Understanding the Carbon Cycle

The carbon cycle is one of many biogeochemical processes important to life on Earth. It also happens to be, mostly due to human activity, the primary culprit behind climate change. This occurs when carbon sinks, which are long-term storage places, release burnt fossil fuels into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. Here isContinue reading “Understanding the Carbon Cycle”

SketchUp Resources

TheSketchUpEssentials is a YouTube channel full of tips and tricks for SketchUp. The videos are always fast and easy to understand. Content ranges from simple tools uses to animated robot arm designs. This channel always provides a solution to problems I encounter in SketchUp. If you ever find yourself struggling with SketchUp, this channel isContinue reading “SketchUp Resources”

Resources I Used For My Senior Project

A couple days after a particularly long meeting (long both mentally and in actual time) between the seniors and teachers, I received a list of resources about refugees and the Syrian refugee crisis. I have found these articles interesting and helpful. https://www.rescue.org/article/migrants-asylum-seekers-refugees-and-immigrants-whats-difference The above article explains the differences between refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants.Continue reading “Resources I Used For My Senior Project”

How to make a GIF in Photoshop

Last year, I was doing a lot of freelancing and learned how to create short GIFs using Photoshop. I decided to start making GIFs for my clients who needed advertisement and promotional graphics for their entrepreneurship projects. Learning how to do this was simple enough, but I prefer having a tutorial that I can lookContinue reading “How to make a GIF in Photoshop”

The engagement project: this wasn’t supposed to happen

Let’s be honest. We didn’t find ourselves in the position of writing this article by being good students. Everybody makes mistakes. Also, some of us like to not do our work. Remember the motto of a dear friend of mine: Due tomorrow, do tomorrow.  Side note: as Evie and I (Cass) are writing this, weContinue reading “The engagement project: this wasn’t supposed to happen”

Clashing Beats!

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I am the resident expert in audio engineering. However, I wasn’t just born with a natural talent in audio engineering. There were many things I had to learn along the way. To battle my challenges, I used a YouTube channel by Mike Russell. On his channel, he posts aContinue reading “Clashing Beats!”

Three of the Best Resources for Creative Coding

These resources are for students interested in getting into creative coding. We will be focusing on the programming language called Processing. The Coding Train The Coding Train is a YouTube channel that comprehensively teaching processing and its sister language p5.js. My recommendation is the series that focuses on Processing. This is just the outer rimContinue reading “Three of the Best Resources for Creative Coding”