International Space Station Should Be Visible From Melbourne This Weekend

Stargazers are in for a small, bright treat over the next few days as the International Space Station should be visible to eagle-eyed Melbourne residents.
International Space Station Should Be Visible From Melbourne This Weekend

How to Reduce Eye Strain

How to reduce eye strain: What is the best reading posture for comfortable reading?
How to Reduce Eye Strain

Watch The History Of April Fools Day

This Sunday is April’s Fools Day. Here’s a very interesting video showing the history of this silly day, which may have started in 1582.
Watch The History Of April Fools Day

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Don't forget we not only exist on Blogger and au naturel on the Web, we also have a Facebook page....The Black Stump - blackstump.com.au

Handprints may give away your height, gender

Prints left by the hand, or even parts of it, can be used to estimate the height of an unknown intruder and possibly tell whether they were male or female, say researchers.
Handprints may give away your height, gender

How To Speed Up, Clean Up And Revive Your iPhone

Your iPhone is a powerful computer, and powerful computers benefit from cleaning and maintenance. Here are some simple, easy–to-follow tips to give your trusted iPhone a new spring in its step.
How To Speed Up, Clean Up And Revive Your iPhone

How To Speed Up, Clean Up And Revive Your Android Phone

Kick back on the couch, pull up your Android phone, and act like you’re still being productive by giving it some spring cleaning of its own.
How To Speed Up, Clean Up And Revive Your Android Phone

8 Easy PC Pranks to Trick Your Friends

With April Fools’ Day on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to play some epic pranks on your PC-using co-workers, friends, family and frenemies.
8 Easy PC Pranks to Trick Your Friends

7 Tools to Generate Your Random Mega Millions Numbers

Here’s a hypothetical situation: You’re offered a lot of money — say, $640 million, give or take — and you can do anything with it. Buy a mansion. Invest in Apple. Donate to charity (that’s first on your list, right?). Everything’s at your fingertips. There’s just one catch — you have to pick the five perfect numbers first.
7 Tools to Generate Your Random Mega Millions Numbers

Vibrating Car Seats Ensure Your Butt’s The First To Know About Dangers

The latest version of the Cadillac XTS will include General Motor’s new Safety Alert Seat technology that can subtly alert the driver with unique vibrating pulse patterns on either side of their seat. It works in tandem with the vehicles’ autonomous safety systems and sensors, and can warn a driver in situations where they’re accidentally drifting between lanes, or backing up too close to another car when parking.
Vibrating Car Seats Ensure Your Butt’s The First To Know About Dangers

A Passenger's-Eye View of the JetBlue Pilot's Bizarre Incident [VIDEO]

What happens in the sky no longer stays in the sky. Tuesday’s bizarre incident, in which a Las Vegas-bound JetBlue flight made an unexpected landing in the Texas Panhandle after a pilot suffered a “medical situation,” is now saved for posterity.
A Passenger's-Eye View of the JetBlue Pilot's Bizarre Incident [VIDEO]

Everest climbing tech then and now

It's been 59 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. While the reason people climb Everest hasn't changed, the technology they use certainly has. National Geographic compares Hillary and Norgay's gear with that of Hilaree O'Neill who is part of a team attempting the summit in the coming weeks.
Everest climbing tech then and now

10 Great Clothing Tricks In 60 Seconds

One chore you can’t escape is the need to take care of your clothes. Whether it’s mending things that are falling apart or simply learning how to fold, store and keep them, this video will show you the easiest, quickest ways to perform a whole slew of clothing-related activities.
10 Great Clothing Tricks In 60 Seconds

Common Cooking Mistakes You Should Stop Making

A while back we checked out at a great list of common cooking mistakes that many people — myself included — are guilty of committing from time to time. This list from the folks at EatingWell hits on a few other common errors that many of us make, including heating oil until it starts to smoke.
Common Cooking Mistakes You Should Stop Making

Bullet Time in Real Life: Impacts Slowed Down with High Speed Cameras

Combine a little shooting range fun with a camera capable of shooting a million frames per second and you’ve got yourself the basis of pretty hypnotizing video.
Bullet Time in Real Life: Impacts Slowed Down with High Speed Cameras

10 Amazing Slow Motion Videos of Everyday Things

We live in a fast-paced world. Maybe that’s why slow motion videos are so appealing to us. Using cameras with ultra-high frame rates reveals details that are usually invisible to the naked eye. In 1878, a camera that could capture images at a higher frame rate even settled a bet between then California Governor, Leland Stanford and some of his friends. The bet rose out of a debate on whether or not all four of a horse’s hooves left the ground while running. Landscape photographer Edward Muybridge put the debate to rest when he produced the pictures to prove that they do in fact leave the ground.
10 Amazing Slow Motion Videos of Everyday Things

Print Multiple Tabs or Bookmarks As One PDF Document In Firefox

The majority of web page to pdf extensions let you convert a single web page into a pdf document. This may often be all that’s needed, but it is not very practicable if you want to create a pdf document from multiple web pages. While you could now do some copying and pasting into Microsoft Office or Open Office, and use the programs to create the pdf document for you in the end, you’d probably be interested in a more straightforward option.
Print Multiple Tabs or Bookmarks As One PDF Document In Firefox

Researchers Say Memories Can Be Relived, Not Just Recalled

Have you ever wanted to relive one of your most treasured memories? Not just think about the memory, but actually relive it? According to new research coming out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can.
Researchers Say Memories Can Be Relived, Not Just Recalled

"Unseen Titanic" in NatGeo magazine: first ever complete views of wreck

Sonar mosaic developed by Remus Operations Group (WHOI) and Waitt Institute. Visible for the first time through sonar imaging, the remains of the ship and its contents sprawl across a thousand acres of gently sloping seafloor. Combined with optical mosaics of individual artifacts, this map of the main wreck area will help experts explore, manage and protect the Titanic as a long-term archaeological site.
"Unseen Titanic" in NatGeo magazine: first ever complete views of wreck

How To Properly Scan a Photograph (And Get An Even Better Image)

Somewhere in your home, there’s a box of old analog photographs you probably want digital copies of. Unless you know how to use your scanner correctly, the image quality can turn out poor. Here’s how to get the best results.
How To Properly Scan a Photograph (And Get An Even Better Image)