Internet Part 2

So I have been looking around at different blogs to see what all was out there. I have noticed that there are only a few that I really get into so far. I noticed that I tend to like the blogs with a lot of pictures, videos and color in them. Granted...they can't just be any pictures or videos, but ones that I am interested in. While looking through different blogs, I found one that I like so far. I found it on Media Bistro. It is hard for me to say if it’s my favorite or not just because there are so many other blogs out there that I haven’t even looked at yet. The blog is called "Galleycat" and I think it was actually the name that got me interested to begin with. When I first read it, I thought it said alley cat, instead of Galleycat. Once you read through this blog you notice some cool pictures, like the guy with the 80's style hair. There is also a video talking about a campaign from awhile ago that uses plastic army men. Who would have thought? Even some of the titles are pretty catchy. The one thing I was kind of bored with was the background. There isn’t any color in this blog what so ever...okay maybe in the heading and the pictures. But other than that it is completely dull. All it is, is a plain white background with your everyday black text. Boring!!! Throw some color in it and this blog would be better I think.

Shows on the Internet

T.V……what’s that? A lot of people may have forgotten that a television still exists. Most people rely on their computer or even their phones to watch shows and movies. For some people this is by choice but for people like me, it’s because we are never home to watch TV. People like me who work full time and go to school full time hardly know what a television is anymore. If you were to ask me what the big hit shows were now….I couldn’t tell you. The only shows I really pay any attention to anymore are the old ones that I always used to watch. Well, thanks to the Internet, I can look up my favorite show when I have the time. The Oprah Winfrey show is my favorite. Granite, I haven’t watched it in a while but I used to make sure I was always home at 4:00p.m. to watch it. Now days, since I am always at work, I use sources such as, Oprah.com, YouTube, TV.com and even ABC.com to watch her shows or bits of it. So, If I can’t make it home in time to watch it on the, “old fashion television”, I can always tune in on the Internet and watch what I missed. Again, this is all thanks to television and the Internet coming together. I think that the Internet and convergence has a made a big impact on the television industry. I think in January when people have to buy a certain kind of box to watch television shows on their TV., most people will rely on the more on the Internet than they already do. I think that may impact the television industry more than people think.

Round 3

Round 3

So if you haven’t already heard, the final campaign debate between Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain was Wednesday, October, 15. Was it everything you thought it would be? I wasn’t sure what to expect before watching it. Was this debate going to be different then the other two, or was it going to be pretty much the same? What questions was Bob Schieffer going to ask and how were the senators going to answer? These were only a few of the questions I asked myself before watching this debate. I wasn’t able to watch it on Wednesday, so I watched it on YouTube. Granted the picture wasn’t as clear but I was still able to get the main points. After watching it and taking everything that had been said into consideration and watching the movements and the actions between the two Senators, I started to get almost annoyed. The questions that were being asked were good questions I thought. Some of the questions we already knew the answers to, while others were a little surprising. To me one of the questions that I was surprised about was when Schieffer asked both men to explain why they thought their running mate was good for our country. I was also kind of surprised when the two candidates’ were asked to answer the question, “Should Federal Government Play a Larger Role in Education?” Of course the main argument between the two men was should we use vouchers or charters, rather than answer the question head on. And if I have to hear “spread the wealth around” one more time, I think I may scream. When Schieffer asked the men, “Why is your Economic Plan better than your Opponents?”, all I heard was “spread the wealth around.” For most people, they don’t want to be wealthy, yes it would be nice. But most people are just worried about being able to put a roof over their head, clothes on their back and food on the table. While many people believe that this debate determines pretty much who is going to win and who is going to lose, I would disagree. For most people they already kind of know who they are going to vote for before all of these debates go on. I knew who I was going to vote for before I watched this. But after watching it, I really know who I want to be President. I noticed myself getting more irritated and annoyed the longer it went on. By the time this debate was over I felt that I had heard enough from McCain to last the rest of my life time. I never want to hear that man speak again. I felt like during this whole 3^rd debate, he was rude and immature. Who in the heck constantly laughs at their own jokes, especially when they aren’t even funny? Why did McCain find it completely necessary to continually interrupt not only Obama but Schieffer as well? I think that Obama did this debate very professionally while McCain on the other hand, only knew how lash out. It felt to me that McCain was very defense and the way he was always moving around in his seat gave me the impression that he wasn’t going to be able to be civil for very much longer. I think that everything that has happened during this whole campaign will go down in history. Maybe quotes like, “I’m not President Busch. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago.”, which was said by Sen. McCain, will be a quote that sticks out for years to come.