With Halloween just around the corner, DIY web site Instructables details how to build a killer costume with this living severed hand. All you need is some heavy gloves, a few household items, and a desire to impress on the 31st.
Connecting your laptop to the local coffee shop’s Wi-Fi without a good firewall and thinking you’re secure is like using a condom with thousands of holes in it and calling it safe sex. Your antivirus application is a good start, but if you want to make sure you’re computer is safe while you’re connected to the internet, a solid firewall is a must. Keep reading for a closer look at the five best Windows firewalls.
Think Windows is the only platform where you can do some killer gaming? The live.linuX-gamers.net live DVD runs 13 popular Linux games for the low price of nothing. Just download, burn, and pop in the DVD to boot up any of these free, impressive games and have some fun.
Personal finance blogger J.D. Roth points out that the more frequently you go to the supermarket, the more likely you are to impulse-buy unplanned items. Quoting the book America’s Cheapest Family, Roth writes:“Shoppers making a ‘quick trip’ to the store to pick up a few specific items usually purchase 54 percent more than they planned.” “Forty-seven percent of shoppers go to the store three or four times each week.” “Consumers graze at the grocery store, with impulse buys making up between 50.8 and 67.7 percent of total purchase.”
To limit unplanned pickups at the grocery store, Roth is reducing his shopping trips to twice a month. (Authors of the quoted book grocery shop only once a month.) Infrequent trips require lots of planning and list-making, and can impact how and when you eat fresh fruits and veggies, but it also can turn out to be a big money saver. How do you avoid plucking that thing off the grocery shelf you never intended to buy? Let us know in the comments. Once-a-Month Shopping: Save More by Shopping Less [Get Rich Slowly]
Food writers at the L.A. Times deflate the hype on popular kitchen items and recommend the stuff you really do need. Mortar and pestle, a good corkscrew, and an instant-read thermometer? Yes. But according to the article, skip on the fondue set, crepe pan, and mini food processor. Here’s the whole list of kitchen essentials and items you can pass by.
