Archives for February 2014

Computers have never been so relevant in our lives. Most fields, if not all, are dependent on computer technologies and benefit from workers who are well versed in computer programming. If you know how to code, it means you know how to make a product readily available online within the reach of millions. According to statistics from the nonprofit Code.org, by 2020 there will … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: Computer Science, the New Literacy

Bryan Fuller's currently the bane of fans' existences everywhere because of his deliciously (sorry) imagined "Hannibal," but no matter what his taste (sorry) in storytelling now, I'll always have fond memories of the man because of a little gem of a show that got put on, and then pulled off, the air long before the world was ready for it: "Pushing Daisies." The story of the … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Touched

This year's State of the Union was watched by a record few Americans—only 33.3 million viewers, the lowest in fourteen years1. I will be the first to admit that I did not watch the State of the Union—I was about to go to class atthe time, and I watched the beginnings of the speech, knowing that later, I could watch the entire speech on Youtube, or read a transcript of the … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: The State of the Union of a Sitting Duck