Nathaniel Vo MLLL-3043

Even though Thanksgiving has just now passed, it's always supposed to be a season of giving thanks year-round.  My plan is to do what's most convenient for me: I'm going to jot down what I'm thankful for and what makes me happy in the notes on my phone.  Jotting these things down overall make you more thankful for the life that's been given to us.   I sometimes find myself as simple as a stick figure , but I'm still happy at least

I Don't Even Assume I haven't done an acronym in a few weeks, so I thought I'd do one.  My acronym of "idea" reads "I don't even assume".  I think that's what an idea should have.  We're so quick to dismiss ideas because we assume the worst of them.  However, dismissing ideas doesn't allow us to grow.  It only hinders us and lowers our field of vision.

When I usually write things for any class, I find myself having words come up to my head as I write.  Sometimes, these are pretty big words, and I find myself not using the word appropriately.  So a tool that I use a lot is Google to define words that I need to check up the exact definition on.  I don't really use the etymology function of it much though since I'm not too interested in that.  

At the start of the year, I became involved with the Esports Association at OU.  This organization deals with competitive gaming as well as outreach.  I am playing on the varsity team for the League of Legends development in the organization.  Some background, League of Legends is the most played video game in the world.  In 2016, there were estimated over 100 million active players every month, which is pretty huge.  The game is very competitive and team-based.  It revolves around good decision making and skill.  For me, playing on the OU varsity team has been a treat.  There's so much to think about in regards to your own team.  Personally, I try to be the best that I can be for my team, so that leads me to have a strong growth mindset towards learning more about the game.  It requires discipline and time to continue to compete at a high level.  I spend hours every week practicing at the game to play better and be the best I can b...

Anakin Skywalker was born a slave with his mother, Shmi Skywalker.   He had no father by birth, but he was instead conceived by the midi-chlorians,  microscopic organisms that live within every living organism and can speak with The Force.  Ani, a nickname for Anakin, worked for his master, Watto, in his junk shop.  As a slave, Ani was allowed to have many sorts of hobbies including pod racing and droid robotics.  He spent his free time creating and developing his very own droid, C-3PO.  In his hobby of pod racing. Ani proves that he is both talented at pod race design as well as pod race piloting.  He builds his own pod race to take involvement in local pod races in his home planet Tatooine. One day, Ani meets Qui-Gon Jinn, a Jedi Master shopping at Watto's junk shop.  Feeling as if slavery holds a lifetime of joy and happiness from his and his mother, Ani pleads and begs for Qui-Gon to use his Jedi powers and free Ani and his mother from slaveh...

Sometimes I get a problem when signing into school websites such as One, Canvas, etc, and I get an error message that doesn't make too much sense.  Usually, it's because of cookies or cache.  An easy short-term solution is to open up the browser in incognito to log in.  It ignores your cookies or cache and settings in case you just need to check something in a hurry and don't have time to delete your cookies, cache, or restart your computer.

This week, I decided to do the Canvas Notifications Tech Tip.  I ended up changing many of my options.  Some options, such as due dates and grading, were set to go on a daily reminder, however, I would much prefer to have them come to my email immediately.  Some options, such as scheduling, I don't really use, so I set them not to notify me.  The Canvas Notifications settings are really useful so that you can get the perfect fine tuning you need.  Some information is needed urgently, while some information isn't important at all, so it really helps that you get to choose differently for each different individual option.