When any community loses someone as integral to its existence and identity as Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was to the Mac community, it takes a long time to get past the surreal early stages of mourning and to move on. Jobs died one month ago yesterday at age 56. He left the world too young, succumbing to a rare...
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Happiness is a part of everyone’s lives, no matter where in the world we were born or into what fortunate (or unfortunate) circumstances. It is deeply entrenched in human nature to seek and desire true happiness, and studies have shown that even people living in the most deplorable conditions are capable in finding moments...
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After the recent bill passed by Congress to increase the debt ceiling without increasing revenues, The United States has now had its credit rating downgraded by Standard & Poor’s. Many Republicans were against increasing revenues through tax increases while Democrats were for increasing taxes. More specifically,...
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The Solar Decathlon is an international competition where the US Department of Energy challenges 20 collegiate design teams to come up with the most innovative, sustainable architectural structure to help encourage and foster sustainable development. The summer of 2010 saw the construction of the Fab Lab House in Barcelona, Spain by...
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In a world where we increasingly use a computer and online transactions for almost everything we do, the threat of getting hacked and having personal, sensitive information used against you is looming larger and larger. Think back to just a few weeks ago, when hacking splinter group LulzSec broke into Arizona Department of Defense...
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Summer travel plans frequently include music festivals and relaxing retreats. Wanderlust Festival is touring the country this summer bringing two unlikely bedfellows- rock and roll music and yoga- to resort destinations across the country. But possibly one of the best destinations on the tour is the beautiful Squaw Valley USA...
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