Use Butter to Keep Cheese Soft and Unspoiled

The TipNut blog occasionally digs up advice from really old cookbooks, and tips like this result: Spreading a thin layer of butter on a block of opened cheese keeps it soft, and prevents molding.
Use Butter to Keep Cheese Soft and Unspoiled

Bulk Image Resizer is Light and Quick on Photo Processing

Hailing from the camp of "do one thing exceedingly well"," Batch Image Resizer is a small utility for speedily batch processing your image files.
Bulk Image Resizer is Light and Quick on Photo Processing

Why teenagers can't see your point of view

Teenagers might have a new excuse for ignoring their parent's orders. Their brain's ability to adopt the viewpoint of others is still budding, new research suggests.
Why teenagers can't see your point of view

9 Tips to Avoid Overspending.

One source of unhappiness for people is feeling out of control of their spending – and this is a problem that’s far more widespread now than it was a year ago. Feeling regret about having bought something is a very unpleasant sort of unhappiness.
9 Tips to Avoid Overspending.

The Art of Taking Criticism

There are lots of people on this planet, and they all have their opinions. That means that all of us should expect to receive lots of criticism in our lifetime. Friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, random strangers…they all have something to say (just as we often do ourselves). And if you have any kind of online presence, you can expect to receive much more criticism, as everyone comes out under the veil of anonymity.
The Art of Taking Criticism

Windows 7 News

Microsoft has made some important announcements in the past few days. The first big news which hit the online news sites today is that Microsoft will provide the options to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7. The term upgrade might cause some confusion as it refers to the possibility for XP users to purchase Windows 7 at reduced prices rather than allowing them to upgrade their operating system to Windows 7 which is apparently not possible. So, legit Windows XP users will be able to purchase Windows 7 at a reduced price but need to do a clean install to actually use the operating system.
Windows 7 News

Printable Checklist Makes Quick, Printer-Friendly Checklists Online

Web site Printable Checklist is a stripped down checklist creator that makes building quick, printer-friendly custom checklists a breeze.
Printable Checklist Makes Quick, Printer-Friendly Checklists Online

Steer clear of painkiller Darvon

If you need a prescription medicine to relieve pain, you should steer clear of a medicine called propoxyphene. Although millions of prescriptions are written for this drug each year, expert advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recommended last Friday that it be taken off the market because it has been associated with deadly overdoses and suicides.
Steer clear of painkiller Darvon

Pricey Pet Food Not Necessarily Better

When it comes to buying pet food, higher cost doesn’t always mean higher quality, according to the March issue of Consumer Reports. A higher price could indicate better ingredients and better quality control during and after manufacturing, but it could also just mean prettier packaging, more marketing, or a fancy name.
Pricey Pet Food Not Necessarily Better

The Top Ten Money Mistakes People Make

David Bach is the best-selling author of the eight books in the Finish Rich series as well as Fight for Your Money and The Automatic Millionaire. In the latest book in the Finish Rich series, The Finish Rich Dictionary, Bach defines 1001 essential financial terms and provides 10 helpful essays with topics ranging from understanding a credit score to planning for retirement. Below we have excerpted five of Bach’s ten most interesting money mistakes people make.
The Top Ten Money Mistakes People Make

Mitigate heart-disease risk by exercising for seven minutes a week

ast week's edition of Quirks and Quarks (the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national science show) had a fascinating piece on some new research on very high-intensity, very short-duration exercise regimes.
Mitigate heart-disease risk by exercising for seven minutes a week

Rigged red-light cameras net $170 million for crooked authorities

A red light camera system in Italy cheated drivers out of $170 million dollars in fraudulent fines.
Rigged red-light cameras net $170 million for crooked authorities

Google Earth 5 Maps Oceans

Google announced that the latest version of Google Earth maps the oceans in much more detail*. To view the ocean imagery, tick the Ocean layer in Google Earth.
Google Earth 5 Maps Oceans

Image of the Day: US Airways Flight 1549 Cruising Through Jersey

How do you transport a downed but still intact jet from its landing place to a salvage yard? By going through New Jersey. (Note: instructions only valid if Jet crashed in lower 48.)
Image of the Day: US Airways Flight 1549 Cruising Through Jersey

Don't Believe The Manuals With Self-Assembly Furniture

Everyone knows that putting together flatpack furniture can be aggravating, but assembling the Sturt desk from Officeworks presented me with a challenge I've not faced before: a printed guide that wasn't just filled with poor, tiny, diagrams and incomprehensible product abbreviations, but actually skipped several crucial steps and also put others in an order that would render the desk impossible to complete.
Don't Believe The Manuals With Self-Assembly Furniture

10 Innovative But Obscure Sites That Put Money In Your Pocket

These ten websites help you save or make money in innovative ways, yet they are relatively unknown. We learned of these guys while doing research for the Wise Bread book coming out in May. You've got your copy pre-ordered, right? Enjoy the list, and share with your friends!
10 Innovative But Obscure Sites That Put Money In Your Pocket

It Can’t Love You Back

A few nights ago, my wife had to work late, so I was charged with an evening at home alone with my three year old and one year old. We did the usual things. We ate dinner together (spaghetti - my son’s favorite food). We played with his train set. I read several books, mostly selections based on my daughter’s whims since she’s just discovered the fun of having books read to her.
It Can’t Love You Back

How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook...Safely

Oh no! Your mom just joined Facebook and what's even worse, she wants to be your friend. More and more people are finding themselves in this situation today and unsure of what to do. Friending mom and dad, the boss, or other work colleagues opens up the details of your private life for the whole world to see - and you might not be entirely comfortable with that. What's to be done?
How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook...Safely

Student Bloopers

Youngsters are more than capable of mangling what they've been taught in school, often in the most hilarious fashion. Mishearings of unusual terms ("pullet surprise" for "Pulitzer Prize," for example), misspellings ("skilled at playing the liar" rather than "lyre"), and typos ("a horse divided against itself cannot stand") can turn even the most mundane of descriptions of lessons learned into that which leaves its audience in tears of laughter.
Student Bloopers

Blackstump Australia Issue 4 - February 1, 2009

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