Bitcoins!!

Bitcoin!

What is a Bitcoin?

         

            A bitcoin is a new kind of digital currency.  Bitcoins were created in 2009.  The creator of bitcoins is unknown he uses a fake name Satoshi Nakamoto.  Bitcoins are untraceable. It allows people to buy merchandise anonymously.

          There is no middle man when it comes to bitcoins.  This means no banks.  It allows instant payments person to person to anybody anywhere in the world without transfer fees.

        

            The values of bitcoins are always changing much like the stock market.   There are some people who buy bitcoins as an investment in hopes that the value will go up!

How do you buy Bitcoins?

          

            First you have to create a bitcoins wallet.  A bitcoin wallet is a website or program that can hold and share bitcoins.  They also make transactions.

          

            Second find your bitcoin address.  After you create your bitcoin wallet login and click receive coins or it may say receive money.  On that page will be your bitcoin address.  Your bitcoin address is 34-36 characters in which it starts with a one. 

          

            Third you buy your bitcoin with cash.  To do that you will need to enter your bitcoin address in the search bar on the Blockchain.info homepage.  This page will show all of your transactions to and from your address. 

Humor Blog!

                                       The Oatmeal!!

The Oatmeal is a man named Matthew Inman.  This man created this humorous website (theoatmeal.com).  Everything on this website is created by him.  He draws and writes everything on his website!

                                           Engrish!!

Basically Engrish is a funny website that finds translations of other languages that when they are translated to English it doesn't make sense!

Myspace vs. Google+

    Myspace and Google+ are the same, but different! 

    Myspace and Google Plus are the same because they have both have hangouts and things like that!

   They are different because Myspace is more music oriented, but it also allows you to connect with people that like the same music as you.  It can also turn you onto some music that you may never listen to as well. It can give you different taste in music. 

  

   Google Plus lets you do hangouts with people in your circle but it really have more features than myspace does because it can allow you to share your screen with others. It also allows video sharing from Youtube.

Internet Music Players

Pandora is an internet radio that is pretty popular. It is defiantly not one of my favorite internet radio. You can skip twelve songs a day but only six songs per station. You can upgrade and pay a monthly fee and get unlimited skips!

This an internet radio that allows you to create customized radio stations. Much like many other internet radios does have an upgrade option with many other features. 

Spotify is pretty much like all of the other radios on the internet.  Most people pick their favorite one and then thats it there is no changing them. Its got a monthly fee if you would like to pay for features you wouldn't get if you used it for free.

 Grooveshark is another internet radio that is pretty much the same as all of the rest. Some have different features but they are all similar in ways.It like all of the rest is free unless you want to upgrade to a better services. 

Photo Hosting!

Photobucket- My favorite photo hosting website because it is so easy to use compared to other sites!



Flickr is also really easy to use compared to some other sites!




imageshack is pretty easy to use, but I still like Photobucket much better!

Photoshop! Psykopaint, PicMonkey, Sumopaint, BeFunky, and Photoshop Express Editor

BeFunky is probably my favorite photo editor, because not only can you edit your photos you can make collages! Like this!

On PicMonkey you can edit photos and you can make collages too, but I edited a photo on there.

They are all pretty much the same they just a few different features.  Different people prefer different editors, but my personal favorite is BeFunky!

How Social Media has Changed the World!

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       Social media has made the world a better place in my own opinion.  In some cases with cyberbullying it has been bad, but in my personal opinion it has made the world better and easier to communicate with friends, family, and loved ones that you can't physically be with. It has made it easier to communicate with people you went to school with and it also makes it easier not to lose touch with somebody you care about.
      Some people take advantage of social media and make peoples lives miserable by bullying them over the internet, but in most cases it really helps people to connect with the world I think.  I think that the world would be a total different place if there was no social media, but there wouldn't be near as much communication with people.
      I know in my life without social media I probably wouldn't talk to anybody.  It also helps when you are in school because you can also send a message to somebody in your class and ask what the homework is or ask for help on the homework. It defiantly makes my life easier.

How Google Changed the World!

Google has changed the world in many different ways.  Google has also made life easier in many different ways also.  When people don't know the answer to questions the simply say "Go Google it" it has became a verb in itself.

 One of the most popular if not the most popular feature of Google is the search feature of Google.  That feature pretty much allows any person with access to the internet  to search for anything.  In today's society there is not many people that own a set of encyclopedias, because of the fact that google knows pretty much everything.









Google Maps is a feature of google that has also changed society, because on Google Maps provides map services that gives you step by step directions.  So now people don't have to use road atlases.


There are so many ways google has changed the world for the better.  It has made people's life easier in so many ways that can't be named. In my life I have never been without Google. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to not have Google in my life.

Halloween Costumes Related to Information Technology

   

Google Maps costume.

 Computer Costume

Keyboard costume

Facebook Costume

 Computer mouse costume

 Twitter costume

Youtube Costume

Internet Explorer costume

Firefox costume

Iphone Costume

Great Free Software!

             

          Skype is excellent and a free software to get on your computer.  It is absolutely free.  All you need to use it a computer or a device with internet connection with speakers and a microphone. You could also use a headset. You can also make video calls on this software which requires your device to have a webcam, but that it optional.  Skype also has a chat so you don’t actually have to call or video call.  Skype works on many different devices such as cellular phones, computers, tablets, etc. 

          Trillian is a good software to have if you love social media.  Trillian is an instant messenger that allows you to chat on many different social Medias combined into one software.  It allows you to chat on Skype, Facebook, ICQ, Yahoo, and many more.  Trillian also works on many different devices.  You’re not just limited to using it on your computer.

          The Pandora Desktop App is good software to have on your computer.  It is good because you can play Pandora directly from your desktop and it saves you from having to open another tab on your internet browser.  All you have to do is get on the website and sign into your account and then download the software and follow the instruction to install it. Sign into your account on the desktop app then viola you’re done.  

Reviewing Classmate's Blogs

1. Lorem's Blog!

       I think that your blog was really good. All of your blog post were really good and had lots of detail. There was really only one think that I saw that I thought maybe you needed to change that was adding an about me. You really don't give any detail about yourself except for the introduction blog post.

2. Keith's Blog!

                                   
        I liked your blog.  I think maybe you need to come up with a different name, because other people that is not in that class may not know what that means.

3.Allyson's Blog!

       Your blog was really good.  I think you need to put some information about yourself on your blog, because you don't even have your name on your blog. Other than the fact that you don't have any information about yourself your blog is really good. That is all you need to change I think.

4. Ted's Blog! 

         You definitely need to change the name of your blog. This whole blog isn't really just about computers, it really isn't about computers at all. These blogs are more about programs and websites you use on the computer. If it was about computers this blog would be telling me about computers and how to use them, but it doesn't it tells me about things that you do on computers. Also I think you need an about me and maybe a photo of yourself.

5. Rob's Blog! 

          I think that your blog is really good. I the background, but I think that you need to make the font a little more readable. Also you don't have an about me. People that read your blog wants to know a little about the author. Other than those minor things I think it is really good.

6. James' Blog 

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         I think that you need to Change your font color, because orange font is a little hard to sit and read for long periods of time. It kind of strains the eyes. Also you need to move your about me to the top.

7. Tyler's Blog!   

                             
       Your background is dark you might want to fix it up a bit.  Also you don't have an about me or any photos of yourself. Also maybe change your title that kind of has nothing to do with anything.

8. Jane's Blog!  

                           
           I think maybe you should change the name of your blog and also you don't have any about me. Also it wouldn't hurt to add some photos and such.  I like your background but maybe change the color on the front around the sides because the orange isn't all that visible.

9. Scotty's Blog! 

                            
             Your blog needs an about me and maybe some photos as well. your background is really dark I think it needs some color.  White and Black strains the eyes after reading it for awhile.

10. Amber's Blog!  

                                
                  Your blog was really good. I think the only thing your blog needs is a title and maybe change the font color.  Everything else looks really good and put together.  All of you blogs are really good. I think the only thing you need is the title and you'll be good to go.

11. Chris' Blog!  

                                 
               I think your blog was really good. I also like how you wrote about a personal experience with the tea. I think you need to put somethings about yourself because the people reading your blog wants to know a little bit about the author. Your blog was really good other than all of that.

Sky Drive vs. Google Drive vs. Libre Office vs. Open Office

All of which are all replicas of Microsoft office.  Sky Drive and Google Drive are online, whereas Libre Office and Open Office are not.  All are free and are almost the exact same as Microsoft without paying a ton of money of them.

 I use Sky Drive and Google Drive the most mainly because it is online and you don’t have to worry about carrying around a flash drive if you are going somewhere with internet connection or worrying about it taking up storage on your computer.  They both give you storage for all of your documents or whatever you may use it for.  However, Sky Drive gives you more free storage than Google Drive does. 

           

           Libre Office and Open office are both offline, and you can save all of your work onto your computer and your flash drive if you wish.  The pros of both of these are that they are both free and they have pretty much the same things as Microsoft without the pay.  They both have different pros and cons, but they both have some formatting bugs that need worked out but what program don’t?

            All in all I think I like Google Drive the best.  I like it the best, because I can access all of my documents and my email all at once. I also think it is easier to send a document or whatever it may be via email, because you can share it with anybody.  Also you can set the document you share with somebody so that they can edit it also. 

Evernote vs. Springpad

         

 

       Evernote and Springpad are similar in ways such as they are used for keeping notes and clipping things from the web that you want with the extensions for your browser.  The both store your notes and allow you to access them with different devices that you may have.  They also both have apps for you phones whatever they may be as long as it is a smart phone.  You can also get them on the Ipad and tablets too.

       However, I prefer to use Evernote.  I like Evernote better because it gives you more options on what you want to clip from a page such as if there is just a picture on the page that you want you can clip only the picture, whereas you can’t do that with Springpad.  I also like the fact that there is an offline version of Evernote and there is not with Springpad. 

          

        There are things that I do like better on Springpad better such as the fact that it is defiantly way more colorful and it is just pretty.  I also like the fact that you can see other people’s notes as well as your own.  Some people have some pretty good recipes and things that might benefit other people. Evernote does not have that quality.

           

    All in all I like Evernote better.  I like being able to work on it offline as well as online and I the fact that you don’t have to clip the whole page just to get a picture you can choose to clip only the picture.