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The Age Of The UnPrinter
It's amazing how much we depend on our printer these days. It's the backbone of every business. Most of our dealings, business and knowledge were shared by this groundbreaking invention when it first came out as a matrix printer. Back then it was all about pixel line-by-pixel line printing, which wa ...
29 Fun Ways To Stay Creative & Keep Going
I write a minimum of three blog posts every day, seven days a week here at Bit Rebels. We publish a total of six new articles each day on this blog. Sometimes people ask me where my co-writers and I find that inspiration, and how we are able to maintain that level of creativity. Although I feel humb ...
12 Bird Nests In Unusual Places: Get Inspired By Nature
I've always had a soft spot for bird nests and the baby birds that the mamas take care of inside those nests. I've written before about Tweet-Tweet, my childhood pet. Tweet-Tweet was a wild sparrow that I rescued after he fell out of his nest. After he was strong again, I tried to let him go back in ...
Elegant Lamps Created From Recycled Juice Boxes
Tetra Pak is a company originating in Sweden that makes boxes (called Tetraboxes) in which food and mostly drinks are packaged in. Here in the States, we call those packages "juice boxes," although there are a lot more than just juice drinks packaged in those containers.
On his blog, Ed Chew, a d ...
Emergency Toilet Design Created For People In Japan
As of today, it's been three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. We don't see as many bloggers writing about it anymore, and the articles being spread around in social media are becoming few and far between. However, that doesn't mean everything is okay in Japan now.
Re ...
Recycled Floppy Disk Art: Retro Technology Gets A New Life
Of all the creative artwork I've written about on Bit Rebels over the past two years, this is definitely one of my favorites. It combines technology, painting, recycling and a human touch, all flavored with that retro feeling we love so much. I remember when I first saw the works of Nick Gentry. It ...
Around The World: Government Officials & Their Desks
When I think of bureaucracy, I think of outdated rigid rules, tons of paperwork, and tight budgets. I have compassion for people who can work as civil servants and remain inspired enough to make it all happen in their respective cities. Every time I go into a government office here in Atlanta, I'm i ...
Current Geosocial Universe: Who’s The Big Dog Now?
For a while now, the term geosocial has been quite a buzzword in the social media world. If you are unfamiliar with geosocial or the phrase geosocial networking, it refers to a type of social media where geographic and geolocation services use geotagging and other social dynamics to connect us to lo ...
BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Swimming Will Never Be The Same
It's now been a while since the initial reports of the BP oil spill showered the world in chaos and fear of what was to become of it. It took several months before they could block the constant flow of crude oil into the sea, but was it too late?
Sure, BP got their penalty, and in the end, they h ...
Most Creative Way To Recycle Your Ink Cartridges
If you didn't read the title of this article first, and if you just looked at the pictures below, what would you think those science fiction sculptures were made of? Would you ever guess those were old ink cartridges?
I really, really don't like buying printer ink. Not only is it messy and expens ...
Combating Global Warming: Simple Action Steps
I read something the other day that said most people don't understand what global warming is. The phrase itself, "global warming," has been used so much in so many different contexts over the past few decades that a lot of the meaning in those words has lost its punch.
In the spirit of bringing a ...
Creativity Takes Courage: 5 Ways To Build Your Courage
"Creativity takes courage" is one of my favorite quotes. It's an oldie but a goodie from Henri Matisse. It's so true. Creativity really does take a lot of courage. When creative people express their emotions through their artwork, writing or music, and they present it to the world to see on the Inte ...
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How The Internet Is Killing The Planet [Infographic]
The Internet can be a hazardous place to mingle around, and it's apparent people are taking all the precautions they can to protect themselves and their children. However, personal safety isn't the only concern when it comes to the Internet. There are far more areas where the Internet is causing som ...
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How Green Is The iPhone… [Infographic]
When everyone is talking about the environment, and how we can save ourselves from ending our luxurious living on a planet made out of dust, it's not hard to apply that thinking to pretty much any area of our lives. Even making a simple paper roll is causing further destruction of the ozone layer, s ...
8 New And Fresh Facebook Default Avatars
The things that pretty much bundle all of the social networking services together are the avatars. They form the core of the networking, and without them, we would be shooting cheers, invitations and connecting in utter darkness. It would be almost impossible to feel connected without the avatars si ...