It’s been about a month since my laptop’s screen died on me. My 2015 Macbook Pro had taken a beating over the four or five years I’ve had it. A keyboard dying here, the battery not charging there. It’s what you’d expect (sadly) from an old machine. Old things break, so when my screen suddenly died on me with only a semester left in college, I decided the best solution would be a temporary one.

I went to Best Buy with no expectations. How hard would it be to get a cheap laptop able to use Google Drive and send emails? I’m a Journalism major focusing on digital publication–we don’t do a lot of heavy processor work, and I figured I could take a brief break from my web development obligations and focus on my last semester.

Looking around, there were plenty of machines that could do what I needed, but I didn’t want to invest in something I’d feel obligated to use after graduation other...

I woke up in the middle of the night, twisted in my sheets like a python’s lunch, huffing and fuming. I tried to relax, uncurling my toes, relaxing my shoulders, and rotated my neck. I had a warm headache. I couldn’t think of anything, other than how angry I was. Dizzying fallacies and arguments more synthetic than a computer buzzed inside my mind, fortified against all attempts to stop what had become a constant vicious droning. I let out a soft scream. Why couldn’t I get this out of my head? Why couldn’t I relax? Why, when there was no sound, could I only hear this noise? I fought with it a little, but slowly drifted back to sleep.

The harsh white glare of sunlight reflecting off of snow pierced my eyes. It was an early Tuesday morning and I was already miserable. My feet and back were killing me, all my stress was pooled there like dirty bath water. I grabbed my phone and felt my...

If I Was In It For The Clicks I’d Title This ‘This Email SuperHack Will Save You Hours’

Until today, I had no idea that adding a number to the end of your email address before the ‘@’ symbol could allow you to theoretically create infinite email addresses.

I discovered this little thing while trying to circumvent “single email per account” restrictions on Twitter. I had seen my buddy Braxton send me an example of it earlier, but to be honest I thought he was joking with me. It wasn’t until today that I decided to send a test email to myself and it worked!

How Do I Do It?

It’s incredibly simple! Just add a number! Literally!

myemail@example.com
becomes
myemail+2@example.com

Wrap Up

Now, you might have known about this for years, but I find it incredible that something as basic as email still has secrets to hold for me. I was one of the 10,000 today. Maybe you were too!?

Ghost is a great platform.
I’ve been using it for the past year as a sort of “catch-all” whenever I have a brilliant new idea for a website but know deep down that I’m just going to scrap it in a week. It’s flexible, it’s beautiful, and if you look at some of the sites that have been made with it you can get a sense of an immense, untapped, power. Yet, for me, I can never seem to escape one simple issue. Ghost is slow and unstable.

Now, I should clarify that when I use Ghost I use it on ghost.org’s lowest-paid hosting tier–what can I say? I’m cheap.

I understand that I’m paying for “scraping by”, but is this tier warrant for needless crashing and nearly minute long load times? How heavy is Ghost?!

It’s this that has kept me on Svblte for my main blog, despite the apparent stagnation of the platform from its developers. Until there’s a lighter and cheaper alternative, Svbtle...

More and more I find myself asking this very question, “What do I want to be?” I’ve spent most of my life behind the keyboard of a computer or clutching a pencil, writing out my feelings, thoughts, and emotions on paper and pixel in an attempt to nail down what exactly drives me. What is it about writing that keeps pulling me back in? What is it about creating something out of nothing that excites me so much? Why do I spend all of my day reading article after article but feel so drained when I try to attempt to write about anything in which I lack passion? I can’t imagine that every story a journalist writes they care deeply about. Maybe it’s the field they cover? Maybe it’s the power their words carry? I just don’t know.
I know that it’s an often brought up topic on this blog, my writing, but I can’t seem to escape it. I keep coming back to find out what I enjoy and what my purpose...

The most underrated feature of Apple’s various devices, in my opinion, is Continuity. This little invisible feature allows anyone with multiple Apple devices to pick up where they left on one device, then pick it up on another.

Continuity is amazing because it just works… most of the time. The feature has been around for a few years, but I don’t think that it’s used to its full potential. I’d like to see some of these features come to continuity in iOS 12.

1. Notification Center Sync Through Bluetooth on Mac From iPhone

I’ve heard opinions on this both for and against iOS notifications on Mac, but I am very much for it. I already get too many notifications on my phone and would love a chance to be able to easily clear them from my mac or respond to any iOS app via my Mac! I definitely do not feel the same way about Mac notification on iOS. Perhaps there should be an option to enable...

Google was finally able to remake Hangouts today by adding web support for it’s Allo chat app to iOS devices and browsers other than Chrome.

Google Allo on the web adds iOS support, along with Firefox and Opera - Android Authority.

The search giant had previously revolutionized chatting online by reinventing every company’s attempt at a messenger by adding stickers and customizable personable emoji.

With this update, it can be clearly seen that Google strongly believes that everyone deserves a chance to experience what they can anywhere else, but with less security and less of their friends to chat with.

The future truly is breathtaking. Perhaps in Allo’s next update, we’ll get something akin to “tales”?

A Hypothesis

I was never really sure if Elon Musk was serious about his thought project, The Boring Company.

Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging…

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 17, 2016

An idea to build subterranean solutions for modern day transportation problems. It seemed kind of ridiculous to think that in today’s world of regulations and structure that even the impossibly capable Musk could overcome and build out a completely organic and new infrastructure.

After today, any doubts I’ve had have been wiped away. I finally understand the point and purpose of not just The Boring Company, but all of Elon Musk’s companies and projects. Their purposes are not to only improve life for all of us living here on earth, but to create a way of life, a structure for all of us, on Mars. At least that’s my hypothesis.

How &

You never really realize how different, or similar two places can be until you’ve been there. This wasn’t my first time to New York City—nor do I even remotely think that it will be my last; but I doubt this time will be like any other.

You often forget how small the world can actually be when you’re a communications student. After days filled with reading, watching, and absorbing news of all kinds it can be hard to pull yourself away and remember that you’re not average.

As a Comm. student you’re consuming an exhaustive amount of information regularly. Information that most people avoid, or simply do not have the time to consume. This massive influx of data can almost drown out the world around you and make you feel as if you’re on another plane of awareness. Global awareness. You pull yourself out of the world present before your eyes and exist in a state of existentialism that...