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Archive for October, 2012

Databases and Statistics

• October 31, 2012

I have to say I found the Felton reports I looked at to be pretty interesting! The sheer fact that he was able to collect so much data about his everyday life is crazy. Although there was not one specific part of these reports that really stuck out to me, I did make an interesting […]


Maps, Spatial Analysis and History

• October 22, 2012

I have to say the idea that I found most interesting in the reading for this week is how similar the North and South were during the Pre-Civil War and Civil War period, from voting patterns to wealth distribution. Of course there were also the obvious differences of slavery as well as the idea of “one […]


Tools and Services

• October 16, 2012

Although I was already somewhat familiar with many of the tools listed on the syllabus for this week, I have to admit that technology and the point we’ve reached with the Internet as a society never ceases to amaze me. The fact that anyone in the world can search for an address and find images […]


Securing Information

• October 1, 2012

I have to admit after reading the articles about Mat Honan’s experience with hackers, I was terrified! I thought about how many irreplaceable files are stored on my own MacBook and iPhone, and immediately started changing my own passwords and setting up two-step verifications. It’s how crazy easy it was for the hackers to make […]