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