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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Cherry Springs- Dark Skies and Pretty Pictures
The constellation Orion rising under Jupiter in Taurus Cherry Springs State Park is classified as having the darkest skies in the United States east of the Mississippi River. At approximately 70 miles away as the crow flies, there is literally … Continue reading
RCL Week 11- Copyright Questions
1) How do international copyright laws work? Is there such a think? For example, if I want to use a clip from a British film, are the laws there different from laws here? 2) How do I even get a … Continue reading
WIP Week 11- Interview Ideas
I am interviewing my AP English teacher, Tara Deitrich, about her opinions on standardized testing. Mrs. Deitrich has been teaching for a fairly long time at our school and seems to have developed a pretty good sense of what’s going … Continue reading
Eclipse- No, Not Twilight
I was planning on continuing the series that I’ve been doing for two weeks now basically detailing the history of the universe. However, I’m going to take a break from that to show you something utterly amazing. Watch it. It … Continue reading
WIP Week 10- TED Thoughts
Sadly, my 75 MB video file for this is just too large to upload here, so I put it on Photobucket. Here’s the link. Well, that was fun. Terrifying, but fun. I think that I legitimately liked giving my TED … Continue reading
RCL Week 10
I personally don’t believe that determining whether something should be considered a public issue or not is that difficult. In my simplistic definition, something can be called a public issue by two easy criteria: if people choose sides over it … Continue reading
Why are We Here? Part II
Part Deux! Last time, I covered from the beginning of the universe to just before the formation of our solar system. Now it’s time to cover everything that people actually care about. In general, stars don’t form by themselves. They … Continue reading
RCL- Elections and Such
I got to vote for the first time on Tuesday. Overall, I’d have to say it was rather unremarkable. My dad attempted to get into a political argument (but failed when the guy agreed with him) and I got to … Continue reading
Week 8 WIP
For my TED talk, I’m going to discuss greenwashing, the topic of my paradigm shift paper. Specifically, I’m talking about how companies make their ordinary products look like they are somehow more environmentally friendly than other products. As some … Continue reading
Ted Talk RCL
I’ve found a few common characteristics of TED talks that I like. Most importantly, I’ve found that I like subjects that I feel like I know something about, but someone else knows a lot more. That sounds kind of … Continue reading