10 Weeks of Fun, Done.

Well, my friends, it appears that our time together learning about the blogs, wikis, hahas and hoohoos has come to an end. Thanks to everyone who put this course together. I've learned a lot and most importantly, enjoyed my experience along the way.

Okay, I haven't had the chance to write a blog about weeks 8 or 9 yet so here I go. Week eight was great, week nine was oh so fine. The Hawaii video to my amazement was hilarious. For those of you who didn't see it, a group of Flickr users met up in Hawaii at Kaka'ako park. So get this, Kaka'ako used to be a dump, at least that is what they said at the begining of the video. If you are pronouncing the name correctly you relaized that Kaka (pronounced caca) is especially funny when you find out it was a dump. Get it, kaka and dump... Moving on.

The video, more importantly, was about Flickr, an online photo sharing site. Prior to this course I had used Flickr basically to steal other peoples creative creations. I know it is wrong, but this is a great tie to the next topic covered, Creative Commons.

Creative Commons was created to protect the rights of artists and pseudo-artists that want to post their "artwork" online. Ummm, I am not so sure this works as is evident from the statement that I made above.

While we are on the whole intellectual property issue, there was also a bunch of really interesting stuff on copyrights. Ummmm, actually it was borrrrrring, but good to know. However, week nine wasn't a complete flop. Being a HUGE music fan, I enjoyed the music map and other related websites. I will definately use these to discover new music acts and artists that suit my tastes.

Drum roll please..... I am at the end of my final blog, and I can feel that MP3 player in my hands. So, you want to know what I will use it for. Man, you guys are nosey, but I'll tell you. I have a table at home with one leg that is shorter than the other three, and it turns out that the MP3 player is the exact width needed to prop the leg up and stabalize the table. So, there you go. You never said that it had to be used to listen to anything did you.

Knowledge is power, and power is, well, powerful. Thanks for the power Learn 2.0 folks.

Public Apology for Every Old Fart MySpace User

As part of the last posting on this blog I wrote negatively (and have spoken negatively) about MySpace users over the age of 21. I take it all back. Why this retraction you ask. Well, as part of Week 7's activities I visited two sites that were absolutely, without a doubt, the most disturbing things that I have ever seen; believe me these folks make the old fart, MySpace users look good. Dogster and Catster users beware because I am exposing you!

Dogster and Catster are online communities where the real sickos meet. Dog and cat owners parade their pets around in tutus, turtle neck sweaters, pumpkin costumes, ... These same people force themselves on their animals, kissing and hugging them, when it is obvious to me from the expressions on their animal's faces that those acts of "affection" are not invited. How do we stop this? Someone please notify PETA.

Let us take a stand my brothers and sisters. Let us start our own online communities that speak out aganist these cruel, cruel individuals. Together we can make a change.

Anyways, moving on. I hadn't yet posted anything about Week 6. Let me be short. I am sorry, but the activities for that week... how do I put this nicely... ummmm.... BORING. The idea of combining technologies/applications is great, but I guess I just wasn't impressed. (A mind as great as mine is not easy to impress.)

Moonshine Stardust, OUT! (To be said as if you are Ryan Seacrest.)