Haha... yeah no. I went to school for website design and graphic design. There is certainly no lack of opportunities for people in that market. Designers are always needed. However, when I went to apply for jobs, employers only wanted to pay $12-$15/hour to have you write code, create content, design graphics, manage…

I read the article, and went to the NSLDS site, but there was no option for me to register. It just provides a login screen. (In the “here’s how to use it” link, it goes through the steps of using and logging into or even registering for the NSLDS site to get access, but I don’t have any of the options they…

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I went to Paris 10 years ago (next month). I was so excited to finally get to use the French i had learned in high school. I used to use it all the time when I worked customer service to help tourists, and they loved me for it. It made things easier for them being able to communicate in their native tongue. So I was…

Though it takes considerable work, if you’re up for it, you could always build yourself a derrick... a la Alton Brown: http://altonbrown.com/how-to-build-a-derrick/

TreeLoot.. how I do miss TreeLoot.

It’s not so much a “service” I miss... but I just miss the web before it was hugely monetized. Now, I know advertising has always been around on the internet, even in the earliest of days. But what I’m referring to is when people in the early-to-mid 2000's (or what many call the “Web 2.0" boom) learned how to turn the…

I’m with you Carl- 100%. I am turning 32 next month as well, and I miss the simplicity of the internet as well.I miss the mystery of it, to be honest. I miss going online and being surprised by each new site I went to, discovering something new. Now, nothing shocks or surprises me anymore. Even when you do see…

Yes- I was just thinking of Geocities! I remember using that way back in the day, in the late ‘90s when I was in 7th and 8th grade just learning how to teach myself to code HTML and CSS. GoPlay was another service I remember using that was somewhat similar.

I also remember a site called Bolt. It had nothing to do with…