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Egypt: A Nation Forced Offline
Since this is not a political blog, we don't usually write about what happens in the governments around the world. However, we do write about social media, and when the government in a country completely shuts off access to not only Twitter and Facebook, but all the Internet, it becomes almost our ...
A Wedding In Cold Water: Would You Get Married Here?
When you spend all day surfing the Internet looking for interesting material, like I do, you come across some pretty unusual things that people do. I always say that after some of the things I've read, nothing surprises me anymore. However, usually as soon as I say that, I read something that make ...
Add Some Happy Sunshine To Your Life Today!
If there is one thing I will always remember about the winter of 2011, it will be the unseasonably cold weather. Here in the south, we aren't used to it being so cold for so long, and I'm very excited for spring to come back! Yesterday, we got a glimpse of it. It was sunny and beautiful outside. ...
Help the Homeless & the Environment with Plastic Bags
We are very passionate about helping homeless men, women and children. It's hard to imagine what being homeless would be like unless we are put in that situation. Only because I spend so much time assisting people in that predicament, I have learned not to take the simple things in life for grante ...
36 Facebook T-Shirts To Match Your Status Update
The Facebook phenomenon started a whole world, and it doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. The fact that over six hundred million people now are on Facebook should make it the largest platform for anyone to blast their company, music or what have you. With Facebook has come somewhat of a new wo ...
Most Children Learn Computer Skills Before Life Skills
This is very interesting to me. It hits home because when I saw my sister and her three-year-old son a month ago, I noticed something that seemed a little strange to me. He was constantly playing games on her iPhone. He was walking around the house holding it, and he wouldn't let anyone else have ...
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Global Entrepreneurial Costs & Success Rates [Infographic]
We have a lot of freelance designers, developers, artists, startup professionals and other entrepreneurs that visit Bit Rebels daily. Many creative people enjoy the flexibility of owning their own business so they have the opportunity to indulge in their inspiration whenever it strikes them. Since ...
Bleeding Heart Cake: Perfect Gift Idea For Your Valentine
With Valentine's Day coming up in a short yet distant while, you have probably started thinking about what in the world you could give your loved one to show him or her that you really do want to share your heart in every way possible. Presents and gifts are at the highest place on the to-get list ...
The Internet Is A Dangerous Place…
The Internet has become a prime target for people out to cause you harm and contact you with malicious intent. Organizations around the world are furiously working on educating young people as well as parents to prevent these attacks that happen on the Internet. However, the fact remains that ther ...
Liquid Money Cologne: Smell Like Printed Money
As you know, we live in a money-obsessed world these days. The division between the classes is getting greater and greater as everyone tries to answer the question, "How can I make more money?" I don't want to get to the end of my life and look back to remember that was my main goal, making money. ...
Office Kitchen Politics: Does This Happen At Your Office?
The other day I wrote an article about laziness in the workplace. It was really funny to see how many people in Corporate America spend their time during the day. Since I don't work in a traditional office, the whole thing made me giggle. I think it's ridiculous that some people can't access Twit ...
How Lazy Are We At Work? [Infographic]
One reason I'm an entrepreneur is because if I worked for someone else, I'd probably get fired my first week. After all, I like to get on Twitter and Facebook whenever I want, and I like to take as many breaks as I want during the day. Is that lazy? I don't know. I'd like to think it isn't, but ...
Science: He Wore Jeans For 15 Months Without Washing Them
I know you are probably wondering how this article can be about science, but trust me, wearing jeans for 15 months without washing them is as much a science experiment as anything else. Can you even imagine the bacteria that would be growing on those badboys? Gross. Well, at least that is what any ...
A Heavenly McDonald’s French Fry Skull
Of all the fast food restaurants you can think of, wouldn't you agree that McDonald's has the best french fries? McDonald's french fries are the only ones I like to eat. To me, all other fries taste substandard compared to theirs.
As you may know, every year Brand Keys does a list of the top br ...
Just Adding Milk Doesn’t Make It Cereal!
Robb Posch is my kinda guy. He approaches food from a ridiculous perspective, and he likes to experiment. Do you remember Nerds? Nerds were popular back in the 80s, as a matter of fact; they were "candy of the year" in 1985. It was a Willy Wonka candy that was kinda like SweeTarts, only way bett ...