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More Seniors Are Taking the Plunge Into Tech
I may have a game-loving gramps, but he doesn't really venture into the Internet without a little assistance. I'll cut him a break since he's in his eighties, but a recent study shows that more and more seniors are taking the plunge into Facebook, blogs, and tech in general than ever before. Stats show that the senior population (age 65 and over) that uses the Internet has tripled since 2005.
Geek Tip: Make Money at Home With These Online Jobs
In today's world, technology rules the roost, and there's no reason why you can't work from home and still be able to provide for yourself and your family. Have laptop, will travel, that's what I say. So if you're stuck in a job rut, or are one of the millions still searching for a job, hop online and check out these interesting and unconventional ways you can make money at home with an Internet connection and a computer.
Another Web Clip Show to Love: Tosh.0
TV land has gotten the message that the new cultural currency is viral videos, and it's responding by taking them from the Internet and building TV shows around them.
Chris Hardwick got his show this Summer, Web Soup, and Comedy Central also debuted its new web clip show last month, my new addiction, Tosh.0.
Hosted by Daniel Tosh, Tosh.0 is pretty much the same format of Web Soup (themselves both borrowing from The Soup's format), but its comedian host is as hilarious as the clips he's showing.
OD on the Internet Overdose Song
If Web Site Story was the musical theater opus to the Internet, then here's the pop punk ballad: the Internet Overdose song. Lamenting the simpler times of when the web was just blogspots and AIM, the song mournfully hits all the right memes.
If the Internet Were a Musical: Web Site Story
Maybe it's because I am a huge musical dork, but this CollegeHumor parody of the Internet — set to classic West Side Story tunes — has me enthralled. FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook, Pandora, eHarmony — see how many different websites you can pick up in the songs!
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Do You Use the Internet as Your Cookbook?
Though I'm the first person to screech "Google it!" I definitely still hit the books when I need a recipe: the Joy of Cooking, anyway. But if it's not in there, I have my laptop open in the time it takes to preheat the oven.
Daily Tech: Technology in the Year 1994
- "It's very hip to be on the Internet right now," said Bill Gates back in '94. — CrunchGear
- The Amazon Kindle 2 could be better with these improvements. — CNET Crave
- AT&T will offer MMS at no extra cost to customers who get a text messaging bundle.
Have You Ever Suffered an Extended Internet/Cable Outage?
Dear friends and readers, take pity on me. I have no Internet or cable at my house right now. Both services come from Comcast, and now I'm starting to see where that bundle deal was not such a great idea after all.
How Well Do You Know Your Tech and Internet Culture?
I pretty much live my life on the Internet and among technology of all kinds. You can almost always find me online, looking for the newest thing, phrase, or gadget to hit "the 'Net." Hey, it's my job.
Prove Sony CEO Wrong: What Good Came From the Internet?
In the most surprising thing I've ever heard a leader in technology say, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton remarked that "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet."
Now I know that working in tech doesn't mean you automatically love the Internet, it just seems like such a shortsighted thing to say. I realize that Lynton's concern was in the illegal distribution of movies on the Internet, but there is way too much to be said for the Internet's role in disseminating knowledge and info about movies that benefits the film industry.
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