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Google Your Way to a Great Time
If you’re reading this article, I’m guessing that you’ve used a search engine before. Search engines (SEs) are a beautiful thing, don’t you think? Of course, you do. Before their wondrous creation, if we wanted to learn something we had to actually open up a book or, heaven forbid, speak to a person.
SEs help us discover all sorts of useful information, like how to train your dog to rumba or instructions on how to build good booger balls (always a challenge). My personal favorite search engine is Google (they’re not paying me to say this, BTW, but they might have told me they will smile when they hear my name). You may have your own personal favorite, which is not Google, and that’s okay. I’ll no longer be able to acknowledge your existence, but again, that’s okay.
The point of this article (yes, there is one), is to help you jazz up that searching process. By the end of this article, you’ll be thinking outside the box, you’ll be better informed, you’ll be doing the funky chicken.
The scenario: You have just installed your brand new Linux operating system and now your children are telling you that they want to do their homework on your machine. You take a moment to reconsider why you ever wanted your children to learn. They promise you that they just need to use OpenOffice and/or Gimp to finish their paper and would never dream of accessing the web or instant messaging their dweeby little friends. Should you do it? But how can you be sure that they won’t do either of these most heinous activities on your pristine (and still pure) machine while you’re out cleaning the garage? 
When I was a young and absent-minded college student, I began the process of writing lists on a piece of paper in the hope that the process would help me keep organized. The night before, I would sit down and plan out my entire day, listing everything I needed to do. The lists helped me to stay focused and accomplish my tasks. Basically, I was a nerd.