New Site!

Hey! It's been a while, but I have posted up a new site here. It displays a lot of useful sites and is a project we did in our ICT computer class.

iPAD

Yes, the iPad has been out for a long time, but for anyone, who is still wondering about the iPad, here is a link to a glog I made about iPad. In case you don't know, a glog is a form of blog, displaying information throguh pictures and videos. Click here to find out more about the apple iPad.

Python and How Great It Is

Posted here on Eweek, Darryl Taft creates a slideshow of the versatility of Python, an open-source programming language. Some highlights are the fact that python was actually named after Monte Python, an old satirical show. Also, currently Python is run in plenty of today's major websites, including google, yahoo and youtube. It also runs in our cellphones, like ones from Nokia, and is found almost anywhere. Again, here is the link for the python.

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits Haiti

At 4:53 PM Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck the Carribean island of Haiti, near Cuba, as many of you might know. With no construction standards, the weak infastructure was destroyed by the strength of this earthquake. Many lie dead and many more are left accounted for. Luckily, according to Robert Manuel, Haiti's ambassador to Mexico, Haiti's president Rene Preval and his wife have survived. The earthquake was 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, a depth of 5 miles (8 kilometers), and an initial magnitude of 7.0. In Port-au-Prince, many buildings were demolished, from little huts to the grand palace! The Red Cross have reported at least three million have been affected by this disaster; people are either dead or missing.

Already the poorest country in the western hemisphere, estimating to about 9.8 million civilians, Haiti's state after this disaster is terrifying. Many countries have accepted the call for aid. The U.N. has sent its special convoy, Bill Clinton, to access the situation and has also pledged to help. Likewise, Germany has also pledged to help. Canada and the U.S. have promised aid. Canada has already allocated 5 million dollars from their disaster relief fund and have also promised to send 200,000 litres of water a day to Haiti.

Tech Tweets

Based on my ICT teacher's Twitter, here are some interesting news updates.
Dell has released a new 27-inch, WQHD (Wide Quad Hi Definition), with a new resolution, 2560x1440, for here.
A Supernova that will kill the Earth by 2012. Here
Aircraft Tracking by Mashup. Here

CES (Consumer Electronics Show)

The Consumer Electronics Show is an international public trade show held every January, in Nevada, Las Vegas. Many things were announced at CES.

One thing was Project Natal. Project Natal, unveiled by the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, is a new technology made exclusively for the XBox 360. It contains motion detection and acts as the Wii was supposed to. This new family-friendly technology will probably bring in many more family constumers to microsoft. You can click here for more information on Project Natal.

Among other things, Microsoft with HP, has also unveiled the HP Slate PC. This tablet piece of technology is a new, small and portable tablet computer is "more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC. Perfect for reading, surfing the web, and taking entertainment on the go. This new portable device might make laptops obsolete. Hopefully this will not happen because I have an HP laptop at home. You can get videos and moer information here.

Lastly another object of interest would be 3D TV. With recent success with movies, like Avatar, three-dimensional visual entertainment has caught the interest of many companies and people. These television sets will start at $2000 US. They will also require special 3D glasses. US cable companies have already started creating new channels for the 3D TVs. ESPN has announced that it will have the World Cup of Soccer and the NBA in 3D by June 2010. For more information click here.

Tech Update

Its been a while since my last blog. For the month of December, my life has been plagued with season festivities and university applications. One thing to look out for is the current political situation in Iran. There are videos up about the protests in Iran for the right for democracy; uprises against the Iranian rulers. I shall post up links or videos later today about this event. Its sad to say that the media does not show any attention to this uprising in Iran. Its also funny that Americans will go overseas to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote. Let us pay attention to the rights, that we take for granted, are being fought for by people in Iran.

How to use Twitter

Some people today have signed up for Twitter, a social-networking site, which allows users to display 'status' updates. However, instead of displaying the latest gossip and possibly useless information about what one is doing, Twitter can be used in a professional sense. Instead of gossip, twitter can used to display one's interest and interesting finds on the web. Mr. Cooke, our former principal, had his own twitter, and he displayed his interests in a professional sense. As a result, Wolframalpha, a major information-based site, sought him out and hired him for a job collecting data. Twitter had gotten someone a job. For an example of a professional Twitter profile, Click here. This is my ICT teacher's Twitter, and he uses it to connect with teachers in Australia and England.

Also, I just started "Tweeting,"  follow me here.

Web 2.0 Applications

These applications are interactive and really cool. One is a the iNudge, which allows you to create beats. Unlike other 'beat makers,' this application includes the use of drums, 'avatar', 'organ,' and several others. This one is a definitely must-hear. Click here. Made by the Germans, you know this is a good app.

Another application is Sumo Paint. This application is alike the photoshop-interface, as its presents almost all the same tools to make pictures. This program is also like an advanced version of Paint, which allows you to draw pictures with a few tools. This program, in my opinion, is a mix between photoshop and paint, as it includes many interesting tools. Click here to see.

Top 10 Microsoft Programming

Eweek has released a list of Microsoft's top ten programming languages. For acceptance into the company, programmers must be proficient in many of these languages. You can find it at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Top-10-Microsoft-Programming-Languages-704642/?kc=EWKNLEDP11302009A.
Here is a list of the programming languages:
-Visual C++
-Visual C# (C Sharp)
-Visual Basic
-Iron Python
-Iron Ruby
-Java Script
-Visual F# (F Sharp)
-PHP
-"M"
-Axum

Currently, we have learned the basic version of Python and Visual Basic. Clearly we are not ready to apply to Microsoft...
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Kindle in Canada!

Sorry guys, I haven't posted in a long time. Life just hasn't been good to me, but anyways here is the breaking news! The Amazon.com Kindle, a device, which stores complete books for reading on a electronic screen, has come to Canada. This handy device allows readers acess to 300,000 books. In Canada, its main opponent in the market would be the Indigo Books & Music Inc.'s Shortcovers e-book service. Like the Kindle, the Shortcover e-book service, allows readers to download books to their smartphones, like the iPhone, Blackberry, and Palm Pres. The Kindle is already a competitor of Indigo through the online book store.
The main question I ask you guys: would you use the Kindle or is conventional reading more ideal to you?

Best Bud

Interested in Photoshop? Want to learn how to make intricate designs? Have NO Skills with photoshop and want to learn? Then visit my friend, Jason's website: at http://ictpham.blogspot.com/
Interested in hip news? Go to my friend, Stephen's website: at http://stephenspace-slee.blogspot.com/
Interested in boring stuff? Go to Tan's webside [ = ) ]: at http://tannguyen-ict.blogspot.com/

Update

First of all, I would like to apologize to Stephen Lee, my ICT classmate, for biting (ie. copying) his ShoutMix gadget in the sidebar, but the good news is that you can all now comment on my blog. Also, be sure to check out his blog, if you want to see a real blog, interesting and all: http://stephenspace-slee.blogspot.com/

Visual Basic

We have just finished learning about the programming language, Turbo Pascal, and are moving on to Visual Basic. At the moment, I have had 132 visits to my website, 373 pageviews, and 74 unique visitors (different people). The visitor who has visited my site with the highest screen resolution is someone with a 1920x1200 screen resolution (darn rich people... just kidding). In case you are wondering, I am tracking my visitors through a site, http://www.google.com/analytics, which tells me all about my visitors, excluding IP addresses. I would  also like to thank all my visitors.

Reviews!

"I know you ICT peeps are cool an' all, and I'mma let you finish; but Lambchopz Blog is the best of ALL TIME!" - Calvin

"Life's good, and so is Lamchopz' Blog" - LG

"Because you're worth it, you should visit Lambchopz' Blog" - Loreal

"No Blog is longer lasting" - Duracell Batteries

"Its better than the Mac!" - Mac Guy

I know these quotes are pretty lame, except the first one (shouts to Calvin), but that is because I am currently under stress with my preparation for my SAT subject test this Saturday. I am taking Physics and Mathematics Level 2. The thing that scares me about Physics is that, US curriculum is not the same as the Canadian curriculum, therefore it might be a bit hard for me. If you have any tips for SATs, don't be shy to leave a comment.

OLPC XO Laptop

Last year, the students in this course helf a funraiser to buy two XO laptops. These laptops have been designed for use by students in third-world countries. They are given to students to take home, where in some cases they might be the only source of light. The class kept one laptop and the other was donated to the OLPC program.

The XO contains many innovative features, such as daylight visible screen, a flash drive, mesh networking, and a large collection of pre-installed software.

New Visitors!

In case you are visiting for the first time. This is my page for computer class at my school (Notre Dame Regional Secondary in Vancouver, BC). Your visits help boost my mark, so thank you for visiting!

Polls Everywhere

Can cellphones actually be used to enhance school education? I think so. Sites like, www.polleverwhere.com, allow teachers to make their own polling on questions of their choice. Here's my poll: Lambert's Poll. If you want to say No, text '29598' to 99503, if Yes, text '29478' to 99503 also (this poll works only for states, but you can adjust setting for anywhere). If you don't care, no worries, just keep going. Schools can use this for aspects of business, history, english, chemistry, and many more. The questions don't even have to be "Yes/No" questions; it can be used for multiple choice as well. I believe that this polling system could be valuable, as many kids, who would have otherwise not participate in class, can partipate by texting annoynomously their answers to whatever question of the teacher's choosing. In this way, the teacher can address problems that deal according to the majority of voters. Currently, many school policies don't allow cellphones in class. At our school, cellphones are convisgated on sight. Leave a comment! Do you think this will be effective? Should we try to get this in our school systems?

ICT Stuff

In class, we went to Wolfram Alpha (www.wolframalpha.com), a site, which gives you all the information about any piece of information. We learned about binary code. My number in binary is 01101. We also went to Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics), which gave us information about traffic for websites. I attached it to this blog, but sadly, the traffic at my website is terrible. Here are two friends, whose site you should also follow:
Ace Brody: www.ict12xaviercainglet.blogspot.com
Tan the Man: www.tannguyen-ict.blogspot.com
Stephen Lee: www.stephenspace-slee.blogspot.com
Nicholas Meiers: www.ict12nm.blogspot.com
Jason Pham: www.ictpham.blogspot.com

ICT Class

This post is made in my ICT Class. In this course I am working with various programming languages, and presently, I am exploring the legacy language, Pascal. Some of the other languages I will be working with include Python, Viscual Basic, C++, and Java.

I have a school google aps email address and Gmail address. I need the gmail address for some advanced google aps that aren't part of the education set.