Thursday, February 26, 2009

Smoking Hot Ann Richards

I chose the one with Ann Richards on a motorcycle because it was a picture of Ann Richards on a motorcycle. The picture was first seen on a 1992 cover of Texas Monthly. The picture was manipulated by splicing a picture of Ann’s head onto the body of a model. The picture was altered to make Ann look like a younger more vibrant person. Ann didn’t have a problem with the picture. She said the model had such a good body that she couldn’t complain. If she can’t complain then why should we?

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Chris Nolan

The thing I learned that i didn't know was that you can hit control f allows you to find key words on a searched page. The the that surprised me the most is that a .org url is a non profit organization.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

copy right laws

Jason Hardin talked about the Sonny Bono Act (Mickey Mouse protection Act) which extended copyright laws an extra twenty years after the author’s death. The act its self is good idea. It keeps the true owners attached to their work. The problem I have with the act is the fact that all copyright laws were changed just for one man’s work. The act was put in place for Walt Disney so he would not lose the copyright to his characters. Jason also said that the twenty year extension was coming to an end. He also spoke of the possibility of copyright laws be lengthen even further passed the life of the author. All that shows is corruption in politics that one man can have such an influence on a particular law. Why not establish a law and go by it?

Monday, February 2, 2009

I usually only get on facebook about three time a week. I do see the potential for it to be used academically. It helps students get organized into study groups or whatever its just a very useful tool for students to utilize.