Eric's Blog: February 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

Slam Dunk Contest

2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest
Jeremy Evans of the Utah Jazz won the slam dunk contest by a land slide. His light off, glow in the dark dunk was the dunk that won the contest for him.

The first part weekend for me was filled with man hunt and late nights each night I played manhunt. On Monday I played baseball and went to my little cousins birthday party. From Wednesday to Friday I went to stokes as a field trip with my entire class. The entire point of stokes was to learn to trust your classmates. Overall, I thought the trip was very fun and exciting.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Blog Renovation

Yes I did make my blog giants themed. Go giants!

Tech article 2/17

What Makes a Youtube Video Funny? Google asks
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Google is wondering what videos on their multi-billion dollar video viewing website, Youtube, are funny and why. Sanketh Shetty says that the most random videos tend to be the funniest. For instance, English actors reciting lines from jersey shore(F.Y.Ihas curse words in video) or the dramatic chipmunk are some of the most random videos but have the most views. The videos reviews that include such comments like "lol" or "HaHaHa" earns a point in the videos favor in order to rank the videos. Google's decoder team put algorithisms inbeded into the website so if people comment saying "LOL" instead of "lol" the video earns more points to rank the videos. These top ranked videos make it into a small selection called the "Comedy Slam".

Another one of those random hilarious videos!

Winter

I hate Winter. It feels so long and boring. You get trapped inside away from friends. Winter seperates you from your friends and family and restricts you to a certain area near your house. Its awful!! It also leaves you inside to do strange things like this: