Blog - Post Assessment

My favorite restaurant in my opinion is Steve's Sizzling Steaks in Carlstadt, New Jersey (not because I work there). It is located right off Route 17, and if you haven't guessed already, their expertise is in steaks. They also serve burgers and other meats, but honestly no one really gets those. My favorite dish from Steve's are their steaks. They use Maggi sauce on them, and it comes with a side of fries. However, I've been getting sick of steak, since I am constantly serving them to people, and smell like them when I come home from working.

Steve's Steakhouse is a family owned and passed down business that began all the way back in 1939. The wood-panelling, from the walls to the ceilings, gives a rustic hunting lodge feel to the restaurant. Steve's is authentic, affordable, and extremely friendly, while still providing quality meals to the customer. If Steve's were to close down, I would probably end up going to Bobby's Burger Palace, Black Rebel Burger, or Zinburger, as I really like burgers, and all three making amazing burgers.

Tech Article 1/15

Obama Admin. Unveils $4B Plan to Jump-Start Self-Driving Cars

• $4B over 10 years
• Within six months, federal government plans to unveil a "model state policy" to open up a path for a national state policy
• Automakers face varying regulations for self-driving cars,with California and Texas being two with many regulations, despite being home to Google's self-driving car and technology hotbeds
• White House wants to spend $3.9 billion for pilot programs to test "connected vehicle systems" throughout the country

Social Bookmarking Questions

1. You can set up email notifications on your different devices, or set up a cloud account to save your information online.
2. I found out information about the bowl games faster than I could by looking it up, and a lot of gun control laws I didn't know existed.
3. Clipclip, Freelink, Kaboodle, and Whitelinks are just a few of the other bookmarking sites on the internet. Also, Google and Yahoo also fall under the category of social bookmarking sites.
4. I will use social bookmarking, but just for a few reasons such as sports and video games.

RSS Discussion Questions

1. I decided to choose the sites I subscribed to because they were not only fairly popular, but because they were the first ones to come to my mind when I saw the categories.
2. Because they were bigger sites and pages, their RSS feeds were fairly easy to find and subscribe to.
3. Monstercat and sWooZie are my favorites, as those two channels are my most visited on the internet.
4. You can use RSS feeds to get the latest information on your favorite subjects, do work projects, and even use it for business.
5. Depending on what I am studying in college and major in, my use of RSS feeds will depend greatly. However, I don't believe that I will be using them as often as I plan to.

Tech Article 12/4

Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer

• Raspberry Pi Foundation released latest tiny single board computer.
• Very basic; equivalent to a home PC of early 2000's.
• Just a board with ports for USB and HDMI.
• Have been used to make retro game console emulators, custom alarm clocks, dedicated media servers, etc.
• If you subscribe to their magazine "The MagPi," you get a free Raspberry Pi Zero with the latest issue.

Do Now 11/30

Out of all the Thanksgiving vacations I have had, this last weekend has been my favorite so far. My family; my mom, dad, brother, two cousins, two uncles and aunt all went down to Delray Beach in Florida to celebrate this year. My aunt and her family drove down, and my immediate family and my uncle flew down. My aunt's family and my uncle arrived last Tuesday, and my family arrived the next day.
Most of the days last week we went to the beach, and stayed there for a while. The water was too rough to go out swimming, and the lifeguards had a no swimming flag up. However, we went in anyway. We also went to the Everglades to go on an airboat tour. Finally, on the last day of the trip, we went to Miami so that I could bring my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.
On the day of Thanksgiving, my uncle made a lot of food. A LOT OF FOOD. We all helped out in making the very large dinner, and watched football games while making it. When it was finally time to eat, I ate a lot of food. So much, that I gained four pounds over the break all together. Finally, my whole family went home, and now I have to deal with going to school for the next few weeks before Christmas.

Blog Post 11/20

Dubai Firefighters Will Soon Douse Skyscraper Fires Using Jetpacks

• Dubai Civil Defense placed order for twenty twin-engine jetpacks and two simulators.
• New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company
• Martin Aircraft will also supply initial training and operational support.
• Martin Aircraft has been working on a jetpack for first responder services for several years.
• Expected to release first model in 2016.