Saturday, June 04, 2011

How To Keep People From Seeing All Your Facebook Info

Facebook is great for connecting with others, but you probably don’t want to share all your news, photos, etc. with everyone you’re connected to on Facebook. Here’s a primer for Facebook beginners on organising friends into lists for more control over what’s shared.
How To Keep People From Seeing All Your Facebook Info

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 11/2011

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 11/2011

Find Out If Your Sony Information Was Leaked Right Here

Sony’s been hacked again, with over a million SonyPictures.com accounts lifted, containing vital personal information like home addresses. Is yours included? We’ve got an exclusive, easy database to check. Just enter your email address, and see if you’ve been compromised.
Find Out If Your Sony Information Was Leaked Right Here

Convert Video Into Mp3 Files

Many programs can be used to convert videos into mp3 format, so that the audio becomes accessible in a separate file. This can be helpful to turn music videos downloaded from YouTube into audio format, or a presentation that you have no time to watch but enough time to listen to. Video 2 MP3 is a free software program by Skwire that comes without an interface.
Convert Video Into Mp3 Files

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Laptop Thief Gets Exposed by Hidden Security Camera App

Joshua Kaufman didn’t just sit back and watch when his laptop was stolen — he continued to watch it being stolen, days later. Yup, thanks to Hidden, an app that collects webcam pics and screenshots when a computer is stolen, Kaufman knows just what his MacBook thief looks like.
Laptop Thief Gets Exposed by Hidden Security Camera App

Video of waterspouts off Australia

Seen here is amazing video recorded yesterday of waterspouts off Australia's New South Wales coast. Waterspouts are a columnar vortex, often in the form of a tornado, occurring over a body of water. They're sometimes thought to be responsible for Fortean "falls," such as fish or frogs dropping from the sky onto dry ground.
Video of waterspouts off Australia

The World Health Organization, cell phones, and cancer—what's actually going on

From Boing Boing - Today, I was surprised to see posts popping up on Twitter implying that the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research into Cancer had declared radiation from cell phones to be a cancer risk. As you've read here before, and as sources like the National Cancer Institute have reported, the evidence linking cell phone use and cancer risk is actually pretty slim. So I was waiting to hear about some new study or analysis. Instead, it looks like this is really a story about context.
The World Health Organization, cell phones, and cancer—what's actually going on

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The Complete Takeaway Breakfast Nutrition Guide

You’re running late to work and it’s cold; grabbing a quick hot takeaway breakfast is all too tempting. That decision is yours, but you should know the nutritional consequences. Check out Lifehacker’s comprehensive nutritional listing of breakfast options from major fast food chains.
The Complete Takeaway Breakfast Nutrition Guide

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Top 10 Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use

Protecting your privacy on the internet these days seems like a hefty undertaking, but there are a few things you can do to protect your privacy with just the click of a button. Here are Lifehacker's favourite super-simple tricks.
Top 10 Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use

Saturday, May 28, 2011

10 Simple Steps To A Successful Garage Sale

A garage sale can be a great way to clean out your closets and make some extra cash. But if paying customers can't find you or aren't interested in what you have to offer, your hard work can quickly turn into a wasted Saturday morning.
10 Simple Steps To A Successful Garage Sale

Banks block cards after security scare - UPDATED

Leading Australian banks have blocked thousands of customer credit cards after a potential security breach was uncovered. While the banks have gone secret squirrel about which merchant or network was to blame, an eftpos terminal in a small business is understood to be at the root of the problem.
Banks block cards after security scare - UPDATED

Watching Endeavour’s Junk Parts Fall Back To Earth Is Worth 37 Minutes Of Your Life

If I didn’t know any better, I’d think I was watching an experimental film and not footage of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s last launch. At times, the visuals contained within the 37-plus minutes can only be described as accidentally beautiful. In fact, CNET pretty much nails that sentiment with their description of the segment which transpires between the 16 and 20 minute marks.
Watching Endeavour’s Junk Parts Fall Back To Earth Is Worth 37 Minutes Of Your Life

Australia Building Plane Boneyard In Alice Springs

When a commercial jet gets decommissioned, it generally gets retired to the Pinal Airpark in Arizona (pictured). Soon, it may get retired to Alice Springs, with the red centre of Australia’s airport being selected as the site for the first Aircraft “boneyard” outside the US.
Australia Building Plane Boneyard In Alice Springs

Faulty Pitot Tubes To Blame In Air France Flight 447 Crash

Faulty Pitot tubes – speed sensors that are crucial for auto-pilot navigation – were one of the leading theories as to why Air France 447 crashed in 2009. The latest black box analysis confirms that invalid readings were provided right before the plane crashed.
Faulty Pitot Tubes To Blame In Air France Flight 447 Crash

Thursday, May 26, 2011

The oddest English spellings, part 17: The letter H

Because of the frequency of the words the, this, that, these, those, them, their, there, then, and with, the letter h probably occurs in our texts more often than any other (for Shakespeare’s epoch thee and thou should have been added). But then of course we have think, three, though, through, thousand, and words with ch, sh, ph, and gh.
The oddest English spellings, part 17: The letter H

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 10/2011

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 10/2011

A Visual Guide to How Many Fruits and Veggies You Should Eat for a Serving

We all grew up knowing the "food pyramid" by heart, but it wasn't easy to apply to the real world because it was all based on servings. If all food came in packages by the serving, then everything would make sense, but that's not the case. Food site CHOW's handy visual guide for popular fruits and vegetables attempts to fix that problem.
A Visual Guide to How Many Fruits and Veggies You Should Eat for a Serving

Top Ten Myths About the Brain

When it comes to this complex, mysterious, fascinating organ, what do—and don’t—we know?
Top Ten Myths About the Brain

Tsunami photos from Fukushima

Last week, the Japanese utility company Tepco released photos taken of the March 11 tsunami as it struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Tsunami photos from Fukushima

Century of Aussie inventions go online

From the Hills hoist and Vegemite to the bionic eye and cervical cancer vaccine, more than 100 years of Australian patent applications appear on a new online database launched this week.
Century of Aussie inventions go online