Decoding Codes

Post Office More Like Ghost Office

The topic of this blog post is about the similarities and differences of the post office and email. (Hint my title, get it? Ghost office? Because...their...kind of outdated). I think this post is especially fun because I grew up in the era of email and I also had to use the post office here and there. Growing up email became more and more of a popular thing, like today's texting. Of course, it was around before I was born, but I was born right into the midst of it all. To start, the similarities between each other is that they are used to convey messages. The only difference is that email is extremely fast and usually reliable. But, you cannot send boxes and actual objects through emails, you'll need a post office or FedEx for that. But, with the change in the internet, you can buy or send someone something just with the click of a button. Although that is simple and modern, it still requires the middleman, the post office! I don't think any time soon post offices will be a thing of the past, but there is always the chance they can disappear with the advances in technology. But, sometimes getting a tangible letter is more special than just a new email in your inbox. An example is when my mom and dad had a divorce, my mom moved across the state. Since I didn't get to see her that often, we would of course call, but also send letters to each other for fun. I would get excited to receive something in the mail just for me! She would spray her perfume in the letter, something that I could smell to remind me of her. You can't spray perfume and send it through an email. Even if the post office isn't as popular as it used to be, it's still pretty nifty and needed still today. Unless we get drones to send and receive our packages, I don't think the post office is going anywhere soon.

Our Guest and My Thoughts

Last week in our class we had a guest speaker. Well, I'm sorry to say but I'm bad with names and all I can remember is that his first name was Eric (oops!) But that's kind of beside the point. When Eric came in to talk to us, he struck me as an interesting guy. He talked about his journey that led him to the career he's at now. I thought this was inspirational because he had to struggle and experience many letdowns. This was comforting to me because I'm someone who stresses too much about my future. Will I graduate? If I do, will I be able to get a job? What will my life be after college? Eric helped to teach me that there are ups and down, but if you at least don't give up, you are able to achieve anything. He also talked about his wife and how she was accepted to work for a company (although she was a graphic designer) and was able to have a career that helped to make her successful. I liked this because it also goes proves to me that even if I don't get the job I want, it may be a blessing in disguise. Eric also has a podcast and since I am a fan of them, I thought that was actually really cool! I also appreciated that he was an author because I am getting a writing degree, it was cool to see someone who has written and published books. Overall, I am excited to have other inspiring speakers come in and tell us about their life journey.

What I expect to learn from this class...

I've heard of codes and thought to myself, hey! this will never apply to me.....Well not only does it apply to me in the sense that computing codes help to create the technology we have today, but I had to create my own in class. What is a code you may ask? According to searchmicroservices.techtarget.com, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the set of markup symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser page. The markup tells the Web browser how to display a Web page's words and images for the user. The other day our professor gave us the assignment to create our own HTML. Me being a visual learner, I couldn’t grasp the instructions given out in class, so I watched a YouTube video and it clicked! I was able to make a (very crappy) HTML using coding! (I was so excited I ran to show my mom). This was a lot of fun in maybe in my free time I could take this a lot more seriously and try to create an actual website. Below is my code:

<HTML>

<HEADER>

<TITLE>THECATSPAJAMS.COM</TITLE>

</HEADER>

<BODY BGCOLOR=BLACK TEXT=GREEN>

<CENTER>

<IMG SRC="IMAGES/PIC.PNG">

<IMG SRC="HTTP://http://www.vetstreet.com/cats/"

<P>THIS IS A SENTENCE. I LOVE CATS.</p>

<P><H1><B>WELCOME</B></H1></P>

<P><H2><I>WELCOME!HELLO!</I></2></P>

<a href="http://facebook.com"> CLICK HERE

</CENTER>

</BODY>

</HTMl>