Post 6- Video Games

In the pair two readings its really incredible how both women using video games and gaming as a subject for promoting playing. Usually most people look down upon video games saying they do nothing but fry kids brains. Well both women have valid points in each article on how gaming can improve life skills and can help us solve world problems. I was skeptical about starting to read these because I am not a video game supporter myself. I personally think video games have no real-world relation whatsoever. It is simply solving a problem in a utopia, which is not the real world and in the real world you must step outside of your element. Video games not being one, in my opinion. I did enjoy intaking the knowledge from both though..

Blog Post 5 Option #1

The video I watched was Kwabena Boahen, and his idea of creating a new type of computer. This computer would not have standard 0,1 coding, but it will model a retna which is a part of the brain located in your eye that sends signals. The computer will work and process information like a brain. Kwabena's goal is to create something that he believes will create less work with the complexness of our brains. He also brings up that we need to put more "Africa" into computers. I love this because it means we need to have more meaning, enthusiasm and imagination in our works. The theme is about creating new technology that mocks humans. I learned alot of new things from this article, i never knew that a computer took information, put it through a network and spit information out. I thought it was alot more complex than that.

Blog Post 4 Random

To start off, I am getting used to my first year in college. I am alot younger than everyone else as it appears... I graduated early, so I graduated one above my original class. 2012 was my year, by choice. I thought it would be alot easier for me to really begin my life early. I started working alot more so I could save money to move and go to my dream school. Obviously being home at a State College wasnt my dream plan, and I am not complaining, just taking another route to get to where I want to be. I may not always make the right decisions, and this one may not workout but I usually don't make too dumb of mistakes. Or atleast I try not to. I am really happy with the choice I made to graduate early. I never fit in in highschool anyways, im not a big people person. I enjoy my small circle of friends and wouldn't trade them for the world. College is probably not my cup of tea either but we all know the vision of "college" has been beaten into our brains since we were old enough to say the word. I like to do my own thing, but I guess at some point we all fall into conformity somehow. I plan on being a business major, in the marketing field. Although I don't particularly like to be around alot of people, I am very personable and could hold a conversation for days. I feel marketing and business is a great way to utilize my personality, forcing me to bring out my inventive side and persuade people. Beginning my fall semester I am taking Macroeconomics, Computer Applications for Buisness, College Algebra and English Composition. My classes are fairly easy and alot better than highschool. My teachers are also pretty cool and it's kind of funny how most of my professors don't even know my name. I like it though. This headstart on life has really made me grow and was probably one of the smartest decisions in  my life.

Blog Post 3

In "Once More to the Lake" E.B. White describes his trip to the lake and the details of traveling to Maine, summer after summer with his father. He goes into minute detail in describing what he sees and feels. This journey that E.B. goes on every summer has turned into a chain reaction. White begins to start bringing his own son to the lake and letting him live through what he did as a child. Before he takes his son to the lake, he has no idea what to expect. White is now an adult and is curious if things have changed or how they look now. The theme of memory presents itself and how the writer goes back and remembers all the things that meant the most to him and he was afraid he might have forgotten about the little things. White goes into the five senses and is very specific. Sometimes you realize that you take things for granted. Things that are important and the little things that make you happy in life. I personally can relate because I used to go to North Carolina every November and now I never go. I go back and think about everything I missed and try to pick out details that went unnoticed. I can relate to this story in many ways and the fact that E.B's dad watched him go to the lake every summer, now White gets to see his experience his summer at the lake.