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The word "philanthropy" gets thrown around a lot these days. I see more and more people referring to it in their posts, and even in their tweets. Philanthropy is an interesting word because it encompasses so much passion and emotion. Philanthropy is very different from charity; however, I see many p ...

Social Media

How Effective Is Twitter For Asking Questions? [Infographic]

How do you primarily use Twitter? There are so many different ways to use the site. I could probably make a list of 100 different ways I've seen people use Twitter, and the options are really endless. I use it to keep in touch with my friends, meet new friends, to share music and links, to learn new ...

Being A Cyber Criminal Is A Minimum Wage Job (or Less)

Just yesterday I wrote an article called How Smartphones Are Phished & How To Avoid It. As cyber crime and computer security continue to dominate the news and the Twitter stream, we have the opportunity to learn more about how it works and how web criminals operate their businesses. Until rec ...

How Smartphones Are Phished & How To Avoid It [Infographic]

There have been a lot of reports published lately about our security as it relates to our mobile devices. In this article, we are going to specifically talk about phishing. Phishing is the technique used to convince us to enter our personal information (usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, ban ...

Lifestyle

How To: Know When To Work For Free (Freelancers)

If you are a self-employed freelancer or consultant with any amount of success under your belt, you have no doubt had to deal with people asking you to work for free. I've dealt with this for over ten years, and I am the first to admit it can be a tricky situation that can quickly turn into a slippe ...

Micro Photography Taken To The Next Level [11 Pics]

We've written about macro photography before, which is a very similar technique to this. Looking at up close pictures of tiny objects is always fascinating since it allows us to view the world in a way we would normally not be able to see it. However, what Tomas Rak does definitely takes photography ...

Steampunk Laptop: More Than Ridiculously Refined

I am starting to get a new itch, and it has everything to do with Steampunk. I get introduced to it continuously, and there is no getting around it. It's utterly awesome in every way. It has become a growing community through the years, and the things that get steampunked (why does that word make me ...

Creative Solutions For Artists Who Can’t Draw Hands

I used to draw quite a bit when I was younger, and somehow I managed to get good grades in art in school. Since then, I have gone from pencil to mouse. Hopefully one day I will have the opportunity to move beyond the mouse and get into more intuitive drawing on the computer. I know a lot of people w ...

Geek

Real Life 2.0 Windows Sticker

The virtual reality that we are immersing ourselves into more and more each day tends to get so captivating for us that sometimes we do not even look out the window on a sunny day anymore. It's a shame really because all that the world, the REAL world that is, has to offer is slowly coming to an end ...

Geek

World’s Most Epic Beer Commercial

Today is one of those days when I could really go for a beer. It's like a million degrees outside, and I am sitting here with 2 powerful computers around me and an insane number of displays that are all humming this room into a Finnish sauna! Yeah, that's how hot it is in here today. I've been watch ...

VODER: World’s First Synthetic Speech Synthesizer [Retro]

Ever since the first personal computer was introduced, researchers have been trying to create a lifelike speech synthesizer that can comfortably and correctly convert text on the screen into perfect speech. There have been a number of approaches, and pretty much all of them have failed miserably. Th ...

Delicious New Trend: Websites Created Out Of Chocolate

I have a trend alert for you, and it tastes delicious! Have you ever seen a chocolate website? I'm not referring to a website that sells chocolates or that is designed to look like chocolate. I'm talking about a website that is actually made out of chocolate. It seems like a bizarrely wonderful conc ...

The Evolution Of Graphic Design [Infographic]

As with almost anything nowadays, there is a history that goes back a long way when it comes to graphic design. Some people may think that this whole thing we call graphics is just something we made up when we first started using computers, and it became possible to draw simple pictures on them. Of ...

Geek

Left-Handed People Have More Fun [Infographic]