Hockey has a rich and varied history, spanning over 2 centuries and multiple continents. Although it is not known where ice hockey originated, similar sports have been played on land for centuries, such as bandy in Northern Europe. When I first began this project, I only had a vague idea of what I wanted […]
Hello there internet friends. It has been a good semester. I have learned a lot in this little history experiment of a class. Before we part, I would just like to say thank you to Professor Kelly for opening my eyes to the vastness of the digital world, and the importance of preserving our digital […]
Here’s a fun little tagxedo I found a while back on reddit.com/r/hockey that put into perspective all of the words that had been used in what is called a “trash talking thread”. This is where everyone bashes other teams and glorifies their own wonderful team. Sorry for the profanity, but I thought it was neat… […]
I decided to put in the page for the Washington Capitals on the nhl website into the wayback machine (predictably). I enjoyed seeing all of the changes. The coolest part was that I could track which players were on the team at any given time, usually just by the picture on the front page. It […]
I loved this activity! I was feeling pretty good about myself until I hit level ten. I spent about 45 minutes just on that one level last night, and never could get it. To be fair, I was watching T.V. as well. Multi-tasking and programming do not a good combination make. Here’s my progress: […]
Here is a cleaner version of my presentation on Wojteck the Bear. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OMBIumHlO_0PToWs1vayl-GVfJCkszLQHOYrKz3PsBw/edit?usp=sharing
Here are my three powerpoint slides. I felt the story of Wojtek the Bear was a quick interesting story to tell in 3 slides. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_8hGT87w3xiwuJARiXEvR4iDPCDAbhyYLXW4wdOiL_M/edit?usp=sharing
View The History of Ice Hockey From 1875-2013 in a larger map
I made two pie charts, and honestly, it was harder than I thought it was going to be. I couldn’t figure out how to make the font of the title larger, and I would have liked to have done that to make it look better. I will need to figure out how to make a […]
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