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How to take professional pictures of your family without paying for a professional

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 19, 2011

Whenever Web Watch goes on a trip – say to Las Vegas, Walt Disney World, San Francisco… wherever – we are completely dumbfounded by all the tourists and families who are trying to get “that perfect shot”.

They group their people together on one side of the walkway, then expect the entire crowd to stay out of the way while you compose the shot.

Have you ever been trying to get from Point A to Point B at any of these touristy spots without having to constantly stop to be courteous to these photo hounds? We’ve gotten to the point where we say, “Screw it – they’re using a digital camera or their phone, they can take another shot” and we walk right through the photo opp. We’ve got place to be, folks – so let us move on and get out of your way.

Tags gadget, How To, parenting, photography, Travel

10 Things Travel Video Games

The 25 Worst Cities to Live In

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 18, 2011

Grand Theft Auto

If you’re a video game addict — and let’s face it, if you have at least two “sequel” games in your game library you probably qualify — then you may have sometimes used video games as a way to escape your mundane, humdrum life.

Because who wouldn’t want to be that guy in Grand Theft Auto who can just run around and carjack whatever he feels like sometimes? Drive around and run bad drivers off the road?

Yeah, feels kinda good, doesn’t it?

Tags 10 Things, game, Travel, video games

Gadgets Internet Websites

How big of a nerd are you? Try taking the 2011 Geek Test

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 17, 2011

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth:
Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

Web Watch knows that we’re a bit of a computer nerd. Some would say that “geek” would be the more appropriate term. To paraphrase a recent episode of CSI, a “freak” is someone who is naturally talented in unusual ways; a “geek” is one who learns how to do the same things.

So we’ll go with “geek”, as all computer knowledge is learned – whether it be via formal school education or by tinkering around with gadgets and on the Internet for hours/days/weeks/years on end to see how things works and to make thinks work better.

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were nerds, and they’re proud of it.

Which brings us to our initial question: How big of a geek are you?

Tags computers, gadget, Internet, quiz, website

10 Things

Where do today’s young professionals want to work?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 16, 2011

Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to Work

If you have to go to work, why not go someplace where you WANT to go.

Because work should be fun (even though it’s called “work”).

Tags 10 Things, business, career, Disney, facebook, jobs

Gadgets Internet News

Do you tweet work-related stuff? You may not own your Twitter account…

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 15, 2011

Twitter Marketing for Dummies
Twitter Marketing

So you have your very own Twitter account (like we do, at @webgangsta). And you spend time throughout the day sending out various tweets about whatever is going on in your life.

Some of the things you tweet about are about food you’ve eaten and music you’re listening to. Some of the things you tweet about are work-related, such as telling your followers about some cool new thing that’s up on your company website.

Tags business, facebook, Internet, lawsuit, Legal, MTV, News, podcast, twitter

food Science shopping

Not all honey is created equal: do you know what’s in YOUR honey?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 14, 2011

Organic Rainforest Honey

Do you know what’s in YOUR jar of honey that’s in your pantry?

Chances are, you just went to the store and purchased whatever honey was on the shelf and brought it home, without bothering to worry about what is actually in that cute plastic bear squeeze bottle.

And since honey is one food that doesn’t spoil, chances are that you’ve had that same jar of honey for a few years — and doesn’t it look just as crystal clear now as it did when you first purchased it?

Tags farming, food, groceries, science, shopping

food News

Latest trend in teenage drinking techniques? Vodka-soaked tampons and “butt chugging”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 13, 2011

Smirnoff Vodka

Parents — there’s a disturbing new trend amongst teenagers who are trying to get drunk in the most unique ways possible.

A few years ago, dropping shots of vodka directly into your eyes was the allegedly go-to way to get an instant buzz on. Today’s kids are a bit more creative: