All About Bitcoins...

Yay Bitcoins! So wait...what is a Bitcoin? If you are anything like I was, you might be totally unaware of what Bitcoins are (which seems exceptionally out of place now considering how groundbreaking they are). Anyway, if you don't know what they are, I'm about to unravel the mystery. This blog will explain: exactly what Bitcoins are, where they come from, what they...

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Life is so much easier with a sense of humor...

What's a better way to wrap up the blogs for the semester than a humor blog? Okay, maybe one that gives away money or prizes or something but whatever...this will do. So here are a couple websites you might get a laugh from! So first, we have The Oatmeal. Everything on the site comes from a dude named Matthew Inman. He has created a blog with his illustrations featured...

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Mini Blog: Free News Feed Reader

Feedly is an RSS news reader available on the internet, android phones, and tablets. Instead of going to multiple websites to gather your news, you just visit Feedly. It is integrated with Twitter, Facebook, Google+ (kind of...you habve to go through one thing to the other to get them) and Evernote. There is no search or analytic option. I don't really like Feedly, so I...

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Mini Blog: Darknet and Tor and Other Things I Shouldn't Know About

From what I've gathered, Dakrnet is the "hidden internet." You must connect to regular internet and the Tor network to access Darknet. Before I explain further about Darknet, let me first explain what Tor is. Tor is an acronym for "The Onion Router." It is considered a privacy tool. It is a downloadable software, for computers and Android phones, that allows...

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Free Music!

Time for another review...and this time it's free music! Pandora Radio I have the Pandora app downloaded onto my phone, so I use it regularly there, but I tried out the desktop version for this review. Used to be on the app, you only got 40 hours of free listening before it cut you off -- but the desktop version is always open and free to listeners. It allows you to...

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Top 10 IT Related Costumes

Some will dress as slutty bunnies, some will dress as pop culture references, but only few will show their inner nerd and dress techy related - and those few I respect. Without further ado, here are the 'Top 10 IT Related Costumes' in no particular order, I just like them all :) 10. Lego Indiana Jones 9. Pong  (The bars on the side actually move with his hands...

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