Elfwood Fantasy Art
"Elfwood's mission is to provide a place for amateurs from all over the world to share, teach, and inspire a...
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The Official Oz Books by L. Frank Baum
And I don't mean the TV show! Well, not THAT one...Anyhow, you know them: Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man,...
Hanging Out with Bas Lansdorp
Washington D.C. is a big city and a bit of a maze for a person who is visiting for the...
3D Printing: Hype or Future?
Unless you've been living with your head in a hole, you've probably heard about how 3D printers are going to...
Why Tracking Your Activity Can Be A Good Thing
So people have been arguing about the information about tracking your phone calls that Snowden leaked. It does make sense....
Do You Believe In Protecting Earth From Asteroids?
The B612 Foundation Logo. Image credit B612 Foundation If you're like most people, you probably don't sit around worrying about...
Advertising Everywhere…
Does anyone here get as sick of advertising as I do? When I hit Youtube, I want to learn how...
The Best Of Doo-Wop
The 1950s and 1960s were two fun decades. Cars were stylish, the Space Race was on, and the music was...
Trunking and VLANs
Routers are typically used to break up large networks into manageable subnets, also called broadcast domains, which is useful if...
Disney’s Greatest Hits
Do you remember the first time you heard "I Can Show You The World" from Aladdin? How about Beauty and...
Access Control List
Access control lists (ACLs) are used to filter packets traveling over the network according to rules set at the router...
Network Security
Network security is so important to many companies, organizations and government entities that some networking specialists make a living as...
Routing Packets
Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2) is considered an older, but still useful in some cases, protocol for dynamically exploring...
Router Architecture
Router architecture refers to the components of the router that are used for the booting process. You can back up...
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Network Address Translation (NAT) provides a way to “swap” IP addresses on an internal network with addresses that external networks...
How To Make Back-To-School Shopping Fun
Image credit: Discovery Education You've got the list of items your children will need for the upcoming school year. Now...
Confessions of a Professional Content Writer
Do you operate a blog or need to spruce up the content of your sales page? If so, you may...
IP Addressing
The IP Addresses Classes. Image credit Hill Associates Each device on a network must have a unique IP address in...
Binary and Hexidecimal Number Systems
Computers are very stupid electronic boxes and more than one computer specialist has noted that much of our world now...
Securing Your Switches
Switches like this Cisco SG200-26 are suitable for small businesses and modest networking needs. Some of the savvier hackers and...
Common Issues with Switches
Switches like this Cisco SG200-26 are suitable for small businesses and modest networking needs. In a perfect world, all of...
Basic Switch Configuration
Switches are a convenient way to manage packets moving through a network. Without switches and their “big brothers,” network routers,...
CSMA/CD and TCP/IP
CSMA/CD In the old days when half-duplex cabling was the only viable option for computer networks, transmissions over the OSI...
WAN Cabling
Serial cables are most commonly used for Wide Area Network (WAN) connections and are available in a wide variety of...
LAN Cabling
How much network cabling do you actually see when you walk through an office building? Usually not much, but if...
Networking Devices – Hubs, Switches and Routers
Can you create a network just by interconnecting a few computers? Sure you can. However, most networks for businesses tend...
The OSI Model
With so many giant technology companies competing with one another, it might seem a wonder that an Apple device can...
The Path To Mars
A visualization of the Mars One colony. Image credit Mars One So you might have heard that Mars One...
Cars on eBay
So you want to buy a car but you don't want to deal with the hassle of going to a...
Harley-Davidson Motorcycles on eBay
Sell your Harley-Davidson? Yeah, right! But if, heaven forbid, you run into some difficulty and have to sell, eBay is...
Stuff To Do With Mint
Mint. Image credit: Cook Almost Anything Mint is most commonly used as a breath freshener and in certain herbal teas....
Space Agencies Need Better Publicity
Have you ever wondered why space exploration efforts don’t get as much attention as they used to? Space agencies around...
Choosing A Telescope
Image credit: Sky and Telescope Are you looking for a new telescope? If so, you probably wonder what kind of...
Harsh Criticism of Mars One?
I've been hearing a lot of criticism of Mars One around the Internet. Bloggers are saying that it's a hoax,...
The Mercury Missions
The Mercury missions were NASA's first serious effort to send American astronauts into space. One of its primary objectives was...
Gordon Cooper
One of the Mercury 7 astronauts, Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. flew the sixth and last Mercury mission in the Faith...
Deke Slayton
One of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Mercury program, Donald K. "Deke" Slayton was grounded due to a...
Wally Schirra
The only astronaut to fly missions for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, Walter M. "Wally" Schirra was one of...
Scott Carpenter
One of the Mercury Seven astronauts and member of the Sealab II crew, Scott Carpenter was the second American to...
John Herschel Glenn
John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth and also holds the record for the oldest astronaut to go...
Gus Grissom
Official NASA Photo of Gus Grissom. Image credit This Day in Aviation Hailing from Mitchell, Indiana, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom...
Alan Shepard
One of the most complex of the Mercury astronauts, Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the fifth...
How To Make A Good How To Blog Entry
So you're the one everybody goes to when they want to know how to do something. That's how you know...
NEWS FLASH – Major Networks Ignore Landing of Expedition 35!
I'm proud of these guys, how about you? Image credit Twitter What do you do when news goes trending and...
To Buy Or Not To Buy (Silver)?
Should I, or shouldn't I, buy that 10-ounce silver bar? @apmex Thinking about it... — Heidi Hecht (@Squidoogeek) May 12,...
So I’m A Blogger…
Big deal, right? Everybody who has something to say, something to sell or just think they're such a hotshot that...
What I Learned From The Humans To Mars Summit
The Humans to Mars Summit earlier this week (May 6-8) brought up some good talking points about manned missions to...
Top Ten Cookbooks Published Using CreateSpace
Have you ever gotten tired of the same old recipes? I don't blame you. Seems like there are only so...
Publish With CreateSpace
Is self-publishing for you? A lot of authors shy away from this option because they don't want to trust their...
Why You Should Ignore SEO
Image Credit Business Training Resource If you've been around the Internet for any length of time, you've probably seen it....
