JavaScript Chapter 4
This chapter was about decisions and loops. I thought they were interesting as things are starting to get mathy. Basically you can use JavaScript to do different things based on what decision is made. If, if/else, and switch statements can be used for this. Comparison operators( <,=,and >) can be used in these statements to …
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read moreChapter 15: Layout
This chapter was interesting because I had experience with using Bootstrap to make responsive webpages but I did not know about other css frameworks, like 960 Grid System. It was interesting how similar the syntax of 960 is to Bootstrap, for example container (Bootstrap) and container_12 (960). I am also glad to have figured out …
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read moreJavaScript Chapter 2
Finally figured out how to add a greeting that changes depending on the time to my portfolio website! Check it out: See the Pen Jack’s Portfolio by Jack O’Hara (@JackBayly) on CodePen. I did this by using the .getElementById and .textContent methods to replace the text I had in my original sans-JS greeting. Pretty proud …
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read moreJavaScript Chapter 1
So I’ve started the companion book to Duckett’s HTML book: JavaScript and JQuery. I’m pretty excited to start learning my first actual programming language (as opposed to html, which is but a mere markup language). After completing the first chapter I have to say JavaScript does seem a lot more challenging than html. An example …
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read moreChapter 14: Lists, tables, and forms
So I’ve decided to take my notes in a different way. Instead of typing up my notes on Notepad++ and taking screenshots of them, I’ll post links to codepen with projects I make using whatever I learn in each chapter; thereby reinforcing the newly learnt information in my brain (where it will hopefully be retained) …
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read moreChapter 13: boxes
Okay, this chapter was a little difficult. I never thought about how many aspects of boxes needed to be specified. I learned about margins, padding, and borders. And the many ways they can be styled. I will definitely have to review this chapter. Notes in webpage form Notes in code form
read moreChapter 12: Text
This chapter went over how to style text with css. I’ve learned that you can change the color, size, font, position, and spacing of text with css. The part on styling links was particularly interesting because I had never thought about links as being things you style. As I go through these chapters, I can’t …
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read moreMulti-modal Object Analysis REFLECTION
The analysis that I wrote was based on the way the lions have been represented by humans in art throughout history. To complete an analysis on this subject, I had to think heavily about the relationship that lions had with people. People’s perceptions of lions have a very strong direct correlation with how lions are …
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read moreMMOA Reflection
I had a difficult time analyzing the relationship between humans and kaolin other than the basic/topical relationship of humans using kaolin individually or combined with another to cater towards their needs. It’s interesting that it’s difficult for a rhet/comp major to get creative within research. All of the readings related…
read moreAtlanta Vintage Books
I’m sitting down in a yellow antique chair with my legs crisscrossed kindergarten style. I’m a little worried someone will come in and get mad that my shoes are touching the butt of the seat, but I also doubt anyone would care. And the only witness to my crime-of-comfortableness is a black cat with green …
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read more3D Model OBJ File
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read moreFree Write from Presentation
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word tea? Serenity. I feel comforted and happy when I have a cup of tea. It’s one of the few things in life that calms my nerves and makes me feel at peace. Peaceful. Control. I feel like my life is in …
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read moreWanting Things Blog Post
Sales for large corporate retail chains often increase in December because people go out to spend money on gifts for the holiday season. The recipients of the gifts often do not need the gift which they received,
read moreExhibit Project Reflection
I did it. I finally did the final last touches on my online exhibit. The timeline, object model, object description, and object analysis are all done to the best of my ability at this time. For as cliche as it is to say, I actually learned a lot about myself, exposition, and material studies. Initially, […]
read morePresentation Peer Review – Austin Williams
Presentation Design – I liked the PowerPoint format that you used, although I would have made the colors a bit brighter. Keeping the background dark may have been intentional, though, to match the war aesthetic which comes with the Civil War belt buckle. If so, I like the idea. Content Layout – Beginning the …
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read moreReading Thing Blog Post
The way society perceives an object, regardless of just how true the perception may be, has a great influence on how that object is written about. My research has been centered around a small figurine of a lion, so I have been looking into how lions have been viewed throughout history and how they have …
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read moreWhat is Exposition?
John Maguire in his Atlantic Article argues that student writing often is not the best because it gets too caught up on ideas and forgets that all ideas come from physical things. Exposition is focusing on the world outside of your own head. As Kineavy writes in Expressive Discourse: One of the requirements for writing …
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read moreTelling (War) History
In Austin’s Blog 7 post he poses the following questions about the nature of war: As I discussed, the materials that came out of the Civil War highly effected the way we discuss and view the war. So when looking at other wars (or historical events) what objects do we associate with these wars? What …
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