Please visit my website at www.cs.trinity.edu/~kcaplan
Because it's awesome.
It was actually really exciting for me because I am, as I have previously stated, a technotard.
It was really amazing how easy it was once we got past HTML formatting and into Expressionweb and Kompozer. I actually did everything on Expressionweb, but Kompozer was easy to use too. I'm very very proud of my Rocky Horror page. It's just cute. And Rocky Horror is not usually cute... but I love my family and friends collage too. I actually wanted to do a slideshow type thing for my family and friends, and that was probably the biggest "technical problem" for me, but I thought the collage worked out well. For design I had trouble just making things look good, ya know? Like, with the tables I wanted everything to be centered but not spaced too weirdly. Meh, I think it turned out ok. I already posted the website on my mom's facebook, so who knows is going to see it! I can't imagine my needing to make another website but if I did have to, I'd know how!
Thanks Ms. Belisle

Larry Hechler

Today in class we got a lecture from Larry Hechler, the Hardware Technician Supervisor. What a knowledgeable guy! Here's some of the things we discussed
Always back up your files. you can do this onto a hard drive, thumb drive, DVD, or even the school's Y: drive, especially for assignments. You can also save things to a cloud resource, which stores stuff in cyberspace and can be accessed from anywhere. The reason for backing up files is that if a computer crashes, the likelihood is very low that you can get your "stuff" back. Also, we're already paying for it! A part of our technology fee goes to tucc-tiger and backup space.
When cleaning your computer, never use anything with alcohol, ammonium or acetone. Also never spray anything directly on the monitor. Make sure that your lap top is unplugged and off, because one drop can fry a working monitor. Instead of buying cheap stuff, mix one drop of dawn soap or whatever in 1 quart of water, and then squeeze the towel until almost completely dry before washing with it.
Computer batteries are Lithium Ion Cell batteries, which last a long time if you care for them right. Larry Hechler suggested running the battery all the way down at least once a week, and never to only let it run for 15 minutes before plugging it back in, because then your computer gains a short memory cycle.
If you have a mac, don't take it apart or it invalidates your warranty. The only thing you can do is add more memory. Everything else has to be done by a certified mac technician.
Keyboards are very fragile and they break easy
Thanks Larry Hechler for all the great information!

Liar Liar Pants on Fire

For my pic that lies, I decided to do something silly, like a giant adorable kitty attacking me and some other goofy people running away. I call this "You can run, but you can't hide!" from the giant ginger kitty. In order to accomplish this incredible realistic and awesome picture, I had to do a lot of image resizing. The tiny lady running away in the back was originally about 10 inches tall. Which in pictures is big. I also had to use lots of clone tool to get things out of my original picture. The little girl with the bubbles also presented a problem. I knew I wanted her behind me but I was part of the background picture. What I ultimately did was moved my shoulder into another layer and put that on top of her, and then smudged and clone tooled like crazy so it looks like it was still attached to me. I was amazed doing research how many iconic pictures have been altered- especially that one of Abe Lincoln. I mean, yeah he was awkwardly tall but he pulled it off! They didn't have to stick him on smelly old John Calhoun's body. From JSTOR, I found an article from the Journal of Cell Biology called "What's in a Picture: The Temptation of Image Manipulation." It never occurred to me that this would be a problem in the science world. That seems really sick and twisted if people are altering their data, because that compromises the data's reliability, and the author's integrity. 
Here's where you can find the article. I thought it was really cool
Rossner, Mike, and Kenneth M. Yamada. "What's in a Picture? The Temptation of Image Manipulation."Journal of Cell Biology 166.1 (2004): 11-15. Web. 10 Nov 2010.