sure that there are no virus' coming through at all. The threat that sophos was named "Mal/FunDF-A" and this particular virus targets Macs, PCs, and Linnux. This is could be a false positive because there should be no reason why my classmate should even have a virus within his blog.

Feel free to ask questions to our ICT 12 Teacher: Mr. Peter Vogel. Where you can find him on Twitter at petervogel
He has an enormous amount of knowledge within the field of science and technology, don't be afraid to ask a question that even you have problems with your computer or programs at home.

Blog Updating

On my ICT's Twitter page http://twitter.com/petervogel, he has identified three-tech related items that may be in interest to you fellow bloggers and technicians.
1) Zoomsafer
2) Evernote
3) Dell's 27-inch UltraSharp U2711

Feel free to visit his Twitter page because he updates and talks about many issues about technology. He even gets to test certain models, Peter Vogel has the upperhand in knowledge about technology. Also feel free to look up Zoomsafer, Evernote, and the new Dell's 27-inch UltraSharp U2711.

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

What is CES? CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show where they showcase new and improved innovations in computer technology. At the latest CES, Steve Ballmer is expected to explain the high points of Windows 7.

Also, Project Natal and HP/Microsoft Slate were both announced that night as well.

Project Natal is a motion detector interface for the XBOX 360. Using motion-sensing cameras, sensors, and software, Project Natal will allow the user to use their own body and hand gestures to control games and applications. For example, you can sit on your own couch, and use your hand to scroll down the menu from XBOX 360 without using a hand held controller. In my opinion, Project Natal is a HUGE improvement from the PlayStation version of the EyeToy. At this moment there is no set price for the Natal.

HP/Microsoft Slate is more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC. Perfect for reading, surfing the web and taking entertainment on the go. The HP tablet PC is essentially Windows 7 multi-touch device comparable to a size of two iPhone without a physical keyboard.

Recent Updates

Recently over the Christmas Break I have received an iPod Touch.
It's AMAZING! I got the 32 GB 3.1.2 version. It comes with the typical package (headphones, usb, usb holder, and of course instructions). People have been telling me to "jailbreak" it, which is a hack onto the iTouch itself. It is LEGAL. Although you are voding you're agreement with Apple and voiding any warranty you have bought it with, especially the automatic one year warranty.
IMPORTANT** if you think you can unjailbreak your already jailbroken iTouch/iPhone, and say that Apple won't know. You are totally wrong! They MULTIPLE MULTIPLE tests that will determine if you have jailbroken or not.
Basically all of this stuff became new to me in the past few days. Harsh upgraded from a 2 GB iPod Shuffle

GLEE Season 1

The latest TV show that's sweeping the nation has sadly come to a season's end, well until April that is. The plot: a high-school Spanish teacher becomes the director of the school's Glee club, hoping to restore it to its former glory. Genre: comedy, drama, and musical. Award: 2009 Artios Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Plot - Comedy. One dramatic plot deals with Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray), and Mark Salling (Noah "Puck" Puckerman) are in a not-so-secret love-triangle. Finn and Quinn are couples and Puck is Finn's best friend; Quinn becomes pregnant and initially tells Finn it's his, but it actually belongs to Puck. But Glee isn't all about drama, Glee is amazing because of all the numbers they do throughout the season. Such as Don't Stop Believing - Journey, My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson, Gold Digger - Kanye West, mashups such as It's My Life/Confessions & Halo/Walking On Sunshine, and much MUCH more! I don't want to spoil EVERYTHING! So please, if you've never seen Glee before, I hope reading this blog will at least caused some curiosity to watch the show. Season 2 starting in April 2010!

File Sharing.. Out Of Hand?

On December 7, 2009. Joel Tenenbaum (a Boston University doctoral student) was fined $657,000.00 for illegally sharing 30 copyrighted songs. Joel Tenenbaum could not pay the fine so he was forced to declare bankruptcy. Although, the law in Canada is unclear and that ISPs cannot divulge IP addresses to third parties (e.g. music industry), but anytime of the day, that law could change and every file sharer within Canada will be in hot water!
Click the following link to read the article: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141914/Update_Judge_affirms_675k_verdict_in_RIAA_music_piracy_case
Now, if 30 copyrighted songs was fined for $657,000.00, imagine all the songs that YOU downloaded/shared illegally. I'm pretty certain that it's above 30. Now imagine the fine you may get. I don't know about you, but these fines are extremely out of hand. $657,000.00 for only 30 songs? That's crazy! Please share your comment!

Twitter!

If you've been living under a rock, Twitter has overtaken the world by storm! If you're familiar with Facebook, Twitter is just like Facebook's status updates. Twitter can be used for either professional use or personal use. Although if you use it for personal use, there have been cases where people have been fired because of the use of Twitter. For example, YouTube Star TimothyDelaGhetto has been fired from California Pizza Kitchen because of Twitter. Although people who use it professionally, like our ICT teacher Mr. Vogel (click link here)
he has followers from England and Australia all interested in Physics. He also recommended Twitter to our past principal: Mr. Cooke. He has now an occupation with wolfram alpha. Join Twitter now!

FUN NEW WEBSITES!!!!!

There's new web 2.0 websites that we found: (click the links to see for yourself)
iNudge
Sumo Paint 2.0

iNudge is crazy fun because you can create your own music with different styles of instruments. Such as: ToneMatrix, Harp, Organ, Saturn, Frogster, Avatar, Rhode Bass, and Drums. iNudge was created by Germany (don't worry, they're awesome!). iNudge will make others go crazy because of all the different sounds blending together to make a song... BUT! YOU will become hypnotized by the different ways you can create your own music!

Sumo Paint 2.0 is amazing! To me, it's like a blend of Adobe Photoshop and Paint... but EXTREMELY better. There's a symmetry tool where no matter where you drag your mouse, across the page there will be a symmetrical outcome and you can create mind-boggling shapes (Pacman)

I highly recommend on visiting these websites!

Top 10 Microsoft Programming Languages

Top 10 Microsoft Programming Languages:
1) C++
2) C#
3) Visual Basic
4) IronPython
5) IronRuby
6) JavaScript
7) F#
8) PHP
9) "M"
10) Axum

To this day, our ICT 12 Class have used Visual Basic and Python.
Click this link to learn more about each programming language: Programming Languages

Sonnet that I made in Grade 11

Love… Or Friendship

Your friendship makes me infatuated,
When I talk to you all we do is laugh.
As I fall asleep in my giant bed,
Just wanting to talk to you in the caf.
But I’m just too shy because of our friends,
And it’s hard not to look over at you.
I really hope our friendship will not end,
I cannot part from the smile that you do.
The secrets we’ve shared will remain silent,
Silent as the ringer on your cell phone.
Never thought you were a disappointment,
Whether I feel like I’m in the friend zone.
But whenever you need a good long talk,
Call me; I’ll be your own personal lock.



Really old! Inspiration? This girl I liked..

Hoping for a happy ending...

For a while now I've been the best supporter in all you did. Even though I might be trying to move into something that may not be, I've been feeling this emotion for a long time. Every time I see you butterflies fill my stomach, but at the same time I feel happy and try to impress you or get your attention. When you talk to me I feel lucky, and when we laugh together it feels like old times. But am I feeling an emotion that will never be mutual? Every song I hear dealing that COULD relate to my situation, I pay close attention to the lyrics and begin to memorize it. The latest song that relates to me is New Girl - New Boyz ft. D&D. Especially the line:

How did she end up being caught up all in my world.
Cause now i just imagine baby you can be my new girl.
No jokes, no games im feeling you a whole lot.
I ran into you and no turns it was a road block.

Now as time passes by, I hope that someday the emotion I am feeling will become mutual. Till then, I am hoping for a happy ending..

New Girl - New Boyz ft. D&D

DJ Hero

I have a PS3, and I have recently purchased the game DJ Hero. It's a spinoff the Guitar Hero. In the game, you are the DJ who djs the music in a club playing various mixes that will make you bob your head to the beat. Various mixes that you would never think of hearing, such as I Want You Back - Jackson 5, My Name Is - Eminem, and H to the Izzo - Jay-Z. As the game progresses, you will be able to unlock various items (new DJ's, new tracks, new decks, new venues, ect). Some characters are Daft Punk and the late DJ AM. The game itself contains your own turntable, equipped with a crossfader, and an effects button. Also it has three buttons on the record itself (green, red, and blue). Also, if you're at a party and you want to play the music from DJ Hero; without playing the actual game, then you can activate the Auto-Play and your party will be singing/rapping/dancing along to the mix! All I have been doing since I got it was play all night. It's that addicting! I would give it 5/5. Although, the one thing I would change about it, is to create your own DJ. Other than that, it's a must buy game. Go out there and buy DJ Hero!!

Update (Visual Basic)

We are now tranisitioning from Turbo Pascal and starting into Visual Basic. Currently I have 56 visitors from this blog. If you are reading this, please refer my blog to others so I can pass ICT 12! The highest screen resolution so far is 1920x1200.

OLPC XO Laptop

Last year the students in this course held a fundraiser to buy two XO Laptops.
These laptops have been designed for use by students in third world countries.
They are given to students to take home where in some cases they might be the only source of light. The class kept one laptop and the other was donated to the OLPC Program.

The XO contains many innvoative features such as daylight visible screen, a flash drive, mesh networking, and a large collection of pre-installed software.