Monday, February 22, 2010

Blog 6

This is a poem I would like to use in my piece. I do not know how to post a map as yet.

Autumn


A North wind blows in the cold breeze;
And trees become bare of their leaves.
As they fall to the ground; earth tones
Of yellow, Orange, purple and brown.

Temperatures rise, and they fall;
Maple, oak and pine trees still remain tall.
Bushes of lilac and purple heather,
Flourish the mountains during this weather.

Reindeers wonder among the woods; as
Squirrels gather acorns to store some food.
Vineyards of grape will soon be turned into wine.
Autumn is the season of maturity in decline.

Blog 5 - Google Sits

I have very little experience with google.sites. I tried to personalize my site with a Google Calendar Viewer, The Weather, The simple Clock, The Google Translate My Page the Fish for senery, and it was fun. I need to spend more time with it. I tried to upload a picture but I do not see the picture anywhere on the site. The truth is I know nothing about Google Sites, and I will need all the help that I can get.

Blog 4 - Brainstorming

Basically I am interested in hypertext that focuses on nature and the natural world. Maybe such as a poem. I could even do a short story about anything or a carnival that displays all kinds of festivities.

Blog 3

Cruising
When I went into Cruising, there was nothing I could do to move forward. When I moved the mouse in different areas of the screen, it only zoomed in and seemed to move faster. The music and the words that were spoken were not interesting to me. The fast moving vehicles and buildings zooming in and out were also boring. At the bottom there was a window that window that said adobe flasher, I click on it then decided not to try anything more.

ii In The White Darkness
I love my experience with this piece. It is very pleasant and peaceful to watch. Unlike some of the others, I did not get frustrated with this one. The Sceneries were lovely. Not all of the dots opened up a scene and sometimes I end up seeing the same scene over again. But I enjoyed this one.

Landscapes
Landscapes were fun to look at but there was not that much to do but just click on the titles.

Possibilities for the review assignment
1. Stud Poetry
2. My Ball
3. Birds Singing Other Birds Song

Blog 2 - FAQ About Hypertext

I still can not figure out what there is all to know about hypertext. I think the first thing I need to do is to stop trying to make logical sense out of it. I also realize that there is no set pattern but there are links that can take you all over the place.

FAQ About Hypertext

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Disappearing Rain

By: Deena Larsen

At first I really did not know where to start because there were so many options. I first went to the link that said “Come on in” then I thought ‘The Water’s Fine’ would be a good place to start reading. I began at ‘The Word’ then after going through the titles from ‘Knowing thru Melted Water’. I realized that I should have started from part one.

I enjoyed reading this story and it is easy to follow. I did not have any trouble with the links because they gave me a good sense of what this story is all about. The only problem is that each time I read a passage and click on a link in the passage, I could either go further in the story or backwards into a section that I have already read.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Blog One

Twelve Blue

When I read Twelve Blue, I found it very difficult because at first I couldn't make any sense out of it because the script changes as I tried to move forward. On the other hand, I really wasn't sure how to move forward. I kept touching the lines in order from top to bottom, but that did not keep things in sequence. When I finally got interested in Ed Stanko's story and tried to go forward by the colors on the lines, I ended up with the text pertaining to Eleanore, the queen who floated away for King Author.

I went backwards with the arrow key to see if that could be of any help; but that only put me on the page where I before. I once ended on a page with the colored and numbers 1 thru 8 at the bottom. I really got confused when I realized that one of the stories’ locations was in England. When I read the part where Eleanor vowed to murder Ed Stanko before summer, I got frustrated that I couldn't continue because I didn't know how to move forward with the story about Ed.

I finally decided to just read whatever page comes available. I believe that it is all connected somehow, but I still do not get the meaning. I noticed that there was a lot mentioned around the ocean.