Top 5 Ways to Hack the Surface of the Earth

Could we hack the surface of the earth? Could we hack geology? Could we use plate tectonics to re-direct whole island chains, color rocks, print cities out of magma, and build mountains where mountains have no right to be? Here are the Entropist's top five ways to change the surface of the earth.
Top 5 Ways to Hack the Surface of the Earth

10 Tips for Life’s Greatest Challenge

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
10 Tips for Life’s Greatest Challenge

8 Highly Effective Cold Prevention Strategies

Drink fluids and get rest. Those two simple actions will speed-up your recovery.
8 Highly Effective Cold Prevention Strategies

weird science

Science is weird. It’s also cool, interesting and fun. Don’t believe me? Keep reading weird science and you’ll see that the stuff you have to swallow during hour (or more) long classes in school is not the only thing that science is about. It’s one part. An important and necessary but not always fun part.
weird science

5 Embarrassing Grammatical Mistakes

Bad grammar - it's the intellectual equivalent of spinach in your teeth, especially when you're at work or looking for a better job. With that in mind, here are five errors that are easy to prevent. Think of them as mental floss.
5 Embarrassing Grammatical Mistakes

35 Things To Avoid At Your Job Interview

As with everything in life, it can be very helpful to know NOT what to do just as much as what to do! If you’re new to job hunting, you've probably been reading about how to act during a job interview. You should also be studying how not to act.
35 Things To Avoid At Your Job Interview

50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily

We all want to get stuff done, whether it’s the work we have to do so we can get on with what we want to do, or indeed, the projects we feel are our purpose in life. To that end, here’s a collection of 50 hacks, tips, tricks, and mnemonic devices.
50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily

20 Extraordinary Uses for Old Pantyhose

When your pantyhose have runs and tears in them, don't throw them away. Someone somewhere will have a use for them. Here are twenty useful ways to recycle them.
20 Extraordinary Uses for Old Pantyhose

Reduce Screen Time with 52 Nights Unplugged

Writer and self-described internet addict Ariel Meadow Stallings wants to be "more present in the present," and for her that means reducing the amount of time she spends in front of the computer/TV/phone screen. To do just that, she's started a new, year-long project called 52 Nights Unplugged. The rule is simple: once a week, for one night, she doesn't do anything involving a screen.
Reduce Screen Time with 52 Nights Unplugged

The 13 best Travel Scams

Ever had your holiday ruined by a con artist? Been ripped off by a faker posing as a travel agent?
The 13 best travel scams

Best flat Panel TV Buying Guide

Discover the Best Flat Panel TV with our complete and up-to-date tv buying guides with advise, tips, checklists and more... We have reviewed all major flat panel tvs and made a tv buying guide for each one. Now you can make a choice with confidence.
Best flat Panel TV Buying Guide

Nine Tactics for a Frugal Valentine’s Day

Many of you out there are thinking about plans for Valentine’s Day - it’s just nine days away, after all. Many people spend hundreds of dollars on this day to make it very special, but in truth, what makes it special is the interactions themselves, not the things you bought. Here are nine tactics to make Valentine’s Day special without tearing your wallet to shreds.
Nine Tactics for a Frugal Valentine’s Day

The ABCs of Remaining Cool in a Crazy World

Emotional intelligence and mastery skills are not just a benefit these days; they’ve become a necessity. This post aims to address that need. It aims to provide psychologically tested methods, with a touch of Zen, to handle anything that happens in a mature and powerful manner.
The ABCs of Remaining Cool in a Crazy World

How to use Google’s calculator: convert to hexadecimal, binary, and decimal

One of Google’s goals is that you should be able to throw just about anything into a search box (package tracking numbers, airline flight numbers, etc.) and Google will try to do something reasonable, such as return the status of a flight.
How to use Google’s calculator: convert to hexadecimal, binary, and decimal

Sandcastles need water to stay upright

Building sandcastles is child's play, as any beach goer knows. Now scientists explain why. You just add water.
Sandcastles need water to stay upright

Polaroid Abandons Instant Photography

It was a wonder in its time: A camera that spat out photos that developed themselves in a few minutes as you watched. You got to see them where and when you took them, not a week later when the prints came back from the drugstore.
But in a day when nearly every cellphone has a digital camera in it, “instant” photography long ago stopped being instant enough for most people. So today, the inevitable end of an era came: Polaroid is getting out of the Polaroid business.
Polaroid Abandons Instant Photography

How to get over the flu faster

Every winter is flu season. How do you get rid of it once you've caught it? Read on for tips to get better faster.
How to get over the flu faster

Achieve a Deep , Uninterrupted Sleep

Blessed sleep -- the holy grail of health. Lack of sleep can send your blood sugar levels skyrocketing, contribute to weight gain, lead to depression, put you at risk for diabetes, and cause brain damage.
Achieve a Deep, Uninterrupted Sleep

How To Tie A Tie: The Pursuit Of The Perfect Knot

Maybe you’ve never learned how to tie a tie. Maybe you’re just out of practice. Maybe you wear one to work each day, but want a fresh trick or two to upgrade your style. Where ever you are, I’m sure you can learn something today.
How To Tie A Tie: The Pursuit Of The Perfect Knot

17 Fitness Truths To Get You In Great Shape

While getting in shape has been a start-and-stop-and-start-again affair for me over the last couple years, over the long run, I’ve become fitter than ever.
17 Fitness Truths To Get You In Great Shape