Are Facebook and Twitter making you smarter?

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

If you logged in to Facebook or Twitter at all yesterday, you know the health care law was upheld. Maybe you don't follow any news organizations and maybe you care more about peanut butter than you do politics but someone ...

Did you notice Facebook changed your email address?

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

Surprise! If you go look at your info on Facebook, you'll notice your email address has been changed to the one Facebook provides for you. Everyone can see it even if your other email address were hidden. The New York ...

Obama and Michelle talk about their first date

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

I can be a sap for these sort of things. Not always, but these two have quite the connection and I think we've seen it time and time again during his presidency. This video made me laugh with them. Obama ...

Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George, last in subspecies, dies

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

Hearing about the end of a species always makes me feel a bit down. I know that death is a part of life. I know we can't fit absolutely everything on earth forever. But I guess part of me just ...

Some things about being a journalist

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

I know there are days when you can't help but bring your work home with you. We've all done it and on certain occasions, it is truly unavoidable. I got into this industry to talk to people, learn about different ...

Scottish, nine-year-old, food critic, blogger banned from posting photos

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

Martha Payne received more than two million hits on her blog NeverSeconds in just a few weeks. Martha began posting photos of her school lunches and rating them. Wish I would have thought of that when I was in school. ...

Face-chewing victim Ronald Poppo is recovering from "zombie" attack in Miami, graphic photo

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

[Warning: Graphic photo at the end of blog] We all remember the homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off by a man who allegedly was on bath salts. (Graphic images in link.) His name is Ronald Poppo and despite ...

Have you liked our Facebook page? You can win two free tickets to see soul surfer Bethany Hamilton.

By jpuente in Technology Is Your Friend

Like the Victoria Advocate Facebook page for a chance to win. Submit your question for Bethany using the form on the Victoria Advocate Facebook page. You will be entered to win a pair of free tickets to see her on ...