50 Best Websites 2009 - TIME

TIMES's 2009 selections of the best.
50 Best Websites 2009 - TIME

The 10 Essential Social Media Stories This Week

Here are the top 10 social media stories this week.
The 10 Essential Social Media Stories This Week

Top 10 YouTube Fail Videos

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — but in the age of both wisdom and foolishness, somehow it always seems like the latter is what gets caught on video.
Top 10 YouTube Fail Videos

From The Tips Box

Lifehacker readers show us how to escape the limitations of university (and work) e-mail accounts, turn a dryer rack into a file holder and remind us that music is a great timer in a pinch.
From The Tips Box: Ditching Email Limitations, DIY File Holders

Bing - Genealogical Mapping with Bing Maps and Ancestry

Ancestry’s new Family Tree Maker 2010 released yesterday and it includes integration of Bing™ Maps right in the software. Software plus services? I think so… Bing™ Maps is a great new feature to help you map out significant events and people to the places they are respectively associated with.
Bing - Genealogical Mapping with Bing Maps and Ancestry

Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts

If you've ever tried to sign up for more than one account somewhere but needed a second email address, the Digital Inspiration blog has the brilliant solution: taking advantage of Gmail ignoring periods in your email address.
Use The Same Gmail Account for Multiple Online Accounts

Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos

Learning how to parent is a skill that comes more naturally to some than to others. Regardless of how high the feelings of competency are, regardless of the differences in the ways in which we discipline and the methods we use for rearing our young, there is usually one constant among parents everywhere: we never really know what we are doing. Whereas previous generations had nothing to rely on but parenting books, family, friends, and pure instinct, ours is the first parenting generation to have the luxury of the Internet at our fingertips to answer any question, anytime, anywhere.
Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos

Why Skate but Scathe? Or, The Oddest English Spellings

Wherever one turns, one discovers that sc versus sk is not a safe guide for an amateur etymologist.
Why Skate but Scathe? Or, The Oddest English Spellings

How to Tell if Gold Is Real: 3 steps

A 2004 investigation revealed that more than half of 22 jewelry stores around the US were selling "fool's gold" and passing it off as real.[1] By American standards, fake gold is anything less than 10 karats. If you're wondering whether your gold is real, the most reliable way to know is to take it to a jeweler, who will charge a fee for the answer. If you're just curious, however, these tricks will expose some--not all--gold impostors.
How to Tell if Gold Is Real: 3 steps

Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2007-08

The economic wellbeing of individuals is largely determined by their command over economic resources. People's income and reserves of wealth provide access to many of the goods and services consumed in daily life. This publication provides indicators of the level and distribution of after tax (disposable) household income, after adjusting for household size and composition.
Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia

California Wildfires: August 2009 Edition

Yes, parts of California are burning again — and the map makers are at work. Via Google’s Lat Long blog, there’s a new comprehensive map of the Lockheed Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. More on that below, along with other resources to monitor as fires inevitably appear elsewhere in the Golden State.
California Wildfires: August 2009 Edition

Fire Prevention Fail

Fire Prevention Fail

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YouDown Batch Youtube Video Downloader

Many Internet users like to download videos from Google’s Youtube video portal. Download Youtube Videos was a popular article about a week ago and YouDown would have made it if it would have been released back then. YouDown is a software program for the Windows operating system that can be used to download videos that are hosted at Youtube.
YouDown Batch Youtube Video Downloader

20 Indoor Activities for Kids – besides TV

There’s plenty that children can do indoors on their own — without touching a remote. Here are a few ideas.
20 Indoor Activities for Kids – besides TV

PicTreat Provides One Stop Photo Retouching [Image Editing]

PicTreat Provides One Stop Photo Retouching [Image Editing]: "

Have a picture that almost works for a social network profile, but it needs a little pep? PicTreat is a one-stop, all-or-nothing photo-retouching service that can smooth over blemishes, red eye, and more.

If you're an accomplished Photoshop guru, you certainly won't need PicTreat. For everyone else who has ever needed a simple touchup on a photo and needed it fast, PicTreat is a speedy solution.

There are no variables to tweak or settings to refine in PicTreat. You upload a picture, it detects where the face and the prominent features of the face are, and it does its best to remove the red eye, smooth the skin tones, and, in the case of cellphone pictures, remove noise from the photo.

We hit Facebook and ran a bunch of profile pictures through it with a predominately positive effect. There are a couple notable cases where it doesn't work as expected. People with copious freckles will get nice even skin everywhere on their faces except their noses, which gives them a rather strange appearance. Also in cases where everything in the picture is already fairly good—no obvious blemishes, wrinkles, red eye, etc.—PicTreat will sometimes tweak the color oddly. Otherwise, PicTreat delivered as promised and smoothed away blemishes, evened skin tones, and color adjusted lighting.

PicTreat is free to use. You can sign in with MySpaceID, Facebook Connect, or sign up for a PicTreat account.

PicTreat [via DownloadSquad]

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The Death Of Elvis Presley - August 16, 1977

Elvis Presley died at Graceland on August 16, 1977. He was 42 years old. Through the early morning of the 16th Elvis took care of last minute tour details and relaxed with family and staff. He was to fly to Portland, Maine that night and do a show there on the 17th, then continue the scheduled tour.
The Death Of Elvis Presley - August 16, 1977

Top 10 Tricks For Creatively Hiding Your Stuff

Every kid has a creative stash for secret stuff, and that useful enthusiasm doesn’t have to die off just because we’ve traded treehouses for desks. See how you can hide money, files, workspaces and more in today’s Top 10.
Top 10 Tricks For Creatively Hiding Your Stuff

How much is left in that container?

Shake, rattle, and squeeze: How much is left in that container?
How much is left in that container?

Bing vs. Google: Comparing Them Side-by-side

Have you been using Microsoft’s (and now Yahoo’s) new Bing search engine in conjunction with Google for searches?
Bing vs. Google: Comparing Them Side-by-side

Learn to Cook in Your Hotel Room

If you thought a night in a hotel room meant either pizza delivery or overpriced room service, think again. In this video, British comedian George Egg demonstrates some hotel survival tips for cooking an impressive meal in your room.
Learn to Cook in Your Hotel Room

Another Report Finds Internet Explorer 8 To Be The Most Secure Web Browser

A web browsing security test that pitted Internet Explorer 8 against Firefox 3, Opera 10, Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4 came to the conclusion that Internet Explorer 8 is the most secure web browser, at least in the area that were tested by security research company NSS Labs. The report, which is available at the company’s website for download was sponsored by Microsoft’s online security engineering team and later send to marketing after the results have been published.
Another Report Finds Internet Explorer 8 To Be The Most Secure Web Browser

Household Cleaning Hacks that Save You Money

Here is an assortment of ways to get more bang for your cleaning buck and efforts. From making your own cleaning solutions, to ensuring your appliances are working optimally, most of these techniques below can be used with what you already have on hand. Why not give them a try?
Household Cleaning Hacks that Save You Money

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 25 - August 15, 2009

he latest issue of new family friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 25 - August 15, 2009

Wolfram|Alpha for Stargazers

Whether you are an astronomy student or just interested in learning more about those points of light in our sky, Wolfram|Alpha contains star data that will help you get started and understand what you’re seeing up there. Wolfram|Alpha not only charts the stars from your location, but offers detailed information including their distance from Earth, color, size, and much more.
Wolfram|Alpha for Stargazers

Facial Expressions: East Doesn't Meet West

Westerners traveling to Asia may expect some language barriers. Perhaps enthusiastic facial expressions will help them be understood. Well, not so fast. According to research published August 13th in the journal Current Biology, Easterners and Westerners might not speak the same facial language.
Facial Expressions: East Doesn't Meet West

How to Buy a Digital Camera

At any price point, there are any number of camera options. Whether you're in the market for a DSLR or compact point-and-shoot, it's not about getting the best features (there are too many). Get a camera that best fits your lifestyle and preferences.
How to Buy a Digital Camera

Top 10 Funniest Google Suggest Results

Part illuminating, part entertaining and part terrifying, Suggest is a window into the collective search psyche of our fellow humans. And based on the contents of this list — be afraid. Be very afraid.
Top 10 Funniest Google Suggest Results

Remember Where You Parked Your Car and More: 35 Practical Uses of a Digital Camera

Creativity, frugality, and, on occasion, desperation can inspire innovative uses of the digital camera. For example, if you have trouble remembering where you parked your car, especially when you are traveling to unfamiliar places, take a photo of the car in its space and the location signs.
Remember Where You Parked Your Car and More: 35 Practical Uses of a Digital Camera

What's luck got to do with it? The maths of gambling - physics-math

FIVE years ago, Londoner Ashley Revell sold his house, all his possessions and cashed in his life savings. It raised £76,840. He flew to Las Vegas, headed to the roulette table and put it all on red. The wheel was spun. The crowd held its breath as the ball slowed, bounced four or five times, and finally settled on number seven. Red seven. Revell's bet was a straight gamble: double or nothing.
What's luck got to do with it? The maths of gambling

Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2008

From the ABS this product contains estimates of the resident population by age (in five-year age groups up to 85 and over) and sex as at 30 June 2003 and 30 June 2008.
Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2008

Debunking a dozen travel myths

Like urban legends, travel myths are pervasive and long-lasting. No, a piece of gum won’t stay in your stomach for seven years if you swallow it. And no, it’s not a guarantee that you’ll get food poisoning if you eat at a food cart on the street.
Debunking a dozen travel myths

Exercise Won’t Make You Thin, Just Healthy

We’re big fans of exercise due to the many health benefits it offers, but if you hit up the gym before work or plan on going after, don’t bother if your express goal is to lose weight. According to Time Magazine, exercise doesn’t make us thinner.
Exercise Won’t Make You Thin, Just Healthy

Download Youtube Videos

Many Internet users want to download Youtube videos. Downloading the videos can be beneficial in several ways including the option to play the video at any time without having to access the Youtube website on the Internet. It can also save bandwidth and be used to transfer the Youtube videos to devices like cell phones, media players or gaming systems that are usually not connected to the Internet or that do not offer the speed needed to enjoy the videos.
Download Youtube Videos

How to Stop a Dog from Digging

Dogs dig for many reasons including:

* Inherent behavior for hiding food and other reasons.
* Because they are bored.
* It feels physically good to them.
* To find moisture or a cooler area.
How to Stop a Dog from Digging

Beatles Fan? Abbey Road Webcam Lets You Visit Virtually

Today marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most celebrated album covers of all time: The Beatles’ Abbey Road cover, taken on August 8th 1969. Hundreds of Beatles fans descended on the pedestrian crossing outside the Abbey Road recording studios today, many attempting to recreate the iconic album cover.
Beatles Fan? Abbey Road Webcam Lets You Visit Virtually

Watch for In-Store Lighting Tricks When Purchasing Electronics

The next time you're in the market for an HDTV, be aware of the store's lighting levels. Why? According to tech web site HDGuru, store lighting levels are purposefully tweaked to confuse consumers.
Watch for In-Store Lighting Tricks When Purchasing Electronics

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 24 - August 7, 2009

The latest issue of new family friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 24 - August 7, 2009

Opera Names: The Answers

Operas are always full of intrigue, suspense, drama, romance—and characters with really great names like Figaro, Egisto, and Gorislava. In Who Married Figaro? A Book of Opera Characters, Joyce Bourne, co-author of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, has written over 2,500 entries about the people behind all of those funny-sounding names.
Opera Names: The Answers

How to Watch Security Camera Streams on the Internet: 5 steps

Have you ever wanted to see what was going on on the other side of the world? With the following information, you can not only see through the eyes of Big Brother, but sometimes you can even zoom, pan, tilt, capture and save images. This is made possible by CCTV cameras that allow people to access cameras from anywhere in the world through the Internet.
How to Watch Security Camera Streams on the Internet: 5 steps

Understanding Medical Tests with Wolfram|Alpha

A trip to the doctor’s office can sometimes leave patients with more questions than answers, specifically if their doctor has requested they undergo medical tests. Wolfram|Alpha is a helpful reference for understanding what the tests measure and how to interpret the results. Wolfram|Alpha allows you to query information on a specific medical test or a panel of tests, compare tests and results for patients with specific characteristics, compute your estimated risk for heart disease, and find the diagnosis corresponding to an ICD-9 code.
Understanding Medical Tests with Wolfram|Alpha

Learning to Text: Don’t LOL at Death, and Other Tips

As text-messaging shorthand becomes increasingly widespread in emails, text messages and Tweets, people are scrambling to decode it. In many offices, a working knowledge of text-speak is becoming de rigueur. And at home, parents need to know the lingo in order to keep up with—and sometimes police—their children.
Learning to Text: Don’t LOL at Death, and Other Tips

Pet owners dogged by 'unnecessary' vaccinations

Australians could be saving big bucks on their annual pet bills and helping out their furry friends at the same time.
Pet owners dogged by 'unnecessary' vaccinations

Ten Mysteries of You

We belong to a remarkably quirky species. Despite our best efforts, some of our strangest foibles still defy explanation.
Ten mysteries of you

How to Stop Taking Things Personally

Does someone else's bullying personality make you feel like you're worthless? Do you mistake people's antics for subtle insults? This article will highlight some ways in which you can remain unaffected by others' opinion of you, whether it's a weird look, a teasing remark, or direct criticism.
How to Stop Taking Things Personally

Microsoft Launches Cool Picture Zoomer

Microsoft recently launched a new picture tool called Seadragon. Available at http://seadragon.com, you can point Seadragon to any image on the Web, and get a zoomable viewer.
Microsoft Launches Cool Picture Zoomer

"Try Something Eight Times Before You Give Up."

Eight times is a good number. Your child begs to try something, then wants to quit right away -- eight piano lessons, eight attempts on rollerblades, eight ballet classes is enough to permit a real judgment.
"Try Something Eight Times Before You Give Up."

A Burglar's Advice on Hiding Money

The following are some dos and don'ts of money storage courtesy of a former burglar.
A Burglar's Advice on Hiding Money

Exploring Our Solar System with Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha contains a wealth of astronomy data on many areas of our universe, such as objects within our solar system and in the deep sky, constellations, and computational astronomy, making it a handy resource for astronomers, students, and hobbyists.
Exploring Our Solar System with Wolfram|Alpha

Top 10 Computer Hardware Fixes and Upgrades

If your desktop or laptop parts have died or seen better days, you've got a friend. All of your Lifehacker editors—and many helpful net denizens—have upgraded or repaired faulty systems, and they've rounded some of their most helpful tutorials.
Top 10 Computer Hardware Fixes and Upgrades

Is Your Printer Stealing From You? Here's How to Tell

Don't let that blank, boxy look fool you: Printers can steal your money and your time if you're not careful. Printer manufacturers have come up with a few creative ways to drain your wallet through ink and toner cartridge costs. Other printer models just make you waste precious minutes fooling around with complicated menu systems or stupidly designed hardware.
Is Your Printer Stealing From You? Here's How to Tell

Never Use Hotmail, Inactive Webmail As Your Secondary Email Account

Registering for an account at any web site almost always requires an email address, and some people use a secondary address they don't care about instead of their real email address to avoid spam. If you do this, be very careful.
Never Use Hotmail, Inactive Webmail As Your Secondary Email Account

Top 15 Social Media Resources for Foodies

Ah, food… who doesn’t love food? It’s essential to our survival, of course, but more importantly, it acts as a universal language. Every culture has their own cuisine and we can communicate a lot about ourselves in how we assemble raw ingredients into delicious meals. But some of us like food more than others.
Top 15 Social Media Resources for Foodies

Grab A Copy Of Nero 9 Free Edition

The makers of Nero are now offering a stripped down version of Nero 9 for free on their website. Well, not totally free but if you give up an email address you can download and use the Nero 9 free edition. Nero 9 Free is only offering data disk burning and disk copying functionality.
Grab A Copy Of Nero 9 Free Edition

Imagine That Something Good Never Happened

Apparently, contemplating the fact that a key event might never have happened, at all, makes it more surprising and mysterious. Just think how close you came to having a different fate – your life could have gone in another direction, so easily!
Imagine That Something Good Never Happened

How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night

Not eating for 12-16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can drastically improve a person's ability to cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts.
How to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle In One Night

Blackstump Australia Issue 23 - August 1, 2009

The latest issue of new family friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Blackstump Australia Issue 23 - August 1, 2009

iPhone Virus? Turn Your Phone Off

That seems to be the only practical advice we’ve heard so far as a security vulnerability is set to be exposed later this afternoon that potentially threatens every iPhone via an SMS message.
iPhone Virus? Turn Your Phone Off

10 Ways to Get More Wear Out of Your Clothing

Think of the money you can save by extending the life of your clothes and hanging onto them longer. Here are some practical ways to do just that.
10 Ways to Get More Wear Out of Your Clothing

Rain, rain, go away…

Rain-related quotes from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Rain, rain, go away…

Wolfram|Alpha’s Got the “Write” Stuff

Wolfram|Alpha is a great resource for writers. It has an enormous words and linguistics database that writers can use for such things as word definitions, origins, synonyms, hyphenation, and Soundex lookups.
Wolfram|Alpha’s Got the “Write” Stuff

Rooms for less with Bing Travel’s Hotel Rate Indicator

Bing Travel has created an intelligent tool to help you figure out whether the hotel rate you’re being offered is a deal or not.
Rooms for less with Bing Travel’s Hotel Rate Indicator

Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie

Apart from more obvious signs, non-verbal gestures and other cues can also help to determine whether someone is telling the truth or not. Forbes outlines 11 ways to potentially sniff out a liar, including several phrases to watch out for.
Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie

Quarterly updates - Oxford English Dictionary

Every quarter, a range of entries in OED Online will be replaced by updated versions produced by the OED's revision programme. New entries will also be added across the alphabet.
Quarterly updates - Oxford English Dictionary

Open and edit PDF files in OpenOffice

Now, thanks to a very useful tool created by Sun, editing a PDF file is as simple as adding an extension to OpenOffice and then opening that PDF for editing.
Open and edit PDF files in OpenOffice

Wolfram|Alpha Can Help You Make Smart Food Choices

A variety of nutritional factors may be of importance depending on your dietary needs and wellness goals, which is why Wolfram|Alpha goes further than just providing the total number of calories in a food item.
Wolfram|Alpha Can Help You Make Smart Food Choices

How to Buy a Mattress

Here are a few things to keep in mind.
How to Buy a Mattress

Spy satellites map climate change

Sometimes America's spy satellites have to pass over 'friendly territory.' When they do, they can still be put to good use – in this case, monitoring sea ice for evidence of climate change.
Spy satellites map climate change

10 Hidden Costs & Rules of Pet Ownership

Here's a list of what adoption agencies and pet shops don't tell you about your future pet. Hidden rules & costs of owning pets.
10 Hidden Costs & Rules of Pet Ownership

How to Burn Calories

You probably already know that in order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume. This article will take a closer look at some easy ways to burn calories that you can incorporate into your daily life.
How to Burn Calories

The Top 12 Social Media Stories This Week

Social media was even busier than normal as we got new info on some of the web’s most anticipated products. The first screenshots of Firefox 3.7, the revelation that 100,000 invites for Google Wave arrive in September, and the removal of the Alice in Wonderland trailer from YouTube made headlines this week.
The Top 12 Social Media Stories This Week

Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture

Collected here are 40 images from the journey four decades ago, when, in the words of astronaut Buzz Aldrin: "In this one moment, the world came together in peace for all mankind". (40 photos total)
Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture

Building Walt’s Dream - Disneyland Construction Timelapse Video

If you’re a Disney fan, stop what you’re doing right now and set aside the next 50 minutes to flashback to the very first moments of Disneyland with Walt Disney pacing off the site and proceed through the year via timelapse video until the park is ready for opening day. This never-before-seen footage was sitting on a shelf all these years and only saved by a curious employee.
Building Walt’s Dream - Disneyland Construction Timelapse Video

40 Superb Psychology Blogs

Forty of the best psychology blogs, chosen to give you a broad sweep of the most interesting content being produced online right now.
40 Superb Psychology Blogs

DNA confirms coastal trek to Australia

DNA evidence linking Indian tribes to Australian Aboriginal people supports the theory humans arrived in Australia from Africa via a southern coastal route through India, say researchers.
DNA confirms coastal trek to Australia

Stunning Space Photography

Space has many beautiful mysteries hidden inside. Many people have tried and are still trying to uncover those mysteries. In this inspirational post, we present beautiful photographs from space explorations: nebulas, comets, stars, planets, etc. Hopefully, these beauties will inspire you to create beautiful artwork, Web designs, graphics, wallpaper, illustrations, etc. All of the images are linked to their sources.
Stunning Space Photography

Would you want to know your Alzheimer's risk?

What if you could learn you have a higher risk of getting a condition for which there isn't yet a cure or a means to prevent it, such as Alzheimer's disease? Is that information still worth knowing, and how would it make you feel?
Would you want to know your Alzheimer's risk?

Hat Fail

Hmmm, yeah..Ok.
Hat Fail

How To Use Wolfram|Alpha to Help Solve Crossword Puzzles

Does today’s crossword have you puzzled? You could continue to fret, and fight the urge to check the full solution, or you could consult Wolfram|Alpha, which has the tools you need to solve the sneakiest constructions. Wolfram|Alpha can find words matching a pattern, words with specific beginnings and endings, and provide word definitions.
How To Use Wolfram|Alpha to Help Solve Crossword Puzzles

Quiz: Are You Drifting?

One of the problems of drift is that we try to deny we’re drifting. Take this quiz: how many of these statements apply to you, in your current situation? The more checks you make, the greater your risk for being adrift.
Quiz: Are You Drifting?

How to Troubleshoot a Flaky Internet Connection

The best way to resolve ANY computer problem is to use the process of elimination. Narrow down a wide field of possible problems to come up with the right solution. There are two types of connectivity downage: when you can't get to ANY web site or online service at all, and when you can't get to a single specific site or family of sites.
How to Troubleshoot a Flaky Internet Connection

30 Household Products Vinegar Can Replace

Who knew that vinegar could do so much? It serves a purpose in just about every room of the house, and there are dozens of household (and personal) products that vinegar can replace, as you will see below. It’s cheaper, better for the environment, and better for your health and home (in eliminating unnecessary chemicals).
30 Household Products Vinegar Can Replace

NASA Eclipse Web Site

On Wednesday, the moon will pass in front of the sun, producing a total solar eclipse that will last longer than any other until 2132,
NASA Eclipse Web Site

Amateur Astronomer Spies a Fresh Impact Scar on Jupiter

A backyard astronomer in Australia made a major discovery early Monday morning when he noticed a newly formed spot on Jupiter—a spot that academics and NASA astronomers have now confirmed marks a recent impact on the giant planet.
Amateur Astronomer Spies a Fresh Impact Scar on Jupiter

Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Have you ever needed to see the search results for another city — maybe because you want to see what PPC ads are shown somewhere else? Have you ever needed to see search results from a different country, or in a different language? Maybe you’re into real time search, and you’d love a place to find the latest photos and videos being shared on Twitter. Or perhaps you’re planning a vacation abroad, but you’re not sure when is the best time to visit Europe.
Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Ten Unusual Ways to Improve Your Appearance of Confidence That Really Work

What I’ve learned over time is that the person that appears confident is often not as confident as they appear. They just simply do a few things well. They walk in a way that appears confident. Their eyes seem alert. They stand tall. They have a faint appeal that you can’t quite put your finger on. You feel fine talking to them, but not to most people.
Ten Unusual Ways to Improve Your Appearance of Confidence That Really Work

6 Weird Things People Sell for Cash

When the recession began to really hit home, there was plenty of chatter about selling your plasma, undergoing paid medical tests, and even cutting off your lovely locks for a profit. Here are some of the more off-the-wall commodities we found, and they are making some people a bit more comfortable these days.
6 Weird Things People Sell for Cash

Top 10 Vital Social Media Stories of the Week

Social media was all over the map this week, but there was one theme that ran through many of this week’s stories: security. From Twitter’s meltdown to a gaping vulnerability Firefox 3.5, users saw the importance of security first-hand. Security’s also a huge issue with Internet Explorer 6, which we highlight in this week’s most popular story.
Top 10 Vital Social Media Stories of the Week

Apollo 11 Moon Landing: A YouTube Timeline

This is the Apollo 11 mission, from Kennedy’s famous speeches to Apollo 11’s recovery, in the form of YouTube videos.
Apollo 11 Moon Landing: A YouTube Timeline

Learn the Economical Art of Wet Shaving

Shaving cartridges are expensive—the current crop of Gillette's razors, for example, cost over $2 a pop to refill. Refilling a traditional razor, on the other hand, can cost mere pennies and shave just as well.
Learn the Economical Art of Wet Shaving

Family Friendly Blackstump Australia Issue 22 - July 19, 2009

The latest issue of new family friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly Blackstump Australia Issue 22 - July 19, 2009

How to Lose Weight Watching TV

We are fast becoming a society of statues. A curious species who seem to have our collective asses permanently attached to a chair. Or preferably, a couch. We discovered that within a few years many of us will have identical movement patterns and daily activity levels to that of the oak tree. Yep, it appears that many of us have become fat (seated) spectators in the game of life. Heavy sigh.
How to Lose Weight Watching TV

Top 10 Great Social Sites for Movie Lovers

If you want your movie experience to extend beyond the theatre, where should you turn? For movie lovers, the social web is the place to be. Here is a list of the top 10 best social networks for film buffs to hang out, discuss movies, get information about that latest films and upcoming releases, and meet other cinephiles.
Top 10 Great Social Sites for Movie Lovers

Rampaging toilet terrorizes children

Apparently, Colorado's Denver Water is trying to get people to make sure that they don't overuse their toilets, or some such thing. No running toilets. No excessive flushing. No leaky toilets. That's what I gather, at least.
Rampaging toilet terrorizes children

Squeeze Every Ounce Of Power From Your Disposable Batteries

Sometimes it seems that today’s electronic devices gobble up batteries faster than we can buy them. Learn how to get the most life out of your batteries by following the simple tips below.
Squeeze Every Ounce Of Power From Your Disposable Batteries

The Week In IPhone Apps: Augmented Everything

In a very special late night edition of your weekly iPhone apptacular: Apps that make things that are already good—FM radio, video games, shopping, spouses, the city you live in—a little bit better.
The Week In IPhone Apps: Augmented Everything

Spy probe images Apollo landing sites

Those who suspect the Apollo lunar landings were faked may have trouble arguing with new orbital images of hardware and tracks left in the lunar dust by Apollo astronauts in the 1960s and '70s.
Spy probe images Apollo landing sites

Viewing angle still the Achilles heel for most LCD TVs

Many LCD and plasma TVs do an excellent job displaying high-definition images in all their splendor. But with the LCD sets, you might not always see the top-notch picture quality because most of them have a stingy viewing angle.
Viewing angle still the Achilles heel for most LCD TVs

CIA FOIA - Top 25 Search Phrases

This collection reports the most frequent phrases used to search for documents on the CIA site during the previous month, along with the number of times that search phrase was entered. It does not reflect phrases entered into third-party search engines used to find this site, but rather reflects phrases entered into the search mechanisms on this site.
CIA FOIA - Top 25 Search Phrases

Down to Earth: The Apollo Moon Missions That Never Were

When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, NASA's plan was to continue manned lunar missions through Apollo 20. But history turned out differently. The last three missions, still in planning stages, were canceled. Hardware that would have flown to the moon ended up as museum exhibits. And scientists and space enthusiasts were left to contemplate what Apollos 18 through 20 might have accomplished.
Down to Earth: The Apollo Moon Missions That Never Were

Top 15 Web Hoaxes of All Time

Sometimes it’s hard to tell what to believe when you read it on the web. The recent “Unknown Lifeform” in North Carolina? Turns out, not a hoax, but also not a monster. But all those rumors about Jeff Goldblum falling to his death in New Zealand? Well, those were a hoax, and a rather tasteless one at that.
Top 15 Web Hoaxes of All Time