We know: your love your dog, your cat is more important to you than life itself. But is it more important than the contents of your hard drive? More »
Want to make sure you get the seating of your choice on that long-planned holiday? Web site Checkmein offers advanced check-in services for a $3 fee. More »
We’ve seen IKEA-driven laptop stands in the past made from a CD rack and a bookend. Here’s another one for the collection, this time built from a dish rack.
At IKEA Hacker, Andrew details how he converted the $5.99 Magasin dish drainer into a laptop stand designed for in-bed use. You could apply a similar hack to any wooden dish drainer. For more laptop stand ideas, check out our Top 10 DIY laptop stands.
Laptop stand for working in bed [IKEA Hacker]
Not ending up in court is obviously a sensible idea, but if you do, you’ll be spending a fortune on lawyers and hopelessly confused anyway. The NSW State Library recently launched electronic editions of three useful (and current) law guides to help you out if you’re heading to court, or if you just want to make a will. More »
Few things are as unnerving as a big stain on your pristine carpeting. If someone accidentally drops a meatball on your carpet at your next party, don’t panic. Grab a can of shaving cream and clean up the mess. More »
It’s a busy day on the digital TV front. The ABC launches its new ABC3 service at 6pm, while Channel Nine is talking about launching a proper catch-up service and additional digital channels. More »
Mobile cameraphones are really handy to have, but extra functions like zoom and focus are typically lacking. Engineer Bhautik Joshi decided to attach an SLR lens to his smartphone, and the results are actually pretty slick. More »
Chrome is a speedy little browser, but that speed comes with a tradeoff: It also eats tons of memory. If you’ve got plenty of RAM, that may not be an issue; if not, you can reclaim that memory with a simple click. More »
Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Print Context Menu adds the Print and Print Preview options directly to the context menu—so even if you’ve consolidated Firefox’s chrome, you can still print easily. More »
