10 Tools Every Homeowner Should Have

Doorknobs get loose, windows need unsticking, the tap always ends up dripping – and houses don’t usually come with a super. Here’s are the 10 tools that will get any homeowner through the most common projects around the house.
10 Tools Every Homeowner Should Have

Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2010

Favourite DIY conversions from the past year.
Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2010

10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011

In many ways, 2010 was finally the year of mobile for news media, and especially so if you consider the iPad a mobile device. Many news organizations like The Washington Post and CNN included heavy social media integrations into their apps, opening the devices beyond news consumption.
10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011

Lighthouse frozen in ice

Here is a lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio. The spray from Lake Erie froze layer by layer until the structure was encased in ice.
Lighthouse frozen in ice

Australian Rules still our favourite spectator sport

Australian Rules still our favourite spectator sport. Around 2.8 million Australians aged 15 years and over attended an Australian Rules football game during 2009-10, according to the latest sports attendance figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Horse racing (11%), rugby league (9%) and motor sports (8%) also attracted over 1 million attendees. Soccer was the only popular sport to report a significant increase from the last survey in 2005-06 (2% increase).
Spectator Attendance at Sporting Events, 2009-10

Your Online Footprint

The CEO of Google has suggested that once you leave college, you may want to change your name to distance yourself from all the dumb things you did as a younger person and can’t erase from the Internet. Of course if you change your name, you won’t be associated with any of the positive things you did either.
Your Online Footprint

9 Ways to Connect With Santa on the Web

You don’t have to head to the North Pole to hook up with Santa this year. There’s a sackful of online options that will let your little ones connect with the Claus from the comfort of your own home.
9 Ways to Connect With Santa on the Web

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 26/2010

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 26/2010

Most Popular Hive Fives of 2010

Every week LifeHacker put out a Hive Five Call for Contenders and ask you a simple question: Which is best? From DVD rippers to web hosts and everything in between, here's a look back at the most popular Hive Fives of 2010.
Most Popular Hive Fives of 2010

Google Earth For The Human Body

Google’s already taken you across the globe, down to the bottom of the oceans, and out to the mountains of Mars. It’s been a vaguely educational journey! Their next frontier: the human body, with Google Body Browser.
Google Earth For The Human Body

Popcorn in slow motion

Much like setting stuff on fire, filming things in slow motion is one of those science video tropes that has less to do with science, and more to do with making vaguely science-related things look really cool. And yet, you know, it does look really cool.
Popcorn in slow motion

Top 10 Movies for the Modern Tech Geek

It’s a great time to be a tech geek with a love for the cinema. Not only is film technology evolving at a breakneck pace, the subject matter for films is also targeting tech audiences in a more nuanced, fulfilling way.
Top 10 Movies for the Modern Tech Geek

Facebook’s Zuckerberg wins Time’s Person of the Year

Despite a campaign for Wikileak’s editor Julian Assange, The Man with 550 million friends, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time’s Person of the Year.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg wins Time’s Person of the Year

5 Simple Tips to Secure Your PC

With the increased usage of internet, it is now becoming important for all computer users to keep their system secure from spyware and malware on the web. Big companies like Kaspersky and BitDefender have developed different security software to protect users’ computers from network attacks, malware, adware and so on. However an antivirus or internet security might not always protect and secure you computer system, since there are hundreds of new virus and trojans being created everyday. You need to follow a few more tips to fully secure your system from any kind of harm or dangerous activities.
5 Simple Tips to Secure Your PC

Lifehacker Australia Unaffected By US Hacks

It’s been in the news that Gawker in the US was hacked recently. LiefHacker Oz would like to reassure local readers that the Australian edition sites are run on entirely separate infrastructure. AU versions of Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and Kotaku are unaffected.
Lifehacker Australia Unaffected By US Hacks

Australian Social Trends, Dec 2010

Australian Social Trends draws on a wide range of data, sourced both from ABS and other agencies, to present a picture of Australian society. This publication aims to inform decision-making, research and discussion on social conditions in Australia. It covers social issues of current and ongoing concern, population groups of interest, and changes in these over time.
Australian Social Trends, Dec 2010

Twitter’s Top Trends Of 2010

Twitter released their top Twitter trends of 2010. They have a nice reviews page of trends at yearinreview.twitter.com/trends/. Here is the break down.
Twitter’s Top Trends Of 2010

The Curious Case of Benford’s Law

When you roll dice, all numbers have the same probability to show up (assuming that the dice aren’t loaded in any way). However, the leading digits of numbers in very large accumulated datasets—for example, the amount you pay for each household bill over the course of a year—follow a very different pattern. In such cases it is much more likely that a given number will start with one, with decreasing probability for each higher digit up to nine. This statistical phenomenon is called Benford’s law.
The Curious Case of Benford’s Law

This Year’s 10 Most Popular YouTube Videos In Under 90 Seconds

What were the 10 most-watched YouTube videos of 2010? If I had my way it would just be the Bed Intruder song on repeat. But! Here’s how it actually played out.
This Year’s 10 Most Popular YouTube Videos In Under 90 Seconds

The Real Da Vinci Code Discovered

This is not part of Dan Brown’s novel. Researcher Silvano Vinceti – chairman of the Italian national committee for cultural heritage – has found a secret code in the Mona Lisa by scanning her eyes. A code that could reveal her mysterious identity.
The Real Da Vinci Code Discovered