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Category Archives: World

Take the New York Times quiz every day.

If you want to keep up with the world’s news while you are browsing on Facebook, try the NY Times Quiz.

It’s challenging, and only takes a few minutes. They have five multiple-choice questions that are mostly international.
I have to admit that I have another tab open searching Google News. Most of the time, my guesses [...]

Virtually free to publish

You spend less than $50 a month to use a high-speed internet connection.
You can spend $10 a month to get a dedicated host, and for another $4 a year, you can host your very own domain name.

Another $50 for a webcam, and you have a fully-functional TV station and “newspaper” for just a few [...]

Why I love Twitter

It’s passive interpersonal communication. You can know what your friends are doing, without even trying.

When I try to explain the logic behind Twitter, most people respond, "Why do you care?"
Because a simple text message or an IM notification is convenient. Sometimes I don’t really care what people are doing, but it only takes 5 [...]

Props to PB

I just wanted to thank Roland Lazenby, Neal Turnage, Kevin Cupp, Courtney Thomas, Tricia Sangalang, Anthony Della Calce, Omar Maglalang, Alex Rickabaugh, Tim Leaton, Jon Atwood, and every else who helped keep Planet Blacksburg up to date during this grieving process.

This community is stronger than ever, and our student population will grow and mourn together. [...]

Information Explosion

The past three days, I have spent countless hours in a classroom on the upper quad of Virginia Tech’s campus. The same classroom where I have sat for over 30 hours of academic credit. The same classroom where I took three of Roland Lazenby’s media-writing classes. The same classroom where the idea of starting a [...]

Twitter Atlas may have leg up on Twittervision

Check out this new Twitter mashup:

I like how the new Twittervision has a login feature now, but this new Atlas application looks pretty impressive. The Microsoft maps look sharper when zoomed in too.