Tech Article 9-20-13

A Space Cargo Ship Takes Flight

Orbital Sciences Corp. sent up their first unmanned cargo spacecraft into space on Wednesday off the coast of Virginia. This was a successful takeoff and it is now up in space. It carried about 1,500 pounds of cargo into orbit but is able to take up to 4,400 pounds of it. The use of sending this rocket was so that the space station could get cargo that they were in need of. This was the second of twelve scheduled flights under a $1.6 billion dollar contract. If you want to see the full article click here.

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Queen Elizabeth

 I have Mrs. Forsythe is my teacher for World History. She is so far very fun and energetic but who knows how long that will last. I expect to learn about a lot more history from Europe when Queen Elizabeth ruled. Also I would like to learn Africa's history and which country ruled and when they did. Her grading policy is as follows 40% for Tests and Quizzes, 40% for Projects, 10% for Homework, and 10% for Do Now's. A specific aspect of the class that I like is that we can learn about every aspect of these rulers lives. I will use technology in the class when we would us the cow. I hope I learn a lot of new things and not facts I already know. If you want to learn more about my teacher click here.

Tech Article 9/13/13

New I phone

The size of the 5s is the same as the 5 but if you get the very classy color which is the shiny gold shade. The 5c is the same size but it is made of plastic and can come in a lot more colors than just black gold or white. I prefer the glass I phone better than the plastic because I like the feel of the glass one more. The price is much different between the5c and the 5s.

September 11

What September 11 means to me is to respect and remember the lives that were lost on that day. I was only 3 years old but I can remember seeing it on tv but I had no idea what it really was. I hope another one of these never happens again.

Welcome Back

Welcome back to my third year in Web 2.0! Right now I am playing soccer for the high school JV team. My teacher is Mr. Porfido and has been for all three years. What I do in my free time is to play sports with friends.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
             
                              

Google maps puts apple maps to shame                                                                They did this by getting the google maps app in the App Store. The new app quickly got up to the top of the free aps list and defeated apple maps. Many just wanted something better than apple maps. Apple maps had bad navigation and terrible 3D graphics. Some were so bad that it made the world wide monuments look weird. Also there was broken roads and a satellite system that worked but you could only see the clouds. The good news is that google maps is amazing. The only flaw is about direction accuracy but everything else is spot on. Google maps has years of expierience and apple maps just came out. The worst part of apple maps is that the accuracy is terrible. It actually stranded a couple people in a dangerous area with no water. Overall I would go with google maps on this one.

Discussion Questions

                                                RSS Assignment Discussion Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?
3. Which sites were your favorites?
4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?
5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

1. I selected these sites because they seemed to be the most popular websites I knew about.
2. For most of them it was easy to find the RSS Feeds but for some of the sites it was really hard to find them.
3. The sites that were my favorites were my hobby sites as in the NBA sites.
4. Using RSS Feeds for sites you can use  them to give you summaries of the articles.
5. I probably won't be using RSS Feeds as often as I am now.