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This year, here in the States, February 20th is President's Day. For the most part, it's one of those holidays that goes unnoticed. It was originally a day set aside to honor the American presidents, specifically George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. There is one group of people who won't be lettin ...

Entertainment

The Hobbit: The First Animation Movie Dating Back To 1966

A couple of weeks ago, the first trailer for the upcoming movie The Hobbit from the already legendary movie director Peter Jackson was released. It made an incredible impact, and people are already looking forward to the movie. The movie, which is really a prequel to The Lord of The Rings movies, wi ...

Grooving Graduates: The Dance Your PhD Contest

Tricia Edgar

I went to graduate school. It was a great experience. I learned a lot. I experienced the world. However, I seem to have missed out on one vital part of the graduate school experience: I did not get to dance on a stage in a loincloth and post the resulting video on YouTube. How could I possibly ha ...

Lifestyle

10 Financial Lessons Learned From Napkin Sketches

Have you ever been so bored in a restaurant or at a bar that you started doodling on a napkin? I've done it many times, but usually my napkin sketches don't amount to much more than a dog or a smiley face. I've certainly never sketched anything important on them like how to save money. Carl Richa ...

The Colorful History Of Video Game Animation [Infographic]

There is more to being a gamer that just knowing how to kick ass when playing pretty much any game you can think of. It also has a lot to do with knowing where things are headed as well. To be ahead of the "game" means you have to master the way things are produced on the screen, and many times the ...

Monolith: The iPhone Case That Has An Insane Projector

As all of you know, we love breakthrough technology here at Bit Rebels. When it takes things we love to the very edge, we are on top of it like our lives depended on it. The iPhone 4S is predicted to be one of the best selling smartphones in history, and it will be interesting to see exactly how man ...

Social Media

Facebook According To College Student Likes [Infographic]

There is a button that pretty much everyone on Facebook enjoys, and that is of course the "Like" button (or link text). It gives us the ability to tell people that we really enjoy what they just wrote, shared or commented on. Building likes has become almost a sport these days with the new social ne ...

Interview: X-Treme Geek – Where Being A Geek Is Big Business

Everyone who knows us here at Bit Rebels knows that we love to celebrate geeks, promote geeks and write about everything that has to do with being a geek. We often joke that someday geeks will inherit the earth, and if you're a geek, you know you are always welcome here. Gone are the days when geeks ...

Lifestyle

1962 vs. 2011: The Price Tag On Living Life

People are always comparing Microsoft with Apple. We even do it a lot on this blog. It's just such a great story. It's like watching a movie play out in real life. Here's an interesting little tidbit... Did you know that during the last quarter, Apple took in more revenue from iPhone and iPad sales ...

Lifestyle

College Students & Technology: A Sign Of The Times

Over the past few months, there has been some interesting information released regarding students and how they use social media and technology in general. We all know that iPads have started to replace textbooks in some schools, but I'm talking about more that that, I'm talking about the way that te ...

Technology

How Social Media Can Improve Student Grades [Infographic]

The topic about whether or not it's appropriate for a student and a teacher to be friends on Facebook has been in the news a lot lately. As a matter of fact, the state of Missouri recently passed a law that makes it illegal for teachers and students to be connected on any social media site. As a par ...

An Outdoor Cinema Created From Abandoned Refrigerators

One of the best types of creativity is the kind that we see when artists and designers create something that is not only interesting to look at and useful, but it also helps the environment. We see a lot of examples of this since together we are all learning the importance of recycling and reusing. ...

The World Through The Eyes Of A Male Student…

It can be quite an ordeal going to school everyday and having to deal with the mundane and boring chores of an everyday life at the same time. As a kid, we always have parents who take care of us while we casually go to school to learn what will become the backbone of our whole adult life. The thing ...

Technology

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