Solar lamps replace toxic kerosene in poorest countries

 Around 1.3 billion people are currently living without electricity, when the sun sets. Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California say that the kerosene lamps use around 77 billion liters of fuel worldwide, costing i a total of $38 billion every year. Not to mention its very dangerous. In Delhi, India these solar lamps are already being uses by 100,000 of the country's poorest people. It can be used as a celling light, wall lamp, or a torch light.  It can run up for  12 hr on one charge & its only $25.

Do Now 1/4

How to keep your computer organized is very simple. You just create folders and title them in many ways. For example I have a folder that says summer 2011. And inside that folder there are more folders divied by the trips I took that summer. I use hierarchical system, a folder within a folder into a folder. Another way to organize your computer is Tagging, Social Bookmarking. For example Tagging you can label diffrent codes. And with Socail bookmarking you bookmark your favorate websites but its on the internet not just on one  computer Tagging, Social Bookmarking are very important in the digital age because those are other ways to organize your favorate websites. 

Tech Article

For many of you who don't have the time to go holiday shopping there is an easyier way!  This friday (today) every store will have free shipping . Its an easier soulton to crammping your self in the mall and fighting for a shirt. I'm postive i will be taking advantige of this offer!

Google Maps is getting better......

Usally for people with Google Maps on their phone you are only limited to the outside, like streets and roads, & ect. But they never had it for buildings, so if you didn't know a building well you'd get lost. Well say goodbye to gettting lost in buildings, because as of this Tuesday Google Maps has inproved thier system  so you can see inside a building. The only glitch is that for some buildings that have thick walls of concrete its hard for Google to map out those buildings.

Google Music!!

   Google has just added an online music site where you can buy music and save it there. It's called Google music and sells songs and albums, for around $1. Google music can hold up to about  20,000 songs. Google music is a great app accept the music choices are smaller than I-tunes.

1st marking period refectio

One tool we learned this marking period in web was google docs. Before this class I never knew you could share a document or a PowerPoint with out using the same computer or user. Its really helped me in other classes too because of shared project's we don't have to be in the same place to do a project. I really like google docs now.