Author: Diana Adams
Diana has a passion for blogging. You can usually find Diana working in her home office in Atlanta or sitting in the corner of a downtown Starbucks somewhere with her mobile devices in one hand and a Grande Caramel Macchiato in the other. She loves Star Wars, hot chicken wings, and nice people.
Tame Your Phone with Google Voice
If you have not heard of the new service from Google you really need to check this out. You may remember Google acquired GrandCentral and are now rolling out the technology as their own but with lots of new features.
The basic idea of Google Voice is to have a single phone number that reaches yo ...
Get Inspired to Update Your Blog!
I see it every week, tweets from people that say things like, “Someone help me get excited about updating my blog.” Or “I guess I’ll be spending my night updating my blog.” I thought I would give you some techniques that I use to get inspired to update this blog.
Here at bitrebels, our blog is u ...
Bend A Spoon With Your Mind – Matrix Style
I’ve probably watched the Movie “The Matrix” dozens of times. It never ever gets old. One of my favorite scenes is the now very famous spoon bending scene.
About a year ago, my son Henry and I decided that we were going to bend spoons with our minds. It didn’t quite work the way we planned, bu ...
Ice Is More Valuable Than Gold on the Moon
It’s been all over the news this week: The LCROSS Lunar Impact. But why is it so important to know whether or not there is water on the moon? There are several reasons why knowing this would be exciting.
First, if there is water on the moon we would be able to not only learn so much more about ...
Real Friends VS Internet Friends
Since I gain a lot of inspiration from reading tweets, sometimes when I’m waiting for that rush of creative adrenaline to hit me, I will spend a few minutes staring at my Twitter stream. Since I follow over 22,000 people, it moves fast and many times I am able to see full conversations between twee ...
How To: Make An Extreme Pumpkin Carving
Halloween is a big deal in the States, and it’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again! My son Henry and I love to carve pumpkins each year, put candles in them, and light them at night throughout the month of October. It is one of our favorite Halloween traditions.
We normally carve the st ...
A Hooligan Turned Hero
We all read the stories about drunk drivers. They make us hug our children and cringe.
This story has a refreshing twist to that usual reaction. It is a drunk driving story with a happy ending.
David Heim drove drunk 14 years ago and got into a serious accident. He didn’t hurt anyone else, ...
It’s Here! Your Own Personal Hovercraft
Since I’m a huge Science Fiction fan, I always knew someday we’d all own our own personal hovercrafts, I just didn’t know they’d look like unicycles.
The U3-X from Honda is a bizarre looking futuristic hovercraft. According to http://www.engadget.com, “What makes the U3-X particularly interestin ...
Is Auto Tweet a Dirty Word?
It is interesting to me how certain topics on Twitter are taboo to talk about. I am fascinated by how that happens since there is no voice communication. How does someone learn what is taboo and what isn’t? Talking about auto tweets is one of those topics. Since there are no time zones on Twitter, w ...
This One Photograph Is Making History
Have you ever seen a Redwood tree? As my cousin would say, “Redwood trees are bloody big!”
Redwood trees are known as the tallest trees on Earth. If they can avoid being cut down, they can live for up to 2,500 years. If you aren’t sure if you’ve seen one of these trees, then you probably haven ...
Life is a Game of Inches
In one of the most inspirational videos of all time, Al Pacino says something very profound. He says, “Life is a game of inches.” This is true. Every step we take will determine the next. Every small decision will affect the big decisions. Every moment is only here once, and it is up to us to m ...
Think Twice Before Changing Your Avatar!
I’ve been on Twitter daily for many months now and my photo was becoming outdated. I decided to update it with a recent photo since I look drastically different now.
It was a split second decision. I didn’t think about it much, after all, it’s just a picture, right? While I was eating lunch a ...
The Magic Formula For Blog Retweets
You’ve worked hard on a post that you think many people will like. You tweet it to all your followers and wait to see all the RTs come in on your stream. They aren’t there. It’s like a ghost town. What happened?
I’ve experienced that so many times. But now, after posting several posts that h ...
See What Charity Water Accomplished in 3 Years!
In September, Charity Water turned 3 years old. This story is so inspiring to me because so many of us have big aspirations of doing big things, but we never get started because we don’t think we have the time or the resources.
One thing I learned a few years ago when I started working regularly ...
How To: Draw a Realistic Eye
Did you ever have a nemesis in high school? You know, that person that could always do something better than you no matter how hard you tried? I did. Her name was Liz Elliot.
Since we both knew how to speak Spanish, we were bored in Spanish class. To pass the time, we would draw faces. She c ...