Captains Blog Stardate 02062012 If You Could Vote Blog

After reading the article about president Obama's comments, I feel sympathy for him. It his true that the way our government is set up makes change difficult. This still doesnt mean that it is impossible to change things. There are a few things Obama has done, such as the health care bill and repealing don't ask don't tell. I don't agree with his statement that "things get better as time goes on". This is an important job, and you need to be prepared from it when you run for election. If I could vote, I'd vote to re-elect Obama, mostly because he's the lesser of two evils. I would much rather have him than any of the republican candidates.

Links
Here's the White House's page about president Obama.

Here's a link to a page about the Republican Candidates in this year's election.

My Comment On Robbie's Blog!

Captains Blog Stardate 2022012 Self Direction

I am keeping myself on track by working hard everyday. It can be distracting at times, having the entire internet at my fingertips while I should be working, but most days I stay on task.

The Entire Internet!

 My partner and I do not have a timeline, but that is a good idea. I will consult with her about creating one. The hardest part of self direction is staying on task.



Here's an article on how to stay on task.

Here's my comment on Robbie's blog!

Captains Blog Stardate 1292012 Les Miserables

I bet alot of you thought I would blog about Star Trek, seeing as that's the main focus of my blog and wiki. Well, you would be wrong! As much as I love Star Trek, right now I'm on a Les Miserables kick.

For those of you who aren't experts in classic french literature or Broadway musicals, Les Miserables is a french novel written by Victor Hugo in the 1800s. Then in the 1980s two french gentlemen by the names of Claude Michel Schonberg and Alain Boubil created a musical based on the novel. Sadly musical theater isn't that popular in france. Luckily an english theater producer named Cameron Macintosh saw the show and thought "Hey, I bet london audiences would really love this". He was right! Himself, the original French writers, and 2 English directors (Trevor Nunn and John Caird) adapted the musical into English. That was over twenty five years ago. Today the show is still playing 8 shows a week in london, two televised concerts have been performed, it was a smash hit on broadway (although it closed on broadway in 2003), it is currently touring the USA, and a movie version of the musical (starring Hugh Jackman and Russel Crowe) will be released later this year.

Here's one of the songs from Les Miserables (This is the tenth anniversary concert cast)

This is a picture from either the current USA tour or the recently ended UK tour.

 The both were very similar.

 I apologize if I got some of the facts wrong. Believe it or not I wrote most of that from memory.

My Comment on Caitlin's blog.

Captains Blog Stardate 1292012 Rich Blogs

When I first saw the title "Rich Blog" I thought it meant a Blog with a lot of money. When I realized that wasn't what it was I thought it was a Blog run by Richie Rich, as played by MacCauley Culkin in the 1994 movie "Richie Rich".

Poster For The Film

Ok, now I'm going to get serious. A rich blog is a blog that thoroughly explains its topic, and gives outside sources, and pictures relating to said topic. Here's a link to a website explaining how to write a good blog.

My comment on caitlin's blog.

Captains Blog Stardate 01192012 Sopa and Pipa

NOTE: The text of this blog was written before these bills were postponed, please keep this in mind.

SOPA and PIPA are bills that are currently going before the United States House and Senate. SOPA is the House Bill and PIPA is the Senate Bill. SOPA stands for Stop Internet Piracy Bill and PIPA stands Prevent Internet Piracy. They are both (as the names suggest) trying to stop piracy. While I agree with trying to stop piracy, these bills are very poorly designed. Instead of stopping piracy, they restrict individual freedom. In it's current form, the bill allows corporations to make a claim that a site infringes their copyright, and the entire site can be pulled from the Internet. This means if someone illegally posts an episode of Star Trek to YouTube, all of YoutTube could get pulled from the internet, not just the infringing material. A good way to stop piracy is to simply remove the violating material from the internet, but not innocent sites.

Links

Here's a link to wikipedia's page on SOPA.

Here's a link to wikipedia's page on PIPA.

My comment of Garret's Blog.

Here's a picture of soap, this is what you will find if you type misspell SOPA on a google image search.

Captains Blog Stardate 01172012 My Thoughts About This Class

I think this class is a good class. It teaches us things about computers while allowing us to be creative. My perception of this class has changed, in that I have realized how difficult flash is.

No, I Dont mean that Flash.

That Flash!

 Although I knew it would be a challege, it is much harder than I imagined. I think this class is hard, but in a way that I enjoy the challenge. I really like how in globaloria, we continually work on the same project all year. It allows us to perfect it. I really dislike learning logs. It's just a small thing to do, but it takes up so much time.

My comment of Robbie's Blog!

Captains Blog Stardate 4012012 My Christmas Blog

I enjoyed my holiday break very much! On Christmas Eve, I tracked Santa Claus's flight around the world with this website. Christmas day I woke up, and opened presents with my parents and my brother. My favorite present was a Muppet Whanot. A whatnot is a customizeable Muppet. You can order your own here!

Here's an exampe of a Whatnot.

 Later on christmas day I visited my family in beckley. There I saw my Grandmother, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Half Sisters. While we were there we ate food and opened more presents. The next day my brother and half sisters and I went to the mall. Using a gift card, I got the soundtrack to my favorite Broadway Musical Les Miserables! Here's a link to some of the music from Les Miserables

This is Actor/Singer Alfie Boe (here's his website) playing the lead in Les Miserables

The next day we visited my family in Indianapolis. Whilst I was in indianapolis I went to see the Indianapolis Civic Theater's Production of "Willy Wonka". Here's the website for the Indianapolis Civic Theater! It was based on the classic film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".

The Poster For The Movie it's Based On

It was a very enjoyable 2 weeks! I commented on SamLGW's blog.