And like that, it's gone!

Today is the last day of March Break! Of course we all wish that the break would last a bit longer than it has, but the end was inevitable anyway. I don't have much to talk about that would be curriculum related but my March Break was quite enjoyable. I'll just mention some of the technology-related discoveries and parts of my March Break.

I experimented with a few things in Adobe Photoshop over the break. I focussed on one specific tool to create different images. During the break, I also realized that studying Adobe Photoshop is beneficial even if you don't plan to use it often. Being familiar with the tools in Adobe Photoshop can really help you understand tools and operations in other programs as well.

Other than that I have taken a sudden and most probably a short lived interest in pocket PC's. A Pocket PC is basically like a smaller computer, small enough to fit in your hand to be exact. Pocket PC's are continuously being improved and they can do many things that a normal Desktop PC could do. They also can be used as mobile phones in some cases. The functions of a Pocket PC, I have found, are very similar to those of a BlackBerry. However, the Pocket PC is a trademark of Microsoft and the BlackBerry was developped by a Canadian company known as RIM (Research In Motion). They are both classified as a PDA(Personal Digital Assistant). The new iPhone also uses similar technology.

Close to last, another part of my vacation that involved technology was expanding my knowledge of file extensions. I have listed this close to last as it gave me the most trouble! I had to ask around and even do a little bit of research myself to find out what file formats some files were in. Eventually I realized what they could all do and what program would be used to run them all, but it wasn't easy. It was also quite frustrating since I wasn't feeling very patient when I experienced this problem. At least it worked out in the end.

Now lastly, this is about the dangers of not saving your work, or backing up your files! I learned this the hard way a long with the other members of my family as the main computer had to be restored and we thought we had lost all of the files on there. Luckily, they were able to be recovered with a little help from some friendly technicians. This taught me to make sure I have backed up important files somewhere other than the hard drive but also to save frequently!

Well it seems like I've covered a lot of my vacation in this post, just goes to show what a big part technology is of our world!