Whimsical Wyatt's World

The End Of The Road

2008-06-02T07:14:00.000-07:00

I've lost sleep myself, dear reader. How to conclude this blog, how to sum up my life in one post. But I have thought of a solution. The fourth fact, the finale of the list, is that I, Whimsical Wyatt, may not be done with my blogging days. You heard it correctly, dear reader, I am too much a part in all of your lives to kick you to the curb. I am a man of the people, a man of my followers, hence the prophet/messiah alter-egos that you may see every now and again, so I will continue to lead you. The drought of diction that is sure to ensure during the summer will eventually, ease. You will not need to flee the country due to famine, I will bring the enlightenment back. This blog will be used to sharpen my skills, to hone my vocabulary, while making your life, dear reader, more enjoyable. This is the end for now, but I will be back again even though I swore last time that it was my last time. I am Micheal Jordan in his prime, I may retire, but I will come back far too many times.
And I purposely made the title misleading. Brought you down so I could bring you. Brought on a catharsis of passion and hope when you saw the truth. That is how you persuade the mob, dear reader.

Simple Circle of Doom

2008-05-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

The third fact is another slander on myself. It is something that has embarrassed me since my youth and will continually haunt me forever. I cannot throw a frisbee. I play it off as frisbees not being cool or that i purposely throw the frisbee in the wrong direction as a joke, but i really just suck. I am an extreme disappointment in the most extreme of sports. Ultimate frisbee is the ultimate embarrassment to me. It may seem like as your omnipotent narrator that I can do anything, but when it comes to the cylindrical disc or doom, I keep my distance. The book will be slammed shut on Monday with the list and therefore my blog being completed, but until then, reminisce on the old times. My life is conveniently laid out for you on the right hand side of my blog where a simple click can bring you back to any moment of my life. You may wonder, well what about when you were a child, and the answer is, I never was. See my life both begins and ends with this blog. That is all.

Lie-mumba

2008-05-29T08:06:00.000-07:00

Day 2. I have a confession. This may come as a shock to you, dear reader, but I am not actually Patrice Lumumba. I know my profile picture depicts me as the charismatic Congolese leader, but I am not him.
As you have witnessed, this countdown is getting heavy. You may not leave with a smile ever day, dear reader, instead it may be a battered heart and a tarnished image of your messiah as a fraudulent foe. Yet this the end of our time together so do not hold a grudge. I am the same person I have always been, I just do not have the dashing appearance of a Congolese President.
Tomorrow's fact is only 24 hours away. Mentally prepare yourself. You have been warned.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

2008-05-28T07:55:00.000-07:00

Now after a nights worth of anticipation, I will reveal the countdown list I promised. However, it is not actually a countdown, for the following facts will not be in any order. Now with the formalities aside, the list will be composed of things that I, your blogging savior, can do that you did not know. The first unknown skill is my culinary ability. From the presentation to the meal, I am no slouch in the kitchen. I can turn a bland evening into an extraordinary night with my chef's intuition. Due to my New York upbringing, Italian food is my specialty. If you like Italian food, than you will like my cooking. Otherwise you probably won't and this first fact will be an utter disappointment. Now I know you want more. "Whimsical Wyatt, you should just give four things everyday, we can't get enough," said the readers, but you must be patient. The drama and suspense are what make my blog so unique and worthwhile. Try not to lose sleep over the anxiety from waiting for the second one tomorrow. However if you do, I will make it worth your wait. Over and Out.

Back For The Last Time

2008-05-27T08:45:00.000-07:00

I have been gone for quite some time. Exploring the great unknown, traversing the sea of knowledge I needed to fulfill the prophesy. See much has happened since my blogging world was turned upside down and thoughtlessly abandoned by me. Yet I had no choice. Now that I am back, I must sadly inform you that school ends next week and i will hang up my blogging cleats for the final farewell on Tuesday. I will use the four days I have left to blog to recap the top four something that I will think of. My last act as your messiah will be to bless you with this countdown along with other priceless gems of knowledge to help you cope with the abyss of nothingness your heart will be without me. Even in my abandonment, I will not abandon you, dear reader.

Just as Much A Holiday as Columbus Day

2008-04-15T08:42:00.001-07:00

There have been no blogs for a while, but I'll do what I can in the future. More importantly, big electronics recycling drive on May 17th. It is at McCallum High School (5600 Sunshine Dr) from 9-2. Bring anything, computers, cell phones, cd players, televisions. Let us relieve you of the shit that has just been sitting around your house for years.

Uncut Dope

2008-04-04T08:46:00.001-07:00

Here is the uncut mission statement of our project. It will have to be edited for content, but this is how I want it, and how it should be. Let me know how much you agree.

Nobody loves sitting under the shade of a tree on a hot and windy summer day more than we do. Part time students, part time environmentalists, full time badasses, we are conscience of the beauty of mother earth and the need for her preservation. We are not trying to bring back the hippie movement, or inspire everyone to drive hybrid cars, but we feel like we have polluted enough in our day to try and give something back. If you feel the same, join our cause, if not, fuck you.

Logos Need Friends Too

2008-04-04T08:27:00.001-07:00

The problem with the project is the lack of slogan. If you remember, I slaved over a logo sometime ago, but now my creative insight is once again required. The logo must be accompanied by a slogan of equal badassness. That may sound unprofessional, but if you have seen the logo, or had an insight as to what the slogan will be, you will have no other word to describe the pair. Sit in suspense, dear reader.

Blog Status

2008-04-02T07:55:00.001-07:00

My blog has been dismal in these recent weeks, but it is not the fault of you, dear reader. Our computer program is nearing liftoff and so of course there is chaos. My blog has taken a back seat, but it is for the better. I make your lives better with my words, but I make other lives better through my work. This blog brings nothing but the passing giggle, but my project is important. I will try not to forget about you, but my blog could very nearly be seeing the beginning of the end. It may prevail, it may not.

The Helper Needs Help

2008-03-28T08:52:00.000-07:00

I have been busy at work so I have not had a chance to blog, but if for some reason you actual read my blog, and you know somebody that works for Time Warner or AT&T, please let me know. I will update you more next week.

Suspended Suspense

2008-03-25T08:49:00.001-07:00

Getting accepted into college was not nearly as exciting as I imagined it to be. There is no suspense, no drum roll as you open the letter, it is very disappointing. You get a big packet when you get in, and a little letter when you do not, which just seems like such an anticlimactic and flawed system. On top of that Lehigh wrapped congratulations around the outside which just made me care even less. If you were thinking about applying to college, do not, because it is nowhere near as exciting as the movies make it seem.

Power Walking Women

2008-03-20T08:37:00.000-07:00

For my project, there is a certain woman (who will remain unnamed) who I need to talk to about getting a drive going. It just so happens that during this period, the period I want to talk to her, she leaves her office and takes a walk around the school everyday. She does it with another teacher. But they do not just walk. They power walk. And they look pissed while they do. I have never seen them speak to each other, or smile, they just grimace and walk. I knew I was supposed to talk to her, and they walked right by me today, but I could not do it. She was far to intimating. Moral of the story is, if a woman is power walking, let her be. I made the right decision and hope you do the same. My weekend starts today, dear reader, so I will be ghost for the next couple of days. But soon we will meet up again. Until then, dear reader.

Wordplay Wednesday

2008-03-19T08:35:00.000-07:00

I realized that when I read blogs, I only look at pictures. Occasionally I will read the the words below a picture, but if there is no picture, than it is not worthwhile. This creates problems, because my blog does not have pictures. My words themselves are more beautiful than any possible picture could be, but I fear my blog is just skimmed over because of the pure text. If only those ever-judging eyes of readers could just see through my lack of pictures and see my blog in all its glory. If you have read this, than it is not for you. Enjoy the irony of that and take the time to wonder if it was worth it to take the time and read this. You may just be wasting more time, but that is risk that must be taken.

I Call Upon Thee...

2008-03-18T08:22:00.001-07:00

If you are a faithful reader, you remember the Computers for All project I was working. Along with some companions, we set a goal of getting computers those without them in the McCallum district. You may have thought that this prolonged silence about it meant I gave up, I retired my messiah alias so you believed I know longer wanted to enhance lives. If I no longer wanted to enhance lives, I would not longer write this blog. I am still deep in this project and have just made great strides. As early as this week, we are going to distribute our first computers. This is a monumental moment and You dear reader are here to witness it. Look forward to how it turns out in future blogs, but I until then get excited. We do not need computers from the public yet, but soon we may so spread the word. Make giving computers to me the new iphone. Having an iphone is cool, donating a computer should be just as cool. Think about it. Let the settle in and then like the disciples did for Jesus, spread my omnipotent word to the average man.

Hooray, St. Patrick's Day... Psych

2008-03-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

You may be paroosing through your day wearing green and trying to be as Irish as possible, but it just so turns out that instead of celebrating St. Patrick's Day, you are just being a fool. March 17th is usually the day to flaunt everything green you have in your possession, but to avoid conflict with Holy Monday, The Roman Catholic Church changed the date. The date was changed to the 15th, which means that it is already passed. If you like St. Patrick's Day like i like Leap Year Day, than it is quite unfortunate if you were unaware of it. Do not try and celebrate it today because you missed St. Patty on Saturday, because the Roman Catholic Church will not tolerate that. Today is Holy Monday and St. Patrick will not interfere.
And yes as you have probably noticed, I am back from another hiatus. There was no lack of motivation, only spring break. If you were wondering, it was awesome. That is all for today, dear reader. Enjoy your not St. Patrick's Day.

Personality, Shmersonality

2008-03-04T08:40:00.000-08:00

You may think I have been ranting recently, but really I have just been dropping knowledge. Today I will talk about another problem with voting and politics. People care to much about personality. We took a survey in class today about which candidate our ideas lean towards. Throughout the room all I heard was "I got Hillary, I will never vote for her," or "Oh but I hate this person" and worst of all "I still won't vote for them." Now, if your policies are the same as someone running for President, you should vote for them. Do not be a fool. Whether the President is someone you would like to talk to or not doesn't matter, because you probably will never talk to them. Do not vote based on personality. It can be a bonus, but if you vote because you like the person rather than their policies, you are a fool.

Why Whimsical Wyatt's World Is A Dictatorship

2008-03-03T08:38:00.000-08:00

Do not make hasty assumptions on what I am about to write, dear reader, just listen up and let me attack your mind. We have this false sense that every body deserves to vote. Now I am all for a democracy and everyone having the right to vote, but we should not take it further than that. Trying to get people who wouldn't normally vote, to vote, is bad for America. If you have somebody that only votes because they are told to, then there vote is not one they really support. Everyone is telling me to vote, and while I cannot vote in the primaries, I wouldn't anyway. The reason is not that my vote does not count or that I don't care, but rather I consciously understand that I do not know enough about any of the candidates to make a decision. I have not followed the candidates much to this point and do not know their policies, therefore I do not deserve to be able to vote. My school is doing somethings to help get people to register to vote. I think it is ridiculous. If you can not fill out the little piece of paper and mail it in on your own, you do not deserve to vote. If you are not willing to take out the time to get it and mail it in, you should not vote. We should not continue to encourage everyone to vote, because the uninformed, not necessarily the unintelligent, should not be allowed to vote. If you know nothing about presidential policies or anything of the sort, your vote is more harm than good. You have no grounds to choose a candidate so how can it be a good decision. You can be uneducated and vote, but if you are uneducated about what you are voting for, than why vote. Stop feeling bad for people we should not feel bad for America.

An Almost New Beginning

2008-02-28T08:27:00.000-08:00

So I failed you again. I said I was back and I was not. Blogging just no longer tops my list of priorities. I just feel no need to keep my promises I make in this blog, because no one reads it so I am not making a promise to anyone at all. I pour my heart into this page and nobody reeps the benefits of my work. But I will start actually blogging, and not just blogging about blogging as I am doing now, and said before I wouldn't do, from here on out. My blog will soon be relevant and exciting, and not just a self-involved, self-idolizing work, which i know you faithful readers love, but I need to sell out to attract the mainstream. You will be left behind faithful readers, and I will never look back to you.

A Triumphant Return

2008-02-26T08:37:00.000-08:00

I have been away from my blog recently but here I am for my triumphant return. Due to both technical difficulties, and scheduling conflicts, my blog has taken a back seat to my life, but not any longer. This past weekend my lacrosse team played two games, winning by a collective score of 30-6. Now this may make us seem like a powerhouse, but really we were just playing terrible teams to make us feel good about ourselves. And it worked. But it will seemingly be problematic, because if we are used to playing people that are awful, playing people that are just decent will seem like a jarring task. If the Spurs scrimmaged against college teams, they would feel good about themselves, but they would be setting themselves up for disaster. Which brings me to my lacrosse season. This false sense of glory may be more than we can overcome. Our first count game is on Wednesday and we will see if was better to have built up are self-esteem, or if we should have played teams that would have dominated us, just so that anything else seems like cake. Sleep in anticipation, dear reader, you will find out in due time.

Real Blogging (that last one was a phony)

2008-02-20T08:28:00.000-08:00

That last post was an assignment. I was editing html. It does not look like anything, but I was using
instead of the enter key and all that secret code that only champions of html understand. You may be saying to yourself, why have such remarkable skill when it is not even noticeable, well the answer is that its purpose is just not for blogs. If I move on to websites, I will need this mastery. For you simpletons, what I am saying is that I wrote hidden notes in invisible ink that you commoners will never understand. It is necessary for me because I am champion of technology and therefore html just followed suit and submitted to my will. So my title says the last blog was a phony, but it was just super advanced space lingo that you would never understand. I apologize for being leaps and bounds ahead of my time, but you will catch up eventually, dear reader.

2008-02-20T08:26:00.000-08:00

Wyatt

The above text is indeed my name.
You may be thinking, Wyatt, what a crazy name.
Well my friends, it is not that crazy at all.

Other than my name, my defining quality is my skill in mastery of HTML
I am Champion of HTML
You want a line break
There it is.
You want a new paragraph

This looks like a new paragraph, does it not.
Moral of the story is that my name is Wyatt, the champion of HTML.

Haunted Beloved

2008-02-19T08:42:00.000-08:00

We are reading Beloved in English class. If you have not read this book, here is a short summary that is all you need to know to understand my frustration. It is a serious book taking the reader through the terrors of slavery, however it is hard to take the book that seriously. You may be thinking, what an insensitive person for not taking slavery seriously. But that is not what I am saying at all. The slavery part is very serious but the book is too supernatural. There is a ghost, it is not a metaphor, an actual ghost in the book. How can you take a book seriously that just decides to throw a ghost in the mix. It is justified in way, it just seems wrong to read such a serious novel with an out of place ghost just roaming around the text. Toni Morrison (the author) has very cool hair, so I am a fan of her, and well Beloved is good, the ghost just seems wrong. The story would have to be different, but could be just as powerful without the ghost. The ghost is a burden on Sethe (the main character) but, more so, it is a burden on the readers. Moral of the story, no ghost belongs in Beloved.

You Can't Stop Monday

2008-02-18T08:47:00.001-08:00

I lied to you, dear reader. I told you I would have a joke for you on Monday, to brighten your day. However, I do not. I realized I am just not funny enough to think up and relay a joke to you. I also felt like I would have cheated you by just finding a joke. So now you get nothing but a bad case of the Mondays. It is for the better though. There will never not be Mondays, but there will not always be the chance to enter my Whimsical World by reading my blog. For I will move on, my blog long forgotten like an inferior Woody doll to the Buzz Lightyear of life that will take over. So to help you cope with Mondays forever, I decided to help you not deal with Mondays now. Not give you a false sense of security that I will just rip from you later. I am sorry for the bad news, but Monday is Monday and it sucks. That is all.

The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow

2008-02-15T08:35:00.000-08:00

It is once again Friday. While I am looking forward to the weekend, because it is the weekend, my near future looks bleak. Tomorrow I happen to have a lacrosse game and the weather is apparently going to be in the 30s with a high chance of rain. As a goalie getting hit with shots hurt. The colder it is, the more they hurt. I while be miserable. And in times when no shots are being taken, I will be wet. This is by no means an appealing sounding Saturday. Pray for lightning, dear reader, then I will not have to play and enjoy the warm of my home and television instead of the agony of a freezing and rainy lacrosse game.

Off To Battle

2008-02-14T09:38:00.000-08:00

Today in class we watched Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I am not sure why, but that is besides the point. What I realized is that music is the difference between an epic movie and an action movie. The music in this movie was awesome. It made me want to go to battle. Regardless of whether or not it is a good movie, it is defiantly epic. Moral of the story is, if you ever make a movie and it just is not as awesome as you want it to be, you need better music in it.

Football Withdrawl

2008-02-13T08:36:00.000-08:00

I never played football on a school team, but I love football. It is by far the most exciting sporting season. With 16 games, every game matters, in baseball you have 162 games so why bother. 16 games on 16 Sundays make every Sunday for 16 weeks, 21 if you include playoffs, great days. However now the season is over. There are 31 Sundays left in this year, and none of them have any significance to me. I miss football and I wish it started up again next Sunday. That is all I have to say. Good day.

Monday Has Its Day

2008-02-11T08:41:00.000-08:00

Today is Monday. Sir Charles has no songs about this day, so it is not a day to get excited about. I think Monday needs a mascot. Nobody likes Monday. People dread Monday. Me included. If Monday had some special attraction that no other day had though, then it would be a much better time for everyone. Tuesday is cd day, Wednesday is sometimes movie day, Thursday is the day before Friday, Friday has to much goodness to its credit, and the weekend is the weekend. Monday has nothing. Nothing at all. So now to appease your need for Monday goodness, I will tell a joke every Monday. But I can not think of any right now, so starting next Monday. Joke day. Get ready.

Sir Charles Jones

2008-02-08T08:48:00.000-08:00

It is Friday. The day of kings. Sir Charles Jones would call it the day to party and get his groove on the dance floor. If you have not heard the song "Friday" by Sir Charles Jones, you will never truly appreciate Friday. It is the day to buy some new gators and plenty of other things. What a day it is.

Merely Entertainment

2008-02-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

You may have noticed recently that I have not mentioned being your savior, your messiah. I decided to approach are relationship differently. I am writer, you are reader. That is all. It is not friend to friend, nor savior so savee, it is just blogger to blog reader. This is now professional. I will speak to you, and you cannot speak back for you do not have the power of print that I have. I will not be nice, but I will not be mean, I will merely be entertainment. There is nothing more to it than that. I hope you enjoy this drastic change, and if not, I apologize but you are powerless in making me change my mind. The fun starts tomorrow. Get excited.

The Dude Abides

2008-02-06T08:29:00.000-08:00

I do not have much time to blog because I was playing tetris. Tetris used to be great and will always be great. People just do not understand simplicity anymore. Everything is to complicated. Tetris is great because it is so simple and so timeless. We need more of that. This reminds me of a The Dude. He is a just a guy out there takin' er easy for all us sinners. I take comfort in knowing he is there. If you have not seen the Big Lebowski, you will not understand.

Super Bowl Shennanigans

2008-02-05T08:33:00.001-08:00

The Super Bowl is to be watched for the football. Nothing else. Anyone who does, or claims to watch the Super Bowl f0r commercials is a fool. I may be wrong but are commercials not the least pleasant part of television viewing. It is no different during the Super Bowl. You may get five funny commercials, in three hours. That is not a good amount of funny commercials at all. If you think five slightly funny commercials is enough to merit a Sunday night of yours, you are a fool. You really should be watching it for the game, which was awesome mind you, but if you are not into football and our just watching because your friends are, do not say it is for the commercials. Nothing bothers me more, and nothing is a bigger disappointment on a yearly basis. Commercials are not for pleasure, that is not their purpose and never will be. Do not give them the false impression that people like them. Next year when the Colts are winning the Super Bowl, do not be waiting for the commercial breaks, enjoy the Colts run up the score on whatever scrub they face, and do not worry about the in-betweens.

Monotonous Mayrtrdom

2008-02-01T08:44:00.001-08:00

I realized that I have not had anything exciting to write about, because I need a new persona. I am bored of being the Messiah. Saving lives is only exciting for so long, and then its really monotonous at best. For all of you considering pursuing a career of this sort, think again. So now I will go into a three day weekend and try to reinvent myself. I will either come back next week a new man, or just a really disgruntled messiah. May the suspense carry you through the next couple days of your life.

Mr. Whimsical Keeps Rolling

2008-01-31T09:28:00.000-08:00

So on Monday I came to school feeling a little sick. My English teacher sent me home because of how sick she thought I looked, and upon returning home I discovered that my fever was 103. So I am sorry that my posts have been nonexistent, but I had to get better. At 104 your brain starts to melt and I knew for the sake of you dear readers that I must be at full brain capacity to please the ever demanding people that cherish this blog. Well, dear readers, I got my temperature down and I am back to you feeling good. My brain is not melted and therefore Mr. Whimsical keeps rolling.

Much Ado About Nothing

2008-01-28T08:32:00.000-08:00

Today is Monday, and I am sick. My mind is cloudy and my eyes can barely take the light coming of this computer screen. However, I am your savior from boredom and on a Monday, I feel like it is my duty to make sure you start your week off right. Therefore I have sacrificed my own well-being to enhance your life. I have no exciting stories, or breakthroughs in my recycling project, all I have is this keyboard and this screen to make magic. I am talking more about writing, than actually writing anything, but when you have as little to talk about as I do, there is not really any other way to do it. Now that I have written a fair amount with having actually said nothing, I will still not say anything and hope just seeing these words in this beautiful black ink and knowing they came from me, Whimsical Wyatt, will be enough to please you dear readers.

Business Time

2008-01-25T08:40:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I was sparse on time, and gave a mediocre at best blog post. I apologize to you faithful reader who spent the day in depression due to me only writing an abysmal couple sentences. Now you can breathe easy though, for I will dedicate more time to blog from hear on out. The clock will never escape my grasp and time will never slip through my fingers and keep me from you. So on to the life of you messiah. Lately I have been making a lot of phone calls, to internet providers and such, during school. It just so happens that each time a different hall monitor pops up and tells me to get off the phone. I keep a buddy with me to explain to them what is going on, but it is unbelievable how many phone calls have been interrupted by a hall monitor just yelling. It can't be good for my credibility to be talking about helping my school, and then just hear yelling in the background. Anyway, I apologize for my posts seeming so professional. I am in the business call mode and can not switch gears. I also have a fear that somebody important I am contacting will read my blog, take my omnipotent voice the wrong way and cut our ties. If you read this important people, although all you faithful readers are important to me, please do not take it the wrong way. I agreed to be the blogging messiah in my second blog post and have never looked back. If you can not take it, I am sorry, but you can not stop the Messiah. I also am discontinuing the use of the TEKs. My teacher does not care, so neither do I. They may be back at some point though. Also if this title made you think of Flight of the Conchords, then I would liek to be a personal friend of yours, if not, you need to figure it out.

Hooray Grande

2008-01-24T08:49:00.001-08:00

Today I spoke to Grande again. I planned to have to have a convincing case of why we deserved free internet and all this stuff, but then she agreed to give internet almost immediately. Hooray for Grande.

The Messiah and Mrs. Tech Support

2008-01-22T08:41:00.000-08:00

I received a phone number from Grande, so I started off the day by giving the me call. The conversation got off to an unconventional start when I had to ask if I was speaking to a real person, because those automated responses can sound so real sometimes. After that things picked up and the helpful women told me she would call me back with another number I can call, for someone that can really help us out. I thought this was great because i would not have to wait on hold, however it may have just been her way of rejecting me. I have received no phone call back yet, and with me being in school, our relationship may be in jeopardy. I could always call back tomorrow or some other time, but this lady was my friend, and that friendship seems to have come to a close. I guess sometimes you have to move on, dear reader, and this is just one of those times. Apparently it was not meant to be. The TEK that applies is 18. (E) identify employers' expectations and appropriate work habits. And I am sorry if I repeat a TEK but i have no idea which ones I have used.

The Messiah acts Messiah-y

2008-01-18T08:35:00.000-08:00

If you are a loyal reader to my whimsical world, or even if you are just cruising through for the first time, please check the link to the McCallum computers blog in the sidebar. I do not need much help being your messiah, but we do need a lot of help to actually do something constructive. It is easy for me to talk a big game on this blog, but we are doing something big under the McCallum computers alias and we need help. Now if you do that then this blog will be able to stay a blog of empty promises while that one takes on the role of the more productive twin. I know you enjoy the way this blog seemingly blends doing nothing with a lot of words, so to keep that alive, please check up on McCallum computers. I appreciate your support, dear reader. For your loyalty you will once again your TEK of the day, 17. (B) describe a variety of careers available in computer technology.

A Thursday to Be Forgotten

2008-01-17T09:41:00.000-08:00

While yesterday turned out to be very productive and a got use of my skills, today was not. Classes are only 40 minutes today, so I found myself trying to look like I was doing something for 40 minutes. Looking back on it, I can not tell you one thing that was productive and done by me. I read some blogs, thought of what I could say I was doing if I was asked, and generally just not doing anything at all. I am sorry if this disappoints you, dear reader, but I am the bearer of truth and had to give it to you how it is. The TEK that applies is 16. (B) discuss the effect of customer satisfaction on the image of a product or company.

Dilemma

2008-01-16T08:39:00.000-08:00

Today we had quite a dilemma. We need a working cd drive on our computers to run our diagnostic and wiping programs, but one of our working computers had a broken drive. All is lost, or is it not? We replaced the drive with a drive from a broken computer and greatness ensued. I am a champion of computer reallocation and saved this poor computers life with my skills. You can thank me later dear world. This one is on me. The TEK that applies is 11. (A) use an assessment strategy to determine the risks and benefits of technological developments in computer technology

No Title Comes to Mind

2008-01-14T08:42:00.000-08:00

With the colts loss yesterday, I am too depressed to write. Enjoy this TEK, 3. (D) use simulation software for research and development.

My Fateful Demise

2008-01-11T08:44:00.000-08:00

I found a mood ring today. It was on the floor. I put it on. It was green, it immediately turned blue. Now I have no idea what this means, dear reader. I am worried that my life is at stake with blue being a fatal color. What is so blue about my mood? I am not sure but if I do not blog tomorrow, dear reader than fear for my life. This ring will have predicted my terrible fate. Actually I will not blog tomorrow because I do not have school, but if by Monday there is nothing, then all is lost. The TEKs that applies is 11. (D) describe how and why technology evolves.

Whimsical Wyatt is Bemused

2008-01-10T08:33:00.000-08:00

Today was spent going through stuff that was given to us in our quest to get computer supplies from around the school. We asked for computers, and got 3, but we also got 6 monitors, about 50 mouses, and nearly 50 power supply cords. Really, we just got shit dumped on us. I just realized today how many things people have that do not want, but just keep them around for no reason until some foolish kids (us in this case) get them so that we can do nothing with them until some other fool gets them from us. What a terrible cycle of not knowing what to do with things. Everybody thinks though that the next person does know what to do though. We seem like we know what to do with this stuff, so somebody gave it to us, but really we just know that we will get it to Goodwill, and we think they know what to do, but they could be as oblivious as us. What people really know, is something I will never know. The TEKs that applies is 5. (B) apply continuous quality improvement techniques to computer activities. And sorry I did not live up to yesterday's post. I get really heated sometimes, and can never recreate it. I will never be as interesting as that 10 year old, nor will I ever be able to make up a story that good. If you were excited, sorry. That was an empty promise.

Ten Year Old Outdoes Messiah

2008-01-09T08:28:00.000-08:00

Today I there seemed to be an abundance of time, so I read blogs. The ones that caught my eye were posts about a kid gluing his hands to his bed to avoid school, and a dog stepping on a gun and killing his owner. Now I just cannot compete, dear reader. As much as I pour my life into my writing, it is just not possibly for me to be as interesting as that ten year old Mexican boy who just did not want to go to school. There may not be hope for me, but I will keep on keeping on for you, dear reader. To counteract the inexcitment of my life, I will try to incorporate stories I have read into my blog, as if they happened in my life. The line between truth and lies will be blurred, dear reader, but just know that your messiah knows no bonds. The TEKs that applies is 10. (B) identify areas where codes, laws, standards, or regulations may be required.

It begins... again

2008-01-08T08:29:00.000-08:00

I came to you months ago, no more than a student with an assignment. I have grown into your messiah with a mission, and am back to bring you more. This break has worked wonders on me and am every bit as refreshed as I claimed I would be. This semester is no longer about me though. It is you, dear reader, that this semester belongs to. Keep it real, and I will do the same. This is your messiah signing out for the first time of the new year, but not before I grace you with the daily TEK. 4. (A) report on emerging and innovative computer technologies. Enjoy that gem, while I continue to do prophet-esque things.

It Ends

2007-12-18T07:52:00.000-08:00

It has been good my dear reader. Countless moments shared from me to you, for you were the inferior of this relationship. And this is why it must come to an end. With the semester at its end and my unwillingness to write over the break, our relationship crumbles. You can not keep it going, dear reader, it is just out of yours hands. So for the next 2 weeks or so, do not check this. The disappointment in seeing no new posts will kill you inside every time, and two weeks without me could send the most prosperous life into a downward spiral. But do not fret dear dear, I will be back. Re-energized, revitalized, re- really everything to be honest. The semester has made me weary and the break is a much needed rest to your overworked messiah. So I bid you well and hope my absence does not ruin your life.

Sincerely,
Wyatt

The Road Less Traveled

2007-12-14T07:58:00.000-08:00

As you know, instead of doing the daily work for computer applications, I have been doing as computer recycling and refurbishing project. I am going to be honest, when we first started, it was just to get out of work. I did not really see the purpose of making old computers usable. Well, what a fool I was. We started with the appearance stuff, making a logo, making a wiki, making a blog, making a pamphlet, which really did not make me feel differently about computer recycling. However our project really began when we went to Goodwill. We spent three hours just learning about computers there are it was critical in our project as well as my understanding of it. I realized how old and broken down computers really can be fixed up into working, and working well at that, which can be a very important resource to some. Recently we broke down a computer in class and have researched individually all the things in each part that can be toxic. The moral side of giving computers to those without them is enough to make the project worthwhile, but so is the environmental side that computers are mother earth's kryptonite. Also, lately we have been planning our new plan of attack towards computerless homes. Instead of setting up shop at McCallum, we are trying to strike a deal with Goodwill that gives them our time, and computers, and in return we get a percentage of the computers we helped refurbish directly back to the McCallum community. We have had to plan ways to find those that need to get computers, how to get computers to them, and what Goodwill needs from us. All this planning has taken up our time recently. To actually have sometihng to show, we are in the process of using a computer we took apart, to make a display pointing out each toxic thing in each part, which we will use for presentations of why our project is important.
This whole thing really has made me realize the environmental and personal issues that our project and computer recycling and refurbishing on a whole can solve. In today's world, our planet really does need all the help it can get and the electronics that have the potential to be pollutants are just to much for our poor planet to bear. Also, my daily life would be far harder without a computer and I learned how much a difference can be made even with just us couple kids getting computers refurbished and donated to local families. On the technical side I have learned how to take apart a computer into individual parts, I know what all the parts now are and what they do. I know how to run diagnostics on the parts to see if they work, and with all the pieces, I could build the computer back up into working shape. I know this is long, but this project has just been very substantial to me. The tek that is the most fitting for this project would be 2. (A) apply computer technology to individual or community problems

Big Trouble in Little China

2007-12-13T08:46:00.000-08:00

My writing recently has been mediocre at best. I am not sure how to get out of this funk, but I will keep my writing short to save you from the horror of reading my insignificant words. Your messiah is ailing, dear reader, but I will prevail. The tek that applies is 7. (D) dispose of hazardous materials and wastes appropriately

Returning to a Previous Point

2007-12-12T08:40:00.000-08:00

I am going to return to a theme previously written about. A couple of days ago I mentioned how asking somebody about character is not a good way at all to find out about their character. This blog is my thoughts straight to writing, after writing that I had a conversation about it. It just strengthened my opinion that receiving the perfect answer on why someone should be respectful, does not mean that person is respectful. The reason for this is, the people who do not have qualities, are given lectures on those qualities the most. The kid in school who is thew least accepting is the one that gets a talking to about why he should be accepting the most. Now when you ask him why being accepting is important, he will just feed you everything he was told from the ample times he was punished for it. Has he learned? No, its just too easy to lie about character questions. If you read this and disagree, please prove me wrong. The tek that applies is 15. (B) use binary and hexadecimal numbering systems.

Computer Carnage

2007-12-11T08:36:00.000-08:00

After going to Goodwill Computer Works this weekend (read about it in the McCallum Computer blog) I have had a craving for taking computers apart. This was fulfilled today when we pillaged the school for obsolete computers. We got both a mac and a pc and tore them each a new one. We are creating a display with the stripped parts showing what is toxic in each single part of the computer. It should be pretty cool. Stay posted to see our progress. The teks that applies is 2. (E) use computer technology to record, locate, analyze, present, and exchange information

The Bear Man of Kamchatka

2007-12-10T08:28:00.000-08:00

This weekend I watched a feature on animal planet called The Bear Man of Kamchatka. The bear man's belief was that bears were not aggressive at birth and if you cared for them before they thought humans were dangerous, then you could befriend them. This guy had two bears and they were like pet dogs for him. It was nuts. So now my Christmas list is simple. All I want is a bear cub. I will raise it and it will be peaceful, but it will be the ultimate watch dog. I would leave all windows and doors of my house open all the time with expensive things in sight, and just dare people to break in. But who is going to break into a house with a bear in it? No one.
One problem with The Bear Man of Kamchatka is that the show is probably dangerous to many people. People are going to watch it, think they can get along with bears, and then get mauled. I am not foolish enough, but I personally do not have to much faith in the human race, so I bet bear induced deaths have increased ten fold since it was first seen. The tek that applies is 10. (A) describe the importance of codes, laws, standards, or regulations.

Spluch

2007-12-07T08:45:00.001-08:00

If you read blogs, read spluch. I debate daily whether or not it is honest, but it never ceases to amaze me. The writing does not even need to be quality, the topics are so far out there, that usually the pictures alone make my day. It is the exact contrast to this blog. Will I usually talk about nothing, I woo you with my wit and control of the English language, spluch uses interesting topics and no more to enhance my day, everyday. If you want to live a full life, I suggest you give it a shot. The tek that applies is 3. (B) use desktop-publishing software to create a newsletter. This is so, because I know my life is like the news to you dear readers. Without the news you will be lost, without me you would be lost as well. That is all for today. Stay classy, dear reader.

A Word to the Wise

2007-12-06T09:41:00.000-08:00

A word of advice, if you want to find out about someones character, do not ask them a question that gets the theme of a Disney movie as a response. Asking somebody why it is important to accept everybody or why respect is so important will never get a good answer. Nobody will ever say you should not accept people, even if they don't. They will feed you a theme about how Aladdin was poor and then became king so all people can achieve great things, but they do not really care about accepting anyone. Asking questions about character get answers of all the things we have been told to be, not what we actually are. Now you know the way the world works. Your welcome. The teks that applies is 3. (G) use tool path verification software

College

2007-12-05T08:47:00.000-08:00

Today i successfully finished my application to Boston University. Nothing is more stressful and time consuming than applying to college. The flip side, is that nothing is more gratifying and stress reliving then finishing a college application. For all you flustered by something you are doing, just think about the joy that will come when you finish it. Those are Wyatt's whimsical words of the day, and here is the teks wisdom for you, 11. (C) discuss the international effects of the use of computer technology. Continue to keep it real, dear reader. You know I will.

A Case of the Tuesdays

2007-12-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

So I usually blog in the last 10 minutes of class, but lately I have not been able to think of what to write about. In the time it takes me to think, I run out of time to write. Please help me, dear reader, give me something to write about. Fuel my writing fire. Ask for anything you want and I will deliver. The tek that applies is 14 (C) identify the financial factors associated with starting and operating computer enterprises.

A Case of the Mondays

2007-12-03T08:47:00.001-08:00

I have serious case of the Mondays. I had a lacrosse tournament this weekend and am far to tired to be in school today. This lack of exciting on my part to be here, has thus created this unexciting blog for you, dear reader. I apologize but that is the way it has to be. The tek that applies is 20. (B) If it is Monday, class will be very ineffective. Always.If you are wondering why i don't use real teks, it is because i do not support the teks and I do not feel like they apply to me. However, my teacher does not closely read my blog, so it still looks like I am putting a tek in it. Even on a drowsy Monday, I have still outsmarted the system.

Saving lives

2007-11-30T08:11:00.000-08:00

Sorry for no post yesterday, I was protecting my teachers life in the time I should have been blogging. He was on a ladder messing with some wires, and it happened to be right near my computer, so I took the responsibility of holding the ladder, and therefore securing his life. Judging by the surroundings and how high he was on the ladder, he surely would have suffered serious injury, possibly death without my supervision. Dear reader, you have never seen somebody hold a ladder like I held that ladder. Because of my braveness and dedication, our teacher is still alive. The tek that applies is 19. (A) Saving lives is more important than class work. If you were wondering if this is a real tek or not, all I am going to say is that the teks only go to number 18. Expect numbers 20 and up coming soon.

Quality

2007-11-28T08:49:00.000-08:00

Today i worked on a pamphlet. It threw me for a loop, trying to think of the folds while just looking at it on a computer. That is really all I have to say for today. I was not given enough time to blog so sorry this is not all the enjoyment i know you readers crave from me dropping knowledge, as I have a tendency to do. The teks that applies is 5. (A) describe and apply different quality control techniques in computer technology. There is no rhyme or reason for this tek, other than that I am quality, and that word appears in the tek.

Also...

2007-11-27T08:38:00.000-08:00

On the topic of saving that endangered bear and therefore saving the world, please read this blog.

Endangered Angel

2007-11-27T08:17:00.000-08:00

Now you can call me insensitive, but I have never been one to care about endangered species. That is at least, until today. Upon browsing national geographic pictures, as I tend to do daily, I came across a bad ass bear. Many were cool, but this one, especially in this picture, proves why it should hands down be the first endangered species saved. Here is what all the hype is about:

If you do not want to save this bear, than you are a terrible person. This is the spectacled bear and is the last of the "short-faced bears." I am going to turn myself from the blogging messiah to the endangered angel and I will save this bear. The spectacled bear will live. Mark my words, dear reader, I will save this species.
The teks that applies is 17. (D) identify characteristics of good leaders because I have established that I am a good leader because I am taking the initiative in saving this bear. Stay Classy reader.

Zoho Zombies

2007-11-26T08:39:00.000-08:00

My friend Joel posted a blog about how he hated zoho.com which is an online word processor. Nobody reads his blog other than James, Jack, and I, but some zoho representative left him a comment asking him what his problems where and if he could help. That is nuts. How would someone have even found my friends blog, nonetheless felt the need to comment on it. Regardless, now I am scared of the evil empire zoho is with its eye on all things going on. Treachery against zoho will be punished dear reader. Watch your back, because zoho is clearly watching theirs. No tek applies to this, it is far to ridiculous.

Here my friends blog if you were curious. Link

RGB vs CMYK

2007-11-19T08:48:00.000-08:00

Red Sox vs Yankees, Ali vs Frazier, and RGB vs CMYK. That's right. RGB and CMYK have been long time rivals, and there feud will not end soon. They are not actually enemies. They are just different. RGB is better for looking at on a computer, CMYK is better for printing. Now you know. You can look up more if you would like but i just wanted to give it to you simple and straight. The TEK that applies is 2. (C) distinguish between mainframe, workstation, personal, and other computer systems. It is this for the sole reason that I ran out of time and copied the first one I could find. Enjoy.

Lucrative Logos

2007-11-15T08:21:00.000-08:00

So for all of you reading my last blog in anticipation, here is the logo:

I think it is simple, yet attractive. My school is the McCallum knights, so we wanted a knight logo on there, and how can you even imagine recycling without the three arrows in their circular motion, as has defined recycling for my entire life. Ideas of a knight jousting a trash can, and a knight sneaking up and attacking a litterer ran through my mind, but in the end this one was the simplest and least violent. If you like or dislike it, please let me know. A poor logo means a poor project. Please help me succeed.

Also today I emailed goodwill about how we can mutually help each other. I will update you on how that works out shortly.

Intense Adobe

2007-11-14T08:47:00.000-08:00

Today was spent designing a logo for our project. It is a simple combination of a knight logo and the typical recycling sign, but for some reason it was not nearly as easy as it sounded. I had to play around with adobe illustrator and photoshop for quite some time. Good stuff though. Very worth while. 3. (C) use graphic software to create and modify images is the TEK that somes up my day quite nicely as it always seems to do.

The Messiah forms an alliance

2007-11-13T08:37:00.000-08:00

The wiki, my sworn enemy, is now on my side. Today i created a wiki to get the word out about a project I am doing with Joel, James, and Jack about computer recycling. If any of you faithful readers are interested, click here the Teks that applies is 6. (B) identify, select, and sequence the proper computer resources to complete a project. This TEK applies because I realized the Wiki si required, so I used it, even though i hate it.

My Bridge

2007-11-09T08:15:00.000-08:00

Alright so here i have designed a bridge that only has one joint:

It works because all the members are connected to that one joint, so it disperses the stress between all the members and stands. Every member is crucial though. If i remove any of them, the bridge will be unstable:

I changed the width of some of the members. It is completly symmetrical ,so the width of each member corresponds to the width of its reflection on the other side of the joint. The widths from right to left, go 120, 250, 220, 200, 180, 170, 170, 180, 200, 220, 250, 120 (all mm). The outside ones are further from the joint and therefor incur more stress so they must be wider. If I decrease the one that is 250, even just to 240, that member will collapse:

For each member I decrease, that member will collapse. And regardless of which one it is, it breaks the same way. Watch me change one of the inside ones to get the exact same result, just on a different member:

Since there are so few members, it makes each one all the more critical. The only other thing that can be changed is the members going across the top. These cannot go below 140 mm, but if they do:

Absolute failure occurs. So moral of the story is, thats each member works off the other members and if you change one, it has a big impact on the bridge. Each member plays its part, and if you do not want to wasteful, and be efficient like this bridge, make it so no member can be removed or made skinner.
The last thin there is to see is if i move the joint. If I move it to either side, the imbalance causes it to immediately collapse. If i move it down, there is more stress, because the members are longer, so they cannot handle it. If i move it up, the entire bridge just falls down. I will show you an image of when I move the joint up:

The total cost of the bridge that actually works is $400,000. and there is nothing that can be changed on this design to make it cheaper. Other designs may be cheaper, but this is at its ultimate low.

True Trauma

2007-11-08T08:36:00.000-08:00

Today we did a study review for our six weeks test in this class. Now this seems like a good thing that will benefit me, except it was 127 true/false questions and was structured such that the first 75 questions were all true, and the rest false. Putting true 75 times in a row is very frustrating. Feel my pain, dear reader, for the true/false question is an evil disciple of the wiki. Not really, they are really unrelated, but I hate both. That is what brings them together, and will ultimately lead to both of their demises. 4. (B) conduct research and experimentation in computer technology. Enjoy that gem from the TEKs reader. I just randomly picked that one, but every single thing written in the TEKs curriculum is pure genius so there you go. Now to somehow actually qualify this TEK, I guess i could say that a conducted research on the trauma brought on through 75 true answers in a row on a computer study guide.

Wasteful Wyatt

2007-11-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

Back to the bridge designer i spoke of in the past, there is a contest being held for different categories of bridges. One of the categories is least expensive bridge. Well, instead of competing in this I decided to make the bridge that was the biggest possible waste of money. The program limits the amount of pieces you use, but I designed a bridge that cost $95,000,000. To put that in context, the bridge that will win cheapest is about $100,000. Now My bridge is not attractive, and definitely not efficient, but nonetheless it works. Hopefully nobody ever will think a design like mine is a good idea. If so I will have a new cause to fight for. Until next time, dear reader, enjoy this beautiful quote from the TEKs, "apply the universal systems model to computer activities" (1.(A)). Ah, music to my ears.

The Heart of Darkness

2007-11-06T08:36:00.001-08:00

I am losing inspiration, dear reader. I cannot think of something interesting to write, and include something I learned in class and a TEK that applies. The public school system has drained me of all things creative. I know longer want to be a messiah nor do I feel i have the energy left to spread the word to the people. My kryptonite, came about in the class that started everything. Who would've known. There is really no TEK that applies to life, and therefore, no TEK that applies to this post, for my heart and soul are being poured out to you, dear reader, but conformity has gotten the best of me. 1. (A) apply computer technology to individual or community problems. Feed me motivation dear reader, because without your support I will be engulfed in the dark heart of public schooling. Do not let your prophet perish.

Dropping Knowledge

2007-11-02T08:37:00.000-07:00

Today we watched presentations in class. What did I learn? In all honesty, not very much at all about the topics being presented. What I did learn, was that you should not sway back and forth while giving a presentation. It is not only distracting, but it makes the presenter look like a fool. So for all you readers planning a presentation out there, read these words closely, for you do not want to be the fool who has good information to tell, but nobody listening to inform.

The Messiah is Baffled

2007-11-01T09:36:00.000-07:00

I am not an easily angered person. As a prophet, it is my duty to keep my emotions in check. However, when it comes to a Rubik's cube, I lose all control. There is nothing more frustrating in the world than a Rubik's cube. I can expresses to you, dear reader, how many friendships i have broken and inanimate objects that have faced my wrath due to the anger brought on from this god forsaken cube. The TEKs that applies, is "describe how technology has affected individuals, societies, cultures, economies, and environments" and this is very relevant because the technology of the cube has greatly affected me and everyone around me in a terrible, terrible way.

Bridge Designer

2007-10-31T08:46:00.000-07:00

Today in class I played with this program called west point bridge designer. The name tells it all, you build bridges. I was not very skilled in my bridge making but I saw the potential for good things. While this just further strengthened the notion that engineering would be the completely wrong path for me to take in college, it was a great way to spend 50 minutes. The all knowing TEKs includes the statement "use a variety of computer resources to complete a project"and I could not think of anything better to describe my day.

Costume Crisis

2007-10-30T08:38:00.001-07:00

I hate Halloween. I was so excited for this year, I had a super tight costume of the burger king. The only thing better than watching that creepy guy on commercials, would be actually being that creepy guy in real life. However, the costume was swooped up by someone else leaving me with no costume. My other choices would be the Pillsbury dough boy, or the marshmallow man from Ghostbusters, but these costumes do not exist. I have no intent on making my own costume for it would not look nearly as good so I am now at a complete lose. And, dear reader, I have some bad news, I was told that i need to start including portions from the TEKs in my blog. Now the TEKs are the curriculum for classes in the state of classes and include all the fell good statements, like teaches children how to solve problems, and teaches children to work together and not discriminate. So to moralize this rant of a blog, a will close by saying that i will use the problem solving skills I gained from computer applications class to think of some way to get a sweet costume for Halloween.

The Messiah Goes to College

2007-10-29T08:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry for my absence, dear reader, for I have been confronted with conformity. While the blog is my passion, my life, college is a looming barrier. Society seems to believe one must go to college to better their lives, while I believe one must just blog. Anyway, i gave in to peer pressure, and was on college visits for the last couple of days. I visited the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie-Mellon, Boston University, and Lehigh. After the visit, i realized college is not a waste, for it is a new civilization to enlighten with the will of the blog. I will enter the heart of darkness and bring the blog to the savages who have lived their life without meaning. Wish me luck, dear reader, for my task is not easy. But nothing is to difficult for the blogging messiah.

Power to the Power point

2007-10-23T08:30:00.001-07:00

Today i spent all day doing a power point presentation. I have not done one in a while, and all i remembered was the cool animations you could add in to spice up the presentation. Well, now i am older and these animations no longer hold my interest, but I did realize how helpful a power point could be for conveying information. Now the world is ready to know about electronics recycling because i made the greatest power point ever. Get ready for knowledge world.

Waste and Be Wasted

2007-10-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

What do these pictures represent?
They represent all the waste generated by Americans.
What do these images convey to us?
They convey that we need to not be so wasteful and need to recycle.
How are these images supposed to make us feel?
They make us feel wasteful and lazy for letting so much waste build up without doing anything about it.
Why do you think that the artist chose to create these photographs?
He created them to create awareness about all the waste in America.
How hard do you think that it was to create the photos?
Not that hard because everything photographed was right there for him.

One picture in particular that bothers me, is one involving cellphones. The photo is a shot of thousands of cellphones. Judging by the size of the cellphones in the pictures, this picture was taken from reasonably far away but you can not see anything but cellphones. This represents a problem of being wasteful and unresourceful.

To solve the problem of being wasteful we could melt down all the cellphones and make new stuff out of the materials gained from them.

Guidlines To Life (or a power point presentation)

2007-10-19T08:18:00.001-07:00

1. It must have both diagrams and text.
2. All slides must be brief, but informative.
3. There should be no unnecessary animations or unprofessional aspects of the presentation.
4. Do not write in all caps ever.
5. Use contrasting colors with the background and text so that it is clearly visible.
6. Have a simple background that is not distracting.
7. Use a font that is as big as possible so it is easy to read.
8. Use simple fonts rather than fancy ones.
9. Use different words than those on the slides when you are discussing them.
10. Do not just be looking at the slides, be looking at the people you are presenting to.

MLA. Hooray.

2007-10-19T08:14:00.000-07:00

Both me and my partner Joel met nearly all MLA guidlines. We had one inch margins, the right font, a well done heading, and the page number and last name on each page. We both had a work citied page on another page, but his was titled bibliography instead of work citied which is the only thing i could find on either of our papers that wasn't perfect.

Slide Show Software

2007-10-19T07:58:00.000-07:00

Microsoft PowerPoint, Open Office Impress, and IBM Symphony Presentations are all used to make slide shows. IBM Symphony was not on any computers so i do not have any more details on that, but out of Microsoft and Open Office, i think that Open Office was easier to use. Open office had a cleaner, more manageable interface, while Microsoft's was plain and not very helpful. Open Office gave you everything you need right away, while it seemed like you needed to already know what you were doing when using Microsoft even though it did not offer more stuff. One of the best features of Open Office is the simple addition of tabs that let you view and edit your slide show in different ways.

Enlightenment

2007-10-18T08:44:00.000-07:00

Today I followed the path set by my good friend, Buddha, and spent all day, not mediating, but reading blogs, which to me is even more enlightening. In this adventure I read about the ban of "extreme hugging" in schools, this guy who hates black people, and a kitten who survived twenty minutes in a dishwasher. If that is not the path to enlightenment, dear reader, then i do not know what is.

Quiz

2007-10-16T07:53:00.000-07:00

1. I am writing a paper, keeping up with many online blogs, and blogging daily in my blog.
2. My paper is about electronic recycling, why it is important and how to do it.
3. I am writing this paper to begin critical thinking, and to help the community.
4. It must be double spaced, have 1 inch margins, have a header with last name and page number in the top right, you must use a legible font like times new roman or courier, and in the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date.
5. I am using MLA format because it is the standard for writing papers and will make my essay easily accessible to all readers.
6. The parts that were added to my paper yesterday were a bibliography and a section describing which parts of the TEKs apply to my paper.
7. I have learned how to maintain a blog, how to format pages by MLA standard, and how to keep up with the blogging world.
8. I want to learn how to use photoshop and other software i have little exposure to.
9. I need to keep in mind that i am talking to people who are like myself, and who will not listen to me if i am not interesting.
10. I did not understand how to format pages on zoho.

Essay. Hooray!

2007-10-15T08:41:00.000-07:00

Now i can see no better way to spend the time slot of 9:56-10:52, than typing away at an informative essay of good old electronic recycling. While i would normally be spending this time sleeping, school has shook me from my peaceful slumber and slapped me in the face with an essay. Not an abusive slap, but an encouraging slap, a Wyatt you need to do something with you life slap. So thank you school, for making me a better person.

Whimsical Wyatt and Microsoft Word

2007-10-12T08:29:00.000-07:00

Microsoft word seems so simple, just insert text, no problems, yet when i attempted to use it, problems ensued. I could not figure out how to get my name to go with the page number. Using my office assistant Albert Einstein I realized that i could just double click the number and then enter my name. Problem solved.

Captain Planet meets the Messiah

2007-10-11T08:40:00.000-07:00

For all you faithful followers of the blogging messiah, I apologize for that informative and uncharacteristic post from a few minutes ago. However, I grew up as a fan of captain planet, and with the environment in question, I know nothing else other than uniting the planeteers. So, dear reader, for a short period of time at least, the apostles of the blog are going to be doubling as planeteers. Really though, I understand the wiki is more of any enemy then toxins in a computer could ever be. So stay classy subscriber. Read blogs, recycle electronics, and love life.

Electronics Recycling

2007-10-11T08:28:00.000-07:00

Computers are a main contributor to electronic waste, which poses a major disposal issue, as various components of computers are toxic to the environment. The Institute for LocalSelf-Reliance , estimates that 75% of electronics not being used, which will create a massive disposal problem in the future. I chose electronics recycling to do my part in preventing this. My focus will be on recycling electronics in the school, and educating those in the school about electronic recycling and hopefully it will spread from there. This subject effects me, and everybody else in the world, because the fate of the environment is our responsibility and its pollution effects everyone. Some of my sources are earth911.org and electronicsrecycling.org . It is pretty easy to find information about this. The most important thing people should know about my topic is just that if we want to keep the environment from declining even more, we must recycle electronics. With the technological age we live in, we must learn how to dispose of electronics correctly. Also many components of electronics can be reused which is another reason to recycle.

The Apostles Disbanded

2007-10-10T08:15:00.001-07:00

Ignore my last post, dear reader. This project must be done individually. Back to the drawing board for me. I will succeed though, and solve some problems, so all is well in the whimsical world of Wyatt.

The Apostles United

2007-10-10T08:03:00.000-07:00

The TEKs says use teamwork to solve problems. This, dear reader, was hard for me because I am a one man team. I fight wikis alone, I do math alone, and i don't do much else, but if I did other stuff, I would do it alone. Or at least until recently. Given the task of doing a project, I was lost. I am to busy being a messiah too do something productive. My mind is too convoluted thinking about blogs to think about a project topic. Do not fret though, dear reader, Joel, James, and Jack arrived in my time of need and the greatest project ever is now in progress.

Hardware Champion

2007-10-09T08:03:00.001-07:00

In my life class (aka Computer Applications) I have been given the job of hardware champion. This means that if some kind of problem arises with hardware, i take care of it. My services have not been required as of yet, but dear reader, do not fret, i have not gotten rusty. When some malfunction occurs, I will spring to action and save the day, as has grown accustomed to me, being a messiah and all.

New passion

2007-10-05T08:01:00.000-07:00

I am still the blogging messiah, but i am now also a math enthusiast. In my quest of enlightenment, I came across something almost as great as the blog, almost. Calculus that is. Today, I used derivatives to find the slope of polynomials. Molding numbers to you hearts content, dear reader, is almost as blissful as blogging. But i have no time for this lallygagging. The wiki is still at large. How can ignorance be defeated when so many fall into its trap. Please, dear reader, hear my plea, think before you wiki, you will thank me for it later. If my absences from fighting wikis makes my posts sparse, makes sure to check out james junky, blogg'n jack, and joel, the other apostles of the blog.

Cops hate jokes

2007-10-01T08:25:00.000-07:00

The police have no sense of humor. I was in a situation involving cops in which i was totally innocent. I figured since i was clean, I should try to lighten the mood. The police did not approve. Pot and scales were found at a residence i happened to be at. A police officer commented that there must have been drug dealing since there was a scale. Seeing the opportunity to calm everybody down, i decided to chime in with, "maybe somebody was just on weight watchers." The cops did not laugh. They just got upset. I personally thought it was a good joke. In another instance, i jokingly asked for a beer and a cigarette. This came about because they were accusing me of drinking. They would not give me a breathalyser or blood test but i was asking for whatever I could to prove my innocence since i had not in any way broken any laws. After being falsely accused, a said, "Since you think I have been drinking, you might as well give a beer to prove yourself right. At least give me a cigarette, this situation is pretty stressful." Well apparently this joke did not go over well at all. The cops just got mad more than anything else. Well f*** them then. I got off for being 100% innocent, and they just had another bad day of another bad life. Nobody wants to be a cop, except apparently those who hate jokes do. So continue being miserable cops, i will continue following your rules, while making jokes along the way.

You Can't Stop the Prophet (Part 3)

2007-09-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

I am back again, dear reader, and hear to help those in need. I have small hands, its a problem, but there is nothing i can do about it. If any of you share this problem with me, I do not have a solution, but instead a way to embrace this curse, which after this may seem more like a gift. Those Japanese are always up to things, and today they actually did something worthwhile, they invented tiny table top games. You can now play air hockey, hockey, and foosball table games, anywhere you go. They are small though, so beware big handed people you may not be able to play. But for you out there like me, rejoice that may this may shift having small hands to being cool.

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You Can't Stop the Prophet (Part 2)

2007-09-26T08:35:00.000-07:00

Now in all seriousness, blogs are law. And in today's society it seems like everybody wants to lose weight. So in honor of you, dear reader, i searched for some safe diets and found something we all can follow. James Skeates, a British man, lost 38 kilograms (sorry for the use of the inadequate British measurement system) in six months from eating baked beans. Now I enjoy the taste of baked beans and hope you do to, because this is a way to be filled and lose weight. While it doesn't really make sense to me, something about the high fibers make this diet effective. So think skinny, dear readers, and enjoy this tasty diet tip given to you by none other than the blogging messiah.

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You Can't Stop the Prophet (Part 1)

2007-09-26T08:27:00.000-07:00

As an apostle to the blog, today will be used to spread the good word. While blogs can give you all worldly knowledge, some can just give you a good laugh. One particularly stands out to me in this regard. Core77 has this great post about new innovation for a "crutch purse." Now i personally know nothing funnier than seeing a person on crutches slip on ice and fall, but this would take the cake. Seeing a person slip and fall while on crutches, breaking everything held in their "crutch purse" would be priceless. Thank you core77 for making an invention that can increase the joy I feel towards other peoples faults.

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It continues...

2007-09-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

Do not be worried by my absence this weekend, dear reader, for I was just letting the will of the blog be heard by the people. After only one post, I felt the power of the blog and changed from Wyatt a normal student, to Whimsical Wyatt the Blogging Messiah. I was cruising the internet, spreading a love only known to those in the blogging community, when a wiki appeared. Now as an apostle of the blog i could not comprehend this atrocity. Why would somebody post something that others could change. Do you let somebody else put thoughts in your brain. Well, dear reader, the messiah in me was unleashed. Website to website, and house to house, i found every ignorant wiki user and let the wrath of the blog be known. Do not cross my path if you are not 100% faithful to the blog, dear reader, because i will hunt you down. No mud bloods that tolerate the wiki will be able to handle the divine hand of blogging. Until next time, dear reader, keep reading, keep loving, keep blogging.

Wyatt

It begins...

2007-09-21T08:13:00.000-07:00

My name is Wyatt. Now that i have a blog i feel like i have a personal relationship with every other person in the world. I hope you share this deep connection with me. Now that the formalities are out of the way I would like to introduce you to the class that started it all. While i was once incapable of doing anything productive on a computer, computer applications with Mr. Bjerke has taught me otherwise. I have learned how to make myself known, and you dear reader, should let yourself be known back to me. The computer is no longer the gateway to games and porn, it is now the gateway to knowledge and the betterment of life. So dear reader, i am signing off for today but i looked forward to the relationship that we will share and build for the rest of our lives.

Wyatt