Evolution of dance

I'm sure you all have seen this but I absolutely LOVE IT!

Why Search engines are important

Thanks to mobile phones and search engines our lives are much easier.  We can get addresses, phone number, business hours and even place food orders to go all from our phones.  This will help industries becasue more and more people get smart phones and are able to utilize the mobile sites to their advantage. The first thing I look for in a business is a great mobile site that allows me to do what I need to do. If someone markets their pages correctly they can be at the top of the search engines and this drives business to them. So search engines are an important part of an online presence.

Even in my personal life I can use to my advantage. If I want to promote a product or my blog, I need to make sure keywords are used so that search engines can pick up my pages and list them in their directory. This makes it easier for other people to fine my page.

Week 4 and CSS

I really enjoyed this week of styling our web sites. I like how easy it is to set the classes and then just fill them in where I need the color schemes to be.  This makes it much more convenient than having to do everything individually.

How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?

While it makes for a great tongue-twister, the sad answer is: probably none. Woodchucks aren’t particularly tree-oriented, and while they can climb to find food, they prefer being on the ground. In fact, they got the name “woodchuck” from British trappers who couldn’t quite wrap their tongues around the Cree Indian name “wuhak”. More commonly (and accurately) known as groundhogs, these animals are closely related to squirrels, marmots, and prairie dogs, with which they share an affinity for burrowing. And actually, a burrowing woodchuck can chuck dirt, in the form of tunnels that can reach five feet deep and as much as 35 feet in length. So, based on that number, New York State wildlife expert Richard Thomas calculated that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he could chuck as much as 700 pounds of the stuff. :)

How Time Flies

I was just sitting here thinking of how fast time is going by.  It seems like the weeks are flying by SO quickly. I remember when I was in High School how I couldn't wait to get out of school and I was always rushing time and hoping it would hurry and pass by.  Now I want it to slow down. lol I guess because we stay so busy has something to do with it. I guess we need to take extra time and learn to manage time better. Maybe that way we can actually seem to have more time to spend with family and friends and it will help slow down how fast these years are going by.  I want to make sure I don't miss anything :)

The Landlord

One of my favorite videos!

Signs Improved by Hilarious Graffiti

Here are a few pics I found on funnyordie.com of signs that are much better after being defaced. 

My Favorite! lol

Internet effects on Media

The internet has a major effect on media today. Before the big internet boom and people always being connected, we had to rely on radio, tv, newspapers, magazines and albums.  Now everyone of these things can be done online.  Do you  want to read the news?  Sure head over to CNN.com and you will never have to turn your TV on to see what is happening in the world. Want to hear the new music from a particular artist?  Head over to amazon or the iTunes store and you have a slew of new artists to choose from. Internet has definitely hurt the music industry especially because of pirating.  People are finding ways around purchasing a song or album and they are able to get these for free.  They think that it isn’t hurting anyone but it hurts the artists.  The hard work an artist puts into an album is just stripped away and they don’t see the payday they deserver because of some cheapskate stealing their music. I also feel that the internet has hurt the newspaper and magazine industry.  Today, anyone with a  PC and a microphone and camera can become a newscaster.  On top of that, look how easy it would be to create a fake story and post it all over the internet for the world to see.  And all of this can be done from someone’s home and it could even be a kid.  While the internet has definitely expanded to be a useful tool, it can also cause problems for some people.

Blog I found on Technorati

This week I went through technorati.com and found a blog that interested me.  I have a sense of humor and I love jokes and funny videos that I find on the internet.  So for this weeks post I decided to choose http://www.funnyordie.com/ as the blog I wanted to talk about.  There are so many videos on here that are just hilarious. If I’m having a bad day I head on over to funnyordie.com to get my fix.  It’s amazing how far the world has come and how we no longer have to rely on tv/radio to provide us with entertainment. Not only does funnyordie.com have videos but they also have funny pictures with captions and more.  It is an all around fun site to visit and it will definitely make you smile. There is a great post I read on there titled “10 People Who Should be Immediately Unfriended on Facebook”. This is a great post and it made me laugh because it’s true. I don’t care how far someone ran, or what they are listening to on spotify, what video from 5 years ago they just discovered, where they are shopping and especially those who are OVERdramatic and whine all the time. I want people to get down to the nitty gritty of what is going on in their lives.  I call facebook my real-life “Days of our Lives”.

Internet and Communication

I believe that the internet has definitely altered the way we communicate with our friends and family. In the past we would drive to someone's house or meet them for dinner if we wanted to catch up, or even place a phone call when we needed to inform them of something.  Now we just send an email or text.  Everything has been digitized and made convenient. I used to call my mom a lot but now we mainly text because she works and it’s easier than me having to call and bother her.  The same thing with my husband, throughout the day we will text each other and in a sense it’s easier than calling him and bothering him if he is busy. With social media such as facebook, we have all become really nosey people.  We can’t wait to get our facebook fix for the day.  There is always some type of drama to see on facebook and it has made us look forward to seeing what people’s new status will be next. So the internet has definitely changed the way we act and communicate with each other.