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Yeah! I've posted photos of a recent concert i went, the S.H.E.'s concert at the indoor stadium. A spectacular night indeed. I loved the costumes that the trio were wearing. Very "princess-sy"
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And, the photos of the Benedetto boys. You should take a look, they are so "cute"! Please don't remind me of the photos of the boys, i just can't stop laughing!
Last but not the least, the photos of the AFL Match 1 at Sengkang Secondary, last sunday but sadly, Benedetto lost 1-0.
I have the photos of AFL Match 2 at First Toa Payoh Secondary but, my flickr account is full at the moment, so i will have to look for alternatives. The photos of match 2 will be up very very soon. Oh yeah, the photos of match 2 includes some photos of flowers and greenery. These photos were taken by me and qiuxian when we got so bored watching the match. OoOopZ!
Oh! The result of match 2 is a draw. Benedetto should have won!!!! ha ha ha...

Internet technologies have a great impact on our lives. In fact, some internet technologies that we only start using now have been present even before the day I was born. It’s the development of the technology that makes us aware of the internet technology. One internet technology that has gone through big changes is the present day internet forum.

Let us think for a moment, what do people call internet forums, before they where names internet forums? The first emergence of forums is a moderated newsgroup. According to Wikipedia, a moderated newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations and has one or more individuals who must approve articles before they are posted at large. The first moderated newsgroup was introduced on USENET in 1984. Usenet or rather USEr NETwork is a global, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP(Unix to Unix CoPy)-a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between computers- network of the same name.

Newsgroups allow individuals to choose their own messages and post on anything of their interests. Newsgroups are subjected to sporadic flame wars and trolling, but they can also be a valuable source of information, support and friendship, bringing people interested in specific subjects together from different continents. Now, weblogs (our present day blogs) have replaced some of the uses of newsgroups for a while as they prevented spamming.

Now, Internet forums are the past newsgroups. According to Wikipedia, an internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions and posting user generated content, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Note the evolvement of newsgroups to internet forums, the difference is that internet forums now, they are not moderated, so there is more leeway for discussions and postings. But there are still administrators and moderators who will “take care” of the forums. Administrators have the ability to close the board, change major software items, change the skin, modify the board, ban, delete, or create members. Moderator privileges are often able to be delegated or given to other forum members. These moderators have lesser privileges than the administrators. Their main job is to help the administrators to manage the forum.

Internet forums are also known as message boards, web forums, discussion boards, (electronic) discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, or forums.

Forums (Electronic discussion groups) have also made their way through integration of other software to aid as tools to facilitate the software. One example that we, University of Buffalo students will get to use often is, the Blackboard, by Blackboard Inc. Blackboard develops and license software applications and related services to education institutions. These institutions use Blackboard software to manage e-learning, transaction processing and e-commerce, and online communities. Through the ‘Discussion’ tool, we students are able to post questions to ask questions according to subject which enables easy lookup. Lecturers could also post questions and students could reply the post with the answers to facilitate interaction even after school hours.

Through the evolvement and changes that internet forums have, we users of the internet benefited a lot, be it academically or socially. Internet technologies will never stop changing thanks to the constant advances in technology. So what will the future be like for internet forums? Will it be so interactive that it develops into a “video conferencing forum group”? The future holds in our hands.

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References:

Robert H. Zakon. (2007, November). Hobbe’s Internet Timeline. Retrieved January 27, 2007, from http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2235.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2007, January 9). UUCP. Retrieved January 27, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP.

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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2007, January 11). Newsgroup. Retrieved January 27, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2007, January). Internet forum. Retrieved January 27, 2007 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_forum.

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Labels: COM125 Assignments

I was doing my feedback post for my COM 242 module's blog. It's about the Columbine Massacre and the scientific approach bla bla bla. It made me reflect quite abit. Hmm.. perhaps violent video games do have some impact on me, and i myself dun even notice it. I've played and loved Doom in my primary school days, believe it or not. I do also loved playing Grand Theft Auto, Quake and the list goes on. Playing violent video games throughout my growing up days tend to develop myself into an impatient, easily aggitated and moody character.

Ewww.... mental block. Shall continue someday. I'm getting aggitated again!

On the way to PUNGGOL!!!!!! omg... in a mini-bus we have chartered. I was so bored... and my bf thinks i'm bothering him too much.. cos he wanna rest... DUHZ!

Ewww~~!... Saturday night was busy!! I was the cake buyer for Jaeme's birthday party at his place, and to add on to the load of bringing a big cake (which is didn't expect it to be so BIG), it was rainging!!!! btw, the cake was a NICE one... worth the money man... frm Prima Deli. I believe, this is THE cake for all the soccer fanatics... ha ha ha....
Small group photo of US....
Bad photo taken... Brownie (Jaeme's shitzhu) moved too much... i've been disfigured!!!!!

After his place, round 2. At my favourite ktv-pub, Cocoon, for luoying's birthday. People nowadays should go for anger management classes man, a fight almost broke out becos of luoying's bf's friends. So childish... haiz.. quarrel over a game of pool, or something like that. Get a life! The police have to come to break them up... but... ha ha... still enjoyed the short time with luo ying! :D Too much liquer.. kinda hate the taste of chivas now... *pui

i will put the rest of my photos into flickr soon... too tired... sleepy... one more posting to go bout my exciting day at my bf's, weiliang, first Amateur Football League match....

ha ha... i've got a cbox (crap box) for all the crappy friends of mine who lurve crapping... Crap box are meant for craps and comments are better left as comments rather than in the Crap Box... hehe.... >.< Thanks dear peepz!!!

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I fell in love with that rose. Deeply.

Gosh... do i have to write a description about me? I saw a few of my classmate's blogs and i think, i should do something.

Seriously, i'm experiencing a mental block. Too long without school and contact with the internet. I need time to warm my "engine" up, and then i guess, my posts will be neverending. It's only first week of school and i'm still in my holiday mood. I guess, this is bad, or else, i'll never ever finish my readings for ALL my modules. I'm a person that depends alot on my mood and hopefully i'll have mood to complete my "To Do Lists" everyday.

I found this interesting webbie from my friend's blog. You get to do your own slideshows. Interesting! Impressive! and most importantly, it's easy to use. Who wants to use a difficult service? no no no one...

I hated blogging. That's why i never had an blog account. I did set up a few some where, B U T but, nothing has been done to them. Never liked the idea of blogging. But for my class, i have to do it. Hopefully i'll do my best in blogging and perhaps i'll be addicted to blogging. HoPeFUlLy!! Go tëQũilå Pĩńk ŗŎşë !