Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Most Useful iPad App!

I have downloaded, installed, and deleted many apps for my iPad.  There have been many I liked, many I loved, and many I could not get rid of  quick enough.  But when I decided to spend $129.99 on an app, …

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The New Chromenotebook, The Laptop for Everyone

It has been on the shelves for just a little bit, but already many stores are out of it. No, it is not the iPhone 5 though it would seem like it, it is their competitor Google and its new …

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Search Engines- Who Will Answer My Question?

Since many of our readings discuss the future of Google or Google’s impact on our lives, I thought I would also write about a search engine. Many call this Google’s competitor and others say it’s a long way behind.

Microsoft’s …

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DIY Holiday Gifts for the Environmentalist in Your Life

The holidays are quickly approaching and our gift lists are no doubt growing, here are a few easy tutorials to help you scratch a few names off your list in an environmentally-friendly way that is as likely to please your …

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The Web Isn’t The Only Thing Drying Up My Patience

The past few weeks of reading have really matched my thought flow when it comes to the web and technology in general. Growing up, my father and I used MS-DOS to troubleshoot a locked up computer and bring it back …

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Romney’s Loss Due to His PR?

It’s Wednesday November 7th, 2012, the day after the presidential 2012 voting day. How can I not talk about something to do with this extremely close election? Out now you can pretty much read an article having to …

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The Downfall of Elections: Less Division and More Decisisiveness

With the election finally over, there may be a weight removed off of our shoulders as Americans. The efforts and mystery of who will lead our country for the next four years as President is over. Whether we are satisfied …

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The Effect of Technology on Writing Style

In his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?: What the Internet is doing to our brains”, Nicholas Carr mentions how Friedrich Nietzsche began to use a typewriter to write when his vision began to fail. Though the machine allowed him …

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The Election is Over, Now What?

Finally, that’s behind us.  Facebook is safe to be perused without threat of sudden rage popping out from behind an innocuous meme.  Things can go back to normal.  Wait. I don’t remember normal.  What did we talk about?  What am …

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Death rate among adolescents with diabetes falls

I like to call myself a Type 3 diabetic. No, I don’t have diabetes, but I am an advocate for those who do. I have family and friends with the chronic condition, and I am passionate about supporting researchers to …

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