Addicted to MySpace
I’ve been having trouble beating my addiction. I’ve tried and tried, but it seems like I will never be free. It’s the first thing I do when I wake up…
Taming the Technology Trap
The campus that had seemed so empty only a month ago is now filled with confused freshman, scholars and slackers alike, massive “join our club” signs, sidewalk chalk drawings (an…
Podcasting—Taking On Radio
Got a lot to say but can’t find anyone who cares to listen? Wish you had your own radio show but don’t want to do the corporate ladder thing? Podcasting…
Impersonal Internet
I have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. I’m a confessed blogaholic, IM user, Google addict, Internet junkie. I love the Internet for a variety of reasons. Knowledge is at…
The Revolution Will Be Downloaded
The first blow of the media revolution has been struck. The unlikely revolutionary is a 19-year-old named Gary Brolsma, whose hilarious lip-sync to a Romanian dance song has already logged…
Information Overload
That’s staggering when you think about it. At this rate (and it shows no signs of letting up), U.S. publishers double their rate of new titles every eight years. That…
How To Stay Safe Online
The Internet can be a wonderful tool. You can make websites, talk on message boards, have private journals, meet new friends and find information. Then there are those that use…
Golden Rules For Cell Phone Users
When the Looney Tunes theme song starts blaring in the middle of a crucial scene in a movie, it’s impossible to ignore the catchy tune. No matter how quickly the…
Considering Cell Phones
Those considering joining the rest of civilization in owning a cell phone, and those thinking about replacing the blasted thing when their two-year agreement finally runs out must address the…
Spam Rage
Charles Booher was fed up with spam. The Silicon Valley computer programmer said he was tired of wading through hundreds of junk emails and pop-up ads on his computer from…
Summer Computer Games
So you’re not a kid, and you don’t have the whole summer off. That’s no reason to spend your summer just like you spend the rest of your year. You…
The Electronic Bible
“Please open your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 3, and follow along with me,” requests the pastor as he begins his sermon. The willing congregation pulls out their…
Man Vs. Phone
I stood frozen in the aisle, enraptured by the gizmos and gadgets built into these newfangled high-tech cell phones sitting on the shelves. I was starry-eyed. It was the same…