The Best 10 DVD to Zune Converter

The Best 10 DVD to Zune Converter: "With the DVD to Zune Converter, it is now easy to convert your DVDs to Zune video or audio playable on your Zune. But which program is the best for you? We have done extensive research and compared the top conversion tools. Our detailed comparison chart and in depth reviews help you pick the right DVD to Zune Converter."

50 ways to become a better designer

Computer Arts - 50 ways to become a better designer: "The way you work can have a huge impact on your creative success. We present the best advice from leading designers on every stage of the creative process, so that you can keep clients satisfied and make the most of your talents"

Fractals Unleashed

Fractals UnleashedYou have found one of the most comprehensive websites about fractals on the web! Fractals are very beautiful geometric figures that can be used to describe nature. Follow the fractal tree below to some selected parts of our website.

From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year

From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year - New York Times: "MARKUS FRIND, a 29-year-old Web entrepreneur, has not read the best seller “The 4-Hour Workweek” — in fact, he had not heard of it when asked last week — but his face could go on the book’s cover. He developed software for his online dating site, Plenty of Fish, that operates almost completely on autopilot, leaving Mr. Frind plenty of free time. On average, he puts in about a 10-hour workweek."

The Best Online Sources To Play & Learn Chess

The Best Online Sources To Play & Learn Chess | MakeUseOf.com: "I love playing chess and collecting chessboards and like everything else, my enjoyment of the game has moved online. As well as playing installed software chess games, I also have some favourite chess websites where I like to meet other players from around the world for a game or two. After all, it gets boring eventually playing against a computer. Sometimes, it’s good to play against a real live human being.

So here are some of the places where I like to play chess. Later, I will also discuss some of the places where I have learned some chess tactics."

5 Ways To Create Your Business Card 2.0

5 Ways To Create Your Business Card 2.0 | MakeUseOf.com: "Business cards are out of date. They’re paper, which immediately makes them dinosaurs. You get them, and have to figure out what to do - do you copy it all into Outlook? Do you use a Rolodex? It’s just not the best way to do it."

10 Dirty Little Web Development Tricks

10 Dirty Little Web Development Tricks › Yongfook - Web Producer: "We all have them - little coding tricks and snippets of knowledge that we’ve picked up over years of experimentation and evolution of our processes, that are now part of our regular routine and save us time, gnashing of teeth and allow us to work quickly and efficiently. Here’s some of mine - perhaps you know a few of these already - I’d be interested in hearing yours in the comments."

Rescue Robots: Robots, Developers, First Responders

Dr. Dobb's | Rescue Robots: Robots, Developers, First Responders | November 26, 2008: "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders to develop a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate candidate mechanical rescuers. This exercise was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to develop performance standards for robots for use in urban search and rescue missions."

Intel VP Thinks Netbooks are “Fine for an Hour”

Intel VP Thinks Netbooks are “Fine for an Hour” | Maximum PC: "Analysts have been speculating for almost a year now on the future of netbooks, and if this new category of ultra mobile PCs would ever threaten sales of their larger form factor brethren. Intel’s Vice President of sales and marketing Stu Pann has weighed in on the issue, and he states in no uncertain terms, netbooks will never replace laptops. According to Pann 'If you've ever used a Netbook and used a 10-inch screen size--it's fine for an hour. It's not something you're going to use day in and day out.'"

GPS to SD-Card Data Logger

GPS to SD-Card Data Logger: "This project combines a GPS receiver module, a Microchip PIC microcontroller and a Secure Digital memory card to make a GPS data logger."

Colleges Are Not Going Hungry, but Are in Need

Your Money - Colleges Are Not Going Hungry, but Are in Need - NYTimes.com: "In a more normal year, the alumni fund-raising plea that turns up in the mail right about now seems perfectly in tune as the day for thanks gives way to a month of giving."

Floating back in time with Macy's balloons

Floating back in time with Macy's balloons: "See what the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade looked like once upon a time! To celebrate the parade this year, we dug into the Daily News photo archives to find shots of some long-since-extinct balloon characters - like this 1931 dragon."

Russian hackers penetrate Pentagon computer system in cyber attack

Russian hackers penetrate Pentagon computer system in cyber attack - Telegraph: "Computer hackers suspected of working from Russia successfully penetrated Pentagon computer systems in one of the most severe cyber attacks on US military networks."

Honest gamer hoodie speaks only truth

honest gamer hoodie speaks only truth on [technabob]: "This cotton/poly hoodie is a steal at $22.99 from jamjamtees’ Etsy storefront, and the graphic is screen-printed on navy for a very basic look. Anyone who’s ever seen those all-brown next-gen titles knows gamers don’t like color anyway. No wonder they avoid going outside."

Brains More Distracted, Not Slower with Age

Brains More Distracted, Not Slower with Age: Scientific American: "Older brains do not think as quickly as younger brains do. But does this cognitive impairment arise because processing speeds slacken or because the ability to block out irrelevant information falters? A recent study reconciles these two leading hypotheses: older brains have a harder time ignoring distractions in the initial stages of performing a task, which slows down processing."

Skip Black Friday, Get Ready for Cyber Monday

Skip Black Friday, Get Ready for Cyber Monday : Home & Garden : Life : Blogs.com: "If you're reading this, you haven't been at the mall since 5 AM looking for Black Friday deals. Don't worry, you're not alone. Get Rich Slick writes, 'No one expressed any interest in getting up at 4am to go shopping for crap this year and I can't blame them.'"

Six Common HDTV Showroom Pitfalls

Six Common HDTV Showroom Pitfalls | ITworld: "With the long-awaited transition to digital broadcasting just around the corner (February 17), many shoppers will take the HDTV plunge during the holidays and beyond--and stores eagerly await them. Even if you plan to buy online, it's smart to eyeball sets in a local big-box store, but don't take everything you see or hear at face value. Here are some issues to be aware of."

Nikon leaks DX3 DSLR details

Nikon leaks DX3 DSLR details: "The new camera, which has featured in Nikon's own Pro magazine ahead of the launch, will improve on the D3 and doubles the megapixel count from 12- to 24.5-megapixels."

Buying Guides: Digital SLR cameras

Macworld Buying Guides: Digital SLR cameras | Macworld: "Still, a DSLR is a considerable investment. How to choose the right one? We’ve got some tips on shopping for a DSLR if you’re in the market for one this holiday season. And we’ve got a couple recommendations for cameras that topped our testing over the past year, as well as an old favorite that offers an irresistible bargain."

Cyber Monday: 10 Best HDTV Deals

Cyber Monday: 10 Best HDTV Deals: "Today, Cyber Monday will begin with a new outpouring of discounts and deals designed to tempt uncertain consumers. For those not familiar with Cyber Monday, online retailers traditionally slash their prices on the first Monday following the Thanksgiving weekend."

What the data miners are digging up about you

What the data miners are digging up about you - tech - 28 November 2008 - New Scientist: "In today's technological world we leave electronic traces wherever we go, whether shopping online or on the high street, at work or at play. That data is the raw material for a new industry of number crunchers trying to explain and influence human behaviour, as Stephen Baker explains in his new book The Numerati."

Guitar Hero controller hacked to help amputees

Guitar Hero controller hacked to help amputees - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist: "The latest generation of prosthetics being developed in the US are incredibly advanced, funded by a $73-million grant from defence research agency DARPA (see our special report). But the latest piece of research kit is a cheap piece of videogame hardware: the controller to axe-man simulator Guitar Hero."

Howto Grey-Out The Screen

Snippets: Howto Grey-Out The Screen: "This snippet 'grays' out the screen and allows you to create a 'modal' environment. A gray out is useful for creating a DHTML dialog box, or showing off a picture or video. While a gray-out is active, most interactive elements on the page (links, etc) are inactive."

Psychological recession

Smart Company - Psychological recession: "The reality is that no one really knows – how deep, how far and for how long. The only thing we know is that our financial systems are about to change – forever.

The way financial institutions have been incentivising people with massive bonuses for structuring and closing deals has almost been part of the problem. Simply put, pre-February 2008 was a time of amazing risk taking."

Terrorists turn technology into weapon of war in Mumbai

Terrorists turn technology into weapon of war in Mumbai | The Courier-Mail: "Among their arsenal of weapons are bags of almonds and BlackBerry mobile phones – almonds to keep their energy up, and the mobile internet connections to stay one step ahead of police and the military."

Remote Controlled Black Widow Spider

Play.com (UK) : Natural History Museum: Remote Controlled Black Widow Spider : Gadgets - Free Delivery: "The Black Widow Spider or Latrodectus Mactans has a chilling appearance and reputation. It is one of the world's most infamous deadly creatures. Its venom is 15 times more potent than that of a rattlesnake! More people have died from being bitten by a Black Widow than from any other spider!

The female Black Widow is much bigger than the male and occasionally eats her mate! Black with the trademark red hour-glass figure and accurate longer front and back pairs of legs - it's just like the real thing! Great for scaring your friends!"

Look! 70's Rock Musicians and Their Parent's Homes

Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Look! 70's Rock Musicians and Their Parent's Homes: "We found this fascinating series of photos from the archives of LIFE magazine, giving readers a peek inside the homes of the parents/grandparents of some of the most influential musical artists from the 1970's, including the likes of Frank Zappa [above], Grace Slick, The Jackson Five, Elton John, Eric Clapton and many more previewed below..."

Can Social Networking Be Used for Social Change?

Can Social Networking Be Used for Social Change? | MobileActive.org: "He concluded, “So we’d like to open up and build small networks that can cooperate with other small networks – create an African network for example.“"

The List: How We Will Die in 20 Years

Foreign Policy: The List: How We Will Die in 20 Years: "Put down your tarot cards. Here’s a list of reasons why you should (and shouldn’t) fear the reaper in the coming decades."

6 Baby Names You Probably Shouldn’t Give Your Kid

mental_floss Blog » 6 Baby Names You Probably Shouldn’t Give Your Kid: "Forget Apple and Pilot Inspektor. If you really want to give your kid a hard time growing up, just pick from the following list."

54 Mind-blowing Digital Paintings

FFFFOUND! | 54 Mind-blowing Digital Paintings - PSDTUTS: "You may like these images."

Creating a multilingual website with Smarty

Creating a multilingual website with Smarty: "I decided to do it using Smarty, the PHP-based templating engine. Whilst it was possible that a CMS or similar could do the job now, at the time I could find none which supported multiple character sets in the way I required. I’ve been meaning to write the process down for some time so here’s how I did it."

Digital Luggage Scales

Digital Luggage Scales - I Want One Of Those: "It's all very well being able to buy a flight to Cancun for £2.99 on 'Oh my God bring a sandwich Airways', but you pack one thong too many (which is in fact one thong), and Bam! you're slapped with a heinous excess baggage charge. And even if you got it right on the way out, by the time you've squeezed your sombrero or questionable Cambodian wood carving into your case for your return, you're going to have to whip out your holiday exhausted credit card to get them home. These lightweight and compact Digital Luggage Scales will, very precisely, weigh your cases so you'll know whether or not to ditch that Mongolian Yak carpet before you embarrass yourself at the airport."

X-Ray Oddities

ABC News: X-Ray Oddities: "WARNING: Some of the following pictures are of a graphic nature. Viewer discretion is advised."

Try These Seven Tips For Better Holiday Photos

ABC News: Try These Seven Tips For Better Holiday Photos: "Simple Tricks for More Memorable Holiday Snapshots"

Picasa 3: Great Linux photo software

Picasa 3: Great Linux photo software | Computerworld Blogs: "I have a confession to make. There's no software on earth I can't make dance and sing... except for photography programs. Whether it's Adobe Photoshop CS4 on a Mac or GIMP 2.6.3 on Linux, I'm a klutz. So, when I need to make my holiday photos look halfway decent, I try my best with easy to use photo programs like Photoshop Elements 7 or Google Picasa. While I'd like to see more Adobe programs, on Linux with Google's new release of Picasa 3 for Linux now here, I'm in no hurry to see Photoshop Elements on Linux."

List Of Free Texture Sites

List Of Free Texture Sites: "Here is a pretty complete list of free texture sites.
If you have a new one, please leave a comment with the link"

pyjamas build AJAX apps in Python (like Google did for Java)

pyjamas: "Many people, when first finding out about Google Web Toolkit, wonder 'why can't I use Python instead of Java?'. pyjamas is designed to make that possible.

pyjamas is a stand-alone python to javascript compiler, an AJAX framework / library and a Widget set API."

40+ Tutorials for Working with Wacom Tablets

40+ Tutorials for Working with Wacom Tablets: "Wacom tablets allow graphic designers to extend their abilities. If you’re like me and you’re interested in learning more about working with Wacom tablets, there are plenty of tutorials available. This post features more than 40 such tutorials, including a number of video tutorials. Some deal with the basics of Wacom tablets and getting them setup correctly, while others demonstrate more advanced usage. Additionally, some of the tutorials could be completed without a tablet, but the author uses one for at least portions of the tutorial."

Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet

Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet - New York Times: "I THOUGHT I was pretty good about energy conservation, but it turns out that I’ve been a bit of a hypocrite. I drive a reasonably fuel-efficient car, I work at home so I don’t use fuel to commute and I am replacing incandescent bulbs in my home with energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs."

Building Strong Shapes with Triangles

Building Strong Shapes with Triangles: "This is a guided participatory lesson for young children about simple shapes and how strength may be added to structures by building with triangles. The lesson starts with two-dimensional shapes, and then proceeds to three-dimensional shapes. Parents, if working with your child, you may wish to break this material into several sessions, or exclude the more advanced material you feel may be beyond your child's grade level. However, you are encouraged to let your child seek their own level, and you may be surprised to discover how much of this material comes naturally to them! This material will be refined and developed into a lesson plan at a future date."

PHP Tutorials Examples Geo Targetting With PHP And MySQL

PHP Tutorials Examples Geo Targetting With PHP And MySQL: "After publishing a database schema and data for US Cities Zip Codes PHPRO was swamped by requests on how to use this information for distance calculations and for geo targetting. Geo targetting allows developers to target end users by thier geographic location, given thier zip/post code or latitude and longitude. For example, if you know a users zip/post code you could retrieve a list of pizza shops with a 20 mile radius, then supply them with a google map on the location of each."

PHP Mysql tips

The Spanner - PHP Mysql tips: "Continuing from my earlier post on PHP performance, I thought I’d share a few Mysql tips that I’ve learnt over the years. Hope it helps someone and please leave a comment with your own tips or provide any corrections to the ones mentioned."

Batman desk accessories: to the bat-cave, robin!

batman desk accessories: to the bat-cave, robin! on [technabob]: "Yeah, I know. The Dark Knight was arguably the best movie of 2008, but can Christian Bale’s throaty rasp really hold a candle to Adam West’s booming baritone Batman? Now you can bring back memories of the classic camp of the original Batman TV show with these great accessories that help you turn your room into a regular Wayne Manor."

The Wall Street Psychic Who Predicted the Economic Meltdown

The Wall Street Psychic Who Predicted the Economic Meltdown: "This woman knows nothing about finance yet claims she can predict turmoil in the markets months before it happens. Don't believe her? Many blue-chip companies do – and pay handsomely for her 'intuition'."

35 Things Every PC User Should Know

35 Things Every PC User Should Know - PC World: "Want to speed up your broadband connection? Diagnose mysterious crashes? Move massive files across the Internet? Sooner or later, you will--and you'll find step-by-step instructions for these and other common PC tasks right here."

The Growing Frustration of eBay Sellers

The Growing Frustration of eBay Sellers - BusinessWeek: "Changes at eBay, especially its new ratings feedback policy, have many longtime sellers angry. Some are even leaving for upstart sites like Shopify"

How to Clean Your Windows Registry and Speed Up Your PC

How to Clean Your Windows Registry and Speed Up Your PC - PC World: "A cluttered Registry can slow Windows to a crawl, but cleaning it up effectively isn't easy. Steve Bass reviews some of the leading Registry cleaners, and offers tips to help you get your Registry down to size and improve your PC's performance."

5 Tips for Checking Merchant Reputation

5 Tips for Checking Merchant Reputation: "For many affiliates, their worst business decisions involve merchants. Choose the right one, and you’re part of a win-win scenario that can last for years to come. But choose the wrong merchant, and you may find yourself out-of-pocket with no zero on your ad spend.

So checking merchant repuation should be done early on, as soon as you find a promising offer. Here are some tested tactics that will help you check out the current reputation of merchants and networks."

Cool Tools to Save on Shipping

Cool Tools to Save on Shipping - PC World: "Whether you're shipping a holiday gift or an item you've sold on eBay, these tips and sites can help keep costs down."

Top 7 Signs of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors

TLC-Top 7 Signs of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors: "Going for what you want but feeling like something is road-blocking the way? Finding yourself *not* doing some of the things you know you should be doing?

You may be a victim of sabotage---self-sabotage. How do you know, and what can you do about it? Read on and see."

Microscopic Bio-Robot Slaves

ABC News: Invention: Microscopic Bio-Robot Slaves: "Shrinking robots allows them to carry out ever more delicate tasks. But even the smallest built so far are too big to be able to, say, imprint microscopic, or even nanoscale, patterns onto microchips."

Top 5 Christmas Gifts Under $20

Top 5 Christmas Gifts Under $20: "Let's face it; Christmas is right around the corner, and people do not have the cash to pay for expensive gifts because of the recession. There is some way to get around this; you can get quality and likable gifts without breaking your wallet for all members of your family and friends. Here are the top 5 Christmas gifts under $20."

Nikon magazine confirms 24.5MP D3x

Electronista | Nikon magazine confirms 24.5MP D3x: "Nikon has inadvertently filled out details of the D3x ahead of its official launch, courtesy of an early look at the company's own Nikon Pro magazine. True to expectations, the pro DSLR is mostly a resolution upgrade over the stock D3 and jumps from 12 megapixels to 24.5. It also gains a new 16-bit EXPEED image processor that should improve color performance over the 14-bit standard version."

Long live TOYS!

Long live TOYS!: "In December 1953, retailers had long waiting lists for the game Scrabble, which then sold for $3. Store owners who didn’t keep waiting lists endured a mob scene among customers scrambling for a set when a new shipment came in. That year, consumers purchased 800,000 sets, contributing to the total of over 100 million sets sold worldwide. Even as the popular board game celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, it still remains a favorite, with sales between 1 million and 2 million sets each year."

9 no-no's when it comes to buying used goods

9 no-no's when it comes to buying used goods - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com: "In an effort to save money this year, a lot of folks will be looking to save money by buying used goods. But buyer beware: there are 10 items you might want to steer clear of, according to aol.com."

YouTube Bringing Click-To-Buy To Europe, Helps Python Grow DVD Sales

YouTube Bringing Click-To-Buy To Europe, Helps Python Grow DVD Sales | paidContent:UK: "YouTube will its click-to-buy scheme, which links video pages to entertainment retail sites, to its European sites “within the next few months”. The video site announced the scheme in the US in October, adding iTunes and Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) links to videos from music owners like EMI and Amazon.com links to videos of EA’s Spore video game."

Asustek to Unveil US$200 Eee PC Netbook Next Year

Asustek to Unveil US$200 Eee PC Netbook Next Year - PC World: "Asustek Computer plans to unveil a new Eee PC netbook that costs just US$200 in the first quarter of next year, a company representative said Thursday."

Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Uses SecuROM DRM, Rockstar Addresses Common Complaints

Grand Theft Auto 4 PC Uses SecuROM DRM, Rockstar Addresses Common Complaints - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads: "The December 2-due PC release of Grand Theft Auto IV will utilize the oft-criticized SecuROM copy protection, publisher Rockstar has confirmed, though some controversial SecuROM features, such as install limits, will not be utilized."

New BlockBuster VOD box runs Linux

DeviceGuru » New BlockBuster VOD box runs Linux: "In a better-late-than-never move, Blockbuster has introduced a video-on-demand (VOD) service accompanied by a “free” set-top box (STB). Like TiVo, Roku’s Netflix box, and many other modern Internet-enabled A/V gadgets, Blockbuster’s new VOD STB runs Linux."

10 Of The Best Linux Desktop Customization Screenshots To Inspire Your Creativity

10 Of The Best Linux Desktop Customization Screenshots To Inspire Your Creativity - Make Tech Easier: "One of the best thing that I love about Linux desktop is its flexibility and the ability to tweak and customize every single part of it to your liking. For those who are put off by the default ugly desktop (especially the brown desktop of Ubuntu) and have absolutely no idea how to decorate your desktop, here are 10 of the best desktop customization screenshots (sourced from deviantArt) that could inject some inspiration to your creativity."

2 crews on space station feast, then part ways

2 crews on space station feast, then part ways | Top stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "After a spirited Thanksgiving meal together, the astronauts aboard the shuttle Endeavour and the international space station closed the hatches between the two spacecraft Thursday night and prepared to part company."

The Useful Uses Of Mod Rewrite

The Useful Uses Of Mod Rewrite | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials: "In this tutorial, I'm going to be teaching what mod rewrite is and few examples of its uses. Mod rewrite is a powerful tool and one of the simplest ways to make your website more SEO friendly."

Papercraft Text Effect in Photoshop

Papercraft Text Effect: "Wired Magazine introduced on the September 2008 issue a new headline design created by Mario Hugo. This cool headline design struck me with its beauty and simplicity. So I decided to turn this effect into a Photoshop tutorial. Although the effect is a bit different, all credit should be given to Mario Hugo.
Since he designed a custom typeface for these headlines, I had to find some similar typefaces to apply this effect. The first and obvious choice was the popular Baby Teeth font. Fortunately there are a lot of free alternatives, and one of them is Disco Deck by Iconian Fonts."

Centerpiece of High End Computing: Cell Phones

ABC News: Centerpiece of High End Computing: Cell Phones: "Computer scientists are coming up with clever new ways to turn the cell phone of the near future into an environmental monitoring system that can tell if you're getting enough exercise, and if you could do just a little more to help make this planet more user-friendly. Someday soon, a cell phone could even let you know if grandma, who is suffering from early Alzheimer's, has wandered away from home, or left a boiling stew on the stove."

Starbucks Has Nothing To Lose

Starbucks Has Nothing To Lose - Freakin’ Go For It!: "Look at Starbucks now. The growth machine IS broken. The stock has low expectations. No one is expecting record sales. The fear of closing stores is gone.

Starbucks, what are you waiting for? You have nothing to lose. This is the best thing to happen to you! It could be worse, all these troubles could have been caused by a competitor burying you versus simply the economy. You’re lucky!"

`Dexter' author Lindsay makes cameo appearance

The Associated Press: `Dexter' author Lindsay makes cameo appearance: "Lindsay plays the role of a vice detective guarding a hospital room, and makes his appearance Sunday just shy of halfway through the episode. GO DEXTER!!!"

Is Canada becoming a digital ghetto?

Search Engine | CBC Radio | Is Canada becoming a digital ghetto?: "With the election of Barack Obama, digital culture in the U.S. hit a tipping point, where a robust online public sphere proved itself capable of changing the world. Meanwhile, here in Canada we’re approaching our own tipping point, where a series of ignorances and capitulations threaten to turn our country into a digital ghetto."

How to implement table editing in Wordpress

How to implement table editing in Wordpress » Allchorn Design | Web design consultant, website interface designer & photographer: "Wordpress by default makes use of the TinyMCE rich text editor and as such, it’s quite extendable. It’s very well documented in their documentation wiki and does a lot more than what Wordpress enables out of the box."

Great Laptops and Netbooks for Under $1000

Great Laptops and Netbooks for Under $1000 - PC World: "Say good-bye to costly computers. These five netbooks and laptops are quick, easy, and available on the cheap."

50 Strange Buildings of the World

50 Strange Buildings of the World | Village of Joy: "Either the architects are geniuses or plain stupid"

What Not to Buy in 2008

What Not to Buy in 2008 - Lab Notes by ExtremeTech: "Sure, the financial climate has me feeling crankier, but that only makes it easier to dismiss the bad and pointless products of the past 11 months. So let's get started with my latest attempt to help save you from yourself this holiday season."

How to Dynamically Create Thumbnails

How to Dynamically Create Thumbnails - NETTUTS: "In this week's screencast, I'll show you how to upload files and then have PHP dynamically create a thumbnail. Whether you're building an ecommerce site, or just a simple gallery, these techniques will absolutely prove to be useful. If you're ready for your 'spoonfed' screencast of the week, let's get going!"

Hot toys are 'recession-proof'

Hot toys are 'recession-proof': "While high-tech, interactive gadgets and the latest version of the perennial 'hot toy,' Elmo, promise to move off store shelves, it’s the old standby from Mattel that debuted nearly 50 years ago that has made the top of this year’s top toys for girls list, compiled by the National Retail Federation from a national survey of likely toy shoppers."

Sony Says No PS3 Price Cuts

Sony Says No PS3 Price Cuts - I4U News UK: "I mentioned yesterday that rumors were circulating that a significant price cut was coming in March for the PS3. Sony came out and denied a pending price cut for the console in early 2009."

Wash Car after Chickens Cross Road

Wash Car after Chickens Cross Road: Scientific American Podcast: "Cars driving behind trucks carrying chickens to the slaughterhouse were found to be teeming with poultry bacteria. Adam Hinterthuer reports"

When do TV commercials need to use disclaimers?

HowStuffWorks "When do TV commercials need to use disclaimers?": "In the summer of 1941, television was in its infancy. The Brooklyn Dodgers were about to take to the airwaves. It wasn't the first baseball game ever televised, but the day marked another first. Before the program, audiences saw a picture of a map of the United States along with a ticking clock and the words -- 'America Runs on Bulova Time.' On July 1, 1941, the TV commercial was born."

6 Food Challenges for the Super Competitive (or Super Hungry)

mental_floss Blog » 6 Food Challenges for the Super Competitive (or Super Hungry): "Here are a few places where you can get your meal for free – if you’re up to the challenge of wolfing down ten percent of your body weight in one sitting."

Build a Skype Server for Your Home Phone System

Build a Skype Server for Your Home Phone System: "One irritating feature of Skype is that it must be running on a computer for you to make and receive calls. That is, when your computer is off, Skype doesn't work. Moreover, when you run Skype on the computer you use day in and day out, Skype's performance (call quality, reliability and so forth) can suffer if you are doing other things that deprive it of the runtime resources it needs.

My solution was to build a Skype server that provides 24/7 phone service with the minimum of hassle and fuss. By dumping your regular phone company and taking back control of your home phone wiring using a Skype server, you will have not only a phone system with nearly the same capabilities as before—indeed, in some ways better—you will also save a bundle of money! In my case, I save a little less than $700 US each year (this year, next year, and the year after that, and so on), or about 82% off of my old phone bill."

Nintendo to Ship Limited Edition DSes on Friday

Nintendo to Ship Limited Edition DSes on Friday - News and Analysis by PC Magazine: "With the continued domination of both the Wii and the Nintendo DS in pure sales numbers, Nintendo has more reason than anyone to give thanks this holiday season. But they won't be spending the day after Thanksgiving lazing around in a turkey coma."

Why Google Must Die

Why Google Must Die - Columns by PC Magazine: "It's called SEO—search engine optimization—and it's pretty much all anyone working with Web sites ever talks about nowadays. You may think it consists of ways to trick the search engines, Google in particular, into giving you higher than usual page rankings. But in fact, it centers around the idea that Google sucks so much that companies think they need to use SEO to get the results they deserve."

How The Brain Senses Fatty Food

How The Brain Senses Fatty Food: "As you gorge on food this holiday season, you might not want to think about the fat content of all the goodies you've indulged in. Nevertheless, your brain will be keeping tabs directly, suggests a report in the November 26th issue of the journal Cell."

Starcraft 2 wallpaper design

Starcraft 2 wallpaper design: "This tutorial will teach you how to create Starcraft theme wallpaper."

YouTube - 100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

YouTube - 100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers: "This is a parody of all the '100' list specials that the American Film Institute keeps putting out. It's my first time working with video editing and my first YouTube post. Complete list at http://acrentropy.blogspot.com/2007/0..."

Pushing your neighbors into being green

Almost Green James Glave | Salon: "I didn't want to be an eco-jerk. So I consulted a 'global warming negotiator.' That's when the fun began."

License-plate scanning catching crooks, raising privacy worries

License-plate scanning catching crooks, raising privacy worries: "Every plate is photographed, time-stamped, labeled on a GPS map and automatically logged into an Arizona Department of Public Safety database. An electronic voice alerts Callister to stolen vehicles within seconds after they pass, giving him the ability to make quick arrests."

Transformation 101

Transformation 101 - Kevin Carey: "Technology is driving down the cost of teaching undergraduates. So why are tuition bills going up?"

Halloween Costume Contest: The Winners

Halloween Costume Contest: The Winners! - Cinematical: "It took a little bit of time to get the votes sorted and contact the winners, but we can finally announce the two winners of Cinematical's Fourth Annual Halloween Costume Contest! We had more entries this year than any year before, and it was absolutely painful to trim the group down to 10 finalists in each of our two categories (best adult costume and best child costume). Once we did settle on our finalists, though, we left it up to you fine folks to vote for the winners ... and that you did. After receiving roughly 13,000 votes, we'd like to congratulate our child winner, Mr. T (pictured above). Check out the other child finalists in the gallery below, and you can see the adult runner-ups -- as well as our winner, Optimus Prime -- after the jump. See ya next year folks!"

How to Keep Your Temper at Work (And Everywhere Else)

How to Keep Your Temper at Work (And Everywhere Else) - Marshall Goldsmith: "Anger can distort our self-perceptions and do harm to the relationships with people important to us, both inside and outside of work. Handling our emotions is a tricky process if we don't have the proper self-management skills. I've asked Mark Maraia, a relationship development coach and trainer who works with people, specifically partners in large law firms, on just such issues as yours. Here's his response:"

How To: Running WordPress with SQL Anywhere

How To: Running WordPress with SQL Anywhere: "SQL Anywhere is a simple, powerful database with some interesting features. It has a small footprint, is self-managed and fully functional, and it provides many of the features of an enterprise database but can run on commodity hardware with a minimal amount of administration."

Sun Adds Query Analysis Tool to MySQL Enterprise

Sun Adds Query Analysis Tool to MySQL Enterprise - Business Center - PC World: "Sun has upgraded MySQL Enterprise, its subscription-based service for the open-source MySQL database, adding access to a query analysis tool for tracking and fixing problematic code and performance issues."

Australians debate government battle against booze

Australians debate government battle against booze - International Herald Tribune: "Australia has long been known as a nation of beer-loving boozers. But now the government, fed up with what it sees as a growing crisis of out-of-control drinking and subsequent violence, has decided it's time for a change."

Flex: More Like HTML or More Like Java?

Flex: More Like HTML or More Like Java? | JavaWorld's Daily Brew: "Joshua Partogi recently posted Why You Might Not Want to Use Flex on his blog. I found this blog entry particularly interesting because Joshua does not focus on the usual criticisms of Flex (which often are actually of the Flash Player) and because Joshua's experience is almost exactly opposite of mine. While I have generally found Flex to be significantly easier to use than any other web development frameworks that I have used, Joshua seems to have found both Tapestry and JavaServer Faces easier to use than Flex. As Joshua alludes to in both his blog entry and the linked-to presentation Switching Paradigms: From Regular Web to Flex, it is really a matter of experience and perspective."

Thanking open source developers

Thanking open source developers | Paul Murphy | ZDNet.com: "Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the United States and I want to use the occasion to say “Thank you!” to open source developers."

Killer open source monitoring tools

Killer open source monitoring tools: "In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don't know what your network and servers are doing at every second of the day, you're flying blind. Sooner or later, you're going to meet with disaster."

Fedora 10 proves infrastructure matter

Linux.com :: Fedora 10 proves infrastructure matter: "Glancing at the features list for Fedora 10, at first you might be unimpressed. Many of the features are basically infrastructure improvements, fixing known problems and enhancing performance while laying the groundwork for future developments. However, infrastructure affects almost everything you do with your computer, and the more you use Fedora 10, the more you are likely to conclude that -- one or two minor problems aside -- this may be the strongest Fedora release yet, as well as the first glimpse of its future."

Browser Rider - A hacking framework for browser exploitation

Browser Rider - A hacking framework for browser exploitation: "“Browser Rider” is a hacking framework to build payloads that exploit the browser. The project aims to provide a powerful, simple and flexible interface to any client side exploit.

Browser Rider is not a new concept. Similar tools such as BeEF or Backframe exploited the same concept. However most of the other existing tools out there are unmainted, not updated and not documented. Browser Rider wants to fill those gaps by providing a better alternative."

Spam Volumes Expected to Rise with Botnet Resurrection

Spam Volumes Expected to Rise with Botnet Resurrection - Security Fix: "Spam volumes could rise considerably over the next few days now that one of the world's largest networks of compromised computers used for blasting out junk e-mail was brought back to life tonight."

Flat Holiday Sales for E-tailers?

Flat Holiday Sales for E-tailers? - BusinessWeek: "This holiday shopping season could mark the first time that online retailers fail to outperform the previous year's sales"

Now that he's elected, Barack Obama's online social networking vanishes

Now that he's elected, Barack Obama's online social networking vanishes | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times: "Often a sarcastic quip, it's used as a commendation for doing something particularly well on the Web -- whether it be an amusing remark, a well-made website or an outstanding contribution."

Django for the Impatient: Building a Blog

InformIT: Django for the Impatient: Building a Blog > Creating the Project: "Django bills itself as “the Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.” So let’s put ourselves on deadline and see how fast we can produce a simple blog using Django. (We’ll address your perfectionist side later.)"

Top 10 on Latest List of World’s TOP500 Supercomputers

ItchyTech Community Forums: "Of course the top one is called ROADRUNNER"

The 15 Mo$t Expen$ive Painting$ In The World !!

ItchyTech Community Forums: "In 2006, media mogul David Geffen sold Jackson Pollock’s masterwork, No. 5 1948, for $140 million. This made Pollock’s work the most expensive painting in modern history, leading a list of the world’s most highly acclaimed artists. From Pollock to Picasso, Renoir to Van Gogh, famouse fine art fetches an other-wordly price on today’s market. In celebration of their masterworks and the riches now behind them, here is a list of the 15 most expensive paintings in the world."

Russian analyst predicts decline and breakup of U.S.

RIA Novosti - World - Russian analyst predicts decline and breakup of U.S.: "A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts."

"Lockdown Now PC." Lenovo Locks Out Thieves from ThinkPad Notebook PCs

"Lockdown Now PC." Lenovo Locks Out Thieves from ThinkPad Notebook PCs - MarketWatch: "According to the 2008 CSI Computer Crime and Security Survey(2), 42 percent of computer attacks and incidents among U.S. organizations in both private and public sectors occurred as a result of notebook PC theft. Lenovo's new Remote Disable dramatically enhances the security of a lost or stolen ThinkPad notebook PC by speeding up the time it takes to lock the PC, helping to prevent unauthorized access to the computer's data."

Computer Animation Scholarship Offered in Los Angeles Film School Animation Competition

Computer Animation Scholarship Offered in Los Angeles Film School Animation Competition - MarketWatch: "The Los Angeles Film School announces that it will offer a $20,000 Computer Animation scholarship to the winner of its innovative LA Film School Computer Animation Competition."

Protect your JavaScript with obfuscation

Protect your JavaScript with obfuscation - Program - JavaScript - Builder AU: "JavaScript is the standard language for building powerful web applications. A drawback of its usage is the ability for others to easily view JavaScript code via the View Source web browser option."

Build a digital book with EPUB

Build a digital book with EPUB: "The open XML-based eBook format"

Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris vs. FreeBSD Benchmarks

[Phoronix] Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris vs. FreeBSD Benchmarks: "Over the past few weeks we have been providing several in-depth articles looking at the performance of Ubuntu Linux. We had begun by providing Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 benchmarks and had found the performance of this popular Linux distribution to become slower with time and that article was followed up with Mac OS X 10.5 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 benchmarks and other articles looking at the state of Ubuntu's performance. In this article, we are now comparing the 64-bit performance of Ubuntu 8.10 against the latest test releases of OpenSolaris 2008.11 and FreeBSD 7.1."

How to hide or protect folders in Ubuntu linux

How to hide or protect folders in Ubuntu linux | TheChetan.com: "Unlike Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu doesn’t have Hidden attribute in folder properties, but rather it has better option to protect or hide the important folders and files. Linux is famous for security and Ubuntu has no exception. Ubuntu can protect your folder without using any type of software."

Fedora Vs. Ubuntu

Fedora Vs. Ubuntu | Luchita: "I choose Fedora because it fits me like an old pair of jeans. Except that the tears and holes are ever tightening. I know where most of the scripts are, and how they are organized. If it doesn’t run well, I have good ideas on how to get it working, fast."

SE Linux and Decrypted Data

SE Linux and Decrypted Data | etbe - Russell Coker: "There is currently a discussion on the Debian-security mailing list about how to protect data which came from an encrypted file. I was going to skip that one until someone summoned me by mentioning SE Linux."

Could Linux Ever Replace Mac OS X?

Could Linux Ever Replace Mac OS X?: "We Mac users have long had to put up with the reality that few games would be developed for our platform - although recent years and the rise in popularity of OS X is changing this - and that we had to buy 'overpriced' Mac compatible hardware and peripherals. This also has changed since Mac OS X was introduced, and now we have more options than ever, with big software developers and hardware manufacturers finally sitting up and taking notice of Mac users."

Upgrading to the newest Fedora release

Linux.com :: Upgrading to the newest Fedora release: "With Fedora 10 scheduled for release today, many users are thinking about how they are going to upgrade. A complete upgrade is something you do no more than twice a year, so the details are easy to forget. Also, the Fedora upgrade process, which centers on pointing to a new repository, is more complex than, say, the equivalent Debian process, in which repositories remain constant and only their contents change with a new release. But an even stronger reason for the uncertainty is that a Fedora system can be upgraded in at least four ways, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages."

Hardening the Linux desktop

Hardening the Linux desktop: "After completing this tutorial, you will be able to harden your GNU/Linux desktop and prevent attacks against your computer and its data. You will be able to install and configure software to help protect your desktop against malware that can give an attacker access to your computer. You will also be able to use a firewall to protect against inbound and outbound traffic, back up and restore your data, and apply other tricks that further harden your system."

Ultimate Alarm Clock

Kipmans' Laboratories: "I have often trouble getting up on time in the weekends and during holidays. Even when I put my alarm clock in a place where I have to get out of bed to switch it off, I usually return to bed “for a few moments”, which usually means that I’m not getting out of bed before it’s about 12:00. This behaviour causes inproductivity at daytime and sleeplessness at night."

Touchscreen Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook mod

Touchscreen Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook mod - SlashGear: "The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is the latest netbook to get an aftermarket touchscreen. The work of MyDellMini forum member Deldotb, the touchscreen connects via USB and, with Linux drivers easily available, works throughout the netbook system."

Hack enables hidden Google Maps features on iPod touch

Hack enables hidden Google Maps features on iPod touch | MacUser | Macworld: "Apple may not have wanted you to be able to check out the streets and buildings from up close in Google Maps but there’s not much they can do to stop the hackers from figuring out ways around the artificially imposed restraints. It didn’t take long for someone to come up with a workaround that enables Street View and other new features that Apple withheld from iPod touch users in the software update 2.2."

Six Rules for Writing Great Web Content

Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Six Rules for Writing Great Web Content: "I have six simple rules that I follow. Sure, there are a lot of other factors that can improve your content, but if you keep these in mind, you’ll have the most important basics down."

How can a shy guy improve his cold calling in order to get a job?

How can a shy guy improve his cold calling in order to get a job? | Ask Metafilter: "I am out of work and have decided try something new in my job search. I have started cold-calling potential employers in my industry. Now, the thing is . . I'm pretty shy, not a salesman type at all. Calling up strangers in order to promote myself is not something that comes naturally to me. How can I make cold-calling work for me?"

How to Escape Your Creative Rut

How to Escape Your Creative Rut - The Editor’s Desk | The Free Articulator: "A few weeks ago, my wife, son and I moved into a new house. When my wife was shopping for some items we needed for the home, she bought a can opener.

Only it wasn’t any kind of can opener I had ever seen, and it confused the grok out of me. Every time I tried to use it, my wife was at work or visiting someone, and so for a couple of weeks, I lived in a confusion of the cans. At one point, I was so desperate I poked holes into a can with a butter knife to drip the cream of asparagus out."

The 5 Rockers You Can Learn Songwriting From

Musician’s Notebook » Blog Archive » The 5 Rockers You Can Learn Songwriting From: "There are five rock and metal musicians who I listen to on a regular basis when I need inspiration for my own music. I listen to these guys for recreation, but usually I spend hours at a time analyzing their music and what makes it really work. I want to understand how they created sounds, moods, and atmospheres, how they create a soundscape that just won’t leave your mind, or how they create intense, bursting build-ups to important parts of the song. I pick apart each song until I feel I have an understanding of how they made it such a great tune (attention to detail really counts here!). Here are the rock and metal artists that I listen to for these purposes - we’ll look at artists from other genres who I do this with another time."

Information Processing

Artist’s Productivity: Information Processing | The Free Articulator: "You’ve learned to empty your inbox in minutes and shift your focus to the day at hand. But we live in a world where we’re barraged with information, and the term ‘information overload’ is very real and it’s very bad for your mind - its ability to think and consider - and especially for your daily productivity."

5 Forms & Contracts Every Musician Needs

5 Forms & Contracts Every Musician Needs - In the Jungle: "Here are five forms and contracts that every musician needs; some you should have ready and printed, on hand around the office (or studio or bedroom…) and others aren’t used so frequently but you should have a document ready to be printed and put into use."

How to Size Text in CSS

A List Apart: Articles: How to Size Text in CSS: "There’s been a welcome resurgence of interest in web typography over the past year or so, with many articles and conference talks offering techniques and theory. Frequently asserted is the notion that good typography requires accurate control of font size and line-height. But this is the web: it’s a special medium where the reader can have as much control as the designer—the implication being that text on the web, while bending to the designer’s will, must also be reliably resizable across browsers and platforms."

What should I store in a fireproof box?

Unclutterer » Archive » Reader question: What should I store in a fireproof box?: "Hunter, this topic is larger than you might imagine. In an attempt to answer your question, I’m going to break my response into two separate posts: 1. Contents for a fireproof box, and 2. Purchasing literal and digital fireproof boxes."

Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Brain Food: Realistic Lateral Thinking Puzzles: "Lateral Thinking Puzzles, unlike most puzzles, are inexact. In a sense, they are a hybrid between puzzles and storytelling. In each puzzle, some clues to a scenario are given, but the clues don't tell the full story. Your job is to fill in the details and complete the story. Obviously, there is usually more than one answer to any given puzzle, but, in general, only one solution is truly satisfying."

Creating a Visual Language

Creating a Visual Language | GarrettDimon.com: "One of the more subtly powerful things we can do as designers is create a consistent and flexible visual language. Buttons are a common place where this type of activity manifests itself, and Amazon has traditionally done a very good job of this."

The seven rules of unobtrusive JavaScript

The seven rules of unobtrusive JavaScript: "I've found the following rules over the years developing, teaching and implementing JavaScript in an unobtrusive manner. They have specifically been the outline of a workshop on unobtrusive JavaScript for the Paris Web conference 2007 in Paris, France.

I hope that they help you understand a bit why it is a good idea to plan and execute your JavaScript in this way. It has helped me deliver products faster, with much higher quality and a lot easier maintenance."

Convert your power point presentation to flash for free

Convert your power point presentation to flash for free: "AuthorPOINT Lite is free utility which lets you convert your microsoft power point presentation into simple flash animations on which you can easily embed on your web pages."

Kevin Rose Apologizes for Sexist Joke on Diggnation

Kevin Rose Apologizes for Sexist Joke on Diggnation - ReadWriteWeb: "Rose said the following on Diggnation:

'there is only one time you can strike [a woman -] if she kicks you in the balls, you have the ability and the right, to punch her in the teat - it's just like that - it's kinda like tit for tat [Albrecht talks then Kevin again] It hurts them, it does too - or take a scissors to the teat' (Kevin makes cutting action with hand)"

A Modular Toolbox in JavaScript

Snippets : A Modular Toolbox / The JavaScript Source: "Creating and maintaining an effective JavaScript toolbox can greatly reduce development time. This script will show you how to include specific snippet modules on individual pages. Comments and a tutorial are included."

Go Public with Your Android Application: Signing and Deployment

Go Public with Your Android Application: Signing and Deployment: "In order to deploy your application on Android devices (and on the Android Market), you need to sign it. Luckily, you can generate your own certificate and use it to sign your application. Find out how the process works."

Performance Optimizations for High Speed JavaScript

Performance Optimizations for High Speed JavaScript: "In this article, we look at how important JavaScript optimizations are analyzed. These will be explained, including using local function variables, avoiding references to objects or object properties, avoiding adding short strings to long strings, and finally, using buffering to process data in optimal sizes. These general-purpose JavaScript optimization techniques are designed for JavaScript on all browsers. Detailed graphs of all the performance results are given after each optimization. You will be amazed at the incredible speed improvements in JavaScript!"

Sun receives complaint about Java vetting process

Sun receives complaint about Java vetting process | InfoWorld | News | 2008-11-20 | By Paul Krill: "Sun Microsystems has heard from a company concerned about the vetting process of Java and open source, a Sun official said on Wednesday."

Spring Framework Adoption Soars

Survey: Spring Framework Adoption Soars: "Nearly 50 percent of Java shops use the lightweight, open-source, Java-based Spring Framework, according to an Evans Data survey. In addition, 73 percent of organizations surveyed said they either use Spring now or plan to use it within the next two years. Application developer productivity and reduced complexity stand out as key reasons for using Spring in building enterprise applications."

Java Pop

Phoenix - Chow Bella - Pop Culture: Java Pop: "Java Pop could end this eternal dilemma with their organic, fair trade coffee soda. Unfortunately, while the idea seems good, the result is pretty unpleasant."

Unreal Engine 3 Fingered in Midway's Struggles

Unreal Engine 3 Fingered in Midway's Struggles - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads: "A number of ex-Midway employees, when asked about the publisher's downward spiral, had a variety of answers, but almost all of them mentioned Unreal Engine 3, the technology licensed from Epic Games that powers Gears of War.

'One issue popped up again and again: Midway's decision to license Unreal Engine and use it for ALL its games,' wrote Variety's Ben Fritz of his interviews with former Midway staffers."

A computer composing and playing jazz

A computer composing and playing jazz | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com: "The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has some unusual teaching programs. One PhD student, Øyvind Brandtsegg, is a graduate of the jazz program and this article describes how has developed a computer program and a musical instrument for improvisation. The PhD student is 36 years old and is at the same time a composer, a musician and computer programmer. His ‘computer instrument’ can take any recorded sound as input and split it into a number of very short sound particles that can last for between 1 and 10 milliseconds. ‘These fragments may be infinitely reshuffled, making it possible to vary the music with no change in the fundamental theme.’"

Manipulating a WW2 Fighter Aircraft

Photoshop Tutorials - Manipulating a WW2 Fighter Aircraft | Photo Manipulation | Photoshop Tutorials: "In this tutorial we will be learning some indispensable techniques to use for any type of photo-manipulation. We will be doing this by taking a photograph of a model plane and editing it to to look like a photograph of a WW2 spitfire which has just been shot down and is on fire. The techniques used here are the same for any type of 'destruction' photo-manipulation. Below is the image you will learn how to create. In the second part of this tutorial we will go on to use this image in a movie poster/DVD cover design."

Painting Embroidery Patterns

Painting Embroidery Patterns by ~kay-ness on deviantART: "This tutorial was requested by a member of another forum I'm in, so I'd like to share this with you :)

Best done in Photoshop with a tablet"

Typography Wallpaper in Photoshop

Reader Tutorial: Typography Wallpaper in Photoshop | Abduzeedo - design inspiration & tutorials: "We have accpeted some tutorials from readers and we think it's really good to open the blog, so anyone can share their skills with the community. Because of that, we will start the 'Reader Tutorial' series. If you have or want to write a tutorial and publish it here on Abduzeedo, just send it via email to us. Thank you very much and enjoy our first tutorial from Jonathan Connolly."

Trying (and failing) to get Ubuntu to work

Trying (and failing) to get Ubuntu to work: "I really want to run Ubuntu, but it shouldn’t be this hard. Plugging in an SD card reader that I picked up from Best Buy shouldn’t cause a hard freeze of my system (on both Gutsy Gibbon and Intrepid Ibex)"

An Easier Way to Deploy Ubuntu, CentOS

An Easier Way to Deploy Ubuntu, CentOS: "Ubuntu and CentOS are now in the rPath. The company yesterday began shipping a version of its rBuilder build and release management system for Linux that adds those distros; the tool previously worked only with Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise and its own rPath Linux."

Ubuntu and aptURL

The Open Sourcerer » Ubuntu and aptURL: "They say you learn something new everyday don’t they? I came across a little gem in this article, via the Ubuntu Weblogs aggregator that really surprised me! Now, this may be well known, but I hadn’t seen it before. So I guess that this might be of interest to others too…"

Linux Users Unite ...And Riot

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: Linux Users Unite ...And Riot: More Funny Fake News: "Until yesterday, protesters had kept a quiet, good-natured presence outside of the Microsoft's new office in downtown Seattle, handing out free CD's of computer software, and even giving cute little stuffed penguins-their mascot- to the children of passers-by. 'They're such NICE young men,' said 78 year old Mildred Matthews, walking her dog nearby. 'They would pet my dog, and we'd talk about Art Bell, Deep Space Nine and the X Files. I think they just got tired of being repressed and kept down by The Man,' said this great-grandmother when interviewed this morning."

Advanced Linux Distributions You Should Try

Advanced Linux Distributions You Should Try » Linux, open source and me at Internetling dot com: "Some people will argue with me in that these GNU/Linux distributions are as advanced as you want them to be. Well, of course Linux is all about choice. I took the user base perspective though and what I have for you today is a few distros which do not hide the manual (or for people like me, beautiful) underlying configuration. Also, by using the distro itself, you will learn a lot about Linux and how an operating system works. It is a fun and useful experience, believe me and never be scared of the command line :) It is your friend."

The AIX administrators guide to learning Linux

Comparison of SLES (SUSE) and RHEL (Red Hat) on IBM System p: "Most system administrators planning to install Linux® on IBM® System p® eventually run into an important question: Which Linux distribution should I install? This article compares two distributions from Red Hat and Novell, and weighs the pros and cons of each. We'll discuss Linux on POWER (LoP), the history of both distributions, the relationship IBM has with them, and the factors that should go into your decision-making process. We're also going to compare and contrast what it takes to create logical volumes on SLES and RHEL."

Linux: Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?

Linux: Should You Use Twice the Amount of Ram as Swap Space?: "Linux and other Unix-like operating systems use the term 'swap' to describe both the act of moving memory pages between RAM and disk, and the region of a disk the pages are stored on. It is common to use a whole partition of a hard disk for swapping. However, with the 2.6 Linux kernel, swap files are just as fast as swap partitions. Now, many admins (both Windows and Linux/UNIX) follow an old rule of thumb that your swap partition should be twice the size of your main system RAM. Let us say I've 32GB RAM, should I set swap space to 64 GB? Is 64 GB of swap space really required? How big should your Linux / UNIX swap space be?"

A graphical way to MySQL mastery

Linux.com :: A graphical way to MySQL mastery: "MySQL GUI Tools is a suite of graphical desktop applications for working with and administering MySQL servers. The suite consists of three tools: MySQL Query Browser, MySQL Administrator, and MySQL Migration Assistant (available only on Windows). We'll look at the first two to see how well they let us manage MySQL without using the command line."

Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux

InternetNews Realtime IT News - Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux: "On the eve of its next major release, the distro produces new figures showing that it's ahead of rivals in total users."

DIY Fog Screen

Finkbuilt » Blog Archive » DIY Fog Screen: "If you’ve ever ridden latest iteration of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, you will remember how, right before you hit the first drop, you are greeted with the ghostly image of the tentacle-faced Davey Jones creature warning you that “dead men tell no tales”. I certainly did.

The effect uses rear-projection video, shined onto a screen of water vapor created by ultasonic atomization, that is sandwiched between 2 laminar airflows, which keep the sheet of fog contained. The commercial Fog Screen that spits out this screen costs tens of thousands of dollars for the small one."

A remote-controlled paintballin' battle-bot

DVICE: ROMP: A remote-controlled paintballin' battle-bot: "The ROMP, or Remotely Operated Mobile Platform, is a remote-controlled unit designed to be cheap and versatile. Designer Chris Rogers built it to be able to carry out reconnaissance, bomb investigation and remote detonation, and combat missions — and it looks like he created a great buddy to have in a paintball match as well."

The New MechRC Humanoid Robot is here!

Trossen Robotics Blog » Blog Archive » The New MechRC Humanoid Robot is here!: "Trossen Robotics is proud to be the first in the United States to offer the new MechRC Humanoid Robot! This new ready-to-walk robot is a breakthrough in price to performance at only $599.99 USD."

An ADXL202 break-out board.

Welcome to www.volunteerlabrat.com. Breeder of hideous contraptions and blueprints since 2006

15 Most Creative Bus Ads

15 Most Creative Bus Ads - Oddee.com (funny bus ads, cool bus ads...): "Nobody will miss your message on a bus."

50 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics You Should Be Using

50 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics You Should Be Using | Bootstrapping Guerrilla Marketing Blog: "If you’ve been following this website for a while, you’ve seen our two articles on Guerrilla Marketing Tactics You Should Be Using. There was 24, and then another 26. For the sake of keeping things organized, we’ve put together all 50 in this one post as well as created a downloadable PDF version of the tactics that you can print out, keep on your hard drive, send to friends, upload to your site and distribute, ect. I hope you enjoy it and find some use out of it. If you would like to read the full list online before you download, continue reading."

HTTP errors

HTTP errors - a set on Flickr: "Inspired by Goopymart's 'Teh Internets', here's an illustrated set of common http error codes for use on your blog or site or what have you.
Enjoy!"

If Advertisements Were Truthful

If Advertisements Were Truthful | www.holytaco.com: "It's an advertisers job to display their products in a way that makes it seem like you can't live without them. But we decided we'd show you what they'd look like if they just told you the truth"

Inspiration: Crazy Ads

Inspiration: Crazy Ads | Abduzeedo - design inspiration & tutorials: "We have been featuring art and design inspirations, why not some ads with a really good artistic side and tons of creativity. When putting art and business together, this is what you get"

50 Inspiring Vintage Advertisements

50 Inspiring Vintage Advertisements // WellMedicated: "Like many others I find myself captivated with vintage advertising. There have been numerous articles, blog posts and websites dedicated to the subject and I just can’t seem to get enough.

Specifically, it is the advertising of the 50’s and 60’s that is most aesthetically pleasing to me. It seems every ad in that era was either a beautifully shot photograph or a stunning Rockwellian painting. Not to mention the incredible attention given to layout and typography.

The following are 50 of my personal favorites. I hope you enjoy them."

Hacking the Wiimote IR camera

Hackszine.com: Hacking the Wiimote IR camera: "You can connect to the Wii remote over bluetooth or use an Arduino to send peripheral data to the Wiimote, but what if you want to interface directly with the Wiimote's IR camera? The sensor is particularly good at tracking coordinates for 1 to 4 points—it could be a simple way to add sophisticated tracking capabilities to your own project."

15 Tech Secrets for the Serious Road Warrior

15 Tech Secrets for the Serious Road Warrior - Business Center - PC World: "Your work increasingly demands that you be able to get things done no matter where you are--so the bigger your mobile tech toolbox, the better. In the past, we've described how to accomplish more with popular online tools like Google Calendar, with text-messaging utilities like Web-based personal assistant I Want Sandy, and with voice-to-text service Jott; but that's only the tip of the iceberg. This time we'll take a closer look at 15 mobile tech tricks and tools that'll have you working better, smarter, and faster on the go."

Pentagon bans computer flash drives

The Associated Press: Pentagon bans computer flash drives: "The Pentagon has banned, at least temporarily, the use of external computer flash drives because of a virus threat officials detected on Defense Department networks."

Top Financial Web Sites

Top Financial Web Sites - washingtonpost.com: "Here are Kiplinger's picks for 2008 best investing and financial services Web sites."

Sony gets $18.5M wrist slap for PSP patent infringement

Sony gets $18.5M wrist slap for PSP patent infringement: "The patent dispute between Agere Systems (now a part of LSI Electronics) and Sony came to an end today, with Agere emerging as the victor. Sony must now cough up $18.5 million as a penalty for infringing upon an Agere patent, 5,670,730 (hereafter referred to as the '730 patent.) When Agere sued Sony for patent infringement in March of 2006, it alleged that the larger company had violated eight of its patents, and demanded compensation for all of them."

Wii Still Dominates Gaming Through Second Year

Wii Still Dominates Gaming Through Second Year - PC World: "As the Nintendo Wii enters its second year in the world, the sales continue, the dust settles (on the console, some would say incorrectly), and new possibilities lay on the horizon."

Being messy is a sign of genius

LIFE: Littered desk in study belonging to Albe... - Hosted by Google: "Littered desk in study belonging to Albert"

The End of Wall Street's Boom

The End of Wall Street's Boom - National Business News - Portfolio.com: "The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong."

With Chrome, Google Busts a Move Right Out of Microsoft's Playbook

With Chrome, Google Busts a Move Right Out of Microsoft's Playbook | OStatic: "Hmm, in all the talk I've seen about how Google will proceed with spreading Chrome out to new platforms, and to mobile devices, I haven't seen any discussion of the company pursuing the idea of getting its open source browser pre-installed on hardware platforms. Now, Google is confirming that it will probably do just that. It is likely to pursue deals with major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to put Chrome on their computers and devices. This is a move straight out of Microsoft's 1990s playbook. If Mozilla could get aggressive about this too, we could see Internet Explorer facing more serious competition than ever."

How To: Create an OS X Icon from a Vector Graphic

How To: Create an OS X Icon from a Vector Graphic - PaulStamatiou.com: "Back in 2005 I wrote an very basic article on how to change icons in OS X with ones you find online at sites like Interface Lift. Unfortunately, that method of icon swapping only works with actual embedded icon files. I quickly discovered this when I wanted to make my laptop more work-oriented and use the Skribit logo for my drive icon. This post shows the steps I went through to get my drive icon to be that of an Adobe Illustrator vector graphic."

Young gamers falling into a trance

The New York Times - Video Library - Immersion: "Photographer Robbie Cooper shows just how focused young video-game players can be."

There is hope: Superman has landed!

CTV Calgary- Massive fireball lights up the night sky - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television: "People across Western Canada are still talking about a massive fireball that cut through the night sky on Thursday."

Awesome Floral Type in Fireworks and Photoshop in 5 minutes

Awesome Floral Type in Fireworks and Photoshop in 5 minutes | Abduzeedo - design inspiration & tutorials: "In this tutorial we will use Fireworks and Photoshop. Actually the whole effect will be done in Firewors, then in Photoshop, we will add some textures and a old paper background effect."

Mixx Growing Fast, But Are They Really More Mainstream Than Digg?

Mixx Growing Fast, But Are They Really More Mainstream Than Digg?: "A screenshot from their Google Analytics account shows that the Digg-competitor is gaining traction, receiving over 5.8 million unique visitors last month. Compete (as usual) estimates lower numbers but shows a similar growth pattern, as does Google Trends. Quantcast seems to affirm the number of reported visitors as well."

Using Your Monitor as a Light Source

Using Your Monitor as a Light Source - Part 1 | Yanik's Photo School: "In part 1 of “Using Your Monitor as a Light Source”, I’ll explore replacing your other light sources (lamps, flashes…) with that of a monitor and get some amazing results."

Using A Cooling Honeycomb As A DIY Gridspot

Using A Cooling Honeycomb As A DIY Gridspot | DIYPhotography.net: "I just love gridspots. The amount of light control that a gridspot will give you is incredible. So, a while back I ordered some honeycomb grids from saxonpc. It is with two of those gridspots that I took the image on the left, but first thing first. In fact Saxon PC is specializing in making computer cooling solutions, little did they know that their honeycomb is just perfect for light control. OK, they knew, they made a site for it. Yet it was fun to say 'little did they know'."

Guitar Hero Robot Plays Videogame With Electronic Precision

Guitar Hero Robot Plays Videogame With Electronic Precision | Gadget Lab from Wired.com: "The Cythbot is not a humanoid robot but instead a collection of components cleverly patched together to create an automated device that can read the notes flowing on a screen and play them — mimicking what a gamer would do with the game."

16-year-old's robot commands notice

16-year-old's robot commands notice | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal: "Madison has created a 5-foot, 220-pound, self-navigating robot. The Versatile General-Purpose Experimental Robot carries messages around Pace High, and has a Web cam for video conferences and a wireless Internet connection."

Red (Planet) Alert: Massive Subsurface Glaciers Discovered on Mars

Red (Planet) Alert: Massive Subsurface Glaciers Discovered on Mars: Scientific American: "GOODNESS GLACIOUS: A mountain [right] in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars is ringed by what now appears to be a glacial ice deposit.
ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

The more we learn about Mars, it seems, the icier the Red Planet appears to be. The recently departed Phoenix lander dug up water ice and even spotted falling snow from its position in the northern polar plains. And now data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter point to vast glaciers buried beneath thin layers of crustal debris, much closer to the equator."

Climate explorers eye poles, Everest

Climate explorers eye poles, Everest - Climate Change- msnbc.com: "Goal of all three treks in one year is not to conquer, but to protect"

NASA's space water recycling system has hiccups

The Associated Press: NASA's space water recycling system has hiccups: "NASA's revolutionary new space water recycling system is having serious hiccups. The $154 million device for turning astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water aboard the international space station shut down again Friday, and engineers on the ground were scrambling to figure out what was wrong."

Long after Olympics, Bird's Nest still draws crowd

The Associated Press: Long after Olympics, Bird's Nest still draws crowd: "Posing for pictures with their eldest daughter, they were giddy and beaming. 'I have seen many things in my life already, but never did I expect to see China host the Olympics,' He said."

Space Environment Photoshop Tutorials

Space Environment Fxencore Photoshop Tutorials: "Create an astonishing view of space."

Depression 2009: What would it look like?

Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one. - The Boston Globe: "Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one."

No harm in being poor when visiting 'sexy' Berlin

No harm in being poor when visiting 'sexy' Berlin | ajc.com: "If you show up in Berlin strapped for cash, you’re in good company. The German capital’s sizable student population, high unemployment rate and swelling starving artist contingent makes penny-pinching a citywide obsession."

Sun, Microsoft boost IDEs

Sun, Microsoft boost IDEs | InfoWorld | News | 2008-11-21 | By Paul Krill: "NetBeans is upgraded to include retooling for PHP and an early access version of NetBeans for Pythin, while Visual Studio adds jQuery capabilities"

Dexter's Blood Splatter Decor by Amy Lau

Blood Splatter Decor by Amy Lau: "Amy Lau was one of 11 designers who transformed a Gramercy Park townhouse as part of Showtime’s Design House project. Their inspiration came from the six original hit series. However, it is Amy Lau’s dramatic dining room makeover which stands out. Her macabre decor was inspired by Showtime’s Dexter series starring Michael C. Hall as a forensic expert whose specialty happens to be blood splatter analysis. The result is a dining room fit for a serial killer."

Job Interview Techniques

Job Interview Techniques - Acing Job Interview Techniques: "Job interview techniques can be some of the most valuable skills for anyone who is seeking a new career to learn.

However, most people overlook easy essential job interview techniques they can easily learn in order to maximize their chance they will get the career they want. All it needs is a little job interview technique skills.

So I have put together a list of the most common job interview questions that can be used to study and learn how to answer."

Working with the DOM Stylesheets Collection

Working with the DOM Stylesheets Collection: "The combination of HTML, style sheets and scripts whose aggregate make up Dynamic HTML, allows us to manipulate any document element on the fly and update page appearance and behavior accordingly. What is less known is the DOM also exposes the style sheets themselves as a property of the document object. Using the document.styleSheets property, you can create, delete and modify existing rules within any style sheet in the page. In general, it's faster and easier to access and modify an element's style directly than through the style sheet, but there are times that the later may be necessary. That's what this article is all about."

The Quick 10: 10 Famous Circus Performers

mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: 10 Famous Circus Performers: "I’m sure you have all noticed by now that I have a love of the strange and the bizarre. So when I came across this fascinating post about strongmen throughout history at Listpedia, I was immediately inspired for today’s Quick 10. I know strongmen aren’t always circus sideshow attractions, but they are definitely unusual people… so that’s where my brain went. And by the way, if you have something to get done this afternoon, don’t click on the Listpedia link. It’s a highly addictive site that will suck you in for hours."

The 10 movies you shouldn't watch online

The Associated Press: The 10 movies you shouldn't watch online: "Movies are increasingly creeping online, as video sites like YouTube and Hulu are adding feature films to their extensive libraries.

At the Google-owned YouTube, there is the YouTube Screening Room, which every two weeks, adds four new films — mostly independent works — to the site. Hulu, the joint creation of NBC Universal and News Corp., has hundreds of films available for stream, from 'Basic Instinct' to 'Wuthering Heights.'"

IBM, universities looking to build brainlike computer

IBM, universities looking to build brainlike computer - Triangle Business Journal:: "The IBM-led team will work to create systems that emulate the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition, and also work to simulate the brain's low power consumption and compact"

The Oslo Modeling Language: An Introduction to "M"

InformIT: The Oslo Modeling Language: An Introduction to "M" > 1.1 Values: "M--a modern, declarative language for working with data--was designed to allow users to write down what they want from their data without having to specify how those desires are met against a given technology or platform. This chapter provides an introduction to M."

28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects

28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects | Web Design Ledger: "There is something about beautiful lights that can mesmerize an audience. Take a fireworks show for example. It’s been around for thousands of years, yet still has the power to put looks of amazement on faces of all ages. That’s why lighting effects make such powerful design elements. They are a great way to grab the attention of your audience and leave a lasting impression."

Two Cylinder Stirling Engine

Animated Engines, Two Cylinder Stirling: "The Stirling engine is one of my favorites. It was invented in 1816 by Rev. Robert Stirling of Scotland. The Stirling is a very simple engine, and was often billed as a safe alternative to steam (since there's no boiler to explode). It enjoyed some success in industrial applications, and in small appliances like fans and water pumps, but was eclipsed by the advent of inexpensive electric motors.3 Since it can run on any source of heat, it now holds promise for alternative fuel engines, solar power, geothermal power, etc."

20 Useful Tools to Make Web Development More Efficient

20 Useful Tools to Make Web Development More Efficient - Six Revisions: "There are many available tools to help make web development projects quicker and more productive. Aside from a handy text editor or WYSIWYG editor like Dreamweaver, you can find plenty of tools and utilities that can greatly increase development speed, reduce debugging and testing time, and improve quality of the output. The tools described below are a variety of utilities, optimizers, testing, and debugging tools aimed towards helping developers create websites more efficiently."

C Corporation vs S Corporation vs LLC

C Corporation vs S Corporation vs LLC: "For many small business owners choosing a C corp, S Corp, or Limited Liability Company (LLC) is the first step in incorporating. The
above entity comparison table was designed as a helpful reference and is not intended as tax or legal advise. We do not provide tax or
legal advice. If you feel like you may need tax or legal advice it's recommended that you contact an attorney or CPA."

Linear Programming

Good Math, Bad Math : Linear Programming: "Linear programming is a general technique for solving a huge family of optimization problems. It's incredibly useful for scheduling, resource allocation, economic planning, financial portfolio management, and a ton of of other, similar things."

How to Get Personal and Professional Value from Idle Web Surfing

The Simple Dollar » How to Get Personal and Professional Value from Idle Web Surfing: "Given how the usage of The Simple Dollar spikes during the normal workday in the United States (this phenomenon occurs on many other blogs, too), it’s easy to conclude that many visitors visit the site during downtimes during their workday, seeking information to improve their financial lives and their career."

How to pitch an idea

scottberkun.com » #38 - How to pitch an idea: "Coming up with good ideas is hard enough, but convincing others to do something with them is even harder. In many fields the task of bringing an idea to someone with the power to do something with it is called a pitch: software feature ideas, implementation strategies, movie screenplays, organizational changes, and business plans, are all pitched from one person to another. And although the fields or industries may differ, the basic skill of pitching ideas is largely the same. This essay provides a primer on idea pitches, and although most of my experience is in the tech-sector, I pitch to you that the advice here will be relevant to pitching business plans, yourself (e.g. job interviews), screenplays, or anything else."

Horror as teenager commits suicide on live TV

Horror as teenager commits suicide on live TV - Times Online: "A 19-year-old man has committed suicide on live TV encouraged by others who were watching, according to reports."

A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroids | Emerging Technology Trends

A 1.4-gigapixel camera to detect asteroids | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com: "MIT engineers have developed silicon chips that will be at the heart of a telescope installed on Haleakala mountain, Maui, Hawaii, which will begin operation next month. The system, called Pan-STARRS (for Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System), is being developed at the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy."

GCC hacks in the Linux kernel

GCC hacks in the Linux kernel: "The Linux® kernel uses several special capabilities of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) suite. These capabilities range from giving you shortcuts and simplifications to providing the compiler with hints for optimization. Discover some of these special GCC features and learn how to use them in the Linux kernel."

Canonical launches U.S.-based shop.ubuntu.com in time for holiday season

Canonical launches U.S.-based shop.ubuntu.com in time for holiday season | Ubuntu: "Canonical launched today an U.S.-based on-line shop for Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software. With a new fulfillment house in St. Louis, Missouri, shipments are faster and less expensive for Ubuntu users and enthusiasts in the U.S."

Will There Be Enough BlackBerry Storms Tomorrow?

Will There Be Enough BlackBerry Storms Tomorrow? - The Channel Wire - IT Channel News And Views by CRN and VARBusiness: "With the coveted BlackBerry Storm, Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd.'s first touch screen smart phone, set to hit stores tomorrow some are predicting that there might not be enough to go around."

Why Sun should spin off Java

Why Sun should spin off Java |Fatal Exception | Neil McAllister | InfoWorld: "Sun's insistence that Java is still its flagship product is holding back both the platform and the company"

Creating a Daemon with Python

Creating a Daemon with Python: "If you are an average internet user, then you interact with daemons every day. This article will describe what daemons do, how to create them in Python, and what you can use them for."

Webcam Based Laser Tracking for Human-Computer Interaction

Coding4Fun : Webcam Based Laser Tracking for Human-Computer Interaction: "In this article, we will put together a program which will allow us to move the mouse cursor on our computers with a laser pointer, and even generate mouse clicks using only a webcam for computer vision. One really cool use of this would be with a projector. With a projector, you could use this application and turn its projected image into an interactive screen, and even open files/menus by just pointing at them with a laser pointer!"

GameBoy Color inside a TI-83 series calculator

GameBoy Color inside a TI-83 series calculator | markbowers.org: "This is one of the cooler hacks that I've worked on. A while ago, I got thinking....wouldn't it be cool to put the innards of a GameBoy Color inside the case from a broken TI-83 series calculator? The TI-8X series is the calculator of choice for high school classes and standardized tests. There's plenty of space inside and I could even map the keys to the original TI-83 keyboard. Perfect. Now, in theory, I could play Pokemon or Super Mario Land in math class. But with AP Calculus this is probably unwise...."

How Much Does Spam Cost You? Google Will Calculate

How Much Does Spam Cost You? Google Will Calculate - Business Center - PC World: "It's part of a marketing campaign for Google Message Security, the online spam-filtering service based on the Postini technology Google acquired last year. 'We know in these tougher economic times that companies are trying to figure out how they can save,' said Adam Dawes, a Google product manager."

'Saved by Zero': The Toyota Ad That Won't Stop

'Saved by Zero': The Toyota Ad That Won't Stop - TIME: "Congratulations, Toyota. In the middle of a deep recession, when consumers are hesitant to open their wallets, companies have to pull out all the stops to get their attention. But it isn't every day that an unforgettable (or unforgivable?) marketing campaign can drive so many people to distraction, causing them to loathe a usually admired brand."

Ant architecture

Ant architecture: "It's worth sitting through the annoying 'in a world...' narration to see the structure of an immense colony of ants. The scientists poured 10 tons of concrete down into an abandoned ant colony, waited for it to harden, and then spent weeks excavating the results."

13 Thrilling Ways Steampunk Hijacks Hi-tech

13 Thrilling Ways Steampunk Hijacks Hi-tech | WebUrbanist: "Steampunk art, fashion, design and mods are seen by some as a reaction to today’s generic, plastic gadgets that all look the same until one gets very, very close - practical yes, pleasing no. So polish up that monocle, bring on the brass and banish cookie-cutter clutter as Steampunk artists find thirteen more ingenious ways to redesign and refashion the world by hijacking hi-tech back to the future (past)!"