Lecture 10

So this week's lecture was quite interesting. Its was all about Gaming basically. =P
Well, I'm not a gamer but my little brother is, it's quite annoying actually when all he wants for his birthday is the latest game..

I'm thinking he doesn't learn anything in games and that he should get a life! Lol..but i have been corrected today. It seems games aren't all that bad, there are bad side effects but concerning the demograhphic of my generation, 18-25 years & over. Games. There's more to them than what it seems.

So today.. we're 'Studying the Video Game'

That includes; [PC GAME, CONSOLE GAME, ONLINE GAME, ARCADE GAME, & MOBILE GAMING] <--- Computing Based Games

Mostly gamers are dominated by males, and a small percentage of female gamers is starting to rise. There are various genres of games, these include; FPS (First player shooting games), Violence and Narrative games. Also adding to the mix lately, Puzzle and Fitness games. <--- these games are mostly popular with females. These can be considered objectives of everyday life, how you have to work, learn and earn a living. These are basically society needs and expectations of an individual, yet gamers are capable of doing these things in their games but not in real life? How did we get to this point? This is what Jason called the 'Social Science Approach', the effects of games on people. The media has effective every generation, using violence, also known as Humanities Approach, meaning and context of game which mostly narrative based games. Such examples include Artifacts and Medium of art are features embedded. Another approach is known as the Industry and Engineering, how its development of games and the 'Now' technologies.

How did we get this far you ask?
Back then, kids went out and play, sports and whatnot, but now the world became a dangerous place. Now parents are more overprotected about where kids go to and up to, thus the invention of home entertainment and kids love to be involve in these kinds of things, a sense of adventure. Society sure has come a long way from playing sports and playing in the park with friends. Now my siblings have more friends than me online.. haha xD

Anywho, show of hands? (an example made by Jason) John or Andrew? Lol. Jason made a suggestion of these two guys, saying that John spends all his time playing games and Andrew spends all his time playing sport, AFL. Jason asked all the girls in the lecture, who would you date? Majority of the girls went for the AFL guy..Lol but yeah..i if you ask me, the girls should've gone for the gamer, being a gamer, your quick at making decisions, confidence, able to overcome difficult situations and they're always up for a challenge. I've dated a nerd. its actually not so bad, but you have to put the line with their game and you. Lol xD

A social experiment was brought up by Jason, needed two volunteers, one girl and one boy, although I nudge my friend to go for it.. lol. Jason needed the volunteers who are gamers, which of course my friend is a gamer. lol.. it didn't happen. =P it took a while but achieved. He asked what kind of games they played? The guy said he's into PC and FPS games. The girl was into Console; Guitar Hero and playing Pokemon. Games sure do have a effect of people.. xDNowadays, people in this day and age are more into finishing and accomplishing a game, rather then enjoy the fun of it, well that also can eb considered but mostly the finishing part. Back when we were little kids, we enjoyed the fun parts about games and didn't really care where it ended.. ^^ I think one of the things games are so self-assuring to an individual, because every time you lose a battle or die in the game, you can always start again. =P

Thus, the ending of this of my blog. This has been a fascinating lecture, I quite enjoyed it. >_<

Cheers! xx

Lecture 9

Hi there, this will be my last blog for this week, and next week is the Holidays..eh one week, need sleep. ^^

So this week's lecture, we once again had the lecturer Jason something. He is weird, but funny, and this week he's teaching about software and how to know what your doing.
He listed a few steps of identify and providing assistance about software. For example he used Adobe Flash, which seems pretty basic, who seriously doesn't how to use it?? Lol..You go through university learning different things, of course your gonna come across stuff you've learned, except from high school, I seriously can't remember doing maths. But yeah, Oh and if u get employed by someone that has no knowledge of it, it could work to your advantage because you know what to do. ^^

He goes on and on about software stuff, blah blah.. I really have no intention of actually listening. Interesting enough though, unfortunately this will be his last lecture, man he IS funny and I've quite enjoyed his lectures. With he being a know-it- all and what not.. haha

All i seem to remember is "its all about CONTENT dammit". =__="

So, basically this whole lecture was mainly looking onto the little things, thus leading to important factors of the software.. Lets say its a learning process thus, people have adapted to such matter.. good luck. ^^

This picture I took in Philippines when I was on holiday!! =P Just taking a picture of the view, and yeah, I downloaded one a 'PhotoStudio' software..interesting enough changing the colours and settings.. but yeah. Its simple, just need the right stuff. ^^' Nice view..

Week 8 Activity/Lecture

We had the same guest lecturer again.. Steven Stockwell, which I've had in like in every lecture in another course as a guest lecturer of course, except for screen history.

So yeah, at first I could really hear his lecture because some people were talking really loud behind me and my friends..'Rude!' much. but yeah.. Steven pretty much shhhhh them up. Lol xD

And then, someone's phone went off, and the dude picked it up and like said "hi" out loud and the room became silent, weirdest thing to have ever happen. LOL. but yeah.. Josh our lecturer was like sitting right in front of him and told him off, made him leave the lecture. Josh was like "How rude! This happens all the time!".. something like that... but yeah, Steven lecture was about CyberPolitics and various types of contents involved with it.

So this week's activity, i thought it'd be like another scavenger hunt or something but no..much worst. *just kidding*

So yeah, for this week;

What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet. How many of the following can you achieve while sticking to your political beliefs?

* Sign an e-petition.

I sign a petition about, Whales Revenge, campaigned to gather 1 million signatures for a petition to stop whaling. More names will continue to be added. Every year thousands of precious mammals are slaughtered for so-called 'scientific research'. Add your voice; sign the petition and spread the word to everyone you know. The campaign ends when the killing of whales stops.Target: International Whaling Commission
Current Signatures: 1104302
Signature Goal: 1,000,000+

And then, the site like has a game where there's like an animation of a whale swimming in the ocean, and ships are like about it, shooting harpoons at it, you have to play the whale and have to avoid the harpoons [which is so hard by the way] poor whales =( bad harpoons! bad people!

Someday the Whales will get us!! Attack of the Whales!! Buahahahahahahaha xD no joke.

SO yeah, check it and sign e- petition. ^^

* Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site.
I can't really understand what this has to do with anything, but yeah.. i just typed it in google and yeah, I responded to Benjamin Carlson article known as "The Rise of the Professional Blogger", it was found in the 'Alantic' which is a major news site.

* What is Barak Obama up to today?
I'm thinking he's on twitter or something, its what most celebs do nowadays, so yeah I typed it in google of what Obama is up to today? there's like a whole site, basically seems like blogs to me, saying stuff about Obama and his decision making, blah blah, bitching about him basically like what people usually do to their politicians, We do it of course. One thing I know Barak Obama is up to today? Barak Obama Is now the president of United States of America.. =P* Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.

Well, we have our Federal representatives, Kevin Rudd, there's Anna Bligh our State representative and our Local representative Ron Clarke. What they have in common, 'Not very attractive'.. jks. ^^"
* Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.
I really have no clue, but I have been to the Paraliament house! xD it's BIG and WHITE.. and grass all around. Lol xD * Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.
Me don't know how to speak english! its unpossible to inderstand their speech, I barely pay attention to my parents let alone politicians. xD

* Read the lecture and the readings, pursue a couple of the topics that you find most interesting and then post your blog with your well-considered thoughts about the theory and practice of politics.

Firstly, I had no knowledge of the topic in the lecture known as CyberPolitics. It means the politics of the internet that exists predominantly on the internet. Cyberpolitics stretches from the powerplays around the actual structure and functions of the internet that are decided by the Internet Society and ICANN through to the political activities that occur on forums, between bloggers and even in games.

Sounds a bit complex to me as in involving many aspects and subjects to the matter. eDemocray? yeah I'm still not following.

So anyways, the tutor also adds:

What do you think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")???

Clean Feed basically means "The Australian Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force Internet Service Providers [ISPs] to censor the Internet for all Australians. This plan will waste tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and slow down Internet access."

[Basically means, protect society from various negative aspects about he internet but I rather not have the government control everything on the internet, If the internet is used as a political tool like the media, there is no hope for my generation always bombarded by the media. Internet this, internet that!.. I mean, yeah illegal activity on the internet would change to some degree, but there would be no balance for those who rely on the internet, as it is a source of information to the common person. To be given controlled information, that also would be consider bias if the government would have its way, such as me, voicing my opinions and disagreements would be considered useless, come on people! Do we really want to give in 'the freedom we have on the internet', censorship would just be like putting *beep* *beep* every source of information that the government does not want the public to know, that would make us robots, no opinions about anything. =S]

Also, they talk about taking action and what you can do and what not..also by letting policymakers know just what we think of the "clean feed" Internet filter, we can bring about a policy change.

"You can help by contacting your representatives and spreading the word about this campaign".. [Its lame if you ask me..=P]

What place does censorship have in a democracy?
Man, if it was that bad, of course someone would look through it. Who would thought it'd be in politics. Implementing these policies, it's kinda scary but yeah, who knows what to do in this case.. I just don't agree with control or following the rules, then again, anarchy is bad!! =P. BAD ANARCHY BAD!! So yeah..my point is DISRUPT THE SOCIAL NORMS PEOPLE!! xD

Short Films!! YEw!

I chose these three films because they were so random and quite unusual. =P The first short film is kinda unusaual, which at the introduction had some sort of God quote, I'm quite religious so yeah, it interested me. I go to a Christian church twice a week. =P The second short film, well, I like horror films..its weird and freaky, I don't see why this couldn't be a longer film. "Don't bite off something you can't chew!" The third short film, well no guess there, I like romantic comedies, even if it's a short film, it makes you also smile for like one moment throughout your day.. ^-^ Lol. I hear Jason is not really a fan of romantic comdies.. haha. xD oh well ^^..

Well, "that's all folks", this was an interesting activity. =P

Lecture 6

So this week's lecture was about consumption and production. We're consumers of media, such as the big screen mediums of cinema, television and PC's and the small screen mediums of mobile phones/smartphones and personal media players eg. mp3s and ipods.As for production, there's heaps stuff like The Trailer Mash [is a website totally devoted to collecting recut trailers and trailer mash-ups] and FanFilms [is a website devoted to fan-made films of their favourite movies/tv shows] which just helps the cycle of consuming and producing along which gets the amateur filmmaker more exposure and even though it doesn't make you any cash, it might get you some recognition and some money later..=P

Mobile phone production is good when you use it for filming random stuff that happens that you aren't all that prepared for, thus catching embarrassing memorable moments. If you capture something really good though, you can upload it to iReport or Youtube it or whatnot.

So yeah..check it out! ^^

Week 7 Activity

So this week we have to create a 'fake' news report with video and upload to IReport.

Anywho.. my group chose to do a video on..

ATTACK OF THE PHONES!!

First Shot: Reports of machines "fighting back".[People have been killed and hospitalised]
Second Shot: phone attacks reporter, cuts out.
Third Shot: Back to the studio..reporter gets dragged under the desk.
Fourth Shot: Phone pops up, looks around, walks away.
End of video..

IT IS SO FUNNY! I looked so bugged eyed!.. LOL

Week 5/6 Activity

So this week we have to review five websites from our new com tech blog.
I chose the following websites:

Polyvore: 'when the commercial becomes creative'
http://www.polyvore.com/
This is so cool.. creating your fashion style. ^^" i would so buy this.. Lol i read a quote somewhere that “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” - Oscar Wilde =P
Whoo! I can't draw! http://www.sketchcast.com/<-- this site is weird but pretty cool, I didn't know what to draw so yeah..eh..I made an effort!! xDAnother site: http://www.speedtest.net/index.php?nojs=1In this site you can see how slow people around the world of how slow their internet is.. so lame.. =__="

http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/ <--- and this site is a bit random.. I'm like reading random blogs somewhat..i have no idea what i am exactly suppose to do..keep reading i guess..pretty funny though xD

http://www.vampirerave.com/levels2.php <--- This site is totally random, 'Vampire Rave'. I mean, come on, a game about vampires. I was reading it, i wasn't planning on palying either. But yeah, levels and what not, i don't really like internet games, gt over it in primary school but my siblings are obsessed =__=".. so yeah. I'd die before playing such a lame internet game. =P

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/design/ <--- For useful things on the net, this site had a bunch of randoms things, basically advice on how to and what to...on random stuff. Pretty useful information they provide like, 'Top 10 Ways To Get More From A Cameraphone' which I'm pretty sure I can figure out..hmmmm maybe ill look into it.^^

So yeah, this experience has been somewhat fun.. ^^..

Lecture 7

So this week, we had the same lecturer from two weeks ago..
I call him the Jason Nelson guy..=P he is of course is very funny >_<.

Today's lecture was about open source software. Open-source software is apparently "transparent" which I think means you can have a look at the source yourself, and if you see any errors or whatever you can fix them up yourself. However, if you're like me and lazy as well as completely computer illiterate, its not so good because open-source stuff doesn't get updated all too often.

Download.com provides all your basic needs, like if i need Anti-virus program for free..=P There's an open-source of 'Photoshop' alternative out there called "Gimp". And an animation program or something called "Blender", that apparently is pretty good considering it's free and all. >_<..

Interesting..? my dad always told me we don't get free lunches in this world. Um.. lets just say he doesn't have much friends. xD

There's also Open Office, which looks bad for Microsoft Word =P, I get my mac office for free..I have connections per se. Since Microsoft and Dell are lame to include Micro Office on my computer and I would've had to spend over like $150..eh.. technology these days. >_< everything is like needs to be updated!!So yeah..that was the week. pretty funny lecture ^__^

Week 6 Activity

So this week.. We had to search for our persona.. like find ourselves on the internet.. if would help if I had like a Webpage, or something with our personal life and all.. blah blah..

but i don't. typed my name..it came up with "no digital traces found"
how sad.. =(

here's my evidence...Anywho..

We moved on mapping.. i chose mapping my holiday destination.. Philippines.. =P

Here's my map.tata.. ^^

Film of My Choice!

I chose the film called 'My Sassy Girl'.

'My Sassy Girl' is the tale of the first and last time Charlie Bello falls in love. From their initial meeting, trouble is the name of the game. Imagine an amorphous mass of dating disasters and you get an idea of the relationship between the young couple. Some mysterious force with the strength of gravity between two planets must be at play between Charlie and Jordan as the relationship truly makes no sense on the surface. Everything seems pitted against the two of them. Things suddenly come to a halt when the two write letters confessing their love for each other. Agreeing to meet a year later to read the love letters together, Charlie and Jordan go their separate ways.
[= It is the American remake from a popular Korean film. =] (H-Ref 1)

It's a really good film. ^_^ *two thumbs up*We can see the different shot compositions throughout the film.

Also by identifying the:
Who? - characters include a boy and a girl.

What? - Such events leading to a chance encounter between the two. Boy meets girl, falls in love, girl is unpredictable but there's something about her. Thus, the story begins.

Where? - Basically set in New York City and various popular places in New York such as (Central Park, Restaurants, Ice Ring, Amusement Park, Galleries and etc.)

When? - I don't know how I can link this point to the film?..I guess its about the time when people need to be blown away from their standstill and move on to something they deserve better.

Why? - This is something to ponder about, the girl is a mystery and the boy wants to see how the story ends? Common incentive.

How? - I also have no clue how to link this? I would say the how focuses on the values, attitudes and beliefs of what you make of the film and how it can be unpredictable. Life. ^_^

References:
H-Ref 1: My Sassy Girl
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/

Found the images from above click Here.

Lecture 5

So this week's lecture has been quite entertaining.. We had like this weird guest lecturer..Jason Nelson.. He was hilarious..seriously. =P.

He was like showing us.. like how the internet in Australia is actually quite slow..too many people on it I suppose.. and that other countries internet are also quite as slow... and he went on explain various concepts about the internet. He went on about past examples of social networking for example Myspace (weirdest old version of it), showed us an old page of Yahoo too.. =D

So long ago people got paid for just putting up links. Furthermore, he talked about various search engines been bought, sold and what not.. you know.. like Google bought Youtube and so on.. still located in the internet.. so much junk.. god I hate spam.. thought I'd just add that in.. LOL! [I use Google way too much..>.<]Also the lecturer bagging out some students in the lecture.. LOL

I could say that I don't regret waking up 6.30am (carpooling with friends)in the morning for this lecture.. it was pretty cool.. I'd say. ^_^

Lecture 4

So this week's lecture was basically about the history and time line of films. From the first narrative film to vibrators. Lol.. I'm serious, look into the lecture notes on Learning@griffith. Anyways, I got lost from lecture.. it was too much information for me.. Um.. yeah. I'm not that great in backtracking or remember either. =P

I know for a fact that the first narratives films didnt really need a time limit. Most films back then can go for long periods of time in filming, for example a silent film can go up to four to five hours, and yeah they would create pilot episodes also.
Josh talked about the first American narrative film, came out in 1903. He also mention 'Nickelodeons' not the cartoon/family entertainment you know on payTV. It was known as actual theaters, real movie theaters. So yeah pretty cool. These things stayed up real late too..Found image Here. Through Google of course. LolFrom what I can gather from this lecture was pretty much the history about everything..from film narratives to movies and now Youtube. Lol.. good times..
Pretty interesting lecture.. so yeah.. that's all from me..

Thanks for reading ^^..

The Internet Time Line and History of Computing!

Lets start with The History of Computing!

- Abacus: c. 3000 BC
- Transistors: 1947
- Apple II: 1977
- IBM PC: 1981
- World Wide Web: 1991
(H-Ref 1)

Alan Turing, born in England in 1912, did most of the serious work for the development of the computer. After the War, Turing investigated "programming, neural nets, and the prospects for artificial intelligence." (H-Ref 2)

In the 1950's, IBM produced the first commercially available computers. Huge machines.. unattractive but effective.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded a computer company known as Apple. Jobs and Wozniak made a primitive machine with a single circuit board, no case and no keyboard and called it the Apple I. It cost around $USA666.60. They came back with the Apple II after the collapse of the Apple I, which basically made them a fortune by 1978. (H-Ref 2)

The Time Line of the Internet

~1969: known as the ARPANET was brought online. Basically, it allowed computers to
share information with each other across military and scientific fields.
~1972: Ray Tomlinson adapted e-mail for ARPANET
~1981: BITNET connected IBM mainframes around the educational community and the world to provide mail services
~1986: the National Science Foundation funded NSFNet as a cross country 56 Kbps backbone for the Internet
~1991: the first really friendly interface to the Internet was developed at the University of Minnesota.
~1998: Bill Gates releases Windows '98 with the internet browser well integrated into the system. (H-Ref 3)
~Today: We can see, Wireless internet on wireless computers and WLAN on mobile phones..it just keeps going..I mean, accessing internet on your fridge, talk about 'Convergence'..Technology has advanced so much, thus it will NEVER die.. I mean, too much people have put too much work into it.. =P

Language of the Screen

ECU:Tried to Find Out Through – Google, Acronym Finder and Ask.com: - typed ECU (came across; East Catholic University, Edith Cowan University and Engine Control Uni and blah blah…lots of wrong answers.
FINALLY!! It means Extreme Close-Up, a shot with a very narrow field of view. In terms of human figure, a small part of the face, such as the lips, or an eye may fill the frame.(H-Ref 4)

WS: Basically, I tried to find what ECU means first, but then it all came together if you typed ECU, WS and MS in the Google search bar and eventually you’ll be able to find it. That’s what our tutor told us. I couldn’t find it for myself. Lame =_=”
It means Wide Shot, a wide shot is one that is wide. More specifically, it would be the shot that shows a whole building or store is as opposed to the medium shot which may be the doors of that building. (H-Ref 5)

MS: it means Mid Shot, between the extremes of the long shot and the close-up, the medium shot usually shows a person or persons from the knees up, or views a scene at a “normal” viewing distance. (H-Ref 6)
Bibliography
H-Ref 1 - Triumph of the Nerds
http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/ Accessed: 12/08/09
H-Ref 2- NCT 09 GC Blog
http://nct09-gc.blogspot.com/ Accessed: 12/08/09
H-Ref 3 - A Brief History of the Internet
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html Accessed: 12/08/09
H-Ref 4: - ECU (Extreme Close-Up)
www.csustom.edu/ENGLISH/Perrello/FilmTerms/htm Accessed: 12/08/09
H-Ref 5: - WS (Wide Shot)
www.cramitproductions.com/definitions.html Accessed: 12/08/09
H-Ref 6: - MS (Medium Shot)
www.plu.edu/~jensenmk/271filmterms.html Accessed: 12/08/09
Found the images from above here.

That's it for now..this blogging thing is been kinda a drag..but yeah..
lets just say this took a while.. =_='

Thanks for reading. ^^

Savenger Hunt!!

Okay..So I'm Not using google or wikipedia, here are the answers to some weird questions. This is the task for this week 4 tutorial. I didn't show up because I had family matters to attend to. Well..here it goes..

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin? How long did it take to grow?

Joe Jutras from North Scituate, Rhode Island, brought a 1689 pound pumpkin to the Topsfield Fair GPC weigh-off in Topsfield, Ma. on September 29, 2007. His new world record beat the previous world record by 187 pounds. Last year's world record holder was Ron Wallace with a 1502 pound pumpkin at the Rhode Island Weighoff on October 7, 2006. (H-Ref 1)

It didn't mention how long did it take to grow... Oh well.. ^^"

That's huge! it looks like we found Cinderella carriage..

2. Best (quickest, fastest) way to contact Lily Allen?

Um..go to her Myspace or Facebook which is a start.. Or her Website. (H-Ref 3)

3. How long is a giraffe's tongue?

A giraffe's tongue is 18 to 20 inches (46 to 50 centimeters) long and blue-black. Some people think the color is to keep the tongue from getting sunburned. Giraffes can moo, hiss, roar, and whistle.

Click here for more Images. (H-Ref 4)

4. Define "glycomics" and in your own words, what does it really mean? What does the term seagull manager" refer to?

The term glycomics is derived from the chemical prefix for sweetness or a sugar, "glyco-", and was formed to follow the naming convention established by genomics (which deals with genes) and proteomics (which deals with proteins). The definition of glycomics has evolved to cover a range of scientific disciplines that are applied to study the structure and function of carbohydrates (sugars) in biological systems.

The nine common sugars found in mammalian cells can be combined in a myriad number of ways to form complex carbohydrate structures (glycans). The glycan repertoire (glycome) of a given cell or organism is thus many orders of magnitude more complex than the genome or the proteome.

The emerging field of glycomics is gathering momentum to earn its place alongside other established ‘omics fields such as genomics and proteomics. (H-Ref 5)

As for 'Seagull Manager'.. it means..

transient, highly critical manager: a manager whose interaction with the workforce consists in arriving, criticizing everything and everybody harshly, and leaving again. (H-Ref 6)

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film? Which of his films had "Blondie" in it?

The first feature film was called 'Transfer' (1996) & Blondie was in 'Videodrome' (1983). (H-Ref 7)

6. When was the original "Hackers Manifesto" written?

Written almost 15 years ago by The Mentor, this should be taped up next to everyone's monitor to remind them who we are, this rang true with Hackers, but it now rings truth to the internet generation. (H-Ref 8)

7. Why do phone numbers in Hollywood films always start with 555?

"555" is an exchange number commonly thought to be reserved by the phone companies for use by TV and Hollywood movies in order to prevent prank phone calls to real people. In fact, only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are now specifically reserved for fictional use, and the other numbers have been released for actual assignment. The 555 exchange was originally useful for this purpose because it was (in North America) reserved for various internal phone company service numbers, so calling one of the 555 numbers would not have reached an actual customer. (H-Ref 9)

8. Cheapest form of travel from Gold Coast to Sydney?

I reckon the cheapest way to travel would be by plane...if your deciding to go one way..which is pretty cheap.. cost about from $60 to $ 80 per person, don't forget including tax...You can fly through Qantas, Virgin Blue or Jetstar.. The cheapest I researched was Virgin Blue..Also I recommend you bring your own food..its such a rip-off on the planes when buying snacks..LOL (H-Ref 10)

9. Top song in the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

Shakin' All Over
NORMIE ROWE & THE PLAYBOYS
Released in 1965

Melbourne singer Normie Rowe became Australia's top teen idol of the late 60s and the star of Ivan Dayman's Sunshine label. He had a string of hits in Australia from 1965, recorded four singles in London, toured Britain and America, and even inspired a tribute song, Norman-Normie. (H-Ref 11)

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on vocals and keyboards?

Stephen played keyboard for Brisbane punk band, the Black Assassins. (H-Ref 12)

Bibliography

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H-Ref 3: http://www.lilyallenmusic.com/lily

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=lily+allen&init=quick#/lilyallen?ref=search&sid=730644712.124152306..1

http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic

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H-Ref 9: http://www.ask.com/bar?q=Why+do+phone+numbers+in+Hollywood+films+always+start+with+555%3F&page=1&qsrc=2417&ab=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftvtropes.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpmwiki.php%2FMain%2FFiveFiveFive

Accessed: 20/08/2009 - Ask.com

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Well..this was fun.. not. ^^"

Lecture 2

Um..Hey..not feeling the love for blogging at the moment.. =__="

Our Lecturer was this Stephen guy for week 2..forgot his last name. sorry.
Anywho.. he was talking about the time line of computers and the history of the internet.. pretty interesting I say.. I mean, the first Macintosh laptop cost about $666.60. its weird to me because I'm religious..I go to church like twice a week.. I'm serious =_='.. so what I'm saying is..that's the devil's number..so yeah..

Here's an image. Its ugly but not evil or is it?Found the image Here. That's pretty much all I remember in my lecture.. it was fascinating but yeah.. I don't know how much I am suppose to write..

Thanks for reading ^^..

Lecture 3

So this week's lecture was very informative on camera film shots. The lecturer describes the all the different shot involves in shooting in front of the camera.

'Cine-speak' learning the language of cinema.. fascinated?.. i know you are. =PThe lecturer also mentioned how camera shots can be depicted and examine from the different shots it can take. Informing of of the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How?.. each relating to a different camera shot.

Who? Close-Up. The 'who' answers by showing character in detail.
What? The Mid Shot answers the 'what' question by showing your subject performing an action.

Where? The Long Shot is our answer to the 'where' question, at the beginning of a scene it is also known as the Establishing Shot.

When? Both the Wide Shot and the Close-Up can help us answer the 'when' question. Time can be a difficult thing to capture on the screen.

Why? The Big Close-Up help answer the 'why' question, usually by revealing more about their character and actions.

How? A Single Medium Close-Up or a series of Close-Ups explain an event and answer the 'how' question.

Josh also mentioned about talking room. I made pictures describing them in my lecture notes. Stick figures are awesome! He also discuss about the 'Rules of Thirds' and the 180 degree rule, my drawing sucks of course. eh.. i Googled for an image. LolTowards the end of the lecture, Josh also added that 'every shot has a purpose'. So weird.. its like a proverb.. Lol.. but yeah.. it's important for the narrative film/story to be understood by the audience, thus accomplishing what the director/writer wants to convey. I Think that's what its means..
So yeah.. it was a pretty interesting lecture..sort of..at first I expected something like learning more about history of computer, internet etc.

Anyways.. this is my summary of the lecture. It was alright. Lol

Lectuer 1

HEy, its freaking cold..I'm not a fan of the 8am lecture.. =__="

So anyway..First lecture.. I've seen the lecturer before.. in like orientation I think? for BArts.. he showed my group the similarities of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Burton'.. to 'Forest Gump'.. same writer and the very similar storyline.. but the growing up old and dying young part.. unusual I'd say.. Anyways.. he kind of convinced me to do the course film and screen.. he said all we would do is watch movies from week to week.. he was right of course.. besides from the worksheets, essay and three hour exam.. no sweat.. it really was. Lol..

So..there I was sitting next to my group of friends.. him talking about how technology has gone so far in the past century and still advancing everyday.. he discussed what was old and new technology considered in our society..

New technology today are Computers, Mobile Phones [sms/mms].. O_O and Internet [email (slowing dying he describe.. couldn't spell dying*), Message Boards/Discussion List and Instant Messaging.

Also others included through the Internet such as Blogging, Twitter and Social Networking.. which of course.. who could live without? hello! Facebook, Myspace.. etc.

Old technology as he described such as Oral Communication, Graphic, Written [Mail], Radio (which my dad listens to still..] Telephone [Landline] and finally Television (surprisingly television is quite old but have not died out.. which is a good thing.. WE can't live out without the idiot box.. :P)

So many accomplishments in technology.. our Convergence per se.. yet we are already consumed in it.. although think a robot dog is just plain creepy.. then again it would die like most pets I've ever own.. actually none have died.. just ran away and lucky they did.. ^^"

So anyway.. We still have long ways to go.. learn about that is.. Hopefully this course gets more interesting.. I hope.. technology is the greatest! Although one question: "Which is smarter? Computer or Human?" Lol.. maybe ill find out at the end of this course.. LOL..

First Entry!

Hi.. So this is my first entry.. I finally figured it out..LOL

I'm student on Barts. First year.. and major in Japanese.

Um.. 1501HUM New Communication Technology is not so bad.. Lol

BEWARE.. I tend to babble.. thus, I'll try to keep it short.

O.o.. Okay..so I missed my first tutorial for this class because i was sick.. and my friend in the same class couldn't be bothered to go either.. Lol.. well.. since I'm not there as well.. I'm that special to her.. Lol =P

So yeah.. here I am now.. what we had to do was create an email and a couple of blogs.. simple enough..sort of.. the blog took some time..Lol.. thus, my babble goes on.. I think blogs and I are gonna get along just fine.. :P .. We have to type like two blogs a week.. fun..? my previous blog down the bottom is an activity we did in week two.. Convergence.. blah blah.. how my phone has evolved from numerous technology such as a camera, video and music etc.. has converted into my little smartphone.. Ahhhh.. a Lifesaver.. ^^

Okay..this has been a weird blog i have typed.. aka im weird in general.. Lol.. I just wanted to introduce myself.. and see how it goes..
I hope i make friends ^^" i recommend you follow me.. >.<

So yeah.. see how this blogging thing goes..

GAN BA TTE!!(good luck)

Thanks for reading.

Convergence?

Hey! So this is week 2 and our tutorial activity is finding the definition of convergence and so on.. so yeah.. it's interesting =)

I found the meaning of convergence in the apple dictionary.. i also have a dictionary in my smartphone..see talk about convergence..LOL..but its not as good as the apple dictionary though..

"convergence |kənˈvərjəns| (also convergency |-jənsē|)
noun
the process or state of converging : the convergence of lines in the distance.
• Biology the tendency of unrelated animals and plants to evolve superficially similar characteristics under similar environmental conditions.
• (also convergence zone) a location where air flows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by upwelling (of air) or downwelling (of water)."

I've learned the convergence of technology over the past decade of telecommunication has changed to like a miniature computer(smartphone).

One of the things I could not live without.. LOL.. seriously















iPhone Vs past telecomunication. Now..all in One. iPhone is here..




Find your way with GPS on your iPhone..









The Gadget: Griffin’s Simplifi dock for iPod or iPhone, which aims to de-clutter your desk by tossing in a reader for CF, SD, XD and Memory Stick Pro cards and a two-port powered USB 2.0 hub. The right kind of convergence.

iPhone in the Land Rover LRX

This is the link where I got all these images. Click here

Big Robotic Dog.. its kinda scary.. LOL
Beware she bites!! =]