Author: Dirk Strauss
Dirk is a Software Developer from South Africa. He loves all things Technology and is slightly addicted to Twitter and Jimi Hendrix. Apart from writing code, he also enjoys writing human readable articles. "I love sharing knowledge and connecting with people from around the world. It's the diversity that makes life so beautiful." Dirk feels very strongly that pizza is simply not complete without Tabasco, that you can never have too much garlic, and that cooking the perfect steak is an art he has yet to master.
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David Bowie’s Space Oddity Played In Space Is Remarkable [Video]
High above the surface of the earth, between 330 km (205 mi) and 435 km (270 mi), orbited a wonder of human exploration. Completing 15.7 orbits each day, the International Space Station was a marvel that could be seen from earth under the right conditions. Once again, it is social media that has bro ...
Spock Versus Spock Will Entertain You Until The Next Star Trek Film
"It's life Jim, but not as we know it." Okay, so this line wasn't actually in Star Trek, but I bet you that when you read it, you read it in the voice of Spock. Am I right? Star Trek has been a cornerstone memory of my generation, and it endures even till this day. It has become somewhat of a cult c ...
How To Work Smarter & Become More Productive During Your Workday
Productivity. There are loads of articles on the web that outline various productivity tips and give advice on how to work smarter. Some work and some don't. You see, there is one common thread that should run through every productivity tip, and that is that you can't be more productive until you kn ...
Joe Soap… Yes You! Make Money From Your YouTube Content
Before now, making money from YouTube was reserved for a select few. You had to be approved by Google, and your content had to be popular. Well, Google has now announced that anyone on YouTube with a single piece of content can now monetize their uploaded videos.
As of 12 April 2012, YouTube upda ...
Prepare For Your Death By Creating A Digital Tombstone
They say that nothing in life is certain, except for death and taxes. When your physical life ends, what happens to your online life? Like it or not, immortality belongs to your digital self. Every person leaves an online footprint, but the real question is, what should happen to that online footpri ...
Cyborg Generation: It’s Not Just Siri, Prepare To Be Assimilated
I love Star Trek. I remember watching the original TV series as a kid. In Star Trek, there was a race of cybernetic organisms that would abduct people and enforce cybernetic implants on them in order to achieve perfection. I remember thinking back then how terrible that would be if it happened in re ...
Power In Your Palm: The Computing Power In Today’s Smartphones
This past weekend I was browsing a few timelines on Twitter, and I came across this tweet by @A4XRBJ1 that said "Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA launched a man to the moon. We launch a bird into pigs." I thought that this was simply hilarious!
Then I star ...
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