The electric car is at the forefront of a growing trend in America, but one issue has caused this trend to slow a bit. Buying an electric car, like the Tesla Model S, is a fantastic way to go green, but the price is insanely high, and the commitment very serious. To that end, many drivers do…
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Did you hear what Obama said about Klingon immigration? He’s actually considering amnesty – darn them to Gre’Thor! Oh, wait, you didn’t hear about it? Have you not logged into BEHUM this week? BEHUM helps keep you in the loop by providing you with unbiased, media-unaltered, recent statements made by politicians and advocacy groups. Real…
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For most of us, Google Glass remains largely a thing of the future; with only a select few chosen for Google’s Glass Explorer program (I’m looking at you, La Forge!), the rest of us either are incessantly questioning the reality of this wearable, augmented reality technology or are dumbfounded when finding ourselves in the same…
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What is our purpose in life? Are there inherent flaws with bipartisan politics? What shoes go well with this killer outfit I want to buy? These are life’s burning questions – well not the last one so much – and the Internet never fails to provide us a soapbox from which to ask. However, when…
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Quick grammar lesson: what is the difference between “doing well” and “doing good”? For my purposes, I’ll assume that you subscribe to the view of grammar that equates “doing well” with “doing fine,” and interprets “doing good” as ”doing good [acts/deeds/works].” I know – grammar, ugh, someone stop this article right now. This distinction is important, though,…
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Have you ever dreamt of exploring space on your own terms? There are countless nebulae, galaxies, and planets out there just waiting to be discovered; space is truly the final frontier. Planetary Resources, a startup asteroid mining company, took to Kickstarter to raise $1 million in the hopes of bringing your dreams to life. With their…
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Looking for a way to make your business dreams become a reality? With Elevatr, you can capture your inspiration on the go and make your business ideas come to life. Elevatr is a mobile app that allows users to keep all their ideas in one place. It’s the first mobile app to help entrepreneurs create and…
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Did you know that all cars manufactured for sale within the US, since 1996, have an onboard diagnostics (OBD2) port? Go check around the base of your steering wheel, right above your brake and gas pedals; it is there. The OBD2 port was originally designed to help with emissions testing, but as technology evolved, so…
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In the 2012 election, TrendPo’s political rankings predicted victories in all 11 of the gubernatorial races, and 24 out of 33 Senate wins. The edge TrendPo has on other social media analysis companies is the TrendPo rank, which ranks politicians on “how effective they are in social and news arenas,” using factors including keywords, sentiment…
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A freelancer who cares will write a customized proposal just for you; a freelancer who doesn’t will copy and paste into his template. A freelancer who cares will create a thoughtful timeline for your project; a freelancer who doesn’t will ballpark it and call it good enough. A freelancer who cares will ponder a problem…
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Did anybody else use AOL Instant Messenger religiously? I remember all the cool features from the glory days: the sound of that door as it opened and closed, annoying jingles, designing the perfect profile, creative away messages, and horrific text color schemes that no human eye could ever hope to read. The point I am…
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A business’s strategic plan does more than lay out missions, values, and strategies; it provides a definition. It defines where you are and where you want to be over the next few years, and that definition focuses energy, time, and resources towards that goal. The issue, however, is that traditional modes of strategic planning are…
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Andrew is an iOS and MacOS interface designer based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. “I’m happy to talk to clients,” he says – presumably, compared to all those designers who have no patience for the people paying their wages. Thanks to Scoutzie, Andrew has a source of work to keep him busy, happily talking to those…
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We’ve come too far to give up who we are. Yeah, all right, it’s a line from Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” but I think it accurately describes how we often feel when we’re in a new city and are absolutely CLUELESS about the interesting things to do (let alone where we can find a decent…
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Incubation Station marks their second annual Showcase Day event today in Austin, Texas. Six consumer packaged goods (CPG) startups, after a 12-week mentorship program, are getting the opportunity to present their final pitches to Austin’s entrepreneur and investor communities. These startups spent their 12 weeks at Incubation Station focusing on funding, team building, mentorship, and…
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Are all men born with an innate inability to shop for clothes? This is a question that has stumped girlfriends since the nascence of the novelty tie. Indeed, even gay men need help shopping for clothes sometimes (not me, of course – I’m pretty on point). But, admittedly, shopping for clothes that 1) match our…
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