Sunday, September 23, 2007

Videos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wtbDkTMh-Us

Sci/Tech News

http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/20/news/economy/abe_bill.ap/index.htm?postversion=2007092012

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.glennbeck.com/news/05-17-02/5dollarbill.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.glennbeck.com/news/05172002.shtml&h=200&w=400&sz=24&hl=en&start=26&tbnid=5lSBM1atRh501M:&tbnh=62&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Doriginal%2B%25245%2Bbill%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN

These two websites show similar things concerning technology; the first one is about the US changing the $5 dollar bill (using a computer) into a more advanced quality money bill; the second is STILL about the $5 dollar bill, but it shows and talks about ways how you can fold the paper bill into many pictures to fit the events of 9/11! Search them up first before answering the questions. This was such unique stuff to look up about, and here are my questions:

1) What do you think about the $5 dollar bill being changed into a differnet and higher quality bill? Do you think they are changing it for like the same reason Japan changed its ¥1,000 bill 'person' from the first guy, to Noguchi Hideyo?

2) Is it because the US could have discovered some groups of gangsters who had the technology to print and copy the money, and so they (US) decided to CHANGE the money in order for it to be HARDER to copy?

3) What about the 'money folding' thing? So many things concerning 9/11 can be found on the bill by folding. Do you think it's just coincedence or a conspiracy? Especially, that the 4% dollar bill can be folded to spell Osama's name!

I honestly myself don't know, and I'm just taking the topic with a grain salt. But I thought the $5 dollar bill changing was kinda cool; I've never seen such a money change since 2005! :-o

- Nikajo aka Josiah

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Facebook

concerning the news of letting
Facebook create user profiles for
non-members would be kind of a good idea. Yeah. Because I believe that it could be quite frustrating to find a site which only allows certain people and members to join. so it could probably satisfy many website users out there and many people could have access to somethings quite special. the truth is, I am not entirely interested in Facebook or being a member of it. I think I have all I want to be on, which includes www.blogger.com. there's actually nothing much better I could find and it allows me to put all the stuff I want on blogger.com. I think it would be too overwhelming to be a member of a lot more sites when I'm in just one simple site. On second thought, I would be interested in joining NarniaWeb.com since I'm a BIG fan of the Narnia books and movies.

Monday, September 3, 2007

To Alagesia

This is the second (actually first normal) day at school here. Everything hasn't been too bad, so far. When we started getting used to our new subjects, we were given a big, year-long project to do. I was blown out of my seat; it put so much stress on me. I had to do a project about America's History especially about its war on terrorism. The truth is, I'm not entirely interested in researching about terrorism, not even having anything to do with it. I had been hoping this school year would start out more 'gently'; a huge load has just been laid on my back! >:-( But whatever the complaint, my friend Chris Chapman let me borrow the book Eldest, second in the Inheritance Trilogy, by Christopher Paolini. I had already finished Eragon. I've heard the book has become more popular because a movie had come out. That inspired me to read the book. I had looked forward to see how it described everything and how the story went. I had watched the movie first and I thought it was good all by itself. But after reading the novel, it seemed quite bad in being so different from the book. I had read a chapter from Eldest and I can't wait to read the rest of the story.

Well, I've soon gotta go and I hope I can enjoy myself as much as I can until next year!

Josiah

P.S (I'm espicially looking forward to Prince Caspian coming out next summer in 2008! I love the Chronicals of Narnia!

To Alagesia