Sunday, February 08, 2009

Tough Guy, COmic book lettering, Matchboxes, Worst foods, Antarctic, Garbage

1. ESPN article with photos and videos of the Tough Guy 2007 competition.
2. Comic book lettering and balloon traditional formats.
3. Indian matchboxes. (PIC)
4. Men's Health list of 20 worst foods in America.
5. A twelve day excursion into the Antarctic with photos and journal entries.
6. A prolific garbage digger and how he funds his life.

Friday, February 06, 2009

Text formatting, 85 notebooks, Lie to Me's science, Pride and..Zombies, NTFS vs FAT, Flip

1. Instructables article on text formatting. (ie strikethrough, upside down, subscript, more)
2. A man's 26 years of journals: 85 notebooks.
3. Popular Mechanics article on the science behind Lie to Me.
4. Lie to Me's scientific advisor breaks down the science in every episode.

5. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Not photoshopped, it's a real book. (PIC)

6. A nice chart showing the differences between NTFS and FAT system of formatting.
7. Flip will turn the words you typed uʍop ǝpısdn.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Shuttle cockpit, Tropic Thunder quotes, Invention to save birds, Nerd merit badges

1. Photo of the cockpit in the space shuttle.

2. Quotes from the movie "Tropic Thunder".

3. Amazing discovery by an eighth grader: invisible decal to prevent birds from flying into windows.

4. Nerd merit badges, like a badge for committing to use open source. (PIC)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Birds, 389 Years, Web footage, Lost story, Lost future, Lost theory

1. Photo of backyard birds as aerial acrobats, also sold here in book form. (PIC)

2. 389 Years ago poster: "Inspired by Barack Obama's victory and struck with a sense of awe when realizing the amount of hard fought progress that has been achieved in this country, I wanted to pay homage to this centuries long journey." (PIC)

3. Miniature old-style televisions show web camera footage from all over the world.

4. The Lost story so far (up to end of season 3) told in 8:15 and this one puts all the flash-forwards together in linear order.

5. SPOILER INTENSE :: Theory on what's happening in Lost.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Book covers, Perpetual photo calendar, Photojojo store

1. The Book Cover Archive shows off amazing book covers.

2. The Perpetual Calendar of photos.

3. Photojojo store.





Sunday, January 04, 2009

Airplane Images

For my doodles.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

BSG webisodes, Christmas cards, Evil mad science, Earn more money

1. BSG Webisodes.

2. DIY Christmas card roundup.

3. DIY Christmas card with LED lights.

4. Evil Mad Science blog.

5. Earn more money using your God-given skills.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Toys from trash, Digital picture frame, Alchemy notebook, Bender

1. Making Toys from trash.

2. A whole list of instructables on making a Digital Picture Frame.

3. An amazing Moleskine notebook turned into an alchemy notebook. (PIC)

4. A simple photo of Bender from Futurama.

Ant


For my doodles.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Price protectr, GOP Article, Etsy seller

1. Price protectr keeps track of items you've bought for sales and refunds.

2. Article on Huffington Post: The GOP's White Supremacy.

3. Seller I like on Etsy, sells cool pendants made of watch innards. (PIC)

DIY, Pens, Undead Barbie, Alphabet Blocks, Roy Doty art

1. DIY Project: Bed pocket.

2. List of articles by Doug J, who focuses on notebooks and fountain pens.

3. Barbie of the Undead.

4. A set of alphabet blocks for a mad scientist.

5. Christmas card art of Roy Doty.

6. A nice recap of the last episode of BSG (2008 season).

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Great Sci-Fi Art

Amazing sci-fi art, discovered via io9.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Movies of 2007, Hydrogen atom

1. The Best 19 movies you didn't see in 2007.

2. A hydrogen atom (to scale)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Best posts, Screensaver, Abandoned buildings, OpenHulu, Monitor calendar, Upgrading gadgets, Energy vampires, Alphabetizer

1. The week's best posts at Lifehacker, including: DSLR camera techniques, getting out of debt, iPod utilities, creating a pro web-site, and more.
2. The old-school flipping clock as screensaver.
3. Abandoned but not forgotten -- visits old buildings that were once important but are now abandoned. (PIC of Satellite)
4. OpenHulu : watch TV shows for free. Like NBC's Hulu, but collects many more TV shows all in one site.
5. Monitor strip calendar -- use the space on your monitor's edge to display a yearly calendar (via LH).
6. Breathe new life into your old gadgets: Xbox media center, upgrade your router, upgrade your computer, etc.
7. See the cost of your energy vampires, which are products turned off that still suck energy (via LH)(PIC of Vampire).
8. Quickly sort any list with the Alphabetizer (via LH).

Famous reproductions, Science tattoos, MPAA censorship, Front page criminal, Zombie octopus

1. Village in China specializes in reproducing famous paintings. via BB
2. Flickr photoset of science tattoos. via BB
3. MPAA censors poster for a documentary on torture tactics. via BB
4. Bizarre coincidence: front page photos help capture thief. via BB
5. Zombie octopus charm for sale. via BB (PIC)

How to: roast a chestnut, draw Escher's cube, haggle, and win at tic-tac-toe

1. How to roast a chestnut.
2. How to draw Escher's impossible cube.
3. How to haggle.
4. How to win at tic-tac-toe.

ReadyBoost, Remember the milk, Get social, Security tips, Project management techniques, Start a new project

Lifehack Digest for December 21, 2007 includes:

1. Use any USB stick to ReadyBoost your computer.
2. Remember the Milk + Gmail.
3. Six ways to get social with Outlook.
4. Six ways to start out secure in 2008.
5. Three scrappy project management techniques to master (plus 2 tips).
6. Five hard questions you should answer before starting a new project.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Saving money, Sleep in an Airport, Buy nothingday, Sales advice, 100 books, 20% off Border's, Ford parts, Timing cover, Politics, Monopoly, WoW

1. Force yourself to save. 15 painless ways to pay yourself first.
2. How to sleep in an airport 101.
3. It's not Black Friday, It's Buy Nothing Day.
4. How to resist a sales pitch.
5. New York Times' 100 notable books of the year.
6. Border's 20% off Coupon. Expires Dec 02, 2007.
7. Results for Google's Ford auto parts in my area.
8. Timing cover for a 1997 Ford Explorer.
9. Slideshow of what the political designs are trying to say.
10. Special editions of Monopoly may have helped World War II POWs to escape.
11. A remixed 1960s comic, originally about alcoholism, about the dangers of WoW. (quite graphic language)

Monday, September 03, 2007

Wasting money, Caffeine, Sullr, Record calls, Raise your GPA, iPod stand, Go Bags, Carnival games, Wallpapers

1. Ten stupid ways that smart people waste money.

2. Amount of caffeine in your favorite sodas.

3. Sullr: reverse phone book search.

4. How to not get in trouble for recording calls with customer service.

5. Seven strategies to raise your GPA this semester.

6. Make an iPod/iPhone stand from a business card.

7. Call for Submissions: Your go bags (at the bottom).

8. How to beat carnival games.

9. Wallpaper, font, and icon resources.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Annotations

1. Comic book annotations and bibliographies.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Seinfeldian chain, Repair headphones, Googlonymous, Wallpapers, Spock, Create wallpapers, Sun engraver, IT Department

1. Create your own web based Seinfeldian chain.

2. How-To repair a bad headphone connection.

3. Search Google anonymously with Googlonymous.

4. InterfaceLIFT for free high-res wallpapers.

5. LH's Top 10 free wallpapers, icons, and fonts.

6. Search for people on Spock.

7. Create desktop wallpapers from Google Map images.

8. Project: Engrave wood with a sun engraver.

9. 10 things your IT Department won't tell you.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Gas prices, Cheatsheets, Folder to drive, Diceware

1. Google homepage gadget that checks local gas prices.

2. A long list of cheatsheets.

3. Assign a drive letter to a folder.

4. Use diceware to create a passphrase.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Flash picture, Size of earth, Camel shadows, Melted keyboard, Fodor's photo tips

1. Awesome zoom-in picture created in Flash.

2. The size of earth compared to the other planets. Compare them side by side here. A YouTube video of the scale of planets and stars.

3. Crazy picture of camels; not what it seems. And the photographer's website.

4. An arsonist's fire creates this melted keyboard.

5. Fodor's travel photo tips.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Speed Test, Video editing, Google phonebook, Photo slideshow, Sock holders

1. Test your online connection speed at Internet Frog.

2. Ask MeFi: Is there any free software better than Windows Movie Maker? Turns out, there are quite a few.

3. Google PhoneBook name removal.

4. How to make a photo slideshow.

5. Keep your socks together always with these holders.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Museumr, Picnik, Spidey 3 posters, Robot chicken, Dc and Marvel

1. Put your photo on a museum wall with Museumr.

2. Picnik lets you do most of your photo editing online.

3. A collection of various Spider-Man 3 movie posters.

4. Three great Robot Chicken Star Wars movies.

5. Playing off the PC/Mac commercials, a few "I'm a DC. Hi, I'm a Marvel" videos.

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Thinner photos, Google 411, Audio tours, iPod video, Gmail tip, 101 Freeware

1. How to look 10 pounds thinner in photos.

2. Free directory assistance with Google 411.

3. Ask MeFi: Finding free offbeat walking audio tours.

4. Download: Free program to convert video for your iPod.

5. Gmail tip (no link): If you are reading a message in GMail, press the # key (Shift+3) and that message will instantly move to Trash. Alternatively, select one or more email messages in the GMail list view, press the same # hash key and all the selected GMail conversations will be deleted in one batch.

6. The top 101 freeware picks for nerds.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

History erasers

1. The truth about history erasers.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Obsolete Hard drive, bag dispenser, Buy quality

1. Do everything online, with Firefox. Here's how.

2. How to make a plastic bag dispenser.

3. A nice read on the importance of buying quality, in this case, a USB drive.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Gmail to fax, Google screensaver, Firefox windows resizing, God Of War 2, Google Groups

1. Gmail paper is fake, but Gmail fax is not.

2. Show off your photos with Google screensaver.

3. A quick fix to websites resizing your Firefox window.

4. God of War 2 FAQs.

5. Using Google Groups to backup and archive your email.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Memorable slideshows, Windows downloads, WiPeer, Car sales strategies, Scanned flowers, 1000 journals

1. The ultimate guide to memorable travel slideshows.

2. Lifehacker's top 10 Windows downloads.

3. Download: WiPeer sets up wireless peer-to-peer networks between PCs, no router, access point or internet required.

4. Former used car salesman Alan Slone grows a conscience and reveals one of the major strategies, called the four-square, a dealership uses to screw you when buying a new car.

5. Beautiful images of scanned flowers in intricate detail.

6. 1000 Journals.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Animated knots, Wallpaper, Original tips, Motivation hacks, Microsoft stories

1. Learn how tie knots visually at animated knots.

2. Creative and unusual desktop wallpapers.

3. Five creative ways to leave a tip at a restaurant.

4. Places to watch TV online for free.

5. Motivate yourself: 20 motivation hacks.

6. Stories from a guy who worked at Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

SIW, Lunar eclipse, Email all tabs, Digitize everything, Learning from WoW

1. Learn everything about your computers with SIW (System Information for Windows).

2. Lunar eclipse: see the red glow it produces on the moon on Saturday, Marc 3, 2007. More here and the best times to see it.

3. Send Tab URLs emails a list of all browser tab URLs in the current browser window.

4. Organize all your papers, receipts, photos, etc. from your desk onto your hard drive.

5. Seven things I learned from World of Warcraft.


Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Pop-out photos, Video bookmarklet, FLV Player

1. How to create photos that literally pop-out.

2. Lifehacker article: All-in-one video bookmarklet that lets you download any video from YouTube and Google video and the actual home-page here.

3. Free FLV player lets you play .flv video files (like on Google video).

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Geni

1. Create a quick and beautiful family tree with Geni and read an article about it here.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Drawergeeks, Eye soreness

1. DrawerGeeks -- every Friday professional artists draw their own version of a chosen fictional character.

2. Eyes sore? Here are 22 solutions.

Image resizer, viewer, screen capture. All freeeware

Five great programs:
a) Image Viewer,
b) Screenshot capture,
c) MaxView image viewer,
d) Photo resizer

all from FastStone, all of these programs are absolutely free and the reviewed ones (two out of four) have gotten good reviews from download.com.