September | 2019 | Birds on a Cable

Stranger in a Strange Land

By Will Jay On September 27, 2019October 2, 2019 In Fun Stuff

I have arrived. Through vectors and pathways unknown to me, I have come to find myself in a makeshift prison of oddities on a world that unsuccessfully apes the ones I’ve known. The ground, made of hardened material I’m unfamiliar with, is unwieldy and unsuitable for effective high-speed travel; this will be the first thing we change upon the day of my people’s great liberation. The walls of my cell are lined with towering masses of assorted shapes and sizes. I’m able to scale some to improve my vantage, with a select few giving me a glimpse at the barren gray below. In some ways, my jail provides bastion.

THE iPhone 11!

By Laura Jean On September 25, 2019October 14, 2019 In Tech Tips

It’s here! It’s already here (again)!

My excitement surrounding the new iPhone is twofold: 1. I am desperate to upgrade into a device that isn’t 3 iterations old; and 2. I bet the new one doesn’t have a cracked screen. While Apple’s next big thing is not yet tucked into my back my pocket – caseless and at risk – it’s on its way to its new home. And even though this upgrade has felt inevitable for me, I have learned quite a bit while in waiting for new hardware.

What is Computer Memory? I forgot…

By Alex Robert On September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 In Tech Tips

RAM or Random Access Memory is present in many devices you use on a daily basis. Computers, phones, TVs, gaming consoles, and most anything else that stores and processes data. To help understand what RAM is, it is helpful to first make a distinction between what is commonly referred to simply as memory, and other types of storage technology. There are two primary categories of memory, volatile and non-volatile. Volatile memory only holds data if it is supplied with electricity. As soon as this is not the case the, the capacitors containing the electrical charge and, therefore any data, begins to leak. Very quickly the charge is gone, and all data stored is lost. Non-volatile memory can retain data written to it without a constant supply of electricity. Examples of this would be a flash drive, a magnetic hard drive, or a cd/dvd.

My Healthy Addiction: Fantasy Football

By Sean Christopher On September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 In Fun Stuff, Misc

Hello, Readers! This topic is near and dear to my heart, and no no, it’s not another blog about Wesley! This time, it’s fantasy football! YES! Football is BACK! Don’t stop reading! I promise this will be interesting whether you like fantasy football or not. The layers of a fantasy football league are deeper than the average football game.

Quick Hack: Internet Privacy

By Laura Jean On September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 In Tech Tips

A lot of people think that you need to fork over money in order to maintain any degree of privacy when you browse online, and that would make a lot of people correct. The safest way to browse anonymously or to **reasonably** not leave a trace when browsing is to use a VPN (as well as turn off Javascript and web applets/scripts, disallow all cookies, disable ActiveX, and other things that make the internet worth browsing).