Imagine buying a computer without a hard drive… or at least a hard drive that isn’t big enough to install any programs or even large enough to save many files. You may be reeling at the thought but it’s the future and it’s called Cloud computing. Cloud computing is software on demand. If you need [...]

I just finished reading an article in Wired (18.02) entitled, “The Lost Boy” by Christopher S. Stewart. It recounts the tragic story of a mother and father in China who send their son to a camp that allegedly cures children of Internet addiction, only to have him beaten to death by the camps “counselors.” Internet [...]

I’ve been hating my blog the past couple of days because I’ve been trying to get a commenting system called Disqus, pronounced, “discuss.” I would pronounce it, “disgust” because I just couldn’t get it to display right. I poured over my code and CSS and there wasn’t anything wrong with it, aside from a small [...]

“I Hate…” Ads by Goooooogle. “Ads by Goooooogle” is a revenue-generating program popularized by individuals with personal websites/blogs. While I don’t know the specifics, from what I understand there are two ways to generate revenue, one through cost-per-click (CPC) and the other through cost per thousand impressions (CPM). Basically the only way you’re going to [...]

A couple of days ago while watching Attack of the Show, Kevin Pereira at the beginning clicked on a Firefox tab and brought up earth.google.com. In a nutshell, Google has mapped the entire Earth and, in 3D space will “fly” to an exact location. One of the more amazing aspects of Google Earth is navigating [...]