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Rediscovering SQL

Rediscovering SQL

Over the last few months, I've been taking an online course in Data Analytics to introduce me to the field. This course...

I Kept a Weekly Journal for 4 Months and This Is What I Learned

I Kept a Weekly Journal for 4 Months and This Is What I Learned

This week marks my 16th week of keeping a weekly journal - and in that time, my journal has evolved

Peeje T

I discovered Peeje T. via this Gizmodo article, and while the article disappointed in that it had very little to do with technology, the discovery itself was quite entertaining. Peeje T. or peejet as he is known across the interwebs, is famous for his hilarious photoshop images where he perfectly

Hot Damn! I Rock

Hot Damn! I Rock

It continues to amaze me how my piece on Jerry LaVigne Jr. remains the most viewed post on the blog. A recent Google search for his moniker even had us in the top 3 results! So my question for you today is, are you ready for more? More of that

African Youth Journals

African Youth Journals

Over the last few months, I've had the pleasure of stumbling across a couple of blogs by African authors that truly resonate with me. The first was Romance Meets Life: a blog by Myne Whitman, that's primarily about love and relationships. The second was African Youth Journals: a blog by

Comic Bandit

In a serendipitous coincidence of fate (in other words, luckily), soon after writing the article on Jigida Comics, I received two actual Nigerian comics in the mail. They were a belated birthday present from my mother. The 2 comics, Taboo & Uhuru, are both published by Comic Bandit Press: a new

Time's End

Another project which caught my attention, was Time's End by Theophany. Now for me, this was all about the incredibly thematic release modelled after The Legend of Zelda game: Majora's Mask. The project itself, is a remix of all the soundtracks from the original video game... and if you are

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

From our old friend Andrew of Songs To Wear Pants To, came the album The Final Countdow: A series of covers to an original song of the same title release by Europe in 1986. There are 7 versions in total, each using a different style of music, and most better

Apocalypse 2012

Apocalypse 2012

According to the Mayan calendar, the world ought to have ended on Dec. 21st 2012 which funny enough, is my brother's birthday! Of course the world didn't end, he turned a year older (much to his chagrin), and we have all lived to see January 2013. But what happened instead

Jigida Comics

Unlike Kuluya which involved multiple Nigerian digital artists, Jigida Comics is the work of a single person who goes by the pen name of Sugabelly. Sugabelly is a Nigerian blogger and illustrator according to her website, and Jigida Comics is her sole proprietorship comics label. On jigida.com, you will

Kuluya.com

Kuluya.com is a website that seems to be a Nigerian spin on Newgrounds.com. It's fairly new, but already provides a home to several original flash-based Nigerian games. From games like "Okada" where you drive a motorcycle taxi, to others like "Ten-Ten" where you must choose a winning stance

Deviant Explorations

Deviant Explorations

Last month, I introduced you all to DeviantArt, and I briefly talked about how much I like it, and how addicted I have become to it. I mentioned how beneficial I feel it is to me as a writer, and how much my writing has increased due to the feedback

Laugh Factory

'Tis now the season to be jolly, and what's more jolly than comedy? Nothing! So allow me to introduce you to Laugh Factory. They are a stand-up comedy club in Los Angeles that has featured (and still features) some of the biggest names in the industry over the years. A

A Deviant Artist

A Deviant Artist

Some of you may already be familiar with deviantArt.com and what it's for, but for the rest, let me give you a brief introduction. deviantArt was created to entertain, inspire, and empower the artist in all of us. Founded in August 2000, deviantArt is the largest social network for

Orijin Culture

Towards the end of last year, I began writing for another blog called Orijin Culture. Orijin Culture is an Afrocentric initiative featuring its own magazine and fashion line which focuses on presenting the beauty within the African lifestyle. From interviews with successful African moguls to fashion recommendations and so on,

Egoraptor

^This is Arin Hanson (aka Egoraptor), or at least his current and 16th avatar according to his website. I stumbled upon one of his creations: PokeAwesome, when a friend of mine shared it on Facebook. It was a parody of the popular Pokemon games by Nintendo and one part of

Never Wet

I have seen the future, and it is NeverWet. NeverWet is a super hydrophobic coating that can be sprayed on just about anything to make it water resistant combatant. That is to say this thing doesn't just resist water, it literally kicks water's acqueous ass! Watch the video below to

Songs To Wear Pants To

Songs To Wear Pants To

Meet Andrew, the face behind the website http://songstowearpantsto.com/. You can commission him to write a song for you, or you could just suggest an idea and hope that he likes it. If he does, he'll create it for free! But you better be careful what you suggest because

Did You Know About NaNoWriMo?

Did You Know About NaNoWriMo?

Because I didn't. That is until I read this article on LifeHacker at the beginning of the month. Apparently, the month of November is National Novel Writing Month in the U.S and NaNoWriMo is an initiative by the Office of Letters and Light (sounds like something straight out of

Art for Fun

Every year in New York City, with the beginning of warm weather, - well it's getting warmer earlier, so let's just say the beginning of June – artists of the city take over an abandoned island called Governors Island. The island was most recently used as residence for United States Coast

Institute for Venture Design

Institute for Venture Design

Speaking of high-tech things, I had the pleasure of visiting the Institute for Venture Design up in Abeokuta last month thanks to my uncle Gboyega. The Institute provides an enabling environment for entrepreneurs to originate and actualise start-up technical ventures. From concept to conception the institute supports "fellows" through an

R.I.P Jerry LaVigne Jr.

R.I.P Jerry LaVigne Jr.

No, no. No one died... at least not yet. Jerry LaVigne Jr. is an Internet personality I've been seeing a lot of recently. He believes that most artists are not appreciated until they are dead and so he signs all his videos off with an R.I.P. Now although

Hieronymous 707

Hieronymous 707

Phew! Back to some manly talk. Here's a blog I stumbled upon in an attempt to look up some guy called J. Corey Connor on LinkedIn. It was one of those things where I received a friend request from an unknown entity and wanted to make sure everything was copascetic

Theme Song

Last night for some odd reason, I found myself binging on Saturday Night Live Digital Shorts (Short comedies from the SNL show ). Actually it was no coincidence, entirely the fault of Kemi Onajin. Anyway, while watching I came across this short featuring T. Pain entitled "I'm on a boat" and