Second Life

I tried out Second Life for the first time for this assignment. I personally don't see why someone would enjoy something like this, but everyone has their own tastes. It is definitely a rather large world with what seems to be an ever expanding environment. I do think it's pretty cool that you can create your own world that people can explore and try out. I just don't personally see how someone can spend extended amounts of time on this application. Maybe I haven't seen enough of it yet, but I'm not really sure how a company could use this application for profit or advertisement. Perhaps a simple billboard in the world could get people to visit your website, but beyond that I am not sure how else it could be used by a company.

Podcasts

Here is the link to my podcast that I created: Derek's Podcast

My Twitter Account:
Derek's Twitter

Mapquest Maps

Rupp Arena



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This is a map of Rupp Arena. I picked this spot because I really love Kentucky Basketball and Rupp Arena is where the magic happens. Everyone has to go to Rupp sometime to see a game to really appreciate just how awesome an atmosphere it is. Go Cats!

Commonwealth Stadium




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This is Commonwealth Stadium. This is where our football team plays our home games. Even though we're not known for football like we are basketball, I still have a strong love for college football. Hopefully our program can pull itself together sometime soon. I bleed blue and will always be behind our Cats no matter the season.

Keeneland


This is the Keeneland racetrack. Keeneland is a blast and another thing that anyone visiting Lexington must do. Horse racing and Kentucky go hand in hand and it's something that nobody should miss out on. It's just an all around good time and a great way to spend a Saturday. If you attend the fall meet you can even go to Keeneland in the morning and go to a football game at Commonwealth Stadium at night.

Photo Sharing

Link to My Flickr account!

Social Bookmarking Assignment

Here is the link for my bookmarks : Derek's Delicious account

Joe B. Hall Statue

For my Wikipedia assignment I added a paragraph to the Joe B. Hall Wikipedia page about the new statue that has been added outside the Wildcat Coal Lodge. This is the paragraph that I added, "On Tuesday, September 18th, 2012, the University of Kentucky unveiled a statue of Hall outside of the Wildcat Coal Lodge to commemorate his accomplishments at UK and his contributions toward the Wildcat Coal Lodge. The university says the bronze sculpture was produced over a period of eight months, beginning as a clay sculpture, then was cast in bronze. It was created by sculptor J. Brett Grill of Columbia, Mo." I also added the link to the news article after the paragraph and added the link under the "External Links" tab. I thought the statue was a really cool gesture to Hall and since it just happened I knew it probably wouldn't be on the Wikipedia site yet.
Here is a link to the Wiki post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_B._Hall
Here is a picture of Hall (center) with Mitch Barnhart (right) sitting next to the statue: