Archive for August, 2006
Open source Windows alternatives
Don’t feel like shelling out the big bucks for college software apps (gotta save that for pizza money, ya know)? Thrifty blogger Jason Chen has come up with a nice long list of open source alternatives to popular Windows programs.
His list is organized into three columns: name of the free software, the comparable Windows application, [...]
Five Reasons You’ll Use Google Office (and 5 Reasons You Won’t)
Google launched today a hosted software package of productivity tools that places it closer into competition with Microsoft’s Live products.
Google Apps for Your Domain is a software bundle aimed at small and midsize businesses. The free package combines Google’s e-mail, calendar, IM and page creation software. The package creates a private label suite all hosted [...]
Introduction to traditional wetshaving
If you’ve always been intrigued by the wild world of old-timey wetshaving with a lathered brush but weren’t sure how to get started, one intrepid YouTube user has put together a three part introduction to the art of traditional wetshaving.
We’ve devoted some time to getting the perfect shave before, including a wonderfully hearty thread inspired [...]
Unlucky 13
Italian football has had to do a lot of soul searching over the summer due to the astonishing match-fixing trial afflicting Serie A, as the ever-deepening scandal was uncovered after wire taps and extensive investigations. In Nigeria, meanwhile, alleged corruption may be slightly easier to spot.
Officials in the African country are currently [...]
You Might Be A Redneck If…. (funny pictures)
i) You need fashion tips from your husband…
ii) A little rain doesnt spoil the fishing…
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 28 so far )Dealing with tension
Are you too tense?
The BBC suggests a few ways to deal with tension: talk about it, take one day at a time, read a good book. However, there was one suggestion I thought a bit controversial:
“give in occasionally – it’s easier on your system.”
Give into tension? I don’t know, but this one sounds a bit [...]
DIY: Make an Altoids tin survival kit
Field & Stream online has a step-by-step for creating your very own Altoids tin survival kit, complete with all the gear you’d need to survive in the wild (well, maybe not you, but someone who doesn’t cry if they don’t hear the Windows/Mac boot-up music every morning).
The “Pocket kit” includes fire-starting gear, an LED flashlight, [...]
Rename your digital photos in bulk
You’ve got 342 pics from your trip to the Grand Canyon. Do you have about 3 extra hours to name them something other than 45929_23.jpg?
Me neither. Digital photography guru Derrick Story has a workaround:
“First, open the folder and select View > Thumbnails.
Click the last picture in the folder you want to rename, hold down the [...]
Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate (Windows)
Microsoft takes Internet Explorer 7 out of beta and makes the release candidate of IE 7 available for download this morning. The ’softies say:
“The RC1 build includes improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility. You may not notice many visible changes from the Beta 3 release; all we did was listen to your feedback, [...]
Collect rainwater for toilet water
A water-saving environmentalist publishes a detailed explanation on how he harvests rainwater to fill his toilet.
“Domestic potable water collection requires effort, energy, and chemicals for purification and transport. Toilets use 20 to 25% of water consumed in a residential house. Why are we flushing drinkable water down the toilet? In some other countries of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The 9/11 Report: As A Graphic Novel
Click here to read The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón, which sets text from The 9/11 Commission Report to images—with striking results. Slate is excerpting a chapter a day through Sept. 7. Don’t worry if you’ve joined in late; click on the launch module, and you’ll see that the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )London MonoMetro 2012
London will introduce in 2012 the world’s most advanced urban transport system: MonoMetro. Designed to relieve the chaos of the ground and the underground, whisking sportsmen, spectators, visitors and businessmen across the urban landscape.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to Get Six Pack Abs
The simple 2 step process to gaining six pack abs is as follows: strengthen your abdominal muscles and lose body fat. The concept is simple, but putting it into action is not. It will take dedication, willpower, patience and time to get a six pack but in the end, the effort is well worth it. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mozilla delays Firefox 2.0 release
The Mozilla Foundation has pushed back the release of Firefox 2.0 until 24 October (see developer calender here), a month later than its scheduled arrival.Release of the second beta of the keenly awaited browser software has also been delayed by a week until 23 August. Developers need the extra time to iron out bugs in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Don Vito of Viva La Bam faces charges of sexual assault
Reality television’s Vincent “Don Vito” Margera, uncle of “Viva La Bam” star Bam Margera, was held without bond Saturday on a charge of sexual assault on a child. Margera, 50, was arrested Friday night after a skateboarding event at a Lakewood, Colorado mall. He is accused of two incidents of sexual assault on a child, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )How to deal with a boss that steals your thunder?
ComputerWorld has an interesting Q and A on how to deal with a boss who takes credit for your work:
“My boss is inappropriately praised for a lot of work she has nothing to do with. The problem is that she seems to feel a need to imply — and sometimes outright state — that she [...]
The top 50 common interview questions
Job Interview. A phrase that strikes fear and dread into the hearts of men and women all over the globe. Well, at least some sweaty palms.
Software engineer Bhuvana Sundaramoorthy has a great list of 50 common interview questions, and how to answer them. Interviews are nerve-wracking, but they don’t have to be – and if [...]
Permanently delete data from your hard drive
Formatting your hard drive before you sell it on Ebay is not enough to permanently erase the data on disk. The Geeks are Sexy blog (aren’t they, though?) rounds up a few disk “white-out” applications which will wipe your hard drive of any trace of the data that once lived there.
Personally I’m partial to Eraser [...]
Teach yourself speed-reading with Spreeder
Very similar to Zap Reader, the Spreeder webapp trains you to increase your reading speed by displaying single words in succession at a high rate.
“Several factors affect our reading speed, like subvocalization (the little voice inside our heads that reads along with us and slows us down), backtracing (rereading parts over and over again), etc. [...]
Arctic Monkeys: When The Sun Goes Down Video
Ive got their latest album in the car at the moment and love it, its a classic, their vidoes are prett good too, take a look..
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
THE VIEW FROM THE AFTERNOON
I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR [...]
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