Considering technology seems to evolve and reinvent itself every day, there is one aspect that has remained the same...the CD! The CD recently celebrated it's 25th birthday and I couldn't help but think about how the CD affected me back "then" and how it affects me today. When I was younger, it was second nature [...]

I actually don't watch any regular TV (no cable, no satellite, never bothered to hook up my antenna), so the only time I see ads is when I'm visiting someone. I rent some TV-series DVD's through Netflix and buy others (including more expensive ones like Star Trek). It all depends on [...]

I too have become a Sopranos junkie. It all started this summer when my roommates and I decided to rent the first disk on a whim. After watching the first few episodes, we were hooked. That night, we went to the movie store, to the library and called every friend we had trying to find [...]

Benjamin Franklin once wrote "Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". This is a message that I feel seems to have fallen out of favor these days. Assaults against First Amendment rights range from high-level efforts from the National Security Agency to the school administration at [...]

It's a hot topic on this blog, probably due to the fact that most of us are full-time students: FACEBOOK. But lately, there have been some changes - changes that could mean more money for some. But who profits from a social networking site like Facebook? [...]

Welcome back to Muncie, the small city that is "trying" (the little city that could?). Your blogger here (Jason) has been absent for a while...roaming the streets of ATL. I didn't have the Internet at our apartment in Buckhead, which is the reason I couldn't blog. I did however check my emails at work [...]

Facebook now allows users to send e-mails through its messaging system. So if I want to share a link or send a party notification via Facebook, I can just tack on my non-Facebook-using friends' e-mails to the end of the To: line and they're in the loop, too. A few thoughts: A) It's a crafty (and sneaky) [...]

Hi my name is Amy and I do not own an Mp3 player. Yes, despite my identification as a music fanatic, I find myself still part of what seems to be a declining minority of people without such technology. Maybe due to my lack of an iPod or a Xtatix Pocket Candy (I swear I didn't make that up), recent reports regarding etiquette and Mp3 players have greatly gained my attention. According to dictionary.com, etiquette is defined as conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion. Ok, seems …

MP3 player? GPS navigator? Camera? E-mail updater? ... Addiction??? I will be the first to admit that I am obsessed with my cell phone. It's nothing fancy; it's simply essential. I will make the generalization that for college students, our cell phones aren't a luxury- they're necessary. Cell phones are our connection to friends, boy/girlfriends, and [...]

Apparently, this whole "new media" thing is really catching on. This is a pic I took with my BlackBerry (you know, that thing I'm addicted to?) in the nearest Starbucks to my apartment in New York City. (Of course, I could easily find three or four more without venturing more than 5 blocks, but that's not [...]