Category Archives: Technology

PHP Week 5

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fany Savina

Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php 10_char_rearrange.php Input 10 characters: strawberry berrystraw —— Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php highest_lowest_number.php Insert first number: 23 Insert second number: 5 Insert third number: 67 Smallest: 5 Largest: 67 —— Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php alphabetical_order.php Insert first word: Anne Insert … Continue reading →

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PHP Week 4

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Fany Savina

Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php open_electricity.php electricity.txt file contents: Array ( [0] => Here is a dissertation on physical science for your enlightenment. [1] => I don’t know where it came from so it must be true! [2] => [3] => [ … Continue reading →

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PHP Week 3

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Fany Savina

Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php lower_upper_case.php Insert input: I Am Awesome! Lowercase: i am awesome! Uppercase: I AM AWESOME! —— Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php number_maths.php Insert Initial Number: 3 Insert Final Number: 5 3 + 5= 8 3 – 5= -2 3 x … Continue reading →

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PHP Week 2

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Fany Savina

Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php twonoun.php dog cat dog and cat —— Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php numbermaths.php 5 10 5 + 10= 15 5 – 10= -5 5 x 10= 50 5 / 10= 0.5 —— Fany-Savinas-Mac:PHP Fany$ php repeat.php animals 3 animals … Continue reading →

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Starting PHP Week 1

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Fany Savina

I started to learn PHP and my first program was the well known Hello World. The first line opens the program. The second line is a comment, meaning the computer skips that line, and it is only for me and … Continue reading →

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Vinyl Records

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Fany Savina

While visiting my grandparents in France, I got the chance to test out their record player. Although it is a more modern electric one, the concept is still the same. The most basic way to explain how sound comes from … Continue reading →

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Create and manage tasks in Apps mail

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Fany Savina

This is a new series in which every week I will learn another piece of Google’s Google Apps Education Training Center. This will be learned in accord with their highlight lesson of the week. This week was how to organise … Continue reading →

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App Inventor

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Fany Savina

Today, I started using App Inventor, an innovative idea created by Android. It helps poor people like me who have yet to learn about programming. It is a system made for complete beginners to make their very own applications, for … Continue reading →

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Google’s ’20 Things I learned about Browsers and the Web’ : Review

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Fany Savina

Google recently published an online book entitled ’20 Things I learned about Browsers and the Web’. It explains various aspects of the internet and web browsing, such as what cookies are, and also how to secure yourself better online. It … Continue reading →

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Solar Panels

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Fany Savina

Today, I built a little solar-powered windmill. It was a ‘make-it-yourself’ kit, where you could create six different things with the same pieces. I wanted to do the ‘Solar Puppy’, but I was recommended to build something that didn’t move … Continue reading →

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