Project and end of the year

Michael and I are done with our project. I think. It was the most frusterating we have done in this class all year, but hopefully we get a good grade. I honestly think we deserve it. I cannot wait till the first day of summer. I will play nonstop games of FIFA on manager mode and then come to the ESD field hockey field and play a huge soccer game with all my friends.

Chick-fil-A

So today for advisory lunch Trevor is bringing some Chick-fil-A for lunch. I'm pretty excited for my cookies and cream oreo shake along with the massive platter of delecious chicken. I had a big breakfast just now but thats not holding me back.

Project

So far Michael and I are pretty much done with the index/home page of our website. We still have a lot more to do, but we're making progress quickly. We still have to create the individuals for everyone in the 2nd period flash class. We're on a good pace and should be done in time.

CSS

So we have been doing some Dreamweaver stuff in web design and i really like it. It's so much easier than HTML coding in notepad/wordpad. It's very convenient that you can change many pages just from one CSS code.



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Project

So far me and Michael's project is comming along smoothly. We just scetched our draft on paper and its looking good. Here is a little update on what we are doing: We just e-mailed the 2nd period animation class and asked them what their top 3 favorite games they have made are. Michael and I are going to post each students top 3 favorite games on our website, so everyone has access to them. We will have a link to each person's name and then once you click on the student's name, their will be a link to his favorite 3 games he/she has created.

quinceanera

Sydney Narvaez's quinceanera is this Saturday. theres going to be around 200 kids so the party will be insannee. I'm really excited for the party and will be sure to dance to the max.

Project

I'm not totally sure on what I am going to do for m project, but here is a list of teachers and ideas I'm thinking doing: Mrs. goudy - Animcation class
Mr. Salz - A page for our advisory
Mr. Azi - A page for the French Club
Mme Kharrat - For French I

I think I'm am going to do a webpage for Mrs. Goudy's animation class and post what they have been working on.

4. Money aside, which of these individuals would you prefer to work with or for? Why?

If I had to pick between working for Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, I would probably want to work for Bill Gates. From the looks of the movie Bill Gates seemed a lot more laid back unlike Steve Jobs. He never raised his voice and screamed while Steve Jobs constantly disrespected his employees and shouted horrible things to them. Bill Gates would be more respectful and more helpful. Bill would help me to understand the problem and explain to me how to approach it while Steve Jobs would become frustrated and take it out on me or simply just fire.
I also believe Bill Gates is a more intelligent businessman than Steve Jobs. I believe Bill Gates is more successful and working for Bill would be a huge honor. I would probably be more appreciated working for Bill than if I were to work with Steve Jobs. Bill Gates understands how the world works. Bill Gates is very quick on his feet and can make great decisions quickly. This is another example of how much better of a business man Bill gates is than Steve Jobs. In the movie Steve Jobs screamed at Bill Gates for stealing his software and Bill Gates quickly improvised to Steve Jobs and explained that Microsoft was not stealing from Apple even know they were. Bill Gates is overall a more kind and more clever person than Steve Jobs is. That is why I would prefer to work for Bill Gates over Steve Jobs. That’s why Bill Gates was once the wealthiest man on Earth for a long period of time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP5VIhbJwFs

Table

So I just finished my tables project early and I feel like I did pretty well on it. I'm glad i finished early now I have more time to write some blogs.

Proboscis Monkeys

I did my tables project on Proboscis Monkeys. They are very strange animials. Their noses are massive. I am interested in how their noses get so large. I looked it up and it is seen that the big nose is thought to be used to attract females and is a characteristic of the males, reaching up to 7 inches in length. The females also have big noses compared to other monkey species, but not as big as the males. Besides attracting mates, the nose serves as a resonating chamber, amplifying their warning calls. When the animal becomes agitated its nose swells with blood, making warning calls louder and more intense.I just can't beleive how big their noses are!

Human

I've been pretty stressed already this week. I've been sick and I have a huge test tomorrow that I haven't started studying with. The song Human by the Killers is very relaxing though. Makes me feel a lot less stressed. You should check it out.

Tables

I am extremely confused with tables. I'm slowly understanding it day by day, but since I was absent Tuesday, I missed A LOT! Hopefully I can finish the assignment on time. We go really fast in this class, so i might have to work on it at home...

MEEEEEXXXXIIIICCCCOOOOO

Tomrrow I am leaving for Puerto Vallerta with Trevor. We are leaving at 1:30 and I'm not going to school. Im extremely excited to go to Mexico and whale watch and zipline through the rainforests. The most exciting thing will be throwing the frisbee on the beach and just chilaxing on the beach sand. I hope its hot and the water isn't too cold.

Struggling

There has been two things I have been struggling with in Web Design. Understanding hexidecimals were extremely confusing, but then Ms. Goudy made it much more clear. She explained it to me and now I feel like i understand hexiidecimals a lot better. Also uploading all my files into filezilla is a bit confusing. I keep going on the internet and my webpage is comming up different than it is on my folder. Hopefully I will get it soon though.

Optical Illusions

We've all had our days when we've been extremely bored and can't think of anything to do. Well I had one of those days last weekend when I was with my friend Joe. We couldn't think of anything to do. There were some ideas, but everything just sounded boring. After a while we thought of an idea of looking at optical illusions to kill some time. We went online and found a great optical illusion website. Some of them are just so crazy. They are all very entertaining. There is now a cure for boredome.

About Optical Illusions: An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. There are three main types: literal optical illusions that create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological ones that are the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, tilt, color, movement), and cognitive illusions where the eye and brain make unconscious inferences.


Here is the great website we visited(VERY entertaining!): http://www.123opticalillusions.com/

Color Choice with Blind People

When making a webpage I never really thought that I had to be a little cautious so blind people may be able to read my websites. Now that I see the difference I find it extremely vital to make a webpage in which color blind people may access and read without a problem. After visiting the website below I finally understand how color blind see web pages and how difficult it is to read some things. Just put in a website and see what it looks like in a color blind person's vision!

http://colorfilter.wickline.org/

Sadies

As much as I always wanted to go to a Cowboys and Indians party, I don't think I'm going to go to the Sadies dance. It doesn't seem like it will be fun. Instead I will hang out with some friends and go to another party.

Image and Link

This week we've been learning about putting pictures and links.I understand most of it, but I was struggling with putting a picture as a link. Mrs. Goudy came and helped me and turns out i forgot to end the picture name with a ". So now my picture works and everythings good. I'm still a little nervous about the quiz on Monday.

NBA All-Star Game

On Sunday, I went to my friend Matthew Wheeler's house with Trevor Elrod Together we watched the NBA All-Star game and ate a bunch of pasta and potstickers. During halftime of the All-star game we went outside and played a basketball game called 21. We each won a game and then Trevor cheated and won the last game. We went in and then back out and Trevor's stomach started to "hurt"... so we went back in. Once i went in I had a lot of food and desserts.

Cell-Phone For School

I use my cell phone for many school related things. Recently i just bought an app called gFlashPro. With this app I can make notecards with sounds, pictures, words, and videos. I mostly use it for vocab and world cultures. I've uploaded a map of Asia, so now i can identify the countries while lying on my bed. It makes things easier for me, so that i can get more accomplished and get better grades on my test.

Picture Lesson

Right now, I'm a bit confused with our lesson on pictures. I don't undderstand how to make my logo smaller on my home page. I have it on but it takes up nearly half the page. I also am trying to figure out what to write about fiile sizes for the different types of images. Hopefully I'll understand this more as we go along and get everything done in time.

Make-up for Snow Day

Today I woke up and got ready for school. Once i was ready to leave my parents told me that since it was snowing I didn't have to go to school. So i went back to bed and slept in till 9:30a.m. Around 9:45 my friend Thomas, who was also out of school, called me to see if i could come over. So I went over to his house and saw a bunch of my friends. We had a massive snowball fight with forts and bunkers. After a couple of hours we were getting bored of snowball fights so thought of another game to play in the snow. We were playing in a big field so we thought of the idea to play capture the flag. We split up the teams and put a tree branch as the flag on each side of the field. The rules were if you got hit with a snowball you have to go to the opponents side and wait to be tagged by a teammate. You could win by getting everyone on the other team out by hitting them with snowballs or by taking their flag and bringing it back to your base. It was one of the funnest days I've had off during the school year. I hope it snows again soon.

What Makes a Good Logo

What makes a good logo? Well there are many reasons why logos are remembered. The five main principles that you must follow when creating a logo. These five principles are to make sure your logo is:
» Simple
» Memorable
» Timeless
» Versatile
» Appropriate

Simple Logos:Simple logos are often easily recognized, incredibly memorable and the most effective in conveying the requirements of the client.

Memorable Logos:Ultimately, the only mandate in the design of logos, it seems, is that they be distinctive, memorable, and clear.

Timeless Logos:An effective logo should be timeless – that is, it will stand the test of time. Will the logo still be effective in 10, 20, 50 years?

Versatile:An effective logo should be able to work across a variety of mediums and applications. For this reason a logo should be designed in vector format, to ensure that it can be scaled to any size.

Appropriate:How you position the logo should be appropriate for its intended purpose. For example, if you are designing a logo for children’s toys store, it would be appropriate to use a childish font & colour scheme. This would not be so appropriate for a law firm.


This is just one example of a great logo. IT follows all the requirements above and is appropriate for what they are attracting, children.


The Coca-Cola logo is such a brilliant logo. It is so simple, yet so creative and eye catching. Unlike othre company logo's the Coca-Cola logo is timeless and hasn't changed since 1885!

Web Design

At first I thought web design was a bit confusing. We go a little bit too fast but this way we will be able to cover more things. It's difficult to make a webpage at first with all the different codes, but once you see your work on the internet it inspires you too keep making more and making them better. I was so excited to complete my first website and see it online, off and running. I wasn't to excited to make my first blog, but after I finished I looked back at it and found it fun to see what i did that day. My blogs bring back good memories with friends and family and I love to look at them when I'm bored. Overall I'm very happy to be in Web Design, and so far it has been the best elective i have taken here at ESD.

Game Time

Today is a day of non-stop basketball. I have a game at 4:30 against All Saints. It's our last home game so it's a big win if we can pull it off. After my game me and my buddy Trevor are making jerseys for thevarsity basketball team. Once we're done we are going to watch the game. When the game is over I am going to go home and watch the Dallas Mavericks basketball game at 7:30.