VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)

Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching

In order to fully understand how IP telephony works, we must first understand how the POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) works. The key difference between these two technologies is how the data/voice is transferred. The old [voice] system uses circuit switching and the new data networks [IP/Internet] use packet [...]

VoWifi vs. Cellular Mobile Networks

I figured the best way for me to try and actually finish this assignment is to put it on my blog. Again, this is my first experience with VoIP so please feel free to correct any mistakes. I will post it section by section as I write it up and then hopefully put [...]

What's Been Going On…

It’s been a week since I last blogged, so I guess it’s time for an update. Here’s what’s been happening:

I have quite a few pictures I need to upload from events/parties I’ve been to. I will do that when I have some free time.

I had my Swedish final exam on Saturday. I hadn’t studied very [...]

Experiment: Audio, Video and Emotions

I need your help for one of my last university projects! This experiment should take less than 5 minutes to complete. You should be (preferably) in a quiet setting and you have to have sound enabled on your PC. If you’re interested in reading more, you can scroll to the bottom of this [...]

Mitt Land

Here’s the last Swedish essay I had to write (before my exam!):

Jag bor i Kanada men jag är född i Sri Lanka. Sri lanka är lite mer intressant än Kanada så därför ska jag prata om Sri Lanka i den här uppsatsen.

Sri Lanka är en liten ö och ligger söder om Indien i Indiska oceanen. [...]

How Music and Sound Affect Our Perception of Images

The following is one of the reports I had to write for my Musical Communications and Technology class :

“[Film music] makes the difference. […] All you have to do to get the point of film music across to the skeptical is to make them sit through the picture without the music.”-David Raksin

Aaron Copland, a musical [...]

Wait a Minute…?

I actually have to work while I’m here!?

Sadly, all my time-wasting has finally caught up to me (as it usually does). I almost forgot that I was going to school here and I’ve suddenly got a lot of work to do with projects and finals coming up (hence the lack of blogging). I have a [...]

In Class Blogging…

Oh no. I’ve got my wireless account setup here at school and so now I have Internet (and MSN messenger) access while I’m in class. I have a very short attention span as it is…now that I have the Internet it’s going to be REALLY hard to pay attention in class!

I’m also chatting on MSN [...]

First Day of School

“I know the first class is usually just a quick intro and you’re normally out of here in 10 minutes, but I’m going to be giving an introductory lecture today.”, said the teacher. “Great. 2 hours of Internet programming on the first day.”, I thought. I had even told my sisters to meet me at [...]

Beware of the "Reply All" Email Function

After reading Heather’s “The Dreaded ‘Reply All’” post, I dug up an email I wrote more than a year ago when people at my university were senselessly using the “Reply All” function. One day after receiving a flood of “me too!”, “I’m interested!”, “sign me up!” emails from co-op students, I got [...]