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After my sophomore year of college ended, I entered what I thought was going to be a maze of wires, servers, and ethernet ports. I had landed an internship in the computer networking department of a big financial corporation, and as boring as that sounds, I was pumped to get to work and to keep learning more. […]
I’ve always been a morning person. While some people view the idea of getting up at the crack of dawn as more horrifying than an angry honey badger covered with glued-on steak knives, I’ve been willingly doing it since high school. Even after my mornings stopped being filled with scheduled obligations – classes, summer jobs […]
Every time I walk into Home Depot I get this inexplicable urge to buy every tool in sight. Do I need them? Nope. Do I live in a rental house that I have barely any leeway to change or upgrade? Yep. Do I do most of my work on a computer, surely shaming the warriors and […]
When I was in 6th grade, I was picked to read a poem I had written aloud at the front of my English classes. My poem was about a kid that got sent to the principal’s office, and I remember myself wishing that I’d get sent to the principal’s office myself so I wouldn’t have to read […]
After a few weeks of frantic paddling and arm-waving, our fists have once again triumphantly emerged from the sea of reader questions in which we perpetually swim. And once again, we’ve dragged up five of the best ones to answer for you today. One interesting question we’ll be tackling this week is: This is a […]
Running College Info Geek has become a pretty complex job. Aside from constantly fielding calls from governments around the world who mistake us for superheroes (it’s an easy mistake to make, I know), there are a lot of tasks we each juggle during any given week. For my part, I’ve got videos to script, film, […]
Did you know that broccoli is actually toxic? It’s true; every time you eat one of those delicious little trees, you’re subjecting your body to a small amount of toxicity. Oddly enough, though, that’s a It’s one of the reasons that broccoli is a “healthy” food. You see, our bodies and minds have adapted to the harsh […]
It’s high… time we answered some of your questions again! (And, technically, it’s also high noon somewhere.) In today’s 5 Questions episode, we’ll be analyzing several different perplexing conundrums, including challenging ourselves to use more than five 3-syllable words in a row. Just kidding – though, if you’re keeping score, I just got seven. All of […]
On October 20, 2015, my YouTube channel hit 100,000 subscribers. I was a milestone I’d been dreaming about for a really long time, and I was so excited to finally cross it. In my mind, it was the very definition of the YouTube “big leagues.” The moment came: I hit the refresh button and saw […]
Nightmare scenario: you’re looking at your transcripts and your GPA is not where you want it to be. Internship-hunting season is coming up. What do you do? Pray to the Many-Faced God? Hitchhike your way to the Argentinian countryside, become a goat herder, and never talk to your parents again? Switch places with genetically altered guy so you […]