Category: Technology
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A haiku poem to Orion
As a child I wasn’t particularly marveled by the space I couldn’t see. I tried counting all the stars in the sky and stared tirelessly into the abyss for the chance of catching Orion’s Belt or the Big Dipper. But that’s as far as it went. This past weekend, I went to see Interstellar and…
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What it’s like when all your friends are on the internet
When you only communicate with most of your friends through the internet, you feel like what happened to Joaquin in Her is totally plausible. Your writing skills are impeccable and you can translate the hieroglyphics coined emojis like an expert. You think you’re more interesting because you can have long, thought out discussions but really…
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What do you think about homeless people working for advertising agencies as wifi hotspots during SXSW?
This might sound like a joke at first but when you think about it, it’s a pretty good idea. I saw this photo while browsing Instagram the other day and I had to take a second look. It reads: I’m Dusty, a 4G hotspot SMS HH Dusty to 25827 for access www.homelesshotspots.org What a concept!…
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Would you work 60 hours a week for $2 an hour? Foxconn employees speak
A week ago, Apple announced that the Fair Labor Association would conduct special voluntary audits of Foxconn’s Chinese assembly factories at Apple’s request, according to Apple Insider. This week ABC aired part of a video where a reporter was granted unrestricted access to Foxconn. There has been focus on the number of employee suicides and…
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How much do you love your iPhone and where did you get that case?
The day I got my iPhone my life changed. This may seem far-fetched, exaggerated and untrue. But I assure you I am not dramatizing in the slightest. When I try to think about the times before I had an iPhone it just makes me sad. My phone makes me smarter, on time, more efficient, a…
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Twitter and telepathy
This morning I had a nice Twitter conversation with one of our readers. He thought we could have compared boot fest to a different festival instead of Austin City Limits in a recent editorial. He had great ideas, but if you don’t use Twitter, how would we know? Telepathy was the only thing I could…
Jessica Puente 