Geek is chic.
Most of us store our old, broken laptops on our desks, under our beds or as door stoppers - without spending much time considering more innovative, artistic or geeky ways of housing and using our once beloved machines. Not the case for the folks over at the Chaos 2.0 blog, who turned an old iBook with a faulty screen (as in not working at all) into a server. While the handy folks from the Chaos Read more
Bill Murray takes on a presidential role as Franklin D. Roosevelt in the upcoming film, Hyde Park on Hudson. He's joined by Laura Linney, playing his distant cousin (and love interest?) Margaret Stuckley. Based on true events, the film takes place over a weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of England came to visit the president at his residence in Upstate New York. It may sound stuffy, but Read more
Tech-minded 2012 grads are eager to pursue a job in web or computer programming, named one of the year's top 10 best jobs. We spoke to a web development recruiter for tips on landing that first entry-level job. From the most important coding languages to industry expectations, check out these tips to get closer to your web developing dreams. Education Earn the degree: Almost all web developers Read more
Eight things you didn't know about kombucha — Food Republic What to serve the worst dinner guest ever — The Kitchn Seven Italian wines worth tasting — The Daily Meal Jamie Oliver makes Alton Brown uncomfortable — Grub Street NY Make salmon and asparagus for dinner tonight — Food52 The restaurant industry has added half a million jobs — HuffPost Food One-third of Americans won't tip Read more
Should you have faith in your waiter? Absolutely not, says the New York Post. A number of anonymous New York restaurant staffers have fessed up to being "actors" who "sell you the most expensive item" and admit to using psychological pressure tactics on customers in order to make another buck. This type of evidence is unnerving, since I'm the type who loves to ask waiters what their favorite Read more
Sick of toting around thumb drives full of files or emailing yourself attachments so you can continue working on a project on a different computer? All that is a thing of the past in the cloud. What is the cloud? The cloud is a service that stores your documents, files, music, and photos on secure third-party servers, allowing you to access them from any computer, anywhere, anytime with proper Read more
The never-ending deluge of junk mail, spam, and sales alerts that is our email has us running for cover when the inbox is opened each morning. For our second installment in 31 Days of Spring Cleaning, we're purging the garbage and organizing every last email. Here's how to get the inbox under control. Sort and delete — When an inbox approaches four-digit capacity, it's time to filter and Read more
Many servers barely make minimum wage, so tips are definitely a huge part of their income. That's one of the reasons why there was so much public outrage when an allegedly well-to-do banker, whose identity was not disclosed, tipped a waitress a measly $1.33 when the bill came to $133.54. To add salt to the wound, he wrote "get a real job" on the receipt. The picture of the bill was featured on a Read more
It's true: the little things add up. As anyone who ever had a piggy bank knows, small everyday actions can help you save big. Hoping to create a financial cushion for yourself this season? Follow these 15 easy tricks to help you save at least a dollar a day: Hold the milk. In your coffee, that is. If you regularly stop at the coffee shop on your way to work, order it black to avoid any extra Read more
In a policy revision announced this week, Google will be instituting one blanket privacy policy across their many web products with the reasoning that they're building a streamlined user experience. The data from your activity and habits on one Google-owned site will be stored in their servers and shared across all their sites. The legal speak details for Google's new Terms of Service are Read more
