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Falling back into your school routine?

The days of pens and crayons have been replaced by laptops, tablets, and smart phones. But what happens when they stop working correctly? It’s easy to be shaken when your devices suddenly start misbehaving—especially if you’re scared about losing important files. There are three things you can do to help keep your electronics running smoothly…and avoid that sinking feeling you’ve lost hours of work.
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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Radiohead

OK Computer came out in May of 1997, and if you were a fan of Radiohead before this record, you probably picked it up on that spring day, put it in the CD player…and wondered what in the heck you just heard. The album was a strong departure from their previous efforts but the result is one of the best collections of songs in history—and it's today's feature on Cheap Tunes Tuesday.
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Seen on Pinterest: Creative (and mostly DIY) Costumes for Any Age

Don't get caught up in long lines at the party supply store this Halloween. Instead, take a DIY turn this season and try some of these creative costumes for any age. This week's Seen on Pinterest lets you explore everything from the must-have looks from Frozen to creative couples costumes that won't break the bank.
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Weekly tech news roundup for October 3

This week: Windows 10 is coming (no, not Windows 9), "elf yourself" with JibJab's newest message app, and get the latest Apple rumors...and links to Shellshock patches for whatever OS you're running on your Apple machine. Also, Facebook and Google are upping the ante with new ad offerings, the Garmin Vivofit and Vivosmart are getting great reviews if you're in the market for a wearable, and Kickstarter-inspired Potatostock really happened. Want some more? Check out the low-tech but ingenious "invisibility cloak" that was just invented, and find out about some small crystals that can suck massive amounts of oxygen up like a sponge.
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Game Time: Inspiration, Perspiration, and Pixels

To stand out among the thousands of video games released on computers, phones, and social media sites every year, you need a hook. Paul Pridham is the mad scientist of Madgarden, and he took a few minutes away from creating the upcoming Death Road to Canada to answer questions about creating games for today's demanding audiences.
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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Kayne West

In terms of controversial artists (heck, even just controversial people), our featured artist today would probably have his name in the dictionary. Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak album was universally panned by critics upon release, but now that a few years have passed, many have looked back on this album and remarked how it was essentially revolutionary to the genre. He poured his feelings out in a way most fans had never seen an artist do, and he did it with an almost reckless departure from his typical sound. Maybe didn’t pay off from a numbers perspective – but in terms of concept, perhaps second to none. Give it a shot for only $5—you may feel a little differently about him or his music after you listen.
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Weekly tech news roundup for September 26

This week: the internet is "Shellshocked" by a new bug worse than Heartbleed, MIT is developing a new shrink-wrap space suit, and check out a GIANT poster with just about every spaceship ever imagined on it. Also, get a load of a mini robo octopus, a new kind of fire hydrant for the 21st century, and the smartest lightbulb you'll ever meet. If that wasn't enough, I've rounded up reviews on the new BlackBerry Passport and have to admit being rather charmed by the idea of Polaroid's newest introduction.
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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: The Killers

When you think of Las Vegas, images of casinos, money and bright lights come to mind. Sure, maybe a few musical acts too, but they tend to be the show tunes—you know, Wayne Newton type of music—not necessarily the stuff you hear on current radio. You don’t often hear of up-and-coming bands playing the side stages of Vegas hoping to get noticed by a major label…but that’s exactly what happened for today’s $5 album and featured band, The Killers.
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Seen on Pinterest: Gluten Free for Beginners

We’ve recently discovered that a member of our family has Celiac Disease — the condition that causes an intolerance to wheat based products or those containing gluten. In helping our family member come up with new ways to re-engineer their lifestyle, we turned to Pinterest to catalog our recipes and common gluten-free conversion options. Whether you too have been asked to try gluten free for health reasons or are simply testing the trend like we are in solidarity, here are a few of our favorite resources for this week's "Seen on Pinterest" column.
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Weekly tech news roundup for September 20

This week's news highlights: Microsof buys Minecraft (and set the gaming community into a freakout), an astrophysics professor invents a $110 earthquake early warning device, and Microsoft announces a Windows event for September 30th. Also, check out a new reasonably-priced fitness tracker from Misfit and a leaked picture of a new Kindle e-reader called the Voyager (maybe it'll be released in time for the holidays?).
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