After numerous attempts, I took the plunge this year and have returned to school. Since I am currently a full time employee in a job position that requires frequent travel, I have registered with Baker College to seek a Bachelor of Computer Science degree. This not only allows me to take classes on my schedule from any location that has Internet access, but also allows me to gain a four-year degree in something I have always been interested in learning. Now if only more schools would come into the 21st century and open up their four-year programs to online learners.
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Computer Science
Friday, July 6th, 2007Genetics and Google
Friday, July 6th, 2007I am not sure how many of you follow Google’s research, acquisitions, and partnerships but wife of Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, is a cofounder of 23andMe a software start-up dealing in genetics and personalized medicine. Google also has financial investments in the company. (Davies, 2007)
Davies, K. (2007, June). 23andMe: The Google Genome Connection. Bio-IT World, 6(5), 6.
World of Warcraft
Friday, April 13th, 2007As some of you may remember, I gave up World of Warcraft around two months ago. This week, I decided to go back and check on how the game has progressed since the expansion was released. I can stop playing anytime I want….right? Yes, I’ve fallen off the wagon.
World of Warcraft
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007As some of you may know, I’ve been playing Blizzard’s famous MMO called World of Warcraft since November, 2004, when it first hit the shelves. During the few months before Blizzard finally released the first expansion, named The Burning Crusade, I became burnt out on the game. I had done everything I wanted to in the game, I had played both casually and as a raider, I had several level 60 characters and now I was just limping along until the expansion came out in the hopes that it would add that spark back into the game.
Fast forward to January 16th, the expansion is released by Blizzard. People, including me, wait in line at midnight for it and rush home to see the new content, new races, etc. I play the game whenever I have a moment so that I can experience all of the new stuff that came with the expansion. Unfortunately, after three weeks of playing the expansion, I come to the conclusion that besides the new races, jewel crafting profession, and continent, there really isn’t anything new and original about the game. Flying mounts aren’t really that exciting. The quests are still the same, go gather some items, kill some mobs, deliver an item, escort an NPC, and the list goes on.
After much thought, discussion with the guild I ran, and reviewing my budget I decided to shutdown my account. Due to lack of originality and no new groundbreaking features or advancements, I feel like my money can be better spent elsewhere.
Consolidation
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006I finally consolidated my browser tabs after Google’s Reader was finally updated a few days ago. Gone is the idea of using Bloglines, hello Google Reader! With its Blogline-like presentation of feeds and its integration of Gmail so Gmail subscribers can quickly email feed articles to others without opening additional email clients, this is an Internet Junkie’s dream.
My current tabs have now been updated and my initial browser window only contains Gmail, Greader, Gcalendar, Google Spreadsheet and Writely (also owned by Google). Does anyone else see a pattern here? I can now perform all of the basic functions of the desktop online through Google’s applications. Has the browser OS (operating system) finally appeared?