Summer

Dear Blog Readers...
So school is out- has been out for quite some time, and you won't believe what I've been doing. Absolutely nothing. Yes, my days have been spent not touring the world, or seeing fabulous things, but sitting by the beach and reading. Not to bad, but the water is so cold, I can't swim for fear of turning into a pop sickle. Honestly, I don't know what to do with myself, school is my life (nerdy, I know) and now that it's over, I don't know what I'm supposed to do. There are no projects, no homework, and no one to eat lunch with. Just me and the dogs. You go through the school year dreaming about all the sleeping in you'll do, and how you'll just "relax" everyday. But soon enough, relaxing becomes overrated. That happened to me after two days. So, I plan to pick up tons of extra shifts. Problem is, there's this new girl where I work, and my boss just gave her half of my shifts. SO what do i do now? I know the answer! apply for a second job at this wonderful store near my house, I hope they'll accept me! So readers out there. What are you planning to do? Nothing? I've done enough of that. Surfing the seas? I've surfed the internet. Waiting for something to happen? me too.

Dear John

So, we watched Dear John today in business class. It was an amazing movie- so far. I keep thinking to myself "please don't turn cheesey, please don't turn cheesey" I hate cheese. Dear John is a story about two people who fall in love over a period of 2 weeks. While the man, John, is a soldier in remote places, Savannah, the girl leads a normal life. Both of them correspond through many difficulties, eager to hear from eachother. The actors are so believable, it's like real life, except for the falling in love in two weeks part. I think that something terrible will happen soon, because so far there have been no major parts, or scenes that make me want to cry- and I've heard it's a sad movie. I've never seen it before, but I can already tell that it will have a great ending. I think the little boy who is attached to Savannah may play an important role later on in the movie (he's so adorable) If you haven't seen this movie before, see it now!

Top 100 websites

If you go too http://www.google.com/adplanner/static/top1000/ you can find the top 1000 websites. I'm not too sure if this is accurate, because if you notice, google isn't in the top 100. But surprisingly, random websites I've never heard of are! Question? How many of you out there use YouTube? Well, apparently not enough people use it, because it didn't make the top 300! And, wait for it.....Walmart.com is #150! A franchising machine. Tsk Tsk, I'm not sure where they got their data from, nothing is cited. If this was from the Canadian government, I may trust it, Rick Mercer- definitely. But, I was happy to see that nih.gov made the list, I use that website all the time. Take a look at this website, let me know what you think.

Parents and technology...not a good combination

Technology is taking over everything! Okay...maybe not everything, but it's becoming part of a lot of things. Including parenting. There have been several new apps for the ever popular iphones/pods that can make you the "best parent you could be". Or maybe not. I don't think that parents should rely on technology to discipline their children, because maybe sometimes, the app isn't right. Parents should learn to trust themselves, because when they are using technology, it isn't them who is parenting, but the app. True, they are administering it, but the child would see the countdown on the ipod/iphone, and feel that it is in control, not their parents. What ever happened to "sit in your room" or "no T.V for a week", things that parents could do themselves? Are parents so weak that they cannot parent for themselves? (not all parents <-generalization!)

Toy Story 3 will soon arrive!

Pixar is at the head of animation, they are absolute geniuses. Though they may suffer through the harsh critiques, they can always produce something amazing. People may think that their films are for children, but I've seen people of all ages laugh. You can see the hard work through the finished product. Go too http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/process_pixar/all/1 to find out all the hard work they go through, you will find that Pixar will never finsih making movies, with 24 awards, why would they?

Blackberry for the Blind

I think that it is about time someone came out with a cell phone for the blind. Blackberry has decided to be the one. RIM recently applied for a patent to support a Blackberry for the blind. You're probably thinking "how can a blind person use a cell phone, when they can't see the keyboard?" I thought this too, and when I went to http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/13/rim-working-on-a-blackberry-for-the-blind/
I found out how. Apparently, they have developed technology to allow the user to hear what button they have just pressed, using audio to communicate. So, instead of seeing the keys they press, the blind can now hear them. The following is a claim from the patent application. "A method for dialing a destination comprising the steps of:associate groups of more than one input key and buttons of a mobile device to define at least one input region whereby a keying from any key of a same input region defines a same input;associate auditory responses and actions for operating the mobile device to respective inputs received from input keys and buttons of the mobile device comprising the keys of the at least one input region, at least one of the input regions associated with actions to input a character from a respective set of characters for composing a destination for inputting into the device such that repeating an input from a same input region selects a different character from the respective set; andfor each input received from said input keys and buttons, performing the respective action and outputting the respective auditory response associated with each input thereby to dial a destination. " There is a program that allows blind people to read their e-mail, and it is called "shoutmail". You can adjust the voice so it doesn't actually "shout", it just transfers your e-mail to audio form.

How the Microsoft Views the World in 2019

It wasn't too long since the thought of a computer seemed unbelievable, or even that television could be possible. And yet here we are in 2010, marveling at what could possibly come next. Our society is always trying to get the best, and to improve what we already have. If you think technology is already everywhere, take a close look at what Microsoft thinks of our future. If you go to http://pogpog.com/v/the-world-in-2019-according-to-microsoft/, you can see one amazing videos by one of the top corporations-Microsoft. Considering the astounding technologically advanced ideas in this video, I can't help but wonder what will become of Apple and other computer corporations. I think that by posting this video, Microsoft has a lot to live up to, can they surpass Apple's efforts? We shall all have to wait until 2019, when maybe iPods, iPads, and cellphone watches will be a thing of the past. It wasn't too long ago that my mom was flabbergasted by the replacement of the typewriter with a keyboard and mouse. Will that happen to me in the next generation? Will what appears to be impossible today, be a thing of the past tomorrow? Are we just moving too fast, that we may stumble? I will let you know in 2019.