Technology

Today, a budget phone can be described as a phone that provides a lot of features beyond what it costs. It saves the user time, money and anxiety trying to figure out how it works or having trouble understanding what the functions do. There are two major smartphones that are bringing the above tributes and …

When I apply my quilts, I use a method that uses spray starch and a plastic stencil material called Templar to give a crisp, clean edge to the motifs. After pressing, I simply remove the Templar. Sewing is easy since the edge is already folded under. This technique works well for leaves, flowers, circles, and …

Star Trek Online or popularly known as STO is the first in a series of massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs) in the Star Trek franchise. Released in 2010, one of the important features of the game is its extensive freedom for players to customize many of the game’s features. Ships are an integral part of …

It’s hard enough trying to keep up with the latest English terminology and slang around the use of mobes, the UK’s preferred unpleasantly ugly term for mobile phones (mobe is short for mobile phones), but with the Japanese terms keitai (that’s the Japanese slang for cell phone) now appearing in the English language, us old …

What to make of the veil debate? I interviewed Afshin Rattansi, author of The Dream of the Decade about it. RATTANSI: “First of all, I think that former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, gleefully shouting his innocence over a war that may have cost 655,000 lives, may not be the best person to have started the …

Tom Hanks’ character, Captain John Miller, has become an inspiration and an example to me in my attempts to become a better manager. I learn something new every time I see this character in the movie. But I admit that I learned these lessons the second and subsequent times I watched the movie. The first …

When should the dancer begin leading their partner in their six or eight count footwork once the swing music begins? The answer is that he should start leading her on any of the strong beats in the song; that is, on the count of “1”, the count of “3”, the count of “5”, or the …

Disc Golf Jargon Most people who play disc golf are familiar with the usual terms and language. There are many other words that people use to describe things that happen on the field. Words that are not in the dictionary or general disc golf vocabulary. I’ve collected some interesting terms from other players, and from …

“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror” – Ken Keys Mirrors have a very particular function. They reflect the image in front of them. Just as a physical mirror serves as a vehicle for reflection, so do all the people …

Accommodation can be expensive. And video hosting can be even more expensive. I have paid up to $75 per month for video hosting. It was worth it? Not really. Since then, I’ve always been interested in figuring out ways to lower the cost, but still keep the high streaming quality of, say, an Amazon S3 …