Smartpen

I saw a video about this Livescribe Smartpen. It is a pen and you write your notes down but it takes pictures of the notes so you can transfer them to your computer. It also can record your voice so you can listen to your notes.

Quizlet

Today in computer architecture Devin told me about a website called Quizlet. It is a website where you sign up and you can make tests to study and flashcards online.

Chainless Bicycles

I saw this article on CNN.com today about chainless bicycles.
The manufacturer which is Trek is making a production of bicycles
that don't have the chain that always gets caught. They are making
belt driven bikes so you don't have to deal with the chain anymore.

Blackberry

Obama might have to give up his blackberry because he is the president.
They are saying that if he doesn't want his email to be public than he shouldn't email at all.
They don't want him to have a private email address and there can be security issues about carrying around a traceable cell phone

RSS

Today i read about RSS Feeds
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication
It is used for delivering regularly updated information using the internet
You can look at all the news from a bunch of different websites

Flickr

Today i read about Flickr, It was one of the first photosharing websites and it started off the whole photosharing thing. It became the fastest growing photosharing website. Flickr was one of the first websites to use tagging.

Elections

Today is the presidential elections. It is Obama (democrats) vs. McCain (republican)
In civics class we are having a fake presidential debate. One person is Obama and one is McCain and they are going to debate some things.
I want the elections to be over and McCain to win!

Hoaxes

Some email messages are hoaxes that try to get you to do things to your own computer. The email would say something like its warning you and telling you how to get rid of a virus but when you do what it says you actually give yourself the virus. Click here to go to a site that tells you more about a hoax