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Repurpose an Old Washing Machine as a Backyard Fire Pit [DIY]
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Wizard 1 day 4 hours ago
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Want a backyard fire pit but would like something more unique than your basic fire pit DIY? Check out how a clever user at DIY site Instructables made an attractive fire pit from a stainless steel washing machine drum. More »
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Hope For Communication With The Severely Disabled Comes In The Form of… Sniffing? [Cure]
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Wizard 1 day 4 hours ago
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It's true, by attaching sensors to detect pressure changes in nasal tubes, those with severe disabilities or locked-in syndrome are being given the chance to communicate, control a wheelchair, or even conduct internet searches. More »
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19 Votes
15 Awesome Gadgets That Will Clear Your Desktop Clutter
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PCLove 1 day 4 hours ago
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Most of the time my work area resembles my brain – overflowing with useless information and only slightly coherent. While I’m convinced my brain is beyond hope, technology is making it so my work area doesn’t have to be.If your desk looks anything like the picture below, here are 15 gadgets that’ll make your life a bit less cluttered.1. Binder clipsNow don’t expect to get recruited to the MI5 Dou
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18 Votes
ASUS U45JC-A1 14-Inch Business Laptop
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Powered by a 2.4GHz Intel Core i3-370M processor, the U45JC-A1 is the newest business laptop from ASUS. The machine offers a 14-inch 1366 x 768 LED-backlight display, a NVIDIA G310M 1GB graphics card, a 4GB RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a 0.3-megapixel webcam, a DVD SuperMulti, a 5-in-1 card reader, two built-in Altec Lansing speakers, WiFi, an HDMI port, an 8-cell battery and is pre-loaded with Windo
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17 Votes
HTML5 Canvas + color cycling = 8-bit graphical win!
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Filed under: RetrocomputingWhile the bulk of the buzz about HTML5 still seems to be focused on the video tag, there are plenty of other awesome developments cropping up. Things like drag-and-drop attachments in GMail and all those crazy Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive samples.Then there's the work of developer Joe Huckaby. Joe has taken images created by graphic artist Mark Ferrari to produce some
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17 Votes
I Write Like tells you which famous author you write like
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Filed under: Text, Time-Wasters, WebHere's a nice way to give your ego a little boost and waste 30 seconds: take a chunk of something you've written, making sure that it's at least a few paragraphs long, and paste it into the text box at I Write Like. Hit the Analyze button, then wait for it to spit out the name of a famous author that your writing is somehow statistically similar to. It's fun, a
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17 Votes
Indesit unveils smart-grid washer, thumbs nose at GE
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GadgetFan 1 day 4 hours ago
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General Electric may have a host of smart appliances in the works, but looks like one Indesit may beat it to the punch -- at least on the washing machine front. The Italian home appliance firm just unveiled a ZigBee-compatible washer at the Freescale Technology Forum in Florida this week, capable of communicating with the smart grid and then timing its loads according to variable electricity cost
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16 Votes
Firefox 4 Beta 2 is out, now with App Tabs and tabs on top for Mac
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Filed under: Mozilla, BrowsersFirefox 4 Beta 2 was just released, and you can grab it from the Beta page.Every tab now has a "Make into App Tab" command in the context menu, which shrinks the tab down to just the favicon and puts it on the leftmost position (similar to Chrome's pin tab feature). Also, tabs on top have arrived in the Mac version. I couldn't test it myself - share your thoughts in
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