Poem!

Falling, falling into a deep dark hole

No light is to be found in this hole of sadness.

There is nothing to do to but let the darkness enclose my body.

But wait! What is this I hear? Tiny tunes dancing upon the air.

The melody of the song gently lifts my soul out of darkness and into the light.

Music is my savior, my escape from the troubles of the world.

It allows me to express my creativity and takes me to a place where I am safe.

Singing sooths my mind and my body

The words I sing paint a picture of a story waiting to be told.

Without my music and my voice I would be back in the dark abyss

There would be no light in my heart and no smile on my face

Just one sound of harmony puts me in a state of enchantment

And I hope that I spend the rest my days basking in its glory

To Hear or Not to Hear.. that is the question?

I came across a rather interesting article about a new type of ear phone that helps prevent hear loss. Numerous people, including myself, listen to their Ipods or Mp3 players way too loud. I do not think I am listening to music that loud but my friends are always asking " uhm isn't that a bit loud? I can hear your music from over here." Why does listening to music cause hearing problems? Well there are little hairs in your called Cilia and when listening to the music so loudly it causes the little hairs to break apart. These hairs however do not grow back causing deafness.

This new product is suppose to limit the volume without distorting the sound. A lot of ear phones go up to 88 or even to 113 decibels which really can mess up your ears. With the new earphones the maximum volume cannot go past about 85 decibels. They are having a hard time selling this new product because people are complaining that the music or other audio they are listening to is not loud enough. Young people are their main target but they just will not budge because they like to listen to music loud. I personally think the reason it isn't loud enough because our hearing is already going away. I think its a great idea but hopefully they will find better selling tactics to get it out the the younger generation to at least save their hearing.

Bookless World...

A world without books would be a meaningless world. Books are what give people an imagination and knowledge. In the movie, Fahrenheit 451 people could not go a few minutes without watching TV. They were always in a daze and were just very weird. They felt words in a book were meaningless and just made people wish they had different lives. Nevertheless, that is why books are so important. They are a great form of entertainment because they stimulate the mind. Without them, I feel the world would lose creativity. People would be so dull and stupid. To be honest, the world we live in is sort of kind of like the world in the movie. People are too busy with technology to pick up a book. They are even making nooks and kindles and eliminating books all together.  I realized that I have not read a book lately because I spend too much time on Facebook or on YouTube.

            Imagine... looking at a comic book with just pictures or being sucked into the television. Your mind turning into goo and always being in a horrible daze, not sure whether your life is real or not. There is no way to get away from your problems. You always feel clueless to things that are going on around you or to what things mean. Having conversations with others that last a few seconds because you run out of ideas to discuss. People would be inside watching television no stop so people would never be outside enjoying the fresh air. Doesn't sound too fun does it? Life in a world like would get boring really fast. With books, you can escape to a secret world of your imagination where your problems are behind you. Words are not rubbish and they help you understand events that happened in the past and other important things about life. Do you want to live in a world where you are a mindless drone or would you rather live where you can be creative and be intelligent? I know personally I would die if I did not have books. I say no to a world without books!!

Have a heart problem?

Apparently there is a new application on the iPhone where you can track whether or not you have a heart problem. It is called ECG. All you have to do is place the phone against your chest and with the webcam video installed in it there it showed a electrocardiogram. With the phone you could see the pulse of your heart. Although this is an iPhone application it sure is not a cheap one. The cost varies but it will cost about $100.

I find that this is a bit weird. Many people at first believed that this appliction was a fraud but it is supposed to look work. I had saw the video myself, I too would have doubted the ability of the application. I am sure that I will be seeing people walking around fiddling with this new application. Although it is expensive people will just buy it just so they can have it.

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I remember when 3D was such a rare thing but now it is all you ever see in the world. It started out with the occasional 3D movie but now EVERY movie is in 3D. Not only are movies in 3D but they now have 3D TVs and Phones. On Engadget.com there is an article about how they are putting a screen over top laptops to make a person's webcam have an 3D effect to it with out using the glasses. Currently only Sony is doing this to their laptops and they are still very expensive.

To be honest, I think the 3D craze is a bit much now. Those items that they are selling that are 3D are not even affordable to the average person. People shouldn't be wasting their money on something like that. I know that when I watch something in 3D it strains my eyes. Image watching Tv, a movie, or even looking at your phone all day in 3D, that can damage your eyes pretty bad. Although it seems super cool that you can now chat on webcam in 3D, I still do not think its worth it.