Monthly Archives: October 2012

Our Technology is Turning Us into “Pancake People”

Posted on October 31, 2012 by alyssakelly

So I feel like this is a topic that seems to come up a lot when talking about our new media age. I’m talking about the idea our new media is making us become less able to concentrate on long …

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Put your computer to work!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by l.susan

Computers have definitely saved workers a lot of time and hard work. However, computers are not identified as being “labor savers” as they were originally intended. When I think of a computer, I think of social media, homeWORK and news. …

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The Consequences of Adapting to New Media

Posted on October 31, 2012 by aspiringauthor

As Nicholas Carr discusses in his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?: What the Internet is doing to our brains”, our brains are highly adaptable. Their plasticity is what allows us to adapt from old media to new media, like …

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The Phantom Age of Automation

Posted on October 31, 2012 by andrewray

Looking at the present through the eyes of the past is a surrealistic experience. For example, in the movie Back to the Future Part II, the protagonist travels from the year 1989 to 2015 and finds a drastically different …

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Top Ten Abandoned Cities

Posted on October 31, 2012 by jordan hicks

Beautiful. Creepy. Abandoned. Locations around the world with gritty histories to inspire your nightmares and dreams. Stroll down their decrepit halls, peruse their forgotten homes and remember to watch your step as your mind wanders…

10) Pripyat, Ukraine – 100km …

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Hurricanes, Technology Blackouts and the Union of Americans

Posted on October 31, 2012 by diara

Living in Florida, hurricanes are nothing too out of the ordinary. The occasional wind and rain may cause a headache every now and then, but they rarely make it to the point where they present a life threat. However, this …

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Technology Does Not Equal Leisure

Posted on October 31, 2012 by jessicamonteagudo

All of our technological tools are doing more than we ever expected today. Each handheld device and each home appliance contains way more functions than we may need. Our cellphones do much more than just place phone calls. Our computers …

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Our Eyes Are Bigger than Our Stomachs

Posted on October 31, 2012 by michaelsoler

The web is bad for us. I realize that now. We sit and wish for an open web that bobs about with the easy freedom of open communication, the ebb and flow of the World Wide Web, but at the …

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The Wrath of Sandy: A Chilling Reminder of the Power of Nature

Posted on October 31, 2012 by theblacklink

The past few days have for some along the East Coast, been tragic. Hurricane Sandy, the much vaunted superstorm that developed right along the Pacific has more than lived up to it’s alleged destructive hype. Much of New York has …

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The Atlanta Falcons – No Longer the Underdog Team

Posted on October 31, 2012 by kbowerman

Currently the Atlanta Falcons, at 7-0 are the only undefeated team in the NFL. While Falcon’s QB Matt Ryan has lived in the shadows of previous QB Michael Vick, this season he and his team have emerged as a force …

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