Blackstump Australia Issue 23 - August 1, 2009

The latest issue of new family friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Blackstump Australia Issue 23 - August 1, 2009

iPhone Virus? Turn Your Phone Off

That seems to be the only practical advice we’ve heard so far as a security vulnerability is set to be exposed later this afternoon that potentially threatens every iPhone via an SMS message.
iPhone Virus? Turn Your Phone Off

10 Ways to Get More Wear Out of Your Clothing

Think of the money you can save by extending the life of your clothes and hanging onto them longer. Here are some practical ways to do just that.
10 Ways to Get More Wear Out of Your Clothing

Rain, rain, go away…

Rain-related quotes from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Rain, rain, go away…

Wolfram|Alpha’s Got the “Write” Stuff

Wolfram|Alpha is a great resource for writers. It has an enormous words and linguistics database that writers can use for such things as word definitions, origins, synonyms, hyphenation, and Soundex lookups.
Wolfram|Alpha’s Got the “Write” Stuff

Rooms for less with Bing Travel’s Hotel Rate Indicator

Bing Travel has created an intelligent tool to help you figure out whether the hotel rate you’re being offered is a deal or not.
Rooms for less with Bing Travel’s Hotel Rate Indicator

Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie

Apart from more obvious signs, non-verbal gestures and other cues can also help to determine whether someone is telling the truth or not. Forbes outlines 11 ways to potentially sniff out a liar, including several phrases to watch out for.
Catch Phrases That May Tip You Off to a Lie

Quarterly updates - Oxford English Dictionary

Every quarter, a range of entries in OED Online will be replaced by updated versions produced by the OED's revision programme. New entries will also be added across the alphabet.
Quarterly updates - Oxford English Dictionary

Open and edit PDF files in OpenOffice

Now, thanks to a very useful tool created by Sun, editing a PDF file is as simple as adding an extension to OpenOffice and then opening that PDF for editing.
Open and edit PDF files in OpenOffice

Wolfram|Alpha Can Help You Make Smart Food Choices

A variety of nutritional factors may be of importance depending on your dietary needs and wellness goals, which is why Wolfram|Alpha goes further than just providing the total number of calories in a food item.
Wolfram|Alpha Can Help You Make Smart Food Choices

How to Buy a Mattress

Here are a few things to keep in mind.
How to Buy a Mattress

Spy satellites map climate change

Sometimes America's spy satellites have to pass over 'friendly territory.' When they do, they can still be put to good use – in this case, monitoring sea ice for evidence of climate change.
Spy satellites map climate change

10 Hidden Costs & Rules of Pet Ownership

Here's a list of what adoption agencies and pet shops don't tell you about your future pet. Hidden rules & costs of owning pets.
10 Hidden Costs & Rules of Pet Ownership

How to Burn Calories

You probably already know that in order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume. This article will take a closer look at some easy ways to burn calories that you can incorporate into your daily life.
How to Burn Calories

The Top 12 Social Media Stories This Week

Social media was even busier than normal as we got new info on some of the web’s most anticipated products. The first screenshots of Firefox 3.7, the revelation that 100,000 invites for Google Wave arrive in September, and the removal of the Alice in Wonderland trailer from YouTube made headlines this week.
The Top 12 Social Media Stories This Week

Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture

Collected here are 40 images from the journey four decades ago, when, in the words of astronaut Buzz Aldrin: "In this one moment, the world came together in peace for all mankind". (40 photos total)
Remembering Apollo 11 - The Big Picture

Building Walt’s Dream - Disneyland Construction Timelapse Video

If you’re a Disney fan, stop what you’re doing right now and set aside the next 50 minutes to flashback to the very first moments of Disneyland with Walt Disney pacing off the site and proceed through the year via timelapse video until the park is ready for opening day. This never-before-seen footage was sitting on a shelf all these years and only saved by a curious employee.
Building Walt’s Dream - Disneyland Construction Timelapse Video

40 Superb Psychology Blogs

Forty of the best psychology blogs, chosen to give you a broad sweep of the most interesting content being produced online right now.
40 Superb Psychology Blogs

DNA confirms coastal trek to Australia

DNA evidence linking Indian tribes to Australian Aboriginal people supports the theory humans arrived in Australia from Africa via a southern coastal route through India, say researchers.
DNA confirms coastal trek to Australia

Stunning Space Photography

Space has many beautiful mysteries hidden inside. Many people have tried and are still trying to uncover those mysteries. In this inspirational post, we present beautiful photographs from space explorations: nebulas, comets, stars, planets, etc. Hopefully, these beauties will inspire you to create beautiful artwork, Web designs, graphics, wallpaper, illustrations, etc. All of the images are linked to their sources.
Stunning Space Photography