(Pre.Script. I never explain to you what Value P is,
get curious and do some exploring once in awhile why don’t you)
Walker Percy’s short essay entitled ‘The Loss Of The Creature’ was a remarkable yet difficult text for me to get through. While I was enthralled by the points I was able to understand, I was [...]
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I have become very interested in a point that is mentioned in an article by Sherry Turkle entitled: “Video Games and Computer Holding Power”. In her piece, Turkle discusses the experience you feel when you are playing a video game and are so into it that you can’t tear yourself away from it and you [...]
**I do realize that ‘Curriculartornessly’ is not a real word. I was just trying to add some pizzazz to my blog title to grab your attention ok?!?!**
Let us delve into the concept of curriculum, shall we? The word curriculum has its etymological roots in Latin words related to “course” and “career” (apparently). This gives me [...]
“Try It Again.” This infamous (or not) line uttered by one fictitious character named Selden Bishop in Clifford D. Simak’s short story entitled “Immigrant”, in which Selden encourages one of his peers to “Try It Again” after she unknowingly uses her mind powers to stop a glass in mid air from shattering onto the floor. [...]
What does it mean to capture something with a cell phone camera? Instant gratification? Mobility? Convenience? Simplicity? Why am I so fascinated by such a simple camera? (although in theory not quite so simple because I am still baffled as to how digital photography works, I mean really, it is amazing).
Perhaps I enjoy it so much [...]
Yes, I Would Like To Get Your Combination Special Please.
Published July 4th, 2007 in Uncategorized. 4 CommentsThere is an idea/concept/speculation trend that I have noticed since the first new media studies class. What I have picked up on is this: It seems to be that more would get accomplished if we simply worked together by pooling our collective knowledge to figure something out (I am using the word “our” in a [...]
Who Left This Yogert In The Bathroom This Morning?
Published July 3rd, 2007 in Uncategorized. 4 CommentsReally? ‘Cause who eats yogert in bathrooms anyway?
So as usual, my magnificent blogging ideas have sufficiently diminished since returning home from class because most of them have left my head already (which is sad so because I had such high hopes).
I guess the main points that stood out to me the most from class today, centralized around the concepts of insight, and [...]
Well let me preface this a little bit by stating that I am not much of a blogger. I have only written two blogs in my entire life time *gasp* ! Since I am in a sense, a n00b at this blogging business I am not entirely sure what I should be writing about, and [...]