December 2010
2 posts
Cyberduck 4.0 Beta Released for Windows... →
Your knees are pressing into my repressed rage →
September 2009
1 post
My Favorite FMyLife of the Day →
Today, while my girlfriend and I were getting it on, she looked up at me and said, “You look a lot like your brother.” FML
August 2009
33 posts
FotoSketcher Turns Your Photos into Paintings... →
Freeware application FotoSketcher takes your photos and turns them into pencil drawings, oil paintings, or sketches
Beat the Heat with Agua Fresca →
The Smitten Kitchen blog offers up Agua Fresca, water that’s perfectly balanced with natural fruit flavors and slight sweetness.
Squeeze Every Last Drop Out of Product Dispensers... →
The worst offenders were lotion bottles. Almost a quarter of the product was left behind.
Turn Your Car's Cup Holder Into a Laptop Stand →
With $30 worth of parts—mostly pvc pipes, fittings, and a sheet of plywood
Paul Sr. demonstrates OCC's electric chopper, Fox... →
Paul Teutul Sr. may not be the most eloquent of men, but he’s good at what he does and has developed quite a following both on and off the reality TV circuit. Apparently none of those…
Paul Sr. demonstrates OCC's electric chopper, Fox... →
It sports LED lighting and recycled components to further up its green cred, a combination that seems to, for some reason, raise the ire of the hosts of Fox and Friends. Or maybe they’re just trained to always sound loud and incredulous.
Milla Jovovich's Alien Abduction Trailer Is Freaky... →
Milla Jovovich’s The Fourth Kind is based on “actual case studies” from a group of mentally troubled patients in Alaska who’ve been stalked by aliens. Even though the new trailer’s “documentary footage” looks deliberately fake, it’s still creepy.
Sued College Ain't Exactly Harvard [Follow Up] →
Remember that story about Trina Thompson, the woman who sued her college after she couldn’t get a job? Turns out maybe the institution had it coming.
Keep Your Plants Pampered with a Wine Bottle Plant... →
You can keep your plants well-watered by arranging for Twitter alerts when they’re thirsty, but using a wine bottle as a “plant nanny” to maintain consistent levels of moisture seems more…
Digsby Joins the Dark Side, Uses Your PC to Make... →
The popular Digsby instant messenger client not only bundles half a dozen “optional” crapware applications, it’s also using your computer to crawl the web, do stock market research, and more….
How to Build a Web Site from Scratch with No... →
I took one (bad) computer science class in college, and I’m not a web developer. So in early 2008, when I decided I was finally going to build a web site I’d been fantasizing about for years,…
Convert Google Reader Items to PDFs [Google... →
Once Google Reader added manual controls to its new “Send To” menu, you knew some delicious URL tweaks would follow. Some already have, including a “Save as PDF” trick from the Digital…
Paste Images on Tilted Surfaces in Photoshop... →
Ever want to take an image and put it on a tilted surface in another image, a la the funny/fake illustrations at tech blogs or Photoshop contests? Digital Photography School provides the how-to…
Google opens up next-gen search infrastructure for... →
try it out; seems speedy and seems to rank real-time results higher
If Google Was Your Roommate–The Web Series →
Funny web series about two guys living with Google as a roommate. After you watch episode one above, move onto episode two and three. [via Asian Angel]
Getting Things Done Explained for Students [Back... →
If you’re into productivity, then you must have at least heard of David Allen’s Getting Things Done productivity opus. Let’s take a look at how to apply GTD to your school work. GTD is…
FreeFileSync Offers Robust File Syncing with Easy... →
Windows only: FreeFileSync has a myriad of options for syncing files between two folders and locations. The user interface is especially user friendly and makes it easy to quickly adjust your…
Learn the Basics of Regular Expression Searches... →
Regular expressions are seriously powerful tools, but most folks without serious IT experience aren’t familiar with them. A helpful blog post details eight useful expressions and how they…
Free Tools to Back Up Your Online Accounts [Cloud... →
Cloud computing means you can store your data in web applications and access it from any browser, anywhere—but that doesn’t mean you don’t need a backup plan. Safeguard your data when a…
One Word: Safety →
Laying this comic out, I realized it’s been so long since I got my news from TV, I don’t know what local newscasts look like these days. A couple YouTube searches later, and the answer is…
Five Classic Ways to Boost Your Note-Taking [Back... →
If your note-taking skills are suffering from summertime rigor mortis, now’s as good a time as any to throw a new technique into the mix. Let’s take a look at some new and old tools for…
ItsHidden Offers Free and Anonymous Torrenting... →
If you’re of the mindset that what you do with your BitTorrent client is your business and not that of people snooping, sniffing, and prying at your packets along the way, ItsHidden offers a free…
Full House, Alternate Intro →
[via]
Plan and Install a Low-Voltage Lighting System for... →
Installing accent and security lighting in your yard shouldn’t require an electrician and lots of expensive labor. Low-voltage lighting systems make it easy to plan and install yard lights…
"The Middleman" DVD Set Will Make You Scream Like... →
The complete collection of The Middleman episodes is out on DVD, and now you can discover this tragically-canceled, brilliant show for the first or tenth time, along with tons of goofy…
Translation Party →
Japanese-English translations until reaching equilibrium; more examples: don’t panic and don’t covet [via]
SmillaEnlarger Enlarges Your Images without... →
Windows/Mac OS X: Enlarging images, especially from lower resolution source images, can be dicey business. Want to enlarge an image and you don’t want it to look like an 8-bit video game…
Supported Features →
Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The... →
Where have all the great heroes gone? We got a chance to see the Middleman, ABC Family’s gone-too-soon superhero, one more time at SDCC, as the cast read the script for the unfilmed…
How Does Your Day Match Up to the National... →
Time is a finite commodity, which makes knowing how to allocate it well all the more important. The New York Times looked into the daily habits of thousands of Americans and rounded up the…
Boost Your Crime-Fighting Abilities with... →
For those times when your innate mutant abilities simply won’t cut it, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company offers supplemental superpowers in convenient carry-home canisters. The Brooklyn…
Smoking: It's Only Enabling The Machines [Scifi... →
Tired of the same tired old scare tactics from Public Service Announcements? Now this is one threat we can get behind: robot apocalypse. See more funny videos and funny pictures…
MagMe Puts Full Scans of Magazines in Your Browser... →
Web site MagMe displays full scans of popular magazines directly in your browser—covering the gamut from computer and lifestyle mags to art, fashion, and photography. The offerings vary…
Brent Simmons' anatomy of a feature →
“piece of cake” [via]
Panic cofounder Steven Frank's quitting the iPhone →
Arrington made the same move today, both fed up by idiotic recent App Store decisions
July 2009
78 posts
Why the Manager’s Schedule Blows Creative... →
In his latest essay, Paul Graham describes the difference between what he calls the maker’s schedule and the manager’s schedule, explaining how the two are often at odds with each other. …
Conan O'Brien & Andy Richter dub... →
anime, not manga
Spiff Up Flat Images with Textures [Photoshop Tip] →
Even if you master the focus and composition of a photograph, it might come off as a bit too calm for certain uses. The Digital Photography School site explains how to apply interesting image…
HighlightCam Is a Quick and Easy Motion-Sensing... →
We’ve featured various motion-detecting video apps in the past, but now there’s HighlightCam, a web site that does the same thing but adds easy off-site backup and doesn’t require you to…
A Cyst, A Scalpel, and Lots of Beer →
not safe for anyone; Internet, you never let me down
Tenant Sued After Using Twitter To Complain About... →
If the the puiblic didn’t read Amanda Bonnen’s Twitter feed before, they will now, thanks to a defamation lawsuit brought against her by Horizon Group Management in Chicago. Bonnen, a tenant,…
5-year-old boy performs Johnny Cash's "Folsom... →
more insane mega-cuteness here [via]
Why the Manager’s Schedule Blows Creative... →
In his latest essay, Paul Graham describes the difference between what he calls the maker’s schedule and the manager’s schedule. Makers–the writers, coders, designers, editors, creative…
Get Your Own Ill-Gotten Gains At PropertyRoom.com... →
Homer Simpson: Wow, sweetheart, look at all this seized booty. We could find the drug boat of our dreams! Marge Simpson: I don’t want a drug boat. Homer Simpson: Well, I bet there’s drug…
Enforced Dancing Boosts Morale and Shortens... →
Writer Dominic Ali came up with an unusual way to make office meetings more bearable–one that would make Ellen proud. In the comments of my recent post about meetings, Ali says:
At…
Brush Up on Getting Things Done with an Updated... →
Since the release of his new book Making It All Work, David Allen has updated his original GTD workflow chart to include the new elements from the book. Peter Mara, an attendee at this…
How to Highlight Text Like a Keyboard Ninja... →
When we showed you how to master highlighting text with your mouse, commenters were quick to point out keyboard alternatives. Considering keyboard shortcuts are our first and only serious love,…