Category Archives: Science and Technology

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 … Continue reading

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The Future of the Future

Brian Hayes made some predictions at the end of his article Automation on the Job that I would like to weigh in on. The first prediction is that we will automate medicine. Hayes says that Google is already the top physician for … Continue reading

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Attractive, Simple, and Clear Advertising

On most every web page we are confronted with advertisements. I am so familiar with their presence now that I’ve gotten into the habit of ignoring them, or mostly just skimming over their contents and features. Intrusive, busy, and, for … Continue reading

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Social Media in the Midst of Hurricane Sandy

Social media can be used for good, and not just to procrastinate, an article in the New York TImes proved. With Hurricane Sandy, social media has been an effective way of communicating for public officials. With millions of people without … Continue reading

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Pepper Spray iPhone Case

Just when we thought we had seen it all…Spraytect comes around.  This company is introducing functionality and effectiveness into one.  This iPhone case is equipped with pepper spray attached to the back for easy access.  They are marketing this as … Continue reading

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How to Stop Switching to Social Media During an Important Assignment

It typically takes me about 3 hours to write a decent one page essay. Two and a half of those hours are spent clicking between Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter and 30 minutes are spent actually writing. This doesn’t just happen … Continue reading

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Computers Really Our Friends

In this day and age, every has to do with a computer or access to the internet. Our younger generation probably can not go a day without accessing the internet or using a computer for one of its many functions. … Continue reading

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Our Technology is Turning Us into “Pancake People”

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 … Continue reading

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Put your computer to work!

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. … Continue reading

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The Phantom Age of Automation

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 world. … Continue reading

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