So this morning Aysia told me to look up this falling sand game. It's pretty much the best thing I have ever seen. Stuff (including sand, obviously) falls from the sky, and you can build walls and plant plants to create a level. Then you can set it on fire! Since she showed me the game, I can't stop playing it. It's just mesmerizing! So the ( Read more... )

So, for my cs215 class I had to write a report on a "web based topic". I kinda copped out and just wrote about some statistics I found on the Stats Canada website. I figure I'll post some of the statistics here and then talk about what really bothered me about them. Here goes:
Online Activities for ages 16-34 in Canada, 2007

Activity ( Read more... )

As I mentioned in class, I really like this textbook (or at least chapter one). Part of the reason I like it so much, is in addition to providing a ton of examples of the benefits of computers and technology, it uses this quote:

• "In a way not seen since Gutenberg's printing press that ended the Dark Ages and ignited the Renaissance, the microchip is ( Read more... )

I have to be honest, I am really not sure what I am supposed to be writing about in this blog. I guess that is the first thing I can talk about. As a student, I am a huge fan of rigid structure and guidelines. When I'm not sure what I am supposed to be doing, it makes me nervous. Therefore, I am pretty nervous about this whole blog assignment, ( Read more... )