Once again, all you readers don't know what I am talking about. Am I right?
*nods all around the room*
Ha, I thought so!
Being the nice person I am, I will indefinetely clear up the confusion.
I am actually talking about, clearing up out HTML, fixing them, validating them, and then uploading them live.
Mr. Arkin wasn't here on Friday and had previously told us that Friday would be designated to this task. He wants everything perfect and validated on our website. Well, that wasn't so hard for me, considering that most if not all of my pages were validated. I checked again and only one of my pages had mistakes. After that, I continued to work on my selection assignments.
Overall, a very relaxing and mellow Friday.
Signing out,
Natasha Jain
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
MISSION: Parent - Teacher Interviews OUTCOME: Success!
Hey guys! This isn't really related to computers but since I tell you guys everything, I thought why not share what happened tonight at interviews.
So, today I had interviews with my geography teacher and art teacher. Both of them said that I was doing very good in their classes and was beginning to learn time management. I gues IB really teaches you time management. :) Being the angel I am, my parents were pleased with my progress.
Now, next on the agenda..... Computer Studies!
Today was extremely relaxed and I enjoyed myself. Since more than half of our class was afraid on a science trip to Rouge Valley (Aahh! What a relief!), we spent today as an independent work period. Mr. Arkin was available for assistance! Needless to say, he was a big help and answered my idiotic questions! Thank you for that, Mr. Arkin!
By the way, We also got back our Turing quizes today. I actually did better than I thought. The mark I got is extremely classified and will only be shown to the FBI. (That to on special request) *sugary sweet smile*
Some people in our class were ahead, and went on to the next set of assignments. There were a dew concepts that they didn't understand, so Mr. Arkin gave us a little special lesson on "loops". I have the gist, but I am still not perfectly clear about the concepts. Oh well, I have time to learn it. Overall, today was a very enjoyable day. If I were to rate today from 1 to 10 (10 being the best ang 1 being the worst), I would say that today was somewhere between an 8.5 and 9.25.
I know, I am very precise!
I hear chocolate muffins calling my name.
I must go.
Cheers,
Natasha Jain
So, today I had interviews with my geography teacher and art teacher. Both of them said that I was doing very good in their classes and was beginning to learn time management. I gues IB really teaches you time management. :) Being the angel I am, my parents were pleased with my progress.
Now, next on the agenda..... Computer Studies!
Today was extremely relaxed and I enjoyed myself. Since more than half of our class was afraid on a science trip to Rouge Valley (Aahh! What a relief!), we spent today as an independent work period. Mr. Arkin was available for assistance! Needless to say, he was a big help and answered my idiotic questions! Thank you for that, Mr. Arkin!
By the way, We also got back our Turing quizes today. I actually did better than I thought. The mark I got is extremely classified and will only be shown to the FBI. (That to on special request) *sugary sweet smile*
Some people in our class were ahead, and went on to the next set of assignments. There were a dew concepts that they didn't understand, so Mr. Arkin gave us a little special lesson on "loops". I have the gist, but I am still not perfectly clear about the concepts. Oh well, I have time to learn it. Overall, today was a very enjoyable day. If I were to rate today from 1 to 10 (10 being the best ang 1 being the worst), I would say that today was somewhere between an 8.5 and 9.25.
I know, I am very precise!
I hear chocolate muffins calling my name.
I must go.
Cheers,
Natasha Jain
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
On Your Marks...Get Set...QUIZ!
Haha! Fooled you there for a minute didn't I? I know, I would have been fooled to if I were in your place. Anyhow, my words (of wisdom) are true. We did indeed have a quiz today. As soon as we entered, Mr. Arkin started by asking us if we had any questions about the selections questions and concepts. Since none of had any questions he surprised us by telling us that we were having a pop quiz. Well.....I suppose it wasn't so unexpected. Some people from the other class (who had already had their test) let it slip yesterday that we would be having a quiz. I guess Mr.Arkin found out which is why we didn't get the test yesterday.
I also knew that we would be getting a quiz sometime soon, so I was prepared......sort of.
I think that I did quite good on the test, but only time (and fate) can tell.
Anyways, today Mr. Arkin took up selection questions 1 - 3 with us brushed over number 5. He also introduced to us a new keyword. Presenting to you the New Keyword - elsif
It is used for more than 2 options.
We also made charts today based on the binary operators.
In conclusion, today was a very constructive day and I learned loads.
Signing off for today,
Natasha Jain
I also knew that we would be getting a quiz sometime soon, so I was prepared......sort of.
I think that I did quite good on the test, but only time (and fate) can tell.
Anyways, today Mr. Arkin took up selection questions 1 - 3 with us brushed over number 5. He also introduced to us a new keyword. Presenting to you the New Keyword - elsif
It is used for more than 2 options.
We also made charts today based on the binary operators.
In conclusion, today was a very constructive day and I learned loads.
Signing off for today,
Natasha Jain
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Red, Green, Pink, Yellow, Purple ......... BLUE
When I say blue, I am describing two things; my mood and a selection assignment I completed today. I am feeling very emotional (not emo; I am NOT cutting myself) and moody. I don't know why! So, my point is, don't be surprised if you find no sarcasm in my short entry.
Anyhow, turning to class, today Mr. Arkin taught us "selection." Okay, I know that was very vague description of what we learned ... so I will be generous and eleaborate. We took many notes today; most, if not all were sample programs that Mr.Arkin used to teach us the concepts. It is all very clear to me now. If you recall, in my entry yesterday I wrote that I was going to start the selection assignments. Well, I never actually got around to that ! *sheepish grin* You see, there were some parts of the program that wasn't working for me. As a matter of fact, I actually lost quite a fw strands (more like chunks) of hair. It was actually just me pulling my hair out from all the frustration. Uuurgghh! (The side effects still remain.)
We started the lesson by Mr. Arkin asking us if we had a lot of questions. Since there weren't many question, we were able to move on to the lesson about selection. (Which I explained in the first paragrah. Sorry, everything is out of order - it is called being frazzled! ) To practice our newly accquired skills (just kidding) Mr. Arkin assigned us Selection questions 1 and 2. After the lesson, they were quite simple and straightforward which is how I was able to complete up until question 4.
Our homework is quite basic. Finishing selection questions 1 and 2. Check. And our blog. Amost Check.
Anyways, I am going to go drown my sorrows in ice cream. (Ok, I lied, I don't have any sorrows!)
Stay tuned,
Natasha
P.S I guess I used a bit of sarcasm in my blog.
P.P.S It wasn't exactly short either.
Anyhow, turning to class, today Mr. Arkin taught us "selection." Okay, I know that was very vague description of what we learned ... so I will be generous and eleaborate. We took many notes today; most, if not all were sample programs that Mr.Arkin used to teach us the concepts. It is all very clear to me now. If you recall, in my entry yesterday I wrote that I was going to start the selection assignments. Well, I never actually got around to that ! *sheepish grin* You see, there were some parts of the program that wasn't working for me. As a matter of fact, I actually lost quite a fw strands (more like chunks) of hair. It was actually just me pulling my hair out from all the frustration. Uuurgghh! (The side effects still remain.)
We started the lesson by Mr. Arkin asking us if we had a lot of questions. Since there weren't many question, we were able to move on to the lesson about selection. (Which I explained in the first paragrah. Sorry, everything is out of order - it is called being frazzled! ) To practice our newly accquired skills (just kidding) Mr. Arkin assigned us Selection questions 1 and 2. After the lesson, they were quite simple and straightforward which is how I was able to complete up until question 4.
Our homework is quite basic. Finishing selection questions 1 and 2. Check. And our blog. Amost Check.
Anyways, I am going to go drown my sorrows in ice cream. (Ok, I lied, I don't have any sorrows!)
Stay tuned,
Natasha
P.S I guess I used a bit of sarcasm in my blog.
P.P.S It wasn't exactly short either.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Managing 4 at a time!
audience reaction *HUH? Managing 4 what? 4 apples? 4 computers? 4 continents? *
Ok, the last one is kind of impossible! Four continents; I may not be a fortune teller, but I know enough to say that I will never be able to manage 4 continents at once.
However what I can do, is managing 4 papers at a time.
*audience with perplexed looks on their faces*
You see, today in class we used a very simple and easy way of learning. We had one page to write down some basic and general notes. The other threee pages we used to execute or trace the program. It was very interesting and benifitted me a great deal. One page was titles "Code", the other "Memory(RAM)" while the last one was "Run Window." We imitated or acted as the computer for a day. Mr. Arkin wrote a sample program, from which we worked on. We picked apart the code one line by one line. On our memory page, we put the data that we stored under the variable. We saw where the data was stored and how it was used in the program when needed. On the code page, we wrote the sample program, while on the run window page, we wrote down what we would see if we actually ran the program. It was a good learning experience.
We also learned two new keywords today: true and false. It's true, I'm not lying. Ok that was cheesy....incorporating the keyword into a sentence. They come under the datatype called boolean, named after the famous Dr. George Boole. I suppose it took a lot of time, hard-work and effort for him to be famous. We also learned about arithmetic and relational operators. Our homework today is to, as usual, complete our daily blog (which I am doing like a responsible person), and make two programs that incorporate arithmetic and relational operators. I am also going to start a few of my selection questions to get over with them (not in a bad way of course!)
Overall, today was a very good day, although I felt blue and melancholy all day long, and I learned a lot.
Cheers,
Natasha Jain
Ok, the last one is kind of impossible! Four continents; I may not be a fortune teller, but I know enough to say that I will never be able to manage 4 continents at once.
However what I can do, is managing 4 papers at a time.
*audience with perplexed looks on their faces*
You see, today in class we used a very simple and easy way of learning. We had one page to write down some basic and general notes. The other threee pages we used to execute or trace the program. It was very interesting and benifitted me a great deal. One page was titles "Code", the other "Memory(RAM)" while the last one was "Run Window." We imitated or acted as the computer for a day. Mr. Arkin wrote a sample program, from which we worked on. We picked apart the code one line by one line. On our memory page, we put the data that we stored under the variable. We saw where the data was stored and how it was used in the program when needed. On the code page, we wrote the sample program, while on the run window page, we wrote down what we would see if we actually ran the program. It was a good learning experience.
We also learned two new keywords today: true and false. It's true, I'm not lying. Ok that was cheesy....incorporating the keyword into a sentence. They come under the datatype called boolean, named after the famous Dr. George Boole. I suppose it took a lot of time, hard-work and effort for him to be famous. We also learned about arithmetic and relational operators. Our homework today is to, as usual, complete our daily blog (which I am doing like a responsible person), and make two programs that incorporate arithmetic and relational operators. I am also going to start a few of my selection questions to get over with them (not in a bad way of course!)
Overall, today was a very good day, although I felt blue and melancholy all day long, and I learned a lot.
Cheers,
Natasha Jain
Friday, October 22, 2010
Divisor, Divedend, Quotient? Huh? !
Hey y'all it is a Friday and so far my day has been great....until now...when math comes into the picture. I'll admit I'm not Super Math Woman, but you have to give me some credit for trying. *angry huff and storms off*
10 seconds later
*okay I'm back; I couldn't stay away - I love telling you guys what I do in class*
Anyhow, class today was very slow and relaxing; it was basically a review and work period. We all got to work according to how much we understand. The people who didn't understand were given the choice or getting extra help which Mr. Arkin gratefully provided. Others who were a bit ahead of the class and understood programming better were able to continue working on the rest of their Input assignments. Since many of us were already finished the Imput assignments, we were granted the permission to start the Selection assignments - which I can tell you are a lot harder than the input assignments. Anyhow, I'm going to sign off now because I am trying to figure out how to do question number 1, which by the way is making me pull my hair out.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Natasha
10 seconds later
*okay I'm back; I couldn't stay away - I love telling you guys what I do in class*
Anyhow, class today was very slow and relaxing; it was basically a review and work period. We all got to work according to how much we understand. The people who didn't understand were given the choice or getting extra help which Mr. Arkin gratefully provided. Others who were a bit ahead of the class and understood programming better were able to continue working on the rest of their Input assignments. Since many of us were already finished the Imput assignments, we were granted the permission to start the Selection assignments - which I can tell you are a lot harder than the input assignments. Anyhow, I'm going to sign off now because I am trying to figure out how to do question number 1, which by the way is making me pull my hair out.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Natasha
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Suicide Really isn't an Option in my Case!
You have no clue what I'm talking about right? *audience nods their head* I knew it, ... but that's all right, I (being a good blogger) will tell you. *thunbs up and grin on her face* Actually, during computer science I was seriously considering about suicide, you know; and I have an extremely good reason for it as well. You see, I have finished all 10 of my input assignments but after class today, I learned that I hadn't done it correctly. *grins quickly fades away* I know, what a bummer. I felt very stupid in class today! Oh well, at least I can fix my mistakes!
Anyways, in class today we took up assignments number one to four (I am already following the rule about putting numbers less than 10 in words; see how obedient I am - just kidding) as a class. I actually beniffited a lot from the lesson today that I haven't applied to my work before. For example; aligning the colon, making a variable for practically everything (don't worry Mr. Arkin, I have finally gotten over it *sniff sniff*), and also breaking down the equation into smaller parts that are morre conveniet. After thinking it through, I think that Mr. Arkins way was easier to comprehend. It is also benificial to create variables because if by chance you value changes, you won't have to go through the entire program to find it. You can just change the variable in the declaration section. That is very cool, I have to admit. And to think I wasted about 1 1/2 hours on question number 4. *anger bubbling inside me*
Our homework for today to continue working on our input assignments and write in our daily blog. I am going to fix my assignments since they are not perfect. I am going to sign off now because I have a ballad due tomorow for English! *huge smile* Here is an example of a ballad for computer science.... (I know..2 in 1 - English and computers)
"What is part of computer science?", asked the youth.
"HTML, CSS, programming and more",
replied the old man with a missing tooth
"With computers and Mr. Arkin, you will find so much in store!"
Ok, I'll admit that was very bad, but it is proof that I need time to go work on my ballad. By the way, that was only the first verse out of a total of eight. Bye for now and remembe to check my blog tomorrow.
(I'm advertising!)
Natasha
Anyways, in class today we took up assignments number one to four (I am already following the rule about putting numbers less than 10 in words; see how obedient I am - just kidding) as a class. I actually beniffited a lot from the lesson today that I haven't applied to my work before. For example; aligning the colon, making a variable for practically everything (don't worry Mr. Arkin, I have finally gotten over it *sniff sniff*), and also breaking down the equation into smaller parts that are morre conveniet. After thinking it through, I think that Mr. Arkins way was easier to comprehend. It is also benificial to create variables because if by chance you value changes, you won't have to go through the entire program to find it. You can just change the variable in the declaration section. That is very cool, I have to admit. And to think I wasted about 1 1/2 hours on question number 4. *anger bubbling inside me*
Our homework for today to continue working on our input assignments and write in our daily blog. I am going to fix my assignments since they are not perfect. I am going to sign off now because I have a ballad due tomorow for English! *huge smile* Here is an example of a ballad for computer science.... (I know..2 in 1 - English and computers)
"What is part of computer science?", asked the youth.
"HTML, CSS, programming and more",
replied the old man with a missing tooth
"With computers and Mr. Arkin, you will find so much in store!"
Ok, I'll admit that was very bad, but it is proof that I need time to go work on my ballad. By the way, that was only the first verse out of a total of eight. Bye for now and remembe to check my blog tomorrow.
(I'm advertising!)
Natasha
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
??? out of 50.
The question mark obviously stands for my mark which we by the way got today. I wasn't exactly pleased with my mark but it wasn't so low and down there as well. Compared to the statistics Mr. Arkin told us, I am quite happy with my mark. The range between the highest and lowest mark was huge. It was crazy, but I suppose I fall into the same category. You probably have no idea what I mean right now....I'll elaborate. Looking back at the marking scheme and my own assignment, I am truly dissapointed in my reading skills(selective, by the way) and the way I handled this assigment. I guess I have a gift, NOT, to turn simple things way more complicated. Natasha, Natasha, Natasha. Oh well! What's done is done. The onlt thing that I can do now is learn for my mistakes and make sure I don't repeat them the next time.
Anyhow, getting back to the topic of class. Before I start, I must say that I was sweating beyond belief in class today. This is due to the fact that everyone was excited and milling around and asking what everyone else got. You know the science right......energy equals heat! Or maybe it was just cold, but I highly doubt it. Anyways, before I came into computer science I heard from some of my friends that we would be getting back our marks today. That was something to look forward to and be scared of. I actually didn't think too much about it until the time I entered the computer room. When I checked my mark, (which I am not discolsing in public; I mean if your birth date and address in too personal, marks should count in the same category right?) I admit I was dissapointed. After all that hard work, it was a killer. Anyways, I wasn't too fazed by my mark and after about 10 minutes or so of oggling at the site, I went to work on my tenth and last input assignment, which by the way I am getting really, really, really good at. I guess spending half your Saturday studying over input and output really helped my case. I know when I need a boost, guys! Anyways, when we had about 40 minutes of class left Mr. Arkin reviewed all the comments that he put on our pdf file. Anyways, now I now the mistakesI made and can work on them the next time that I do something like this.
Bye guys!
Natasha Jain
P.S I am feeling quite melancholy right now!
Anyhow, getting back to the topic of class. Before I start, I must say that I was sweating beyond belief in class today. This is due to the fact that everyone was excited and milling around and asking what everyone else got. You know the science right......energy equals heat! Or maybe it was just cold, but I highly doubt it. Anyways, before I came into computer science I heard from some of my friends that we would be getting back our marks today. That was something to look forward to and be scared of. I actually didn't think too much about it until the time I entered the computer room. When I checked my mark, (which I am not discolsing in public; I mean if your birth date and address in too personal, marks should count in the same category right?) I admit I was dissapointed. After all that hard work, it was a killer. Anyways, I wasn't too fazed by my mark and after about 10 minutes or so of oggling at the site, I went to work on my tenth and last input assignment, which by the way I am getting really, really, really good at. I guess spending half your Saturday studying over input and output really helped my case. I know when I need a boost, guys! Anyways, when we had about 40 minutes of class left Mr. Arkin reviewed all the comments that he put on our pdf file. Anyways, now I now the mistakesI made and can work on them the next time that I do something like this.
Bye guys!
Natasha Jain
P.S I am feeling quite melancholy right now!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Input, Output or Both??
You probably are confused by my title. I am actually referring to our Input assignments which require both imput and output. I know eh? Cool!
Class today was fun and interesting. Ok, I may be a little biased based on the fact that I actually understand what we are doing for once. Today we started off by taking up our homework from the day before in groups of four...in my sorry case; three. :P We then compared our work and finally settled down to attempt question number 4 of the Input Assignments. I had already finished that question for homework which is why I was able to contribute to my group greatly. All of the groups then put their answers up on the board which is where we compared them to see which programs were correct. After this little activity, we were then allowed to go off to the computers to get our work done. Overall, a very mellow and slow period.
Signing off
Captain Natasha
P.S I still haven't started my programming glossary. Oops! I'm gonna' go start on that right now. *nervous laugh*
Class today was fun and interesting. Ok, I may be a little biased based on the fact that I actually understand what we are doing for once. Today we started off by taking up our homework from the day before in groups of four...in my sorry case; three. :P We then compared our work and finally settled down to attempt question number 4 of the Input Assignments. I had already finished that question for homework which is why I was able to contribute to my group greatly. All of the groups then put their answers up on the board which is where we compared them to see which programs were correct. After this little activity, we were then allowed to go off to the computers to get our work done. Overall, a very mellow and slow period.
Signing off
Captain Natasha
P.S I still haven't started my programming glossary. Oops! I'm gonna' go start on that right now. *nervous laugh*
Monday, October 18, 2010
Intense Q&A
Today in class we had an intense question and answer period with Mr. Arkin.
Today's class was really fun as well. I enjoyed myself....partially because I actually understood what we were doing for a change.
Anyways, we were taught the input system today.
We learned the equation and how where and in what file the information is stored.
Inputing the information in the run window will display the results. I never knew that the computer was so smart. It's like the computer has a brain. Oops!
I guess the CPU is the brain of the computer. My bad!
Anyhow, we got a few more terms, one actually - assignment operator, to add to our programming glossary which by the way is getting huge.
Anyways, I am going to cut this short because I am now exactly 7 minuted late for my show.
Ciao.
Natasha
Today's class was really fun as well. I enjoyed myself....partially because I actually understood what we were doing for a change.
Anyways, we were taught the input system today.
We learned the equation and how where and in what file the information is stored.
Inputing the information in the run window will display the results. I never knew that the computer was so smart. It's like the computer has a brain. Oops!
I guess the CPU is the brain of the computer. My bad!
Anyhow, we got a few more terms, one actually - assignment operator, to add to our programming glossary which by the way is getting huge.
Anyways, I am going to cut this short because I am now exactly 7 minuted late for my show.
Ciao.
Natasha
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Give it Up For the Best of Them All!
That would be me.... Natasha Jain. Okay, fine I fibbed. I may not be the best, but I am getting there. Before I share what we did in class on Friday, I have to share something else. I HAVE FINALLY LEARNED TO TIME MANAGE!!!! *round of applause* Ok, stop looking at the screen like that; it is a big deal to me. HARUMPHH! *nose upturned in the air* I think that I finally learned my lesson when I procrastinated on my super power autobiography and English project on "Great Expectations." That was the last straw for me...not to mention my parents who were red in the face for a week.
HAHA!
Ok, moving on. Next on the agenda.... what we did on Friday. Gosh, where 'o' where do I start! Just kidding, I'll cut the act. Well, Friday was quite eventful and fast-paced. We covered a lot. When we took up our homework, Mr. Arkin taught us a faster and shorter way of creating a border using the asterisk symbol. Most of us had about 25-30 lines of close to that. Compared to Mr. Arkin's way of about 10 lines, man, I felt like an idiot. I think I have to start working on expanding my horizons. That is a definite must. On Friday, we also learned a cool way to get the definition andmore information on keywords. Pressing F9 does the trick! On top of that we took many notes along with adding numerous more terms to our programming glossary, which I regret saying I haven't started yet. I know, I know! Curse ye! Ok, that was half Shakespeare just for the record.
If you are Mr. Arkin, you will be pleased to learn that yes, I have learned the importance of working from our development and home directories and not our USB keys. If you are not Mr.Arkin, this sentence was just useless blabbering to you.
For homework, our job was to review documentation template, operators and programming guidelines. Aside from that, I have given myself another off the record job of organizing my binder, re-writing my messy notes, getting my papers inorder and using my binder dividers if neccessary.
Anyhow, I am giving you an invitation now; you are all invited to my ceromony when I recieved Bect Programmer of the Year Award.
Bye.
Natasha Jain (Future) Programmer of the Year signing off.
P.S If you decide to bring a gift for my accomplishment, I take cash and cash only.
HAHA!
Ok, moving on. Next on the agenda.... what we did on Friday. Gosh, where 'o' where do I start! Just kidding, I'll cut the act. Well, Friday was quite eventful and fast-paced. We covered a lot. When we took up our homework, Mr. Arkin taught us a faster and shorter way of creating a border using the asterisk symbol. Most of us had about 25-30 lines of close to that. Compared to Mr. Arkin's way of about 10 lines, man, I felt like an idiot. I think I have to start working on expanding my horizons. That is a definite must. On Friday, we also learned a cool way to get the definition andmore information on keywords. Pressing F9 does the trick! On top of that we took many notes along with adding numerous more terms to our programming glossary, which I regret saying I haven't started yet. I know, I know! Curse ye! Ok, that was half Shakespeare just for the record.
If you are Mr. Arkin, you will be pleased to learn that yes, I have learned the importance of working from our development and home directories and not our USB keys. If you are not Mr.Arkin, this sentence was just useless blabbering to you.
For homework, our job was to review documentation template, operators and programming guidelines. Aside from that, I have given myself another off the record job of organizing my binder, re-writing my messy notes, getting my papers inorder and using my binder dividers if neccessary.
Anyhow, I am giving you an invitation now; you are all invited to my ceromony when I recieved Bect Programmer of the Year Award.
Bye.
Natasha Jain (Future) Programmer of the Year signing off.
P.S If you decide to bring a gift for my accomplishment, I take cash and cash only.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Ready.. Set... Hike!
Today, we went to Niagara Falls as partof our Geography trip Mr. Van Bemmel and Ms. Chan's class. Due to this, I unfortunately miss my classes including computer science.
That's the bad part. The good part is that I really enjoyed the trip, even though I slipped quite a few times, got soaked, and was shivering like there was no tomorrow. It was a great learning expereince. And... since I had to wake up a 5: 30 in the morning, I'm going to go cath up un my sleep!
Cheers,
Natasha
That's the bad part. The good part is that I really enjoyed the trip, even though I slipped quite a few times, got soaked, and was shivering like there was no tomorrow. It was a great learning expereince. And... since I had to wake up a 5: 30 in the morning, I'm going to go cath up un my sleep!
Cheers,
Natasha
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
RUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUN!
Not literally! Stay in your chairs, don't fly off into space. Yeeessh! Sorry, I had to give the warning. I've had people who actually run off in no particular direction when I tell then to RUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUN! Ok! You caught me! I'm trying to fill up space.
Anyways getting back to the real reason I must write this blog, class, and in specific, computer programming. Oh and by the way, before I lauch into my 10-page essay, I just have to inform you that I will be away at Niagara Falls tomorrow and therefore be missing computers :( I know, it's a bummer. Just when I was started to get fond of my computer friend..........
In class, we took down some notes and definitions related to computer programming. As I mentioned yesterday, we are supposed to create anothe glossary for our programming unit. I keep on adding to it. :D
I'm so cool like that. I know! Lets take a minute to give me a standing ovation!
Oh! I have som work for you readers. Don't worry, it only involves some basic grade 1 math. COUNTING!!!!
How many letters are in the words concatenation operator?
Exactly 21 letters!
This word is huge is it not??!??
Anyhow, we learned the meaning of this word alsong with many others. We also went over how to put comment in Turing and the equivalents of it in HTML and CSS. We learned what specific characters like a comma, plus sign, double quote etc. mean. We also learned about ouput field-width. By the way I apologize to Mr.Arkin for biting his head and bombarding him with questions all period. Oops! *nervous laugh*
Anyhow, I find computer programming highly interesting and fun.
Our homework was to add the word sequence to our glossary, read over the subprograms section and go finish the character graphics section.
Anyways, I am now going to go waste my time!
Bye guys!
Anyways getting back to the real reason I must write this blog, class, and in specific, computer programming. Oh and by the way, before I lauch into my 10-page essay, I just have to inform you that I will be away at Niagara Falls tomorrow and therefore be missing computers :( I know, it's a bummer. Just when I was started to get fond of my computer friend..........
In class, we took down some notes and definitions related to computer programming. As I mentioned yesterday, we are supposed to create anothe glossary for our programming unit. I keep on adding to it. :D
I'm so cool like that. I know! Lets take a minute to give me a standing ovation!
Oh! I have som work for you readers. Don't worry, it only involves some basic grade 1 math. COUNTING!!!!
How many letters are in the words concatenation operator?
Exactly 21 letters!
This word is huge is it not??!??
Anyhow, we learned the meaning of this word alsong with many others. We also went over how to put comment in Turing and the equivalents of it in HTML and CSS. We learned what specific characters like a comma, plus sign, double quote etc. mean. We also learned about ouput field-width. By the way I apologize to Mr.Arkin for biting his head and bombarding him with questions all period. Oops! *nervous laugh*
Anyhow, I find computer programming highly interesting and fun.
Our homework was to add the word sequence to our glossary, read over the subprograms section and go finish the character graphics section.
Anyways, I am now going to go waste my time!
Bye guys!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Chug-a-chuga Chug-a-chuga Choo Choo! Full Steam Ahead!
Hey guys? What's poppin'?
The long weekend was very relaxing and I had a good time catching up my sleep. I was extremely cranky in the morning and that's saying something becuase 9 times out of 10, I'm not. Well, I guess today was the 1 out of 10. Anyhow, full steam ahead today in computers. We launched right into our programming leassons. I have to say though, I really learned loads today. We took some notes related on our programming unit and also noted down some vocabulary for our new programming glossary. Cool eh??!!??
So, I never knew that there were so many ways to post our information through computer programming. It is so cool. Mr.Arkin must have showed us at least 10 today. We used some basic examples to work with and explored a lot of functions and different features that we can use while programming. Our homework today is to create four mini assignment for homewrok. It seems like a lot but actually isn't. The only problem......I can't manage to download Turing into my computer. I wonder why?? I'm not to clear on the concept of computer programming yet. I am not sure what exactly we do when we program, but I figure I'll learn soon enough. I personally also have a ton of homework today. Even an elepahnt could break under the pressure........not that I'm comparing of course.. but still. Anyways, this entry is super-short. I promise I'll make up for it tomorrow.
Cheers,
Nat
The long weekend was very relaxing and I had a good time catching up my sleep. I was extremely cranky in the morning and that's saying something becuase 9 times out of 10, I'm not. Well, I guess today was the 1 out of 10. Anyhow, full steam ahead today in computers. We launched right into our programming leassons. I have to say though, I really learned loads today. We took some notes related on our programming unit and also noted down some vocabulary for our new programming glossary. Cool eh??!!??
So, I never knew that there were so many ways to post our information through computer programming. It is so cool. Mr.Arkin must have showed us at least 10 today. We used some basic examples to work with and explored a lot of functions and different features that we can use while programming. Our homework today is to create four mini assignment for homewrok. It seems like a lot but actually isn't. The only problem......I can't manage to download Turing into my computer. I wonder why?? I'm not to clear on the concept of computer programming yet. I am not sure what exactly we do when we program, but I figure I'll learn soon enough. I personally also have a ton of homework today. Even an elepahnt could break under the pressure........not that I'm comparing of course.. but still. Anyways, this entry is super-short. I promise I'll make up for it tomorrow.
Cheers,
Nat
Friday, October 8, 2010
MISSION: PARTY OUTCOME: SUCCESSFUL
Hey y'all!
Party today equals mission succesful!
Today I had a blast in computer science class. No work! (Not that I don't like computer, I DO). But still; a change and no work for a day was cool.
Boy 'o' boy do people bring a lot of food. We had an aoortment of food and had a great time in general going on the computer and socializing. There were organics chips and salsa, a variety of chips, candy, timbits, cookies, pretzels. Someone even thought to balance out and bring cantaloupe bals and pineapple slices! Thanks to Carol today, I discovered a new band today - U-Kiss. THANKS KAYROLL!!! :D
(I love Caps lock, btw)
Anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there and have a great long weekend!
Cheers,
Natasha Jain
Party today equals mission succesful!
Today I had a blast in computer science class. No work! (Not that I don't like computer, I DO). But still; a change and no work for a day was cool.
Boy 'o' boy do people bring a lot of food. We had an aoortment of food and had a great time in general going on the computer and socializing. There were organics chips and salsa, a variety of chips, candy, timbits, cookies, pretzels. Someone even thought to balance out and bring cantaloupe bals and pineapple slices! Thanks to Carol today, I discovered a new band today - U-Kiss. THANKS KAYROLL!!! :D
(I love Caps lock, btw)
Anyhow, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there and have a great long weekend!
Cheers,
Natasha Jain
Thursday, October 7, 2010
All hail Natasha Jain, winner (or the "about to be" winner) of the 2010 Turing award. That's right! I have my sights set high. I plan to win the the Turing Award. Oh and by the way, you guys do know that the Turing award was named after Allen Turing; *everyone in a chorus*the famous British mathmetician and computer whiz. Sorry about that. Mr.Arkin must have said that about 10 times in computer science class today. It is a very contagious sentence and kind of caught on if you know what I mean (which I dearly hope that you do). :D Well..... I have to confess thatI am not an expert at computer programming. I mean, we just started the unit today. But, and I mean this, I plan to become the best computer programmer that the world has ever seen (after Allen Turing of course). I'm already in Natasha's Computer World thinking about Natasha's Computer Enterprise and having an award named after me: Natasha's Computer Award. *ahem* Oh...right! sorry about that. I got lost in my own little world AGAIN! Gotta stop doin' that!
Anyways, something that I HAVE accomplished is passing exactly a month of computer science and boy was it tough. Mr.Arkin has kindly decided to throw us a partyy to reward us for all of our efforts. THANK YOU MR. ARKIN! I have already posted on the wiki that I will be bringing assorted cookies. I all set to go for the party tomorrw which I by the way can't wait for.
Anyhow, class today was very interesting. We started a new unit today - webpage and program development! We made a very intricate flow chart that descibes both webpage and program development. We also worked on Turing. It is a software that has text editor, compiler and executor. WOW! I know - 3 in 1. But that's sort of the point. It's supposed to make work easier, faster and more efficient. We went over some new vocabulary related to this unit a well. The words are keyword, character string, arithmetic expression and delimeters. Anyways our work is simple; we have to write our daily blog(as usual), read over the programming section on http://www.touque.ca/EC/programming/index.html , download Turing and fix up our autopbiography and glossaries if we need to.
Cheers! (I read that in a book and thought that it would be cool to add over here)
Natasha Jain
Anyways, something that I HAVE accomplished is passing exactly a month of computer science and boy was it tough. Mr.Arkin has kindly decided to throw us a partyy to reward us for all of our efforts. THANK YOU MR. ARKIN! I have already posted on the wiki that I will be bringing assorted cookies. I all set to go for the party tomorrw which I by the way can't wait for.
Anyhow, class today was very interesting. We started a new unit today - webpage and program development! We made a very intricate flow chart that descibes both webpage and program development. We also worked on Turing. It is a software that has text editor, compiler and executor. WOW! I know - 3 in 1. But that's sort of the point. It's supposed to make work easier, faster and more efficient. We went over some new vocabulary related to this unit a well. The words are keyword, character string, arithmetic expression and delimeters. Anyways our work is simple; we have to write our daily blog(as usual), read over the programming section on http://www.touque.ca/EC/programming/index.html , download Turing and fix up our autopbiography and glossaries if we need to.
Cheers! (I read that in a book and thought that it would be cool to add over here)
Natasha Jain
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
0110 0010 0110 1001 0110 1110 0110 0001 0111 0010 0111 1001 0110 0101 0111 1000 0111 0001 0110 0101 0111 0010 0111 0100 0010 0001
Did you manage to decode that at all or no?
Anyways, if you didn't, I'll tell you. It says Binary Expert!
I'm not lying, I honestly am one! No lies! Cross my heart and hope to die.
Well...
Ok maybe I am destined for death!
Today was really interesting! I learned to write with numbers. ^_^ Shocked! It is true! Binary coding is way coooooooool! I can't belive that I was writing with letters all this time when I could have used numbers instead. I know, I am really freaky right! That's just how I am! :D
In class today we went over the binary code and took few notes on ASCII Redux! Once again I wonder if time has wings??? *deep in thought*
Ok! I have come at the conclusion; YES! Time does have wings.
Otherwise it wouldn't be able to fly! *nodding wisely*
The rest of our period was spent decoding Mr.Arkin's blog and typing our blog - which I unfortunately didn't have time to do in class. I have a confession to make! Today in class I was daydreaming about being the new Agent 007. Well...
Since this code(*hint* *hint*) is already taken by James Bond, I guess that I can settle with Agent 008; or something of that sort.
I am totally all for spting, codes and action! Just Kidding!
Anyways, I absolutely LOVE computer science class!
I've learned so much from it that I have never even thought about in my wildest dreams!
OMG! Would you look at the time! (It is actually 6:37p.m.)
I have a huge english assignment on Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" due next Wednesday and I am not even remotely cose to being finished. Arrgghh!
So, this is Natasha Jain the awesome, the great, the excellent , the beautiful, the smart, the athletic, the perfect (OK! You get the point right......)signing off for today!
Stay tuned for more gossip on your neighbourhood celebrity Natasha Jain!
Ta-Ta y'all!
Anyways, if you didn't, I'll tell you. It says Binary Expert!
I'm not lying, I honestly am one! No lies! Cross my heart and hope to die.
Well...
Ok maybe I am destined for death!
Today was really interesting! I learned to write with numbers. ^_^ Shocked! It is true! Binary coding is way coooooooool! I can't belive that I was writing with letters all this time when I could have used numbers instead. I know, I am really freaky right! That's just how I am! :D
In class today we went over the binary code and took few notes on ASCII Redux! Once again I wonder if time has wings??? *deep in thought*
Ok! I have come at the conclusion; YES! Time does have wings.
Otherwise it wouldn't be able to fly! *nodding wisely*
The rest of our period was spent decoding Mr.Arkin's blog and typing our blog - which I unfortunately didn't have time to do in class. I have a confession to make! Today in class I was daydreaming about being the new Agent 007. Well...
Since this code(*hint* *hint*) is already taken by James Bond, I guess that I can settle with Agent 008; or something of that sort.
I am totally all for spting, codes and action! Just Kidding!
Anyways, I absolutely LOVE computer science class!
I've learned so much from it that I have never even thought about in my wildest dreams!
OMG! Would you look at the time! (It is actually 6:37p.m.)
I have a huge english assignment on Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" due next Wednesday and I am not even remotely cose to being finished. Arrgghh!
So, this is Natasha Jain the awesome, the great, the excellent , the beautiful, the smart, the athletic, the perfect (OK! You get the point right......)signing off for today!
Stay tuned for more gossip on your neighbourhood celebrity Natasha Jain!
Ta-Ta y'all!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Up, Up and Away We Go...
By reading my title, how do you think that I feel right now? Happy, sad, mad, frustrated, joyful???
If you guessed victorious, then you are absolutely 100% correct.
Alrighty then; on to the second question.
Why on this evergreen Earth do I feel victorious?
Because we are almost done with our Basic Computer Glossary and are finally going to be finished the basic learning so that we can move on to more important things.
I will now stop with the Q&A because I know how annoying it can get.
Today's class was very interesting and mellow at the same. When we got to class, we started off by copying down the definition of one word and then we discussed the meaning of it. The interesting aspect of class revolved around binary digits. Bnary digits are charcters that the computer recognizes. Today we went over base 2 ASCII binary code. I learned that the computer only recognizes 0 and 1. The many combinations of 0 and 1 then symbolize all the different character codes that we have. It is quite intriguing and simple at the same. It is simple because the only digits that are part of this code are 0 and 1; and these two digits have the power to control practically all of the computer. I don't think that I have ever thought about where a website comes from, or how characters are made, and even how the computer boots up. It is about amazing how a computer works! Cool!:D
Anyways, our homework once again is to update and then upload our validated glossary. We are also to find pictures to represent our vocabulary. I am going to post you now blog, because of the massive amount of homework that has been piled on me today.
Sincerely,
Natasha Jain
If you guessed victorious, then you are absolutely 100% correct.
Alrighty then; on to the second question.
Why on this evergreen Earth do I feel victorious?
Because we are almost done with our Basic Computer Glossary and are finally going to be finished the basic learning so that we can move on to more important things.
I will now stop with the Q&A because I know how annoying it can get.
Today's class was very interesting and mellow at the same. When we got to class, we started off by copying down the definition of one word and then we discussed the meaning of it. The interesting aspect of class revolved around binary digits. Bnary digits are charcters that the computer recognizes. Today we went over base 2 ASCII binary code. I learned that the computer only recognizes 0 and 1. The many combinations of 0 and 1 then symbolize all the different character codes that we have. It is quite intriguing and simple at the same. It is simple because the only digits that are part of this code are 0 and 1; and these two digits have the power to control practically all of the computer. I don't think that I have ever thought about where a website comes from, or how characters are made, and even how the computer boots up. It is about amazing how a computer works! Cool!:D
Anyways, our homework once again is to update and then upload our validated glossary. We are also to find pictures to represent our vocabulary. I am going to post you now blog, because of the massive amount of homework that has been piled on me today.
Sincerely,
Natasha Jain
Monday, October 4, 2010
Does time fly by or what?
Hello to you all once again on a beautiful Monday evening!
Ok, I think that I'm being over enthusiatic. I guess that it's time to switch to the blues.
Hello to you all on a dready cold Monday evening!
The truth hurts doesn't it.
I can'tbeleive we are already a month into school!
Anyways, I was wondering, does time really have wings?
Anyhow, getting back to the real reason that I must write my blog, class today was a bit mellow and slow. We worked on wrapping up our glossary. Unfortunately we didn't manage to finish it today, but we did add many new vocabulary tems to our list. I can't get over the fact that there are so many formal definitions and words that I have not been introduced to yet. It's quite a shame, don't you think. Our homework was quite simple. Update and upload our validated glossary page. Additionally, we had to find more pictures that went with our glossary. Quite easy! Today was actually kind of a double-feature or two-in-one kind of class. We had math and computer roled into one. We learned a lot about "to the power of" and bytes. We learned the various stages and types of bytes (megabyte, gigabyte, kilobyte, terabyte etc.)
I also learned that the calculator runs out of space when trying to give you big numbers. Just joking!
HaHa!
I'm going to keep this very short.
I'll update more tomorrow!
Natasha
Ok, I think that I'm being over enthusiatic. I guess that it's time to switch to the blues.
Hello to you all on a dready cold Monday evening!
The truth hurts doesn't it.
I can'tbeleive we are already a month into school!
Anyways, I was wondering, does time really have wings?
Anyhow, getting back to the real reason that I must write my blog, class today was a bit mellow and slow. We worked on wrapping up our glossary. Unfortunately we didn't manage to finish it today, but we did add many new vocabulary tems to our list. I can't get over the fact that there are so many formal definitions and words that I have not been introduced to yet. It's quite a shame, don't you think. Our homework was quite simple. Update and upload our validated glossary page. Additionally, we had to find more pictures that went with our glossary. Quite easy! Today was actually kind of a double-feature or two-in-one kind of class. We had math and computer roled into one. We learned a lot about "to the power of" and bytes. We learned the various stages and types of bytes (megabyte, gigabyte, kilobyte, terabyte etc.)
I also learned that the calculator runs out of space when trying to give you big numbers. Just joking!
HaHa!
I'm going to keep this very short.
I'll update more tomorrow!
Natasha
Sunday, October 3, 2010
No Muzik, no Studio 218!
Hey y'all!!
Unfortunately we didn't have studio 218 on friday because we were doing a lot of constructive work. I was really looking forward to it! Anyways, there will always be many more Fridays; it's not like we have a shortage for them! Hee Hee! Ok, I know that was not funny, so I'll stop.
So, in class on Friday, we basically worked on coming up with more definitions for our glossary list. It was very interesting to learn about vocabulary and what role they play in our computer and home softwares. Up till the beginning of September, I couldn't even differ a monitor from a computer and mouse, nut knoe not only can I diffrentiate them, I can also create a website with my eyes closed!!! Ok, so I exaggerated a lot, but you know what I mean, right?
Another helpful thing that Mr.Arkin taught us to do was to alter our validation options. Usually when we validate our HTML of CSS, it tells us the line in which the error is in. But, who has the time to count the lines??? Which is why, Mr.Arkin showed us which options to click in order to display the line number next to the content. Believe me, it was way easier than having to count each line, losing count, starting again and so on so forth. Whew! *wipes bead of sweat off forehead*
Anyways, our homework for the weekend was to add out glossary terms to the list, and validate and upload it live on the web. Thank the lord that their was no time limit for this assignment, otherwise it would have been 12 a.m. by the time, I'd have finished. I know that my study habits go totally against Mr.Arkin's important sleep instructions. Oops! *nervous grin* Gotta' add that to the list of things to work on! That now brings me up to 167 thngs to work on. Just kidding! We also had to find pictures of our glossary words which were 100 by 100.
The only question,which is very stupid, I had, was regarding the pixels size of the pictures which p_leung cleared up for me. Thank you again!
Bye for now!
Natasha
Unfortunately we didn't have studio 218 on friday because we were doing a lot of constructive work. I was really looking forward to it! Anyways, there will always be many more Fridays; it's not like we have a shortage for them! Hee Hee! Ok, I know that was not funny, so I'll stop.
So, in class on Friday, we basically worked on coming up with more definitions for our glossary list. It was very interesting to learn about vocabulary and what role they play in our computer and home softwares. Up till the beginning of September, I couldn't even differ a monitor from a computer and mouse, nut knoe not only can I diffrentiate them, I can also create a website with my eyes closed!!! Ok, so I exaggerated a lot, but you know what I mean, right?
Another helpful thing that Mr.Arkin taught us to do was to alter our validation options. Usually when we validate our HTML of CSS, it tells us the line in which the error is in. But, who has the time to count the lines??? Which is why, Mr.Arkin showed us which options to click in order to display the line number next to the content. Believe me, it was way easier than having to count each line, losing count, starting again and so on so forth. Whew! *wipes bead of sweat off forehead*
Anyways, our homework for the weekend was to add out glossary terms to the list, and validate and upload it live on the web. Thank the lord that their was no time limit for this assignment, otherwise it would have been 12 a.m. by the time, I'd have finished. I know that my study habits go totally against Mr.Arkin's important sleep instructions. Oops! *nervous grin* Gotta' add that to the list of things to work on! That now brings me up to 167 thngs to work on. Just kidding! We also had to find pictures of our glossary words which were 100 by 100.
The only question,which is very stupid, I had, was regarding the pixels size of the pictures which p_leung cleared up for me. Thank you again!
Bye for now!
Natasha
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