One inescapable facet of web work is the need to come up with, and remember, usernames and passwords. The days when you could get away with picking a single combination and using them everywhere are pretty much gone: that strategy reduces your security to that of the weakest site you use. It’s simply not worth risking that the person who gets hold of some Web 2.0 startup’s database can also get into your online banking.
WebWorkerDai7 Ways to Manage Your Passwords
Monday, July 28, 2008
7 Ways to Manage Your Passwords
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Paper misspells its name on front page
New Hampshire and Vermont’s* Valley News could be a favorite for 2008’s Typo of the Year, thanks to it misspelling its own name on the front page on July 21. It published an editor’s note yesterday.
Paper misspells its name on front page
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30+ Tools for Synching Files and Folders
The amount of important data that we now store digitally on our desktops, laptops, mobile phones, and PDA’s is growing exponentially every year and accessing that data whenever we want from wherever we want is not an easy task. So whether you have GB’s of family pictures and music stored on your computer or lots of MS Office documents with critical business data, here’s a list of over 30 resources to sync your data between computers and mobile devices so you can have ubiquitous access.
30+ Tools for Synching Files and Folders
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Follow The Sun - Australian Travel Posters 1930s - 1950s
The posters in this exhibition are drawn from the collections of the National Library of Australia.
Follow The Sun - Australian Travel Posters 1930s - 1950s
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Statue of 'Elvis' chiselled 1800 years before his birth
With his dashing chiselled features, swept back hair and perky bouffant the resemblance is unmistakable.
But incredibly this carving of Elvis Presley was created around 1800 years before the King of Rock and Roll first warbled his first note.
Statue of 'Elvis' chiselled 1800 years before his birth
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Human Mirror
For our latest mission, we filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first and then see below for our report with tons of photos.
Human Mirror
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How to Fix a Stuck Pixel on an LCD Monitor
If your LCD screen has a stuck or dead pixel (a point on the screen that is always lit or always dark), it is usually due to a transistor malfunction or uneven distribution of liquid in the liquid crystal display (TFT LCD). This can often be fixed.
How to Fix a Stuck Pixel on an LCD Monitor
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Top 10 Water Wasters
Many of us use water thoughtlessly; it seems as abundant as the air we breathe and a free swig is available almost anywhere. But fresh, potable water is already a precious commodity in many drier parts of the world, and as it grows rarer—and thus, dearer—in developed countries, the true value of H2O is beginning to seep in.
Top 10 Water Wasters: From Washing Dishes to Watering the Desert
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
How to Maximize Your Memory
Students (of all ages) might have more on their minds now than ever before — from work, to school to all of the other distractions pulling at them. So how can they be expected to concentrate, focus, memorize and execute the educational materials they have in front of them each night?
How to Maximize Your Memory
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Best global roaming deals for iPhone travellers
Travelling from Australia with your iPhone overseas? Here's the best value for your data-roaming dollar!
Best global roaming deals for iPhone travellers
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Encrypt Your USB Stick
Encryption is absolutely essential, especially if you’re the kind of person that carries their USB stick around as if it’s your car keys or your lipstick. USB sticks are so small that they are easily lost and they are also easily stolen. Just think of all the information that gets stored on one of these things.
Encrypt Your USB Stick With Truecrypt
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Monday, July 21, 2008
UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Twenty-seven new sites inscribed
The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 32nd session, finished inscribing new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 8 July with the addition of 19 cultural sites and eight natural sites to the List.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Twenty-seven new sites inscribed
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11 ways to eat the 11 best healthy foods that you aren't eating
When I was a kid, my grandmother never relied upon the classic "Because I said so!" when pressed with the ubiquitous "Why?" Instead, she would give very concrete, inarguable reasons supporting her statements and if she wasn't quite certain, she'd make something up that sounded good.
11 ways to eat the 11 best healthy foods that you aren't eating
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
How to prepare for an interview
Ok, you’ve graduated. You’ve just spent tens of thousands of dollars and a large chunk of your life to get your degree. Why?
My guess is that you’re hoping to get a great, well paying, fulfilling job that matches your interests, skills, and abilities as well as your degree. To get that job, you’ll first have to “WOW” your potential employer in an interview.
How to prepare for an interview
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Photograph of jumping shark behind surfers
Photog Kem McNair snapped this amazing shot of a spinner shark jumping out of the water behind surfers at New Smyrna Beach, Florida. No, it isn't Photoshopped.
Photograph of jumping shark behind surfers
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Backyard Cooking: A Guide
Light a grill and he will come: the know-it-all meat expert—usually a male relative—with dubious advice. To help you silence such goons, Steven Rinella, author of The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine, shares his best cooking philosophies. Learn them and defeat all comers.
Backyard Cooking: A Guide
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How to Reach Age 99: 100 Essential Habits
Are you competitive? Maybe you just want to beat the odds of the average lifespan for most Americans? The average lifespan of an American born today is between 77.5 to 80.0 years of age, so you would live almost a full quarter century past this average if you make it to age 99. The first step you might want to take is to move to Australia, where life expectancy is, on average, age 81.
How to Reach Age 99: 100 Essential Habits
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The Most Dangerous Roads in the World
North Yungas Road is hands-down the most dangerous in the world for motorists. If other roads could be considered impassable, this one clearly endangers your life. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses.
The Most Dangerous Roads in the World
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How To Demolish A Skyscraper One Floor At A Time
What you are going to see in this post, is one of those rare things in life that leaves you truly speechless, and one more reason to say that technology in these days has no limits.
How To Demolish A Skyscraper One Floor At A Time
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps
Depending on which feature you use, Google Maps offers a satellite view or a street-level view of tons of locations around the world. You can look up landmarks like the Pyramids of Egypt or the Great Wall of China, as well as more personal places, like your ex’s house. But for all of the places that Google Maps allows you to see, there are plenty of places that are off-limits. Whether it’s due to government restrictions, personal-privacy lawsuits or mistakes, Google Maps has slapped a "Prohibited" sign on the following 51 places.
51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps
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