Assignment Five

http://upitt04-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=22

Muddiest Point for 10/27

No muddiest point this time. Though I'm still wondering about the difference between Google and Yahoo.

Readings for 10/27

HTML- I alright knew some bits of HTML like < b > makes a break in the paragraph and makes text italic. Once you get the hang of it HTML isn’t that difficult and is kinda fun to use.

CSS- Rather confusing especially without having a grasp on HTML. If you mess up one thing then the text doesn’t work. Also there are so many factors you have to know to get it to display what you want. It’s annoying, but something that can be worked on.

HTML Cheatsheet- Really helpful to have. I actually printed out a copy to keep on hand.

Comments for 10/20

http://jennchaney.blogspot.com/2009/10/assignment-4-jingflicker.html#comments

http://knivesnmatches.blogspot.com/2009/10/assignment-4-jing.html#comments

http://knivesnmatches.blogspot.com/2009/10/1020-readings.html#comments

Assignment 4 Jing

My video is for the game Left 4 Dead. It is a zombie apocalypse game where you and three other survivors have to face hordes of zombies to get to safety. After multiple attempts to get screen videos of gameplay I had to rely on the trailer. This trailer shows all the main characters and the "specials" or special types of zombies- i.e. a witch, smoker, hunter, and tank.

http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/d6de57a6-e79a-4ef4-856a-abe819559011


The game title shot:
http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/98706632-43a5-40d7-9b99-6d95a743095a
"Special" Zombies
Smoker:
http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/d1efa0fa-2abd-4902-b4c5-66cde61d018e
Boomer:
http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/482bc5c4-1e95-4e26-86d8-375d9f43f0ae
Tank:
http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/88ba5b92-641d-405a-bac9-404a6fc35ba9
Witch:
http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/d10cceab-f51c-41c6-9cb1-97b86e230c75
Hunter:
http://www.screencast.com/users/rcannon/folders/Jing/media/fef7f38d-2368-4969-b5c7-993193814176

Previous Comments

Unit 5:
http://knivesnmatches.blogspot.com/2009/10/readings-for-oct.html?showComment=1255285439331#c6416821441788602337

Assignment 2:
http://jennchaney.blogspot.com/2009/09/assignment-2-digitalization.html#comments

Muddiest Point

What is the difference between Yahoo! and Google? Is one better than the other one?

Comments for Unit 6

http://jennchaney.blogspot.com/2009/10/week-7-reading-notes.html?showComment=1255285027221#c7923214548701641666

http://ken-tsukuda.blogspot.com/2009/10/unit-6-comuter-networks-wireless.html?showComment=1255285156132#c8295865212606196428

10/20 Readings

Dismantling Integrated Library Systems: People today are spoiled with their instant responses of information. Because of this, people are impatient and become frustrated when it takes more time then they expected to receive this information. It is also hard to fit to one system of classification, it either takes too much time, too much money, or the librarians are so set in their ways that they don’t want to change.

How Internet Infrastructure Works: Jeff Tyson says that, “One of the greatest things about the Internet is that nobody really owns it.” While that may be true, people do own their own spots, especially if money is involved. Most people own the information they put up, like personal artwork and so it is copyrighted. I also find binary to be fascinating! Two numbers can make up complete sentences! DNS servers sound just like the firing of neurons in the brain.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: I actually only recently became a fan of google. Before that I really relied on Yahoo! Because it was what I was used to. I still use both of them, especially if one doesn’t give me the results I want, then the other one does. I also enjoy google’s sense of humor. For example, type into google: ‘worst band in the world’ and it will give you like three pages then supply the results for the band Creed.

Assignment Three

Had a lot of trouble with this assignment. It slowed my computer down a lot.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/rcannon

Readings for Oct 6

Computer Networking: I never really thought about it, but the libraries of Allegheny County are part of a network called eiNetwork. It allows all the Allegheny libraries (81 libraries excluding Monroeville) to access each other's collection and order from it.
Local Area Network:
Also I've done LAN parties a couple of times with my brother, but never really had any idea what they are. This article helped explain that. It's rather neat to see how like twenty computers can interact together in game form with LAN parties. It actually seems really simple to do.

Muddiest Point

I have no muddiest point this week.