Friday, August 31, 2007

Australian Economic Indicators, Sep 2007

A monthly compendium of economic statistics, presenting comprehensive tables, graphs, commentaries, feature articles and technical notes. Primarily a reference document, the publication provides a broad basis for analysis and research on the Australian economy.
Australian Economic Indicators, Sep 2007

Radar's Guide to shopping for Counterfeits

You know you want it: The high-performance sports car, the designer handbag, the Rolex. But the prices! So-called counterfeiters feel your pain, and they're doing everything they can—including putting themselves at tremendous personal risk—to make such items truly affordable, to take luxury out of the soft, deeply moisturized hands of the privileged few and bring it to the masses. Most of these so-called knockoffs come from China.
Radar's Guide to shopping for Counterfeits

Stonehenge: The Inner Circle

English Heritage does grant very limited access to the stones themselves to limited numbers of visitors, by advance arrangement—long advance arrangement, in the early mornings, before the site opens, or in the evenings, after it closes.
A slideshow of some snapshots follows.
Stonehenge: The Inner Circle

The Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time

One question you may be wondering: Why are these experiments listed here, on the Museum of Hoaxes? They're not hoaxes, are they? No, they're not.
The Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time

Upload and Send Large Files for Free

File Sharing the Easy Way: Upload and send large files for free.
TransferBigFiles

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Got The Current Time? Your Search Engine Does!

Typically, a search in the format of "time in [city] or [state] or [country]" returns the current time for the area you searched for at the top of the search results, for most major search engines.
Got The Current Time? Your Search Engine Does!

Archival Space

In honor of the recent announcement that the Internet Archive is partnering with NASA to archive and manage all of their photographs and audiovisual materials, this blog entry is devoted to space science.
Archival Space

Divorces, Australia, 2006

Information on divorces granted in Australia in 2006. Key indicators of national and state divorces are included in the analytical commentary.
Divorces, Australia, 2006

Update on Windows Releases: Vista SP1, XP SP3, Server 2008 Update

Overnight Microsoft announced availability dates for several key product updates including Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and the release to manufacturing of Windows Server 2008.
Update on Windows Releases: Vista SP1, XP SP3, Server 2008 Update

Tweak Vista and XP with Xdn Tweaker

Windows only: Tweak system settings in both Windows XP and Vista with lightweight freeware application Xdn Tweaker.
Tweak Vista and XP with Xdn Tweaker

China's New Cop Avatars

Police in China’s capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user’s browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.
China's New Cop Avatars

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

25 Tips to Become More Productive and Happy at Work

Would you like to be more engaged, satisfied, and fulfilled in your work? Would you like to be more productive and feel a greater sense of accomplishment at the end of each day? Well you can.
25 Tips to Become More Productive and Happy at Work

50 Tips for Frugal Living

I am fairly frugal (though not always), but sometimes I take it too far: I have T-shirts with holes in them, I never buy new clothes, we’re shopping for a new couch because our current one has holes in it, and I ran my current pair of running shoes until the soles fell off.
50 Tips for Frugal Living

13 ways to Protect Personal Data from Online Fraud and Identity Theft

In our digital age, it's becoming increasingly hard not to share your personal data, such as passwords, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc online because even if you prefer the two P's when performing transactions (Paper and Phone), most companies prefer doing everything online for financial reasons. Unfortunately, some companies do not put in place the necessary stringent policies and procedures needed for your personal data to be secure.
13 ways to Protect Personal Data

Sony blasted for helping hide Malware

Security specialists are warning that Sony's MicroVault USB, which is a biometric USB storage device, cloaks driver software in a Windows directory that could be used by malware to avoid detection from security applications.
Sony blasted for helping hide malware on users' PCs

Maintain a Consistent Workspace Across Multiple Computers

Most likely you use more than one computer in the course of a day—a work computer and a home computer, maybe even a laptop and a desktop. That means you've got at least two workspaces that can get horrendously out of sync if you don't keep them in check. The key to staying productive at all your computers is building a consistent workspace—that is, a computing environment that is the same (where it counts) everywhere you use a computer.
Maintain a Consistent Workspace Across Multiple Computers

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

How To Hide An Airplane Factory

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.
How To Hide An Airplane Factory

It's Time to Stand Up to Your Email

Thanks to the avalanche of messages they receive every day, many professionals and office workers say they suffer from email overload. It doesn't have to be that way.
It's Time to Stand Up to Your Email

Resources: Encyclopedias

Contains a listing of selected general encyclopedias available on the internet and selected online subject specific encyclopedias as well as selected subject and topic specific encyclopedia publications available in print, electronically or both.
These are selected titles and these lists make no pretension of being comprehensive.
General Internet and Print Resources: Encyclopedias

Track real-time Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity

Track and explore real-time earthquakes and volcanic activity with Google Maps.
Google LatLong: Track Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity