Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Proxies

1. what do i know about the topic?
i know absolutely nothing about this topic. i don't even know the definition of proxies or what the name means.

2. wonders and questions about the topic
1. what is the definition of the word proxies, what does the word mean?
2. what does proxies have to do with computers and technology?
3. is "proxies" a good or a bad thing?

3. links and useful information about the topic
1. http://www.getproxies.net/
this link tells me absolutely everything i need to now about proxies. it tells me all the types of categories of proxies there are, and gives me articles about proxies. it tells me what a proxy is, about unblocking websites, and anonymous web surfing. it also gives me proxy sites which are really useful.

2. http://proxy.org/
this link pretty much tells me what i can do with a proxy. it talks about security and the rights of privacy and the right to anonymity. there are a lot of working proxies they give you that can help you.

3. http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/
this link above is a free public proxy list for everyone to use. they also give you the anonymity level of countries ando how they use it. it is really cool to see.

4. what i learned about the topic

  • proxies facilitate the access to content on the web
  • keep computers and yourself anonymous 
  • used for security reasons
  • speed up access to resources
  • using caching web pages from a web server
  • also used to save bandwidth
  • prevent the download of the same thing many times
  • what types of proxies there are 
  • to access prohibited websites/ unblocking websites
  • to get around a content filter
5. connects/relates to real life
this connects and relates to my real life because know i know how to become anonymous in the web so that they can't track me or something. it is also very useful to me since it helps me access blocked and prohibited websites and makes me use them. i also think proxies help you with being safe and the security you have when you are surfing the internet. 

6. questions i still have 
which are the proxies that use the less amount of bandwith?
what are the dangers of using a proxy? 
are legal issues related with using a proxy?




Friday, November 23, 2012

College Exploration on Naviance

2 colleges that interest me:
1. Yale University
2. Stanford University

2 colleges that I've never heard of: 
1.  Emory University
2. North Western University

3. chart: 
     California
University-Berkeley
Stanford
University
Emory
University
North Western University
tuition/ fee12,834/ 35,712 41,56441,164 41,983
GPA 3.80 3.72 3.64 3.87
Campus
Surroundings
 small city large town large city large town
Majors has majors in business no majors in business  has majors in business no majors in business
Graduation Rate 91% 95% 89% 94%
Organizations all all all all
School
Size
 35,833 students 19,535 students 13,381 students20,481 students

my GPA in quarter one: 
me: my gpa in quarter one was a 3.5
berkeley: 3.8
stanford: 3.7
emory: 3.6
north western: 3.8
if actually not there yet but im sure if i try harder i can make it... i just need to put more effort into the things i do. my chances right now are probably not that high but i know if i want to i can make it and that they dont only look at the gpa. universities are interested in other things too.


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Google Day #3

Goals
1. become a pro editing pictures and master my skills

1. photo editing!
instagram 
http://instagram.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram

instagram is a cool app you can download on the app store. it is very easy and simple to use. all you have to do is take a picture, you can either take it or grab an old one already taken from your phone. after you do that there is a bunch of cool and very beautiful effects you can use. the best thing about this app is that you can follow other people and other people can follow you! people can like your pictures, and comment on them too. as you can see below, gabriel put a picture of the two of us, edited it, and added hashtags. then other people liked it! the house button is were you see all of the pictures that the people you follow uploaded. the compass shows random people and were you can search things. the instagram icon is were you add photos, edit them, and upload them. the heart button is were you see your news, and finally the last icon is were you can see your profile.

http://www.befunky.com/
more editing 
with this cool website i was able to edit pictures. there are so many things you can do with the picture. there are even effect were you can change the persons face and make it look very real, like the color of their eyes, skin, mouth and many other things. in my picture i added a lot of effects and cloned the person that was in it. i was also able to add text.


i also tanned and colored a persons eyes blue. really hard but at the same time easy to do.




Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Google Day #4

goals
1. become a pro with photoshop

1. photoshop!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdYBtbpuAMg

with this video i learned how to use the quick selection tool with photoshop very easily and i even tried and experimented with it and did my own edited photo.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGoicn4tEyY&feature=g-vrec

with this youtube video i got to learn how to use the lasso tool with photoshop. it is a very interesting but very hard to use and difficult because it is really complicated.