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What are the best freeware options for burning game discs nowadays?How can I manipulate Windows 7 Starter OS on my new netbook?What's the best way to keep dust down in a room?I can only afford one upgrade to my PC, should it be RAM or hard drive?Should I buy an SATA6 hard drive or the cheaper SATA3…
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Unbeknownst to many of us geeks, LED lights have uses beyond telling you when a gadget is on or making your workspace look cool in the dark—they also can provide great mood lighting for your summer deck parties. More »
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Wanted to pass along another tidbit from the 'Breaking Bad' roundtable I wrote about the other day. When Bob Odenkirk was asked by one of the reporters if he modeled his character of slimy lawyer Saul Goodman on TV televangelists like Joel Osteen and various media hucksters, he agreed that those people…
Posted 2hrs 1min ago by TV Squad.
Clearly, we love clean workspaces here at Lifehacker, and we've featured many ways to hack cable management solutions together. For those of you less DIY-oriented, you can get buy pre-made solutions from IKEA—just as cheaply as you could make them. More »
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Fox continues it's love affair with Gordon Ramsay, despite the failure of 'Cookalong Live.' This week, for example, Fox renewed 'Kitchen Nightmares' for a third season, and you know that 'Hell's Kitchen' is coming back, so Fox and Ramsay are getting along like peanut butter and jelly.Continue reading…
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Often people are quick to dismiss the benefits of frugal behavior modifications and decisions that yield only incremental savings. Factor in the economy of scale for the changes you're making to see the true savings. More »
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Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern). At 7, ABC has Figure Skating, followed by new episodes of 'Extreme Makeover' and 'Desperate Housewives' and the series premiere of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.' CBS has a new '60 Minutes' at 7, then new episodes of 'The Amazing Race,' 'Undercover Boss,'…
Posted 5hrs 13mins ago by TV Squad.
Next month, the Russian made Dnepr rocket will carry a European satellite into orbit. It’s a very unique space vehicle. The rocket is an intercontinental ballistic missile launched from an underground silo. The first stage is a gunpowder charge: Essentially, the rocket is packed inside a canister…
Posted 6hrs 5mins ago by Neatorama.
Online backup has many benefits—safety from local catastrophe, storage on professionally maintained servers, etc.—but economy, control, and 100% guaranteed privacy aren't among them. Check out these five popular tools for making safe and sound local backups. More »
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Everyone loves Goldfish crackers, it's just a fact of life—but if you'd like to look like you did more than just go to the grocery store (but actually do little else), try this recipe for light, delicious cheddar crackers. More »
Posted 7hrs 16mins ago by Lifehacker.
Vetutius Placidus’ thermopolium (snack bar) in the ruins of Pompeii will reopen nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption destroyed the city and Placidus’ clientele: The thermopolium, one of the best preserved sites in Pompeii, has been closed to the public for years in order to protect…
Posted 7hrs 21mins ago by Neatorama.
This week kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness month, and to mark the occasion, Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, breast cancer survivor and CEO of The Susan G. Komen Foundation of NYC, stopped by the set of CBS' The Early Show to share guidelines for breast cancer
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Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding.
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(YouTube link) Kuky Returns (Kuky se vrací) is a beautiful children’s film from Czech director Jan Sverák. Watching the trailer, it makes me think of The Velveteen Rabbit crossed with the game Samorost. Kuky Returns is the story of a boy six Ondra, who suffers from asthma, and so on “health…
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Wow check out these cool pictures of ice and snow sculptures from the Harbin ice and snow sculpture festival. Situated in northeastern China, the city of Harbin hosted its 26th annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival..
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She is now one of the world’s most famous women, but even at the age of 15, it was clear Angelina Jolie had star potential.
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Twice a year, at the Spring and Fall equinox, the Sun rises due east. In an emphatic demonstration of this celestial alignment, photographer Joe Orman recorded this inspiring image of the Sun rising exactly along the east-west oriented Western...
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Double Falsehood or Distressed Lovers as it is also known is a play that Shakespeare scholar Lewis Theobald claimed to have discovered in 1727. He mounted a production of this allegedly lost script, though many of his contemporaries dismissed the play as a fraud. Now a modern Shakespeare scholar thinks…
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Staff at Nestle discuss how they will react to the viral video produced by Greenpeace criticising their palm oil sourcing strategy...
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FDIC Takes Over Banks in Ala., Ga., Minn., Utah and Ohio; Number of Bank Closures This Year Now 37
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An ad uses a picture of Jimmy Carter to call Obama the worst president.
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The House began its last step in the health reform legislative process early in the afternoon of Thursday, March 18, when it released HR 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. As this year’s health reform legislati
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British artist Richard Symons made the life sized “Techno Skull” from cast resin. He’s considering making future versions hollow and adding red LED illumination from the eyes.
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StreamTransport Grabs Hulu Videos for Offline Viewing (Windows)It may not stick around that long once the powers that be find out, so if downloading and watching Hulu videos offline could help you out, grab StreamTransport. The tricky little app provides full-quality captures of streaming shows and…
Posted 22hrs 16mins ago by Lifehacker.
Here is a sample of the traditional music of the native people of Australia, the so-called Aboriginals (actually several peoples, each with its own language)...
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Tried & True has instructions for making this festive Peep Wreath for Easter. It’s supposed to last for years, but my kids would have the whole thing eaten in a day or so! Link -via mental_floss
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Tom Schifanella collects classic luggage labels and shares them through his Flickr stream. A suitcase covered with these is a sign of a life grandly lived. Luggage labels are fascinating bits of hotel history from the golden age of travel, roughly the 1900’s to 1960’s. During this time these…
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Even if you have steady hands, taking video from very high or low angles can often be a struggle. Luckily, with just about $25 worth of materials, you can make your own camera crane for steady shots at any altitude. More »
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American music critic Alex Ross recently presented a Royal Philharmonic Society lecture in which he addressed the etiquette of applauding (or not) during symphony concerts. “In the eighteenth century listeners often burst into applause while the music was playing, much as patrons in jazz clubs do…
Posted 23hrs 28mins ago by Neatorama.
Feed and seed sacks have traditionally been repurposed for clothing and for other practical purposes on the farm. Now these items are moving upscale as artisans discover they can be used for decorative as well as utilitarian purposes. “A lot of people frame them for their graphic quality or…
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Making little notebooks has an endless supply of uses, whether it be for multi-page greeting cards or small scrapbooks. Here's how to bind the pages together without the need for staples, clips, tape, or glue, courtesy of DIY weblog Instructables. More »
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Boston.com’s The Big Picture has assembled about 30 photographs of people achieving or attempting to set Guiness World Records. Pictured above is He Pingping, who until his death this past week was the world’s shortest man (2 feet 5 inches), standing next to Sultan Kosen (8 feet 1 inch)…
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The eastern North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans set up a see-saw of weather conditions that affect how hurricanes form in both regions.
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CBS News video: Obama: "We're a Day Away" - President Obama rallies Democrats on Capitol Hill ahead of a critical vote on Healthcare reform. He continues to reinforce his plan which he says will work for the American people.
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It may still be rainy and cold, but summer will soon be upon us—be prepared by making your own waterproof stereo from a cooler, a car battery, and any car stereo or radio you can find. More »
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For a man who once posed for Playgirl and claims to have conducted some of the most "aggressive interviews ever on television," one's got to wonder the precise definition of the follow-up boast, "I've been down people's throats!"
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If you've been sitting around all week wondering how you could combine smoke, speakers, and a love of novel physics experiments into an excuse to tinker in your workshop this weekend, building a smoke-shooting vortex cannon should cover everything nicely. More »
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There's nothing like a clear blue sky in real life, but it doesn't create for the most interesting photos—Weblog MakeUseOf has a nice tutorial for easily creating clouds to spice up the skies. More »
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Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern). CBS has NCAA Basketball all night. WE has a 'Golden Girls' marathon all night. At 7, Disney has 'Handy Manny.' Cartoon Network has a new 'Bakugan' at 7. At 8, FOX has a new 'Cops.' TCM has 'Lawrence of Arabia' at 8. HGTV has a new 'Divine Design' at 8.…
Posted 1 day 5hrs ago by TV Squad.
Some of the most unique job opportunities you will find on the market today.
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According to Islamic practices, family members of the same gender as the deceased are expected to bathe and shroud the body for burial. But because it's such a detailed ritual and because so many second-generation American Muslim families have yet to - -
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If you been keeping track of the daytime ratings, you probably noticed that 'Days of Our Lives' has been on an upswing. NBC noticed. In fact, after a shaky year in which the threat of cancellation hung over their necks like the Sword of Damocles, 'Days of Our Lives' has been renewed for another year.…
Posted 1 day 6hrs ago by TV Squad.
Streaming recorded TV to your hotel room. Grabbing files off your home computer from work. Checking on the dog walker. Your computer can do amazing things while you're nowhere near it, and these 10 killer remote access apps help you do them. More »
Posted 1 day 6hrs ago by Lifehacker.
If you've wanted to learn origami but never got around to checking out any library books on the topic, the massive collection of origami tutorials at Origami Club can help get you started. More »
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by Lifehacker.
With Oprah leaving the daytime talk show circuit, networks are scrambling to find someone to fill the gap. One possibility is a return of Rosie O'Donnell to the daytime talk-show circuit. For those who are unaware, Rosie had an Emmy-winning talk show for a little while and then had a controversial run…
Posted 1 day 7hrs ago by TV Squad.
Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and re
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(S01E08) This episode could just as well have been called 'Marathon Robot' or perhaps 'The Manchurian Robot Candidate.' Given the psychological torture Robot Zoe had to go through from her father, it's no wonder that eventually the Cylons will rise up and try to destroy the human race. When you stop…
Posted 1 day 15hrs ago by TV Squad.
This IS the longest Tweet in History, NOT Forbes's 247 character tweet! Can you beat this with a 251 char long tweet?
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With these helpful Twitter plugins, you are able to send/receive tweets and work in your browser at the same time. They bring the power of Twitter to your Firefox browser!
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Do you want to experience the awesome majesty of the 'Wipeout' obstacle course but without having to endure the painful humiliation of having to sacrifice your dignity on national television? Nintendo has the answer. A video game version of the popular ABC game show is headed to the Nintendo Wii and…
Posted 1 day 21hrs ago by TV Squad.
A negative pressure pump is a wound therapy device common to nations with advanced medical care. They normally cost $100 a day to rent, which is far too expensive for many patients and hospitals in developing nations. MIT student Danielle Zurovcik invented one that costs a total $3 and can be powered…
Posted 1 day 21hrs ago by Neatorama.
March 19th is World Sleep Day. Did you get enough sleep today? World Sleep Day is an international annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It aims to lessen the burden of…
Posted 1 day 21hrs ago by Neatorama.
The Vancouver-based sound studio Griffiths, Gibson and Ramsay Productions is using a clever advertising gimmick. The company’s ad firm, Grey Canada, is mailing out cardboard boxes that can be used as record players. Just place the record on the peg, lower the needle, and spin the record with a…
Posted 1 day 21hrs ago by Neatorama.
All amateur 'Star Trek' videos and movies possess a certain visceral tone that can make even the most nerve damaged human being cringe in pain. This one, however, might just kill them. The not-at-all terrible people from the "Everything is Terrible" blog uncovered a video from some unidentified church…
Posted 1 day 22hrs ago by TV Squad.
Readers offer their best tips for remembering addresses with your browser, assigning a hotkey to turn on and off your touchpad, and discerning when Google Chrome updates itself. More »
Posted 1 day 22hrs ago by Lifehacker.
by Mike Krumboltz If you came of age in the late '80s or early '90s, several stories may have really hit home this past week. Danica McKellar, who played the unattainable Winnie Cooper on the sitcom "The Wonder Years," announced that she was pregnant. Blockbuster, the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut…
Posted 1 day 22hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
After a few weeks off (my fault... don't ask), we're back in the swing of things, talking about everything going on this March on TV. This week, Jason Hughes, Danny Gallagher and Allison Waldman join me to talk about: All the new shows that have started this month. 'Parenthood,' 'The Pacific,' 'Justified'…
Posted 1 day 22hrs ago by TV Squad.
by Molly McCall Military recruiters thought they had a tough job. But when it comes to enlistment and deployment, the Army could take a page from two giants of the cosmetics-industrial complex: Avon and Mary Kay. These makeup powerhouses truly know how to draft new blood; make house calls; and maintain…
Posted 1 day 23hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
This week we showed you how to make potato chips in the microwave, demystified the legality of recording phone conversations, and helped you add Mac-like gestures to your Windows laptop. More »
Posted 1 day 23hrs ago by Lifehacker.
'Modern Family' is batting a thousand in its first season for perfect, seamless celebrity cameos. We've had Shelley Long, Benjamin Bratt, Elizabeth Banks, and perhaps the best and most bizarre of them all, Edward Norton as Spandau Ballet's bass player. All of them have fit perfectly, and none has really…
Posted 1 day 23hrs ago by TV Squad.
by Claudine Zap If you're in the market for a used car, have we got a find for you: Queen Elizabeth II's Daimler Majestic V8 Jaguar. (Yes, as in, the Queen of England). Turns out, her royal highness likes to drive. And not, "Jeeves, take my car out so I can give the people a royal wave" kind of driving.…
Posted 1 day 23hrs ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
If you'd like to have empty space in between some of the icon sets on your Windows 7 taskbar to keep things organized and separated, this simple hack will get the job done. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Three-dimensional charts may be a little more eye-catching and dynamic than their 2-D counterparts (it's an Avatar world, baby), but data visualization blogger Stubborn Mule explains why you should consider junking 3-D charts, or at least why you shouldn't trust pyramid charts. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Thomas Feely of Leeds, UK, has committed 110 driving violations and has, at various times, been banned from driving 59 times over the past 28 years. He usually ignores these bans, and will now spend 5 months in jail as a consequence: Feely, from Leeds regularly flouted driving bans, despite living just…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
(YouTube Link) The F-35, the next generation of vertical takeoff and landing jet fighter, developed by Lockheed-Martin, performed its first vertical landing yesterday: Yesterday at 1 P.M., after descending from a 150-foot-high hover, the test plane touched down on the tarmac at the Patuxent River Naval…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
This is Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
Mac only: No longer must Mac users move to the keyboard to open links in a new tab—free, open-source app MiddleClick sits in your menu bar and allows you to use 3 fingers to middle click on Apple's multitouch devices. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Mac OS X only: It looks like the folks carrying on Quicksilver's legacy aren't just messing around—they've released yet another update to the formerly abandoned app launcher. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
After speaking to Vince Gilligan at the press tour, the folks at AMC were eager to get online writers a chance to talk to the entire 'Breaking Bad' cast. So, later on that day, about a half-dozen reporters sat with Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk and Anna Gunn to talk about the show's intense…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
Cleaning LPs with a bottle of wood glue is hardly an intuitive way to get more mileage out of that bottle of glue in your workshop or clean a beloved LP. The results, however, are quite impressive. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
(S01E10) Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did 'Archer' just get sentimental on us for a split second? It was an almost stealthy move. Sure, the season finale wrapped up with Mallory calling her son an ass but it was... sweet. Considering the whole super-spy nature of the show, the rest of the finale wasn't very action-packed.…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
Windows 7's taskbar is undoubtedly a great addition to Windows, but if you've got more than one application window open, you've got to either click twice or patiently hover to navigate to an open window. Reader Richard details how he fixed this: More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
You know what? This show looks pretty good. From this clip, it looks like Betty White is as funny as ever, and Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, and Jane Leeves are likable actresses too. Plus the writing doesn't seem horrible like a lot of sitcoms. I don't know what TV Land would consider a "hit,"…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
Flash forward to 2011 and you'll probably see that 'FlashForward' isn't on ABC's schedule. That's the only thing that one can think after last night's episode. The show returned after several months off the air and was greeted by a huge yawn from viewers. It got the lowest ratings yet, down 10% from…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
Windows only: Despite the many great media players out there, MusicBee earns itself a spot high on the list with super tagging, managing, browsing, ripping, syncing, and converting powers, all on top of an intuitive interface familiar to any iTunes user. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Joslyn James (Searches increased by +4,537%). Just when Tiger Woods thought it was safe to return to public life, his former mistress released "sext" messages she claims are from the golfer. Murray State University (+674%). The little-known…
Posted 2 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern). CBS has NCAA Basketball all night. AMC has a 'Breaking Bad' marathon all night. At 8, ABC has Figure Skating, followed by two new episodes of '20/20.' NBC has 'Who Do You Think You Are?' at 8, then a new, two-hour 'Dateline.' PBS has a new 'Washington…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
(S01E19) "Congratulations, you failed a class so easy that people passing in the hallway get a contact credit." Utilizing their setting on a college campus has allowed 'Community' to seamlessly stream in guest stars without ruining the flow of the series. This week, Jeff took another stab at a "blow-off"…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
Yesterday, Miss Cellania posted a picture of cookies decorated to look like each of Lady Gaga’s outrageous outfits. Photographer Jessie Freidin’s Doggie Gaga project is similar, except that it involves humiliating dogs by dressing them up as Lady Gaga. Pictured above is Booker dressed in…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Google lets its employees spend one day each work week focusing on their own projects, a practice that's delivered 50% of Google's offerings, including Gmail. Tech blog WebWorkerDaily suggests mixing up your work schedule by setting aside your own 20-percent time. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Just a few days ago Allison told you about Paula Abdul's possible new job as host of ABC's updated version of 'Star Search.' Alas, it looks like we're not going to be able to see her on it after all. The former 'American Idol' star has said no to the gig. I never really saw her as the host of the show…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
You may recall the story of the guy who sold the Nintendo game Stadium Events for $41,300. Other old video games can be sold for ridiculous amounts not because of any intrinsic value, but because of their documented rarity. For example, a cartridge containing Nintendo Campus Challenge is the only existing…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
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Charlie Schmidt, the creator of the original keyboard cat video with his cat Fatso thirty years ago, has trained another cat to play piano! This cat is named Bento. Link -via Laughing Squid
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Daylight saving came and went and Spring's almost sprung, so crack open a window and enjoy a little fresh air in this week's open thread. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Before everyone gets too excited, no, this isn't 'Return To Jericho,' so please hold your nuts (wait, that didn't come out right ...). But Skeet Ulrich has signed on to the pilot for a new CBS medical drama produced by John Wells. Yeah, I know, yet another medical drama. It seems we have a lot every…
Posted 2 days ago by TV Squad.
The past ten years have been outrageously productive for the advancement of digital video. It seems like only yesterday we were waiting patiently for our downloads of 10 second clips that would be displayed as small flash, and the pre-YouTube world was a mess of digitization. Now, the technology has…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Windows: Ever wish you could guarantee your BitTorrent download didn't choke your streaming YouTube video—or vice versa—but don't feel like setting up Quality of Service rules on your super-router ? NetBalancer shapes bandwidth allocations for different apps on your PC. More »…
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Firefox: Tracking habits—whether you're tracking your spending, amount of sleep, or other personal metrics—is an excellent way to get a big picture of what's going on in your life. PageAddict tracks and charts your web browsing for your review. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Jojo Krang used hard-boiled eggs to make a chicken family, with a mother hen and five baby chicks! Great for a party, but could you bring yourself to actually eat them? Instructions are included. Link -via J-Walk Blog
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Some of these stories will cause outrage or sadness, and some will make you cringe at how important the prom is for high school students. Then there are a few stories to warm your heart, like that of 84-year-old Kenneth Smith. Smith was called up to serve in World War II and didn’t finish high…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Windows XP Mode is a pre-configured solution for Windows 7 users needing support for older software, and, until recently, it required AMD-V or VT processor hardware. An update released today should make XP Mode far more accessible to more Windows 7 users. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
iPhone/Android/BlackBerry: When you're driving or traveling, that's when you don't want to wait on hold or talk to an automated phone system. The Dial Zero mobile app has a database of buttons and phrases that will cut to the chase. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Chrome: If you're in love with the Aero peek feature in Windows 7 and wish it could show you all your Chrome tabs at once, you're in luck. The feature is now active in the Chrome development channel. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Dear LifehackerI frequently download big files to my computer and walk away. How do I stop my computer from going into standby while downloading something from the internet? I'm using Firefox on Windows 7. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Interruptions are a natural part of any work flow in any work place. How big of a disturbance they create is often a consequence of how you handle them. Minimize the impact of interruptions with these tricks. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
Ubuntu: Want to try out the latest build of the next Ubuntu release with almost no hassle at all? TestDrive is a one-shot tool that downloads, virtualizes, and keeps daily Ubuntu builds up to date. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
March 20th is Big Bird’s sixth birthday. You may be wondering how he could be only six years old when he was the first Muppet on a show that has been on for over forty years, but the thing is that Big Bird (or just “Bird” as his friends like to call him) is always six years old. So although the…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
It really bothered Philip Levine when he started losing his hair while still in his early twenties. But with the help of bodypaint artist Kat Sinclair, he found a creative solution. Together, the pair have created hundreds of elaborate head paintings and adornments: “I thought why not use it as…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
NASA has been making posters of their missions available for years, but they were usually pretty straightforward. Then in 2008, someone got the idea to recreate a Matrix-style poster featuring the mission astronauts. Ever since then, the posters have been designed to mimic science fiction or action…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
(YouTube Link) In the 1960s, Yale psychology researcher Stanley Milgram conducted a series of experiments in which participants were instructed to deliver dangerous electrical shocks to people. This was staged, and no one was in actual danger, but the experiment suggested that normal people will do…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
(Video Link) Seahorses and a few related fish are the only species where the males can get pregnant. These males take eggs from females and nurture them in their brood pouches. Researchers have discovered that male pipefish, one of those related species, may selectively abort young resulting from mating…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Photographer Victor Borisov presents the abandoned churches of the Tula region of Russia. In the sad remains, you can see how magnificent these buildings were at one time.
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Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
Children have been fascinated by ant farms for many decades now (as well as their parents who will quite often use the kids as an excuse to buy one). NASA technology allows us to see the ants in an entirely new and slightly surreal way, born from the problem of sending ants into space to observe their…
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
by Claudine Zap What's better than Batman: Arkham Asylum? How about a 3D version? That's right, the already critically acclaimed video game is coming out with a Game of the Year edition, and it's going to be in 3D. You won't just play it. You'll be inside it. Do not adjust your set. According to the…
Posted 2 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
Online backup is great for keeping a copy of your data in a remote location, but it's expensive and you're limited by the speed of your internet connection. This week we're looking at offline backup solutions. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
The people who originally branded file sharers as pirates get upset that the so-called pirates aren't more upset, Googler Matt Cutts offers a high level explanation of how search engines like Google work, and Internet Explorer 9 won't run on XP. More »
Posted 2 days ago by Lifehacker.
by Mike Krumboltz Jennifer Aniston's track record for starring in quality films is spotty at best. Does her latest, "The Bounty Hunter," co-starring alpha-male Gerard Butler, buck the trend? Also opening this weekend: satirical sci-fi flick "Repo Men," starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, and "Diary…
Posted 2 days ago by Yahoo! Buzz Log.
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YouTube user FuggedaboutitNL created this time lapse video of his creation of a picture of a Bushmaster ACR (a type of rifle) using nothing but MS Paint. His channel is filled with similarly precise renditions of guns made with that program.
via CrunchGear
Posted 2 days ago by Neatorama.
The French graphic design duo Zim & Zou made a papercraft version of a Nintendo Game Boy. It even has an insertable game cartridge. At the link, you can view more pictures, as well as a papercraft Tetris game.
Link via Albotas | Photo: Zim & Zou
Posted 3 days ago by Neatorama.
Hey you—you with the nails sticking out of your mouth while you're pounding away with your hammer. The relatively inexpensive MagnoGrip magnetic wristband holds nails, pins, nuts, and other hardware so you can stop holding it in your mouth. More »
Posted 3 days ago by Lifehacker.
If you've started using the Start Menu search box as your primary application launcher, you may have come across a weird annoyance: By default, you can't open the Recycle Bin from the search box. More »
Posted 3 days ago by Lifehacker.
Storing batteries at freezing or near freezing temperatures will greatly extend the amount of time they hold a charge, but only for some kinds of batteries. Read on to see which batteries don't need the meat locker treatment and which benefit. More »
Posted 3 days ago by Lifehacker.
Google Calendar just launched a new feature into Google Calendar Labs called Smart Rescheduler that uses a scheduling algorithm to suggest "best candidate dates and times" for scheduling meetings. More »
Posted 3 days ago by Lifehacker.
Technology blog Tested goes in depth to explain Windows symlinks (symbolic links that let you do all sorts of cool things like sync files and folders outside your Dropbox folder), detailing what they are and how to use them. More »
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by Mike Krumboltz Warren Buffett is not your average investor. One of the most brilliant financial minds in the history of capitalism, Mr. Buffett has earned a personal fortune that regularly places him among Forbes magazine's wealthiest individuals. And yet, unlike so many of his fellow billionaires,…
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by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Sandra Bullock (Searches increased by +1,519%). First news of Kate Winslet's marriage ending, and now this year's Oscar-winning actress is leaving her man. The "Oscar curse" lives. Dennis Kucinich (+704%). A liberal hold-out on the heath…
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by Mike Krumboltz Romanticus Interupticus! "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson recently split with longtime boyfriend Jay Barrymore. But wait, there's more! Now, the rumor mill is reporting that Ms. Watson, currently studying at Brown University, has "grown close" to fellow student Rafael Cebrian. Nothing…
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by Mike Krumboltz They're not as bad as mechanics or lawyers, but taxi drivers do have a bit of reputation for inflating their fares. But is this true or just an urban legend designed to keep Midwesterners out of Times Square?Unfortunately, it appears to have a ring of truth to it. We're not saying…
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by Vera H-C Chan Welcome to your Top 12 on "American Idol." Someone bring the defibrillator. The Fox reality show's ratings are down compared to last year's big stage debut. Yahoo! Searches on Season 9 contestants have fallen by more than half compared to Season 8's crew. Even frontrunner Crystal Bowersox…
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by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Carey Mulligan (Searches increased by +23,641%). It's not enough to be recognized as an Oscar-nominated actress. The star of "An Education" is also being praised by boyfriend Shia LaBeouf. Ciudad Juarez Mexico (+1,099%). The killing of US…
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by Mike Krumboltz Air travel is never fun, but rarely can a flight be described as a true "flightmare." However, that's the word that's being tossed about for a Los Angeles to New York flight that took 16 hours with delays. The Virgin America flight took place this past weekend, but it wasn't until…
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by Claudine Zap Let's be clear. Adrien Brody is no Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sure, Brody's got an Oscar. But does he have the bod? Because he's going to need some serious bulk in his next movie, "Predators."Find more "Predator" movies. Ah-nold starred in the original way back in 1987, about an elite force…
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by Mike Krumboltz St. Patrick's Day is an incredibly popular holiday. After all, most holidays aren't 100% inclusive, but everybody's at least a little Irish on March 17.One of the holiday's most endearing symbols is, of course, the leprechaun. Not surprisingly, searches on the mythical creature are…
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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 173 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 187 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 212 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…
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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…
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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…
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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 369 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…
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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 407 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…
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