Friday, May 28, 2010

outside reading article 5-27-10



WEBSITE: http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/05/28/apple.ipad.debut.ft/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

RESPONCE: The I-pad has revolutionized the world of computers. Thanks to Steve Jobs, we have a great new technology. When the I-pad first came out people flocked to every apple store in the world. A lot of people thought that the I-pad would not have a lot of competition, but this Tuesday, Dell came out with their version of the I-pad, the Streak tablet computer. It can act as a computer but also as a phone. When apple launched the I-pad, it became the worlds biggest technology in the market.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Outside reading article 5- 24-2010

BOOK: American Born Chinese

Reflection: American Born Chinese is a book about an american boy borned in San Fransico. His parents are Chinese, so people think he moved from China. While at this school, he meets a kid that moved from Tai-Wan that went through the same struggles as he did when he first started at the new school.

Friday, May 14, 2010

outside reading article 5-13-10


WEBSITE: http://www.technewsdaily.com/iron-man-technology-has-real-life-analogs-0517/

RESPONSE: People may think that Iron Man and Iron Man 2 are far fetched fantasies. But really these technology's that Stark Industries creates are not that far off. When Stark creates a new element called "vibranium", he uses it to replace the old element that kept him alive called "palladium". Some people are stuned by this idea, but actually scientists are creating new elements today. Although the new elements that scientists create today are unstable, unlike Stakrs element of "vibranium".

As for the weaponry of Iron Man, the second movie has a villian named Ivan Varko. He uses these plasma whips that can cut through anything. Scientists are actually creating something a lot like the plasma whips that Ivan uses in Iron Man 2. It's called "StunStrike". It fires a bolt lightning which creates an electrical charge though plasma.

Iron Man and Stark Technology ideas are not that far off as we think. These new ideas from Iron Man movies are now becoming close to reality.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Carter Finally Get It 5-7-2010


At the very end of Carter Finally Gets It, there is a quote that i ponder about and that quote is "We may have cruised out to the lakein about an hour, just in time for the sunset....Either scenario could have happened. Anything is possible." This quote changed the image of the book for me. In the beginning of the book, I thought this fictional characters story actually happened. But this quote changed my thoughts as well. I dont think that this really happened to Carter because this quote is saying anything that happened between Carter and Abby could have happened, it never says it does.