New Beginnings

As cliche as it sounds, "here is to new beginnings." Life doesn't wait for us to get our act together and make changes. If you sit still you'll just get left behind. New things can be scary, hard, and even unbearable in the beginning however most things that require hard work are well worth the effort. So let's pick ourselves up by our boot straps and press on. I'm motivated and eager to see what awaits. Hard work will pay off. I have the guts to never give up. A tenacious spirit whose flames wont dissipate.

Privileged

Inspiration comes to me in the strangest of places. As I stood in my shower listening to a peaceful song from Naruto Shippuden I found myself in deep thought. My mind drifted elsewhere, but as the hot water hit me in the face it was there I really took time to thank God for running water. That might not sound like much, but it is a luxury I take for granted. Many people do not have running water to enjoy a simple thing like taking a bath or a shower. To one that does not have access to running water it is a big deal. It's all about perspective. Thank you lord. Peace and blessings.

Never Give Up (That's the Ninja Way)

Captain's log, stardate 08/12/2013 approx. 12:44 a.m. I am currently burning physical copies of my new EP "Been Here Before" for my friends and family that live in different cities and states. I plan to mail them copies tomorrow morning God willing. I'm reflecting on where I've been, where I'm at, and where I plan to be. Thinking about past mistakes and not giving up no matter how bad they are. The acquisition of knowledge and a renewing of growing spiritually. Life isn't perfect and it would be absurd for me to think otherwise. I am thankful that my optimistic point of view on life keeps me grounded, but at the same time it gives me faith in a higher power that situations will work themselves out. The best is yet to come and I plan to develop myself physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally and to maintain that growth. God bless One Love

Proverbial Grasshopper

It has been far to long, but lets see if I still got it.


Captain's log, stardate 10/17/2011 approx. 2:20 p.m. My destination is youtube jamming "Can't Get Enough" by J. Cole ft. Trey Songz. After a seasoned vacation from blogspot I stumbled upon a post from the summer of 2009. This sparked interest in furthering my time on the blog I befell to coin the moniker "Steve O's Embargo."

I find the writing process curative & therfore wish to continue capturing my perspective on life.

“I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.”


― Khalil Gibran

Youtube

Wouldn't it be nice if there was an outlet for people to express themselves for the world to see? A central location where one could discuss books, movies, television, music, politics, religion, love, etc. Well look no further then your monitor because this incredible medium already exists!

Youtube has been around since February of 2005 and serves as a spot for millions of people to express themselves freely. A lot of musicians were discovered on Youtube and have since then joined the ranks of their famous four fathers.

I myself even have posts and music on Youtube:



Youtube is a great outlet for those wanting to have their own podcast and talk about whatever subject matter they wish. From what they did that day to an interesting story that happened at a college party.

Youtube is the medium of the future and links us to the past, because everyone knows to know where you going you must first know where you've come from.

Copyright in Media ©

On Wednesday April 14, 2010 our graduate student Brandon Brown refreshed copyright law for media to my peers and I. Not only did it turn a light back on that was growing dim, but it also brought with it a great debate about common knowledge of copyright.

He gave us the task of going out into the SFA student body to conduct an experiment. It was simple, but the answers would vary greatly. After we split up into groups we had to go find a random student, which age, sex, and classifaction did not matter, and ask them two things. It was to be recorded on Flip Video. The two questions were thus,

A. How do you feel about Copyright Law?

B. How do you think Copyright Law affects America as a whole?

Sara Nicols & I interviewed Senior Sean Doyle and he explained his feelings about the subject. Overall he agreed with Copyright Law and thought that it was the perfect thing to keep a persons idea and creative rights to that person and not exclusively to everyone else.

At the end of class we all watched the interviews and talked about the subject before being let out of class. The Graduate Student did a good job explaining the subject matter and I left class feeling refreshed on a subject that is important to what I want to do in life.

Just a little "Bit"

Back when I was a child I loved video games. I still do. The first system I ever owned was the Sega Genesis. I remember it like yesterday. It was a 16-Bit console with much to offer. Back then that was all you needed...16-Bits. Being a 5-year-old in Kindergarten playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the most fascinating thing to me.

It wasn't until I got older that I actually found out what the whole 8, 16, 64-bit, etc. was all about. Basically 16 bits means, " a generation of computers in which 16-bit processors were the norm."

I also learned that, "the 16-bit Intel architecture allows for different memory models—ways to access a particular memory location. The reason for using a specific memory model is the size of the assembler instructions or required storage for pointers. Compilers of the 16-bit era generally had the following typewidth characteristic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_genesis)":

16-bit data model Data model short int long pointers
IP16L32 (near) 16 16 32 16
I16LP32 (far) 16 16 32 32

So basically while I was making that little blue Hedgehog spin, jump, and run all across the platform, all of these arithmetic symbols were busy at work making sure everything I commanded him to do was performed flawless as well as interacting between characters and making the background look appealing to the eyes.