Author: Carlos Alcalá

  • Posting your relationship status on Facebook has its pitfalls

    Relationship status is one little line in a Facebook profile with infinite pitfalls. Sacramento therapist Stephen Grinstead has seen it up close. “It’s almost caused a number of divorces,” he said. He cited a couple in which the wife discovered her husband had a Facebook account where he’d listed himself…

  • Digital switch is a minus for VCR Plus

    When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, you were either in front of your TV set when it aired, or you missed it. Today – or, let’s say, if we ever return to the moon – you could save the moment using a cell phone to set your…

  • Once toys, now tools

    Josh Thompson, a student at Sacramento State looks at his Facebook page on Feb. 18, 2009 at the Student Union.Facing a tough job market, Facebook “friends” and LinkedIn business associates are clicking a well-worn adage and dragging it into their virtual worlds. That old chestnut says: Getting a job is…