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Top 10 computer alternatives to watching the Olympics

9:40AM Angus Kidman | Here’s some news you’re unlikely to have missed: the 2008 Beijing Olympics are about to start. If you’re an Olympics tragic or an uber-patriotic type, then your big challenge for the next fortnight is working out how many late-night broadcasts you can watch without destroying your career, using Google to locate your favourite obscure event, and adding a few #080808 tags to your Twitter feed. But if (like me) major sporting events just aren’t that interesting (or your concerns about China’s human rights record are rising to the fore), here’s 10 cool and useful things to do with your PC while everyone else is obsessing over the medal count.(Photo by Nagyman.) More »
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Top 10 Useful Bookmarklets

2:00AM Kevin Purdy | Having a good set of bookmarklets on your browser’s toolbar is like having a web-savvy Leatherman handy—you can take them anywhere, use them in many situations, and they just simply work. A bookmarklet is a little different than a plain old bookmark—it’s a snippet of JavaScript that can perform all sorts of magic on the web page you’re currently viewing. You add bookmarklets to your bookmarks collection to get all sorts of things done as you surf the web. Let’s take a look at some of the best bookmarklets available, which can help you search and email, download videos, and work out some of the web’s kinks. More »