Shark Week Coming Soon

UPDATE: There are at least 2 different cameras to view from. At the bottom of the player is a 'Multiview' icon. Click on the icon to choose between cameras.


As many of you know, every year the Discovery Channel has a week of programs dedicated to sharks. This year, Shark Week Begins July 31.


One cool thing they have done this year is place a live streaming web cam into the world's largest shark tank. You can watch the sharks, manta rays, and all the other fish do their thing live.  Here is the link. Once the player loads, click on the full screen icon in the lower right. The live action makes for a great screen saver too.


Check it out, very worth it.

 I'll be joining the celebration by posting shark attack videos, shark meat recipes, and other fun shark facts. See you in the water....

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New School Busses for Next Year

PSS Receives New School Busses

Will Get Students to School Faster

By Mark Raggado
Assistant Editor

The Public School System announced today the order of 20 new top of the line school busses for the upcoming school year.  This type of  buss is the fastest model manufactured and the company producing them says that students will get to school in less than half the time it took before, allowing students to sleep in much longer ....full story

See the video of the new busses here:

You might not want to sit in the very front...

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All About "The Cloud"

Maybe you've seen commercials where they talk about 'the cloud.' If you listen carefully, you'll notice a lot more advertisements mentioning the cloud.  Cell phone, computer, software and hardware companies are all telling you how you can use the cloud.

So, what is 'The Cloud', and how can or will it help you?

The Cloud has two main parts, and they are both easy to understand.

1.  The cloud is simply on line storage.  By having all your files, or just the ones you choose, stored on the internet, you save space on your hard drive, you can get to your files from any computer, and you can share those files with anyone you give the address to (and password if they are protected). If you have a group project, you can store the file on the cloud and each person can add to it and upload the new version for everyone to see.

Copying things to a flash drive is great if the person is there with you. But if they are far or you won't be seeing them, you can use the cloud to share and transfer.  Many, many sites offer from 1 to 25 gigabytes of cloud storage for free. An earlier post listed some of them, but I will list them again later in this post.

2.  The cloud has applications you can use.  What does this mean?  Instead of having Microsoft Word or Power Point on your computer, you can access these applications from the cloud.  Any one with a Gmail account can access Google Apps and use their whole line up of applications for free.

The cloud means you don't have to store as much on your computer, which means cell phones and tablets are going to more and more be people's main choice of computer.

Finally, the cloud is a great way to back up anything and everything you don't want to lose on your computer.

Click Here for a link to previous post listing on line storage options.

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How You'll Soon be Getting to School or Work

As you know, technology is much more than just computers.  It affects and changes every part of our lives. One area set to see major changes is transportation.  Let's look at some of the soon to be options for personal travel.

Terrafugia Flying Car

Way cool. It's a car and a plane. Runs on regular gasoline, parks in the garage, and easy to handle. Only downside is you need to get a pilot's license to use it in the air.  Not too hard to do, though.  Many, many people have a private pilot's license.  Check the video:

 

Hoverbike

Already being used, the Hoverbike is more flying motorcylcle than car.  Sit on top, and it takes off like a helicopter; straight up. Twist the handlebar like a motorcycle and it goes forward, up to 75 miles per hour.

 

Moeller Flying Car

Another futuristic car being sold now. While you may not be driving to school in one of these ( unless you've got an extra $150,000 laying around), these car/planes are being sold and used.   Never mind a new computer for every student, how about a flying car for everyone instead?

Ferrari V4 Motorcycle

It doesn't fly...in the air...but it flies! If you're ready to go 230 mph, this Ferrari's for you. And, it's cheaper than the flying car...this cycle is a rock bottom cheap $85,000.

Flying Cube

Stand inside, say the magic words, and up, up, and away you go. Mostly for shorter trips, 100 miles or less, the Cube isn't jet powered, but doesn't have to deal with traffic lights or slow vehicles.. until you land.  Perfect for Saipan and trips to Tinian, Rota, and Guam.

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Online Games to Keep Your Mind Sharp

Being summer and all, it's easy to let the ol' brain go into hibernation. Much easier though, to keep it sharp, instead of trying to jump start it once school begins. 

If you're in to puzzles, riddles, and other mind games, here's a collection of teasers guaranteed to keep you up longer than you wanted:

Pzzls

From simple riddles and puzzles, the site has lots of logic, math, and science puzzles to keep your brain on overdrive. You can browse through the puzzles or use the search tool.

Think Riddles

With 8000 brain teasers and riddles to choose from, you can really put your brain in a tizzy. So check out the popular riddles first. You can also go at them alphabetically with the letter links at the foot of the web page.

Mind Cipher

Mind cipher does not have a large number of puzzles, but the limited collection is arranged in neat categories. Two categories you should try out first are – Lateral Thinking and Logical. Answers along with detailed explanations are given for most of the riddles.

Brain Bashers

Brain Bashers is a collection of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions. Brain Bashers has thousands of puzzles and brain teasers, and with new material added every single day, including games and optical illusions, you can be sure there is always something to do. With over one hundred awards, Brain Bashers is the place to spend a boring Friday afternoon training your brain.

 Braingle

If your brain craves for variety, give it Braingle’s mix of quizzes, riddles, logic problems, and trivia. Try out the Puzzle Hunts on the site which is like a treasure hunt for the brain. There are only two as of now with ten levels each, but the site also links to others that may be found online.

Finally,....

A free dowload called Brain Workshop. The site says it's guaranteed to make you smarter. Spend the summer using Brain Workshop and go directly to High School.

Have Fun.....

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Free Online Games from Pop Cap

Pop Cap Games, makers of Bejeweled, Insaniquarium, and other favorites, has a site where you can play online. Give it a try, and some feedback if you don't mind.

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Happy 4th of July

A super slow-mo video tribute to the nation's birthday.  Be safe, don't lose any fingers today.

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Free Online Photo Editors: Part II

Let's get right to it:

BigHugeLabs

Man, there's a lot of stuff to do on this site. Some things are quite different from other sites also.  It is definitely Big and Huge.

Photo 505

That's how many days it will take you to check out everything on this site.  Start now, finish by 2013.

 

Image Chef

Stop already!! Tons of creative things to try here as well.  Enjoy!!

 

Funny.Pho.to

Plenty, Plenty, Plenty. Check it out.

Clay Yourself

Create a clay version of you or anybody else.  Use the dude as your new avatar, or create a claymation movie. Here's my guy on the left, Oscar Waters. He da man!

And finally.....

Moron Face

No explanation necessary.

 

Back with more 'stuff' tomorrow.

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Latest Tech: See-Through Monitors

Just wanted to give you a look at the newest technology to hit the stores; transparent, or see-through monitors.   Take a look:

There's even one for the PSP:

Very Cool, but not real. Not at all. The see-through look is all trickery and wizardry, and not too hard to do.  In every picture, the user took a photo of the background behind the monitor  and used it as their background picture.

Voila!!  That's all there is to it.   Your eyes have mislead you again. By the way, how do you pronounce Voila?  If you said it's pronounced like wah-lah, you are correct and win 1 hour of free computer time this summer. When your parents tell you to do some chores, just say, "No thank you, I'm choosing to use the hour of free computer time I won.  That'll work!!

 Use your web cam and give it a shot. If you want, send the pic to v6math@gmail.com, and I'll post it on the blog.

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