Reading Pop Candy: unwrapped pop culture’s hip and hidden treasures, by Whitney Matheson one observes a professional eye and pen. I liked the way she opens her blog with a story of computers that sometimes work and other times let us down. She grasped my attention with her bit of reality on our hectic, technologically centered world.
Her story started with a reference to Battlestar Galactica which is one of my favorite T.V. shows. She was short and to the point on the little information she had but was correct in that it is not as popular as say the Stargate series. There was no long discussion on the show; just a statement and she moved on. Her objective is to give information rather than analyze which is appropriate for the fast media culture we live in.
Whitney appears to know how to wet our appetite with the tidbits of what the scene is and go on to the next topic. From the drama filled Sci-Fi of Battlestar Galactica to the drama filled horrors of Stephen King she is able to keep us, the reader, connected and flowing smoothly with all her ideas. Instead of having to read short interviews of what he thought or what was his next big publishing she told us what he was wearing. She kept it light and non intellectual.
I could have enjoyed a little more narrative on Stephen Colbert, but that’s just because im a pretty big fan! Apparently as his fame increases his time gets more valuable. Her Blog is appealing and enticing due to her crisp writing style and her gift in knowing how to give enough information for people on the move. Her style plus her connections to our pop culture media allows her to be in the know.
The conventions she uses on both sides of her text transport the reader to very different places and other information on her site. It is effective because it is simple and easy to follow. Her many link and text links allow for an enriching dimension to her stories. The only things a bit difficult to follow were the links on the left hand side. They were too small and confusing to make out. The Links on the right side of the page were reputable advertisers so she must have a large audience. Her readers are in their late teens and early twenties so I had a problem with AARP add.
I appreciate the way she ends her Blog with a list of one liner’s. Perfect for the person on the move to get the odd tidbits of information on the media world and the world. What would we be without knowing what they had for breakfast, who they are dating and what movie’s their working on. I just don’t know if I could get through my whole day without such valuable information.
In review she has an exciting Blog and must be very appealing to a certain segment of the Blog population. I like the way it is short, precise and to the point on whatever topic she is writing about. I enjoyed the Blog but would have enjoyed other topic and issues. Her presentation is attractive because it is simple, the color white gives the feeling of a professional page as it is easy to read and follow. The main critical aspect is the size of the links on the left side of the page. The text could also be a bit larger for an easier read.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Audi
The first time I saw the Audi S4 sitting alone in the parking lot, it overpowered my feelings with its shapely design, smooth lines and graceful style. I quickly came to learn that this Audi is an impact vehicle that lives up to its reputation, and capacity for performance and speed. Its neat packaged presentation appears small but it has the punch of a powerful automobile. White in color with a smooth running back and sleek front, it hugs the ground with its lowered suspension and from a distance it appears as an evil beast on the prowl. The first object that attacks the viewer’s eye is the Audi rings on the front grill. It speaks silently a message of prestige, yet it looks as if it is an Olympic symbol for world unity. Each time I see this symbol, it says, this car is welcome any where on the face of the earth. Its small size gives the immediate impression of personal control over it while avoiding the bulky feel of a larger automobile. The 17inch Pro Racing wheels punctuate its sides with awareness that it is in itself movement of speed and force. Five spokes reaching out to four thin tires like the North Star giving balance and grip to the road. One does not have to fret on a cold and icy morning as to a secure and safe reaching of their destination; with “Quattro All Wheel Drive”, it is a reliable vehicle. The front lights on its fender provide a well designed pattern that fits into its body as if it born naturally like that. Vehicles lights on many cars appear as after thoughts stuck for convenience on a car but not so for the Audi. It appears as if one were observing a perfect evolutionary mechanization of mechanical perfection.
The inside is as perfect as its exterior for class and comfort. There is a personal “joy” in driving such a car where its headboard lights up as if the fourth of July. A dim red hue; contrasted by a vibrant bold blue emitting from the dash stereo system, gives the driver a calm relaxed mood. Lights provide interior visibility but never an interference with outside observation. Seats are not merely bucket seats but comfort armchairs where one simply sinks into another dimension. The driving body feels as if the seat was ready made like a suit of cloths. Tinted windows allow the driver a sense of motorway privacy where one can see the other but the other can not see the driver.. It may be over describing it but it feels as if this may be the divine attribute of omnipresence; its power is all present yet invisible. The appearance is styled to perfecting both on the outside and the inside. The driver becomes one with the comfort of one’s senses and it is truly an exhilarating experience. There are many and varied functions that went into the consoles for the driver’s comfort and control. Designs such as, controls for the stereo and overdrive on the steering wheel, automatic climate control, even the tiptronic transmission, which blend the manual and automatic transmissions as a sacred unity. The finalizing sense is its stereo system with two 10inch subwoofers placed in the trunk. To know and feel ones body vibrating not because of defects in an old engine but to the rhythms of a musical beat.
The Audi; known for its safety record because it
contains front, side, and in seat airbags in case of any accident. It also offers a security in its capacity to get from point A to B in the least time possible and within legal restrictions. To know that one can get into the Audi and drive from Denver to New York and still arrive safely with no concerns for engine or tires is a comforting feeling. It is a secure feeling to know that you have a reliable means of travel when movement is necessary. To cap its wonderful descriptions is the “Quattro All Wheel Drive” where concern for weather or change of seasons has little negative effects upon its travel. It is an automobile balanced in exterior and interiority but divinely rewarded by the stability and performance of its engine. It is a jigsaw miracle that fits perfectly together in performance and in handling by its driver.
It does have drawbacks that affect its ownership. It is a four seated car but questions the size of the people that can fit into the back seats. I feel the back seat was made for two leprechauns and not two grown people. It is uncomfortable when one has to travel a long distance with their knees literally in their mouth and their rigid calf’s pulsating with muscle spasms. It is not a four seated but in all honesty a two seated and it would be acceptable if the maker acknowledged that fact when it came to the assembly line. However, for some extremely unintelligent reason there is a huge trunk, with ample storage space, which in my opinion could have easily been transformed into leg room for the rear seat passengers. As we live in an age where possessions are important and baggage heavy why not have more space for things than for passengers.
It’s an automobile that before a mechanical task is done one has to pay several hundred dollars for a mere technical diagnostic. With the heavy overlay of computer chips and codes for mechanical redundancy, working on repairs is usually quite difficult and costly. Repair jobs that are reasonable on American cars become outrageous on the German import. It can eat away at the little savings one accumulates over the years or it can sit outside your door until one figure’s out where the money is going to come from to pay the next invoice for repairs. This of course is when you have found a reliable mechanic that actually knows how to fix the machine and is willing to stand up to his reputation.
Audi is a car designed not for a specific gender or culture, rather as a way of life. It is designed with the Autobahn in mind where there are no actual restrictions on the road other than safety of themselves and others. Audi takes care of both; excellent performance combined with unrivaled safety features. While Audi as not the least expensive car on the market, by any means, it does have a reputation, and a name that is worth its cost in safety and performance.
The first time I saw the Audi S4 sitting alone in the parking lot, it overpowered my feelings with its shapely design, smooth lines and graceful style. I quickly came to learn that this Audi is an impact vehicle that lives up to its reputation, and capacity for performance and speed. Its neat packaged presentation appears small but it has the punch of a powerful automobile. White in color with a smooth running back and sleek front, it hugs the ground with its lowered suspension and from a distance it appears as an evil beast on the prowl. The first object that attacks the viewer’s eye is the Audi rings on the front grill. It speaks silently a message of prestige, yet it looks as if it is an Olympic symbol for world unity. Each time I see this symbol, it says, this car is welcome any where on the face of the earth. Its small size gives the immediate impression of personal control over it while avoiding the bulky feel of a larger automobile. The 17inch Pro Racing wheels punctuate its sides with awareness that it is in itself movement of speed and force. Five spokes reaching out to four thin tires like the North Star giving balance and grip to the road. One does not have to fret on a cold and icy morning as to a secure and safe reaching of their destination; with “Quattro All Wheel Drive”, it is a reliable vehicle. The front lights on its fender provide a well designed pattern that fits into its body as if it born naturally like that. Vehicles lights on many cars appear as after thoughts stuck for convenience on a car but not so for the Audi. It appears as if one were observing a perfect evolutionary mechanization of mechanical perfection.
The inside is as perfect as its exterior for class and comfort. There is a personal “joy” in driving such a car where its headboard lights up as if the fourth of July. A dim red hue; contrasted by a vibrant bold blue emitting from the dash stereo system, gives the driver a calm relaxed mood. Lights provide interior visibility but never an interference with outside observation. Seats are not merely bucket seats but comfort armchairs where one simply sinks into another dimension. The driving body feels as if the seat was ready made like a suit of cloths. Tinted windows allow the driver a sense of motorway privacy where one can see the other but the other can not see the driver.. It may be over describing it but it feels as if this may be the divine attribute of omnipresence; its power is all present yet invisible. The appearance is styled to perfecting both on the outside and the inside. The driver becomes one with the comfort of one’s senses and it is truly an exhilarating experience. There are many and varied functions that went into the consoles for the driver’s comfort and control. Designs such as, controls for the stereo and overdrive on the steering wheel, automatic climate control, even the tiptronic transmission, which blend the manual and automatic transmissions as a sacred unity. The finalizing sense is its stereo system with two 10inch subwoofers placed in the trunk. To know and feel ones body vibrating not because of defects in an old engine but to the rhythms of a musical beat.
The Audi; known for its safety record because it
contains front, side, and in seat airbags in case of any accident. It also offers a security in its capacity to get from point A to B in the least time possible and within legal restrictions. To know that one can get into the Audi and drive from Denver to New York and still arrive safely with no concerns for engine or tires is a comforting feeling. It is a secure feeling to know that you have a reliable means of travel when movement is necessary. To cap its wonderful descriptions is the “Quattro All Wheel Drive” where concern for weather or change of seasons has little negative effects upon its travel. It is an automobile balanced in exterior and interiority but divinely rewarded by the stability and performance of its engine. It is a jigsaw miracle that fits perfectly together in performance and in handling by its driver.It does have drawbacks that affect its ownership. It is a four seated car but questions the size of the people that can fit into the back seats. I feel the back seat was made for two leprechauns and not two grown people. It is uncomfortable when one has to travel a long distance with their knees literally in their mouth and their rigid calf’s pulsating with muscle spasms. It is not a four seated but in all honesty a two seated and it would be acceptable if the maker acknowledged that fact when it came to the assembly line. However, for some extremely unintelligent reason there is a huge trunk, with ample storage space, which in my opinion could have easily been transformed into leg room for the rear seat passengers. As we live in an age where possessions are important and baggage heavy why not have more space for things than for passengers.
It’s an automobile that before a mechanical task is done one has to pay several hundred dollars for a mere technical diagnostic. With the heavy overlay of computer chips and codes for mechanical redundancy, working on repairs is usually quite difficult and costly. Repair jobs that are reasonable on American cars become outrageous on the German import. It can eat away at the little savings one accumulates over the years or it can sit outside your door until one figure’s out where the money is going to come from to pay the next invoice for repairs. This of course is when you have found a reliable mechanic that actually knows how to fix the machine and is willing to stand up to his reputation.
Audi is a car designed not for a specific gender or culture, rather as a way of life. It is designed with the Autobahn in mind where there are no actual restrictions on the road other than safety of themselves and others. Audi takes care of both; excellent performance combined with unrivaled safety features. While Audi as not the least expensive car on the market, by any means, it does have a reputation, and a name that is worth its cost in safety and performance.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
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Applicable provides high quality managed messaging services to businesses. When you belay you literally hold your partner's life in your hands, so do it right - every time. If the content of your knowledge contains contradictions, then some of your knowledge is in error. DECADE TRANSMITTERS is a well established Canadian company specialized in design engineering and manufacturing of low power FM transmitters, commercially known under the DECADE trademark. eXist is an Open Source native XML database featuring efficient, index-based XQuery processing, automatic indexing, extensions for full-text search, XUpdate support, XQuery update extensions and tight integration with existing XML development tools. Dr. Michael C. Labossiere, the author of a Macintosh tutorial named Fallacy Tutorial Pro 3.0, has kindly agreed to allow the text of his work to appear on the Nizkor site, as a Nizkor Feature. We will try to address issues of importance to parents, teachers, counselors, and other interested persons in attempting to understand the growing menace of street gangs. Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors, searches for a place to plug in the Chevy Volt, the company's concept plug-in series hybrid. Executive Oath of Office: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Our Vision is to be the Leading Global Supplier of Underground Mining Systems and Services In Partnership with Our Customers to Enable Them to Consistently Produce at "The Lowest Cost Per Ton" Over the Lifecycle of the Equipment. Police are investigating after the body of a Tumwater man was found in the back of his truck, which had been impounded over a week ago. We get that question alot...so we thought we would attempt to answer it. lavish is an ever morphing store filled with adult accessories, goodies for the home, luxury stationery, trendy jewels, and infant clothing like no one else around. Morality speaks of a system of behavior in regards to standards of right or wrong behavior. A great cloud of gas and dust (called a nebula) begins to collapse because the gravitational forces that would like to collapse it overcome the forces associated with gas pressure that would like to expand it (the initial collapse might be triggered by a variety of perturbations---a supernova blast wave, density waves in spiral galaxies, etc.). Do you get dizzy at the thought of delivering a speech? Do you obsess about what the audience will think of you? Are you filled with anxiety the minute you try to write one? Parents generally tend toward giving adolescents what they ask for -- within limits. Knowing what the limits should be is the real trick of parenting these days.
A twisted euphoric blend of rock that starts stampedes and charms snakes at the same time" Welcome to the timeoutdoors walking site where you will find information on every aspect of walking. Use the green navigation bar above to find what you’re looking for or browse the sections below. Significant figures are digits that are statistically significant. There are two kinds of values in Science. Legions of bloggers have embraced management consultant David Allen's timesaving methods. Allen, 61, is best known for his book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity." Read news releases and joint statements issued by your Association of Unity Churches and Unity. Churches, download press releases and use in your church newsletter. This is the W3C Markup Validation Service, a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards. Iran said Thursday it has identified 100 spies working for the United States and Israel in border areas of the Islamic state. Modern computers are sufficiently powerful to use virtualization to present the illusion of many smaller virtual machines (VMs), each running a separate operating system instance. Luxury Yachts: It is very difficult to begin a sentence with a company that prefers not to capitalize its name or products, such as eLuxury, iPod, or oceAnco. Zenith Electronics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., is demonstrating a broad array of new DTV products and entertainment solutions — including new plasma monitors, LCD displays, rear-projection HD monitors and more — at CEDIA Expo 2003, which opens here today.
Applicable provides high quality managed messaging services to businesses. When you belay you literally hold your partner's life in your hands, so do it right - every time. If the content of your knowledge contains contradictions, then some of your knowledge is in error. DECADE TRANSMITTERS is a well established Canadian company specialized in design engineering and manufacturing of low power FM transmitters, commercially known under the DECADE trademark. eXist is an Open Source native XML database featuring efficient, index-based XQuery processing, automatic indexing, extensions for full-text search, XUpdate support, XQuery update extensions and tight integration with existing XML development tools. Dr. Michael C. Labossiere, the author of a Macintosh tutorial named Fallacy Tutorial Pro 3.0, has kindly agreed to allow the text of his work to appear on the Nizkor site, as a Nizkor Feature. We will try to address issues of importance to parents, teachers, counselors, and other interested persons in attempting to understand the growing menace of street gangs. Rick Wagoner, CEO of General Motors, searches for a place to plug in the Chevy Volt, the company's concept plug-in series hybrid. Executive Oath of Office: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Our Vision is to be the Leading Global Supplier of Underground Mining Systems and Services In Partnership with Our Customers to Enable Them to Consistently Produce at "The Lowest Cost Per Ton" Over the Lifecycle of the Equipment. Police are investigating after the body of a Tumwater man was found in the back of his truck, which had been impounded over a week ago. We get that question alot...so we thought we would attempt to answer it. lavish is an ever morphing store filled with adult accessories, goodies for the home, luxury stationery, trendy jewels, and infant clothing like no one else around. Morality speaks of a system of behavior in regards to standards of right or wrong behavior. A great cloud of gas and dust (called a nebula) begins to collapse because the gravitational forces that would like to collapse it overcome the forces associated with gas pressure that would like to expand it (the initial collapse might be triggered by a variety of perturbations---a supernova blast wave, density waves in spiral galaxies, etc.). Do you get dizzy at the thought of delivering a speech? Do you obsess about what the audience will think of you? Are you filled with anxiety the minute you try to write one? Parents generally tend toward giving adolescents what they ask for -- within limits. Knowing what the limits should be is the real trick of parenting these days.
A twisted euphoric blend of rock that starts stampedes and charms snakes at the same time" Welcome to the timeoutdoors walking site where you will find information on every aspect of walking. Use the green navigation bar above to find what you’re looking for or browse the sections below. Significant figures are digits that are statistically significant. There are two kinds of values in Science. Legions of bloggers have embraced management consultant David Allen's timesaving methods. Allen, 61, is best known for his book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity." Read news releases and joint statements issued by your Association of Unity Churches and Unity. Churches, download press releases and use in your church newsletter. This is the W3C Markup Validation Service, a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards. Iran said Thursday it has identified 100 spies working for the United States and Israel in border areas of the Islamic state. Modern computers are sufficiently powerful to use virtualization to present the illusion of many smaller virtual machines (VMs), each running a separate operating system instance. Luxury Yachts: It is very difficult to begin a sentence with a company that prefers not to capitalize its name or products, such as eLuxury, iPod, or oceAnco. Zenith Electronics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., is demonstrating a broad array of new DTV products and entertainment solutions — including new plasma monitors, LCD displays, rear-projection HD monitors and more — at CEDIA Expo 2003, which opens here today.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
MySpace #2
The “My Space” website does have its cultural context because it is a social, virtual meeting place where new and old friends can meet. School friends on the run can stop and inform one another to events of the day or week. It also offers individuals the opportunity to meet new friends.
As to the What it is, it is a platform for social communication open to every one around the world. Taking our social needs to a different level where we can stop and instantaneously have a free conversation with someone on the other side of the country. Gaps that used to arise due to geography and life-style are immediately closed through My Space. The gap is no longer out of one’s control as the person is at their finger tips. The when is rather simple, it’s always available no matter what time. Once again it suits the way our society is moving with the busy schedules we all must keep with work, school and social life. The category of where is also simple for it is located at ones finger tips, whether your house, office or school. There is no effort to travel so one can feel relaxed in the security of their private domains.
The last category of cultural context is the “Why” of the website?
This is a little more difficult to answer but more interesting as a website question. On one level it provides for our social needs to converse with others and be in contact with friends. Secondly there are bigger issues to the why when we consider the global nature behind the internet itself. It is a technology that transcends time, national, boundaries, age and culture. To know the events as they happen on the other side of the planet in a matter of minuets is to be truly informed. In the past I remember the phone messages were centered on only special events. Today with the internet the information is more detailed and part of our lives, allowing a simple “Hey wats up,” any time of the day.
As to the What it is, it is a platform for social communication open to every one around the world. Taking our social needs to a different level where we can stop and instantaneously have a free conversation with someone on the other side of the country. Gaps that used to arise due to geography and life-style are immediately closed through My Space. The gap is no longer out of one’s control as the person is at their finger tips. The when is rather simple, it’s always available no matter what time. Once again it suits the way our society is moving with the busy schedules we all must keep with work, school and social life. The category of where is also simple for it is located at ones finger tips, whether your house, office or school. There is no effort to travel so one can feel relaxed in the security of their private domains.
The last category of cultural context is the “Why” of the website?
This is a little more difficult to answer but more interesting as a website question. On one level it provides for our social needs to converse with others and be in contact with friends. Secondly there are bigger issues to the why when we consider the global nature behind the internet itself. It is a technology that transcends time, national, boundaries, age and culture. To know the events as they happen on the other side of the planet in a matter of minuets is to be truly informed. In the past I remember the phone messages were centered on only special events. Today with the internet the information is more detailed and part of our lives, allowing a simple “Hey wats up,” any time of the day.
MySpace #1
A website that I visit often is “MySpace.” I try to check it at least once every couple of days. The central focus of this site is to contact friends and make new ones. It is an efficient way to keep in contact with old friends from past schools. Many of my High School friends are spread throughout the country at various colleges. This site keeps us in touch and caught up on the little details of our lives.
The conventions we have are usually simple, in that we offer both visual and text messages. The site is very user friendly, allowing people of all technological experience to use it. The ways of communication are different in website chatting, it takes some skills of abbreviated language to understand what you are reading. There is no doubt that the changes in writing are having consequences in the classroom but that is a problem teachers will have to handle down the road! Now aside from your old friends Myspace also focuses on meeting new friends. There are many ways to go about meeting new friends, for example all user accounts have an About Me section. In this section a person can read a short description of the user written by that user. This is a great way to get to understand that user. Also many accounts have surveys our interests sections were you can see if any of your interests relate to that users. If there are similarities than you can simply click on the “Add Friends” icon and wait for approval from that user.
Now as I said Myspace is not only a written messaging site it also involves visual features. Visuals such as photos are frequently used for identification purposes. However they are also used in a humorous way, for example I know from personal experience that if my friends and I through a party one night, you can definitely expect some pretty funny photos posted on my account the next day! Also Myspace can be used as an information source, for example the site also offers blogs such as this site, which users can subscribe to. There is even a section were a user can set up an event and send out public invitations to that event. This leads me to my last convention of Myspace, and personally I believe it is the most important. Today’s society focuses on one main aspect, money. Money is what drives all of our daily lives. There is no better way to show how you can utilize a name or a service, as simple as a chat room based site, and turn it into a publicly traded company, that is its own manufacturer, record label, search engine, and the list goes on. With over 151,748,170 users, and growing everyday, it is easy to see how prosperous a simple idea like this site can be in today’s society!
The conventions we have are usually simple, in that we offer both visual and text messages. The site is very user friendly, allowing people of all technological experience to use it. The ways of communication are different in website chatting, it takes some skills of abbreviated language to understand what you are reading. There is no doubt that the changes in writing are having consequences in the classroom but that is a problem teachers will have to handle down the road! Now aside from your old friends Myspace also focuses on meeting new friends. There are many ways to go about meeting new friends, for example all user accounts have an About Me section. In this section a person can read a short description of the user written by that user. This is a great way to get to understand that user. Also many accounts have surveys our interests sections were you can see if any of your interests relate to that users. If there are similarities than you can simply click on the “Add Friends” icon and wait for approval from that user.
Now as I said Myspace is not only a written messaging site it also involves visual features. Visuals such as photos are frequently used for identification purposes. However they are also used in a humorous way, for example I know from personal experience that if my friends and I through a party one night, you can definitely expect some pretty funny photos posted on my account the next day! Also Myspace can be used as an information source, for example the site also offers blogs such as this site, which users can subscribe to. There is even a section were a user can set up an event and send out public invitations to that event. This leads me to my last convention of Myspace, and personally I believe it is the most important. Today’s society focuses on one main aspect, money. Money is what drives all of our daily lives. There is no better way to show how you can utilize a name or a service, as simple as a chat room based site, and turn it into a publicly traded company, that is its own manufacturer, record label, search engine, and the list goes on. With over 151,748,170 users, and growing everyday, it is easy to see how prosperous a simple idea like this site can be in today’s society!
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