Stocking is the new planking

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We are all aware of the trend that has taken Facebook profile pictures by storm, and that is planking. For those of you that don’t know, it’s taking a picture of you lying belly-down on the most peculiar object you can find; it can vary from the ground, to a chimney, to between two plane…

Console Wars: Which controller is better, Xbox or PS3?

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Read part 1 of this series here: https://youthareawesome.com/console-wars-intro/ Controllers are an essential part of every console and accessories; well, except the Kinect. Controllers have evolved a lot since the first Atari controller. The Playstation controller has a smooth surface with two analog sticks together whereas the Xbox controller has two analog sitcks with a D…

Google+ now open to the public

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Google+. Some of you may of heard about it, some may of not. Potential Facebook killer? Possibly. But Google+ has just been released to the public, and is out of private testing and now in beta for everyone! Now some of you may just be like eh forget it, I’ll stick with Facebook since everyone…

Learn to English. Part I.

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Go here for more of this stuff. Just fer teh lawls. I’m not even kidding, this improved my ESL English skills. This is a long lesson, kids. Pay attention and maybe you’ll English as good as me. First Lesson: Learn to spell…or just no

How to build your own computer

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Do you remember the days when your parents bought a computer for you? You were probably ecstatic, but realized that your honeymoon phase ended faster than you could say “high speed internet upgrade?!” Well, now that you’re older and (hopefully) wiser, you’re probably planning to upgrade your personal computer. Perhaps you were thinking of getting…

What ‘Chu Know ‘Bout Twitter?

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As an avid Twitter user (I’m sitting at over 5,000 tweets; I’m not addicted, I swear), it’s pretty interesting to see some facts about this massive social website that I can proudly say: “Hey! I’ve contributed to this website a lot!” In all honesty, what I’ve done in about two years on this website is…

Console Wars : (Part 1 – Introduction)

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One of the best ways of entertainment for teens and young adults these days is gaming consoles like Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft  Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii. All the consoles have their pros and cons and starting from this week, I will be putting the consoles head on head to see which one is the…

A new age of technology

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Since the turn of the century, technological advances have created another world that all of us participate daily. However, we take certain precautions to guard ourselves from harm. We have passwords to act as our shield on the internet. But exactly how safe are these passwords of ours? Whenever we see networks hacked, those companies…

iPhone + DSLR: Best of Both Worlds

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We all know that the iPhone 4 can easily brag about it’s many features, from the App Store to its speed. However, its limitation is its camera. Though it has a praisable 5 megapixels, a 5x zoom, and HDR (High Dynamic Range) capabilities, it still can’t quite compare to that of a DSLR (Digital Single…

Ten common fallacies everyone should know about

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If you are part of debate and speech at your school, you might have heard of a few of these. Basically, a fallacy is a mistaken belief, or a failure in reasoning that renders an argument invalid. For instance, if you’re arguing with someone and they go “Well yea? You’re just dumb.” that’s a fallacy.…