01 July 2017

5 Intelligent Sites to Boost Your Brain


Even though the internet is largely populated by cat videos and memes, it also has some intelligent stuff. But you need to know where to find it, if you want the web to boost your brain and not blast it. A while back, we compiled a mega-list of 35 brainy sites for you to read more intelligent content. This new list has only five more, but we find ourselves going back to them a lot. Don’t miss out on these. 1. Wait But Why (Web): Intelligent Yet Funny This has fast become one of my favorite sites on the internet....

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How to Move a Full Operating System From an Old PC to a New One


Buying a new computer is exciting. It’s blazingly fast, junk-free, and packed with the latest hardware. But that’s where the excitement ends. Once you power it up for the first time, you’ll quickly realize you’ve taken on a mammoth task. It can take days – if not weeks – to get it set up exactly the way you want. You probably have masses of apps, files, and settings, all of which need to be painstakingly reviewed, moved, and reconfigured. It doesn’t have to be that way. Instead of doing everything manually, why not try and move your entire operating system...

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PSA: Some Fidget Spinners Are Exploding


Fidget spinners are everywhere. You probably own one, your kids probably own them, and even your pets have developed opposable thumbs overnight in order to get a piece of the action. And now, just as the craze is peaking, there are reports of fidget spinners exploding. Because of course. Fidget spinners have been around for a long time, with similar devices to the one everyone owns today invented in 1993. However, it took until 2017 for fidget spinners to become a craze, and now, months after schoolchildren started playing with them, their stock is dwindling in value. Bluetooth-enabled Fidget Spinners...

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Netflix Brings Sense8 Back for One Final Episode


Netflix is bringing back Sense8 after passionate pleas from fans. The good news is Sense8 will be back with a two-hour special designed to wrap up all the loose ends. The bad news is that will then be the end of Sense8, with Netflix declining to renew the series for another season. Netflix was once the home of lots of old shows that had previously aired elsewhere. Now, things are changing, with Netflix culling much of the filler in favor of making its own original shows. This was all going rather swimmingly thank you very much, until Netflix started cancelling...

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10 Discounted Course Bundles That’ll Teach You Programming


How long have you been saying you wanted to learn to program? It’s time to stop saying and start doing! Today, we’re looking at 10 discounted online course and eBook bundles that’ll teach you the skills you need to launch a career as a programmer. The Crash Course Coding Bundle ($39) This bundle comes with eight courses that’ll teach you all sorts of programming languages. There are classes on C programming, Java, Perl, Python, internet of things, and much more. You’re looking at 63 hours of content that’ll get you comfortable with lots of different programming skills. The Complete Programming Language...

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4 Features You Lose With a Third-Party Twitter Client


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Third-party party Twitter apps, like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, and Fenix, have gotten quite popular. But these apps can never surpass the official app, because Twitter doesn’t allow third-party apps to have more than 100,000 users. That’s not the only bad thing about third-party Twitter apps. Many of Twitter’s newest features introduced just aren’t available outside of the official app. Read on to find out what you’ll lose if you intend to use one of these apps as your primary Twitter client. 1. Twitter Polls In 2015, Twitter introduced polls. The feature is simple: just click the poll button when creating a new...

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