September 3, 2010, 10:12 am

Goodbye, Facebook?

After logging on to Facebook, I type in the name of one of my friends in the search box, expecting to see her name pop up first on the list. Gone. I click to another one of my friends’ pages; photos are gone, and her last post is a month ago. Instead of my friends filling my newsfeed, notifications from people I don’t really know pop up. More and more people have begun to delete their Facebooks. The appeal of connecting with people online through sites like MySpace and Facebook feels overshadowed by creepy people and [ ...continue reading ]

July 9, 2010, 11:16 am

Anticipation

The ads don’t lie, the phone really will change everything.

I have been addicted to the iPhone 4 ever since a careless apple employee left a proto type in a bar a couple months ago. I’ve tracked the phone on gizmodo.com, talked about it with my friends, and preordered my phone.  My current iphone fears the day my iPhone 4 comes.

Correction, the iPhone four video chatting will change everything.  One of the only reasons I use my computer instead of just staying on my phone was the ability to video with my friends.  Facebook, texting, and AIM are [ ...continue reading ]

June 4, 2010, 11:41 am

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

With summer comes lots of things. Late nights going out with your friends, days at the beach, afternoons filled with frozen yogurt and shopping. Fun activities, but hard on your wallet. The solution to a draining money supply? A job.

During the spring months, teenagers are on the prowl for a job. My school is really close to Stanford University, and many incoming juniors and seniors contact professors in hopes of an internship on campus. Teens seek out the local frozen yogurt and gelato places downtown or apply for jobs at local summer camps for kids.

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