Comp viruses

My experience with computer viruses has not been extensive at all. Sure I have run into some of them, but most have been killed by my antivirus software. Some have made it by the software, but with a little bit of attention I was able to catch them and have the software isolate and destroy them. I have helped people whose computer has contracted a virus; some were so severely damaged by them that we had to do a complete system restart. That is why I try and keep my computer clean, and I think everyone else needs to learn how to do that also. All it takes is a little bit of diligence on the users part and they should be able to combat viruses that come along and keep their computers clean.

Picasa

I learned some interesting things about uploading images, like the fact that some programs require a lot of work to get working. Especially with the Picasa, there was a lot of fine-tuning that had to be done just to upload the files, but once it got working once, everything seemed to run smoothly after that. Also once I had gone through the process once, I was able to help other people set up their slide shows with ease. The only problem that I ran into that was technical was the fact that the servers are only running on one IP address, and Goggle was thinking that it was being spammed by the one IP, so it slowed down the computers.

Twitter, Its stupid.

I think twitter will stay with us as an internet community for a long while, though its popularity may die down. There will be a resolute group that will keep using it, but most people will stop after awhile, mainly because the celebs they are following will get bored with twitter. The celebs are the main reasons that twitter all the sudden became so popular, people got interested in what their favorite actors or musicians were doing, or supposedly doing. Some celebs were just posting random stuff on twitter to get a good laugh, like Ashton Cutchner. There really is no point to twitter for the mass public, its just the prissy celebs saying they went to Starbucks to get a flavored coffee. Now for other things a similar application might be useful for companies, like film makers.

Three Things

Fred, Fredrick(By mistake), Phoenix

Courtesy Clerk, Meat Clerk, Fuel station clerk

Las Vegas, Pahrump, Reno

Stargate SG-1, Star Trek, Lie To Me

Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, Colorado River

My Grandfather, Friend from a online game, The school

Pizza, Chinese Food, spaghetti

Camaro, Bronco, Buick

My Career, new games coming out this year, New software for game editing

Challenges

The challenges of the course have not been many, but the ones that have cropped up were hard. The main challenge for me has been trying to unlearn what I thought I knew about computers. I have discovered first hand that it is bad to not keep updated about current technology. Technology has advanced so much in just under a year that I barley knew how to use Microsoft Office when I turned on the computer. The basic knowledge I had about computers over the years has helped me not totally crash and burn, but I feel like I have just been on the edge of falling into the failing category. The operation on a computer I barley know, a Mac, has not helped me, but I feel like I can learn how to use one if I try hard enough.

Garage Band EOC week 3

I like to listen to all types of music, no matter the style. From classical all the way to heavy metal, as long as it has a good rhythm and beat. I enjoy a little bit of rap or hip-hop as long as it is not gangster or criminal in nature. I do enjoy more of the Heavy Metal type of music, it actually calms me down so I can do more work. With the power of Garage Band, on the Mac, I would have great power over the type of music I could create, and the program would be a major help to me because I am a game designer and freelance audio creator. With its power I can compose music for every different scenario in my games, and create different sound compositions for any of my audio projects. Also if I wanted to create any music for friends or myself the power of basically having an entire orchestra at hand will be very helpful. Also with Garage Band I can even try to create music that can compare with works made by the great composers. I believe even the most non music person can use the program and create works that would pass on the retail market.

Snap shot

I just made a snapshot of my desktop.