The Female Identity Crisis: Adaptations of Alice
Posted by Administrator on Apr 09 2009 | 1 Comment »
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
I have been slowly and steadily placing my year-long studies on my website/blog for my senior project.
The site is called Adaptations of Alice, and is focused primarily on various illustrations created by fans of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I also study the views of gender and maturity in three particular films (along side the original novel). So, far, I am very proud of it.
Let’s hope it’s impressive to my peers and professors.
Job Fair
Posted by Administrator on Apr 08 2009 | Comment now »
According to an email I received from the Macon State College mass mailing robot, there is a job fair in Atlanta next week.
This is a great opportunity for me and other graduates who are about to land in the workforce.
Unfortunately, it is on a Tuesday, and Warner Robins is two hours away. I’m contemplating asking off work to attend and missing my Literature Criticism Class (Dr. Young-Zook is a CIT professor and would probably understand).
I love having understanding professors (especially ones who know how wonderfully fun the senior project is).
I finished my senior project paper last week, and am enjoying the satisfaction of finally completing a portion of my project.
Senior Project Blues
Posted by Administrator on Apr 01 2009 | Comment now »
As the semester comes to an end, I am sure that my fellow CIT seniors are rushing to get things wrapped up. Dr. Clayton has been a great help with my paper (and some days, it seems as if she is much more passionate about my subject than I am).
I’m very grateful for her help and support.
I just finished my twenty pages on the themes of the female gender and the transition of childhood to womanhood in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass last night. I’ll spend today trying to get my website to work for the project, and getting a rough outline of how my oral presentation will turn out.
Powerpoint presentation or no Powerpoint presentation?
On a negative note, my laptop keeps restarting on me. Wonderful timing as always.
The “Talking” iPod
Posted by Administrator on Mar 31 2009 | Comment now »
If Mac products weren’t the most user friendly items available in the technological market, the new iPod Shuffle is definitely giving them a boost.
Talking iPod
According to Apple News, the new iPod shuffle tells the listener what he or she is listening to. Retaining it’s small size (smaller than a “AA” battery), it has one other improvement: the addition of playlists. Now, music lovers (who don’t have a huge collection) can carry around a music player that suits their needs. Why would anyone need a small screen with miniscule print, when the music player can simply tell you what you are listening to?
If I didn’t have over 2,000 songs to my name, I would consider buying one. Let’s see if they add this new feature to future iPod products.
The Troubles of Online Storage
Posted by Administrator on Mar 01 2009 | Comment now »
Quoted from this article from Yahoo! News: “Kodak is essentially saying that ‘even though you own this stuff, unless you pay us you’re going to lose your access to it. That hardly seems fair,’ said Steve Jones, a communications professor specializing in new media at the University of Illinois at Chicago.”
The current financial crisis that is crippling the economic market in the U.S. is affecting more than the individuals one sees on television (living in their cars because they have been laid off their jobs). Companies such as Kodak, who allow customers to store their personal pictures online are finding themselves trapped between a rock and hard place: pay the new charges to keep their photos, or lose them forever.
The forward movement of technology is not without its pitfalls. Being able to store personal information on the internet gives individuals a bigger space for saving information (which will in turn, last much longer than an actual paper document, or will be safer than on a computer that is prone to crashing).
However, financial difficulties is not a proper reason to suddenly require current clients to pay a larger fee for services they have already been paying for at a steady rate. If the company, such as Kodak, needs more money to fund it’s services, they should focus on changing the rates for new customers. Fluctuating prices is a given in our current economic times, but there is no logical reason to “drop a bomb” on current customers.
That’s simply a way to turn away business and future customers.
