Category Archives: Science and Technology

A Generation’s Understanding of Solitude

When reading the article “The End of Solitude” I realized that I have noticed everything said in the article through my younger sister and myself. The difference in our generations can be seen as very similar at times, but when … Continue reading

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We’re supposed to do what on that computer?

Our generation has been dubbed many names such as the iGeneration or Generation X or something along the lines of a tech-savvy named generation. With these names comes a standard on how others outside of that generation believe we should … Continue reading

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An Alternative World

In the article Expressing My Inner Gnome: Appearance and Behavior in Virtual Worlds, Lam and Riedl explore the “role-playing” behavior of gamers. The authors go on to mention the video games: World of Warcraft and Second Life. A game that … Continue reading

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Social Media: The End of Isolation

There are some people in the U.S. who refrain from using social media sites entirely. People who don’t interrupt conversation by browsing their Facebook feed on their I-Phone 5’s do exist. But many of those people are still tweeting via … Continue reading

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I’m Not Alone

In William Deresiewicz’s “The End of Solitude”, he argues the point that due to technology man is never truly alone anymore. He doesn’t particularly argue a certain side of the issue; he doesn’t claim that it is a good nor … Continue reading

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Twitter and the Lies it Produces

My post last week was about how Twitter was beneficial during Hurricane Sandy. However, this week it is about how Twitter and social media has been a home to many fabrications, which was illustrated during Hurricane Sandy. An article by … Continue reading

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New Manned Space Missions?

Now that President Obama has been re-elected, NASA believes they can unveil their plans to send a man back to the moon.  There are several reasons for this, but one is to build a step towards a visit to an … Continue reading

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Internet Use for Promotion

Computers are being used for different types of things everyday. We do homework, type papers, conduct research, listen to music, communicate with people everyday, play games, and just use  it for entertainment. As of lately, we are seeing the internet … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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