Final Haul

Please print track layouts so people can edit them. Finish the Photoshop & bloopers. Quindees blooper needs replacing (inappropriate). Keiko isn't really photoshopped. Jerry Gaiser is right next to Jerry Gaiser blooper and photoshop. Dump one of them. There are better bloopers take a good look through the 22,000 pictures you have taken on the Epic. The photoshopped ones need to look real.

Notes are on the board for fixing Closing layouts. I talked to Kodie and he should have a handle on it.

End of Year Deadlines

We have fallen behind or deadline for winter sports. However we can catch up and have to by 5/18. The pages up page 128 are due then. The exceptions are the Track, Tennis, Senior Party and Graduation spreads. This means your layout has to be clean and ready to go by next Tues. 5/12. We will have an editing meeting starting at 6:00 pm. on Wed 5/13.

Lots to Cover.

First a hello, hello.(insert wave) As school is coming to an end (YES!!), so is our productivity levels. I know I sure have been slacking. But Yearbook is not a class worth slacking in. It is both fun, and it's pretty awesome that what we are making is going to last for at least a couple hundred years! So we best make this yearbook down-right-fantastic.

First thing first, obviously, why would the first thing come second? We need to edit what we have finished. Do the names a second time or third time just to make sure. Use the "dot next to the name" method to assure it has been looked over. Make sure all the pictures haven't been used, including layouts already sent in, SEE the "dummy book".

Second, PROM is coming up. The best bet we have at getting good photos is to have different people take pictures. It is just too annoying and really unfair to have just 2 or 3 people take pictures. By everyone taking pictures for about 10 minuets or so, it will give us different types of pictures and of different people/groups. Because most of us have different angles, views, and ways we take pictures this will provide us with many options when we have to choose for the layout.

Third, this blog is a good way to communicate for things about Yearbook or just cool things you find about Photos/Technology in general. So USE it more often.

Fourth, my own little news, Student Council is having elections for next year soon. Some of you should run for office. It is fun, not that hard, you usually do interesting things, and it looks good on your College Apps. If you don't want to run, convince someone you think will be good to run!! "Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi Or at least the change you want to see in BIGFORK HIGH SCHOOL, there are a few, and soon to be Principal Jensen is willing to negotiate, and compromise on what is allowable.

Fifth, isn't it odd (haha seriously I didn't even try to make that pun here) that four paragraphs, though an even number doesn't look as good as five. So there for (haha) in the fifth section I will talk about how awesome many of the jokes were in this post. If you haven't laughed than you have a dark soul, like someone we ALL know, except maybe AnnMarie. :) Also, sorry to AnnMarie for all the grammar issues I have in this post. I have tried by best, but sometimes, I like to throw in, or leave out, commas.

Sincerely,

Your Student Body President

wow hope i'm doing this right...but i have mono so if you need me for any reason you can call me or do this fun little blog thing...i'm not sure when i'll be back hopefully wednesday or something.

sorry about the sound on the video idk whats up

Above: Danny Doran going no hands off a 25 footer on the Tule.
Below: Me leading the way down this sketch ball hill to the put-in of the Kaweah

Little bit of footage from the Kaweah. These are the first and last drops of the section.

Three Rivers, Cali

What up Bigfork. Well WCKA just left beautiful Three Rivers, California just out of Sequoia National Park. We had been there for about one week and now we're heading up north to Nevada City, CA. In Three Rivers we paddled the Kaweah River almost everyday. We also went to the park to look at the huge Sequoias and went to the Tule River about an hour south of camp. I heard the weather has been a little crappy up there and I hate to inform you that I have been chalaxing in 70+ degree weather all week. Classes have been great even though I do miss walking the hall with all you fools.
Today is our first day in Nevada City and we are about to go paddle a section of the American River. I hope you guys dance the night away at prom. Someone should also hit me back about how the Tennis team is looking. Mr. Roberts I got a video and a few kayaking pics that I will post soon.

Hey Mr. Roberts,
I was just wondering if it would be okay if I used Adobe Illustrator for part of my senior project (to illustrate my poems).

Photoshop/Bloopes

WE NEED PHOTOSHOP STUFF FOR THE YEARBOOK! please experiment with the program and try to make some good and funny things. if you dont know what to do look at past yearbooks or online. we need amazing stuff so we dont regret our decision to have a spread for them! THANK YOU--keep me updated on your creations! ALSO LOOK FOR BLOOPERS!

Extreme Googling

Check this site out on better Googling techniques. Extreme Googling I also put the tips below and a link in the side rail.

• I'm feeling lucky" means just take me to the top search result - it will go right to the website.
  
• Word order counts in composing a search...most important words should be first. Don't bother putting in little words.
  
• Maximum number of words in a search is 10. Plurals matter.
  
• You can type two dots to look for a range like miami 1985..2000.
  
• If your result is a picture or a movie, it will show right in the result.
  
• For some organizations, they give you a table of contents in the results. This is relatively new.
  
• For some big sites, you even get a search box within (like the ny times).
  
• The greatest google trick of all: every website such as Amazon, YouTube, etc. all have their own search boxes, but the google search box is better than theirs. For example, google is a better searcher of ebay than ebay is itself. You are better off putting the name of the site and the item that you are looking for and then click "I'm feeling lucky" it will take you right to the site. (e.g. amazon eat love pray)--click feeling lucky. You will go directly to the book on their website without any intermediate steps.
• Asterisk is the wildcard - great for song lyrics that you can't understand (excuse me while I kiss the *)

• The ''ooos" in Google at the bottom of the page over the page numbers are also pages to click on.
• Doing a search for "showtimes and your zipcode" will give you a table of every movie playing in your areas with reviews by peopole.
• You can type define: and a word and it will show you dictionary definition.
• You can also type math calculations into the google search box; it is also a calculator.
  
• Also a converter: inches in a mile.
  
• Also currency converter = type in dollars in a euro. Weather plus city takes you to weather right there.
• You can type in a barcode number and then look it up!
  
• Can also type in a flight like 'united 22' and will give you the status of the flight.
  
• Can type in a VIN number and find out the history of the car.
  
• In preferences you can turn off porn filtering.
• In google language translator you can type in the whole website address and it will translate the whole page.
• iGoogle was created in someone's 20% time.
• phonebook:name place - get someones phone number.
• google maps for directions shows you traffic too and you can drag the route to another road; instantly recalculates directions. shows construction and accidents. Click on cameras next to directions to see street view. you can pan around too.

Next stop: Cali

Yubeng, Cultural Tibet

Yo what up. Back for a very short spring break and then off for the west coast. I have to do lame swift water rescue course in Missoula before I leave, but then I'm going going back back to Cali Cali. Well if was good to see you fools and I'll be back at the end of May for graduation. Later and keep it real boyzzeee.
Dave

Winter Layout Deadline Mar. 30

Pages 32-91, 100-104 are due on March 30th. This means that they should be as clean as possible. Name spellings, no duplicate pictures with other spreads, grammar, homophones, contrasting backgrounds, non-generic articles, quotes in the article, and interesting captions are all issues of concern. Edit, peer-edit and revise multiple times. The less editing we have to do the better. The first deadline contained too many errors because people turned them in without scrutiny and attention to detail.

Finally, this is a look book and many times people fail to get on the Epic24 to find the best pictures. All the pictures are on that computer. At present there are over 14000. You may not be aware that there are pictures that are better than the ones you have chosen for your layout. Also consider cropping a picture to get a different look (closeup, rule of thirds, facial expressions). If you just look at the overall view of a digital image you are not seeing all the detail. Zoom in. A good example is the infamous facial expression of Matt McGady in soccer that we all cringed at. Come in before school, at lunch, after school or when a teacher will allow, to take a look. The first three periods of the day the Epic is available.

"While the rest of the world builds bridges, we just plot inequalities."

So I was reading some news and I camp across this:

Laptops of the World

It is pretty long and I didn't read all of it, but just skimming through, it was pretty interesting.

The title is from the article, where the writer compares a foreign high school (building bridges on software) and a US school (doing basic math).

I also removed the poll, I was tired of looking at something we know we are going to do.

MEETING

don't forget the mandatory meeting tonight march 10 @ 7pm in the library...we get pizza!

Vals Step Up

Here is a highlight video of the Vals Northwestern Class A Divisional performance.

Libby Semi-Final Girls

After losing twice to the Lady Loggers in the regular season the Vals won when it counted the most. They advance to the finals with a convincing 23 point thrashing of the number two seed.

Worth a Thousand Words

After looking at Kodie's Google Earth post, I found the 10 best magazine covers of 2008. These are pictures, cartoons and even doodles that capture the audience. Using few to no words, it still makes sense and is interesting. So check up on these memorable covers and try to use some of the same techniques.


Top Ten Magazine Covers of 2008

ATTENTION

The meeting has been moved. Instead of today at 7:00 pm it will now be March 10 at 7:00 pm. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Google Earth Cool Finds

Mr. Roberts has kindly downloaded Google Earth on all the computers for us. But how many times have you used it? While having so much fun in Computer Business Apps, I decided to surf the web. I found this cool slide show about cool Google Earth finds.

Top 10 Google Earth Finds

Check it out. There are even links where you can view the places in our Google Earth!

Learn Something New

At this time of year in yearbook students often find themselves "bored". Take this time to expand your knowledge and explore new programs, ie: illustrator. This would improve the quality of the yearbook and help students branch out from the norm.