Category Archives: Environment

Is Tim Berners-Lee the New Lorax?

“Tim Berners-Lee” was one of the answers to an exam that we took recently in one of my RTV courses here at UCF. He is credited as the first person to pioneer what we know as today’s Internet using HTTP …

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The Real Life Fountain of Youth

So has anyone ever wondered ,  if you could expand your days and feel young again ? Or even what if there really was a real life fountain of youth ?  Well in a recent article called “A New Path …

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Self Identity: We’re Branding Ourselves

Communities. Identity. It is strange to think that these concepts also relate to the online world and our online selves and personalities. We’re creating new communities built around our personal perceptions of ourselves, and then building up an online world …

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Are the Kids Alright?

Since we haven’t had any new readings, I am going to base this blog post on the broader picture the last few readings (Articles 12-15).

Technology is becoming a bigger part of everybody’s life. In many ways, it is replacing …

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The Virtual World Mirror is the Real World

As a species the human race has always had to follow certain protocols. In the beginning of the colonial period here in the United States the norm was to follow the word of god to the letter, in fact strange …

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The Importance of Fact Checking

There are over 500 million Twitter users currently; thats over 500 million people generating over 340 million tweets and over 1.6 billion search queries daily; thats over 500 million people constantly posting information to a network of followers who re-post …

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Make Time to Stop and Pause

Do any of you have any secret spots or special locations? A place you can travel to, a place you can go to get away from the busyness, a place where you can imagine yourself immersed in a completely different …

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Online Dating, Among Other Life Choices

In romantic comedies of old we see boy meet girl, boy woo girl, boy and girl date, boy and girl get engaged, boy and girl get married. These days boy and girl can meet, date, flirt, get engaged and even …

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Silver Moon Drive-In Theater Review

Welcome to the Silver Moon Drive-In Theater!! This wonderful little gem is located in Lakeland Florida and boasts the claim to be the last drive-in theater in all of Polk county. Open since April 14, 1948, Mr. Spears can still …

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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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