Archive for the ‘Internet’ Tag

Monday, March 15th, 2010

7 Reasons Why I Love Cloud Computing

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 [...]

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Internet Addiction, an Epidemic

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 [...]

Monday, July 4th, 2005

Earth has been Googled

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 [...]