Another green car, y’all! And this time, it’s a green pea car! Isn’t it cute? Imagine yourself driving this unique and cute beauty. If this happens, all eyes will be on you! Who wouldn’t notice this car when it drives down the street? First of all, it’s green, a color which stands out. And second of all, it’s shaped like a pea! You don’t get to see that kind of car everyday, do you? Some would love to have a classy car that can accommodate more people, but if you’re the quirky type, you can appreciate this green pea car! Now if only you could get a cheap auto insurance to go along with it, that would be just fabulous!

I was browsing the Internet for cool technological gadgets (I do this sometimes), and I found the mimio range of teaching products. Let me just give you a bit of an overview of their products. They have MimioTeach, it’s like an interactive whiteboard which makes it easy and engaging for the students as opposed to just the normal blackboard or whiteboard. They also have the MimioVote, which is an assessment system that is very convenient and cool. And another interesting product is the MimioView document camera which makes capturing of pictures and videos easy. This is good for class demonstrations and makes for a dynamic lecture. My favorite is the the MimioPad, which is basically a wireless tablet that allows the teacher to be anywhere in the classroom and still teach. He doesn’t have to be in front of the class at all times. With all these amazing technology for teaching, surely, these will keep the students awake and interested and give them a greater and more fun learning experience! Now, wouldn’t you like that as a student?

Hey guys! I just found this really cool concept of a car. The 2030 Car Concept is cool because not only is it green (my favorite color), it’s also solar powered! And it gets better! The car features ergonomic seats, joysticks and a control panel for maneuvering and there could even be a table at the backseat! Talk about innovation, huh? I’m quite interested in unique and outrageous technology like this one. What do you think? Looks cool, right? Let’s see if it ever gets done, shall we? While we wait, better look up some cheap auto insurance quote for when you finally buy a car of your own. Maybe you’ll get this one in the future? Who knows, right?

I recently received an iPod touch as a free gift with the purchase of a new computer. Despite the fact that it’s not even a smartphone, I find myself using it constantly; I feel strangely naked when I don’t take it out with me. When I take it out, I compulsively check for open wireless; when I find it, I check my email and message boards through which I get work information, and when I can’t find any, I play games (usually Enviro-Bear 2010 or So Long, Oregon!) even in the company of others. This is bad.

I’m fairly certain that my addiction to my iPod touch is built around a few components. The first is my love of discovering things, like open wireless networks, and making a game out of finding free internet when I’m traveling (or just outside of my house). I love taking screenshots of networks with interesting or funny names and building mental maps of where service does and doesn’t exist.

The second is my compulsive desire to check my email, though I receive at most a few messages every day and maybe one of them is of any importance. When I can’t get online, I now find myself checking my email using my phone every few hours, something I used to be able to forego without any trouble at all. Having an iPod touch at my disposal has reconfigured my brain to always want to be connected in a way that it never was before.

The third is my misguided internal belief that I’m more in touch with things than I actually am. The iPod touch is easy access to messaging, social networking services, magazines I read, publications I write for, and other things that I use regularly when I’m on a computer, alone, doing work or reading for my own interest.

However, with a portable device, I now find myself behaving in the same way I behave alone when I’m out with others. Instead of being sociable or trying to steer conversation in a way that interested me, I recently spent a night out reading news aggregators and reviews of records instead of talking to the ten people around me, which obviously made me look like a jerk, cost me the opportunities potentially gained by talking to them, and hurt my chances of being able to have a functional conversation with those people later on in life, as I’ll be thought of as “that guy” who looked at a smartphone all evening.

It’s extremely easy to become totally hooked on a piece of technology. It’s predictable, it provides the same feedback every time you use it, and it’s always available to you, unlike actual human interaction, which is unreliable, fickle, and sometimes difficult; it’s always easier to tune into a machine than something alive. And as a consequence, it’s important to make a point of not doing this, especially when you need to make a good impression or convince someone that you’re listening; even if you’re a master multitasker and can hold down a conversation effortlessly while composing an email and eating lunch, there’s a good chance that someone is going to read you as rude and apathetic even if you’re not, compromising both your reputation and tainting that personal interaction.

- Andrew Hall is a guest blogger for Medical Assistant and a writer on bachelors degrees in that same field.

Nowadays, the world has become so advanced in technology… we have cellphones, Internet, e-mails, chat… so many technological inventions are being made. Don’t get me wrong, these are great things and they bring so much convenience to us, but apart from the wonderful benefits that we get from these technological advances, there are certain disadvantages as well. Like for instance, cellphones can be great tools of communication with our loved ones, right? That’s a good thing. But they can also be used for “not-so-wonderful acts” like cheating.

I know a lot of people who are victims of this. A friend of mine cried when she found in her boyfriend’s cellphone a text message from a girl saying “I love you”. She found lots of sweet messages in the guy’s inbox and that’s where she knew that he’s been cheating on her the whole time. Another friend of mine is complaining that when she’s with her man, she gets frustrated because he’s always on his mobile phone, texting… and when she asks who it is he’s talking to, he becomes evasive. Also, he gets furious when she wants to see his cellphone and he gives her a hard time about it, saying that he needs his privacy. Yet another friend of mine found out that her long time boyfriend was cheating on her when she browsed through his chat archives. Yeah… OUCH, right? If this has happened to you too, you’d know how much it hurts.

The thing is, technology has now become another “creative” means to flirt with other people or start and nurture an affair. Many people admit to using technology to fool around and become unfaithful. In other words, it definitely makes cheating a lot easier. With this reality, how are we supposed to trust each other anymore? It’s sad because this trend is becoming predominant in our society today. It’s scary, really.

Especially when you think you know somebody so well, and you trust that person completely, just to discover him flirting with someone else in the chat room or through text messaging. See, even to the most faithful person, the ease of communication that technology brings can be a real temptation. Anyway, who would know right? Chatting is so easy, you can just flirt away when your partner is not around. Or texting can be done anytime anywhere, right? It’s a very tempting thing to do with someone, especially one that you’re strongly attracted to. And it can be instrumental in the conception of an affair that is capable of ruining most relationships.

I guess no matter what we do, we can’t ever really put a stop to this trend. It will always be present, and the only thing we can really do is be careful and just be a wonderful partner to the person in our life. If he cheats, then it’s his conscience that’s on the line, not yours.

Life and love is complicated, and we can never really explain it’s every intricacy. Life can be unfair too, so it’s up to us how we use every situation to our advantage. Technology can make cheating easier, but we all still have a choice. It all comes down to whether or not we will allow a certain device to ruin our principles, and yes, our lives too. It all comes down to our personal values… are we really inherently unfaithful? Or are we just turning to these technologies to make our lives a lot more exciting? If you’re tempted to cheat, will you give in, or will you try to resist? We all have a choice.

Have you ever been tempted to cheat using technology?

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