Writing a Rich Blog (Defending NASCAR)

If you haven't noticed, I like NASCAR.
Alot. I mean, it is almost sad about how much I like NASCAR. To most people, it seems that many people think of NASCAR as the redneck sport or as not even a sport. I have to defend my favorite sport, so I would typically say something about being stuck in a car, going around 180MPH,  at each turn having 700 to 800 lb of force onto you for 3 to possibly 4 hours. The redneck part is hard to defend, because it got their roots from cars driving away from police during the prohibition era with their moonshine or their bathtub liquor with them.

Now, a race can actually be considered a family event. It may be somewhat redneck, but how redneck can it be if it is the second most popular sport, only behind the NFL? Exactly.

About Rich Blogs

What is a "rich" blog?
A rich blog is a blog that, with the topic, shows easy ways to look up more information about the topic.
What makes up a "rich" blog?
The blog would typically have things such as links and pictures. The blog would also have information about the topic.
Why should your blogs be "rich"?
A blog should be rich because this gives the user the ability to easily see a crediable link to learn more about the topic. Also, it would look more appealing to see pictures and other items than seeing just text.

SOPA and PIPA

What are SOPA and PIPA?
SOPA and PIPA are two bills currently in the House and Senate respectively.
What do the acronyms stand for and what are SOPA and PIPA trying to do?
SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA stands for Protect IP Act. They are to stop piracy to files such as getting to watch a movie before it is released
Do you agree with what they are trying to do? Why or why not?
I absolutely hate this. It is not just the fact that this act is attacking the internet (which it is), it is because this stuff is being voted on people that avreage their age to 68 years old. 68!!! There needs to be people in Congress that actually knows how to use a smart phone, not someone like my grandmother voting for a bill that wouldn't affect them much, but would hurt most of the general population.
If you do not agree, what is another way to stop all the piracy that goes on?
Take away proxy servers that allow people to hide their IP adresses and mabye NOT MAKING IT EASY TO FIND THESE ITEMS!!!!





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Thoughts on the Class

Tell me what you think about this class.
I think that this class is better than some other classes because of its self direction. I feel that Globaloria as a whole teaches much more than flash, but it shows more "real world" aspects that is used, mostly the self pacing and doing the work with only a final date, and not step by step dates.
How has your perception of this class changed since the beginning of the year.
I am liking the class more and more as the year contuinues on. It is fun, I know people in here, and it is fun to learn about something that I could do in the future.
Do you think this class is hard/easy? Why?
I feel that this class, if you know what to do, is easy. If you get stuck, use the interwebs and look up the answer, because it is doubtful that you were the first with the problem.

What is one thing that you really like about this class?
I like the topic. To me, Flash is a good topic to teach when before this, the main 2 programs that is used in the school was Java and HTML.


What is one thing that you really dislike about this class?
Sometimes, these blogs get annoying. It is okay when it is a Monday, and you don't want to code, so you just use this as a procrastination tool. But if I want to code so I don't forget to put it in the game, and I see that this is up, then this just gets put back to last minute, and I lose points.



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Christmas

Tell me all about your Christmas, what did you do, what presents did you get, did you have a good break?

Honestly, this year was probably the laziest Christmas that I have had in a long time. Christmas day I mean. The rest of the break was average, but Christmas day was very lazy. Christmas day, the only place I went to was one of my aunt's and uncle's house. No surprise, it was crowded, because it is a large family, and an average size house. During the break, I did see a movie "The Darkest Hour". It wasn't that great, but it was an interesting. What I got was clothing, money, money like substances (gift cards), and lottery tickets.
 
The break was relaxing. Unlike Thanksgiving or a 3 day weekend, it actually felt like a break. I was able to catch up on sleep and just be happy.



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