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August 5, 2010

All Aboard The Fail Boat

I can’t believe that plan didn’t work! I’m so frustrated with all of this. I hate feeling helpless. We’ve decided to try to find where Captain Wits lived before starting the Academy and ask him for help. Who knows if that’ll do any good! I mean, if ALL the cyber defenders in 1995 couldn’t help us, what can one guy do in 1986?

I’m sorry if I sound like a downer, but I just don’t know how this is going to get us home. I think I just need to suck it up and get my head back in the game. I’m not one to give up on a fight, but I really hate being outsmarted. Oh well, today is a new day. It’s time to get tough or get lost!

posted by Sparky

July 30, 2010

Here Goes Nothing!

Alrighty, the trap is set, and we’re ready to get back to our own time! Here’s what we’re going to do. Alexi had the great idea to load the firewall and anti-malware programs from Carlo’s smart phone into the old Academy servers. She really impressed me with that idea. Using modern technology where the Bad Hatter isn’t expecting it might just give us the edge to beat this baddie.

It took a little work to get the new programs to work on such old technology, but the professors knew what they were doing. Now all we have to do is trick the Bad Hatter into the system so the programs can do their thing! That’s where I come in.

Oh man, here he comes! If all goes well, I’ll tell you what went down from my very own modern laptop back in 2010!

posted by Sparky

June 23, 2010

Summer Plans

I know a lot of the other Cadets are taking the summer off, but not me! This is the first time in my life that I’ve been encouraged to play with computers all day! I know it’s work, but it doesn’t seem like work when you’re doing what you love. Does that sound corny too? Too bad. It’s the truth.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a date with an old notebook I’m turning into a game server!

posted by Sparky

May 27, 2010

Finals Time

It’s almost the end of the semester and wow, has it been a busy one! I don’t think I’ve ever worked so hard in my life. Every now and then I stop and think – is it all worth it? Are the hours of studying going to pay off in the end? And I always come to the same answer. Definitely!

I mean think about it - I’m doing what I love with really fantastic people. Best of all, we’re making a huge difference! The work may be tough, but I’m okay with that. Nothing worth having comes easily, right?

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to get my study on!

posted by Sparky

April 2, 2010

April Fools!!

Hahahaha priceless! Sometimes it pays to have a reputation as a prankster! April Fools’ Day was yesterday and, thanks to my history, everyone was SURE that I was going to pull some epic prank. So, naturally, I couldn’t disappoint! You want to know what I did? Absolutely nothing! It was awesome!

The entire day, whenever someone saw me looking at them or noticed I was in the same room, they got this terrified look on their face. They would get really paranoid and look around the area to make sure they weren’t walking into a trap. It was hilarious! Nothing I could’ve done could ever get that kind of response!

Sometimes the greatest prank you can pull is to not pull a prank at all!

posted by Sparky

March 17, 2010

St. Patty’s Day!

As an Irish-American, I consider it my duty to make sure everyone has a great St. Patrick’s Day! Unfortunately, the rest of the Academy didn’t really appreciate all the work I did to make this holiday extra special. I mean, do you know how hard it is to dye the water in all the toilets green? Pretty hard! And do you know what I had to go through to get 50 snakes delivered to the Academy? A lot!

In case you’re wondering why I needed the snakes, let me explain. St. Patrick was famous for driving all the snakes out of Ireland (even though, in reality, there never were any snakes in Ireland). Anyway, I thought it would be fun if the other Cadets and I got to chase all the snakes out of the Academy. Yeah, that didn’t work out. It turns out that we were the ones who ended up getting chased out! After I calmed everyone down, we were able to get all the snakes back into their cages. Well, 47 of them anyway. I wonder where those other three snakes are…

posted by Sparky

February 8, 2010

Meh

I don't get why everyone's so excited about Valentine's Day. The way I see it, if you really care about someone, you shouldn't wait for one day out of the year to let them know!

Anyway, I've got bigger fish to fry. Thanks to Alan and Erika's help last month, I totally aced my test! Unfortunately.this place loves giving out tests like Captain Wits loves giving out weird advice. Which is a lot. Enjoy your holiday folks; I've got to get my learn on!

posted by Sparky