The Upside Down Mac [Featured Workspace]

Lifehacker reader Kurt emailed in a fantastic little kitchen setup. Kurt had an iMac G5 on hand, and a great idea for turning a desk in his kitchen into a workspace. The design is extremely simple thanks to the all-in-one design of the iMac. (View the rest of the article at The Upside Down Mac […]

Is Sci-Fi TV Too Scary For British Kids? [Scared Children Of Blighty]

The survey of 3000 UK parents, carried out by website TheBabyWebsite.com, happily blamed television for children’s bad dreams: All children suffer from nightmares at some point during childhood. But there is no doubt that viewing unnecessary violence and hostility on television contributes to this. Doctor Who, in particular, was singled out for being ‘too dark […]

Snopes!!!!

I finally got annoyed enough at Snopes.com to find out why I can’t highlight anything on the site.  I use the site quite often to debunk emailed chain-letters from family and friends… But, I can’t reliably cut & paste from the site.  All I can do is Select All & Copy…  Which typically meant alot […]

Debt Payment in Pennies

An online discussion regarding the Pirate Bay, led me down this road, and I thought I would share… Claim:   U.S. law specifies that merchants do not have to accept more than 100 pennies in payment. Status:   False. Origins:   This is one of the pieces of misinformation that makes me wish web sites […]

Our Wonderful Nature

Okay, this one is quite Safe for work, except for cartoon violence… But I don’t know if I would suggest it for any minors… But it answers the question of what happens when you cross a nature documentary about Water Shrews & a Hong Kong Martial Arts flick (with Jet Lee). Oh and add in […]

The next MiddleMan

The cover of the new “The MiddleMan” graphic novel, presumably this is the one that Javi spoke about containing the scripts for the unaired TV episode….After all, that episode supposedly had DubDub captured, and thus the cover image. And Tyler in the lower right ties it to the TV universe… (See the Rest of the […]

10 Things Parents Should Know Before Seeing The New Star Trek

Geekdad’s cover the Star Trek Movie, with some SPOILER-FREE rundown of what you should know before going. 1. Will I like it? You’re reading GeekDad, so that’s an almost-guaranteed yes. If you’ve got any love for any of the past Star Trek series or movies then you’ll like this one. It feels very Trek in […]