fandomhigh | Computers & Fun #3 6/7 Wednesday Afternoon

Abby sat on the ground, twirling a black parasol as she waited for everyone to get settled. "Alright people, pull up a patch of dirt and let's get to work. Today we are going shopping! Sort of."

"Having a computer rocks, but in order to do specialized tasks you sometimes need specialized equipment." Abby held up a digital camera and snapped a group shot. "In order to let my boss back home see my class, I need to get a digital camera to hook up to my computer. Or a webcam. Or a video phone. Or maybe just a quarter inch spy cam that he could embed into a pair of really ugly glasses that would transmit a streaming video feed."

"Not that he would or anything."

Laying out a box of random accessories in front of her, Abby pointed. "In this box is pretty much everything I could find that has a cord. Cameras, joysticks, mics, flash drives, usb snowman, keyboards and tons of other stuff. I want you all to come up and choose something, research it online and report to the class about how to use it."

[ooc: Everyone should have their laptops with them or have *handwave* checked one out in the previous classes. Seriously, there could be anything in those boxes, so pick something that's a computer accessory and report on it. Thinkgeek is a fun place to look. Threads up! Yay!]

[*facepalm* Oh look! There is a tent over the computer students! It was always there! Computers are safe from pudding!]

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Put on your lab coat and sit on the ground. Don't worry, the coats have been scotch guarded.

Pick your computer accessory, research it, chat with other students, eat snacks, play on your computer...

Come up to the front and tell the class what your doohickey does! Feel free to ask questions of the presenters, they should be experts on their equipment.

Ranma looks a lot like a zombie. He has bags under his eyes as he grabs a coat and sits down.

After the presentations Abby stood up and clapped. "Great job you guys! For homework you've got to try and convince people that what you researched is a need. Let people know about your accessories! Spread the geeky love!"

[translation: Nothing big. Just mention it sometime this week.
You: Hi Friend!
Your Friend: Yo!
You: Look at this nifty lamp that hooks into your computer! It helps plants grow even if you live in your parents basement!
Your Friend: Cool.
You: Totally.]

Questions? Comments? Wanna know where you can buy your own black lace parasol?

*is sad*

My tiny USB snowman melted last week. Or rather his cord got chewed through by the cat...but melted seems more of an appropriate death.

Willow looked suspiciously at the sky but put her coat on and sat down. She had an umbrella handy for quick computer protection from pudding.

Ranma is carrying his own laptop and grabs this (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/6cd8/) out of the box. He looks at it for a few minutes. A few more minutes. Before he notices that he's standing in other people's way. He plops back down on the grass a few feet away. trying to play which hole on my computer fits this cord. This takes him a long time sadly. He finally plugs it in sucessfull and tries to remember how he truned on his computer when he did it that one time. He finally finds that button too. When that wooshy start up noise plays it's about 5 times louder and it makes him fully awake for just a few seconds. He's stuck now on how to use the computer but he DOES know what his accesory does.

*pat pat* Poor Abby-mun. Snowmen lead short sad lifes don't they?

Peter grabbed his coat. He had an umbrella but wished he had pudding-sense, too. Oh well.

Willow had far too much fun examining the things in the box. It took some choosing, but she finally picked something (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/76ed/) that appealed to her.

She then immediately started to try hacking it to see if it could be made more portable for a laptop.

Peter looked through the box and found a USB beverage cooler (http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7f5a/) of all things. You had to love the whacked minds that would come up with that.

Ranma rises and holds up the speaker. "This... makes things louder..."

He's hoping they're not graded harshly on this presentation. Not only is he unfirmiliar with any computeer termage and knowledge of how speakers work. He's also slumped and sleepy.

Zack signed in.

Abby blinked and nodded. "Yes, it does. Anything else you want to tell us? Like the name of it?"

Conner signed in, hoping he wouldn't get another random detention today.

He stares at her blankly. "Uh..." He looks at the speaker carefully, searching for and inscription. "T-amp...?" That doesn't sound like it's right but he doesn't really have any other guesses.

The USB device I really want to use? So not worksafe. *woes*

Hee!

The sad thing? I suspect I know exactly which one you're talking about.

Willow got up to do her presentation. Since she was talking about computer stuff, she did not look nervous. "This is a Stealth Switch which allows you to very quickly hide anything naughty you were working on. Like totally. So that way nobody can see what you were working on if they sneak up over your shoulder. It's a little big for laptops so I reprogrammed mine to do the same thing if you hit a couple of keys."

Conner went rifling through the box and was far too amused by the USB mini-aquarium (http://www.mrgadget.com.au/catalog/usb-fishtank-aquarium-p-394.html) to pass it up. The stupid thing was kind of mesmerizing -- once Conner plugged it into his laptop he ended up spending fifteen minutes just watching the plastic clownfish bob around. He made a mental note to pick up one of these things to send to Ethan as a present; the odds were about even that he'd love it, or complain that the fish and the glowing light had distracted him from getting a high score on whatever insane computer game he was playing this week.

*looks perfectly innocent*

Also? I really really want a Stealth Switch.

Frowning, Zack picked up a pair of gloves (http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0356). "These look...interesting."

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