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(S13E09) We're down to the final five on America's Next Top Model and one thing that Top Model is doing better this season than Project Runway is capitalizing on their location. Sure, Laura may look like a tomato during interviews, but at least Hawaii is being represented through their beaches and sugarcane…
Posted 2hrs 37mins ago by TV Squad.
(S01E07) I love more and more every week that we have these three different families we can pull from for our main focus. On most family shows, you're limited by the one family dynamic you're dealing with, and by the age of the kids involved. Here, in one show, we have a gay couple with a baby, a traditional…
Posted 3hrs 23mins ago by TV Squad.
(S01E06) Something big is going to happen with Axl, and I can't wait for it. Yes, he's doing the same bored, sleeping, lazy teenager act that we've seen a million times before, but I like the way he works off of both Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton. And I think there's real potential for him to break…
Posted 3hrs 51mins ago by TV Squad.
(S05E06) Little Ritchie is growing up so fast! This week he's going to a school dance ... with the most popular girl in school!? Could Christine's whole world be changing? How can the meanie moms be mean to her if her son is dating the most popular girl in school? How can Christine screw this up? By…
Posted 4hrs 23mins ago by TV Squad.
(S04E02) In case you think the Coach Eric Taylor has all the answers, this episode shows that's not always the way it is. In last week's show, the East Dillon Lions were so awful, Coach couldn't take it. He threw in the towel, which is a boxing term, but by forfeiting the game at half-time, that's what…
Posted 4hrs 31mins ago by TV Squad.
The formula for weight loss has never really changed. Unless one has been diagnosed with a medical condition which affects his or her weight, the formula is really quite simple: eat less and exercise more...
Posted 6hrs 12mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
I have four kids who all want to sit in the front passenger seat as I drive. There is an elaborate set of rules they must follow to decide who gets the honor of “riding shotgun”. You must say the word “Shotgun” to stake your claim on Shotgun. This must be done clearly and loud…
Posted 6hrs 34mins ago by Neatorama.
Seattle artist Jack Daws made eleven pennies by casting them from 18 karat gold and plating them with copper. One of those pennies was sold for $1,000 as a work of art. Another penny was spent at a news stand in Los Angeles. Yes, Daws sent one of the pennies into circulation in 2007 as a counterfeit…
Posted 6hrs 57mins ago by Neatorama.
Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of* no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot.
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by Mike Krumboltz Anytime we hear that a movie is "based on a true story" or "inspired by actual events," we have to wonder — how many liberties did Tinsel Town take? The supposedly true "The Men Who Stare at Goats" opens in theaters on Friday, November 6, and Web searchers are eager for the straight…
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If we lived in a world where we could only watch five TV networks on our televisions (I don't know what type of world that would be but it sounds like one of those bleak futures you often see in sci-fi movies), I would definitely choose Turner Classic Movies as one of those networks. That's a no-brainer.…
Posted 9hrs 11mins ago by TV Squad.
Readers offer their best tips for using scum-free soap, easily switching rows and columns in Excel charts, and using cell phones as remote baby monitors without using minutes. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads…
Posted 9hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Even though the show has been on forever, I still enjoy my weekly dose of the new South Parks. But lately, they seem to be running out of targets or have narrowed their focus too much on one particular evil: reality television. The season opener featured a rather nasty swipe at Disney's Jonas Brothers.…
Posted 9hrs 44mins ago by TV Squad.
There are many good reasons why you should become a Nurse here are few.
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If your TiVo or DVR can't get enough of the syrupy charm of the former Alaska governor, you might want to install a memory upgrade. Barbara Walters will do a sit down with Sarah Palin on the heels of her new memoir, Going Rogue, in a five-part series starting Nov. 17. Five parts? Seriously? Wouldn't…
Posted 10hrs 10mins ago by TV Squad.
MSN.com gets its first serious makeover in years (and you can preview it), the iTunes App Store officially gives you over 100,000 apps to choose from, and Mozilla Weave updates Firefox's browser-syncing tool. The Madeover MSN.com Preview MSN.com is one of the most popular sites on the internet (that's…
Posted 10hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
by Claudine Zap The remake of the sci-fi show "V" that premiered on ABC raised many a mystery. One of the biggest: Who is that woman? Even if you didn't watch the season opener, you may recognize Morena Baccarin from the promos for the show: She's the enormous serene head projected on a space ship with…
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Building a Spider Shelter
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Allison told you yesterday that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the Oscars in 2010. But you probably guessed that others were considered too, right? Three of the people below turned down the gig. Can you guess who they were? Tina Fey Robert Downey, Jr. Will Ferrell Whoopi Goldberg Jay Leno Ben…
Posted 10hrs 42mins ago by TV Squad.
Repower America's lastest advertising campaign to promote their new online feature "The Wall" is brilliant. The ads and the social media initiative vividly portray the diversity of support for serious climate action while also framing the relevance of ...
Posted 10hrs 59mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
The cast of ABC's new sci-fi drama V have nothing to worry about. That is if you don't count the fact that the show just replaced their showrunner, got caught launching a sneaky skywriting campaign and opened with a "split launch." Last night's episode got off to an "out of this world" start scoring…
Posted 11hrs 11mins ago by TV Squad.
AT&T has been dragging its feet on data tethering for months now, so if you're fed up waiting for official support and desperate to tether your iPhone's internet connection, weblog MobileCrunch details how to do it on the latest iPhone OS. The multi-step process isn't all that difficult, but you'll…
Posted 11hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Some people say that President Obama has been on TV too much since he became President a year ago, but his wife is about to make a big splash on one of Food Network's most popular shows. First Lady Michelle Obama will reveal the secret ingredient on the January 3 special episode of Iron Chef America…
Posted 11hrs 38mins ago by TV Squad.
DIYer Steve Hoefer has been hard at work making every 6 year old's dream come true: A device that unlocks your door whenever someone seeking entrance taps out the secret knock. His device, which fits easily over the inside of your doorknob and lock, counts the time between successive knocks and can…
Posted 12hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Photo: Fred Lebain French photographer Fred Lebain took a trip to New York City and took a series of photos around town. He then revisited those sites after printing out huge poster versions of his shots. Then he carefully re-aligned the shots to incorporate his previous image into a new, dynamically…
Posted 12hrs 24mins ago by Neatorama.
Syfy has become known not just for cheesy sci-fi and horror flicks but also remakes, or "reimaginings," of several classic films and shows. They had Children of the Corn recently, they had Tin Man (a modern take on The Wizard of Oz), and they have an Alien Nation remake in the works (not to mention…
Posted 12hrs 27mins ago by TV Squad.
Free web service CompareMyDocs is an easy-to-use tool that compares up to seven revisions of a Word document or rich text file to help you put together a final draft based on revisions you choose. After choosing the documents you want to compare, CompareMyDocs will choose one and highlight areas that…
Posted 12hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
by Mike Krumboltz A very special day is coming soon, boys and girls. Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the first episode of "Sesame Street." Four decades later, the PBS show is still going strong, a testament to the enduring power of pro-education monsters and catchy tunes. Throughout the day,…
Posted 12hrs 47mins ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
This chart shows the moral alignments of nine pop culture characters using the Dungeons & Dragons alignment system. Rorschach as Chaotic Good? I think that Chaotic Neutral is more likely. And Neutral Good for John Locke at best. Top row, left to right: John Locke of Lost, Dwight from Sin City,…
Posted 13hrs 1min ago by Neatorama.
(S06E12) Yet again, because of the ongoing World Series on FOX, there was no elimination this week, which means we barely had time to process the dancing before two contestants were being eliminated. Luckily for me, it became clear pretty quickly which two performances were the weakest of the night.…
Posted 13hrs 1min ago by TV Squad.
On Monday's episode of The Jay Leno Show, Mariah Carey made quite the entrance, taking a little stumble on her way out to meet the talk show host. I've always wondered how the heck she walks in those super high heels, but since it's all you ever see her wearing, she gets plenty of practice. In this…
Posted 13hrs 11mins ago by TV Squad.
Close All Windows is a simple application that forces all your open windows to quit immediately, and the Addictive Tips blog points out that you can also pin it to the Windows 7 taskbar for quick access. All you really have to do is download the application, save it into a permanent location somewhere…
Posted 13hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
A young man, using his metal detector for the first time, walked about seven steps from his car and got a signal. The four gold Iron Age neck ornaments, or torcs, date from between the 1st and 3rd Century BC and are said to be worth an estimated £1m… The find is the most important hoard of Iron…
Posted 13hrs 25mins ago by Neatorama.
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The Polish design team razy2 made a chair that’s built like a stack of sticky notes. The Q-Book is composed of sheets of paper, carefully cut, that are attached on one side. If you need something to write on, just tear off a sheet.
Artist’s Website via Make
Posted 13hrs 25mins ago by Neatorama.
Photo:dezeen Dutch designer Erik De Nijs created Suited Case — a collection of four functional suitcases that can be linked together in the form of a couch. His goal was to give travelers a taste of home while away: This concept came from a research on nostalgia during travelling. When a familiar…
Posted 13hrs 39mins ago by Neatorama.
Nothing puts a damper on your work life like a bad boss, but at times—particularly in a down economy—simply finding a new job isn't an option. Photo by stuartpilbrow. Career blogger Marci Alboher interviews the authors of a book called Working for You Isn't Working for Me about dealing with…
Posted 13hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
The other day I wrote about watching Mercy during a mini-marathon that aired last Saturday on Bravo. Is it possible that someone at NBC Universal was reading my plaudits for the company using Bravo to promote an NBC drama series? I think so, because today comes to the news that two of the Real Housewives…
Posted 13hrs 46mins ago by TV Squad.
Allison already gave you the news that James Franco is going to guest star on 30 Rock, and now Kristin over at E! has done a little detective work and has news about another casting coup for the NBC show (possible spoilers follow). An E! correspondent talked to Alec Baldwin on the red carpet at an Elle…
Posted 14hrs 12mins ago by TV Squad.
Thanks to the research power the internet bestows upon you, it's easy to find the best of class and the most expensive in any given category. What if you want the best of the cheapest picks? Cheapism can help. The premise of Cheapism is this: You don't want the absolute best and premium priced item,…
Posted 14hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Sounds pretty simple right? Then why do so many of us view regular sleep as something not all that important? "I’ll just make up the sleep on the weekend" we say. Well, unfortunately studies are showing it just does not work like that when it comes to s
Posted 14hrs 25mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
I'm not sure if it seems like it should be more episodes or less, but The Price is Right has been going strong since 1972 and they're going to be celebrating their 7000th episode tomorrow. I guess that seems right, it's just that when a show is on for 37 years you lose all track of the number of episodes.…
Posted 14hrs 42mins ago by TV Squad.
Sure you could go buy a USB charger off the shelf, but what fun would that be? Try making one yourself with a little help from a 9V battery and a few extra components. This simple hack on a standard 9V battery is an easy one to undertake. It's pretty straight forward, and all it requires is a quick…
Posted 14hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Election results (Searches increased by 7,697%). Republicans dominated in New Jersey and Virgina. Turducken (+619%). Why settle for just a Thanksgiving bird when you can eat three meats in one. Space hotel 2012 (+299%). Book now for your…
Posted 15hrs 1min ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Rosie O'Donnell reminds me of a sexually transmitted disease. I might have enjoyed my first experience that brought me in contact with her. But she's grown painfully irritating over the years, and I can't seem to get rid of her now. No matter what happens, she just keeps coming back to irritate me further…
Posted 15hrs 11mins ago by TV Squad.
YouTube Link Just in time for snow season! DC co-founder Ken Block teamed up with Subaru to design and produce the world’s fastest cat-track snow car. Primarily for reaching alpine backwoods to engage in some fresh boarding, the vehicle is also built for fun as a standalone toy. Prepared by…
Posted 15hrs 12mins ago by Neatorama.
Firefox only: Firefox 3.7 is scheduled to push page-loading progress bars into tabs, but for those of you who want to stay on the cutting edge, the feature is available now in with the aptly named Tab Progress Bar Firefox extension. It's a small, 6 KB extension that puts a progress bar in the tabs of…
Posted 15hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Hello everyone! As you can probably tell by the banners on the blog, we’re having a Mystery Sale on Neatorama. The proceeds help support the blog and our fledgling shop (thank you!) For those of you who don’t know anything about it, the Mystery Sale offers an item you can buy for $9.95.…
Posted 15hrs 35mins ago by Neatorama.
Aaron Siebers, 27, had a problem. He was skateboarding one afternoon, fell, and ripped his Blockbuster-issued khakis. Worried about getting "written up," Aaron hatched a criminally (not so) brilliant plan: Instead of just calling in sick, he stabbed himself in the leg and showed up at work…
Posted 15hrs 36mins ago by Neatorama.
Image: Alan Friedman of Averted Imagination Alan Friedman, a greeting cards-maker by day and astronomer by night, took this amazing photo of the Sun. APOD explains why it’s blue: Our Sun may look like all soft and fluffy, but it’s not. Our Sun is an extremely large ball of bubbling hot gas,…
Posted 15hrs 37mins ago by Neatorama.
Photo: Craig F. Walker / The Denver Post What does it take to create an American Soldier? Denver Post Photojournalist Craig F. Walker tracked Ian Fisher from his high school graduation through basic training, assignment to Colorado’s Fort Carson, and deployment in Iraq: His decision to join the…
Posted 15hrs 38mins ago by Neatorama.
If you commonly misplace your keys or forget to take the mail with you when you're heading out the door, this simple light switch rack wants to be your friend. Sold at the Museum of Modern Art store, the light switch supplement installs over your light switch cover and adds a couple of key hooks and…
Posted 15hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
Yesterday, the domestic trailer for “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” was released and and now we have another one. This one is an international and shows more footage from the film.
Posted 15hrs 54mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
A man cave is a place for a man to get away from the rest of the family and the problems of the world and to engage in his favorite pastimes. The best man caves get posted to the internet, and BroBible.com selected 15 awesome setups for this collection. Some are centered around sports, some take up…
Posted 16hrs 9mins ago by Neatorama.
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A group of ferrets dance for your entertainment. The music is a cover of Weezer’s “Buddy Holly” arranged by The Moog Cookbook. Animation by Sandro Cruz. -via Buzzfeed
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If you haven't watched last night's Biggest Loser yet, stop reading right now. Ok? Ok. I've never been a fan of Tracey's. I thought she was mean and stabbed plenty of backs on her journey through the emotional minefields of The Biggest Loser. And when it came down to whether Tracey or someone else would…
Posted 16hrs 12mins ago by TV Squad.
Firefox: If you've noticed the pinned-tab feature in Google Chrome and would like to give it a try in Firefox, Pin Tab adds a simple and lightweight pinning feature to Firefox. Once you've installed Pin Tab you can Ctrl+Click on any tab to pin it to the left hand side of the tab bar—the keyboard…
Posted 16hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Does everyone else love this idea as much as I do? The Academy has announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will cohost this season’s Oscar telecast on March 7, 2010. And I for one say Hallelujah! They’re both adept comedians who’ll certainly pl
Posted 16hrs 16mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Nancy Dickenson of Ocate, New Mexico and her stepdaughter Martha found an 11-month-old calf on a neighbor’s ranch that was suffering from severe frostbite. The black angus heifer had lost the use of her back legs and hooves. What to do? Obviously, the answer is to give her prosthetic legs! The…
Posted 16hrs 17mins ago by Neatorama.
ABC News has landed Janet Jackson for a primetime special. The award-winning singer will not be singing and dancing. Instead, she will be talking about her brother Michael Jackson. Good Morning America host, Robin Roberts, will be doing the in-depth interview with Janet. The show will air on Wednesday,…
Posted 16hrs 38mins ago by TV Squad.
A document, apparently a 'confidential House ethics committee report,' was recently leaked through file-sharing software. 'The committee's review of investigations became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member's use of the p2p
Posted 16hrs 49mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Photo: Design Boom Rochus Jacob designed and built the Murakami Chair. As the user rocks back and forth during the day, the chair charges a battery that powers the lamp. Jacob writes: I was looking for opportunities to generate energy through activities we naturally do. The final result is a rocking…
Posted 17hrs 4mins ago by Neatorama.
The free MediaWiki software is best known for powering Wikipedia, but you don't have to be writing an encyclopedia to put it to good use. Extend, skin, and customize MediaWiki to create any kind of easy-to-update, collaborative web site. When and Why MediaWiki? MediaWiki is arguably the most advanced,…
Posted 17hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
Big, bulky lantern-style flashlights are super easy to find when the power goes out, but the $7 batteries they require can be draining on the pocketbook. This small modification lets them work with a rechargeable battery to ease the cost. Lantern style flashlights are a handy thing to have around the…
Posted 17hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
The nightly builds of Google Chrome's open-source foundation, Chromium, includes a feature that might mean great things for Greasemonkey fans. Click on a user script file, such as at UserScripts.org, and Chromium asks to install it as a working extension. Judging from the developers' discussions at…
Posted 18hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
A concept to cover the roads with solar panels!
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Wigs for cats are the latest accessories that could become a must-have for any discerning pet owner.
Posted 19hrs 8mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Since the release of Windows 7 last week, we've already seen a VMWare Fusion update that runs Windows apps inside OS X with full Aero graphical support. Now Parallels is going head-to-head, offering a similarly slick virtualization package. Like Fusion, Parallels promises full support for Windows 7's…
Posted 19hrs 13mins ago by Lifehacker.
The market research firm Mindset Media studied the cultural and economic behaviors of beer drinkers and discerned certain trends among buyers of particular beers. Among the brands studied are Budweiser, Bud Light, Corona, Heineken, and Blue Moon. Beth Snyder Bulik wrote about the study in Ad Age. Here’s…
Posted 19hrs 30mins ago by Neatorama.
Windows/Linux: One of the most irritating things about reinstalling your operating system is installing all the non-OS applications you love. Allmyapps lets you select all your favorite apps and roll them into a bulk installer to make rebuilding easy. At Allmyapps you can browse over a hundred popular…
Posted 19hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
Bloggers, Twitter users, and TechCrunch are reporting that certain Gmail accounts are marking incoming messages as "read" upon delivery, leaving inboxes apparently, falsely empty. Google's Apps Dashboard isn't reporting any problems as of this post, but a blogger reports the problem as IMAP-related,…
Posted 20hrs 3mins ago by Lifehacker.
Do you feel like a developer or a designer?whatever your feelings are, actually it has a relation with another factor than just feelings, it depends on your brain right and left parts. Lets see how your brain power can affect your desire to be an....
Posted 20hrs 7mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
There are a whole lot of mobile, desktop, and helper apps tied to Flickr. The team at the photo sharing service decided to make those apps easier to find and install by opening a free "App Garden" to everyone. Like you might expect, the App Garden is an uncluttered, keen-looking showcase for the efforts…
Posted 20hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
The dogs also took part in the celebration of Halloween past. Their owners have tried as far as possible to fantasy and produced many fun suit.
Posted 21hrs 1min ago by Mixx: Popular.
Expectant mothers are magnets for unsolicited advice. Some of the advice is rude , some is helpful and the rest is based on old wives tales. Our guest bloggers today, Drs. Shawn A. Tassone and Kathryn M. Landherr, are going to help us separate fact from
Posted 21hrs 24mins ago by Mixx: Popular.
Karmic Koala has been out for the better part of a week, so everyone's been able to check out what's new and complain about wireless drivers. Now that you've tried it out, what do you think of the Linux OS? How Do You Like Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, So Far?(trends) If you answered "Other," or you've…
Posted 21hrs 43mins ago by Lifehacker.
For many of us here in the UK , Thanksgiving as celebrated in the United States ( Canada also celebrates Thanksgiving in October) can be a confusing affair. Many of us, unless we have American relatives and friends or have spent some time...
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James Hopkins was born in England in 1976. Lives and works in London. The works of the artist exhibited around the world.
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Tuesday's off-year election might not have the high stakes of the 2008 presidential election, but several significant races are worth watching:
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RIYADH - A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them - a three year old - to die in the desert...
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Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal has just released another web project, How to Use An Apostrophe. It’s a hoot! (Notice the proper use of apostrophe in the preceding sentence).
Link (for extra goodness, see the source code) – Thanks Matthew!
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The first TV Spots for the upcoming Guy Ritchie ’s upcoming action adventure “Sherlock Holmes” have been released.
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This guy is destroying Earth! Which has a larger ecological footprint, a large dog or an SUV? According to Robert and Brenda Vale, Fido has a Hummer of an eco-footprint: In "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living," authors Robert and Brenda Vale argue that resources required…
Posted 1 day 2hrs ago by Neatorama.
Feeling grumpy? Don’t feel bad – it may actually be good for you: An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly. In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less gullible,…
Posted 1 day 2hrs ago by Neatorama.
It’s no real surprise that Wikipedia has a thorough list of these, but it’s interesting to parse through the many, and find a neat collection of songs and albums that were based on, or influenced by books. Led Zeppelin has a scatological lyric library referencing JRR Tolkien, but let’s…
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Vets are baffled at this strange sight: Dolores, a spectacled bear at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany has gone bald! It could be due to a genetic defect but the animals don’t seem to be suffering any other afflictions. The normally fluffy dark brown bears should be now growing a thick fur coat to keep…
Posted 1 day 3hrs ago by Neatorama.
Preparing food is probably a mere child’s play for master chef Julia Child, so here’s something a little more challenging: cooking up a batch of primordial soup. This delightful video of Julia Child in her kitchen boiling up a batch of primordial soup was made for the Smithsonian Air &…
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When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began hiding hundreds of little love notes around the house for her parents to find after she was gone. Here’s the story: Just before her sixth birthday, Elena Desserich (right) was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 135 days…
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The odd punishment represents the last ditch effort to curb the boy's bad behavior, which includes smashing windows at his elementary school, punching a classmate in the face, disobeying a court order to stay away from school, hitting another boy with a p
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From the Neatorama Shop: I Love Chemistry T-Shirt Chemistry is a fascinating science, but it's often taught poorly in today's boring schools. Here's how chemistry should be taught: by mad scientists! Here's Neatorama's list of the Top 10 Mad Science-Worthy Chemistry Experiments: 1. Briggs-Rauscher Reaction…
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Here’s another story about abandoned man-made structures, but this one may have a happy ending. Instead of using aboveground ponds to grow algae for biofuels, researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have proposed growing algae underground in abandoned mines. What are…
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Neatorama.
Oobject captures the majesty and opulence that once defined theater archiecture, and the sadness of their current emptiness in this gallery of urban decay photography. The theater pictured here is in Hellingly Asylum, Sussex. Theaters are a relic of the past. Don’t believe me? Look at drive-in movie…
Posted 1 day 8hrs ago by Neatorama.
Windows 7 has only been out for about two weeks now, but statistics web site StatCounter reports that Windows 7's OS market share reached roughly three percent by the end of October. So what operating system are you using? We already know that a good 70 percent of Lifehacker readers using Windows have…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Lifehacker.
by Claudine Zap On this day that celebrates the discovery of King Tut's tomb, many are wondering about all things "Tut," including the fabled pharaoh's curse. Let's review. The boy king's tomb was discovered back in 1922 and launched the modern field of Egyptology. In the '70s, the first exhibit of…
Posted 1 day 9hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Unlock your iPhone for non-AT&T carriers, take a look at 60 Minutes' film industry propaganda, and try out Firefox 3.6 beta without losing your stable 3.5 installation. blacksn0w is live Blackra1n jailbreaks your iPhone 3.1.2 on Windows or Mac, and now there's blacksn0w, a tool to unlock your 3.1.2…
Posted 1 day 10hrs ago by Lifehacker.
If you are a sucker for nostalgia, this will make your day. I can remember getting that amazing trio of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Soakers, and then a Gameboy. In fact, those would still make great gifts for grown men with a penchant for walks down memory lane. The holiday shopping season is…
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(YouTube link) Fifty-two years ago today (November 3, 1957), Sputnik 2 launched from the Soviet Union with a dog named Laika {wiki} on board. It was a tremendous political coup for the USSR to launch a living being into orbit. Unfortunately it wasn’t so tremendous for Laika, as they made no plans…
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Remember the record-breaking Penny Pyramid built by Marcelo Bezos? Well, Marcelo had built a "glow in the dark" pyramid featuring Neatorama: Marcelo's selling the Penny Pyramid, along with the house it comes in: How do you get a record 3,500 lb. Penny Pyramid out of a house before you sell…
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Mac only: We've all experienced full hard drives, but divining where all your hard drive space has gone is never easy. Freeware program OmniDiskSweeper easily shows you which files and folders are taking up space so you can free it up. We've featured a few disk space utilities for Mac already, most…
Posted 1 day 11hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Last week we asked you to share your favorite application docks and then we rounded up the results for your review. You cast your vote for the best application dock and now we're back with the results. For being a relatively new kid on the block—on the dock?—the Windows 7 Taskbar pulled…
Posted 1 day 11hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Got a bottle of wine on hand but no corkscrew to get it open? You can argue all you want about whether or not the guy in this video really needs more wine, but you can't argue with the results. As you can see, all it takes is a shoe and some pounding. The shoe isn't a necessary component, of course;…
Posted 1 day 12hrs ago by Lifehacker.
When you spend as much time at the terminal as I do, having a calculator at your fingertips can be a really useful feature, and the Command-Line Fu web site tells us how to create one easily. To create the calculator, you can just enter this function on the command line to test out how it works, or…
Posted 1 day 13hrs ago by Lifehacker.
As a rule, extended warranties are rarely worth the extra cash. Tech site CNET goes in depth on why you don't want to shell out for the extended warranty, then discusses when it may actually be worth it. Photo by andrew_cosand. On the "just forget it" side of things, CNET had this to say: [T]he majority…
Posted 1 day 13hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Today's featured office manages to pack in a lot of functionality into a rather small room. Check out how two workstations, a media center, and storage space all squeezed into a 10'x12' room. Lifehacker reader Andrew Egenes managed to fit quite a bit of equipment into a small space. The room houses…
Posted 1 day 14hrs ago by Lifehacker.
We all know that taking breaks from work is beneficial to productivity, but that doesn't mean that your breaks themselves can't be productive. Career weblog WorkAwesome suggests a few tips for keeping our breaks productive without focusing on work. Photo by George Reyes. We all love to waste time on…
Posted 1 day 14hrs ago by Lifehacker.
by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Oksana Grigorieva (Searches increased by 9,227%). "Octo" Mel Gibson's Russian girlfriend gave birth to a baby girl, Gibson's eighth. Marvel comics (+970%). The franchise is bringing its comic books to the iPhone. Dakota Fanning (+566%).…
Posted 1 day 14hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Google Voice's great feature set takes your phone and voicemail out of the past, but that doesn't mean you won't still have to navigate the occasional touch-tone menu. Weblog Cool Geex comes to the rescue with a pocket-friendly quick reference guide. There's not all that much to it beyond that. Their…
Posted 1 day 15hrs ago by Lifehacker.
It's getting darker sooner, and that means more and more bicycle enthusiasts are spending their rides in little-to-no light. Try whipping up a pair of these hi-low beam headlights to keep the world around you bright at night. Biking at night can be a dangerous thing. These headlights can switch on their…
Posted 1 day 15hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Discounted HDTVs, cheap monitors, and even a desktop, laptop, netbook, wireless router combo can be found in today's deal roundup. If you're here for the freebies don't miss out on the Dunkin' Donuts coffee and movie tickets. Computer Gear! 27" Apple iMac for $1,599 + Free Shipping (Regular Price: $1699…
Posted 1 day 16hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Firefox 3.6 Beta 1, like every other browser, makes a claim to being "faster." We took Firefox and all the other latest browsers, put them on Windows 7, and ran them through our human-measured speed tests to vet the bragging. We've done a good number of these tests now, and the methodology remains much…
Posted 1 day 17hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Nielsen has recently reported that 46% of viewers aren't skipping the commercials on their pre-recorded DVR programs. That number seemed ridiculously high to us, so we're asking you: Do you watch, skip, or run to the kitchen on commercials? Photo by Jesse757 In our own home, our DVR allows us to fit…
Posted 1 day 17hrs ago by Lifehacker.
If you're looking for a particular web page rather than a particular result, Google has added "Page Previews" to the left-hand search options sidebar to make that feat much easier. It's a fairly low-resolution, compressed image, but if you happened to remember what a certain page looked like, or just…
Posted 1 day 18hrs ago by Lifehacker.
If you're particularly indecisive about your regular operating system, or just want access to all three for testing purposes, Wired's How-To Wiki has the details on getting a triple-boot system (or beyond) working with free software tools. Photo by Foskarulla. It's not for those who like to avoid terminal…
Posted 1 day 19hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Firefox only: If you love tabbed browsing in Firefox but want more control over the appearance and functionality of the tabs, you'll definitely want to check out Tabberwocky to supercharge your tabbed browsing. Tabberwocky is a tiny Firefox extension that gives you dozens of ways to enhance tabbed browsing.…
Posted 1 day 19hrs ago by Lifehacker.
Afraid you're going to miss your favorite show tonight? Unsure when you can stream it and shield yourself against spoilers? Hulu has added a Coming Soon section that details the day when TV episodes are posted online. A general day-by-day guide, and bulk RSS feed, aren't all that helpful, but Hulu goes…
Posted 1 day 20hrs ago by Lifehacker.
If the shiny metal bezel around your iPhone has seen better days, and that nags at your perfectionist instincts, a quick protective taping and smooth back-and-forth with a rough-sided sponge can give it a more consistent, brushed look. As detailed by a YouTube user and tested by the Just Another iPhone…
Posted 1 day 20hrs ago by Lifehacker.
by Mike Krumboltz Recession? What recession? If you ask us, the tremendous number of Web searches on "black friday deals 2009" are an indicator that the holiday shopping season may be a very profitable one for retailers.For those who don't know, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, during which…
Posted 2 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
by Claudine Zap It's always good to have goals when you're running a grueling race like the New York City Marathon. For actor Edward Norton, who joined in with the other 43,000 runners on Sunday, it was to smash former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's time of four hours. Done and done. Norton ate up the…
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by Mike Krumboltz On Monday, "Good Morning America" ran a segment on poet Mattie Stepanek. Mattie died several years ago at the age of 13, a victim of muscular dystrophy. His mother, Jeni, continues to suffer from the condition. But that hasn't stopped her from honoring Mattie by publishing a book of…
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by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Anne Frank (Searches increased by 2,453%). A sapling from the chestnut tree that grew outside the Amsterdam family's house is coming to a human rights center in Idaho. CIT Group (+2,199%). The retail lender filed for bankruptcy protection.…
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by Vera H-C Chan A deceptive autumn lull settled on the domestic scene, partly as people tried to dodge H1N1. Amidst all the handwashing, though, tumult remained over health care discussions, Afghanistan policy, and an exciting but perplexing Nobel Peace Prize honor bestowed on a freshman president.…
Posted 4 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
by Mike Krumboltz This past week, workplace woes set the Search box on fire. In one case, a man was allegedly fired for wearing a "God pin" to work. In another, a group of hotel workers was told by their boss to use different names around guests. And, across the pond, the U.K.'s top drug advisor was…
Posted 5 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
by Claudine Zap Sarah Palin must be kicking herself. The former Republican vice-presidential candidate made Levi Johnston the poster child of teen fatherhood (He is the baby daddy of her grandchild): Palin paraded him before the world when she accepted her party's nomination. Had he been under the…
Posted 5 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
by Mike Krumboltz On Sunday night at 2:00 a.m., daylight saving time comes to an end. The result: Mornings will be a little lighter, afternoons will be a little darker, and folks who forget to change their clocks will be extremely early to work on Monday. Like it or not, you're going to gain an hour…
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by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Natalie Portman (Searches increased by 2,321%). The actress appeared on "Top Chef" for a vegetarian cook-off at a steak house. And then things got weird. Pedro Martinez (+545%). The starting pitcher for the Phillies couldn't hold back the…
Posted 5 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Came across this cool video today that perfectly reflects the goal behind our push to get teachers using CreateDebate in the Classroom. Are you a teacher interested in using a web-based virtual learning environment to increase participation, promote critical thinking, and improve the vocabulary and…
Posted 37 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
Love and Debate, a great new movie by Virgil Films, is a coming of age story about a Jewish Latina girl, Jordan (played by Gina Phillips) who finds her way through the trials and tribulations faced by teenagers. Jordan, who grows up in a Jewish household, where the customary role of a woman is to get…
Posted 50 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
Today we launched CreateDebate in the Classroom, which is a culmination of months of hard work put in by the CreateDebate team. Now, teachers can leverage all of the features and functionality of CreateDebate in a private setting specifically designed for a classroom. We have worked with several…
Posted 76 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
Watched a very funny VH1 show last night that deserves a shout out. The Greate Debate is a “Best Week Ever” type show where a motley crew of pop culture comedians crack rapid fire one-liners about intense pop culture debates…and hilarity ensues. You really have to watch the video to…
Posted 112 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
Congratulations to the winners of both CreateDebate Spring Fever contests. The winner of the “Tell Your Friends” contest will receive a $20 gift certificate to Clutch Tees and the winners of the “Earth Day” contest have won six great books from Hachette Book Group. Tell Your…
Posted 170 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
Now that the weather is starting to warm up and everyone is gearing up for Spring, it’s time to make sure you’ve got some sweet gear to rock when you emerge from your winter slumber. To help you out, CreateDebate has partnered with ClutchTees.com to give away a $20 gift certificate for…
Posted 204 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
There has been much discussion on CreateDebate about the use / abuse of downvotes on the site and certain participants getting “mass” downvoted, causing their efficiency score to drop dramatically. In order to combat this problem and provide greater transparency around voting, we have…
Posted 233 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
Congratulations to the winners of each of the three contests that CreateDebate ran as part of our Mental Stimulus Package in February. This month, we gave away ninety-five books from Hachette Book Group and a $20 gift certificate to Clutch Tees. Love Is In the Air Contest Results Contest Winner…
Posted 246 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
While lawmakers are figuring out how they can take more of taxpayer’s money to give to Wall St. executives, CreateDebate wants to give YOU something free. That’s why we’re officially bailing out our awesome debaters via CreateDebate’s Mental Stimulus Package. We will be running…
Posted 270 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
We just launched a new version of CreateDebate that will let you personalize your debates more than ever! Go ahead and create a new debate. The new interface makes it easy to insert pictures, add videos from YouTube or Google Video, add unlimited hyperlinks, format your text, and so much more! The…
Posted 316 days ago by The CreateDebate Blog.
