16 Services So Cheap it’s a Shame Not to Pay

We typically make an effort in our lists to bring you free services, but sometimes the ones that do require you to pay are so insanely cheap, it seems silly not to do the upgrade and get the extra benefits. We’ve gathered up 16 from the “If you’re using them, go for the upgrade” column. In most cases, you’ll be happy you spent a couple of measly bucks for a decent upgrade.
16 Services So Cheap it’s a Shame Not to Pay

How to Increase Your Metabolism

If you're trying to lose weight and think your metabolism might be the culprit, there are changes you can make to improve it. But with the commercialism surrounding "metabolism-enhancing" products, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction (or advertising) and pin down techniques that are scientifically proven to change one's metabolism.
How to Increase Your Metabolism

101 New Uses for Everyday Things

Lemon, Newspapers, Coffee Filters, Olive Oil etc
101 New Uses for Everyday Things

Surprising Expiration Dates

Certain items in your house practically scream “toss me” when their prime has passed. That mysterious extra white layer on the Cheddar? A sure sign it needs to be put out of its misery. Chunky milk? Down the drain it goes.
Surprising Expiration Dates

How to Remember Dreams

Theories abound as to why we dream, how we dream, and what meaning we can assign to our dreams. Many people believe that dreams can provide insights into our lives and feelings, but for most of us, it's notoriously difficult to remember our dreams. With conscious effort, however, you can remember more of your dreams and recall them in greater detail. How to Remember Dreams

Photographs: February 20, 2008 total lunar eclipse

The total lunar eclipse on February 20-21, 2008 seems to have been successful. Collected photographs taken by backyard and professional astronomers.
Photographs: February 20, 2008 total lunar eclipse

Going Up

The structural engineers over at Hyder Consulting have announced that they are planning what will be, by an overwhelming margin, the world's tallest skyscraper, coming in at double the height of the Burj Dubai – or very nearly one vertical mile.
Going Up

Deciphering Food Expiration Dates

Apart from giving everything the sniff test before venturing a sip or a nibble, how do you know what's truly out of date and what's ok? This calls for some definitions.
Deciphering Food Expiration Dates

12 Time-Saving Tips for Microsoft Word

Despite the availability of many excellent, free word processors many of us still spend most of our writing time in Microsoft Word. It tends to be the most compatible tool you can choose to exchange documents with others, and lots of people are even forced to use it by dictatorial IT departments.
12 Time-Saving Tips for Microsoft Word

How Australians Use Their Time

We're spending less time playing, sleeping and eating but working longer.
How Australians Use Their Time

A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory

HD DVD is dead. Officially. That may mean a whole bunch for the early-adopter tech geek crowd that's been wading in the kiddie pool of technological bickering and backhandedness for years, but what does it mean for the average consumer with only a cursory interest in high-def DVDs? Here's our cheat sheet Q&A for you to whip out if you ever have to explain the high-def format wars to your parents.
A Consumer's Cheat Sheet to HD DVD's Death and Blu-ray's Victory

The answer to the toughest interview question

There’s a lot of advice on this blog about how to interview: Tell good stories, ask good questions, be a closer. But here’s only one most important thing to remember: when it comes to discussing your potential salary, never give the number first.
The answer to the toughest interview question

40 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes Ever

1. Britney Spears: "I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't really like eating fish, and I know that's very popular out there in Africa"
etc
40 Dumbest Celebrity Quotes Ever

Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds)

Last week, Microsoft published the binary file formats for Office. These formats appear to be almost completely insane. The Excel 97-2003 file format is a 349 page PDF file.
Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds)

Goldfish memory longer than ‘3 seconds’? It’s old news

Rory Stokes, 15 year old student of the Australian Science and Mathematics School in Adelaide, Australia, and a finalist in the 2008 BHP Billiton Science awards, has proven that goldfish have a memory span far greater than 3 seconds – but he was far from the first to do so.
Goldfish memory longer than ‘3 seconds’? It’s old news

Lost and Found via Google

According to a Google search for “I lost all my” and variants, people are currently looking for the following things:
Lost and Found via Google

12 Things to Do with Coca Cola

Coca Cola (the real one) is not only great to drink, it also has many uses around the home.
This list of uses was tested on ordinary, original Coca Cola, not the diet kind, or any of the variations there are available.
12 Things to Do with Coca Cola

Top 10 Free Programs to make the most out of your MP3 Collection

Ok, you’ve got loads of music on your computer - but is that all cluttered, unorganized, unmanaged and simply not easy to access? May be you need to do something. Literally hundreds of free software let you play, organize, burn and do lots more with your digital MP3 music collection. Have a well tagged, sortable music collection that you can be proud of!
Here comes a carefully chosen list of free programs that might help you squeeze the best out of your MP3 collection.
Top 10 Free Programs to make the most out of your MP3 Collection

50 Weird Science Tidbits & Oddities

Factoids hardly anybody knows, about pretty much anything that might turn up as subject matter in a rousing championship match of Trivial Pursuit down at the pub on Thursday night. Some of these are real crowd-pleasers sure to draw spontaneous applause, stunned gasps, and plenty of free beers from admirers.
50 Weird Science Tidbits & Oddities

20 Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out in Life

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” - Jean-Paul Sartre
20 Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out in Life