Academy Of The Recent Past » Digital Memories http://academyoftherecentpast.com Interesting Stories About Our Past Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:05:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Internet’s Affect On Our Lives http://academyoftherecentpast.com/the-internets-affect-on-our-lives/ http://academyoftherecentpast.com/the-internets-affect-on-our-lives/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:16:55 +0000 admin http://academyoftherecentpast.com/?p=444 Internet technology has changes our lives fundamentally and during the last several years the number of people using internet has been increasing dramatically. Internet technology has it positive and negative aspects. Internet technology has contributed mainly on the educational life. Nowadays doing research is simple; you just need to have an internet connection. Before it was really time consuming you had to go from library to library in order to find the books you needed. With the presence of internet you just go to the library site of your university and you can do research on library computers. The database of the university offers so many academic research material that is paid by the university. One more important point. From now on you can access these library paid databases from your home using your library user name and password. The other major plus for internet is that you can do shopping online, pay your bills, transfer money, buy parking permit for the college, buy books online, pay college fees and many more. The internet makes life easy and it saves a lot of energy. With the help of internet we save a lot of time and we can do a lot of things at once. The shipping of the products is becoming more reliable and most of the time you receive your product within two business days. In addition, to the positive sides of internet there are also several negative sides of internet. Comparing to the last years people have started to use internet more and more. There are so many social websites that are free and people are addicted to this sites. The use of this websites are not productive and eventually it will have a negative impact on person’s job or education. Also, according to the latest survey people prefer to spend time online instead of spending time with their family members or relatives. This is a pretty devastating fact and those who spend more that eight hours a day online are addicted to internet. Also, people use internet to watch porn videos which is waste of time and resources. The worst thing is that teenagers are using this sites and their parents are not aware of this fact. Internet technology is revolutionizing and it has made life easy. For example, we can buy a book online just in seconds or pay the electric bill in just two clicks. This is a magic no more post office and no more buying stamps. On the other hand, internet has a negative impact on many people because they use internet for social networking and eventually they become addicted to it. Use internet technology wisely and enjoy the magic of the highest technology.

]]> http://academyoftherecentpast.com/the-internets-affect-on-our-lives/feed/ 0 Where To Keep Your Digital Memories http://academyoftherecentpast.com/where-to-keep-your-digital-memories/ http://academyoftherecentpast.com/where-to-keep-your-digital-memories/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 20:17:14 +0000 admin http://academyoftherecentpast.com/?p=74 One of the things that’s great about technology these days, is that it’s so easy to take lots of pictures, videos, record music, and create all kinds of digital artwork.  The other nice thing about all that digital media, is that you can share it with friends and family over the internet.  Using a photo sharing site is a good idea. That usually means storing your information on another website, which also has additional benefits.  It’s a good place to have backups of all your digital memories.  While I keep copies of all my pictures on both my desktop computer and my laptop computer, it’s also nice peace of mind to know that I’ve got it stored an a computer outside of my home.

While there are several sites that specialize with pictures, or videos, I found one site that offers a great service for all your digital needs.  They also have some other interesting stuff, like a free HTML calendar that you can use on your own website.  A few years ago, it seemed like everyone was printing their own birthday cards.  Well, these free printable birthday cards may be just what your looking for.  I used to use an old version of Microsoft Publisher to do that, but I can’t seem to get it working under Vista, so this is a great alternative.

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