November 14, 2009
Gamers of the world, unite! A war cry that wouldn’t need much urging, because gamers have a clannish streak in them. You will find them in dedicated groups in every online game community worth its name. You come across a name like League of Shadows or Terran Warrior, and you know that there’s a hardcore [...]
November 6, 2009
That’s true”¦articles from 650 magazines for you to read. But instead of flipping the pages, you will have to click the mouse at Maggwire. Who reads magazines these days? Plenty of people, I would say. My mother is one of them because the digital world is still like a mystic’s ball to her. Me? For [...]
October 23, 2009
Earlier this week, I compiled a list things for teenagers to do online if they’re bored. I intended to start things off on a lighter note, so I suggested watching videos and playing games online to pass the time. The list also included several helpful suggestions like reading the news, starting a new hobby and [...]
October 20, 2009
If you’re a serious shutterbug, there are few places on the Internet better than Flickr for sharing photos and discussing all aspects of digital photography. Flickr offers both free and paid subscriptions, and after you open your account and start building your own photostream, you’ll want to sign up for several of the tens of [...]
October 19, 2009
The Internet is a huge resource of information, entertainment, news and knowledge. It is also filled with junk, sex, violence and hate. As a teenager, a monstrous amount self-control is needed in order not to be swayed to the dark side of the force. The combination of free time in front of the computer and [...]
October 18, 2009
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein,” said Walter Wellesley “˜Red’ Smith. If you haven’t guessed from the quote above, this article is about writing a novel. Well, more specifically it’s about the great website that is going to help thousands of budding and accomplished [...]
October 13, 2009
To Jack Thompson’s great dismay, I will not deny it – playing computer games is a ton of fun. However, if your computer is your only source of entertainment, you’ll be missing out on a lot of other fun things. Offline fun. Offline fun is what’s to be had when there’s a power outage for [...]
October 12, 2009
Doesn’t it seem like the world could use a superhero right now? One who would do what they said they’d do. One who would help end wars and roust out the real criminals; not just the street-level punks, but the people that turn the world upside down daily. We have the super villains, but where [...]
October 9, 2009
Manga is an increasingly popular Japanese art-style. They’re the comic equivalent of Japanese anime. In Japan, manga is an everyday thing. People of young and old alike enjoy these comics about romance, action, humor and, sometimes, tentacles — but that’s a genre we’ll be trying to avoid discussing today. Lately, manga fever has been spreading [...]
October 8, 2009
When I was a child, I always thought that languages were static. They were always like that from the beginning and they will always be like that forever. But the more I study them, the more they appear to have certain qualities similar to living organisms. Languages born, grow, evolve (and sometimes die) along with [...]
