Hilarious Signage, Part 11

Scratching of head required...and even then, it's no guarantee you'll figure out the real meaning behind these masterpieces of ambiguity. At least this signage provides much needed entertainment and comic relief on our all-too-stressful urban roads.
Hilarious Signage, Part 11

10 Words That Will Help You Win at Scrabble

...and if all else fails, there’s always “ZQFMGB”… a worm found in New Guinea, according to Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes.
10 Words That Will Help You Win at Scrabble

Hasse diagram of the 2008 Olympic medal table

Different people have different conventions for how to rank the Olympic medal results.
Hasse diagram of the 2008 Olympic medal table

Are UFOs lighting up the skies over Australia's outback?

Move over Roswell. New Mexico's UFO Museum and Research Center may attract more than 150,000 visitors annually who are curious about the alleged 1947 alien crash landing there, but some residents of Australia's outback claim their skies are alive with unidentified flying object activity now.
Are UFOs lighting up the skies over Australia's outback

12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control

Turn a Wi-Fi thief's world upside down. Send an e-mail that self-destructs. And ensure that your boss thinks you're always hard at work. These tweaks and tools let you gain the upper hand.
12 Sly Web Tricks That Put You in Control

That's Melbourne - Attractions Program

Head to the city on Melbourne Day and enjoy discounted entry at many of Melbourne's great attractions. Simply print the page and present your voucher on Saturday, 30 August to make the most of the city on Melbourne Day.
That's Melbourne - Attractions Program

Microsoft releases IE8 beta 2

On Wednesday in the US, Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8.
The user interface hasn't changed much since Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, except to add a Security pull-down menu between Page and Tools on the main toolbar.
Microsoft releases IE8 beta 2

The rise of ‘before you die-ism’

The man who wrote 100 Things to Do Before You Die, which sparked a publishing phenomenon, has died in the US. But why do 'before you die' books have such appeal to us?
The rise of ‘before you die-ism’

23 awesome license plates for computer geeks

This post is a gallery of pictures of some of the coolest vanity plates collected from around the Web. Some of the pictures have explanations, but mostly they are pretty self explanatory.
23 awesome license plates for computer geeks

Are you boring? Seven tips

“As people get older, they get more like themselves. And you’re getting more boring.”
Are you boring? Seven tips for knowing if you're boring someone.

Red Light Cameras Don't Work

The solution to one problem causes another.
Red Light Cameras Don't Work

Extreme ironing, an adventure sport for people who like laundry

Extreme ironing might be the coolest sport that didn't make it into the Olympics this year. Started over a decade ago by UK knitwear factory worker Phil Shaw, it requires four simple criteria: a man, an iron, an ironing board, and a crazy natural environment that makes people think, holy crap I can't believe he's ironing on that thing!
Extreme ironing, an adventure sport for people who like laundry

Smart and Easy Ways to Reduce Printing Costs

If you print a lot of documents on your inkjet printer at home, you've probably noticed that the costs of ink and paper over time are simply ridiculous--in some cases, they can exceed the price of your entire computer.
Smart and Easy Ways to Reduce Printing Costs

How your printer tricks you into buying ink and toner when you don't need it

How to fight back against the lying, infuriating, evil ink-and-toner cabal.
By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine.
How your printer tricks you into buying ink and toner when you don't need it.

How to persuade customer service reps to help you

Here's a clever tip for getting customer service reps to help you with a sticky problem that will require extra effort on their part.
How to persuade customer service reps to help you

Rub out splinters with a pumice stone

Next time your little ones have splinters in their hands or feet, try this.
Rub out splinters with a pumice stone

50 Amazing and Essential Novels to Enrich Your Library

There are actually many more books listed here than 50 — a number of those listed are actually series of books, in a couple cases series that include 20 or more books. There are classics here, but there are cheap thrillers and popular fiction and even a few “kids” books.
50 Amazing and Essential Novels to Enrich Your Library

Five Best FTP Clients

Whether you do you work on the web, run a home FTP server, or you just prefer a quick download from time to time, a solid, full-featured FTP client can be lifesaver. You've got tons of options—both free and shareware—for your FTP needs, so finding the right FTP client can be difficult.
Five Best FTP Clients

Tallest Skyscraper

The Burj Dubai tower, the tallest skyscraper in the world, is about to be completed. To celebrate it, David Hobcote has taken a series of amazing high resolution pictures from the air which give an exact impression of the breathtaking, massive scale of this building.
Tallest Skyscraper in the World

12 New Rules of Working You Should Embrace Today

The workplace, more and more, is changing, and with this change comes a whole new set of rules.
The traditional office work environment and tools are still around, but at a very rapid pace, they’re being supplanted by newer and better tools, newer and better ways of working. The old rules are being broken, and new ones are emerging.
12 New Rules of Working You Should Embrace Today