Agenda Item Week 2

"the memex has been envisioned as a means of turning an information explosion into a knowledge explosion" (Bush 36). This statement appeals to me, and says to me 'knowledge is power'. That computers act as a form of communication and brings everyone from everywhere together. In this way, technology--the internet, has brought people together to share a commonality.

"Science has provided the swiftest communication between individuals; it has provided a record of ideas and has enabled man to manipulate and to make extracts from that record so that knowledge evolves and endures throughout the life of a race rather than that of an individual" (Bush 38). This quote appeals to me because before reading this passage, it hadn't occurred to me how science in itself is communication. What I find most interesting is how this article opens with talking about bombs and war. Reading further along the article you then realize the intellectual path into brilliant technological processes. As such, "shortly after 'As We May Think' was first published, Doug Engelbart, a young radar technician, came across it in a Red Cross library for U.S. soldiers in the Philippines. Later, with the memex in mind, Engelbart began work that would result in the invention of the mouse, the word processor, the hyperlink, and concepts of new media for which these groundbreaking inventions were merely enabling technologies" (Bush 36). It is most fascinating how a young radar technician invented such technological advances in which we are most dependent on today.

Explanation for my post

In my posts I decided to use the color light sky blue because it is a bright color and goes nicely with the dark background (while staying within a matching color scheme). I changed the font colors to some words to put an emphasis on the expression and meaning of the word. The italicization of words provides a personal effect that is more personal to me. In the template section of the blogger, I minimized the size of the main background so that it would fit the screen better. I also changed the post's background to a black customized background so that there would be a vivid contrast against the text making the text easily visible. In my posts, I also added an anchor tag to a map of the UCSD campus, providing for my post a sense of realism to my blog readers. A picture of the Price Center is also uploaded to make the blog more interesting and appealing. By editing the picture, I formatted it so that the text would wrap nicely around the picture placing it in an appropriate space.

Where I Call Home... (away from home)

I am currently a junior at UC San Diego, and my major is in communications. I first explored this new place with uncertainty and mystery. Besides a rigorous academic career, what else can this prestigious institution offer me? To my left I saw loneliness, and to my right I saw emptiness. Best described as being in an endless realm of unfamiliar countenances, I walked miles and miles across campus searching for something. Finally, I stumbled upon this "something" in which I had been searching for. I found myself at the gameroom in Price Center-where I have come to call my home, away from home.




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I have been working at UCSD's Gameroom in Price Center since freshman year and am currently the assistant manager there. Where many people may say college life is parties and drinking, I would say college life is the gameroom. The gameroom is where I have met some of the most amazing people. I've made my close circle of friends here. It pays for my tuition, rent, and miscellaneous uses. I study here; I work here; I eat here; I meet my friends here; I nap here; I play here. Through the tedious studying and pressures of doing well academically, billiards has become my escape.

My love for the game came about through working at the gameroom.

A Short History of Billiards

It is best guessed that billiards originated in France as an indoor version of a lawn game similar to croquet. The term billiard is French, deriving from the word billart, one of the wooden sticks, or bille, a ball. Originally using only two balls, the game was played on a six-pocket table with a hoop similar to a croquet wicket and an upright stick used as a target (as shown in the picture).

Pool 'Noob' Exposed

The first time I was really exposed to shooting pool was at the PC Gameroom at UCSD