Lego reminders... days after VirtCamp has ended

Legos are still haunting me. To think that VirtCamp is over and the lego process was complete...

But then, right before my very eyes as I am walking down the frozen food aisle of Ralphs grocery store, my attention is directed to none other than..........lego waffles. That's right folks.

At two bucks a pop, these very tasty (yet haunting) treats can be yours at a neighborhood Ralphs near you.

VirtCamp day #4, very late night...okay Day #5 Morning

Alright... not much time here to "reflect."

The processes we worked through today were amazing. I am still surprised at our progress. Within a matter of 12 hours (of course we didn't actually get started until mid afternoon Friday), we have a hilarious and excellent video, cadre website, group website, individual websites, and a functioning lego machine. Woah.

Time for bed.

peace.

VirtCamp day #3.5, late night

Well, I just sat at my computer for a couple hours trying to maneuver Dreamweaver. Out of all the programs and information we've been introduced to so far, it is by far the most frustrating for me. I feel more confident programming legos! I really want to learn the tools and eventually the code (hopefully...one step at a time) that would allow me to understand this seemingly not-so-difficult machine. I feel like I figured out a few things on Dreamweaver tonight although I am having difficulty with a few things:

1. making sure the page fits within the traditional layout size for the average computer (currently it's too big and I can't figure out how to shrink everything down)
2. how to upload the site onto my web space that pepperdine provides http://students.pepperdine.edu/blfoster/ (I guess you can check back and see if I have figured it out soon... currently it's blank page)
3. how to organize my content better (site map) within creating my website.

Anyway, I will post pictures later... I really need a connector that is easier than my camera port. I think I'll be looking into that really soon.

Oh, and I guess I should sleep. We all went out to Paradise Cove for dinner... sooo good and then off to Moonshadows for drinks with a couple GA's from Cadre 9. They are so amazing and helpful. We are so appreciative of their work (for us!). Tomorrow morning, we have to be at the Dean's house at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast followed by class at 9:00 until whenever we finish:

-our cadre website
-our group link site detailing our experiences with "lego mission"
-our group video, fully edited with 20 second voice-overs (VO back from my broadcasting days) for each person in our group and lots of b-roll shots
-oh... and getting our lego machine completely built and properly functioning (multi-faceted)

Yep, I'm tired. Goodnight.

VirtCamp day #2, during class

Okay. Just when we I thought I was pretty smart, Bill introduces "hard fun." Yeah, that's what he calls it. Basically we have some tasks. We are to work with our smaller cadre of 10 people and then down to the even smaller work group within the cadre to create a system/vehicle/machine that functions to sort pieces of different colors, decodes difficult color codes, and retrieves a
"box." Oh, did I forget to mention that we have to use legos and we are given close to NO intructions to complete the "secret agent" assignment? Yeah.

My thoughts: We are about 40% complete with creating a machine to our standards that can sort colored lego pieces... but we in no way could have gotten to this point on our own. Our teammates have really helped shape our thoughts. I know that I was thinking the entire time that I needed someone to just give me fresh ideas because I was stuck on assembling the machine in a completely different way than we ended up heading. Currently, we are assembling a conveyor belt that will then hit pieces back and forth (left or right) depending on the color... oh yet another task at hand for tomorrow's programming --today was simply building.

My hope and last piece of reflection as I sit here in the Ed. & Psych. building at Pepperdine University on this lovely Wednesday afternoon, is to keep an open mind and really allow myself to think out of my traditonal realm. Think like a child, Brandy!