Tuesday, January 15, 2008

60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have

A phobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. While awareness that the fears are irrational, phobics often find that facing, or even thinking about facing the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.
60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have

37 Stress Management Tips

Stress is a fact of life, but being stressed out is not. We don't always have control over what happens to us.
37 Stress Management Tips

Get free local POI data for your Tom Tom

While Tom Tom only releases updated POI (place of interest) overlays for Australia once a year, the Ozpoi website offers user-created data overlays which are more frequently updated, and can be hacked for use with other GPS devices including Navman, Garmin, and Mitac Mio.
Get free local POI data for your Tom Tom

20 Awesome Images Found In Google Maps

The introduction of satellite images into map search interfaces has excited both virtual sightseers and local app developers. Further innovations like Google's Street View have caused consternation from privacy advocates while further pumping up the buzz about online mapping.
20 Awesome Images Found In Google Maps

The Moral Instinct

Which of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug? And which do you think is the least admirable?
The Moral Instinct

Why people believe weird things about money

Evolution accounts for a lot of our strange ideas about finances.
Why people believe weird things about money

Monday, January 14, 2008

Secrets In Websites II

This post is a follow up to the first Secrets In Websites. For those who don’t remember the first time, I point out odd, interesting, funny things in other websites’ code. Yes it takes some time to put a post like this together, that’s why it’s just about a year since the last time. Enough with the intro, read on for the code.
Secrets In Websites II

The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Diets

People will do almost anything to lose weight. While the most logical, sustainable means of doing so hasn’t really changed—eat less and exercise—every day it seems there are a host of new and outlandish methods to lose those love handles. Most of these ill-fated regimes will help you lose pounds, at least in the short term, but sometimes it’s at the expense of an organ or your sanity.
The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Diets

How to Slow Down Now (Please Read Slowly)

Humans need rests, relaxation, and recreation. We need time to think about things, to clear the mind, and to have fun. But to a person overburdened with claims on her time, fun seems only a distant remembered state of mind.
How to Slow Down Now (Please Read Slowly)

Cold-Fighting Foods

A team headed by lung specialist Stephen Rennard at the Nebraska Medical Center found that in a test tube chicken soup suppressed inflammation, which causes many cold symptoms. But chicken soup isn’t the only food that might help. Here’s a daily menu based on experts’ recommendations.
Cold-Fighting Foods

Saturday, January 12, 2008

10 Fail Proof Tips for Delivering a Powerful Speech

We've all heard the statistic that says people fear public speaking more than just about anything else. The good news is if you can focus on these 10 tips you'll be on your way to breaking past the fear and onto delivering a powerful speech that engages your audience.
10 Fail Proof Tips for Delivering a Powerful Speech

Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship

Many entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about entrepreneurship, so here are ten of the most common and the realities that bust them.
Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship

Thrift Shop Horrors

Marvellously horrendous objects for your viewing pleasure.
Thrift Shop Horrors

PipeBytes

PipeBytes is a simple service which allows you to send
a file to a friend.The unique benefits of this service are:
* No software to install.
* All you need is web browser.
* Send files of any size!
PipeBytes

Friday, January 11, 2008

4 Ways to Improve Your Password Management and Stay Secure

It’s very common, for example, for people to respond to the problem of password list bloat by using the same passwords over and over at numberous sites–a security no-no. Or, even in the cases of very tech-savvy people, it’s not uncommon for passwords to be stored on a business card in, say, a wallet–also a no-no.
4 Ways to Improve Your Password Management and Stay Secure

The $2500 Tata Nano, Unveiled in India

After months of rumors and tantalizing leaks Indian automaker Tata Motors has finally unveiled the Tata Nano -- its already legendary $2,500 car. As expected, the car that Tata claims will change the face of not only the Indian car market, but the global auto industry will be a four door, five seat hatch, powered by a 30 HP Bosch 624 cc four stroke engine mounted out back and mated to a CVT.
The $2500 Tata Nano, Unveiled in India

Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web

Hey, I know you. RIAA lawsuits have scared you off P2P, but the iTunes DRM is both too expensive and too restrictive for your tastes, right? Then it's time you head to the web. In the past year the number of web sites linking to free downloads and streaming music has exploded, meaning there are more ways than ever to get your music fix.
Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web

New Year 2008

Sydney-Rio-Amsterdam-London-Hongkong-Taipei - 360 degree Panoramas.
New Year 2008-Sydney-Rio-Amsterdam-London-Hongkong-Taipei

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Australian Economic Indicators, Jan 2008

A monthly compendium of economic statistics, presenting comprehensive tables, graphs, commentaries, feature articles and technical notes. Primarily a reference document, the publication provides a broad basis for analysis and research on the Australian economy and includes statistics that can be applied to both macro-economic and sectoral analyses.
Australian Economic Indicators, Jan 2008

Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR

There are a number of OCR products on the market, but don’t go for your wallet just yet. If you own Microsoft Office, you already own software capable of Optical Character Recognition: Microsoft Office Document Imaging. You can use Microsoft Office Document Imaging to grab text from a scanned document and convert it into a usable Word document.
Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR

CIA’s Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases and Top 25 Searched Documents

CIA’s Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases (Nov. & Dec. 2007) and Top 25 Searched Documents (Dec. 2007)
CIA’s Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases and Top 25 Searched Documents

The Origins of Buzzwords

Everybody seems to resent buzzwords, and everybody uses them. It may therefore be of some interest to look at the origin of those universally reviled favorites.
The Origins of Buzzwords

Top 10 Underhyped Webapps

Even in this golden age of Big Internet Companies Acquiring Everything In Sight, there are still a few independent, small webapps out there that don't get the attention they should for their useful functionality.
Top 10 Underhyped Webapps

Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!

I am appalled at the concept of taking people’s domain ideas and registering it before the consumer has the ability to manually register the domain.
Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices

If you want to save money on your petrol costs, you need to shop around to find which of your local service stations is the cheapest. And plan ahead to make sure you buy at the cheap time of the week too.
Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO)

Yup!
Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO)

FaxBox: the latest in password scams

Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting.
FaxBox: the latest in password scams

10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

1. "I'm a specialist — in marketing myself as a health expert."
etc
10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You

1. "If you're still here in April, it'll be a miracle."
etc
10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You

The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo

The secrete messages in Google's 2008 logo revealed. Google put silently two hidden messages in its 2008 logo. Google is celebrating 25 years of TCP/IP and the New Year.
The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo

ikea hacker

A blog about hacking Ikea stuff.
ikea hacker

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b

Ah, memories! This is the first browser I can remember using back in either late 1994 or early 1995....I still remember the joy of the first screen appearing (the dawn of the age of Internet discovery!) and actually getting this and that Trumpet Winsock thing to work....
Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b

Saturday, January 05, 2008

American Dialect Society Word of the Year

In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year.
American Dialect Society Word of the Year

Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to work with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar. Many marketing departments are setting up their own video and animation studios for everything from product demonstrations to webinars, and an increasing number of companies such as Brightcove are helping to deliver and syndicate video on the web. The good news is there are also lots of free applications for video and animation on the web.
Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

Friday, January 04, 2008

General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers

This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information in the Summary and under Safety and Security: Terrorism (update), Civil Unrest/Political Tension (update), Crime (update), Local Travel (new section), Airline Safety (update), Natural Disasters (update), Local Customs (update) and Health Issues (update).
General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers

5 New Year's Resolutions You Owe Yourself

We questioned health professionals and plumbed the scientific literature in a quest for the most life-enhancing New Year's resolutions possible.
5 New Year's Resolutions You Owe Yourself

World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places

Where toxic pollution and human habitation collide with devastating effects.
World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places

Should "Decimate" be Annihilated?

For the past few decades, Lake Superior State University has issued an annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.” Candidates for “banished words” are nominated by the public at large, and then a committee decides on the final selection, which is released every year on New Year’s Day. The 2008 list is a typical mix of terms deemed by the committee to be clichéd, improperly used, or objectionable in some other way.
Should "Decimate" be Annihilated?

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Top 15 Amazing Coincidences

Life is full of coincidences, some very minor, but occasionally - extraordinary. This is a list of 15 of the most incredible, unbelievable coincidences.
Top 15 Amazing Coincidences

Australian Government Equates Freedom Of Speech To Liking Kiddie Porn

It will not only take all of two minutes to bypass the great firewall of Australia, and worse still it will actually provide a false sense of security to parents who will wrongly believe that the internet is now a safe place for their children, when it still isn’t. 'Nuff said...
Australian Government Equates Freedom Of Speech To Liking Kiddie Porn

Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions

Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions after the zeal of 1/1/08 has worn off.
Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards

19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions

We’ve come up with 19 photo-related New Year’s resolutions that’ll have you learning more, practicing more, and taking more risks in two thousand and awesome. So here they are: 19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions. Pick even one, and you’re likely to leave 2008 with vastly improved photographic skills.
19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions

100 things we didn't know last year

The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year.
100 things we didn't know last year

Free Tools to Manage New Year's Resolutions

Lots of you are kicking off 2008 with New Year's resolutions, but they won't keep themselves. To reach the goals you've set out for yourself in '08, follow through each and every one of the next 365 days—several free tools can help you with just that. Track your progress and help motivate yourself to stick to your New Year's resolutions with our favorite goal tracking webapps and tools.
Free Tools to Manage New Year's Resolutions

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

The year's ten best films

It was a time of wonders, an autumn of miracles, one of the best years in recent movie history. One great film after another opened, and movie lovers found there were two or three, sometimes more, must-see films opening on a weekend. I gave up rationing my four-star ratings and went with the flow.
The year's ten best films and other shenanigans

The 53 Places to Go in 2008

Where to go in 2008 - the travel choices for global nomads have never been more varied.
The 53 Places to Go in 2008

Celebrity Deaths in 2007

List of cultural and entertainment names that are no longer with us.
Here, a roll call of some of the notables in the arts and popular culture who died in 2007. (Cause of death cited for younger people if available.)
Celebrity Deaths in 2007

Fimoculous.com: 2007 Lists

This page aggregates all of the 2007 lists.
Fimoculous.com: 2007 Lists

2007 Year in Review - ABC News Australia

Change seemed to be the buzzword for 2007 - from climate change, workplace relations change to the change of government and our nation's leaders.
2007 Year in Review - ABC News Australia

Great birthday gifts for your girlfriend

What you get your girlfriend for her birthday is going to depend on how long you have been together, at what stage of the relationship you are in, and how well you know her. The hardest gift to figure out is always the first one.
Great birthday gifts for your girlfriend

Best of 2007 and predictions for 2008

2007: we'll always remember it as the year of the... well, year of the what, exactly? So much happened in tech this year that we can't sum up the year with a single label. So we asked the Ars staff to reflect on the event, product, or trend that defined 2007, a year that saw both the announcement and introduction of the iPhone, the growth of 700MHz "spectrum fever," and the Jammie Thomas trial.
Best of 2007 and predictions for 2008

7 Ways to Track Your Goals

Are you writing resolutions for 2008? Even if you’re not, you probably have some goals or at the very least some projects that capture your dreams for the future. Here are 7 ways to keep track of the things you want to make happen in your life — which one suits you?
7 Ways to Track Your Goals

Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet

The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet.
Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet

Fast Facts about New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

From Resourceshelf.
Fast Facts about New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Monday, December 31, 2007

Annual Cabinet release - National Archives of Australia

On 1 January each year, the National Archives releases the Cabinet records from 30 years before.
Annual Cabinet release - National Archives of Australia

Best Of 2007: Twenty Top 10's of 2007

The top 20 most-viewed Lifehacker Top 10 lists of 2007.
Best Of 2007: Twenty Top 10's of 2007

TSA Cracks Down on Batteries

As of January 1, there are formal rules dealing with lithium batteries on airplanes. If you’re planning air travel in the new year with electronics, here’s what you need to know,
TSA Cracks Down on Batteries

Fun Ways to Live Longer

A healthy lifestyle doesn't have to mean treadmills and salads everyday. Many activities that are fun and pleasurable are also good for you. By understanding how these activities can help you live longer and what to do to get the most benefits, you'll be putting some fun into healthy living.
Fun Ways to Live Longer

22 Items You Need in Your Cleaning Kit

With these inexpensive products and tools, you’ll have everything you need to tackle the whole house.
22 Items You Need in Your Cleaning Kit

Sunday, December 30, 2007

17 home remedies for bites, aches and burns

Home remedies are a staple of natural medicine. They are cheap and fast, often work just as well as a drugstore fix, and may be as near as your spice cabinet, refrigerator or laundry room. To update your arsenal, “Prevention” magazine asked seven experts to share their latest discoveries, from headache panaceas to simple solutions for stiff backs, indigestion, charley horses and more.
17 home remedies for bites, aches and burns

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life.
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

12 Things To Do Online Before The End Of 2007

2007 is quickly coming to a close, and it’s time to do all of those things you’ve been meaning to do all year long. We’ve put together a checklist to help you along, but we can’t do it all for you, so you best get cracking before another year flies by!
12 Things To Do Online Before The End Of 2007

Saturday, December 29, 2007

AOL Says Goodbye to Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator, once the dominant Web browser back in the 1990s, will no longer be supported as of February 1, 2008. In a posting to Netscape’s blog, Tom Drapeau writes:
AOL Says Goodbye to Netscape Navigator

Funny and Creative Animated Videos

The new year is just few days away; however, not all parties are planned, not all presents are packed and not all work is done. If you feel under the weather, bored or overwhelmed by the late shopping or working chaos, it’s just the right time to take a short break and get into the right mood.
Funny and Creative Animated Videos

Friday, December 28, 2007

The technology with impact 2007

The last 12 months have seen plenty of talking points around technology - from the iPhone, to Facebook, the launch of Vista and the XO laptop - but what were the developments, stories or gadgets which had the biggest impact?
The technology with impact 2007

How to Install Third-Party Apps on Your New iPhone or iPod Touch

If a new iPhone or iPod touch found its way under your tree and you just can't wait until Apple officially supports third-party application development to extend its functionality (who can wait until February?), it's time you jailbreak your favorite new portable device.
How to Install Third-Party Apps on Your New iPhone or iPod Touch

Finally, Evonne gets a gong - Tennis

Australia has its first women’s tennis No. 1 — more than three decades after the event.
National treasure Evonne Goolagong Cawley will today receive a bonus prize when she is announced as the retrospective holder of the coveted top ranking for a two-week period in 1976.
Finally, Evonne gets a gong

GPS to Track Alzheimers Sufferers

The UK Alzheimer's Society wants to tag bewildered old folk so they can wander the streets safely.
GPS to Track Alzheimers Sufferers

Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007

Welcome to the first annual Wired News rundown of the year's 10 most important scientific breakthroughs. 2007 was an amazing year for science.
Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007

Reference and News Materials: Benazir Bhutto Assassination

Reference and News Materials: Benazir Bhutto Assassination

Our Nameless Decade: What "Aught" We Call It?

Why don’t we have a suitable name for the first decade of the 21st century? It’s a curious situation: here we are at the end of 2007, and we still lack a commonly accepted term for the current decade.
Our Nameless Decade: What "Aught" We Call It?

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Take Your Best Driver's License Photo Ever

After a recent two-hour sit at the DMV, I watched most people leaving bitter and complaining about the photo on their new driver's license. This reaction to a bad photo isn't surprising, considering you have to live with it for years. These days, you've got to show your driver's license just about every time you use a credit card or fill a prescription. People have commented I always take a good driver's license photo. There's a trick to it and today I will detail the steps I take to get a good pic.
Take Your Best Driver's License Photo Ever

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Internet Anagram Server : Anagram Hall of Fame

Internet Anagram Server : Anagram Hall of Fame

Mashable’s 2008 Predictions: Adam’s List

There are a few ways you can go with prediction posts. You can speculate wildly (perhaps a little more fun), make some educated guesses, or, take a look at some trends from the prior year and make some predictions about how they’ll play out when the calendar switches over.
Mashable’s 2008 Predictions: Adam’s List

Top 10 money drains

It's easy to fritter away money on daily expenses. If you fall into these money traps, learn to avoid them and pocket the savings.
Top 10 money drains

Monday, December 24, 2007

ResourceShelf >> Check Santa’s Likely Track to Your House Today

3D visual updates on Santa’s location throughout Christmas STARTING at 7:00 AM EST. Track and see the likely route that Santa will take to get from his location to your house (already live).
ResourceShelf » Check Santa’s Likely Track to Your House Today

Sunday, December 23, 2007

How to Prevent Lost Luggage

When you fly, do you check in your bags? Watch out: Once that bag leaves your side, anything could happen to it. For every 1,000 bags, the typical airline mishandles 6.
Sure, the odds don't sound too bad. But what if the dice doesn't roll in your favor one day? What do you do if the airline loses or damages your bag? More importantly, how do you prevent your bag from becoming a statistic?
How to Prevent Lost Luggage

Regret the Error » Crunks 2007: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Written and compiled by Craig Silverman
Trends of Note
Regret the Error » Crunks 2007: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Mashable’s 2008 Predictions: Mark’s List

I’ve been sitting on my 2008 predictions for a good couple of weeks now. I’ve put a good deal of thought into this, and I’ve consulted several experts in the related businesses, as well as applied my own impeccable and infallible brainpower into coming up with these.
Mashable’s 2008 Predictions: Mark’s List

Top 25 Science Stories of 2007

The past year has been both tempestuous and exciting—from pet food, E. coli and toy poisoning scares to political fireworks over embryonic stem cell research to forest fires ravaging California. A controversial Nobel scientist (James Watson) went down in a blaze of infamy, tumbling from grace after putting his foot in his mouth one time too many, whereas a former vice president and defeated presidential candidate (Al Gore) rose from the ashes to become a Nobel Peace prize (and Oscar) winner for raising awareness on the urgency of global warming.
Top 25 Science Stories of 2007

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Celebrities Before and After

Celebrities Before and After

Cricket Scores in Google News

We're excited to share a new feature for Google News India: you can now get the latest cricket scores right on the front page! If there's a cricket match going on somewhere in the world (and there always is) you will have the latest information available.
Cricket Scores in Google News

Australians embrace life-long learning

Over one-third (4.2 million or 38%) of Australians aged 25 to 64 years participated in formal or non-formal learning in the year to June 2007, according to a survey run for the first time by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Australians embrace life-long learning

How to Have Less Awkward Conversations: Assuming Rapport

Assuming rapport. This is definitely one of the best social skill tips I have ever learned about. Unfortunately I’ve forgotten a bit about it lately. Maybe you have too. Or missed it altogether. So I thought I’d bring it up again.
How to Have Less Awkward Conversations: Assuming Rapport

The Best ‘Best of’ Lists of 2007

Without further ado, here’s a quick compilation of some of the most interesting ‘Best of 2007′ lists I’ve come across during the frantic media recap of ‘What Was in 07′, before the manic, mad dash to xmas seasonal insanity, and the consequent post-holiday crash into 2008.
The Best ‘Best of’ Lists of 2007

Top 25 Life-Improving Christmas Gifts for Under $10

If you’re like me, you’re always looking for ways to give cheap but meaningful gifts. Yes, I’m a cheapskate, but I’m a happy one.
Top 25 Life-Improving Christmas Gifts for Under $10

Friday, December 21, 2007

Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things

"I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?" --Philip Zimbardo
Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things

The 23 Best iTunes Add-ons

iTunes may not be the best media player on the market, but let's face facts: with its tight integration with our iPods and its excellent playlisting tools, it's very likely the digital jukebox you're using every day to manage your music. With that in mind, it's time you take iTunes to the next level. We've already tackled the 20 Best iPod Utilities, so today we're taking a look at the 25 iTunes add-ons that can take your iTunes experience from good to great.
The 23 Best iTunes Add-ons

10 Ways to Make Your iPod a Better Learning Gadget

The iPod can supercharge your learning. But it’s often a matter of finding the right software and content. Below, we’ve listed several new pieces of software that will let you suck more educational media (DVDs, web videos, audio files, etc.) into your iPod. And we’ve also listed some important pieces of content that will make your iPod a better learning gadget.
10 Ways to Make Your iPod a Better Learning Gadget

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Twelve tips to avoid seeming like an arrogant, know-it-all jerk.

A lot of people go through the motions of being humble, but you really have to mean it.
Twelve tips to avoid seeming like an arrogant, know-it-all jerk

The Worst Band Names Of '07

Each year, The A.V. Club receives hundreds of albums, thousands of press releases, and several thousand more show listings for hundreds of venues around the country. At any given moment, our editors are besieged by information on bands, most of which we've never heard of. Sifting through all that info, we inevitably encounter questionable band names.
The Worst Band Names Of '07

Top 10 Weirdest Guinness World Records!!

Since the advent of circuses and fairs, people have been fascinated by the outlandish. Freak shows have taken advantage of this curiosity and soon people were flocking to observe deformed people and other human phenomena.
Over time, tastes grew sharper and some have begun to attempt eccentric feats to satisfy public demand, while quenching their own exhibitionist desires. Records are now established and broken every day, in every walk of life. Here are the top ten weirdest records in the world according to Guinness, and based on the funhigh.com oddness meter.
Top 10 Weirdest Guinness World Records!!

The Zen of Shaving: How a Double-edge Razor Can Change Your Life

If I told you a way you could improve your health, save money, help the environment, and feel better about yourself by doing something you already do every day, would you be interested?
The Zen of Shaving: How a Double-edge Razor Can Change Your Life

Lifehacker Zeitgeist 2007

2007's been another fantastic year at Lifehacker, and in case you've missed any of it, today we've got the highlights reel.
Lifehacker Zeitgeist 2007

You Have Been Warned

Another year, another group of winners in M-LAW's "Wacky Warning Label" Contest, which we featured in the The World Almanac 2008. The contest, which is sponsored by a Michigan anti-lawsuit group, highlights the questionable advice amending the labels or instruction manuals of consumer products. Last year's group of dubious winners, for instance, featured the instruction manual for a personal watercraft, with the following sage advice on its gas tank: "Warning: Never use a lit match or open flame to check fuel level."
You Have Been Warned

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A tip for updating an unlocked iPhone in Australia

For the Aussies out there who have been brave enough to obtain an unlocked iPhone for use in Australia, I spotted a tip which might help you.
A tip for updating an unlocked iPhone in Australia

Five ways to get an edge over other air travelers

Most travelers head to the airport, check in, and let the airline take care of the rest. That’s not good enough. Especially if anything goes wrong — and things DO go wrong. You need be your own advocate, and you need a game plan, backed up with information and technology.
Five ways to get an edge over other air travelers

Australians still keen on sport

Australians are as keen on sport as ever, with more than a quarter of the population involved in organised sport or physical activity, according to a report released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In the year to April 2007, 3.8 million people played an organised sport, and 1.6 million were in a support role such as coach, referee or committee member.
Australians still keen on sport

Top 10 Viral Videos of 2007

2007 has certainly brought us some unique and bizarre viral videos, perhaps proving once again, anyone can become famours.
Top 10 Viral Videos