Sound Assignment Idea!

For the sound assignment, my group came up with the idea of leading the class through a recording (or series of recordings), which depict the thrilling story of a person or pair of people making their way through a series of tunnels (rather, underground tunnels) in their attempt to escape from some pursuing threat. We’re not yet quite sure what the threat will be, but we were considering taking a more comic approach and having a zombie chase our victims. The recording would of course feature classic zombie-horror vocals, a horrified narrator (owner of the “found” recording), and background music, which would help set the mood. Having the ‘tour’ featured underground would allow us to experiment with various audio effects (echoes and fades) and different types of sound sources. We also plan to explore a wide variety of audio editing techniques, and hope that our theme is flexible in that it gives us much freedom in our approach.

The tour will take place in an underground tunnel linking the Ross building to the Chemistry building. It’s a long walk with many twists and turns, so we recommend students stay close to the group to avoid being lost.

Here are some top-notch photos of some of the hallways students will be passing through:

One Piece Hockey Armor by Motion

The One Piece Hockey Armor by Motion was created to make life easier for hockey players. This is not just any equipment, this is an all in one armor that is the next generation of hockey. The One Piece consists of one upper body and one lower body piece that are joined together by the strongest magnets in the world, 100 tesla. To start, the top half consists of shoulders pads, elbow pads and a neck guard all combined into one jacket. The entire top half has visco-elastic foam(memory foam) built into it that allows for precision fit and greta comfort. Inside the upper half, there is two buttons, one plus and one minus that once the entire One Piece is attached will allow you to inflate all the memory foam to fit your size. Having the memory foam, gives the skater the breathing room and also lots of flexibility making it easy to move.

The bottom half consists of skates, shin pads, pants, and a built in jock. The skates are the lightest on the market and have a One push mechanism on them that tie your skates up at the push of a button. The shin pads have hinges where they attach to the skate, allowing you to separate the back side and the front, allowing for easy slide into your skate boot. Then an easy snap up, clip the front of the pad into place under the lip of the pant leg. The pants have a built in jock and also have a spine protector which is filled with memory foam to keep your back safe if you fall. The pants do up in One Motion by snapping the two sides together, which are also 100 tesla magnets. The entire bottom half including the skates have visco-elastic foam to keep you fit and comfortable.

For all this equipment separately, skates would be $400-$600, shin pads $100-$130, pants $150-$250, jock $15-$40, shoulder pads $150-$250, and elbow pads $50-$100. An average of this would cost $1170. Being able to make the One Piece all at once and sell it at once, we are able to sell it a low price of $999.

The One Piece Hockey Armor by Motion is the most light, flexible, comfortable, and protective hockey armor on the market. Come to any Pro Hockey Life today to pick up your own One Piece.


Google Sketchup file - http://dm.finearts.yorku.ca/~jowa30/shin_skate_pants_shoulders.skp

3D image project

My idea for my 3D imaging project is to create a two piece hockey suit that contains all hockey equipment needed to play. The suit contains one upper body and one lower body piece that connect together through electric clips that will hold them together until release button is pressed. This is a rough draft and i am not a very good drawer so my final product will look totally different from that. But atleast you get the main idea, any comments please tell me, i love getting feedback to make my final project better.

Google Sketchup #1

This is a desk in my dorm room, it is simple but i am working hard at getting the easy stuff down first, its a little confusing to me so i am starting simple and slowly moving my way up.

Hope you like it

Website Proposal

My topic idea for my website is going to be a parody of the sports website foxsports.com. The name of my website is Joshing Sports ( yes it is my name, but it also stands for joking about something). I am going to take the stories that have and replace with funny things or stupid things that have happened to athletes. My main page is going to be general with the top story of the week, and my other pages will be different sports pages that have their own stories, such as NHL, NFL, NBA, etc.

I want to be able to put it a pop up or something like a welcome to the site or something. I want to be able to have graphics and stuff, but i am not exactly sur eon how to do anything, i am actually very confused with this website coding and i am finding it difficult. Hopefully i will be able to come up with some good ideas.

I anyone has any ideas or anything that could help me, please dont be afraid to comment!!!!

I need help, so anyone that would like to help is totally allowed!!!!

The art of Social Networking!!

To start off, both articles were written very well and they explore great views on the question of what we can truly accomplish with the internet and social networking. To start off the chapter It takes a Village to Find a Phone, was an amazing story of how there is always someone who feels the same way you do about a subject. Evan put that up, even know they got a new phone and still got all the info back. This was about what is right, and he posted, and everyone joined in ton stand up for something they all believe in. I thought it was amazing to see how many people, and how all of those people had the power to change the minds of the NYPD.

Second, was the Twitter, and Facebook article, which was also very well written. The difference with this article is that it explored different stories and how social networking sites could be the way to bring everyone together and in one of the stories, save peoples lives.

I get from these two stories is that we are all so involved with the internet that we can all join together to do things that one person could never accomplish on their own. I believe the Twitter and Facebook article is a stronger representation of this because the other one seemed a little out there for me. In understand that a lot of people have a large control, but i feel as if NYPD would not change their minds just because of what other people think. For the other article, i can understand, because so many people are affected by these social problems, such as racism, cancer, etc. and thats why it is so easy for people to spread the word and receive so much feed back. I am very happy i got to learn a little more about the positive things social networking is doing.

Yes men!

I am soo amazed with the work that Yes Men have done! I believe it is great to see the different views that people see situations, such as the oil spill. The problem a company trying to create positive press about something bad they have done is way to positive, and they attempt to create a sense that they are not in the wrong anymore but that they are here to help.

I love the way Yes Men portray their ads and show the true meaning behind something that has happened, such as "Chevron SHOULD clean up their messes", instead of other comments that stray away from the real issue, such as "Oil companies should put their profits to good use". It is not about the profits, its not about the communities, its about the big a** oil spill in the ocean that is killing innocent creatures and is ruining the environment.

I believe Yes Men should continue to do what they are doing, because it is now not only to make fun of things, but to bring the real truth of situations to the surface for citizens to see and read.