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Separate Work and Play with User Identities [Work]
You’re no doubt aware of how easy it is to let work and play bleed into one another—especially if you use the same computer for both. Weblog Hack Your Day suggests a simple-yet-effective solution: Create distinct work/play computing boundaries […]
Create a Calmer Household [How To]
Are the holidays causing an uncontrollable noisy ruckus in your house? Maybe it’s time to calm everyone down. WikiHow explains ways to achieve the much-needed peace that should overcome your humble abode. What’s causing the havoc? Is it late-night phone calls or unannounced visitors at inopportune times? It may […]
Choose a Charity at Charity Navigator [Charity]
Tomorrow’s your last chance to donate to charity in 2007, and if you don’t know where to find the charities that are doing the best job for the cause you care about, check out independent evaluator Charity Navigator. Charity Navigator rates organizations based on their efficiency and […]
CSS3 Media queries instead of the media attribute In my previous post about the media attribute I talked about how strange the media attribute is, and that its usefulness isn’t that obvious. As a followup I want to point you to an article that Russell Beattie wrote about CSS3 media queries. Media queries are […]
Alpine IVA-W505 Video Headunit Plays DivX, iPod Video [Cars]
Alpine’s spring line continues to impress, now with a double-DIN head unit with a DivX playing 7-inch touchscreen. It also has the same iPod connectivity (and video playback to boot), IMPRINT sound mapping that compensates for the acoustic differences from car to car, HD/Sat radio readiness, […]
Pleo Undergoes Intense Surgical Procedure [Robot Abuse]
First our little dinosaur friend Pleo had to endure a brutal beatdown at the hands of his cruel masters, and now he is forced to undergo a grueling (and shockingly graphic) 23 minute dissection. Poor Pleo —just remember that this abuse hurts us more than […]
Official Nintendo Fix for Malfunctioning Wiimotes: Smack It [Tried And True]
Everyone knows that when all else fails, smacking a malfunctioning device might just solve the problem. It works with TVs, it works with computers and it works with just about anything. Well, sometimes. But would you expect that to be an official solution to […]
Hello Kitty Contact Lenses Shake Me to the Core [Do Not Want]
There’s something not quite right about this girls’ eyes. No, it’s not the emo makeup or stupid hair coloring, although those are pretty bad. It’s… oh my god, it is. She has Hello Kitty contact lenses. We’re through the looking glass here. Take […]
Foxtrot Comic Takes On DRM [Funnies]
We’ve been a longtime fans of Foxtrot, if for no other reason than identifying with the comic strip as a young, extremely dorky children. Now we have another reason to enjoy Bill Amend’s work, because this Sunday’s Foxtrot takes a nasty swipe at the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that […]
New design for friendlybit coming up Hi. I just wanted to tell you that I’m now working on the new friendlybit. I’ve listened to your previous comments, and these are the changes I’m going to make/not make: Blog format stays, no community. You’re damn conservative (something like 95% percent said to keep it a […]