Extreme Home Engineering: How To Build Your Own TiVo

Building your own TiVo—or FreeVo, as some call it—is more than a dream. It’s more than a trend. It’s the new cool way to stick it to The (TiVo) Man while impressing your friends.

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Three Communication Tips that Will Take You to the Top

A handful of core assets that are consistently sought out and rewarded.

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Career Matches by Personality Type

Do the test then see what career is your type..

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Vodafone AUS data plans 3 dec 2007

looks like we will see 5gb for $39.95 from voda this year... looks good

How to take a course at MIT free -- at home

"You may not have the grades, the money or even the means to get to a physics class with one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's best lecturers."

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20+ Public Domain E-Book Sources

"...list of 20+ sources for e-books for your use."

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Top 4 Most Compelling Theories of Everything

There have been numerous theories of everything proposed by theoretical physicists over the last century, but as yet none has been able to stand up to experimental scrutiny, there being tremendous difficulty in getting the theories to produce experimentally testable results. So here are the top 5 most important Theories of Everything nowdays

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49 Open Source Projects in the Spotlight

Open source projects that deserve a round of applause, from the desktop to multimedia to games. Even one called "Gramps." Who names a GPL project Gramps?

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An early look at Google's Android (photo slideshow)

Here's what you, the consumer, would really want to know: An Android phone will most likely support a webkit-compatible browser, Wi-Fi, GSM technology (like EDGE and HSDPA), 3G, threaded text messaging, a photo gallery (with a filmstrip plus grid album view), plus a touch screen.

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What Web Writers Can Learn from the Writer’s Strike

The point for you is this. If you’re freelancing for online producers or blogging for hire, you’re setting yourself up to be exploited. No wait… you are being exploited

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Why I don't go to the movies

This says it all! Too much to comment here... check out the post!

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Top 10 Mistakes of Rookie Filmmakers

Nobody can can cover everything you need to know in a short article, but I can point out the ten most common mistakes I see over and over. Make sure the time you invest into videography is time well spent and not time wasted.

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Picture: Yahoo vs. Google 1996 to 2005

The power of simplicity versus the portal mistake.

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gOS: Where Computers Are Headed

We reported Thursday on the gPC going on sale at Wal-Mart, a $199 bare bones PC that runs a Linux package by the name of gOS. Unlike some initial reports suggested, this isn’t the long fabled Google Operating System, but the folks behind it most definitely had Google on their mind.

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60 Advanced Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

The techniques shown are advanced level and require more than just technical knowledge of Photoshop, they actually require talent and knowledge of design, layout, balance, color theory, subtlety, etc. If you are an advanced user, I hope you find these techniques inspiring and helpful.

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6 ways to create lightning fast php scripts

a great must read for any php developer!

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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Slingbox

The Slingbox (not as famous as the TiVo) has a new version that is cheaper, takes up less space and is more flexible than the original.

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10 Effective Ways to Increase Your Energy Levels

Here are 10 simple (and unique) exercises you can use to increase productivity and energy levels. If you are in search of a boost, consider implementing a few of these recommendations over the next few weeks, and see how you feel:

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12 Beautiful Javascript Image Galleries

A nice round-up of Javascript and Ajax based image galleries, complete with screenshots for each one. Worth a look for anyone looking for an image gallery solution.

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Visuwords: a very cool graphic way to explore words

Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.

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How to Organize the Web

Microsoft proposes a simple solution to the problem of information overload: lists.

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Blockbuster Essentially Admits Defeat to Netflix

"The company will no longer be narrowly focused on its online subscriber count but instead will concentrate on the growth of, and report on, its total membership." In other words, Blockbuster Total Access=fail.

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Hulu Review: What It Is and What It Should Be (Good, and Better)

We've been playing around with News Corp. and NBC's answer to internet video, Hulu, for a couple of days, letting the low-traffic, buttery smooth launch day stretch out more into real time and real traffic conditions before we let loose with our judgment. Let's get this out of the way: YouTube killer it ain't. Same genus, different species.

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Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes

Usually format PC need 40min to 1 hour, this method take you less then 10 min, is another easy way from ghost. It is easy and not require much IT knowledge to make it.

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