The iPhone 6 hype machine begins
Some kid in my online Photoshop class made a mockup of the iPhone 6 and uploaded it by “accident” for group review instead of the assignment. He was obviously trolling, and normally this wouldn’t be...
View ArticleCancelling cable: A soccer/football fan’s perspective
I knew this day would come. My family has finally made the decision to call it quits on Comcast and cancel the ENTIRE cable TV package. I would find it hilarious if it wasn’t so painful for them to...
View ArticleIn defense of the Wii U
Can the Wii U survive? Pretty common question these days if you frequent gaming message boards. Sometimes this question is asked by trolls, but often genuine Nintendo fans also can’t help but wonder...
View ArticleBitcoin this, Bitcoin that
If I could have an old-fashioned American nickel for every time I heard the word “Bitcoin” in the past month, I could probably buy, well, a Bitcoin. That’s right, the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed in...
View ArticleThe Upper Peninsula of Minnesota
During a Christmas vacation binge of How I Met Your Mother (we’re already on Season 6), I couldn’t help but get distracted by Marshall’s story in the Desperation Day episode about his family spending...
View ArticleTwins or Not? Microsoft keeps pushing Azure via simple viral sites
Having spent some time playing with Microsoft’s new Twins or Not tool, I’ll admit–it’s addictive. The hilarity of the face recognition results, along with the viral nature of the app, will surely...
View ArticleGoogle unveils new AdSense logo, begins AdSense branding refresh
I noticed a new icon in my Chrome tab this morning and after a brief investigation learned that the new icon represents a new Google AdSense logo. Not sure yet how I feel about it, but it’s certainly...
View ArticleSpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition receives 700 applications in one week
Transportation doesn’t usually get people super excited or cause uncontrollable media storms, that is unless that transportation is based on a crazy white paper written by Elon Musk. Only a week ago...
View ArticleGoogle just bought the Alphabet.com domain from BMW
While we’re all still processing the sheer awesomeness of Larry Page’s post announcing abc.wtf, I mean abc.xyz, Google’s lawyers have been busy securing the actual domain where the new holding company...
View ArticleBloomberg reporter caught in a scandal for plagiarizing a Reddit post
The Reddit community has been accused of plagiarizing, pirating, and misattributing content since the site’s early days, and to be fair, a large amount of the content generated there is lifted from...
View ArticleIn defense of the Wii U
Can the Wii U survive? Pretty common question these days if you frequent gaming message boards. Sometimes this question is asked by trolls, but often genuine Nintendo fans also can’t help but wonder...
View ArticleLisk raises $7 million in the initial offering
Lisk, a smart contracts blockchain platform with a built-in cryptocurrency concluded its month-long initial offering with a bang on Monday morning with over $7 million raised in funds from individual...
View ArticleReplacing footer copyright text in the WordPress Twenty Nineteen theme
Our site’s look was overdue for a refresh, and we finally upgraded it to WordPress’s latest Twenty Nineteen theme today. While I love the style’s bold look, fonts, and readability, especially compared...
View ArticleSony ruins another good thing, shuts down forums
The official Sony forums were never an enjoyable place to hang out. The site code was terrible, the servers were slow as molasses, the rankings system was broken until it got totally destroyed, and...
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