Welcome Back Followers!

Dear Follower, welcome back to my little blogspot.
I have returned in order to let you follow my actions throughout my A2 i.c.t coursework.
This year, we are creating a multimedia product that will in conclusion, my work will be placed into 2 different e-portfolio's.
I approached my end user with a proposition to improve the front page of his website. I will create a flash file, that will overview my end user's website and attract customers.
I will allow the reader's of this blog to follow me through my steps of creating this.
I will finish this project on 21st of February.

Toodles.

Yet Another RoadTrip From English College Dubai to Sultan Qaboos University Muscat

In today's lesson we had to find out the distance it takes to get from English College Dubai to Sultan Qaboos University Muscat using Google Maps.

As i opened Google Map, i typed in the name's of the 2 schools into the search bar and awaited for search to provide directions.

The outcome was more or less successful as it opened a map, showing the roads to take but didn't give exact directions and couldn't find the exact location of the English College, which meant i had to pick a location closest to it, however as required it still showed me the distance between the 2 schools, which was 345km.
xxx

RoadTrip from Hannah's House to Alton Towers :]

Today's task wasn't as easy as it sounds, and rather complicated. We had to find out how long it would take to get from Hannah's house in Taunton to Alton Towers in Stafford.

Firstly, i used this website to find out information about the supposed journey; http://www.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindTrainInput.aspx

I entered the location that we were leaving from (Taunton) and where we were heading off to, and then it routed my journey;

http://www.transportdirect.info/Web2/JourneyPlanning/FindTrainInput.aspx

After pressing next, in a split second the website found me all possible routes and highlighting the most fastest one.

As required, i found out the total time that it would take to get from Taunton to Alton Towers and the cost. The results were:

Time it would take: 3hrs 22 min

xxx

So How Does An E-mail Work?

So how does an e-mail work? It sounds like an easy question but not at all, there's a lot more to it, as we found out ! Everyone might think they know it all, but they're wrong :)

-To send e-mail, you need connection to the Internet & to access the mail server that forwards your mail.

-The standard protocol used for sending Internet e-mail is called SMTP, short for 'Simple Mail Transfer Protocol'.

-It works in conjunction with POP (Post Office Protocol) servers. Almost all Internet service providers and major online services offer at least one e-mail address with every account.

-When you send an e-mail message, your computer routes it to an SMTP server.

-The server looks at the e-mail address (similar to the address on an envelope), then forward it to the recipient's mail server, where it's stored until the addressee retrieves it.

You can send e-mail anywhere in the world to anyone who has an e-mail address, which makes it really easy for people to contact each other with the minimum effort. Today, everyone uses it for contacting each other for whatever reason! xxx

I used information from www.howstuffworks.com, to find out more about e-mails.

Text Messaging

In our lesson today we were told to text each other and then compare the Lingoo we used. I decided to message Alex, even though he was sitting right next to me. Our conversation consisted of simply IM language:

'Hey Marina'
'Heyhey Alex, hw r u ? wubu2?'
'I'm gr8, and yourslf? Nm n u? xx
etc.

We then had to message each other back translating what we had said to eachother in full.

'Hey Marina'
'Heyhey Alex, how are you ? what have you been up to?'
'I'm great, and yourself? Not much and you? xx
etc.

I thought it was great fun for a change, and after that we ended up chatting to eachother using MSN chat, through lingo and slang :] It was quite entertaining ! xxx

Google Groups

Today, we researched google groups, and as fun as it sounds we had to join one.

I ended up joining a celebrity gossip group (i couldn't find anything better :)), the group keeps you updated with the latest scandals and drama's of celebrities, definitely what i need...

Anyways i thought it was interesting enough to join, if you're particularly intrested in having being updated about celebrities, be honoured to join:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.gossip.celebrities/browse_thread/thread/d57a70470915e537/b775de439a401e77?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=celebrity+gossip#b775de439a401e77

To be a member of it, i had to sign up and agree to receive daily e-mails from the group. On google groups you are also able to create your own groups and leave comments on their group discussions. A google account is compulsory, and it's simple really...join,talk,gossip.

& that's about it :] xxx