Triskaidekaphobia

triskaidekaphobia • \triss-kye-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\ • noun
: fear of the number 13
Triskaidekaphobia

“Name” That Trend

One of the most popular Wolfram|Alpha features is the name directory. Whether you’re researching your own name or brainstorming baby names, the Wolfram|Alpha given name directory is a fun tool you can use to compare name popularity and statistics.
“Name” That Trend

Clean and Maintain Plasma TVs

When you spend a great deal of money on a new Plasma TV in order to have the best quality viewing experience possible, you want to do everything you can to make sure that your TV is properly maintained. Correctly cleaning and maintaining your new Plasma TV will help to ensure that you get years of enjoyment from it.
Clean and Maintain Plasma TVs

Airport Security Fail

What airport?
Airport Security Fail

5 Eye Popping 3D YouTube Videos

3D is set to be the next big thing in home cinema this year, as the multitude of three-dimensional television launches at CES have shown. While many of you may have caught a high profile 3D flick in cinemas over the last year with Up, Monsters vs Aliens, and of course, Avatar, it’s another thing to get ready to view 3D content on the small screen.
5 Eye Popping 3D YouTube Videos

Playpen Fail

I'm nervous!
Playpen Fail

Sleep Cycle Analyzes Your Sleep Patterns for a Better Wake-Up

iPhone only: Getting jolted awake by your alarm in the middle of a great dream is a drag. The Sleep Cycle app watches your slumbers and wakes you when you're lightly dozing, instead of right before you win the lottery.
Sleep Cycle Analyzes Your Sleep Patterns for a Better Wake-Up

How to Deter Graffiti

Being constructive about protecting your business or residential premises from unwanted graffiti is a positive way to help yourself and to reduce the costs of having it removed. If you're in a place that is easily or frequently targeted for graffiti, there are a number of things you can do.
How to Deter Graffiti

Internet filter - national day of protest on March 6th

There is a growing groundswell of protest against Conroy’s internet filter. This is planned to culminate in a national day of protest on March 6th.
Internet filter - national day of protest on March 6th

The Ultimate Guide To 2010 Investment Predictions and Outlooks

The Pragmatic Capitalist have compiled many of the very best outlooks from various analysts, gurus, hedge funds and investors. We hope you find the list helpful in mapping your successful 2010.
The Ultimate Guide To 2010 Investment Predictions and Outlooks

Let's get physical: Nine facts about fitness

DOES an activity have to get you out of breath to count as exercise? Do you really have to do half-an-hour a day? Is pumping iron a good way to keep your heart healthy? These are just some of the dilemmas many of us face when working out the best way to get fit. The good news is scientists do broadly agree on the best ways to get fit, they just haven't been very good at telling us what they've discovered.
Let's get physical: Nine facts about fitness

Revisiting 10 Golden Rules of Social Media

As 2010 opens its doors, I wanted to take another look at my Golden Rules of Social Media, published back in May of 2009, to see if I could consolidate those rules into five actions we can take to work better in — and through — social media in the coming year.
Revisiting 10 Golden Rules of Social Media

Why hard drive prices might actually go up

After a rough 2009 and a decade of decreasing costs and increasing capacity, prices for hard drives and other forms of mass storage might rise for the first time in recent memory.
Why hard drive prices might actually go up

9 Essential iPhone Apps for Cat Lovers

Pups aren’t the only furry pals that get love on the iPhone. Our feline friends are well looked after in the App Store, as well, with a wealth of kitty-themed widgets available for download. Narrowing down the best cat-friendly apps can be a challenge, though.
9 Essential iPhone Apps for Cat Lovers

Watch Sydney’s New Year Fireworks in Full

Every New Year, Sydney, Australia wows crowds with a massive fireworks display. In a smart marketing move, that extravaganza is now available uncut, online, courtesy of Tourism NSW’s Sydney.com.
Watch Sydney’s New Year Fireworks in Full

Twitter's Most Influential Topics of 2009

In 2009, influence emerged as a source of filtering and focus, especially when TwitterTwitterTwitter released its new “lists” feature to empower users to organize and follow custom streams by topic, personality, and themes.
Twitter's Most Influential Topics of 2009

100 Skills Everyone Should Master

In 2008, Esquire published 75 Skills Every Man Should Master and Popular Mechanics published a list of 100 Skills Every Man Should Know. My list was inspired by those, but it was Jason who mentioned that someone should do a list of gender neutral skills; I’ve been working on this on and off since then.
100 Skills Everyone Should Master

Is aviation security mostly for show?

Last week's attempted terror attack on an airplane heading from Amsterdam to Detroit has given rise to a bunch of familiar questions.
Is aviation security mostly for show?

New Year’s Eve Folklore

For most English people, New Year’s Eve is either spent quietly at home, or at a party, which lasts till after midnight to ‘see the New Year in’. Such gatherings differ little from other parties, apart from the ubiquitous singing of ‘Auld Lang Syne’…The only other regular features of the season are the ubiquitous salutations of ‘Happy New Year’ and the tendency to make personal ‘New Year resolutions’.
New Year’s Eve Folklore

The 1979 Cabinet Records

The year 1979 was the middle year of the second term of the Fraser Government. The Government had a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives and control of the Senate, but the opinion polls were less encouraging. A Morgan Gallup poll held in November 1979 showed the Government parties trailing the Australian Labor Party (ALP) by 48 per cent to 43, and Malcolm Fraser’s approval rating at only 35 per cent (behind Opposition Leader Bill Hayden at 43 per cent).
The 1979 Cabinet Records