Instructables.com shows you the way with its DIY projects

After working on our latest report on cordless drills and tool kits, I was inspired to find practical, skill-building home projects that could put my own tools to good use and maybe even save me a little money.
Instructables.com shows you the way with its DIY projects

Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better

Between all the new digital cameras pooped out before the upcoming PMA show and the crazy cameras buried inside cellphones at MWC, it's a good time to go over why more megapixels isn't necessarily better.
Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better

Victorian fire toll reaches 209

he death toll from the Victorian bushfires has risen by one today, to 209, nearly two weeks after the Black Saturday fires that razed hundreds of thousands of hectares of bushland in the state and destroyed hundreds of homes.
Victorian fire toll reaches 209

India to launch cow urine as soft drink

Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India's Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the answer: a new soft drink made from cow urine.
India to launch cow urine as soft drink

Things to consider when dropping your landline and going wireless

Why do we keep our land lines?
Things to consider when dropping your landline and going wireless

Tip of the day: Flex your brain muscles

Socially and intellectually stimulating activities might help increase brain function and prevent mental decline. For instance, MRI scans revealed that regions of the brain responsible for learning were enlarged in London cab drivers, who train for up to two years to memorize thousands of streets and locations.
Tip of the day: Flex your brain muscles

Is your cookbook making you fat?

A clever study comparing the calories in recipes from the 1936 edition of “The Joy of Cooking” to those for the same dishes in the 2006 version. For recipes ranging from chicken a la king to beef stroganoff, corn bread, and brownies, researchers found an average calorie increase of 63 percent per serving.
Is your cookbook making you fat?

Tick Off Your Tasks With Printable Checklists

According to Google, the biggest competitor to Gmail Tasks is good old-fashioned pen and paper.
Tick Off Your Tasks With Printable Checklists

25 Best Blogs 2009 - TIME

TIME makes its second annual list of the best blogs in the world, spanning politics, housekeeping, astronomy and everything in between.
25 Best Blogs 2009 - TIME

Blackstump Australia Issue 6 - February 18, 2009

This weeks latest new family friendly sites from The Black Stump.
Blackstump Australia Issue 6 - February 18, 2009

How to Determine a Bad Movie from a Good One, Beforehand

Watching movies is a hobby for most people. Not only do they relish the merits of the film, watching one is also a good way too kill time. A good movie, after all, leaves viewers with favorable impressions, even if it has a sad ending. The problem is, some films are marketed to be blockbusters, but in reality, they are nothing but dull and hurried pieces of work. As a movie lover, you should know what to avoid, otherwise you’ll end up wasting money in viewing or buying bad movies.
How to Determine a Bad Movie from a Good One, Beforehand

Stuff found on the London Underground

The Guardian's gallery of ten items from Transport for London's lost-and-found includes the obligatory umbrellas, a fetching toy gorilla, a stuffed pufferfish and, of course, a case full of dentures.
Stuff found on the London Underground

Uncommon Uses for Common Items

What do tennis balls, umbrellas and rolling pins have in common? They are all creative and practical tools for releasing muscular tension. Here's how:
Uncommon Uses for Common Items

Bushfire death toll rises to 200

The official death toll from the Victorian bushfires has risen to 200. Investigators have confirmed a further 11 people died in fires around the town of Kinglake. Yesterday police warned the death toll would continue to rise as more bodies are identified in the devastated areas.
Bushfire death toll rises to 200

How to Test for Bandwidth Limiting by Your ISP

Doing some downloading or uploading on your "high-speed" internet connection and notice that the speed seems to drop off? Bandwidth is a measure of the speed of data transmission over a network or the internet (often represented in Kbit/s or Mbit/s). Bandwidth throttling happens when any server attempts to limit the amount of bandwidth that a given service may use. The common example is Internet Service Providers limiting the bandwidth usage of common BitTorrent clients on their network. Let's examine how you can tell if your internet service provider is throttling your speed.
How to Test for Bandwidth Limiting by Your ISP

How to Test a Water Heater Thermostat

Ran out of hot water? Here's how to check the controls and heating elements of most common residential 120, 208 and 240 volt electric water heaters.
How to Test a Water Heater Thermostat

"1234567890 Day" Google Logo Appears for Brief Time

The internal representation of Unix time is the number of seconds since 1970. Recently, at 2009-02-13 23:31:30 UTC specifically, the Unix time stamp in decimal was 1234567890.
"1234567890 Day" Google Logo Appears for Brief Time

How To Go Discount Hunting On Amazon

Did you know that it is possible to go discount hunting on the various Amazon websites? It actually is pretty easy to search for discounts at the Amazon website. All that is needed for that is a basic url that needs to be altered to reflect the category and the discount.
How To Go Discount Hunting On Amazon

If you know the Conficker dude, we've got a prize for you

Yesterday (12 February 2009) Microsoft announced a partnership with technology industry leaders and academia to implement a coordinated, global response to the Conficker (aka Downadup) worm. Together with security researchers, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and operators within the Domain Name System, Microsoft coordinated a response designed to disable domains targeted by Conficker. Microsoft also announced a $250,000 reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.
If you know the Conficker dude, we've got a prize for you

Help Your Teenager Earn Their First Million

As adults, how many times have you wished you had invested money as a teenager or young(er) adult? We're all aware of the power of compounding interest, and the idea that starting your savings earlier means having more money when you are ready to retire, but by the time we discover this financial truth – we've already missed a whole lot of years of saving! Why not help your kids earn their first million?
Help Your Teenager Earn Their First Million