Every time I use a browser, my tab bar inevitably gets clogged. For me, “clogged” is when you can barely read the titles of each tab. At this point, it becomes necessary to close the browser completely, and launch it anew. While I sometimes fear that this might cause me to forget something important, it’s rarely the case. When I have 20 …
This is a prompt from The Daily Post’s “365 Writing Prompts” E-book, which can be downloaded here. If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Discuss why, potential repercussions, or a possible alternative. Few inventions have been more harmful to human health than the cigarette. Every year, over 400 thousand people in the United States alone die from smoking. …
This is a guest post by Micah Abrams. Micah is a freelance writer who covers a variety of topics in the technology genre. The transition to cloud computing and advanced file sharing is ongoing, but also inevitable. This simply means that methods of external storage and file transfer, such as USB drives, CDs, and even external hard drives, are becoming …
Just now, I finished shopping for some laptop accessories from Amazon.com. It was one of the few times that I go online to shop. On this occasion, it took me three whole days from the time I added the first item to the cart to the time I confirmed my order. To me, this was a disproportionate amount of time …
Over the years, I’ve come to the realization that when Microsoft updates their software, they don’t really update the whole thing. Occasionally, the end user will see something that just doesn’t seem to belong in such a modern version of the software. To illustrate what I’m talking about, let’s dig in to the Windows 8 UI. You’d expect that with …