IT Insights Blog — TestOut Continuing Education

A refrain one often hears in educational circles is that U.S. universities and colleges are the “envy of the world.” Based upon the number of foreign students attending each year, there does appear to be some validity to that claim. These institutions are certainly doing something right.

Every once in a while in life, weird and unexpected things happen. Quite often this phenomenon is observable in nature, with prominent examples frequently forming the backbone of clickbait sinkholes on the internet. Take, for example, the Blood Falls formation of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. If you've ever seen a picture, such as the one below, then the name makes perfect sense.

We here at the TestOut Continuing Education news desk and blog factory consider ourselves to be relatively plugged in when it comes to both the IT industry and the wider world beyond that. We try to write about current events and real-world challenges. It's probably more interesting for you to read about those things, and it keeps us both on our toes and with one ear to the ground.

Yesterday, March 20, was the vernal equinox, or as it is more commonly called, the first day of spring. It's been said in the past that spring is when a young man's fancy turns to love, meaning that late March and early April are, supposedly, even more ripe for romantic attachment than the middle of February. On the other hand, there are many different things to love in the world.

Technology has made a lot of things simpler, more effective, and more efficient. There are many different ways that all of us benefit from ongoing advances in the functionality and versatility of smartphones, tablets, and laptop and desktop computers. When you reflect that the weight of some early computers was measured in tons, it's clear that there's been a great deal of progress.