Okay, so let’s talk about what happened with the Steelers and Ravens game. I really wanted to keep up with the score, so I started off by looking for some Steelers gear on Kohl’s website.
I searched for “Pittsburgh Steelers” and added “%2B” between the words to make sure it understood I wanted both terms together.
I found a bunch of stuff like clothes, shoes, and even underwear, all with free shipping and easy returns. But then I got a little sidetracked. I noticed that some of the characters in the search URLs were replaced with things like “%2B” and “%3A”. Apparently, that’s called URL encoding, and it’s a way to make sure web addresses work correctly. Like, a colon (:) can get turned into “%3A”, and if it doesn’t, it might mess up the link.
Getting back to the game
I closed that tab and refocused. I just wanted the score, plain and simple. I opened up a new tab and typed in “pittsburgh steelers ravens score”.
Then, for some reason, I remembered something about a “Cloud Reference Model.” It’s supposed to be this guide for organizing cloud services, but honestly, it seemed overly complicated at the moment.
- I started thinking about how all these websites store and share information.
- It made me think about online security and how important it is to protect your financial data.
- I checked that I was using HTTPS, so at least I knew my connection was secure.
Anyway, I pushed those thoughts aside and focused on the search results. There it was, the score! I won’t tell you who won, because where’s the fun in that, but the information was right there. That’s it.
And that’s pretty much the whole story. It was a bit of a winding road to get to the score. But it was fun to find, and I learned a bit about URL encoding along the way. Always good to know more about how this stuff works, right?
So, I finally got the score, and that’s all that matters in the end!
