Week 9 - Social Networks

I've had a facebook account for quiet a while now...but I added a few more friends...most importantly Graham...so I could get my check mark ;)
A while back I took the CE course: Technology, power and change...where the prof stated that facebook is financed in part by the CIA and that everything that's posted is kept indefinately...dispite a users attempts to delete it...
so here's my conspiracy theory...it's a tool (social networking tool) to know what we're thinking...and then who knows how and when this information will be used...
this course also spoke about the advances in technological surveillance...it's maybe a little farfetched to connect the 2...but to date I don't feel comfortable volunteering my thoughts...
having stated that...I visit regularly to see what others are up to...as so many have stated...it's a great way of keeping in touch with friends!

Trip to Jamaica

Jam05
Originally uploaded by m_arlain

wk 4-still photosharing w. flickr; this dog is here because...all the other dogs we came across seemed happy to see us...this one looked especially annoyed...and he didn't even bother growling or barking...his expression seemed to say it all!

ayanle and i in jamaica

Jam06
Originally uploaded by m_arlain

Week 4 down...a million less 1 to go...
Now to week 5!!!

Week 12 - Videos/YouTube

I'm done the wk 12 assignment. I like youtube...like most good sites, it's a great time waster!!!

The following is my selection: India Arie's version of Heart of the Matter...maybe not interesting... but I love this song...both her and Henley's version of it.

YouTube is already incorporated into the library's webspace under Audio Visual Resources & Services, Internet resources.

catching up pt. 2 (Wk 11 - Podcasts and Audio Files)

downloaded iTunes
subscribed to podcasts
listened to: LibriVox - The sayings of Confucious by Confucious ... and then decided to check out the Harvard podcasts...and thought the 'Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor' by Sudhir Venkatesh sounded interesting...and so I switched over...

so little time...so much out there to listen to!!!

catching up

so today...mar. 27. I added a recipe to the rula 2.0 wiki...3 assignments down, too many more to go...

procrastination 101

things to do instead of preparing for final exam

• try waking up ayanle
• make coffee
• water plants
• crush hardened brown sugar and place in container...
• take plant out of water
• look for new home with other plants
• decide there's no more space in existing pots
• decide to create a new pot
• look for leftover dirt
• give up on finding dirt...too cold outside...place plant back in water
• decide to buy new dirt
• call my mom about my sister
• call my brother for an update on Ski...'a dog I always thought was a bad idea'...but has been able to slip past by better judgment and establish herself firmly in my heart
• try waking ayanle up
• read up on rihanna and cris brown
• and on celebs who struggle with their weight
• check email
• sign up for documentary website
• get all the study materials out of knapsack
• clean up study space
• decide to warm up my left over coffee
• think about other things i procrastinate on...a long list including rula 2.0
• ah decide to check my blog

might as well post something...