So it's all the buzz, everywhere you turn, politicians and prominent figures using Twitter and Facebook. So yesterday afternoon I decided to make a little experiment: create an account on both, and see who (if anyone) finds me.

I actually have very little faith in anyone finding me on Twitter. Not only is it nowhere near as popular, I don't think anyone I know is using it. As for Facebook, I have a feeling that it shouldn't be too long until somebody I know is recommended to be my friend or stumbles upon me, mostly because the majority of people I communicate with online already have Facebook accounts.

<>I've held out, about as long as I could. Never bought into MySpace, mostly because it's intended for bands. I could care less about privacy of anything I post online, I undersRead on... Comments (1)

Outsourcing and globalization by Adobe just earned me about $1,100. How you ask?

One of the great things about Adobe is it's commitment to students, and offering huge discounts on "Student Editions" of it's software. I was in the market for purchasing the new CS4 Web Premium Student Edition, legitimately since I am currently enrolled at DePaul for a class starting in January. The full price of the software is $1,699, where the Student Edition is $349...the $1,350 in savings I was getting makes the sting of the $2,550 per class tuition at DePaul a little less potent.

<>When I actually decided to make the purchase, I must have rushed, and chose the Windows version, when I really wanted the Mac version. I realized this after they confirmed my order (approved me as a currently enroRead on... Submit the first comment!

Last night was what probably will be the greatest time of my generation, the effects will be felt for decades and generations to come!

I have attached the statistical map and numbers from FiveThrityEight.com, it's amazing how close they were at projecting the result.

This is the most important day, during what could be considered the most important election...get out and vote!

Go Obama!

Below is a widget from MSNBC.

Okay, what the hell is wrong with our postal system in this country! I mean sure, everyone has had experiences dealing with the stupidity and self-righteousness of the employees working the front desks of your local post office...but this incompetence starts in the core of the postal system and just radiates out.

Why am I so pissed? (see the picture) I ordered a book that was being shipped from Cincinnati to my house, a suburb of Chicago. Not very far. It was shipped via the USPS's Media Mail, which states a speed of 2-9 days on their website.

<>Okay, fine...2 to 9 days; which means a package that was shipped on April 29th should be received between May 1st and May 8th; and you'd say, "it's not even May 8th yet, why complain". Well, if you see the picture, it was in Forest PaRead on... Submit the first comment!

Okay, what the hell is wrong with Maryland?!?!

First, they pass a new tax law that says work done by computer consultants/programmers is a tangible, taxable, good. Unlike the rest of the US that still believes what we do is service based...as is truly is. However, even the Governor of Maryland wants to repeal this law.

But now, something WAY worse is happening in our Nation's capital: they want to criminalize usage of other people's wireless networks How fucked up is that?!?!

Open wireless networks are just that...OPEN!! They may have been left open intentionally; or just left open for convenience. This is clearly a bill designed to help people who use technology they don't understand.

<> So let's see...instead of educating people on how to enable security (whaRead on... Submit the first comment!

<> Thomas Friedman believes that the world is becoming “flat”, a metaphor he uses to describe that the global playing-field is becoming leveled, which takes him 635 pages to say. I agree that certain factors are making it easier to compete on a global-level, however, we are very far from “flat”. I would go so far as saying that our “bumpy” terrain (where the majority of people live in the middle-class) is becoming increasingly smoothed out in the valleys (the middle-class is becoming poorer), but the peaks are becoming much higher, and steeper (the rich are getting richer). In a debate between Friedman and, Nobel Prize winning economist, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Stiglitz mentioned, “Even though we’ve had growth in the last five years, it’s not just poverty [that] has increased, the pRead on... Submit the first comment!