Sean Nam

As many of you know, Wikipedia and many other major sites are holding a strike against SOPA by shutting down for 24 hours. I will be joining the strike and so you will see this page on January 18, 2012. If you have a website, I strongly encourage you to join the strike here or download and install the WordPress plug in here.

I’ve censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet–a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/19009/uncensor

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I would like thank all my readers and apologize for neglecting my own website. I will reply to your comments and post more as soon as possible! But first, a few things…

1) Many of you asked about the design. I customized a WordPress theme called “Personal Homepage Theme” by Chris Coyier and am still in the process as you have probably noticed. You can find the theme and how to make your own version here: Personal Homepage Theme

2) Speaking of themes, I have temporarily returned to the default theme as the comments were not displaying properly. I will change it back as soon as I find out the problem and fix it.

3) Hosting: Some say my site loads quickly, and others say the opposite. Currently, I am using a free hosting called Freehostia. I do not know when I will be able to afford paid hosting but I will look into finding a better hosting provider.

4) Feeds: For those of you that are interested, please (re)subscribe to my Feedburner feed here: RSS Feed

5) I will be adding a “About Me” and a “Contact” page soon. In the mean time, you can contact me at sean-nam[@]hotmail.com or feel free to comment here.

There are over a billion apps for iOS devices on the Appstore. A year ago, Gene Munster/Piper Jaffray reported that about 80% of these apps were free while the paid apps cost an average of $1.49. However, we all know that some of the best apps are well over that average and the free ones are often filled with ads and paid upgrade options. Developers want to make money from their hard work, and users want to support them without having to pay. Here are three apps to help make this possible.

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Introduction

The iPod has no doubt changed our lives. It is the most popular MP3 Player out there. Everyone has one, from students to teachers, to President Obama and Queen Elizabeth. But what was life like before the iPod? Most of us barely remember those times when everyone used to carry around a CD player and the Song Walkman was the must have player.

So how did the iPod become the word synonymous to MP3 Player? How did Apple transform the music industry through just one small innovation? How was the iPod so successfully and what lasting effects has it had on the world? To answer these questions, we must look at the situation before the iPod was introduced, why the iPod is so successful, and how iPods are used today.

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