Blog #88 – Read and summarize the following article. What did you learn from reading it? What is the message the article is sending?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/01/20/ah.no-text.pledge/index.html
This article is about staying off your phone while driving . Shelly and her husband, Daren Forney lost their daughter due to a car accident and their fighting for changing the law in Colorado.
Blog #87 – What stars are lined up for the Haiti Telethon on Friday? What is the telethon for? What time is it on on Friday and on what stations? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100119/entertainment/us_haiti_telethon
Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban and Alicia Keys are just a few of the performers who will be featured. The “Hope for Haiti” benefit will be televised on all the major networks at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT), as well as MTV, VH1, CMT, BET, PBS, CNN, Bravo, and a host of other networks. In addition, the telethon will be streamed live on Web sites including YouTube, MySpace and AOL.
Blog #86 – Watch the following video on an IT Summit invention… what do you think of this idea and why? http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/01/18/perry.uae.energy.show.cnn
I learned that there are many things that are economically friendly. I think many of the ideas in this video are definatly a step on the right direction. I think its good that inventors are thinking about the environment now.
Blog #85 – Who were the major award winners names and categories at the Golden Globe awards on January 17, 2010? http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/15/golden.globes.list/index.html?hpt=Sbin
I think that the most satisfying was Avatar. Avatar was named one of the best movies of all time. Johney depp won actor of the decade. I thought that this was well deserved on depp’s part and am glad he got it.
Blog #84 – Read the following article. What did you learn about the video game Call of Duty? http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/13012010/2/biz-finance-activision-blizzard-says-call-duty-crossed-1-billion.html
I learned that Call of Duty is the most famous video game in the world. Makers are becoming millionaires because of it. They crossed the 1 billion mark.
Blog #83 – Read the following article. Why are Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien attacking/taking aim on each other? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100114/entertainment/us_tv_late_night_
“There was a certain bite to some monologue jokes by each man Wednesday, a day after O’Brien said he wasn’t willing to move the “Tonight” show back a half-hour to make way for Leno.”” Conan got way more for something then Jay did! They are having a big rivalry over something that seems so stupid to me.
Blog #82 – Read the following article about a magazine name change? What did you learn? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/100112/oddities/canada_media_sex_offbeat
OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada’s second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, is changing its name after 90 years because the title is too often censored by online porn filters, preventing it from reaching new online readers.”
“”Several readers asked us to change the title because their spam filters at home or at work were blocking it,” she said. “I’ve even had emails bounce back because I had inadvertently typed the term in the heading.””
“But in modern times, the term “beaver” has become slang for women’s genitals.”
Blog #81 – Watch the following video about American Idol. http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/news/article/tv-news.en.ap.org/tv-news.en.ap.org-20100111-us_tv_fox_cowell What did you learn? Do you ever watched American Idol, why or why not?
i learned that simon cowel is planning to leave american idol. Personally i do not watch american idol, it is nothing against them or anything i just never can find the time to do so. I think that this season havong joe jonas, ellen and other various guest judges, i might find myself following this series
Blog #80 – Watch the top ten viral videos of 2009: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1945379_1945171,00.html?cnn=yes Which do you think are the top 3 and why?
My favorite by far is the wedding, i think that this wedding was very creative and funny, the best part was that no one expected that to happen they expected a traditional wedding. the second i think is susan boyle. I think that this video just goes to show how you can NOT judge a book by its cover. Susan boyle is a major inspiration. the third one is the boy who got drugged in the detist, this is just simply funny.
Blog #79 – Read the following article: http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/01/megan-fox-sarah-palin-sent-to-hell/ What did you learn about the marketing of the web-based game Dante’s Inferno?
“”Marketing an upcoming video game is a difficult balance between showing enough to excite gamers and spoiling the story by giving away too much.
Electronic Arts is taking a different approach by using Web-based games to promote “Dante’s Inferno” (Visceral Games), a video game loosely based on Dante Alighieri’s epic poem about one man’s journey through the afterlife. The game focuses on a trip through hell, emphasizing its nine levels and seven deadly sins.””
