Excel

I really like using Excel so far. I've learned about conditional formatting and how to use some new formulas. I use Excel to keep track of my spending; being able to so easily organize my data is very helpful. I like how intuitive Excel is, but sometimes entering large amounts of data can be difficult. Also, as with Word, I sometimes have difficulties with formatting.

Copyright and Creative Commons

I found yesterday's discussion of copyright laws very interesting.  I now know about fair use and what constitutes infringement.  I was especially interested by the lifespan of a copyright.  Copyrights have obviously become more important, as they originally only lasted fourteen years, but now last seventy years after the creator dies.  It's crazy that Disney was able to extend how long they owned the rights to their characters.  While I understand their wanting to make money off Walt’s characters for as long as possible, I disagree with their lobbying congress to extend copyright protection. (That Sonny Bono was their representative is pretty hilarious).  At some point those characters need to become public domain because they are an important part of American cultural history.  And besides, they make plenty of money off more recent characters and movies. I hope Disney is unable to make any more changes to copyright law. 

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The server room in Halsell was pretty intimidating: That's a lot of technology in one room. If something happened down there life at trinity would be very different.  Although I still don't have a very deep understanding of how the trinity network works, I at least have some appreciation for it now.  I had no idea how much went into simply connecting to the internet from my room!  I'm now pretty comfortable with making diagrams and word and taking screenshots.

My Secret Spot

While snooping around my church's basement a few years back I came across a box of pictures that had survived a flood.  They all had this cool faded look to them; I tried to recreate that in my edited picture.  I lightened the exposure, saturated the colors and made the picture cooler in addition to adding some graffiti. Where on campus was my picture taken?  A place where a little standing water would come as no surprise.

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I was not aware that links could be hijacked.  This is pretty frightening considering the number of links I click on on a daily basis; it's almost a certainty that I've used a bad link before.  I'm nervous to know what bad things are on my computer as a result.  Now I'll be especially choosey of the links I use!