Geek is chic.
Spring is the perfect time to toss out the old from your home office (responsibly!) and usher in a new era of organized and green living. If you don't have a home office, these tips can also be used in the workplace to ensure you're setting a good example for your co-workers and taking the right steps to a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Let's face it: you probably spend more time at work than you Read more
Last week's "solar tsunami" made for some great photography — Gizmodo Farmville-addicted bosses breathe easy: whiteboard quitter is a fake — TechCrunch Gundam robot time lapse video — Urlesque Ouch: computer glitch sends 2,500 erroneous college acceptance letters — Switched How to catch the Perseids meteor shower Thursday night — Lifehacker Read more
I live for the Ikea catalog like some men live for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. It gets my creative juices flowing, and arrives at the perfect time — before the Fall semester starts — to get your digital life in order for the latter half of the year. I picked up the latest 2011 edition at my local Ikea store the other day (but you can check it out for yourself online now), and Read more
Last month, California approved rebates of up to $1500 for homeowners and businesses that install solar thermal water heaters. These heaters use the warmth of the sun to heat water for use in the bathroom, kitchen, and laundry room. While a typical hot water system runs between $5000 - $7000, studies have shown that using a solar hot water heater can significantly cut your natural gas or Read more
A bright lime green SPS-3000 was spotted in the wild at a Sony factory in China. — Joystiq Netflix is looking for an experienced engineer to lead the gaming platforms team, which means that Netflix might make its way to the Wii and PlayStation 3 . . . eventually. — CrunchGear A new "solar city" is being planned near Charlotte County in Florida, and will include a 75-megawatt solar plant. Read more
Considering how plugged in and geeked out our homes are these days, sometimes it baffles me that the simplest, often most crucial things aren't well-lit. Personally, I'm a big fan of motion-sensor lighting, so when you're walking toward your front (or back) door you won't trip and wind up falling flat on your back. But motion-sensor lighting doesn't help passersby who are trying to locate your Read more
Miss Sunday's solar eclipse? If you don't live in a part of the country where you could see the moon pass in front of the sun, leave it to the Internet to help you view the space phenomenon. Photographer Cory Poole shot 700 pictures of the event through his telescope and turned those images into a beautiful view of the eclipse, no sunglasses or pinhole projector required. Watch the moon's journey Read more
Fun graduation party ideas for pre-K and kindergarteners What was hot the year you graduated high school? How to keep your foundation from melting in the sun Controversial moves that will save you money How to update your LBD for Summer Gorgeous finds from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair Learn how to pickle anything Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have an LA dinner date Bond Read more
Lucky residents of the Western US will be looking to see the sky this Sunday, May 20 when an annular solar eclipse passes from northwestern Texas through New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, southern Utah, Nevada, northern California, and southwestern Oregon. Living on the other side of the country doesn't mean you have to miss out on the celestial wonder; NASA, naturally, has got you covered. The Read more
New York City-based nonprofit Kids of Kathmandu, whose ongoing mission is to support 49 Nepalese orphan children, has just launched the enLIGHTen Project. Seventeen renowned lighting designers from all over the world (including Lindsey Adelman, David Weeks, Jason Miller, David Trubridge, and Rich Brilliant Willing) will design a piece of unique statement lighting that will be auctioned to fund Read more
