Year: 2013

Writing

The Daydream

A short story about day dreaming… Zarchary Livingston had 20 more minutes of school. The clock ticked onward at a slow agonizing pace. The school spirit lurked beside him, draining his power to think, to finish the 1200 seconds he had left. “Now class, we’ll be learning about DNA. Look

Thoughts

Why I love Algebra

Algebra is awesome. Pure awesomeness, it makes everyday things so much easier and I love it! But it has some flaws (which get fixed in Calculus), dealing with infinite series and zero.   But these do allow us to make some funny equations. Classic: 1 = 2 But (hopefully) everyone

Events, Programming, Python

Google Directory API

Google’s Admin SDK developer webpages are very confusing… Google Groups API & Directory API Requirements: Apparently to use any API, you must be using google apps for Business, Education, or Non-Profit. There must also be a valid domain name under that account. Having a group ending with “@googlegroups.com” will give you

Writing

Halloween: The World Reborn

A very gruesome story of Halloween. Very bloody….. Sometimes evil wins (that’s the sad part).   Prologue: While still in biology, dozing away, dreaming of video games, Ralph decided he needed to leave the classroom for the restroom. When he was authorized permission by the teacher, he strolled into the

Events, iOS

iOS 7

I just got iOS 7 for my iPad, and I really enjoyed it. Here are my thoughts to what I think of the new operating system.   As a User: Finally a change in it :) The colors are too white compared to iOS 6, and the sudden change was

Events

Morning Practice

“SSPZZZP!” The tiny black box came to life, its’ screen illuminated once again. Outside the night still lurked on, enjoying coolness of the wind. A person, barely visible in the darkness, slowly came to life, turning his head toward the ceiling, staring at the big red numbers projected on the

Events

My Goal

School is busy, and unfortunately I feel like my private agenda hasn’t be met, maybe because of my lack of energy every night. So I decided that I’m going to write it down somewhere (on this blog) and hopefully progress will be made.   Firstly, I want to improve my

Swimming, Thoughts

Tips for the 200 Fly

Swimming butterfly is hard, and uses up a lot of strength to finish, and the 200 is the most brutal (because it’s the longest). Here’s the stuff I learned trying to master the 200 fly: Butterfly is cruel, as you get tired, your technique starts to melt. Your hips start

Thoughts

Learning Languages

Learning new languages is awesome, it allows you to communicate with more people, allowing you to get a better understanding of the whole world. But I really don’t like the way schools teach new languages. In our school, I took Spanish. At first, my teacher focused on written words, and

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