10/28/13

The part of my current computing set up at home that drives me insane is my WiFi connection. Some days its fine but most of the time it randomly disconnects me. I think its because we have 10 devices connected to 1 airport and i'm generally the farthest from the airport. Another thing that drives me insane is my phone. It is becoming slower and slower no matter what i do.

10/25/13

There is a French company, Optinvent, is trying to compete with Google Glass. Its display is directly in front of the users view, compared to Google Glass's display above the users line of sight. It runs on Android but the voice control isn't as good at google currently. They have recently announced that they will have the display on a hinge that allows the user to switch between "glance mode" and "augmented reality mode". They want to make it much smaller than it currently is.

10/24/13

Facebook's new privacy settings doesn't change much for teenagers. All it does is allow advertisers to target their audience better. The privacy update allows teenagers to make their profiles public. They are trying to keep up with other social media's privacy so they aren't the only ones that don't allow them to be public. This has caused many people to become wary although some support the change.

The article discusses an increase of cyber bullying and sexual exploitation due to the change. I don't think that either will increase the amount of either. Cyber bullying will generally happen between people who are "friends" on social media sites so this privacy change wont affect that. People who are susceptible to sexual exploitation would probably add anyone who offers a friend request anyways so this privacy change will not increase the amount of sexual exploitation.

10/4/13

The Constitution assignment was a very good test of understanding basic html. It had many different aspects of html including headings, paragraphs, formatting, links, and images. It was a legit learning assignment.