Barney: Ted, tonight we're gonna go out. We're gonna meet some ladies, it's gonna be *legendary*. Phone-five! [slaps cell-phone] Barney: You didn't phone-five, did you? [pause] Barney: I know when you don't phone-five Ted.

what is a mobile phone??

here not only is it a calling phone but a hand of the friend to high five with...when i was little, i thought it was a texting/talking device, and when i first got one in year 7, that is exactly what it was, although i was lucky enough to get the nokia 3315 that had a game called snake as well...
...here is a little snippet of how excited one person got over the game...

this was possibly the most exciting distraction in highschool that you could get on a mobile phone, all my friends and i would have compititions to see who could get the highest score and apart from snake, all this phone was good for was ringing my mum to come and get me from school or a friends house!!!

but since technology has come so far, does the mobile phone still exsist? i dont have an iphone but even my phone/computer/office/internet/gaming device does more than a mobile phone ever could. yes, i still do text and call of it but i also set my daily alam, use a calculator, access facebook, check the news, whether and sport, play games and put my day to day activities in the calander all on my phone...so it it really still a mobile phone?? and the iphone does even more than that!! take a look at these for example...

so is it a mobile phone?? look at where technology has brought us! the iphone has so many different apps that we no longer need a laptop (the once portable computer) as it is all in the palm of our hands, a small computer with a built in phone...yeh that sounds better!! although i do have a laptop that i use all the time (i am even writing this blog on it) but even my computer cant do some of the things an iphone can...so the iphone is some sort of technological device witha built in computer and phone...yeh?? no?? im not even sure...

all i know is that its amazing, my boyfriend has an iphone and while im stuck at his house whilst he watches the footy/rugby/golf or any other sort of sport on tv, i can keep myself amused for hours with the many apps and the internet sites i can access, i can track where his friends are if i need to get out of the house and visit someone or just casually make a few calls for a chat! but there are also many downfalls of the iphone, the main is how unsocial it is...

...we sit at the dinner table with our phones, we play on them all day, we play games on them with the person right next to us, but when are we talking to each other, when are we in the backyard with family? its all about the social networks and the ease of using them!!! its too easy these days having the technology in the palm of our hands!!

but i love my "mobile phone" anyway :)

Its going to be Legend.....wait for it.....dairy - Barney - how i met your mother.

i love facebook, and i can defiantly say that i am an addict, in fact probably while i am writing this i have stopped to check in on multiple occasions :S but for me it is a place of friends and its pretty hard to write the wrong thing (common sense does help with this!). but it is well known that celebrities of many varieties that have slipped up by writing the wrong things on their social networking sites like facebook to twitter, and some of these celebrities include politicians!

so today i am going to devote this blog to the stupid things American politicians have written on facebook, and the repercussions of these 'status updates' thanks to a facebook group 'politicions say really stupid things...'

now, i am first going to start with the simple (and harmless) quotes written on facebook that have not affected their career but more made them look like complete fools...

Dan Quayle was the 44th vice president of the United States between 1989 and 1993 and when starting up facebook recently stated "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."???? WHAT THA!!!!????

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC - that's re-assuring :S ha ha ha ha

"I do not belong to any organised political party: I'm a democrat."
Will Rogers.
riiiiiiiggggggghhhhhhhhhtttt??

and then there are these...the ones that would have had major impact on their career (and remember these people are leaders of our world)

"I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law."
David Dinkins, New York City Mayor.- on accusations that he failed to pay his taxes.

and finally

"Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help."
Ken Livingstone an English politician.

but in all honesty, for the young adults who are voting for the future, facebook seems young and hip, and by these politicians using facebook, it shows initiative and a common interest between the voter and the votee.
not only is it a great way to express their policy views but offers the impression of direct contact with the lawmakers. it also gives us the opportunity to express our political views and talk about elections while in the election time.
but some think facebook is for relaxing and friend time, they don't want to have to think about politics when on facebook...

so with this information it is hard to tell if using a social website is a good or bad thing for politicians...
...what do you think?

club hopeless...

Produsage, the new way in which we can express our inner movie maker with the influence of movies that are already made. Whether it be a remake of something already done, or an extension, produsage a great way for fans to contribute to their favourite movies!

I think it is such a great idea, and although I personally have never done anything to contribute to the produsage world, i see no harm in you or me expressing our ideas!

As shown in How i met your mother, they have used this method from the ‘who’s on first’ routine made famous by Abbott and Costello.

This clip makes me laugh so much, it’s very clever, especially with the reference to the original ‘who’s on first?’ And although this is not the first re-make of this scene, it is done very well.

but produsage is based more on the underdog, these re-makes are done by the 'average joe...

....here are some examples...

 

 This is a remake of Pink's Song 13 Year Old Self

 

The shower scene from Psycho

and possibly the best/funniest remakes i found on youtube were from Ke$ha's song Tik Tok...

oh how these made me giggle so much!!!

but there are some people out there that have great concerns with the use of produsage...some believe it to be copy writing and others see it as a waist of time and pointless, but whats wrong with it? just writing this blog and youtubing clips gave me a good hour of laughter (i suggest you all youtube justin beiber remakes).

what is it too us what others do with their free time, and as my dad has always said 'if you love something, do it!' so although in my free time im watching the Bing Bang theory or how i met your mother, others who know the shows so well are rewriting or continuing on the script! 

for example, in one episode barney realises he likes robin so he is trying to get her attention, where as this script by modernxxmyth where as this time around its robin's turn to win barney over!! its a great script and has probably been made by someone in the world! a great way for the consumer to become the producer - the whole point of produsage!!!

Marshall: You got nothing on me. Barney: The calzone? Marshall: Checkmate. – How I met your mother.

Secrets, it’s something we all have, and for good reasons! Between secrets from that party last weekend, to our private bank details, we keep some of our information to ourselves...other just don’t need to know.

But in every group, from school friendship gangs to business life, there is always that one person, that one whistleblower who finds out and tells everyone your secret, leaving you embarrassed and betrayed!

For the American public this whistleblower is Julian Assange, after opening the online site wikileaks, and as most you will probably know this sight has released some of the biggest American military and business secrets that have ever been unfolded to the public unknowingly.

 

Although I understand that the American public should be aware of these secrets as they may have major impact on their lives, I also think even stronger that some sectrets are meant to be kept a secret; otherwise they wouldn’t have been in the first place.

Now there are a few reasons why I think this:

1)    1) Secrets are created to protect people (even if negative) and releasing them can halma lot of people.

2)    2) Some people use information for bad, releasing these secrets could let people use them for negative outcomes.

 3) sometimes secrets can be past on to so many people that the 'whistleblower' gets it wrong (a chinese whispers effect)

But as far as Julian Assange is concerned nothing should be kept a secret, everything should be open to the public...but how long until his secrets start appearing on copycat sites? What would he do if his secrets were revealed because a person like him is sure to have secrets!

well i dont really have that much more to say! but what do you think? are secrets created for a reason? and should Julian Assange really be releasing these major American secrets in to the public?