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Forget cool, OpenFlow and networking is now hot!

Over a year ago on this blog, I posed the question, Can Networking Be Made Cool Again? A lot has changed since then. The pendulum has swung back, and now networking is hot. In the past year Cisco (s c... read more

How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend

He finished everyday sentences with rhyming couplets, like “Now I have to ride ... Then, during one particularly hot evening, everything went black. “Dr. Rapp had a seizure,” recalled Tasha Wiggins, w... read more

True Polar Shift? Wandering magnetic pole could point to unsettled Earth core

But it now appears there is more going on ... But it's already been enough for the GPS network to have to be reset to avoid navigational errors. It’s easy to forget the driving force for all of this a... read more

How Anna Brones Works Half a Dozen (Cool) Jobs

Now, that’s not to say you’re going ... That was at the beginning of the internet becoming a hot spot for travel writing, and I started submitting articles. I did some stuff for Matador Network; I fou... read more

McDaniels: ‘Book is closed’ on interviews, staying with Patriots

NFL Network ... now have to take on the Patriots on the road to even advance to the AFC Championship, but this is really good value. A 10-to-1 that I really could see going all the way. Since they wer... read more

5 reasons to 'get smart' about your thermostat

From the moment you see one, a smart thermostat looks cool. The cover plate is smooth ... Here for 11 smart devices you never knew about before now. What makes a smart thermostat “smart?” Let’s start ... read more

DISH Network Hopper with Sling Whole-House DVR Review

Exactly one after the release of the first Hopper, we have the DISH Network Hopper with Sling ... is now part of your on-demand library, at least for eight days. It also means that all of that content ... read more

Facebook now lets you unfollow people, Pages, and Groups from one place

This functionality falls under what the social network refers to as “feedback” for its ... in which the CEO said “My goal was never to make Facebook cool,” the News Feed was a hot topic. Users asked w... read more

TV shows and movies are all getting sequels

Forget politically. The Oscars, poopy. The Tonys, no ratings. Now designers are chickening and Fashion Week’s become fashion weak . . . Some say Woody Allen’s hiding. Not. He’s off taking his daughter... read more

10 Extreme (& Sometimes Dangerous) Habits That Make You More Creative — And What Actually Works

David Bowie survived during the mid-1970s on a diet of cocaine, milk, and hot peppers. Einstein refused to wear socks ... the study’s co-author. “But cool temperatures facilitated a more open, abstrac... read more

Pa. School of Culinary Arts' newest instructor talks about winning 'Chopped' and being a gluten-free chef

It was impressive enough to get her to the next round of the television show “Chopped,” which is shown on the Food Network. In the next round ... becoming the episode’s “Chopped” champion. Marchetti n... read more

Report: ‘Good chance’ Kitchens will be Browns’ head coach

NFL Network ... now have to take on the Patriots on the road to even advance to the AFC Championship, but this is really good value. A 10-to-1 that I really could see going all the way. Since they wer... read more