Sunday, July 8, 2012

My Skateboarding

from inprintmag.com
I am very skilled in skateboarding! I have been skating for 1 year and a half now. When i first learned how to ollie, i knew that i was capable of being a skateboarder. I now know all of the basic flip tricks and a majority of the complex flip tricks. I know how to do slides and grinds on rails and ledges. I just recently learned the most illustrious trick, "The 360 Flip"! Its a very popular trick and the day i learned was one of the best days of my life. Skateboarding is something I am good at and i want to become one of the best at it. If you ever want to know anything about skateboarding, come to me!

10 Things You Didn't Know About Cyber Terrorism

from 3.bp.blogpot.com
                     Phishing - Hackers stealing data from other unsuspecting online users

1. Look out for mysterious links while online because it may lead you to malicious content such as viruses or spam.
2. Don't click on odd looking download buttons or links because you may end up downloading a virus and letting hackers in.
3. Do not use un-secured WiFi in public places because your information is easily vulnerable to hackers
4. When on facebook or twitter, there may be links trying to get you certain free things. Do not buy into those, they are just traps for hackers to try and phish your info.
5.  When you are on your mobile devices, watch out for certain app downloads because they may contain malicious software.
6. With your own WiFi at home, make sure you always secure it with an encryption code so no one but people in your household can access it and no info will be gathered by others.
7. Be careful while browsing the web, pay very close attention to the URL.  Make sure there is an "https" at the beginning of the URL to know that the site is encrypted and safe to enter info on certain pages.
8.There are frequent scams on facebook that want you to sign up for different things. You are really just signing up for a phisher to get into your info. Be careful because that one click can risk your whole life.
9. Be careful while on your emails. There are constant links being sent that are spam waiting to be clicked on so your life can be compromised. Look out for things such as "http://hgidnd.com/PGF54nhd" These are traps! Stay away from them.
10. Always make sure you have some type of virus defender on your pc or device. It will make your online life much safer!

Friday, July 6, 2012

Upward Bound Creative Art Class

from amazingdata.com
In our creative art class here, we do many things that help us express our creativity. We do photography, video, voice recording, and drawing. The project that we are working on now is that we have to advertise ourselves. A lot of different designers and artists have been coming in to show us ways to make a successful advertisement of ourselves and it has been very helpful. They show us how to successfully represent ourselves and get exposed to the world in our own creative way! We were taught how to create logos and the steps it takes to make a successful logo. We were shown very popular logs to make the process of synthesizing a logo much easier. When our final project is complete, it will be a magnificent work of art and I will have learned how to advertise myself using my own image.