Archive for Summer Assignments

Mother Jones

     Mother Jones is a magazine that I have never heard of until now, so I decided to subscribe to its feeds to learn more.  As I started reading, I realized that this magazine is not the type of magazine that I would typically read.  I occasionally read the latest gossip and news about celebrities or the current events of the world.  … continue reading this entry.

Los Angeles Times

   While searching through several sources of RSS feeds, I came across the L.A. Times.  Knowing that this is a very popular newspaper, I subscribed to two of their feeds: sports and top news.  … continue reading this entry.

Scientific American

    Scientific American is the second feed I chose to subscribe to.  Since science is my favorite subject and the field that I hope to go into, I thought that this magazine would interest me.  Although there were several good articles, I was not very impressed with this feed.  … continue reading this entry.

A Good Catch

     Every second of every day someone is on his computer blogging his life away.  Millions of various types of blogs are floating around in the cyber world.  Students are hustling at the last minute to submit their homework that is due.  Others are leisurely scanning through blogs in their spare time or just updating their blog with their daily entry.  Each blog has a different personality.  Each blog is meant to achieve something different.  While searching through the blog world, three interesting blogs that are written by students at my high school caught my eye. … continue reading this entry.