While this blogging deal fell by the wayside as I finished my Master's degree and became embroiled in the logistical and grading nightmare that is the end of the school year, I still feel that reflecting on the year is a valuable practice...even if it happens two months after the fact.
27 July 2010
26 July 2010
2010-2011 Schedule
For those interested, here's my 2010-2011 schedule as of right now. I've been told that it's pretty set in stone, which means that it'll probably change four times between now and the second week of school.
- Prep
- Journalism
- English I-P
- English I-P
- English IV-P
- English IV-P
12 July 2010
Book 14 of 2010
I read this using iBooks while relaxing in Las Vegas.
14) Suck It, Wonder Woman!
by Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn is an entertaining lady. She's pretty and is fun to watch on G4 and The Daily Show. And she is funny. But...she's not a comedian (or comedienne, as the case may be).
14) Suck It, Wonder Woman!
by Olivia MunnOlivia Munn is an entertaining lady. She's pretty and is fun to watch on G4 and The Daily Show. And she is funny. But...she's not a comedian (or comedienne, as the case may be).
Book 13 of 2010
This is the first book I finished using Apple's iBooks application, but that's not an option to choose over at Goodreads, the site I use to keep track of my reading.
13) Juliet, Naked
by Nick Hornby
As an aside, there are little distinctions between iBooks and the Kindle app that make reading on each one very unique. Kindle allows the user to reverse the screen from black writing on a white background to white writing on a black background, which I find easier to read at night in the dark. iBooks doesn't do this, but one can change the brightness level. It's a similar effect, but harder on the eyes than Kindle's method. However, iBooks has a built in dictionary, something the people at Amazon say will be included soon. iBooks also possesses more intuitive and far-reaching annotation tools than Kindle. While Kindle does let the reader highlight sections of text, iBooks gives the reader the option of also adding post-it style notes along with the highlighted portion. Finally, the landscape mode in iBooks showcases an aesthetically pleasing double-page spread, as if the user were looking at an open book, while Kindle merely stretches text over the length of the screen. Ultimately, the most important part of a book reading app is the number of books available, and right now, Kindle blows iBooks out of the water. However, given the choice between the two, I always like to pick the iBooks app because of the color on the screen and the annotating ability.
13) Juliet, Naked
by Nick HornbyAs an aside, there are little distinctions between iBooks and the Kindle app that make reading on each one very unique. Kindle allows the user to reverse the screen from black writing on a white background to white writing on a black background, which I find easier to read at night in the dark. iBooks doesn't do this, but one can change the brightness level. It's a similar effect, but harder on the eyes than Kindle's method. However, iBooks has a built in dictionary, something the people at Amazon say will be included soon. iBooks also possesses more intuitive and far-reaching annotation tools than Kindle. While Kindle does let the reader highlight sections of text, iBooks gives the reader the option of also adding post-it style notes along with the highlighted portion. Finally, the landscape mode in iBooks showcases an aesthetically pleasing double-page spread, as if the user were looking at an open book, while Kindle merely stretches text over the length of the screen. Ultimately, the most important part of a book reading app is the number of books available, and right now, Kindle blows iBooks out of the water. However, given the choice between the two, I always like to pick the iBooks app because of the color on the screen and the annotating ability.
Book 12 of 2010
I finished this on an exercise bike while at the gym.
12) The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Time travel has always been one of those cool ideas that always falls apart upon closer inspection. If I wanted to go back and tweak something in my past because hindsight allows me to see the nuance that I couldn't recognize back then, there's a distinct possibility that doing so would result in vast changes that wouldn't be clear to me until I had even more hindsight later on. Time traveling needs rules of some sort, and by the time that dawns on a person, the fantasy ceases to be fun.
12) The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey NiffeneggerTime travel has always been one of those cool ideas that always falls apart upon closer inspection. If I wanted to go back and tweak something in my past because hindsight allows me to see the nuance that I couldn't recognize back then, there's a distinct possibility that doing so would result in vast changes that wouldn't be clear to me until I had even more hindsight later on. Time traveling needs rules of some sort, and by the time that dawns on a person, the fantasy ceases to be fun.
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