One big difference between Chicago and Raleigh is traffic. Chicago has basic north-south east-west routes and a lake that stops you from going east at one point. Raleigh has roads that can go east-west-north-south within a few miles, and you cannot live without a GPS. Also, Chicago has many 8-12 lane roads while Raleigh has…
Back in 1997, Deep Blue (an IBM computer) defeated Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion at the time, in a six-game match with a final score of 3.5-2.5 in favor of Deep Blue. Almost 20 years later, in 2016, Google’s AlphaGo program achieved a similar victory by defeating Lee Sedol, one of the world’s top…
I have always been entertained and enamored by magic tricks. When people see one performed, they usually have one of two reactions: amazement or curiosity. The amazement is, “How did they do that?” and the curiosity is, “How did they do that?” Some people will look forward to the next one, while others are distracted…
Do you remember life before Beepers, CB Radios, and Fax Machines? All three gained momentum and popularity in the ’70s and ’80s and peaked in the ’90s. However, all three fell victim to mobile phones. Beepers became text messaging, faxes became email, and CB radios became Nextel phones and then standard mobile phones. Mobile phones…
It’s easy to get nostalgic for the good old days. We just watched the satirical movie “Unfrosted” about making Pop-Tarts. It’s filled with nostalgic references and jokes blended with a modern-day perspective. Although Pop-Tarts have fruit flavors, it’s 100% artificial flavors loaded with sugar that give them their taste, for many kids in the ’60s,…
Have you ever heard the George Carlin comedy sketch about Football vs. Baseball? You can watch it here and some of the lines include: “Football is played in a stadium; baseball is played in the park.” “In football, you wear a helmet; in baseball, you wear a cap.” “In football, you get a penalty; in baseball,…
Have you ever suffered from social overload? I know it occurs across social media, especially when you have a controversial topic with hundreds of comments and replies. You reach a point where your brain shuts down. You go numb and move on or just leave the platform for a while. I remember the feeling when…
Growing up in New York, Yogi Bera was one of my favorite characters. He was a good player but even more of a philosopher (well, sort of). Some of his most famous “Deep Yogi Thoughts” include: “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” “It’s like…
When you think of unicorns, I am sure the first thing that comes to mind is a mythical and colorful horse with a single horn. Although there are no living, breathing unicorns that I have ever seen, I know unicorns are REAL! Real unicorns in business refer to an elite privately funded startup that has…
One of the most recognized sounds computer lovers remember is the dial-up connection and AOL’s announcement that says, “You’ve Got Mail!” It was like a sugar high whenever you heard that sound. Nowadays, most of us feel like we have the stabbing pain of a cavity when we hear our Outlook or Gmail inbox notification…
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