Geekin’ It: Rage Guy Faces
On any message board, you’re going to see your average cast of characters. The Courage Wolves, Karate Kyles, or Charlie Sheens are all Internet regulars. Today, I’m going to talk about a meme that is close to my heart: Rage Guys. Rage Guys are a four-panel comic image macro. This means that using the base image [...]
Geekin’ It: /b/ and Online Communities
4Chan, Reddit, and thousands of other online communities are the backbone of Internet culture. This week, we’re going to take a look at what compromises these sites and how to start getting involved. 4Chan is described by its users as an “Internet Hate Machine.” 4Chan is a Chan-type message board—a term that comes from the shortened [...]
Geekin’ It: BOTW Top iPhone Apps
Last week, I took a look at what it’s like to switch from Android to an iPhone. In this week’s “Best of the Web,” we’re going to take a look at some apps that every new iPhone user should at least take a look at. Buy: Dead Space iOS – $6.99 Dead Space iOS is one of those [...]
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Geekin’ It: Jumping Ship from Android to iOS
This week, I had a funeral for my Motorola Droid. I loved that phone and have always backed Android as the free and open choice for smart phones. Unfortunately, having a cracked screen for three weeks made me look for alternatives at Verizon. After walking into the store, I realized that the $199 iPhone was [...]
Geekin’ It: BOTW, How do I RSS?
Last week, I covered what an RSS feed was. Now, we are going to take a look at some creative ways to use them in this week’s “Best of the Week” (BOTW). Miro is an open-source piece of software created to capture video and sound RSS feeds by the Particpatory Culture Foundation. Think about Miro like [...]
Geekin’ It: What are RSS Feeds?
You know that one friend who is up to date on the latest Internet memes and reads thousands of blogs a day? Ever wonder how do they do it? Would you spend that much time scouring the web for information? The secret comes in by using RSS feeds to quickly read a bunch of content [...]
Geekin’ It: 750 Words and Journaling
In my experience, finding time to write is one of the hardest things for anyone to do and this is doubly true for college students. On top of writing papers for class and discussion board posts, who can find time to keep a record of their life or start tracking creative ideas? In comes 750 [...]
Geekin’ It: BOTW Internet Games
In the first Best of the Web (BOTW get it?) segment we’re going to take a look at some Flash games that don’t require a Facebook game. Robot Unicorn Attack is an Adult Swim game where you take the role of a robot unicorn on a mission to make it through a land of fairies, dolphins, [...]
