Looking for a way to be happier AND smarter? Try idle chit-chat.

One of the key points about happiness is that having strong social bonds is a critical – probably THE critical – element of a happy life.
Over and over, studies show that relationships with other people make us happy. The more friends we have, the more likely we are to be happy. Even short interactions with other people boost mood—and this is true, surprisingly, even for introverts. It's really important to work on your connections with other people.
The Happiness Project: Looking for a way to be happier AND smarter? Try idle chit-chat

Track New Albums by RSS with Music-Alerts

Find yourself constantly sifting through "new music" and "artist alert" emails from certain unnamed online music retailers? New website Music-Alerts helps you keep tabs just on your favorite artists' new releases through a custom RSS feed.
Track New Albums by RSS with Music-Alerts

40+ Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design

The importance of typography in design can’t be overestimated. The accuracy, precision and balance of geometric forms can give letters the elegance and sharpness they deserve. Besides, elegant fonts can help to convey the message in a more convenient way.
40+ Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design

How Do "Miss Steaks" Go Unnoticed? It's Along Story

Last week’s column focused on the havoc that automated spellcheckers can wreak when a suggested “correction” turns out to be utterly wrong. More often, though, people who over-rely on spellcheckers can run into trouble when a misspelling is actually a legitimate word and therefore isn’t flagged as an error. There’s a well-circulated bit of verse (with variations going back to 1992) poking fun at people’s tendency to ignore mistakes that spellcheckers miss:
How Do "Miss Steaks" Go Unnoticed? It's Along Story

Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person’s Weight

About two years ago, a group of federal researchers reported that overweight people have a lower death rate than people who are normal weight, underweight or obese. Now, investigating further, they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group.
Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person’s Weight

A Troubled Marriage Between A Skeptic and an Ascetic, or, The Oddest English Spellings

Confusing as English spelling may be, it has one well-publicized, even if questionable, merit: it tells us something about the history of the language. For example, sea and see were indeed pronounced differently in the past. This fact is of no importance to a modern speaker of English but can be put to use in a course “Spelling as Archeology.” In other cases, modern spelling only puzzles and irritates.
A Troubled Marriage Between A Skeptic and an Ascetic, or, The Oddest English Spellings

Meditation for Beginners: 20 Practical Tips for Quieting the Mind

Meditation is the art of focusing 100% of your attention in one area. The practice comes with a myriad of well-publicized health benefits including increased concentration, decreased anxiety, and a general feeling of happiness.
Meditation for Beginners: 20 Practical Tips for Quieting the Mind

House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, Sep 2007

House prices rose this quarter in Melbourne (+6.7%), Adelaide (+5.1%), Darwin (+5.1%), Brisbane (+4.0%), Hobart (+3.9%), Canberra (+3.9%), Sydney (+1.5%) and Perth (+1.1%).
House Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, Sep 2007

How To: Back Up A Trailer

If you've ever tried to back up a trailer, you know how insanely difficult it can be. Popular Mechanics has a quick how-to that should make this process less crazymaking.
How To: Back Up A Trailer

Curing Insomnia Without the Pills

Better sleep doesn’t have to come in a pill.
For people with chronic insomnia, studies show that simple behavioral and psychological treatments work just as well, and sometimes better, than popular medications, according to a report in The Journal of Family Practice.
Curing Insomnia Without the Pills

How to Really Maximize Your Credit Card Rewards

Credit card reward cards are extremely popular but odds are you aren't getting the most out of yours. In fact, poor execution or poor planning can actually result in your credit or account balance being negatively impacted by the use of these cards.
How to Really Maximize Your Credit Card Rewards

Why it can be selfless to be selfish, or, how you can be generous by TAKING.

The pleasure of giving—giving help, giving advice, giving a recommendation, satisfying a desire—is one of the most exquisite pleasures imaginable. But to experience this pleasure, someone must accept your gift. Or, perhaps, even ask for it. And so sometimes, you must be the selfish one, asking and accepting.
Why it can be selfless to be selfish, or, how you can be generous by TAKING.

Die and you're under arrest!

Queen Elizabeth II's speech in the British Parliament overnight may have been routine, but at least nobody got bored to death. That would have been against the law.
Dying in Parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series.
Die and you're under arrest! Britain's stupidest laws revealed

80+ File Conversion Services And Tools

Converting files from one to another format can be a complex task, especially because not many users have the necessary tools handy. Here’s our collection of online conversion services as well as offline desktop tools which provide an easy way to convert files of various types and formats ranging from images, video to audio.
80+ File Conversion Services And Tools

Car Maintenance Schedules

Car maintenance schedules, car recalls, and car dealership marketing and appointment scheduling software.
ServiceBeacon.com

Secrets of Long Life

Newsflash! Scientists have discovered the secret to living literally hundreds of years. The key ingredients? A sedentary lifestyle, slightly chilly climate, friendly neighbors, close proximity to the sea...
Secrets of Long Life

Weird and wonderful Foreign Phrases

English is a rich and wonderful language - but sometimes it's just not good enough.
For example, have you ever searched around in vain for a word to describe someone who gets excited by eating garlic?
Or wondered why there isn't a nice pithy term for a person who is only attractive if they're standing quite far away?
Weird and wondrful foreign phrases

Resolve Conflict Quickly with The Four Agreements

I dread conflict. In fact, when I know a confrontation is imminent, it’s all I can think about. I mull it over when I could be labeling file folders, I ponder it while my inbox burgeons, while my 3x5 cards gather dust. Conflict is my productivity disaster.
Resolve Conflict Quickly with The Four Agreements

1960's Polaroid Pictures of Signs

1960's Polaroid Pictures of Signs

Productive Arguing

These tips from Relationship psychotherapist Paula Hall can help stop your arguments becoming destructive and painful.
BBC - Relationships - Couples - Productive Arguing

Disable Windows Defender in Vista

Even if Windows Defender is offered for free and it has decent protection features, some people might prefer other applications to secure their system from spyware and other threats. In this case there is no point in having two similar applications running at the same time, both of them consuming system resources. This is why disabling Windows Defender can be a good idea.
Disable Windows Defender in Vista

25 Photographs Taken at the Exact Right Time

Timing is everything, particularly in the case of amazing photography. Sometimes that means waiting through a whole sports game and getting lucky to catch just the right shot. Other times than means trudging through nature for weeks to get the perfect environmental photograph. Here are 25 examples of perfectly timed images from around the world and in various genres.
25 Photographs Taken at the Exact Right Time

11 Phenomenal Images of Earth

11 incredible photos taken from space which illustrate just a few of earth’s fascinating geographical features and nature’s frightening unpredictability.
11 phenomenal images of earth

How to convert your vinyl into mp3s

Playing vinyl may be a long-dead activity in most homes, but we’re willing to bet that you’ve at least a few classic records tucked away in the loft.
Whether you’ve got a working turntable or not, in this brave new world of digital music collections and wireless streamers it’s just too much hassle to get everything out of storage and slide those unwieldy records from their paper sleeves.
How to convert your vinyl into mp3s

When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect

Dictionaries, for all their virtues, can sometimes be troublemakers. Ever since the dawn of word processing, dictionaries have been mined to create wordlists for automated spellcheckers.
When Spellcheckers Attack: Perils of the Cupertino Effect

Ways to Minimize The Effects of a Hangover

Why Do You Have A Hangover?
Headaches, Irritability, Stomach pains, Nausea, Vomit are well known symptoms of those who are accustomed to alcohol. The following hypotheses have been given to explain the symptoms of a hangover...
Ways to Minimize The Effects of a Hangover

Extremely Flexible Woman

Yup, seeing is believing!
Extremely Flexible Woman

Five Simple Hacks to Get Your Email Inbox to Empty

You’ve probably read a few articles on how to get your email inbox to empty (if not, read David Allen, Merlin Mann, or even a couple articles by me). Clearing your inbox and keeping it clear is just a tremendous boost to your psyche and sanity, if not your productivity.
Five Simple Hacks to Get Your Email Inbox to Empty

Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters

So many video file formats, so many handheld video players, so many online video sites, and so little time. To have your favorite clips how you want them—whether that's on your DVR, iPod, PSP or desktop—you need the right utility to convert 'em into the format that works for you. Commercial video converter software's aplenty, but there are several solid free utilities that can convert your video files on every operating system, or if you've just got a web browser and a quick clip. Put DVDs on your iPod, YouTube videos on DVD, or convert any video file with today's top 10 free video rippers, encoders and converters.
Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters

Monthly Gleanings : OUPblog

The death of the adverb. One of our correspondents notes that students in creative writing tend to put adverbs at the beginning of the sentence, as in “Happily, she met her boyfriend at the mall.” The adverb, nearly wiped out by morphology in American English, is doing “just fine” in syntax. For instance, the authors of scholarly publications love the word undoubtedly; they use it when arguments are weak and doubt exists. Obviously, certainly, and definitely serve the same purpose. Actually has become the bane of our life.
Monthly Gleanings : OUPblog

How to fix a dented ping pong ball

This is a quick and easy fix for dented ping pong balls. For any school or club that has ping pong tables this will help cut down on the number of balls you have to buy. This is great, now I can slam the ball without having to worry about denting it!
How to fix a dented ping pong ball

Steve Riley on Security : More on Autorun

Last month, in my post "Autorun: good for you?" I described why I believe you should disable Autorun on all computers in your organization. I also explained how you can do this for XP and Vista computers.
Steve Riley on Security : More on Autorun

10 Free Microsoft Apps That Don’t Suck

Microsoft as a company is not usually associated with cool and free products. In that sense, Google is way ahead, it has Gmail, Google Reader, Calendar, Google Docs and dozens of other useful services. Nonetheless, there are a bunch of FREE Microsoft tools that are definitely worth a look. While some of them are yet to be released, others have been around for a a while.
10 Free Microsoft Apps That Don’t Suck

The Most Curious Comestibles Found Online

Mmm, mmm … gross? In celebration of strange sustenance chowed 'round the world, we've put together a list of freaky foodstuffs for the audacious, fearless gluttons for gourmet punishment.
The Most Curious Comestibles Found Online

The Art of sharpening Pencils

Welcome to the world of pencil sharpening - this may sound like a dull topic but there is actually a lot more to it than you think. There are a number of different sharpening styles and methods; all good artists should know them. The trick is using the right one at the right time.
The art of sharpening pencils

The Ultimate Consumerist Guide To Fighting Back (Revised Edition)

We've posted recently about how to fight back when a business screws you over, and we've posted a lot of executive contact info over the years. Now we're packaging the two together into one big mega-post of usefulness: a one-stop-stop for figuring out what you need to do to start a customer complaint, or how to escalate a stalled one so that it can be resolved.
The Ultimate Consumerist Guide To Fighting Back (Revised Edition)

How To Set Up a Network Router

This guide explains how to set up a router for home computer networks. The exact names of configuration settings on a network router vary depending on the model and whether it is wired or wireless. However, this general procedure will guide you through the process for the common kinds of home network equipment.
Router Setup and Configuration Guide - Setup a Router

Births, Australia, 2006

Australia's total fertility rate (TFR) in 2006 was 1.81 babies per woman, the highest since 1995 (1.82).
The increase in the TFR between 2005 and 2006 was largely due to births to women aged 30 to 39 years.
Women aged 30-34 years experienced the highest fertility of all age groups in 2006, with 120.1 babies per 1,000 women. This was the highest rate recorded for women aged 30-34 years since 1963.
Fertility of women aged 35-39 years increased to 63.3 babies per 1,000 women, the highest rate since 1961.
Fertility of women aged 25-29 years decreased slightly from 2005, to 100.8 babies per 1,000 women in 2006. Women aged 25-29 years continued to record the second highest fertility of all age groups.
Fertility of women aged 40-44 years in 2006 was the highest since 1971.
At the national level, teenage fertility continued to decline.
Births, Australia, 2006

Birthrate hits 35-year high

Australia is experiencing its biggest baby boom in more than three decades, as more couples are choosing to start a family later in life.
Birthrate hits 35-year high

Airbus A380 - the complete guide

For Stephen Bleach, being a part of the inaugural A380 flight on Thursday was revolutionary... but not for all the right reasons.
Airbus A380 - the complete guide

10 Useful Secrets the Major Airlines Don’t Want You to Know

Ironically, traveling by air is getting more and more inconvenient as overbooked flights, lost luggage, and pricey ticket sales become more common. Unfortunately, booking a flight is sometimes just plain necessary, a fact that airlines know all too well, allowing them to continue maximizing profits while we passengers often get stuck on the ground.
10 Useful Secrets the Major Airlines Don’t Want You to Know

27 Very Strange & Funny Signs

27 Very Strange & Funny Signs

Extending the History of Words: The Case of "Ms."

Ms. is “used as a title preceding the surname of any woman regardless of her marital status, sometimes with her forename(s) intervening.” This is obviously a rather recent invention, compared to the title Mrs. for a married woman (from the late 15th century) and Miss for an unmarried woman (from the mid-17th century). But just how recent is it?
Extending the History of Words: The Case of "Ms."

Top 87 Bad Predictions about the Future

Here's a fine collection of 87 bad futuristic predictions from years gone by -- many of them are risible because of their skepticism.
Top 87 Bad Predictions about the Future

New UN environmental report paints a very bleak future for Humanity

Everywhere you turn there's more bad news on the environment. According to a new report released by the UN, it's not just other species that are in danger, humans are too. The United Nations Environment Program has released the Global Environment Outlook: environment for development (GEO-4) report, and it doesn't make for happy reading.
New UN environmental report paints a very bleak future for humanity

Seven topics to avoid if you don't want to risk being a bore

I hesitate to disagree with the immortal La Rochefoucauld, but I think he was wrong when he wrote, "We are always bored by those whom we bore.”
Not always (though I often remind myself of this observation when I'm feeling bored by someone else). I think that sometimes we find a topic so interesting that it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that it might not be interesting to someone else. And most of us want to make a good impression and avoid boring other people.
Seven topics to avoid if you don't want to risk being a bore

What is your Word of the Century so far?

Susie Dent, author of OUP’s annual Language Report, has told us that the word of the year for 2007 is “footprint”, but can any one word sum up the 21st century so far?
They are conducting a poll over at the AskOxford website, and would love you to take part. You can either choose from one of the selection that Susie has put together from her five years of monitoring the language for her books, or if you don’t agree with any of them, you can nominate your own.
What is your Word of the Century so far?

Password-cracking chip causes security concerns

A technique for cracking computer passwords using inexpensive off-the-shelf computer graphics hardware is causing a stir in the computer security community.
Password-cracking chip causes security concerns

Full Moon is really BIG and BRIGHT in October

On Thursday night, October 25, and into Friday morning, October 26, 2007, the Moon will be visually much larger and brighter than usual.
Full Moon is really BIG and BRIGHT in October

Free Online File Storage

Online file storage services allow you to save, browse and share files, photos, and documents from any computer or mobile device.
Free Online File Storage

Making Documents Look Much Better in MS Word

Do you spend a lot of time formatting documents in Microsoft Word? If so, there are a number of under-the-hood features that can make you more efficient at it, and make your documents look better.
Making Documents Look Much Better in MS Word

10 of The World’s Most Unique Restrooms

Next to eating, drinking and sleeping, going to the restroom is something that we all do quite frequently. Most of the time, we tend to forget that the design of a restroom, especially public bathrooms, have an impact on the individual and on society as a whole. Come witness a worldwide initiative designed to educate society and to improve the designs and structures of public restrooms.
10 of The World’s Most Unique Restrooms

Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2007

Weighted average of eight capital cities.
Consumer Price Index, Australia, Sep 2007

Opening Video from the 2007 Elvis 30th Anniversary Concert

Attendees to the 2007 Elvis 30th Anniversary Concert at the FedExForum in Memphis on August 16th experienced a dream-like video sequence that featured Jerry Schilling, George Klein and Joe Esposito to open the concert.
Opening Video from the 2007 Elvis 30th Anniversary Concert

Ten of the Strangest Things Caught While Fishing

Ten of the Strangest Things Caught While Fishing

25 Skills Every Man Should Know - Essential DIY

These days, you can outsource almost any job—but some things you need to know how to do yourself. Study this master list with step-by-step tips from the experts, and test your DIY aptitude each step of the way.
25 Skills Every Man Should Know

5 Tips to Maximize Your Ability to Concentrate

The quality and quantity of work you can produce is dependent, not only on the effort you put in, but on your ability to concentrate. No matter how hard to you try, if your brain isn’t performing well, you won’t be as productive as you should be.
5 Tips to Maximize Your Ability to Concentrate

5 Reasons Why You Should Simplify What You Say, and How to Do It

One of the trickier things about social skills is to get your message across.
One reason why people have difficulty with this is because they use more words than needed.
5 Reasons Why You Should Simplify What You Say, and How to Do It

Everyone’s Guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship

For Citizens Worldwide.
Everyone’s Guide to By-Passing Internet Censorship

Eight Keys to a Happier Marriage

Newly weds are often asked ‘how’s married life?’ As with everything in life, the answer depends on you. For some, marriage is another word for frustration and even misery. For others it is the bedrock of strength and support they build the rest of their lives around.
Eight Keys to a Happier Marriage

13 Bargain Websites That are Cheaper than eBay

Looking for a place to find some good deals or bargain discounts while shopping online for electronics, clothing, accessories, etc? Well, there are a good number of sites out there other than Fatwallet, which everyone in the world knows about.
13 Bargain Websites That are Cheaper than eBay

3 highly effective tips to handle criticism

People react differently to criticism. The most common reactions are either getting angry and take it personally or else get unmotivated and simply give up in what you are doing (normally the subject of criticism). This post gives three tips on how to deal with criticism to avoid any of the two extreme reactions mentioned above.
3 highly effective tips to handle criticism

Education News, Oct 2007

This newsletter highlights the latest curriculum related teaching resources, student activities and statistical tools that have been developed by ABS Education Services as well as other ABS resources that are useful for schools.
Education News, Oct 2007

Get Lost in Translation Sites

The web makes it possible to search for documents written in every conceivable language, but what if you don't actually know the language you find that special somethin' written in? No worries - there are plenty of online translation services that can give you anything from just a good idea to a complete translation of what you're looking at.
Get Lost in Translation Sites

Scans Reveal Mona Lisa Secrets

For centuries, the "Mona Lisa" has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on its origins and meaning. Now a French inventor claims to have some answers, including the fate of the enigmatic subject's famously missing eyebrows and lashes.
Parisian engineer Pascal Cotte says his ultra-detailed digital scans of the painting allow him to effectively burrow through layers of paint to "see" into the past of Leonardo Da Vinci's 16th-century portrait of a Florentine merchant's wife.
Scans Reveal Mona Lisa Secrets

How to Taste Wine

Whether you are vacationing in California, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France or Italy, wine tasting is one of the most rewarding excursions available. If you long to walk through the vineyards and admire the grapevines and picturesque backdrop, wine glass in hand, you must first learn to appreciate the subtle beauty of wine.
How to Taste Wine

When is Someday?

Let’s see, there’s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… but when is Someday?
Show me Someday on the calendar. Point it out to me in your daytimer. How long is a month of Somedays? Even blue moons happen once in a while (second full moon in a month), but Someday? The closest day to Someday is Never.
When is Someday?

Solar cars race from Australia's top to bottom

Sun-powered-car enthusiasts from around the world raced into the Australia outback on Sunday at speeds nearing 100 kilometres-per-hour at the start of the World Solar Challenge.
Thousands of onlookers crowded the streets of Darwin in Australia's tropical north for the beginning of the 3,000-km (1,863 mile) race, a biennial event since 1987, gawking at the sleek foil-like vehicles resembling giant microchips.
Solar cars race from Australia's top to bottom

10 Surefire Ways to Kill Your Crabby Mood

Having a happy day is well within your reach even if you are feeling totally down in the dumps. Being happy is a choice and there are things you can do to make it happen. Just like when you feel a decrease in energy, the best thing to do is to get your body moving - the same thing is true with cultivating happiness. You must literally pick yourself up and get moving on some actions that will create happiness.
10 Surefire Ways to Kill Your Crabby Mood

Preparing Food in Advance for a House Full of People

Looking for ways to minimize the costs associated with many guests?
Preparing Food in Advance for a House Full of People

The Power Traveler's Checklist, Part One: Pre-Flight

Follow these simple steps to ensure your trip is as inexpensive and relaxing as it is streamlined.
The Power Traveler's Checklist, Part One: Pre-Flight

Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia, 12 months ended 31 October 2006

Vehicles registered in Australia travelled 209 billion kilometres in the 12 months ended 31 October 2006, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The average distance covered by the 14.4 million registered vehicles in Australia was 14,600 km, with Queensland vehicles travelling the furthest - 15,600 kilometres on average. Tasmanian vehicles travelled the least of all states and territories, covering 13,500 kilometres on average.
Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia, 12 months ended 31 October 2006

Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Sep 2007

The September 2007 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (87 309) increased 0.2% when compared with the August 2007 estimate. The trend estimate has now been increasing for over 15 consecutive months. When compared to August 2006, the trend estimate increased by 8.0%.
Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Sep 2007

How to Save Water

The reason for this topic is simply because Australia is facing severe drought conditions.
how to save water

31 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

How do you find motivation to exercise when you just don’t feel like getting off your butt?
31 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

How to Be Optimistic

Tired of always focusing on the downside of everything? Wish you could temper your negative thoughts with occasional reassurance? Web site wikiHow offers a good roundup of ways to counter pessimism, including a little Moleskine-powered mind hacking.
Mind Hacks: How to Be Optimistic

10 Ways to Find a Lost Word .doc

Accidentally delete your work? Or save it somewhere and you can't find it? Or the power went out? Before you start frantically emailing your professor, follow these steps...
10 Ways to Find a Lost Word .doc

How to Sell Yourself

To get ahead in life, you need to be in the business of selling. If this statement makes you cringe, it is probably because the word “sales” evokes images of annoying telemarketers and pushy car dealers. Relax, though, as this article is about a product so wonderful and special you should have no qualms in selling it. The product? You.
How to Sell Yourself

Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

If money doesn't buy happiness, what does? Grandma was right when she told you to value health and friends, not money and stuff.
Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

Arctic Moving Toward Tipping Point

The record loss of sea ice and thinning of ice throughout the Arctic this summer are only two brush strokes in the mosaic of scientific data that depict the Arctic as a “system under significant stress from warming atmosphere,” as the chief editor of the State of the Arctic report card put it.
Arctic Moving Toward Tipping Point

Pixoo Fixes Your Face

Pixoo is a new service that will edit your images for you, and send them back all prettified. It costs about $20 and takes around 24 hours for them to fix your face.
Pixoo Fixes Your Face

Zimmer's Words Of The Week

Slang Word of the Week - egg in your beer
Zimmer's Words Of The Week

Mind Reading

Whether we know it or not, we're all street-corner psychics. Without the ability to divine others' thoughts and feelings, we couldn't handle the simplest social situations—or achieve true intimacy with others.
Mind Reading

Charts And Graphs: Modern Solutions

Charts are supposed to visualize data in order to give a more profound understanding of the nature of a given problem or recent developments. Whatever type of data presentation you prefer (pie charts, bubble charts, bar graphs, network diagrams etc.), you can create charts in graphic editors manually or use special desktop-software instead. In both cases you have a major problem: once you’d like to update an old chart, or create a new one, you have to run the application and create new images over and over again. That’s not flexible. That’s also not usable — e.g. if you’d like to update your chart live.
Charts And Graphs: Modern Solutions

25% of computers have vulnerable IrfanView installed

Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in the Irfanview image viewer software. The vulnerability is easily exploitable, as it only requires that a user is tricked into opening a specially crafted palette (.PAL) file. If you receive an email or view a website where you are asked to view a malicious .PAL file, please take caution and make sure that you trust the source. Otherwise, you may be allowing a malicious attacker to install and run arbitrary programs on your system, including malware, spyware, information stealers, keyloggers, and so on.
25% of computers have vulnerable IrfanView installed

The amazing history of pi

Created by Professor Laura Ackerman Smoller from the Department of History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, this website provides a collection of information on the history of pi.
The amazing history of pi

Top 10 Most Expensive Car Crashes of All Time

An attempt to review the most expensive world car crashes. No matter it was done by a celebrity or not, a beautiful metal horse was wrecked.
Top 10 Most Expensive Car Crashes of All Time

30+ Tools to Name and Register Your Domain

We’ve been covering topics such as how to design your site, and even how to code it, but before you do all that, you need to register a domain name. Here are 30+ tools to help you figure out a good name and register it.
30+ Tools to Name and Register Your Domain

Six Gadgets for Plenty of Peace of Mind

It may not quite be the holiday season yet, but it’s always good to review your options when it comes to cool gadgets. Sometimes a single little device can make you more efficient and change the way you work.
Six Gadgets for Plenty of Peace of Mind

Windows Tip: Hibernate vs. Standby

Quick: What's the difference between putting your PC in Hibernate or Standby mode? Yeah, we weren't sure either. Luckily the Productivity Portfolio weblog schools us on the finer details of Windows XP power schemes.
Windows Tip: Hibernate vs. Standby

And the Photoshop-smiting award goes to...

...the German computer-graphics experts who unswirled the image to nail a pedophile who photographed himself (or had himself photographed) abusing various young boys. The BBC has the unswirled photo of Christopher Paul Neil, currently the world's most hunted Canadian, along with a very recent security-camera snapshot.
And the Photoshop-smiting award goes to

Junkbusters Anti-Telemarketing Script

Telemarketers always use a script: why shouldn't you? What to say when they call if you don't want junk calls.
Junkbusters Anti-Telemarketing Script

28 Ways To Interpret A Photo

On September 18th, I asked my fellow photographers to join me in an artistic experiment. I wanted to see how a single photo could be interpreted by different people.
28 Ways To Interpret A Photo

Should managers pitch in or just manage the action?

What's the best role for managers in the workforce: Guiding hand or foreman? Toni Bower's shares her experiences from the industry.
Should managers pitch in or just manage the action?

Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

Nothing kills your ability to get things done faster than a bad night's sleep. Studies show that sleep deprivation costs significant work productivity; yawning employees can't stay alert, make good decisions, focus on tasks or even manage a friendly mood at the office. There are lots of ways to beat insomnia, increase the quality of your sleep, and master the power nap. Today we've got our top 10 favorite sleep techniques, tips and facts.
Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

What Will U.S. Air Travel Look Like in Ten Years?

We’ve blogged quite a bit about airline travel over the past couple of years, covering everything from the future of pilotless airplanes to security snafus to the likelihood of an all-business-class U.S. airline. I don’t think this reflects our overwhelming curiosity about the subject as much as the fact that we both happen to be on planes a lot.
What Will U.S. Air Travel Look Like in Ten Years?

Best Practices For Bulletproof E-Mail Delivery

Have your e-mails already been flagged as spam, although you’ve sent a seemingly legitimate proposal to your client? Have you ever wondered why the efficiency of your newsletter campaigns suddenly dropped down? In both cases you deal with a problem which is harder to get done with than you think it is: bulletproof e-mail delivery.
Best Practices For Bulletproof E-Mail Delivery

Our Favorite 100 Blogs 2007

From PC Mag - happy reading!
Our Favorite 100 Blogs 2007

The Emperor's New Security

Yeah, I feel safer already: The TSA's assurance that new scanning software that digitally undresses people won't be misused just makes me feel so much better.
The emperor's new security

"Because you are dangerous, you must not enter"

A couple of good signs from the always enjoyable Engrish.com.
"Because you are dangerous, you must not enter"