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How to Tick Off a Blonde
I admit it: I’ve been known to tell a blonde joke or two in my day. I’m fairly certain you’d be lying if you said you have never told a joke that bashed on someone’s hair color, religion or sexual preference. We all do it at times. However, as is being pointed out over on [...]
No Verizon iPhone in the Near Future
There have been rumors running rampant about a possible Verizon iPhone for nearly as long as the iPhone itself has been on the market. Customers want it so badly they can taste it… and spread mis-information about the possibility. Today, we learned that there is definitely no merger between the two companies coming any time [...]
Are You Gearing Up for the Holidays Already?
Holy heck! Is it already that time of year? Is Fall really officially here? How the hell did that happen? I was just browsing through questions on Lockergnome, and noticed a thread talking about Halloween Costumes. It’s ONLY September 23rd! Do we need to worry already? Great. I have no idea how to dress Wicket [...]
How to Vent Your Frustrations
Where and how do you let your frustration fly? Do you post angry tweets throughout the day? Are you one of the people who turn to their blog every time someone in “real” life upsets you? CiphersSon asked these questions over on Lockergnome, and I’m curious to see what your answers are. Shannon had a [...]
Who Received the New Twitter First?
With thousands of people still anxiously awaiting the new Twitter interface, one cannot help but wonder how “the chosen” are actually… well… chosen. What determines which places and people receive new updates first? Are names drawn out of a hat? Does someone throw a dart at a map tacked to the wall? Riley isn’t the [...]
How Do You Cope With the Common Cold?
Over on Lockergnome, LucaGTech wonders how you cope with the common cold. The answers are actually quite varied. You’d think that in this day and age, we’d have the medications or technologies to help us get over this annoying malady quickly. Wouldn’t it be nice to sneeze once, take a pill and be completely fine [...]
Remembering September 11, 2001
Looking back to nine years ago, the feelings of horror and devastation still linger. The sense of not understanding what was happening in our world still permeates our thoughts at times. The anger and need for revenge still fall from our lips when the subject comes up in conversation. Many will try to say that [...]
Is Technology Making it Easier to Cheat in School?
Robert posed this very interesting question over on Lockergnome. The advancements in technology allow kids to take notes wirelessly and carry fewer physical books around in a backpack. However, they also have enabled teens to hack into a school grading system, steal and recycle written work by others, obtain copies of tests and find answers [...]
Can Money Buy Hard Drive Happiness?
Over on Lockergnome, there’s a popular discussion going on about the things money can’t buy. Several people have talked about how all of the gold in the world cannot purchase happiness or love. We already know this, right? It cannot fix broken hearts. It can’t guarantee you will grow old. The fun part of the [...]
How to Come Out of the Geek Closet
Geeks are everywhere. We tend to hold some of the coolest jobs on the planet. Our group has some of the most amazing (and personable!) people as core members. The gang is widely accepted socially these days – right? Sadly, this isn’t always the case. Why is it that even in the days of phenomenal [...]
What is the Home Page in Your Browser?
One of the most popular questions on Lockergnome asks members what they use for a home page. This thread has been active for a few months now. That itself is impressive: most questions die out after only a few hours. The overwhelming consensus is that people are using Google for their home page. This actually [...]
Increase Self-Awareness with Word Games
Have you ever tried to describe yourself in six words or less? It’s not as easy to do as one might think… if you’re honest about it. This is actually an excellent exercise to help raise your self-awareness. Even if you don’t want to share your words with the rest of us, I urge you [...]
Who Should You Be Online?
I have learned a lot of things during the years I have been online. Likely the most important lesson is that you need to be yourself online – even more so than you do when seeing someone face-to-face. Many of you will argue with me. The supposed “beauty” of the Internet is the anonymity… the [...]
How Much Social Networking is Too Much?
How many social networks do you belong to? How many of those do you actively participate in? With so many options available these days, how do you figure out where you belong? Ah hah! I bet you hadn’t thought of this before. Too often, we rush to join every hot new social media site. We [...]
How to Overcome Your Fears
Tomorrow morning I will be jumping out of an airplane while I’m in Texas. I’m here to speak at and attend OpenCamp, put on by Cali Lewis. When I was asked if I would consider jumping out of an airplane from a gazillion miles high up in the air, my first thought was a very [...]
