Week 7 JotForm Review

I was a little worried that this was going to be a pain in the ass but found this assignment to be ridiculously easy. Upon making my way to the website I discovered that there are several template forms available that you can easily tailor to your needs. Even reminds you to add your email address before you close it. As with YouTube embedding options are simple and easy to modify. Great site!
I already received some input on my site regarding changes that would spruce it up a bit!

Week 6 Blog Soon to be extinct moderate repubs

I am on a roll with the political humor today apparently... yet another great article from The Onion!

"Our new program is designed to isolate the few remaining specimens of moderate Republicans, mate them in captivity, and then safely release these rare and precious creatures back into the electorate," said IPPM’s Cynthia Rollins, who traces the decline of the species to changes in the political climate and rampant, predatory fanaticism. "Within our safe, enclosed habitats, these middle-of-the-road Republican Party members can freely support increased funding for public education and even gay rights without being threatened by the far-right subgenus."

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-breeding-program-aimed-at-keeping-moderate-rep,27371/

Week 6 Blog GOP Race

I am not sure how many of you readers enjoy The Onion but I get a kick out of it! Here is a video I found this afternoon reporting on the nomination hopefuls! Enjoy and remember... Life imitates the Onion!

http://www.theonion.com/video/poll-gingrich-best-candidate-to-preside-over-ameri,27557/

Week 6 Blog Pandora

Though I use quite a few web apps Pandora is by far my favorite. Pandora "streams" music through whatever device you are using and provides a high quality, low hassle musical experience. Pandora allows you to create stations around songs or artist that you like then will play songs based off those preferences. For example I am a huge fan of a band called Ramstein. When I select that station Pandora will play songs by that band or songs in the genre. If I hear a song that I really enjoy I can "like" it by selecting a thumbs up option at the bottom of the screen. Like wise if I hear a song that I am not a fan of I can simply click a thumbs down button and I will never hear that song on that station again. I currently use the free edition which plays a commercial every 5 songs or so but for a small charge could upgrade to the paid version and hear less or no commercials. I have stations for every occasion. Hard rock / death metal for the gym, easy listening for the office, or classical and maybe some jazz for the ride to and from. In my opinion Pandora is the best music app available.

Pandora

Week 3 Blog Post

I feel that the internet has in a way made the media more honest. Prior to the advent of the internet the media was the only way for most people to learn about current events and such (aside from word of mouth which would be constricted to local news mostly I would assume). In today's world you can read an article on CNN, then head over to Fox and get the "Fair and Balanced" version! ;) I tend to (when I have time compare sites such as CNN, Fox, Drudge, and BBC together prior to determining my take a on a situation. I find that this way you get a much broader perspective and are therefore a more educated reader. I find by doing this several interesting facts of bits of info left out by one source is included by another depending on what the media outlet wants the reader to take away from the article. By doing this I have also come to the conclusion that most all people in the media have an agenda and will paint the picture they want you to see by leaving out facts or making statements of opinion in such a manner that a less cautious reader assumes them to be facts. I find that Fox is probably the worst at this with CNN coming in at a close 2nd place. BBC does not distort the facts that much but the British do seem to have a hard time understanding why we (well some of us) enjoy and stick with our Constitution so much.

And a link to a Ron Burgundy sports news failure. 
 http://youtu.be/UQ7dUlRUJIM

Facebook going public...

By no means am I a wiz or even come close to completely understanding how this sort of things work but since I use FB everyday I will definitely be watching closely!

Below is a link to somewhat of a negative nancy... should be interesting!

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-facebook-is-likely-to-do-a-face-plant-2012-02-03?link=MW_story_popular

Costa Rica

Last week my boss mentioned that I have 128 days of vacation on the books and that i need to use it or lose it so I started vacation planning... 1st stop Costa Rica! I have never been but judging by the pictures and stories I have heard its going to be a blast!
The link below leads to just one of the many things I have planned!

http://youtu.be/PPgx8pgFVrQ