Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Make A Cardboard Chair (impossible....)

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6757125_make-cardboard-chairs-glue.html

The 1st link:
          shows how to make a simple cardboard chair design. The design is simple but is still sturdy enough to hold an actual person. You use the cardboard to make every feature of the chair. The sitting area the back and the legs. It even show places on where to put the support which will also be made by cardboard. The website gives simple designs and instructions on how to make it. It makes it look like a short process and along with that not much work is put into it. The design consists on cutting folding and measuring. Once the whole process is done it would be able to hold an actual person. The design also provides slots so you could just slide the pieces in that fit and it would hold without struggle. Not that much cardboard is involved in making the whole thing and it could be done in maybe an hour or less.

Friday, January 13, 2012

First EQ's

1-09-12
-Describe what a blog is.
  • A site in which people express their thoughts,feeling, & opinions in posts. It can either be private or public.However,most are public.

1-11-12
-Explain the difference betwwen a new blog and a new post.
  • A new blog is a whole page or website. A new post is placed on your blog
1-13-12
-Define & give examples of a hyperlink.

The Blog Life

Making a blog isn't really things that i do since i am usually not into social networks so starting a blog didn't really interest me in the beginning. We had to create a blog with the same basic information just like signing up for anything else. Then i began to realize I might just give this whole blog thing a chance. I wasn't all excited about it all but learning i could change the whole thing to my liking made it a bit better for me. When i started creating the blog i found out the blog is primarily used for assignments and work that is asked to be done. Then again the blog could also be used to have a little social life too so i found that a little interesting. I find that being more having a more social part in work can make things a bit more "exciting" for some students. The fact is this whole blog thing that we are doing, to me it just doesn't feel like an actual blog. It just feels like work that you can type up and send to your teacher fast so we could be more active in work. Granted this blog does make some work much easier to do other than writing it and making sure your keep a neat clean piece of paper to turn in. So to me there are good things and there are bad about having a blog. I still find them not for me and a bit tedious but since its work i have no other choice to do it. I prefer this way more than the other any way.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly blog

The thing about posting is that you have to know that there are certain standards, believe it or not. And those standards need to be met at a certain extent. There are Good ways to blog and there are also some Bad ways you might want to avoid as well. The thing about having a blog is that you need to keep things simple so that things aren't so complicated for any one else who might be interested on looking at your blog. You should make things simple referring to links, and for a background it shouldn't be too distracting for the viewer or make it impossible for them to read from it. If you do have a blog those you should at least try your hardest to make it simple, but not boring either. If you have links on your blog the shouldn't be so complex that no one can find what they are looking for or has a hard time doing it. It shouldn't take a whole hour to load up a page because if it does that means you might have too much unnecessary extras on your page. Another thing about having a page is the style of it everything shouldn't be mixed and unfitting to everything else. Like if your try to look professional and you have a times new roman font, the every where else you might have all these big crazy letters or giant toggles that make things confusion or just makes you page look unappealing. I mean every ones blog might need a little bit of help but having things confusing and what might look appealing to you doesn't help.


Glider Project

The Glider project was a good project, it was interesting rebuilding a glider. We got the chance to learn the building process of building certain objects. We also learn what it take to build objects. We learned the history of the glider and even the building process of making a glider. Making the glider was the part that i enjoyed the most. We were able to include a little bit of our own creative editorial to make it easier for us. We had to lso make sure we checked the measurements and made sure the were all equal. Make sure the size of the wings were the same. Even make sure that the positioning of the toothpicks were correct and secure. Out of all the others I think i might have enjoyed this one the most. 

Monday, January 9, 2012

Blogging....

Blogging to me is basically what you want to say to let other people know what you are feeling. telling others whats on your mind or just to say things that might catch others interest. It could also be a quick way to tell someone something or spread the news to everyone. The thing is people see it in different ways and the feel that it might be used for different purposes. To many there is no direct reason or purpose fir a blog at all. It is just another network social site to entertain the younger minds. A blog is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries or posts typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. Blogs are usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often are themed on a single subject. Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.