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How social networks are affecting our in-person communication [Comic]

Ashraf November 19, 2012 0
How social networks are affecting our in-person communication [Comic]

How many dotTechies use a social network, may that be Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Orkut (people still use Orkut?), etc.? If you are on a social network, have you ever found yourself in a situation where you have nothing to say to the person you are currently with because everything you [...]

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How online product reviews have affected shopping [Comic]

Ashraf November 18, 2012 1
How online product reviews have affected shopping [Comic]

Be honest — how many of y’all check product reviews online (whether that be a reviewing website or an online retailer with customer submitted reviews, like Amazon or Newegg) prior to purchasing a product? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. In fact, some people — like myself, unfortunately — are obsessed [...]

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Why is coffee from Starbucks and other stores so bloody hot? [Comic]

Ashraf November 17, 2012 7
Why is coffee from Starbucks and other stores so bloody hot? [Comic]

Some days I need a shot of caffeine to keep me from falling asleep. Whenever I go to Starbucks, I make sure to order iced coffee (or tea, for that matter). Want to know why? They make the coffee so bloody hot that I need to wait 5-10 minutes before [...]

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The solution for Apple stock market woes [Comic]

Ashraf November 16, 2012 1
The solution for Apple stock market woes [Comic]

If you are an Apple investor or have been following Apple stock, you probably know how moody it can be. Some days it will shoot up like there is no better stock then other days it will plunge, hard. (It seems to be doing more of the later in recent [...]

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Try to solve this “Logic Boat” puzzle [Comic]

Ashraf November 15, 2012 7
Try to solve this “Logic Boat” puzzle [Comic]

Today I have somewhat of a different comic to share with you. I am going to call it a logic-puzzle-comic because it is a comic… that presents you with a puzzle to solve. Think you have it in you? Then check it out below, but be warned — it isn’t [...]

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Microsoft is copying Apple again [Comic]

Ashraf November 14, 2012 4
Microsoft is copying Apple again [Comic]

In the recent past Microsoft has made changes to be more like Apple — releasing its own hardware, increasing restrictions on its traditionally more open operating system… and firing similarly uncooperative employees? You have may heard that Apple recently fired Scott Forstall, who served as the head of iOS; rumor [...]

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Why working in the tech industry sucks [Comic]

Ashraf November 13, 2012 2
Why working in the tech industry sucks [Comic]

How many dotTechies work or have worked in the tech industry, either as engineers, support, executives, etc.? Ever have people approach you to solve their computer woes simply because they know you work/ed for a tech company and thus assume you to be a fix-it guru? If you have, then [...]

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This is how men clean their rooms [Comic]

Ashraf November 12, 2012 4
This is how men clean their rooms [Comic]

If you are a guy, have male children, or are married to a man, then you know men are just naturally slobs. So when it comes to cleaning our rooms, we apply our slob principles. For example, when I have washed clothes that I should put away (in the closet [...]

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This is cheap, but funny, Windows 8 humor [Comic]

Ashraf November 11, 2012 2
This is cheap, but funny, Windows 8 humor [Comic]

Windows 8 is out. One new feature included in Windows 8 is the new Start screen that has something called tiles. Among these tiles, there are “live tiles” which regularly and automatically update themselves to display varying information. Want to see (read?) some cheap Windows 8 humor? Check it out:[...]

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This is a funny comic that involves a relationship and a graph [Comic]

Ashraf November 10, 2012 1
This is a funny comic that involves a relationship and a graph [Comic]

Comics are meant to be funny, right? At least they are intended to make one smile. Sure some comics in the past may have been more serious than funny, but the general intention is to be humorous. The following comic, in my humble-yet-always-right opinion, is pretty damn funny… in a [...]

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“Is anything really official until it’s on Facebook?” [Comic]

Ashraf November 9, 2012 2
“Is anything really official until it’s on Facebook?” [Comic]

I remember reading a news report, yes news report on a major news channel (*cough* CNN *cough* — yes I do watch TV… sometimes…), that the first thing a couple did after getting married is post a status update to Facebook that they have been married (presumably after he kissed [...]

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Having accidental conversations with people talking on the phone [Comic]

Ashraf November 8, 2012 0
Having accidental conversations with people talking on the phone [Comic]

Have you ever started talking to someone and they seemingly responded in kind… but then you later discover that they are on the phone and were talking to the person on the other end, not you? Yeah… haven’t we all. This is why the following comic is so accurate — [...]

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Honest corporate slogans for Apple, Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia [Comic]

Ashraf November 7, 2012 2
Honest corporate slogans for Apple, Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia [Comic]

All companies (minus the patent trolls) offer some sort of product or service. Often times these companies have slogan which attempt to reflect their value or what they stand for. If Google, Apple, Twitter, and Wikipedia were to think of corporate slogans that match what people really use their products [...]

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How not to homeschool your kids [Comic]

Ashraf November 6, 2012 13
How not to homeschool your kids [Comic]

I was born only with a silver spoon in my mouth so I had always gone to pubic school. I’m sure some of you one percenters went to private institutions. Any dotTechie been homeschooled? If yes, I sure as heck hope you did not get an education similar to the [...]

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Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter are “douchebags” [Comics]

Ashraf November 5, 2012 0
Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter are “douchebags” [Comics]

According to Wikipedia “douchebag” could refer to “device used to administer a douche”. However, when a person calls someone (or something, in the case of companies) a douchebag, s/he typically isn’t calling them a “device used to administer a douche” but rather referring to the more common usage of douchebag [...]

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“I’m not going to pirate music anymore” [Comic]

Ashraf November 4, 2012 3
“I’m not going to pirate music anymore” [Comic]

Okay, be honest: how many of you pirate stuff (aka take part in file sharing aka peer-to-peer activity aka torrenting aka call it whatever the hell you want), whatever that stuff maybe? On second thought, don’t be honest — the NSA might be listening. Then again, public admission isn’t necessary [...]

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The reality of cell phone numbers [Comic]

Ashraf November 3, 2012 0
The reality of cell phone numbers [Comic]

When you open a new cell phone line in the United States, you (typically) get a cell phone number that has an area code of the area in which you currently live. Way back when before national roaming become the norm, people would often change phone numbers when they moved [...]

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Luke, Mickey Mouse is your father now [Comic]

Ashraf November 2, 2012 3
Luke, Mickey Mouse is your father now [Comic]

As I’m sure most, if not all, of dotTechies have heard by now that Disney has bought LucasArts and plans on releasing more Star Wars movies (if you haven’t heard about this already, you seriously need to come to dotTech more often). What does the internets do when something as [...]

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“Things that blew your mind when you were a kid” [Comic]

Ashraf November 1, 2012 6
“Things that blew your mind when you were a kid” [Comic]

Try to remember back when you were a kid in, say, elementary school. (That is grade school for you chaps who follow the British system… I think.) What were the things that amazed you, the things you couldn’t figure out, or the things you refused to accept? I don’t know [...]

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People waste money buying crap from the internet [Comic]

Ashraf October 31, 2012 2
People waste money buying crap from the internet [Comic]

Credit cards are doubled edged swords, so to speak. They are great because they not only allow you to carry less cash on hand and still purchase things, and actually don’t even require you to have the cash to pay for what you buy until 30 days later. The downside [...]

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“Biggest troll of all time” [Comic]

Ashraf October 30, 2012 1
“Biggest troll of all time” [Comic]

As Wikipedia describes it, a troll “is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages” online “with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion”. While “trolling” originated thanks to the action of some people over the internet, it is quite [...]

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“Steps involved in writing an email” [Comic]

Ashraf October 29, 2012 2
“Steps involved in writing an email” [Comic]

What do you do when you write an email? More likely than not, you write the email, proofread the email, then send it. Or at least that is what we like to tell others. In reality, I’m sure many of us do something along the lines of what the following [...]

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How life was before smartphones [Comic]

Ashraf October 28, 2012 7
How life was before smartphones [Comic]

It doesn’t matter how old or young a person is — everyone has probably had someone older, such as a grandfather or grandmother, tell them about “the good old days” where people worked much harder, had better ethics, walked uphill to school both ways in the snow all year, etc. [...]

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Who to blame for a poorly coded program? [Comic]

Ashraf October 27, 2012 2
Who to blame for a poorly coded program? [Comic]

I’ve been reviewing programs on dotTech, previously known as Politically Motivated (dotnet) for those of you that have been around for that long, for over four years now (dotTech’s fourth birthday just passed last Monday). It is safe to say I have come across my fair share of crappy programs. [...]

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Apple fanboys prank Windows 8 fans, then realize Windows 8 is better than Mac [Comic]

Ashraf October 26, 2012 7
Apple fanboys prank Windows 8 fans, then realize Windows 8 is better than Mac [Comic]

I’m not sure if anyone has heard the news yet but, just like how people line up at Apple stores in anticipation of a new iPhone or iPad, there are people who are lining up at Microsoft stores in anticipation for Windows 8. Okay, admittedly it isn’t as bad (as [...]

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What online review ratings really mean [Comic]

Ashraf October 25, 2012 4
What online review ratings really mean [Comic]

It seems like since the advent of the internet — from simple HTML pages, to Geocities, to modern blogs — there is always someone or some website reviewing a product (may that be user rated reviews) and giving the product ratings. If you were a cynic like the artist over [...]

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Android is scared of iPad Mini [Comic]

Ashraf October 24, 2012 1
Android is scared of iPad Mini [Comic]

After long last Apple’s new iPad Mini is here. I’m sure many questions are going through people’s minds in regards to how the iPad Mini will do against the competition (namely Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD), how (if at all) the iPad Mini will change the tablet market dynamic, [...]

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How to fake rock climbing photos [Comic]

Ashraf October 23, 2012 2
How to fake rock climbing photos [Comic]

How many dotTechies have or plan on rock climbing? I have once or twice and I must tell you it is harder than it looks or sounds. And, interestingly enough, it is the nimble that seem to do better at it than others (aka I have a chance of beating [...]

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How a Wikipedia reader protests inaccurate facts said by politicans [Comic]

Ashraf October 22, 2012 2
How a Wikipedia reader protests inaccurate facts said by politicans [Comic]

It is election year in the United States, with the vote for the office of the President of the United States to be held in roughly one month. The fight between incumbent President Barack Obama and challenger Governor Mitt Romney is in full swing and there have been plenty of [...]

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Googling for a problem and finding an incomplete answer posted by someone years ago [Comic]

Ashraf October 21, 2012 4
Googling for a problem and finding an incomplete answer posted by someone years ago [Comic]

Have you ever had an issue, maybe a computer error or some other problem, that you decided to solve by Googling, and when you did Google it the only answer — or answers — you find is incomplete? Not only incomplete, but also posted by someone years ago meaning you [...]

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Learning to cook flowchart [Comic]

Ashraf October 20, 2012 3
Learning to cook flowchart [Comic]

I am a guy. As such, I do not cook. Yes, yes, I know — cooking is not only for women. Still. I am a guy. I do not cook. (Although that will change if my wife has her way. Must… resist… feminine… charms…) If you are the person [...]

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What customers mean to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and RIM [Comic]

Ashraf October 19, 2012 7
What customers mean to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and RIM [Comic]

Different companies have different corporate cultures, different visions, different goals, and make money in different ways. The mix of the just-mentioned elements often determine what a customer — in other words, me and you — mean to a company. Curious what six tech giants —  Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, [...]

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How the Pirate Bay trial would go in the United States [Comic]

Ashraf October 18, 2012 1
How the Pirate Bay trial would go in the United States [Comic]

Over the past few years the Pirate Bay has been in the news thanks to attempts by law enforcement authorities to bring it down. Most recently, a founder of the Pirate Bay — Gottfrid Svartholm Warg — was extradited from Columbia to Sweden to serve a one year sentence in [...]

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BlackBerry goes to therapy [Comic]

Ashraf October 17, 2012 2
BlackBerry goes to therapy [Comic]

Poor BlackBerry. It used to be loved by the world, so much so that it was dubbed “crackberry” for those people who wouldn’t live without it. Now look at it. It is the butt of jokes, is hated by Wall Street, and ditched by most everyone except diehard fans. Sounds [...]

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A conversation between Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer [Comic]

Ashraf October 16, 2012 2
A conversation between Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer [Comic]

If Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer had personalities and could talk, what would they say? If they were to happen to get together have a little chat, how would it go? “I’m the best”? “I am faster”? Nah, that is way too boring and predictable. How about the [...]

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