Thursday, December 12, 2013

Tech Article 12/13

Instagram Launches Direct Messaging 

If you haven't went into your app store lately, you probably haven't updated your Instagram to receive the new feature which is called Instagram Direct! This allows you to send a photo or video to up to 15 followers privately. Click here for more information! 

Friday, December 6, 2013

Tech Article 12/6


The Top 20 Happiest Cities Discovered By

Studying Instagram

Jetpac has made a discovery and invented "social travel", an app that has been analyzing millions of Instagram photos to see which cities of the United States are the happiest by seeing people who live there and see their Instagram pictures. The app looked at pictures of laughing and smiling people to come up with the Top 20 Happiest Cities. Jetpac also used the app "City Guides" which shows you the best spots in any city. These are the cities that are filled with the happiest people: 

  1. Saint Louis, Missouri 
  2. Kansas City, Missouri
  3. Columbus, Ohio 
  4. Indianapolis, Indiana
  5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  6. San Antonio, Texas
  7. Minneapolis, Minnesota
  8. Jacksonville, Florida
  9. Detroit, Michigan
  10. Raleigh, North Carolina
  11. Nashville, Tennessee
  12. Chicago, Illinois
  13. Charlotte, North Carolina
  14. Baltimore, Maryland
  15. Tampa, Florida
  16. Denver, Colorado
  17. Dallas, Texas
  18. Phoenix, Arizona
  19. Boston, Maryland
  20. Houston, Texas 
Click Here for more information!

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Tech Article 11/22

Hate Google?

Microsoft has some goodies for you to show how much you dislike Google 

  • Microsoft is offering reasonable priced items on their online store
  • $11.99 : Scroogled word-cloud T-shirts
  • $7.99 (currently sold out) : "Keep Calm while we steal your data" mugs
  • $11.99 : "Step into our Web" shirts has the saying and a spider to show that you are trapped in "Google's Web" 
  • $14.99 : Scroogled Logo Hat
  • $25.99 : Scroogled Logo Hoodie
Click here for information!

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Monday, November 11, 2013

Weekend

     As the bell rang on Wednesday in school, my four day weekend was ahead of me.  Kayla and I went to the blvd and then Alyssa came and we walked to Hasbrouck Heights and went to my friend Nico's house.  Then I was on my way to dance and from there I went to Wings across from the high school and met up with kayla, kaitlyn, and alyssa.  Then kayla, kaitlyn, and I walked around town and went into heights and just laughed and had a lot of fun! Thursday morning and Friday morning, Kaitlyn and I volunteered at Hackensack University Medical Center.  We organized files and wrote paperwork for all the beds in the hospital. There were around 800 beds!  Around 2 o'clock, Kayla, Kaitlyn, and I went to the mall and bought some clothes.  We ran into Evan and Jordan and then left and started to get ready for Marc's party that night. Some many memories happened that night.  I met so many new friends. Around 20 people were there and we ate pasta at his house.  Saturday came along and I had dance again. It started at 1 and ended at 2:30.  I went to Corpus Christi and saw my mom's friends daughter get married to my best friend in pre-k's uncle.  Then I recieved a text message from my dance group chat girls and I found out a girl that I dance with got diagnosed with Lukemia. After that I had another party at my friend Kaitlyns and I partied with Kayla, Evan, Deanna, Sab, Jordan, James, Klenk, Kaitlyn, Hope, Nico, Jake, Kassie, Tiffany, Peter, Stephan and Alyssa. There were more but I don't remember.  We tumbled, did stunts, and watched the exorcism.  An amazing movie.  We also watched our 5th grade graduation video. Seems so long ago.  The party ended and i drove Kayla home.  Then Sunday came along and i went to a saddle brook verse new milford game with my friends then i went home and watched movies on abc family.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Invisibility

     The windy weather in Chicago was not helping the house fire that occurred on Foster Avenue. Standing across the street with most of the neighborhood, I was thinking if I should go help. As I was still watching the house go up in flames, no one saw me change into my invisible cloak. Not one person saw me go from Raquel to what the news and most people call "The Invisible Helper!" Walking across the street and getting closer to the house, I hear a dogs bark inside the house. It wasn't any kind of bark, it was Buddy. Buddy was not like any other dog, he was one of my friends. I knew Buddy ever since the Gene Family got him two Christmases ago. Every time the family went on vacation I would watch over and take care of him. I was guessing the family went out for a little bite to eat because they were not home.
     Since no one could see me, I ran into the burning house and kept hearing the barking. The barking continued until I found Buddy lying there just staring at me with fear in his eyes. I grab him and carry him out of the burning household. As I got outside, the fireman stared at the dog in surprise wondering how the dog just appeared on the grass in front of the house. As I walked away and back to my house, the firemen were still trying to put out the fire on the house and the citizens of Foster Avenue that were watching the house fire  starting chanting "The Invisible Helper!" Even though still no one could see me I held my head up high with a smile on my face and feeling like I was on top of the world.
   

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Tech Article 10/18

5 Reasons Why the iPhone 5c Might be a Flop

  1. Old Models in New Clothes
  2. No sane color option
  3. Stuck with one color
  4. Price Shock
  5. Second Best


Click here for more information!!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Tech Article 10/11



Nest Labs Reinvents the Smoke Alarm

  • Company, Smart Thermostat, introduced an internet-connected smoke alarm called Protect 
  • The product connects to Wi-Fi network and equipped with motion and smoke detection sensors
  • Can be silenced by a hand wave instead of climbing a ladder and pushing a button
  • Price: $130
  • Sold at: Home Depot, Target, and Amazon
    Click here for more information!

Monday, October 7, 2013

Do Now 10/7

      If I were a teacher at Wood-Ridge Jr/Sr High School, I would add a fashion class to our school.  Since we don't have a class like this I think it would be a good experience for students to be the first to learn about fashion in this school.  The class would meet after school but only for at least  20 minutes.  Every Wednesday, the students would work on sewing and making cloth into clothing.  At the end of the year we would make an entire outfit to see who would wear it in public!
     The classroom would be full of many future fashion designers ready to work hard. Some classroom assignments would be to make your own fashion magazine.  The students would get their friends to model in their magazine.  I'd hope for the students to feel comfortable in the classroom atmosphere.  During the middle of the school semester we would take a class trip to FIT which is the of Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.  I hope the students enjoy this class a lot!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Tech Article 10/4

Selfies, Food and Ads: Advertisements Coming to Instagram in the Coming Months


      Things to Know:

  • Announced today that Instagram will be joined by ads
  • While scrolling through the app ads will be in your feed
  • The advertising will be part of the core experience or native advertising 
  • Like Facebook, you can hide the ads that you don't like on your feed or aren't relevant to them
  • When Instagram made changes to their terms of service, it said that your photos might be used in ads  
Click here if you want to learn more! 

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Tech Article 9/27

A Smart Desk Knows When You Want to Sit or                                       Stand

 Stir Kinetic Desk
  • connected to a power source 
  • doesn't require users to manually move any parts to adjust the height
  • knew what time of day you like to stand
  • how long you prefer to stay on your feet 
  • the buliders: Apple and IDEO employees
  • senses a user through its thermal presence sensor
  • begins to record your actions/habits (how long your average standing session is)
  • two modes- active & passive 
  • "whisper breath" -based on the patterns that the desk has learned 
  • contain 8 AC ports
  • starting at $3,890
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Sunday, September 22, 2013

1 million dollars

    Winning a lot of money can change someones life incredibly.  Everyone dreams of winning 1 million dollars in their life time. You have to have confidence and luck if you ever won that amount of money.  There is show much to do with 1 million.  One day I might be lucky enough to receive this much money!
     If I ever won a million dollars, I would spend it on a beautiful house in California.  For $675,000, I`m buying this house because it looks so modern and it is in California which is one of my favorite places on earth. Not only would I move but i would shop a lot! I would enjoy picking out outfits and buying all the new trends. I would feel like a new person with the money. New house, new clothes, new me. Also i would meet the love of my life Justin Bieber! It is my dream for him to look at me and we can breath the same air. That would make my life. If I ever went to a Justin Bieber Meet and Greet, I would be crying because of happiness!
     Money doesn't always buy happiness though. Some people in this world can have millions and millions of dollars, but they are still upset. Don't be selfish with your money and think its a big deal because one day you can loose it all. Be careful with money and don't spend it all at one time, save it up.  


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

First Post

I Like...
  • dance 
  • food
  • cheering
  • movies 
  • hanging with friends/family
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • beach 
  • sunsets
  • scarfs
  • shopping 
  • mall
  • laughing
  • music
  • Justin Drew Bieber
I dislike...
  • homework
  • yelling 
  • reading 
Classes I`m taking...
  1. English
  2. Italian
  3. Math
  4. Gym/Health 
  5. Lunch
  6. Web 2.0/Home Ec
  7. Science
  8. Social Studies