How To Answer Questions?

By Alan

You've got to be kidding. How does Daddy answer questions? That's a huge topic of discussion. Of course, depending on what information you have, you probably have to answer differently. Why is it that some people can find the answers online in a few seconds, when others search endlessly and still struggle with no good results? If they are using the same Internet, then it must be something about technique. We'll talk first about the resources available, and we'll talk techniques in a future article (probably titled "How to find Answers.")

"Why is the sky blue?"

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WolframAlpha

By Alan

The latest hot technology news surrounds the launch of the "knowledge calculation engine" called WolframAlpha.   This is the invention of one of a true problem solving genius who has spent nearly 15 years working in the middle of the night (to avoid interruptions) trying to determine a new way of figuring out the universe with simple equations.  See the Wired article by Steven Levy called, The Man Who Cracked The Code to Everything."

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Does Paper-less Reading Mean "Better" Reading?

By Alan

Some news that got the tech and literary world buzzing: Amazon announced the newest member of the paperless future, The Kindle DX. This is supposed to be the digital answer to text books and newspapers. The larger format screen (9.7 inches diagonal) and low power usage is supposed to be the college student's dream for text books.

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Twitter-fied

By Kelly

Twitter: one of the many new online social crazes that allows an individual to update their "status" in less than 140 words via their phones and/or computers, etc. About two weeks ago, I decided to jump on the Twitter train. I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. Everyone from my sister to Miley Cyrus to- get this- Folger's coffee. Crazy, if you ask me. I played around and came to the conclusion that I did not really need Twitter; it was impractical in my texting-free cell usage, and I didn't need another online distraction, honestly. So I bade Farewell to Twitter. I don't think it misses me.

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Site Creation

By Alan

Starting a blog is not just a matter of typing in some interesting articles.

There is a lot of technology behind it requiring some basic knowledge of the internet. But, the game has completely changed just in the last few months because of so many nifty blogging sites like, WordPress, Typepad, and Squarespace. Now you don't have to know html or content management systems, you just have to know a little bit about arranging and organizing parts on the page.  Sometimes it's just a matter of cut and paste.

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