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One of my favorite websites that I will critique is http://ls1tech.com/ which is an automotive enthusiast website geared toward the ‘LSX’ series of engines that General Motors manufactured and put into their sports cars and trucks.  It’s main use is for the online forums for information and knowledge shared between the public, after-marker manufacturers for parts and […]

The death of Eugene Williams is described in both Wikipedia and the homicide northwestern database as the cause of the Chicago riots.  They both iterate that Eugene Williams was hit by a stone and either fell in the water as a result of it, or fatigue and drowned. It should be noted that the homicide […]

Last weekend I took track of my coffee and alcohol intake from Friday till Sunday. I find this graph helpful to show an image of how I work hard and play hard as well.  From this example we can see that the subject (me) will probably die of a stroke or heart attack at an […]

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zTDDZy0f-a50.kFLkJeq6jdxM   My map I chose was one of Camp Olmsted Boy Scout camp where I worked this past summer in Goshen, Va. I chose to highlight some of the activity areas, which were almost hidden because the date of the image was after camp was already torn down.  I tried to go to earlier […]

I knew that Domenico Salatino came to the USA in 1903, so I started with a google search, and in the search box I put “Domenico Salatino” 1903.   On the search results it came up with an Ellis Island directory at www.ellisisland.org. There I typed in his name again and a person who came […]

In order to digitally save my family’s history, I would have to start with some research on my family tree, including typing down significant stories, dates and places, and researching them.  Any old photographs I would scan in and save with the highest quality possible, and add footnotes with the people pictured, place and name […]

A site called ‘Teachers pay Teachers’ (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/) has been brought to my attention on the grounds of the ethics and legality of the site and its intent.  The idea of the site is for teachers to sell their lesson plans to other teachers, where the web site is being used as a middle man or […]

What were the events leading up to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait? What were the main reasons for the Iraqi invasion.  What was the reason for U.S. forces to interfere with the invasion?  What were the major battles and outcomes including casualties?  What continued presence and agreements does the U.S. have with Kuwait and Iraq as […]

For my digital history class, the topics I would be interested in researching include the following: The Napster file sharing lawsuit.  Napster was the main file sharing network that exchanged music between two users and changed the business of music forever.  I was in middle school during the times when Napster was at its peak, […]