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This morning when I woke up, I was wondering why my alarm hadn't gone off yet. It turns out, I woke up before the time set on my wake up call, so I guess there are days when we don't need an alarm clock after all. It made me think of the way we used to wake up. Some people still wake up to their rad ...

How To: Carve Your Pumpkin Into A Beer Keg

It's that time of year again, and I've decided instead of writing about how to carve an extreme pumpkin or how to make geek Halloween decorations, I am going to spice it up a little this year. I'm in the mood to have more adult fun this Halloween. So, what could be better than carving a big 'ol pump ...

Coffee Brewing Tips For Ultimately Better Tasting Coffee [Infographic]

So you like your coffee and need it every day, right? But do you really know the art of preparing it in the very best way to preserve its taste and aroma? A lot of people let their coffee stand on the burner for almost an entire day. It's not really the best approach if you want to have tasty and al ...

Geek

Star Wars Character Hats: Keep Your Dome Warm The Geek Way

If you've never worn character hats, you aren't alone. I haven't either - yet. Winter hats are like shoes. Well, not exactly, but we have a chance to showcase so much personality with each hat we put on our heads, yet many people choose the same-old-same-old. I remember Richard touched on this when ...

Riches To Rags: Learn From 9 People Who Lost It All [Infographic]

We've all read stories about people going from rags to riches, but how about from riches to rags? Just a few days ago, Richard wrote an article about the Richest People In America. It explained how the richest people here in the States got rich in the first place. Since there are so many different w ...

Social Media

Social Media Stats That Will Make You Go Wow [Infographic]

It's getting harder and harder to impress people these days. The word "sledgehammer" is becoming more common when describing a good advertising campaign for example. A few years ago, all you had to do was put some cool graphics (possibly 3D) on your website, and you would be off to a good start. Now ...

Technology

404 Error Pages That Help Find Missing Children

Finally I've found something that makes my heart fill with hope. It comes as a technology solution that could mean a huge increase in spread when it comes to finding missing children. My heart always goes south when I hear about a child who's been abducted or one who is missing. For a parent, it is ...

The Time We Spend Waiting: A Mesmerizing Photography Collection

Have you ever paid attention to how much time we spend waiting in our lives? We spend time waiting for all kinds of things every day, and it's not just the obvious things like a doctor's appointment or the bus. We also wait for web pages to load, for babies to be born, for spring, and then for summe ...

Geek

Darth Vader Apron Pinafore Will Make You The Ruler Of All

I find it highly interesting that the characters we all remember most from movies are usually the bad guys. Why is that? If you look at Star Wars for example, the one character we all know pretty much everything about is Darth Vader. Of course we also remember Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Yoda, but ...

Social Media

Poor Little Birdy: Instagram Beat Twitter In Mobile Users

Jim Vacey

According to a recent post on All Things Digital, the number of Instagram mobile users has surpassed Twitter by almost a half million. With the acquisition of Instagram by Facebook, it seems that Facebook’s move into the mobile industry is a direct attack against the Twitter populace (and that does ...

5 Most Outrageous Ways To Get Arrested & Thrown In Jail

Alayna Frankenberry

So you want to take a little vacation at your neighborhood correctional facility. Okay, whatever floats your boat. Maybe you're an actor researching the role of frightened inmate number two for your big break. Maybe you've always wanted to reenact your favorite scenes from Oz, or maybe you're just l ...

Telecommuting Habits: Clocking In From The Couch [Infographic]

I've worked from home, or from a corner table in a hole-in-the-wall coffee house, since 2000. It often makes me giggle when I see articles and stats that compare telecommuting to working in a traditional office because many times you can tell that whoever wrote those articles doesn't work from home. ...

Coffee Addiction: Coffee Drinking By Profession [Infographic]