Microsoft Windows 7: Review of reviews

The curtain has been raised (slightly) on the next installment of Microsoft's Windows operating system - Windows 7.

Microsoft hope it will bring the internet, mobile phone and PC closer together. But reviews have so far been mixed, although reviewers have been limited to trying the (pre-beta version).

The full version is expected to be capable of working with a touchscreen screen, navigating documents and the Web similar to Apple's iPhone. It is officially released at the end of 2009.
Microsoft Windows 7: Review of reviews

5 Ways To Clone & Copy Your Hard Drive

One of the most annoying things about owning a computer is the maintenance. It’s easily neglected. After all you don’t really notice the slow decline of your system’s performance, do you?

But then again it’s a delight to work on a freshly installed machine, where everything is smooth and responds quickly. But customization is tedious. And when your hard drive decides to break spontaneously, time is something you won’t have for sure.

For emergencies it’s better you have a data and a system backup available. Here are the 5 best tools to clone or copy your hard drive in no particular order.
5 Ways To Clone & Copy Your Hard Drive

The Lateral Career Move

Have you encountered a log-jam in your business channel? Do you feel that you have outgrown your current position? As I write this, the economy brings uncertainty with it… which is why this might just be time for a lateral career move. Your new position may not be for more pay… but in the long run, you will be happier if you’re not bored or pigeon-holed into one area of expertise.
The Lateral Career Move: Why It's Worth the Effort

Sea ice area returns to 1979 level

Based on satellite observations, the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center reports that the amount of sea ice on the planet is the highest in 29 years, when satellite record-keeping began.
Sea ice area returns to 1979 level

And the Winner of the Google Docs Easter Egg Hunt Is ...

We might have been overly optimistic hoping for no less than 15 winners – after all, holidays are traditionally spent with family and friends, not searching Google Spreadsheets for mysterious Easter Egg function. We did get 1 winner though.
And the Winner of the Google Docs Easter Egg Hunt Is ...

Bikers wearing pumpkin helmets

Some Nigerian motorcyclists are attempting to get around a new helmet law by wearing dried pumpkins shells on their heads.
Bikers wearing pumpkin helmets

Eight tips for dealing with criticism

More and more, I see the connection between perfectionism, control, and anger. Zoikes, how I try to be more mild-mannered and easy-going! Here are some of the strategies that I try to use to accept criticism. If I manage to use them, they never fail me, but it can be hard to have the mindfulness needed to apply them.
Eight tips for dealing with criticism

A Simple Way to Remove Stickers from Books

Sometimes you can peel a sticker right off a book, but other times, it leaves behind a sticky residue.
A Simple Way to Remove Stickers from Books

How to Lose Belly Fat

There are a lot of gimmicks and commercials flying around about how to get rid of that pesky, unflattering belly fat. While there's no "magic bullet" that will target abdominal fat in particular, this article will explain what causes an expanding waistline, and how you can make the extra baggage go away.
How to Lose Belly Fat

Start the Year with an Empty Inbox!

ere’s a nice Gmail tip that will make you feel like a million bucks: empty out your crufty email inbox. There’s nothing like an empty inbox to motivate you and give you a fresh start for the year.
Start the Year with an Empty Inbox!

2008 Review of Books

From Aaron Swartz: I read exactly 100 books this year. I mistakenly told someone over the summer that I read a hundred books a year (I only read 70 last year, although 120 the year before that) and as the new year approached I felt duty-bound to make that true. (This led to spending a lot of New Year's Eve in a corner reading, as this list may suggest.)
2008 Review of Books

Museum of Modern Betas: 2008 Beta Releases of the Year

Some cool tools (most free) that might be of interest.
Museum of Modern Betas: 2008 Beta Releases of the Year

9 Methods for Mastering Your Money in 2009

2008 was a miserable year for money. The stock market tumbled, unemployment soared, the housing market continued to crumble, and retirement savings shriveled away. Whew! Here’s hoping 2009 will be better!

But hope can only do so much. Hope cannot bring change. Action brings change.

If one of your goals for 2009 is to take control of your money (instead of letting it keep control of you), this crash course in financial basics can help guide the way. Here are nine simple but effective actions you can take to build a better financial future.
9 Methods for Mastering Your Money in 2009

Playing golf can 'damage hearing'

Keen golfers are being warned by doctors that they could be risking their hearing for their sport. Players who use a new generation of thin-faced titanium drivers to propel the ball further should consider wearing ear plugs, experts advise.
Playing golf can 'damage hearing'

How to Work Smart, Not Hard

Working smart, not hard, is an age-old adage, and if you master the concept, your entire working life will be easier. There are simple techniques that you can employ to save steps and tedium from almost any task.
How to Work Smart, Not Hard

How to Text Message Online

If you pay for each text message you send, text internationally, or prefer typing over texting, knowing how to send an SMS message through the Internet can come in handy (and possibly save you money).
How to Text Message Online

Our 12 (Or So) Favorite Techy Cartoons of 2008

The principles that drive tech innovation are based on a certain amount of hopeful enthusiasm that is hard to make fun of sometimes. Many new gadgets focus on dry accumulative hardware developments that are technically dense and the personalities driving them are often, on the surface, quite serious. But with a skillful drawing, a great cartoonist can find insightful humor in anything. And often, the artist expresses commentary that can be more than funny. It can be reflective, mocking, or brutally honest in a single panel of narrative.
Our 12 (Or So) Favorite Techy Cartoons of 2008

Index.dat

A recent analysis of index.dat files on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 test system revealed hundreds of entries. Index.dat files are hidden files that contain information about visited urls, cookies and other cache related files. The information are only recorded when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is being used to browse the Internet. What many users do not realize is that data is also recorded if a software program makes use of the Internet Explorer rendering engine.
Index.dat

Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008

The economy may be tanking, but innovation is alive and well.
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008

Most extreme news stories of 2008

It's been a year of extremes for science and technology. From camera footage of the deepest living fish, swimming some 5 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific ocean, to the creation of the smoothest ever surface - a lead and silicon film.
Most extreme news stories of 2008

What’s Your Why? The Importance of Finding Meaning in Your Life

You’ve heard the phrase, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” I’ve often wondered about that — should we really settle for half the return just to have a sure thing right now? It could be argued, and convincingly, that our love of immediate gratification is why so many people have so much debt now.
What’s Your Why? The Importance of Finding Meaning in Your Life

How to Clear a Stuffy Nose

A stuffy nose is caused by inflamed blood vessels in the membranes lining the inside of your nostrils. While this can be life-threatening to newborns, for most people it's just an annoyance, albeit a very uncomfortable one. The most obvious solution is to use a store-bought or prescribed nasal decongestant, but there are also many home and alternative remedies that might do the trick.
How to Clear a Stuffy Nose

United State of Pop 2008

Here are bits of the Top 25 hits of the year, according to Billboard Magazine, arranged into a four and a half minute song. This is a follow-up to last year’s mashup of the Top 25 hits of 2007.
United State of Pop 2008

Seven new wonders of the world

Amidst much bad news, it's worth remembering that we live on an amazing planet – here are some of the most exciting stories revealed in 2008.
Seven new wonders of the world

Top 500 Worst Passwords

From Mark Burnett's 2005 book Perfect Passwords: Selection, Protection, Authentication, a table of the "Top 500 Worst Passwords Of All Time."
Top 500 worst passwords

Opening Titles of B-movies

Mr. Bali Hai has compiled a fair-sized gallery of B-movie opening titles. I've seen a few of these movies, and it's probably safe to say that the titles are the best parts.
Opening titles of B-movies

Amazon.com "Best of 2008" Lists

Amazon.com today released its "Best of 2008" lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2008.
Amazon.com Announces "Best of 2008" Lists

Popular Medical Myths Put to Rest

With the recession causing enough stress for all of us, the British Medical Journal decides to bust several common medical myths—for example, reading in dim light won't ruin your eyesight, so go nuts.
Popular Medical Myths Put to Rest

7 Steps to Avoid a Computer Virus

Follow these seven steps to keep your computer virus-free.
7 Steps to Avoid a Computer Virus

Ten Tips To Dress Thinner

Pick the right clothing to make you appear leaner.
Ten Tips To Dress Thinner

Three Top Windows Freeware Applications

It’s one of my favorite pursuits to try out bushels of open source and freeware applications, looking for gems. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose on the hunt, but there are definitely a lot of applications out there that cost nothing but pack powerful punches.
Three Top Windows Freeware Applications

How to Get Fit for Free

If you’d love to get fit but don’t have any funds just now to join a gym or buy the latest fitness equipment, don’t despair - you can still get fit without spending money at all.
How to Get Fit for Free - wikiHow

The Science of Weight Loss

If you've made shedding pounds a New Year's resolution, here's a guide to the research behind dieting and exercise.
The Science of Weight Loss

Blackstump Australia Issue 1 - January 4, 2009

This weeks latest new family friendly sites from The Black Stump.
Blackstump Australia Issue 1 - January 4, 2009

How to Calculate How Many Calories You Need to Eat to Lose Weight

The key to fat loss is first figuring out how many calories you should be taking in each day. Many people skip right over this step and jump straight into “eating healthy” but if you have no idea how many calories you should be eating, how can you ensure you are feeding your body what it needs to function and in turn will allow you to lose the fat you want to shed?
How to Calculate How Many Calories You Need to Eat to Lose Weight

Windows Startup Speed Benchmark

The startup speed of an operating system usually receives more attention than it deserves. Only a few users are booting their systems more than a few times per day, most users probably only once and it should not really matter if that startup takes 30 seconds or 2 minutes. The startup is on the other hand the first impression about an operating system and if it starts slowly the assumption could be made that everything else would be slow as well.
Windows Startup Speed Benchmark

One year in 40 seconds

So I started shooting images with my Canon 400D. From the same spot each time, but not through my window. I found a spot outside that gave more or less the same framing each time I placed my camera. So, I went out on our balcony snapping some images at pretty irregular intervals all through 2008.
One year in 40 seconds

New Scientist Gallery: Most stunning images of 2008

Selection of the most stunning images from our galleries this year including the propagation and reflection of a blast wave, a planetary nebula and a baby kangaroo suckling in a pouch...
New Scientist Gallery: Most stunning images of 2008

Cryptomundo » The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2008

From an alleged Bigfoot in ice to a mysterious body on a beach, from a new manta ray to a giant elephant shrew, it was quite a year. It might not have been the year we wanted but it sure was the one we got.
Cryptomundo » The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2008

21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should Know

A list of photography tips and techniques that new camera owners might like to work through in the coming weeks. Some are very basic while others go a little deeper - but all have been selected from our archives specifically for beginners and new camera owners. Enjoy.
21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should Know

Can you cure a hangover?

If you've ever dragged yourself into work a little bleary-eyed after a festive night out, you'll have heard people saying "Now what you need is…" followed by some improbable and unpalatable home remedy.
Can you cure a hangover?

How to Clean a Toilet With Coke

Is your toilet full of limescale and other nasty stains and you don't have a chemical toilet cleaner on hand? Or are you looking for less expensive and/or non-toxic cleaning solutions? Don't worry, just reach for the fridge, and grab a Coke!
How to Clean a Toilet With Coke

The Pointless Pursuit of More: When is Enough Enough?

Wants are almost insatiable; that one want satisfied makes way for another. … economically we have a boundless field before us; that there are new wants which will make way endlessly for newer wants, as far as they are satisfied.
The Pointless Pursuit of More: When is Enough Enough?

Everything You Need to Know How to Do in Windows

A review of the most popular Lifehacker Windows tutorials ever published.
Everything You Need to Know How to Do in Windows

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all!

Thanks for stopping by in 2008 and we'll see you again in early 2009. Until then, have a Good One!

Pete

Happy Birthday Earthrise

Forty years ago, the biggest TV audience in history tuned in to watch humankind's first close encounter with another world, as the crew of Apollo 8 reached lunar orbit. Here, the Apollo historian and film-maker Dr Christopher Riley gives his perspective on the mission and how that Christmas Eve of 1968 changed the world.
Happy Birthday Earthrise

Help Clueless Relatives with Their Computer Problems

"Can you take a look at my computer?" is the dreaded question your clueless family member will ask when you're home for the holidays. Let's review some common computer complaints and the easiest solutions.
Help Clueless Relatives with Their Computer Problems

Top 100 Products of 2008

In this post we've done a megalist, the top 100 products of 2008.
Top 100 Products of 2008

News review 2008: The year in science

It was a year when everything seemed to fall apart. Fuel, food, finance - it all went wrong, and the consequences will dog the world next year and beyond. It wasn't all doom and gloom, however.
News review 2008: The year in science

The 12 Graphs of Christmas

It’s the time of year when people from many parts of the earth take time off to eat, drink and be merry, or something like it. But just how excited is the social media universe about the upcoming holidays? Here are some metrics to put the holiday mindshare into perspective.
The 12 Graphs of Christmas

8 Santa Trackers For Christmas Eve 2008, From NORAD Santa To Twitter

It’s Christmas Eve, and that means Santa Claus is out doing his run. But where is Santa right now? Thanks to the internet, there’s a huge number of ways to get Santa sightings. Below, a summary that covers online video sightings, Santa’s phone number (he has elves to talk for him while driving), email updates, tracking him via your mobile phone and yes, even getting Twitter updates.
8 Santa Trackers For Christmas Eve 2008, From NORAD Santa To Twitter

How to stick to your New Year’s resolutions – 12 tips.

It’s almost New Year’s Eve, and that means it’s the season for resolutions. I’ve always been part of the 44% of Americans who make (and also break) New Year’s resolutions; I’m a big believer in the power of small changes to make us happier.
How to stick to your New Year’s resolutions – 12 tips

Top 10 Places Already Affected by Climate Change

Cities deep underwater, frozen continents, the collapse of global agriculture: so far, much of the discussion about climate change has focused on these distant, catastrophic effects of a superheated world. What's less talked about is how global warming is making itself felt already. Even the modest temperature rise we've already experienced has set in motion fundamental shifts—and the further warming we can expect in the next few decades has the potential to set off dramatic changes.
Top 10 Places Already Affected by Climate Change

9 Strong Reasons To Eat Slowly

The most prominent benefit of eating slowly is reduced intake of food and, therefore, weight loss, which has its own health benefits like lowering blood pressure or arthritis prevention.
9 Strong Reasons To Eat Slowly

How to Get Rid of Fleas

Sometimes pets accidentally bring some friends home to play, and those friends happen to be tiny, blood-sucking, and persistent. Here's how to get rid of the unwelcomed guests.
How to Get Rid of Fleas

Geometry Fail

Triangular square?
Geometry Fail

How to Iron Clothes Without an Iron

If your iron just broke (or you just don't feel like pulling it out) try this little trick from essortment:
How to Iron Clothes Without an Iron

Cricket Australia Launches YouTube Channel

If wall-to-wall TV broadcasts of cricket over summer aren't enough for you, Cricket Australia has the solution: its own YouTube channel for even more leather-and-willow goodness. The channel's currently dominated by background information on current players and recent activities, but Cricket Australia is promising more archive footage in the future.
Cricket Australia Launches YouTube Channel

The World From Above: The Beauty Of Aerial Photography

Aerial photography offers a drastically different perspective than the one you get from shooting on the ground. It includes photographs taken from aircraft, helicopters, balloons, rockets, kites, skydives, etc. It can be a rewarding, challenging and enriching experience. It can produce unique shots that look different than any other ground shot you have ever taken. Scenic flights can give you some great, memorable photos.
The World From Above: The Beauty Of Aerial Photography

Over 238 000 people were killed by catastrophes in 2008

Preliminary Swiss Re sigma estimates that over 238 000 people were killed by catastrophes in 2008, insured losses soar to USD 50 billion.
Over 238 000 people were killed by catastrophes in 2008

24 Most Underrated Websites of 2008

Over the past year we’ve reviewed sites from just about every cross-section of the web. And yet, so many ground breaking new services haven’t received the recognition they deserve: we aim to set that straight.
24 Most Underrated Websites of 2008

10 ways to achieve financial success

In scary times like these it’s all too easy to forget the financial basics. The other day, Patricia Q. Brennan, a certified financial planner and professor emerita at Rutgers University, who has been teaching women about personal finance for almost 40 years, gave a talk on the 10 essential things women need to do. We think her advice applies just as well to that other gender.
10 ways to achieve financial success, even now

Nine Creative Ways to Utilize Leftovers from Common Meals

One of the best ways to really extract the value from a meal is to utilize every bit of the leftover food instead of merely throwing it away. Not only does this reduce waste, it also drastically reduces the cost per meal in your household, and over the long term, that can add up to a lot of money.
Nine Creative Ways to Utilize Leftovers from Common Meals

The Best and Worst Places to Stash Cash in Your Home

The current economy has many people considering a simpler method of financial security – cold, hard cash. And while we all agree that a buck has value, it is also a bit vulnerable when not hidden properly. Forget the $3000 hi-tech safe, and stick with these affordable tricks.
The Best and Worst Places to Stash Cash in Your Home

Living in the Future: The Dangers of Overplanning

Everywhere on and off the web, people talk about the benefits of planning. Plans help you define your goals, help you determine what tasks are needed and when you need to do them. And plans help you stay on track when distractions set in. So, what’s not to love about plans?
Living in the Future: The Dangers of Overplanning

A visit to the coldest town on Earth

Founded by Mongols in the time of Ghengis Kahn, the town of Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth.
A visit to the coldest town on Earth

David Pogue's Best Photography Tricks

Tech columnist David Pogue pulls out "The Best Photography Tricks of All Time" for anyone shooting digital, including the crafty use of a lampshade.
Digital Photography: David Pogue's Best Photography Tricks

Digital camera Ratings: Good choices for every budget

What could possibly make a compact worth considering for $500 or so? Three such cameras—the Canon PowerShot G10, $470, Panasonic DMC-LX3, $500, and Nikon Coolpix P6000, $450—are loaded with special features.
Digital camera Ratings: Good choices for every budget

The scientific guide to gift wrapping

Need to squash all your presents into the smallest parcel possible? Here's how...
The scientific guide to gift wrapping

Make your own Alka Seltzer for a fraction of the cost

Over on Instructables, Belsey shows how to make your own Alka Seltzer for a fraction of the cost.
Make your own Alka Seltzer for a fraction of the cost

30 Unforgettable Movie Opening Sequences

We all know that first impressions are important, right? Well, the same goes for film. The opening title sequence of a film is that film’s opportunity to make a good first impression on you, the viewer. A well-crafted title sequence introduces the audience to the tone and theme of the film as well as the cast and crew.
30 Unforgettable Movie Opening Sequences

Blackstump Australia Issue 47 - December 21, 2008

This weeks latest new family friendly sites from The Black Stump...the final issue for 2008 - see you in early January!!!
Blackstump Australia Issue 47 - December 21, 2008

FilePhile: Free Unlimited File Transfer

Secure Unlimited File Transfers. Any Computer, Any File, Any Size, Anywhere With Professional Grade Encryption.
FilePhile: Free Unlimited File Transfer

Most Popular DIY Projects of 2008

When it comes to saving time and money, sometimes the best approach means rolling up your sleeves and doing it yourself. Check out the best DIY projects featured here in 2008 and beyond.
Most Popular DIY Projects of 2008

Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared

When baby needs to blog, and in this day and age it seem almost a life necessity with babies twittering from the cradle, where does mommy turn for a child and parent-friendly site for micro and macro baby publishing?
Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared

21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online

Is it important for you to stay informed of daily news? Do you try to always be up-to-date with what people are talking about throughout the world? If “yes” is the answer to both of the questions, then today’s post on how to spot internet hot trends is right for you!
21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online

What is Gibberish to One is an Etymology to Another

Gibberish is an undignified word, and this is the reason we have difficulties in discovering its origin.
What is Gibberish to One is an Etymology to Another

Internet Explorer Exploit Temporary Fix Now Available

Microsoft will be pushing out an unscheduled security patch for Internet Explorer's recently-discovered vulnerability tomorrow, but you can get a temporary patch from British software security firm Prevx today.
Internet Explorer Exploit Temporary Fix Now Available

Preservation for Home Movies

Home movies all too often get relegated to basements where they sit with recordings of made-for-TV movies or other equally-neglected videos. Of course, there are always the semi-annual walks down memory lane where people pull out the documentation of times past, but as a general rule, our home movies are going the way of dinosaurs. Please add to the growing collection at Internet Archive. Keep your footage safe while sharing in a collective vision to archive our heritage. If you have uploaded a home movie on the archive and would like it added to this collection, please contact skip@avgeeks.com.
Preservation for Home Movies

Disk Wipe Utility

Disk wiping describes the process of deleting data of a partition or entire hard drive so that the data cannot be recovered by data recovery software. Copy Wipe is a disk wipe utility for DOS or Windows that can be used to delete the contents of a partition or hard drive permanently. It can also be used to copy data from one partition or hard drive to another as well hence the name Copy Wipe.
Disk Wipe Utility

OPEN WEB AWARDS: People’s Choice Winners

Today we’re pleased to announce the winners of The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a multilingual, international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements of websites and services in 26 categories.
OPEN WEB AWARDS: People’s Choice Winners

How To Polish Shoes With A Banana

No need for shoe polish when you have a banana around. You can eat the banana itself, just remember to keep the banana skin.
How To Polish Shoes With A Banana

Effective Communication

We’ve all seen spam emails and hyped-up sales pages that look so sleazy. We see large fonts, boldface, red text, and sometimes even blinking text. Everyone claims to be able to change your life with this one secret you absolutely need. Effortless abundance is there for the taking, but you must ACT NOW because they only have one product left.
Effective Communication

How to Convert Vinyl to MP3

These two videos show you how to convert your records to MP3 format using a free program called audacity.
How to Convert Vinyl to MP3

6 Ways to Convert a PDF to a JPG

PDF files can be a pain. You need a special program to view them which could mean long loading times.
6 Ways to Convert a PDF to a JPG

Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2008

Here's the full run-down of the 12 most popular Windows downloads of 2008.
Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2008

Cool Tools: Gift Guides 2008

The holiday shopping season is in full swing. By now, you're either finished (congrats) or catching up. Here's a few gift guides we recommend, because unlike a lot of year-end round-ups, they don't simply list what's new or flashy, but in most cases make a compelling case for why the stuff's interesting, fun and worth considering.
Cool Tools: Gift Guides 2008

Australian court rules that Facebook "Wall" scribbles are legal notice

An Australian court has ruled that a posting on someone's Facebook page can serve as legal notice.
Australian court rules that Facebook "Wall" scribbles are legal notice

The 10 Most Popular Slide Shows of 2008: Scientific American

Here we present Scientific American.com's most-viewed slide shows of 2008.
The 10 Most Popular Slide Shows of 2008

Microsoft warns of Internet Explorer security flaw

Users of the world's most common web browser have been advised to switch to another browser until a serious security flaw has been fixed.
Microsoft warns of Internet Explorer security flaw

Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories

From the ABS. In the 12 months to 30 June 2008, the Australian population increased by 359,000 people, reaching 21,374,000. The annual growth rate for the year ended 30 June 2008 (1.7%) was higher than that recorded for the year ended 30 June 2007 (1.5%).
Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories

How to Compromise with Your Spouse

Always feeling like the doormat when it comes to making decisions with your spouse? Or perhaps it's you who always calls the shots and your spouse meekly obliges, to the point where you feel they no longer contribute enthusiastically to the relationship. Either way, compromise between spouses is a key skill essential to a lifetime of cooperation, ever-growing love and continued respect for one another.
How to Compromise with Your Spouse

18 Top Tips for Buying Used Clothes

If the national media is any indication, more people are embracing the notion of buying used clothing from thrift stores and consignment shops. Last week, USA Today ran a story describing how secondhand stores are reaping the benefits of recession.
18 Top Tips for Buying Used Clothes

Is This the Thinnest House in the World?

May be the thinnest, smallest house in any city in the world.The house is located in Amsterdam.
Is This the Thinnest House in the World?

How to Avoid Spiked Drinks

There are many stories about spiked drinks and some of them unfortunately are true.[1][2] Spiking drinks with drugs is done with the aim of taking advantage of a person while their sense of reality is distorted, and sometimes this leads to assaults such as date rape, making people ill so that they cannot perform in sport etc., and robbery.[3] The type of drugs used in drinks to create drowsiness or even unconsciousness include Rohypnol, GHB and Ketamine.[4] If you have any concerns because you are alone or you don't feel that the situation is quite right, it pays to keep alert and pull back on your drinking. Here are some suggestions to help you avoid spiked drinks when out partying.
How to Avoid Spiked Drinks

Top 10 DIY Photography Tools

As productivity thinker Merlin Mann recently wrote, getting better at photography can be a long-haul test of willpower and humility. It doesn't have to be expensive, though.
Top 10 DIY Photography Tools

Most Popular How-To Features of 2008

From classic topics like Windows tweaking and iPod how-tos to more recent favorites like the iPhone or Wii, our most popular how-to features of 2008 souped up your hardware and squeezed more from your PC.
Most Popular How-To Features of 2008

Scientists extract images directly from brain

Researchers from Japan’s ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories have developed new brain analysis technology that can reconstruct the images inside a person’s mind and display them on a computer monitor, it was announced on December 11. According to the researchers, further development of the technology may soon make it possible to view other people’s dreams while they sleep.
Scientists extract images directly from brain

Blackstump Australia Issue 46 - December 14, 2008

This weeks latest new family friendly sites from The Black Stump...
Blackstump Australia Issue 46 - December 14, 2008

Giz Explains: Everything You Need to Know About Hard Drives

Some say that the end of the trusty hard drive is near, killed by SSD. But let's not be so quick to give up on a technology that stores a whole terabyte for $100.
Giz Explains: Everything You Need to Know About Hard Drives