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Teachernz

I was assigned to view the blogs of an instructor in New Zealand whose blogs under then pen name "Teachernz." She did not make any posts between March 17th and January 17th, so instead I went back and read some of her older posts and found them to be rather interesting. I saw her post about a 3d printer. I have seen this video before, or at least a video similar to it, and found it quite confusing at the time. I would say it's been at least 3 years since I saw the video at hand and I must say, I am still confused. How does the machine know the dimensions for what you are trying to print? Very impressive piece of machinery though. I would very willingly pay $950 for something like that. I do not think it is over priced at all. I personally think it is under priced. I can't wait to get one. I'm going to make a plastic form of one of my fraternity's symbols. I'll find a spot for it.

Her latest post is called "This One's For You," which was about the internet. She posted a video in her blog that was a trailer for a show called "Superpower," which is about the internet and the information it holds and the people that are apart of it. I was actually pretty disappointed in myself after I read it. I always thought of the internet as a cybernetic artificially intelligent being that shows me what I want when I want it, or at least the next best thing. I keep forgetting that there are people who upload and grant us access to whatever it is we are actually seeing and enjoying. It really is the people, we are watching on Youtube. It is the people whose blogs we read. It is the people who voice their opinions together as a group, for as one they may be nothing, but when there are others that share the same opinions as them, there are limitless possibilities to what they can accomplish.

It also made mention of the possibility of the internet receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. What an odd idea. Doesn't really make the most sense. It's not much different than giving the award to cars, instead of a particular vehicle manufacturer. Though the internet is very beneficial to everyone’s everyday life, you can’t really give a Nobel Peace Prize to something like that. What do you pin the award to? A space satellite? Are we going to give a Peace Prize to Cable as well? Find the people that invented the internet. Give it to them. That would at least make more sense. In fact, give it to Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. That would be more reasonable.