This Laptop

This laptop of mine.

1:
This laptop is slim and beautiful. Its shinny metallic finish, with a brushed steal look is stunningly fantastic. Having a thin body of measly a tiny fraction of a few millimetres looks fabulous. With smooth black buttons with exquisite depression capabilities makes if feel like your typing on clouds instead of buttons. The super high resolution screen screams every pixel at a million decibels burning the incredibly clear image into the core of your burning retinas. The intense audio system from beats by Dre are beyond insane and make anything sound phenomenal. It truly is an million dollar treat to your audible senses. The searing speed of its boot-up is like a blood thirsty cheetah bolting after a tiny innocent delicious succulent rabbit. Its superhero like processing power make its tare easily through programs like a razor sharp katana blade and a poor victims abdomen.


2:
This laptop is metallic in finish. With buttons and a screen. It appears to have and audio system by some artist. Its processing power is generated from the quad core Intel chip. Its graphics are handled by an independent card with its own chip set. It has a screen and a touch pad with inputs and outputs on the side. Its a rectangle curved corners.

3:
This laptop is rather nice. Its has a beautiful chrome metallic finish which appeals first to your sight. Its smooth seductive finish pulls you towards it. Its slim stunning form makes you appreciate the capabilities of the machine before every turning it on. When you open the top you are graced with a stunning high resolution screen with a perfect size display. The clarity shows the instant you hit the power button. Which itself is snugged perfectly in the corner of the full length speaker which runs along the top of the keypad, with additional speaks on the underside of the machine on each side.

Its smooth function keypad makes typing a delight, as you start by entering your password to gain access to the machines power. You see how quickly the OS starts up and your at the homepage to your windows GUI. You see how responsive the components are when you open up a large file in microseconds. The machine seems almost pleased with its performance. Its responsive and powerful, yet packed into such a slim lightweight body making this laptop perfect.

RIM Review

Blackberry z10 Smartphone


After much long anticipation in mid February Blackberry released its first model phone, the Z10, in an attempt to start its long overdue comeback into the world of smartphones. Blackberry for the past year has been on a steady decline. Reducing staffing to almost a third, going through numerous CEO's and attempting different marketing structures to help people look forward to the new model phone. Blackberry had a big hurdle to jump in this "unforgivable" release. If the phone was not everything it should be and more, then blackberry was looking at a doomed fate.

Blackberry does have some unknown features that the majority of the public do overlook. We will look first at where the company originates and where the company is heading to.

Blackberry is a company which started out in the software section of the computer age, it developed some of the most cutting edge security packages which corporate America fell in love with. It was then able to develop a secure network of servers around the world, approx 1500 of them, and they servers run the dedicated RIM network. Research In Motion is the first company to offer secure data transfer. They then developed smartphones with this security built in. These feature grew into the widely known BBM function we know today. The general public do not realise that this feature is the most secure wireless data transfer features available tot he general public. It is not a messenger feature that runs off wireless carriers tower, it operates on those 1500 RIM servers around the world and offer a security level which no other company can offer. In fact, with the release of the Z10 and X10 (which is the same phone only with the full qwerty keypad, not the full touchscreen) the American government has already signed up to use as the standard phone for all government officials as Blackberry can offer the secure data transfer which no other company can. Apple is very unstable in this area and offers no security for the end user.

So with that in mind, let us look at the phone itself. It follows the generic full touchscreen, which the youth of today seem to migrate towards. Yet also offers that full qwerty keyboard that corporate users navigate towards as their purposes are different then the social networking mainstream teenagers that blackberry underestimated. Thinking cellphones would be for business not social aspects of life.

Well they really caught up fast. With the X10 you get more then just a cell phone. The product has a blazing fast quad core chip, with a love 2gigs of ram which makes the phone operate seamlessly between apps which you have running. The BB10 os has many new features which add in the user of the device. Following their playbook software the X10 has a distinct feel which separates it from the Apple/Android suite of slide screens and grid style apps, to a more unique feel. Its business appeal with be for the public now as well as the professional. This may have been the device that BB needed to release. They will certainly see themselves on the rebound now, working towards the top place which they held for many years. It will be a challenge as Apple has a swift legal team on their sides, and has consumed the near-sited youth of the west. This new product is a first-stake in RIMs attempt to rebuild their name and the device lives up to it.

"Untitled"      By: Paul Moffett


When Guinevere was born, the sun broke through
the clouds that had been raining all that night.
She opened wide her eyes, so small and new;
The sunshine bathed her perfect face with light.
I thought that must be how all babies are.
The world takes note, because the world has changed.
But Margaret went unnoticed by the stars
And I thought that it was strange.
She is as much a miracle, and as rare
As beautiful, as lovely, as adored
As was her sister. Why should the sky not care?
Why should her birth by nature be ignored?
"Because she is herself" the answer came
"she's not her sister. Don't force them to be the same."



"My Plundered Gold"       By: C. Harlick


When                                the sun
                         had                     all     
                                                             new
                                                              light.
I thought                             how 
                                                             changed
                                              the stars
And 
                           a miracle,


                                                   the sky      
                              by nature 
                     is
      not                                               the same

When Pain Takes Pain

When Pain Takes Pain.


When pain takes pain, we grasp at hope.
Remember what caused the warming of the soul.
When pain takes pain, we grasp at truth.
To send freed spirits to their fountain springs.
When pain takes pain, we grasp at love.
To let live on feelings stirred so deep.
When pain takes pain, we grasp at sorrow.
To comfort us, in black draped clouds.

When pain takes pain, we grasp so tight;.
To rekindle thoughts of life so vivid.

When pain takes pain, we grasp acceptance.
We understand its time.





Death brings much to the surface in everyone when we have to face it so closely. I've lost many important people in my life. Each time going through something so different, yet also so similar  Here i have tried to express each different process i went through and the different emotions i felt at different stages.

Tone in Theodore Rothekes' "My Papa's Waltz"


   In Theodore Roethkes' "My papa's Waltz" the use of key words through out the article changes the impact on the reader. The expectation of a fond childhood memory is converted into a sarcastic impression of a rough childhood. Simple substitution of enforcing words would have altered the vision created by Roethkes in his piece. However, after readying the poem in its entirety we are led to a heavy feeling of discomfort invoked in his recalling of a, maybe, regular occurance in his household. Here the tone is presented, again by key words, which are placed appropriately throughout the piece.

    In each stanza we come across words which reflect a negative image. In his opening stanza "..hung on like death"(3) itself revels some of the glimpse into a rough environment. Most fond memories are described with light, pleasant connotation. Rarely would one compare a moment of joy with death. This comparison is then paired with images of a harsh individual. Such as ".. battered on one knuckle"(10) and "...right ear scraped.."(13) which generate images of wounds or pain. Not often again used to set a pleasant tone. As the reader we visualize the damage to a character in this poem, which only amplifies the unpleasant tone of the piece.

I move forward




While cities sleep I always roam this place.
Never lost or misguided I am free;
The others see the smile on my face.
I enjoy this life, as it's meant to be.
Restricted paths never lead anywhere
Freedom is what feeds the open minded.
My destination isn't here nor there;
In plane sight, i'll know it when i find it.
For some, security is what they choose
Safe behind walls, they judge the world blindly.
Life is not consumed, but meant to be used.
Don't heed fear, we interact so kindly.
This gift is not to be taken lightly
We live based on what is, not what might-be..







My sonnet is in reference to how I live my life, and how I see some people missing out on the chances of which they wish they had taken. The form of a sonnet makes it difficult to write something which flows easily off the tongue  As most examples I read all were of more story like then poetic like. With such a volume of information being given, the tone can be altered line by line. I think this did make me view each line numerous times until i found the proper way to describe what i was feeling.

How do I view what you wrote?

On Interpretation.


After reading through each of the different approaches for interpreting literature I relate mostly to a formalist point of view. This is because it is how most, if not all, people are introduced to literature in their youth. Its what a foundation of interpretation is based on. First to understand the benchmark components to any writing, then to define and explain each in a coherent summery of that piece. This is where everyone begins their study, and where I feel most comfortable. Structure in style of writing is a reflection of structure in life. We live by schedules and cycles. We are grounded in nature to be look for the basic foundation first. The building blocks of what constructs what we are dealing with. Different styles of interpretation require a more in depth knowledge of the author, the era it was written, the influx of social statues and gender roles in society, or the want to explain it with a sexual mindset is always possible. These more in depth approaches require an ability to understand formalism, and then explain it with additional information about what influenced the author.

The ability to read it without knowledge of anything else, such as an unsigned undated piece of work, is why I prefer to take a formalistic view.




Title:   We Real Cool 

Author : Gwendolyn Brooks


When reading pieces of literature which are of a small scale, three to five syllables per line, the rhythm or sound of how its read plays a large role in its effect. A poem of this nature which follows a very small structure of only three syllables per line, do note the first line has four and the last line has two, can be read in multiple ways. Placing the stress on the We as the end of each line the object of the piece, and following a "ba bu dah, ba bu dah...." style lets us hear the sound of the piece as we read it. Forms which generate intuitive musical scales lead readers to follow along easier then having to read a monotone line by line example. The form of this piece is also very short in size with only three syllables per line. This helps to increase the impact of the few words selected. With only two one syllable words per line, those two words carry the full meaning of the poem. Increasing the weight of each word helps to increase the images they generate. For example the third line says "Lurk Late" imprints an idea of mischief, waisting time, lurking around till the the late part of the evening. Its ability to create a clear idea of what is being expressed while maintaining the proper rhythm and structure of the poem.

The construct gives meaning, the rhythm gives feeling, and the sound is appealing.

Poems For a Newfie...

Haiku:

At night the snow falls
Against a dark background, the
Morning is buried.

Limerick:

There was a young Newfie whose teeth
Were wretched far past belief
When he spoke any word
Not a syllable was heard
As everyone dropped dead at his feet

I find that a restricted form does not really impact the concept of what I wanted to express. It more so led me to think of multiple ways to express the same idea. Different forms of a single idea only let me understand more about what I wanted to write. If it wasn't for a set structure, I would have ended with my thoughts about the snowfall itself. After a few different versions I ended up thinking about seeing the effect on the morning. Not what the snow did, but what it effected in its entirety.

I found that when writing a limerick, I was constantly focused on the word choice, not as much as how I had to stay within a specific limit. I can see how it makes your of multiple lines at once. While your generating an initial idea, your also thinking of how to tie another idea to that with a rhyme. So I do now understand the different between word choice, and structure.