Oct 12 2008
With Halloween just around the corner, DIY web site Instructables details how to build a killer costume with this living severed hand. All you need is some heavy gloves, a few household items, and a…
Original post by Adam Pash
Oct 12 2008
Connecting your laptop to the local coffee shop’s Wi-Fi without a good firewall and thinking you’re secure is like using a condom with thousands of holes in it and calling it safe sex. Your antivirus…
Original post by Adam Pash
Oct 12 2008
Think Windows is the only platform where you can do some killer gaming? The live.linuX-gamers.net live DVD runs 13 popular Linux games for the low price of nothing. Just download, burn, and pop in…
Original post by Adam Pash
Oct 12 2008
Personal finance blogger J.D. Roth points out that the more frequently you go to the grocery store, the more likely you are to impulse-buy unplanned items. Quoting the book America’s Cheapest Family,…
Original post by Gina Trapani
Oct 12 2008
Food writers at the L.A. Times deflates the hype on popular kitchen items and recommend the stuff you really do need. Mortar and pestle, a good corkscrew, and an instant-read thermometer? Yes. But…
Original post by Gina Trapani
Oct 11 2008
New image recognition webapp ALIPR (Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures in Real-Time) is a on a mission to assign relevant tags to digital images based on their content, and wants you to help…
Original post by Gina Trapani
Oct 11 2008
You just know you have some obscure, need-it-twice-a-year item, like a camping lantern or holiday wrapping paper stashed away somewhere—but where the heck did you put it? The Unclutterer blog…
Original post by Gina Trapani
Oct 11 2008
The alpha build of Mobile Firefox (codenamed Fennec) has been available for testing by brave Nokia N810 users for some time now, but Mozilla developer Brad Lassey just got it up and running on a…
Original post by Gina Trapani
Oct 11 2008
Got a stack of LPs you want to store on your hard drive instead of on a shelf? Wired’s How-To Wiki runs down the steps to convert LPs into MP3s using free software. Of course, you’ll need a turntable…
Original post by Gina Trapani
Oct 11 2008
While Wall Street gets its rescue plan in order, the News Tribune says it’s time for you to create your own personal bailout plan—by building up your cash, freezing your credit, and “laying…
Original post by Gina Trapani