Lecture
In the interest of using open software, I have been learning HTML in another course and since I’ve begun to excel in this, I have considered creating my own web-site and this knowledge has intrigued me even more. You don’t need to mess around with all that copyright jazz! You can just use a Creative [...]
Primer
Based on a couple of guys (Hackers) that develope a time machine. This fast paced, fast talking American movie was worth about 6 out of 10 in my rankings. It all goes wrong in the end as they plan to travel into the future to gain stock and shares listings to then travel back and become mega rich. [...]
Today’s tutorial task was to learn some basic steps with the Microsoft Word mail merge function. Here is a list of problems and solutions during this exercise;
Exercise 3; adding a page number at the foot of the page was a simple task, only that its normal format is 12 font sizes. The task specifically states [...]
There is a reading from lecture 4 that has inspired me more to explore the affects of cyberspace, the virtual 3D world;
Cyberspace
“A working definition of cyberspace might be: A conceptual space where words, relationships, data, wealth and power are manifested by people using Computer Mediated Communication technologies. Is it a ‘consensual hallucination’ or another form of reality? [...]
eXistenZ
This movie talks virtual gaming to its limits! Shame about Jude Law’s stupid looking gun though! I’ll give this 7 out of 10 as it did keep me interested all the way through. The movie was interesting in the sense that you sometimes couldn’t distinguish which was the real world and the virtual… except for [...]
Summary on the lecture
Along with the lecture content, I’ve had a think about the following questions;
• How are games virtual worlds?
Virutal worlds are non-tangible enviroments that are designed to phycologicaly convince us to think outside of our excistence. For example, making friends with people weve never met before. Or even walk around a place that [...]
Sailing through the Panama Canal has to be a pretty slow and unconventional way to pass through a country!! This was taken from a friends camera and I’m not sure of the model.
I enjoy my summer walks along Nobby’s Beach. Taken from my Canon Finepix S5500.
Here is my little friend Oscar… Very cute!!!! Taken with [...]
Alphaville
A black and white science fiction movie representing the distopia in another planet in the future. I didn’t look very futuristic to me though, but what do you expect as it was made in the 60’s!! I like the trench-coat too, very imaginative and futuristic!! The hero caled himself a Guadalcanal veteran.
After brainstorming a variety [...]
La Jetee is a 1962 black and white science fiction film by Chris Marker. About a post-nuclear-war experiment in time travel, using a series of optically printed photographs. No dialogue and only narration. It tells the story of
Paris after world war 3, living underground in the Palais de Challot galleries. They try to send someone [...]
I have never had a friend on the internet that I’ve never met in person. I’m very choosy of friendships and would need to meet them in person first.
As for keeping in touch with my friends on the net, I use it all the time and find it absolutely fantastic as i’ve been living overseas for over 7 years.
This [...]
