Spring 2018 Indian Epics

This is such a neat idea! I wish I'd seen this earlier in the semester, but I think I will definitely keep this extension on. I've never been very knowledgeable in the art world, and I will enjoy learning about new pieces every day. I love museums but never seem to make time to visit them, and this is a great way to see something new without it becoming a chore.

I haven't done this yet on Blogger, and I did have a little fun seeing what the actual html looks like for each of these pages. So, here's a video from the activity stream this week: How did English evolve?

I haven't checked my typing speed in a while, so this was a great refresher on exactly where my speed slows down. The KeyHero was more challenging, as the sample to type from included lots of punctuation and characters besides alphanumeric (which probably makes it a better test), while the TypingTest was more literature and less dialogue.  I'm happy with my typing speed. It was faster when I was younger (reflexes do seem to deteriorate with age), and I would like to thank AOL instant messenger for all the practice I got in my early formative years, as that program did more for me than any speed typing software, haha.  I'm also pretty happy with the accuracy too, although that's not such a big deal anymore now that we use word processors and not actual typewriters. I will probably come back to both of these in a few months and see if I'm deteriorating or improving with All. These. Senior. Papers. Due.... Typing results - KeyHero Typing Results - ...

Adam's Bridge This mostly submerged stretch of land connects India to Sri Lanka, and has a rich history in the Ramayana, referred to as Rama's Bridge. Scholars and scientists still dispute whether the bridge's origins are natural or man-made. I found this while trying to determine if the Vanara, the monkey people supposedly responsible for the bridge's creation, represented a real tribe (such as the Sora people) or possibly Homo erectus .