Report 2:
How Am I Doing With My Files?



Calvin's
Home Page 		E-mail me or send Contributions about the subject of my database:
Moments to Remember Things That Make Me Feel Good 		Dr. Leon James's
Home Page 		Generation 1 home pages
Generation 2 home pages
Generation 3 home pages
Generation 1,2, & 3 home pages represent Social Psychology databases of UH students in different semesters and classes which gather information, data, links, and contributions of cybernauts throughout the world on topics ranging from Cyberspace Psychology to Traffic Psychology. The Generations above deal with Cyberspace Psychology.
Generational Links on
Traffic Psychology:		 Generation One Generation Two Generation Three


I just learned how to tag the bottom of a page haha!!!

We'll to start things off, I was screwed because the person who creates the new user's main directory for a new CSS account typed in the wrong directory name for me. All my hard work designing my pages never materialized. After a while, I figured out how to view them by typing in the incorrect directory name and pathway. I thought I was extremely incompetant for three hellish days. It wasn't my fault at all. Dr. James told me to rectify the problem by going to the third floor of Porteus Hall and get the computer genuises to fix the directory name.
Using the computer to create was hellish for me because I've never programmed. I was pretty much a clicker. My friends pretty much got my computer to run smoothly when problems came up. After a while, things got running pretty quickly and efficiently.
I basically built my WIB page by looking at the source of other people's home page, and from there, I synthesized concepts and commands to make a better home page. I began first by looking at two home pages. Those home pages were built by Rowney and Denise. They had excellent home pages. After a while, I started changing my home page by adding pictures and boundary lines. I than spent hours surfing the net for the perfect pictures and lines, and found out I was wasting time. I needed to organize everything, and I really liked Rowney's form, but didn't want to rip it off. In the end, I did rip off some of his format and structure. After a while, I liked Dr. James's form of organization and decided to use that form because it didn't involve pictures. The computer did the organizing while speeding up upload time. I went through many transformations and experimentations to get my pages right. I kept at it for at least eight hours to master tables on my pages. It was fustrating, but fascinating because I had the power to manipulate something.
My first week went by quickly. I pretty much used other people's home pages with my HTML building book to give me examples on how to create my home page. My second week to tell you the truth was the same. I simply looked for new graphics. They were soon all ditched due to rules being created on how our pages should be like as we progressed along in our class. I now wonder if I will have any pictures by the end of this class.
My third week was like my second week, and I pretty much fooled around taking my time writting report one. That's a rough draft I'm going to have to fix very soon. I checked out more complex web sites for ideas. My forth week, like my fifth, was pretty much spent fooling around looking for applets, learning to manipulate applets, try to understand Java script, and mastering more complex tables in netscape for organization. I believe I scraped my WIB page twice. Now my poor, original WIB page is worthy to only be my index. I started from scratch again to create my WIB page and home page.
My greatest fustration came from logging in and doing homework from home. I'd do an hour worth of homework and all would be lost. I can hardly describe my anger at this thing called technology. I always had a technophobia when ever using computers, always thinking all my work would disappear at any moment. I felt scared and shaky always feeling like I was testing lady luck and racing against time. The fustration finally forced me to work at a computer lab where a couple of my friends worked. It was a pity none of them were very knowledgeable about home page building. It's ironic now that they all have home pages. The technophobia due to getting cut off had some effect on my computer use behavior for at least two weeks in the labs before it wore off finally allowing me to feel safe. I now had faith that all my work was here to stay. Until next time when I put in more stuff, "THA, THA, THA, THAT'S All FOLKS!"

2/28/96
MacLab Keller (Hall of course!)
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The adventure continues...
Today, I'm definitely sure that Dr. James is wrong. The class is not a pain, and life isn't about suffering. The class is a challenge and life is a state of mind! I'm at peace, and I'm happy. I wonder if I'm just naive and young. Perhaps, I'll be full of pain and suffering when I'm old, but I doubt it cause I have such great friends who make me happy just thinking about them.
I wonder if Dr. James will be mad if I uh... call him by his first name here. Today, I learned something like I do everyday I hook into the net. I realized I can use Java script without an applet viewer. Ed taught me this. As time progresses, I find that I can make far superior pages that will blow everything away. I am learning new things and seeing new techniques to build web pages frequently. My fustration is that I don't have much time to build another home page based on java script, and that most of my classmates won't appreciate Java script so what's the use. Everyone or nearly everyone is running on netscape 1.0. I also can't upgrade my present WIB pages to Java. Today, I saw a scroller build by a generation 2 member. It was quite simple and fascinating, but time consuming for uploading which seems to be a general limitation. Presently, I don't have to build anything, simply improve upon it. My pages hold a few surprises for my classmates if they use netscape 2.0, but it's a pity. I'm begining to realize I could build a better page if I spent less time learning advanced things that I won't use in this class. Hopefully, I've sent mail now to everyone or rather contributions. I just added java script to my page and added the required links which are simply a matter of manipulating past html commands, simplicity itself.

2/28/96
MacLab Keller
5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

The adventure continues...
I just realize I'm going to have to double space everything. What a rip! This class is irritating because of the minor changes that must be made because of Dr. James's commands. It's really not all that bad, and it's presently not even a challenge. I don't believe I actually got on Unix. I visited Amy Lam's WIB page today for examples on how to do report two. There's nothing there just like mines. I'm happy for that. I like her page. She's very daring in her mixture of colors. It's interesting. I helped her a lot in the beginning of the class, and also helped a few other people get going. Those that I've helped have in turn also helped me. All of them are going in different directions and places unique to their own personality and abilities. I realize Amy's page resonates with personality through colors and her japanese animation slash pictures. It's a cute phase thing, and I happen to love anime. I've visited Rowney's report site, and I really I didn't like it because it's splitting a report up. It's safe to say he has the best report one. It's a bit complicated like my home page. I'll try to remedy it. I must admit though that it, Rowney's HTML files are pleasing and attractive to the eye. I think tagging would be far more superior and simple so that's what I'm going to try out soon. I'm really afraid of going too experimental due to Dr. James's likes and dislikes. I may fool around with color. My sister has got to use the e-mail so I gotta go.

2/28/95
Home
7:23 p.m. to 7:30

Captain's log, Just joking I hate Star Trek...

Once again, I've learned something from someone I've helped. After seeing Amy Lam's home page more indepth, I realize that the instructor, Dr. James, will allow experimentations with colors which I believe is extremely important. Background is extremely important to setting a tone. I've become more bold in using colors to give character and emotions to pages. I must agree strongly with my friend that a black background pushes out everything such as pictures, links, and text. It also gives more depth. I think color is better than background tiles or pictures because they don't make things more difficult to read with the use of some common sense of course. A colored background does not take away from the message, text, or pictures, and in fact, magnifies the deminsion of pictures and the page.

2/29/96
MacLab, Keller Hall but of course!
10:30 p.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Time and time again...
Today, I got e-mail written about my applet trick. I'm pretty happy. One fear of this class is that I'll tick the Prof... I mean, Dr. James off. I'm pretty hot headed cause I like to be right and like to prove others wrong. Usually people who argue with me get ticked, and I stay calm because I'm happy I ticked them off. Dr. James seems like to be of British descent. A little to much manners for me, a local boy, in Hawaii, but I guess I should learn manners since someday. I will enter the working field and will be forced to call everyone Mr., Mrs., or Miss something even though I don't want to. I think I'll ask everyone to call me by my first name. Last names seem to give the impression of the lack of intimacy and gives feelings of coldness. Perhaps that's what growing up is all about. Who knows? Perhaps, Dr. James has had to put up with too many wise-ass students like me who like to do things their own way and thats why he likes to keep things professional and strict (heheh!). Back to computers...
Lets see today, I moved my sister's contribution and two of my friends contribution. They are pretty short and not well done in my opinion. I've just cut and pasted things to get them posted up. Justifying doesn't seem to keep the structure of the e-mail. Damn, that sucks. There's got to be an easier way. I am gonna check out other contributions in Amy Lam's, Rowney's, and Denise's Hompage, and perhaps Heather's. You wait while I go check now...
Whops, I just realized I got to put connections or links on my "Contributions" or data.html file. I'm going to fix that now! Also, I realize that I chould create a go to top thing. I think I'll make some changes creating links to a music and java stuff now... wait.....
Ok, I've made more links to applets I've previously had and to a music file. What do I do now, hmmmm....
"OH OH!, GOTTA CHECK OTHER PEOPLE'S PAGES NOW!!! I WILL REPORT ON IT!" Hmm... People haven't changed their WIB site too much but many have added things. Of course, I don't think I'm going to change something, and then every two weeks, I make even more drastic changes. Hopefully, I'm settled down and ready to only make minor changes such as grammer or just cut and paste to reach Dr. James's requirements.
Downey's page is as clear cut as ever! Heather keeps a nice balance of beauty and aesthetics which reminds me of her. Denise seems to be not loading up a lot of her reports and stuff. Luckily, I don't have to critique their pages, atleast not yet.

Today was very bad for me, and I'm in a bad mood. I had to change tons of stuff, and I'm still not done. I still have to correct grammer, and I'm not sure everything will work. I wish I had a more advanced warning to describe my links. I'll have to check the spelling of everthing I've wasted time to create. I estimate that I'll need atleast 5 hours today alone making corrections to mistakes that weren't mistakes until Dr. James considered what was the new right way to do things. Time is my only enemy. It's a pity I spent so much time learning Java instead of getting my page together. It is now 8:00 pm in the MacLab in Keller and I haven't even eaten lunch yet. I've ran from Porteus and back to here two times. I have also logged into Unix atleast five times today. But, I accomplished alot. *Mental note: "Never alter my extremely complex pages without a back up! I lost an hour trying to recreate my wib page. Lucky, I had some inferior back-up copies.

3/1/96
MacLab Keller and Home twice
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 and at Home 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

The eagle has landed, and it's fast and furious.

I'm going to have to type fast. Today was hell. I had to revisit all previous generations I've wrote about and increase the depth of my reports. It took a couple of hours. I'm panicking right know cause I'm at home right now. I could be cut off at any moment. I've already been cut off twice at home today. I saw Conrad at the MacLab. He was rushing like I was. We were the last to leave which took up some of Ezra's time. He's one of my friend who works here. He's a definite advantage. I was able to get on a computer earlier because I told him to sign me up without being in the lab which really pissed a girl off cause she thought she'd be next. I love having great friends! I feel really hectic right now. I believe I have finished everything required for this class. Everything comes down to grammar which I will correct one or two days before the class dead line.

3/1/96
MacLab and Home
12:30-4:30 p.m. ; 6-7:30 p.m.

Mad as Hell.
I'm really steamed now, and I mean I am really pissed off. If this report is read, it means I've tried to log into Unix four times in fifteen minutes and each time I was cut off while doing homework. Well, this forth time I'm typing it out on Microsoft Office, and I'm just going to cut and paste. It's the easiest way. And, some may wonder why I have technophobia. I keep getting cut off. UH Unix sucks cause it's unstable, and just crashes sometimes. I'm not using the phone, but I'm not letting the bozo who called here and cut me off many times contact anyone in my home. If I could write swear words right now, I would. I really hate getting cut off to the max. Today, I was using the computer a lot and was pissed because I had to increase the content and depth of my generation critiques. I almost doubled the length of every section of my report. I spent hours doing that, looking back and forth between home pages and my HTML files. Let us say it wasn't fun. Right now, I know what I'm doing and don't need help. I've gone beyond the class by learning to put up music, applets, and Java script. Interestingly enough, I believe a generation two student is experimenting with advanced stuff too. I plan to someday make the home page completely with Java script if I have the spare time. A home page is a cool thing to mess around with while waiting for a friend to finish working in a computer lab. I saw Conrad there today again at the MacLab. He was the second to the last person there, and of course, I was the last because my friend working there was still there. Ezra asked if I wanted an extra twenty minutes to work on the computer. Friends in computer lab do really help, but I didnt take the offer cause I didn't want to trouble him cause he's such a nice guy. Today, was pretty hectic, and I'm not done with everything quite yet. Grammar is the last key to getting a good grade, and I want an A really badly. Bye now. I am going to watch some Chinese movies.


3/6/96
MacLab
11:00 p.m. to 12:30

Going through Hell AGAIN!!!
Needless to say, today is all out hell. I only got 1.5 hours of sleep today, and I've got to please his highness Dr. James by typing four more reports instead of just doing minor alterations. *Mental note: Remind the next generation that there are only two rules in this class. Number one: The rules change. Number two: Dr. James rules and a possible third is Dr. James cheats by changing the rules to make things harder for us. I assume he doesn't mean it since these types of classes are new and experimental in some ways. Life isn't about suffering. It's about survival of the fitest. Those who can meet the challenge and truimph improve themselves and also eagerly await the challenges ahead. I will succeed. It's in my nature. Well, I'm going to start finding new people to write about. What a waste of time!
Wow, it took me thirty minutes just to set up the tags, table, and links to these WIB pages. These new critiques look promising. Hopefully, I'll get somewhere dang it! Back to work again.


3/5/96
Porteus
1:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Short and Sweat.
I'm going to keep this short. Today has sucked the life out of me. I'm not suffering, but just tired. I haven't eaten lunch, and it's now 5 p.m. Dr. James has changed the rules again as predicted. He wants all the HTML files to have a "mailto" link. I finally finished four more reports. That was draining. I'm almost ready to go with some modifications. Loging out........................................................ . . ..


3/6/96
Maclab Keller
3:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

And the eagle has landed...
Today, I have made another little change to my files. I've had to change the titles to the titles prefered by Dr. James or what my classmates believes he wants. This is a minor irritation. I'm now going to go for grammer. I've got tons of files. Oh, I've got to check syntax also. It's going to take a while! I wonder what the date really is today. I guess it doesn't matter. Edmund, who is to the right of me at the MacLab, has no words of wisdom. It's nice to see him hack out problems from his C++ programming class. I'm having problems too. I really don't want to check out the grammer, but I'm going to. I may log in again latter.

I've logged in again for an update. Today truly was all out hell for me. I spent three hours straight correcting grammer and syntax. Guess what? I'm still not done! I have to finish checking the grammer and syntax of my last three sections of my first report and also this whole report two. Time is the immortal enemy......

Outa here!

3/7/96
Maclab Keller
10:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Almost done.

I don't have much to say. It's now 4:00 p.m., and I'm finally done checking the grammer of my first report. I'm going to start on checking this report as soon as I get lunch... YES! At 4:00 p.m.! I think I spent too much time today surfing the net and checking out the WEB pages in Japan. They were so cool. I especially loved the......... uhmm, never mind. I'll be back again in an hour. I think I'll go to Burger King or something. I will log in again.

I'm back again. I saw a fellow classmate of Psychology 409 in the MacLab. I ate a poor meal at Buger King. I visited Heather's page and found out I made a few errors on my links and mixed up the classes between Psychology 409 and 459. I'm lucky to have visited and explored other people's home page from time to time to find new innovations and ideas. I'm ganna start checking grammer now! Well, I'm going to do that after I use the bathroom. I'm lucky that I worked at this computer lab cause the PCs can't cut and paste which is how I make all my changes. And now, I am truly done!
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