ltexin's blog http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:58:24 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It's Del.icio.us !
Del.icio.us: An Easy Way to Store Bookmarks

This exercise really helped me learn how to utilize the tools that are given to me by the internet. Before learning about this site I always had the problem of not being able to find sites I found on other computers. I would have to take the time and send the sites to myself through e-mail. Del.icio.us allows me to save time and save as many sites as possible.

I think that this site will come in very handy when doing research. I can quickly save several different sites and sort through them later. I also liked that you could look through other people's bookmarks. Doing this helped me discover new and exciting sites that I had never seen found before.

All in all, I think that the del.icio.us exercise was very helpful.
Here is my del.icio.us site ]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/its_delicious.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/its_delicious.html Bit 200 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:58:24 -0500 Closing All Good Things Must Come to an End

Over the past 10 weeks, the four of us have relentlessly blogged about our beloved tv shows. While the blog is over, the shows are not. Hopefully we have hooked some readers, and they will continue to watch 24, Sports Center, Desperate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy.

The four of us have truly enjoyed sharing our thoughts with you…

Thanks!


The Writers:

Lexi on 24

Lexi


Mike on Sports Center


Mike


Jess on Desperate Housewives


Jess


Linnea on Grey's Anatomy


Linnea

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What I Learned from Del.icio.us

At first the idea of tagging a site every day sounded tedious and annoying, but after doing it habitually for a week or two I began to enjoy this exercise. Del.icio.us is a very useful tool because it allows you to access your links from any computer.

Del.icio.us demonstrated it's real utility during my project for LHC250 because I had to do research and keep track of several sites. Because this was a project assignment, we would meet in public areas or at each other's houses where I did not always have access to my computer. Thus, I began to use Del.icio.us to find the sites I used for research. For example, I used Del.icio.us to find this website: Yahoo Careers. Without Del.icio.us, I would have wasted a lot of time refinding the same sites.

I plan to use this tool in the future, especially for projects such as my LHC250 presentation. However, I think I will delete some of the excess sites I tagged for Bit200 like: Facebook: I won't have a problem finding this site without Del.icio.us. Additionally, I think it will be easier to navigate the site faster if I have less sites. Thank you for introducing me to such a fabulous tool!

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Greatest Moments Episode

"Grey's Anatomy" this week featured a montage of the series' greatest moments. While this was not as exciting as a new episode, it was way way better than another boring rerun. This special episode was hosted by...

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DENNY

I did not like this choice of host because personally I am sick of Denny. The show has really nailed the story about Denny into the ground. I am sick of him! However, it was not a very big deal because he was only the host. Hopefully, the producers won't bring him back from the dead. Again.

This episode had a section on elevator scenes, which was pretty funny. It demonstrated all the awkward scenarios that happen when the interns and residents are stuck in the elevators together.

This episode also featured a montage of the show's hottest hook-ups. It showed scenes with Derek and Meredith, Addison and Sloane, Christina and Burke, Callie and George, and even Addison and Alex! It made me excited to see how these relationships develop in the future. How much longer can Callie and George last?!

While this montage was not boring to watch, it wasn't thrilling either. I cannot wait for a real episode to come out! Life just isn't as exciting without Grey's!

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I was very skeptical when we were asked to tag websites daily. What does tagging even mean? And how would this be useful to me? Yet here I am at the end of the semester, and I use my delicious bookmarks daily. I have organized them so that even what I can't remember a website, for example a crossword puzzle website, I can still easily locate it. I have tagged my websites in multiple ways. For instance, websites having to do with the University of Michigan are tagged under umich, Michigan, and sometimes even college.

delicious

The tool bar was convenient to install, and easy to use. I liked the recommended tags, because it helped give me a sense in the beginning of how to categorize my favorite pages. Overall Del.icio.us has been one of the most useful internet tools I have used. I can now look at my bookmarks from whatever computer I am at. It sure does feel Delicious.

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Del.ici.ous: Organizing the Internet, One Bookmark at a Time


I really liked the Del.ici.ous exercise. I think I learned a beneficial tool that will aid me in internet life.

One thing that I really liked about the program is how easy it is to tag sites. Once you install the toolbar, it is as easy as one quick click of the tag button.

I have used Del.ici.ous in a variety of ways since I was introduced to it. I have used it to organize the websites of the internships that I interviewed for. I used it to organize my possibly spring break locations. I also used it to organize websites for different projects and school stuff. It is a great tool!

Here is a LINK to my site. CHECK IT OUT!

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WOW, Best Episode so far!!!!

Fayed is taken under custody of CTUbut ofcourse he will not say anything. CTU then performs a fake attack on Jack and Doyle.

The people recaptured Fayed pretending to be on his side... but Fayed is too smart for their antics, he knows what is up and kills them alll!

We find out that Palmer did not go crazy. He was faking out everyone because he wanted the Ambassador to give him the information that he needed. I guess he is smarter than we all expected!

It ends up the Ambassador's country did have some intelligence, and one of the General's is behind the orders of Fayed.

Jack, with all of his strength, follows Fayed after he escapes.

Jack Bauer was able to hang on to the bottom of a truck while it was driven to the location of Fayed's men. At that point he proceeds to kill several men by himself and then takes Fayed on in a man-on-man fight. He uses anythings he can find and kills Fayed by hanging him with a chain dangling from the ceiling.

font color=red size=5>The bombs are safe, Fayed is dead, what is going to happen next????

The Chinese call and Audrey isn't dead!!!

I wonder if all of this is going to be connected or they are just beginning a new plot, who knows?

24 has done it again!!!

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The show is really starting to heat up!!!

Wayne regains his authority because Lennox threatens Daniels. He says that he will tell everyone about Daniels lying and wrong doings.

CTU has Gredenko meet up with Fayed so that they can find him. In ordr to keep Gredenko on their side they put a timed bug inside of his arm.

When Gredenko meets up with Fayed he proceeds to cut off his arm so that they can both escape. Jack follows the trail of blood but is not able to catch up with them fast enough. The two villains enter a bar where Gredenko tells the civilians that Fayed is a terrorist (hypocrit). Fayed then shoots his gun and the bar-goers begin to beat him up. Jack is finally able to reach him.

The show ends with Wayne ordering the nuclear strike!!!

This is exactly what he did not want Daniels to be doing.

Does he have brain damage? Did the adrenaline go too far? NO ONE KNOWS!!!!!]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/24_900_pm-_1000.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/24_900_pm-_1000.html Bit 200 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:04:27 -0500 24: 8:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. This episode shows that although Jack has no problem torturing people, he still has feelings. The episode deals with a man who has been helping Gredenko and his autistic brother. After arresting the man, the brother is the one that is put in a dangerous situation. It was quite scary when it looked like the brother was going to be shot by Gredenko, but all turned out well and Jack got the bad guy.

We still are not sure about if Doyle is a jerk or actually a good guy. The audience is led to believe that he is not going to tell Buchanan that Nadia is not guilty of leaking information. At the end, we se that he did give the information and Milo looks childish for accusing Doyle.

The most important part of the show is that Wayne Palmer is taken out of his coma.... he then calls Vice-President Daniels to tell him to not launch the nuclear attack. Upon hearing this Daniels, decides that "Palmer is not in his right mind" and disregards what he has said.

A side note, the show has never mentioned what country in the Middle Easy they are actually targeting... possibly for political reasons?]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/24_800_pm-_900.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/24_800_pm-_900.html Bit 200 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:57:33 -0500 This Week in College Sports- Week 9

Michigan State Wins First NCAA Hockey Title since 1986

Captain Chris Lawrence (shown above) was the a major factor for the Spartans, not in points, but in his leadership!


Abdelkader (shown above) came up with the game-winning goal with just seconds left in regulation

This game was one for the ages, BC led all game 1-0, then in the last 5 minutes, Michigan State turned it on. They scored first with around 4 minutes left and then with 18.9 seconds to win the game! They showed some serious heart on both sides of the puck and definitely were the better team in the end. But why am I blabbering, why don't you check it out for yourself! ]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/this_week_in_co_8.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~ltexin/archives/2007/04/this_week_in_co_8.html Bit 200 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:28:07 -0500 Desperate Housewives Week 9

"Dress Big"

FINALLY...On Sunday there was a new episode of Desperate Housewives, and it was definitely worth the wait.

No more clothes for Gabrielle

Gabby is heartbroken when she returns from shopping to find her whole wardrobe ruined because of a leak. I feel kind of bad for her becasue clothes are the only thing she cares about. She finds a new reason to date Victor, her politician pursuer...his ex-wife is storing her designer clothes at Victor's mansion. He won't let her borrow the clothes, she takes them anyway and ends up getting caught. While in the past she had been turned off by his overly confident demeanor, Victor finally reveals that he is embarrassed about the way he treated his wife. Gabby then responds that she could fall in love with the person he is showing her. It's weird that she likes a person who just admitted he neglected his wife for many years. Then he obviously

...buys her a new dress.

Victor

A New Uniform for Lynnette

I constantly talk about how Lynetteis my favorite character on Desperate Housewives, and this week was no different. Her storylines always seem the closest to reality in my opinion. Lynette and Tom and manage a pizzeria. The uniforms are bright orange shirts, which Lynette despises.

Tom loves the orange shirts. Of course, Lynette being the stubborn woman that she is refuses to wear the shirt, and storms out of the restaurant. When Tom doesn't come home that night, rushes to because to the pizzeria to find Tom unconscious on the floor. Tom had seriously injured his back, and now Lynette is left to run the restaurant on her own.

...she goes back to wearing the orange shirt.

Scavo

This episode is filled with symbolism all revolving around clothes. Besides Lynette and Gabby, Susan finds her fiancé’s father wearing her lingerie. This represents the hidden secrets in both of their pasts. Also Edie uses clothes or lack there of as a tactic to get Carlos in bed. She says she'd like him to see her for who she really is, under her façade

...as she strips off her clothes!

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Reruns Cause Viewer Dissatisfaction

The past two weeks have been reruns for "Grey's Anatomy". It is very frustrating for viewers who really want to see the next episode!

Personally, I think it is is especially dumb that the producers decided to replay episodes from the current season, season 3. I have no desire to see a show that I saw two weeks ago. If they have to show old episodes, they should be old. I wouldn't mind reseeing an episode from the first season. From the business perspective, if I were an advertiser I would pay more to display my ad during an older rerun than a more recent one because more people would tune in.

Play Season 1 not Season 3 reruns please!

Additionally, as a student at University of Michigan, I would prefer to have reruns play during finals! Instead of during our last weeks of freedom.

The next episode better be superb to make up for the built up excitement over the past two weeks. I really hope that it is in line with my predictions. This is almost as exciting as making a bracket for March Madness!

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Predictions for the Season

A lot of things have happened in "Grey's Anatomy" this season, but the current question is: What will happen next? This blog entry will detail by predictions for the rest of the season. Enjoy!

GEORGE O'MALLEY

George will try to return to Callie but realize that he really loves Izzie. He will spend the rest of the season freaking out because he can't decide whether to stay with Callie or go for Izzie. The season ender will be George telling Callie that he slept with Izzie...and wants to be with her.

IZZIE STEVENS

Izzie will spend the rest of the season cooking (the activity she does when stressed) because she is upset that George won't talk to her. She wants George to talk to her because he is her best friend and she is in love with him. Izzie will have numerous awkward interactions with Meredith, Christina, and Alex who don't know that Izzie and George slept together. Alex will find out and it will be even more awkward.

Alex Karev

Alex will fall in love with the pregnant woman he rescused from the Ferry Boat accident. This woman's reconstructive surgery will make her beautiful and Alex will struggle to ask her out. The rest of the season will highlight his softer side.

Christina Yang

Christina will become more attentive to Burke and try to demonstrate that she truly loves him. Burke will push her away because he is stressed about the fight for new Chief of Surgery. As a result, Christina will become frustrated and sleep with her old flame and former professor. The season will end with Burke leaving Christina and Seattle.

Meredith Grey

I do not think there will be much of a plot line for Meredith for the rest of the season. She will just struggle to help Christina with her Burke troubles and be happy with Derek. Isn't interesting how the show is named after her, but is now straying from her as the main character?

Stay tuned to see if my predictions are correct and visit this great website:

Learn More About Grey's HERE

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FLORIDA WINS AGAIN!



The Florida Gators, who returned 5 starters this year, dominated Ohio State in the national championship. I however, expected this to happen. Florida has NBA-like talent with Noah, Green, Horford, Brewer, and Humphrey, basically ALL OF THEIR STARTERS! All of which has previously made a title run the year prior. Although Ohio State had the talent and Greg Oden, their lack of experience was the difference. Florida came out on a mission and set the tempo early, never allowing Ohio State to get comfortable.


This NCAA Basketball Championship gives Florida two in a row and also makes that 3 straight championships in the two major sports, football and basketball. The Florida Gators won the football National Championship this past fall.



Are Gator fans spoiled? Answer: YES!

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DH

Side note: This Sunday, there will be a new episode of Desperate Housewives on this week. It has been a long awaited break. Other bloggers have noticed this lapse as well. Visit desperateblog.

There are four actresses who make up the core of Desperate Housewives and are integral to the show.

Marcia Cross plays Bree Hodge. She is portrayed as the all American Housewife. Bree has impeccable taste, and is an amazing cook and housekeeper. All the husbands on Wisteria Lane are envious of her. But she does have hidden secrets as well. She can't control her kids, she her boyfriends are insane and frankly she is a little neurotic. Overall, she is just a perfectionist.

"...Everyone on Wisteria Lane thought of Bree as the perfect wife and mother. Everyone that is, except her own family."-Mary Alice Young

Susan Mayer is played by Teri Hatcher. She is a single mom struggling in the dating world. Susan is a children's book writer, but it doesn't seem like she is ever working. Her clumsiness, bad luck, and bubbly personality are just some of the qualities Susan is known for. Susan has one daughter who is in high school, but the daughter is more of a best friend than a daughter.

"It was common knowledge on Wisteria Lane that where Susan Mayer went, bad luck was sure to follow. Her misfortunes ranged from the commonplace, to the unusual, to the truly bizarre." -Mary Alice Young

Felicity Huffman plays my favorite character Lynette Scavo. She is trying to balance work and family life while still having a strong relationship with her husband. With her 4 kids and a step daughter, and the opening of her family pizzeria, Lynette certainly has her hands full.

"She used to see herself as a career woman, and a hugely successful one at that. She was known for her power lunches, her eye-catching presentations, and her ruthlessness in wiping out the competition. But unfortunately for Lynette, this new label frequently fell short of what was advertised."-Mary Alice Young

The only housewife without kids is Gabrielle Solis, who is played by former model Eva Longoria. She recently divorced her husband Carlos, however it is unclear whether or not they are still in love. Gabrielle was against kids at first, but as the seasons have gone on, it seems that she actually really wants a baby.

"I should have seen how unhappy she was. But I didn't. I only saw her clothes from Paris, and her platinum jewelry, and her brand new diamond watch. Had I looked closer, I'd have seen that Gabriellewas a drowning woman, desperately in need of a life raft. Luckily for her, she found one."-Mary Alice Young

DH girls

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