August 2009
1 post
6 Reasons Why You Need to Drink More Coffee →
“Coffee is a complex beverage with hundreds, if not thousands, of bioactive ingredients,” he said. “A cup of coffee is 2% caffeine, 98% other stuff.”
July 2009
5 posts
The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy →
Have you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That’s because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy,…
Google knows me so well →
Google knows me better than I know myself, apparently
64% of Americans Say Media Overplayed Michael... →
While 64 percent deemed media attention to the 50-year-old pop superstar excessive, 29 percent thought it was appropriate and only 3 percent thought there was not enough coverage.
12:34:56 07/08/09 →
One geek hovered over a watch with his camera for this one moment…
The Worst Pictures We Could Find of Megan Fox... →
We dug through the celebrity photo archives to bring you the absolute worst pictures we could find of “Transformers” goddess Megan Fox. And, surprise, surprise, they really aren’t all that bad. Curse…
May 2009
79 posts
5 Things to Avoid Before Buying A Home [Credit] →
With low mortgage rates and a battered housing market, it’s a ripe time to buy a home. Here are five credit score related things you should avoid doing before buying a home. A lender doesn’t…
Wolfram Alpha, the Answer Engine →
Wolfram|Alpha launched yesterday and it’s an useful complement to a general-purpose search engine like Google. Wolfram|Alpha doesn’t search the web, it uses data from authoritative databases and an…
The whole truth about HD [Pic] →
Ten lessons in bootstrapping from the founders of... →
[Editor’s note: We asked the guys at Urbanspoon — fresh off their sale to IAC — to share some tips on what it takes to build a business without venture capital.]
Adam Doppelt: Ah, the romance…
Developer shows eight minutes of BioShock 2 →
Take-Two Interactive only announced BioShock 2 two months ago, but the game already looks pretty close to completion. At least, one would think so after looking at an eight-minute gameplay clip…
Ajax Frameworks Decision Center →
Why choose which Ajax framework you can use, when you can let The Machine tell you! Jim Briggs of Athenz has pointed his decision machine at the age old problem of choosing which darn library to…
OpenID.net: Google and JanRain Release Support for... →
This morning, Google released an upgrade to their OpenID Provider to support the draft OpenID User Interface Extension along with JanRain who added support for it to their Relying Party service…
Creating Your Vision, Mission, Strategy and Plan →
This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. This was a hard chapter to write. It feels like a chapter…
Gmail Tip: Twitter Gadget →
Written by Jenny Kortina. Twitter is has become a crucial part of my online life: I use it for my personal brand management, as a news source, and as a resource for answering any…
Error'd: Password... Protected! →
“Dear Monster,” wrote Eric, “why does it matter what words I use in my password?”
“Thankfully, I ordered a Veggie burger, Onion Rings, and a Medium Pepsi,” Josh Bavari wrote,…
That wasn't in the brochure! (Pic) →
Atlantis Launch in full HD →
The NASA site has 1080i, 720p and 480p quality videos. The quality is stunning.
Now THAT is One Amazing Police Dog.. (Pic) →
Google has just launched a new “search options” →
Google Launches Search Options, Declares Real-Time Search Biggest Challenge
Define your Efforts: Social Web Recruitment Funnel →
I’ve had this thought bouncing around in my head between client visits and strategy sessions… a visualization of the traditional recruitment funnel in terms of the social web. This is what I came…
How First-Time Entrepreneurs Can Work with... →
This is one post/chapter in a serialized book called Startup 101. For the introduction and table of contents, please click here. Venture capitalists (VCs) have a very simple job. All they…
30 Brilliant Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials →
A current trend in design is adding lighting effects to enhance your digital art. In this article, you’ll find 30 dazzling lighting techniques that you can use to add a bit of sparkle into your…
10 Ways to Launch a New Blog with a ‘Bang’ →
Do you want to enter the blogosphere like a quiet librarian enters a classroom, or do you want to rock the stage? I am definitely one to rock stuff out and in this article I will share a few…
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 expected as soon as next... →
One of the biggest questions at Microsoft’s TechEd conference this week is where is the beta of Visual Studio 2010. I’m hearing it could be in testers’ hands as soon as next week.
Google Calendar Gets Gmail Tasks Integration →
Written by Simon Mackie.
Google Tasks, the simple to-do system built into Gmail (previously covered on WebWorkerDaily), has just been integrated into Google Calendar. Tasks with due…
Fill Revenue Gaps With Alternative Income Streams →
Written by Dawn Foster.
Photo by: borman818
As a freelance online community consultant, I spend a lot of time thinking about ways to stabilize my income to reduce the ups and downs…
10 Craziest Extreme Sports →
One of the things that sets humans apart from other mammals is our sense of competition, reason why we’ve created 10 of the strangest, most dangerous extreme sports in the world.
Media Streaming with Windows 7 →
We’ve blogged about a number of features related to home networking and media in Windows 7. A scenario which brings all these together in a pretty cool way is Media Streaming. This scenario…
Error'd: The Long Flight Home →
“It felt like a long flight,” Matt commented, “but I did not realize it went half way to the moon.”
“I got the following error before entering any information,” David noted,…
TEDTalks : A piano performance that balances chaos... →
Eric Lewis explores the piano’s expressive power as he pounds and caresses the keys (and the strings) in a performance during the 2009 TED Prize session. He plays an original song, a tribute to ocean…
20 Stunning Panoramic Landscapes →
I’ve always been fascinated by how 360° panoramic photos draw one into the scene. It’s almost like you’re really there and taking it all in.
In this article we’ll take a look at 20…
Airlines: Thanks For The Extra Billion Dollars In... →
When airlines said that baggage fees were successful, they weren’t kidding. Collectively, they pocketed an extra $1.1 billion in luggage fees in 2008. American and US Airways led the pack —…
Raveal: The Future of Online Job Hunting? →
Written by Darrell Etherington. We’ve all probably used either Monster.com or Workopolis.com at some point. Whether or not we did so successfully or enjoyed the process is another…
Windows 7 in 2009. As previously reported :) →
I’m curious to see that I’ve gotten a number of emails from people who are wondering why I didn’t report on today’s “news” that Windows 7 will ship in 2009. It might be because it’s not news. I…
Recession Avoidance Tactics →
Written by Georgina Laidlaw. “I’d rather keep working in the hope of getting paid than stop working and know I’m not going to get paid.” These words, from a friend of mine who’s not…
About Damn Time: Science Finally Gives Us The... →
If Back to the Future, The Fifth Element and The Jetsons have taught us anything, it’s that our future will contain flying cars. There is no doubt about this. It’s a fait accompli as certain…
Mixed Emotions: Our First Hands-On Test Of... →
Wolfram Alpha, the hyped “Google killer” will officially launch on May 18, but we already got preview access to it today, and had a chance to put it through its paces.
Let’s get this out of…
How To Deliver AIG's Golden Poo Trophy? [Worst... →
Here are three beauty shots of the “Lucky Golden Poo” trophy we shall bestow upon AIG, glorious 2009 victors in our Worst Company In America contest. Ain’t she purty? The big question…
30 Inspiring Web Design Layouts from deviantART →
deviantART, a widely popular online graphic design community, is an unlikely (but surprisingly terrific) place to find inspiration for web design. There are many designers and artists at…
Final Tasks for a Friday Afternoon →
Written by Georgina Laidlaw. It’s Friday! It’s 4:50 p.m.! You’re about to kick back and breathe a sigh of relief, happy to forget about work for the next 48 hours…
Wait a second….
SlickRSS: A Free RSS Icon Pack →
What you have before you is a free set of beautiful RSS icons designed by the awesome folks at Creative Nerds, exclusively for you Six Revisions readers, released under Creative Commons…
Better Bring Some Wire Clippers With You When You... →
You’ll need them to cut off the right amount of penny at the cash register. Or, we suppose you could add something to your cart that includes 6/10 of a penny to even it all out—but that’s…
Redbox Starts To Wean Customers Off Free Movie... →
A few readers contacted us, with tears in their eyes, to let us know that Redbox is ending their “Free Movie Mondays” promotion as we know it. Redbox kiosks, which seemingly sprouted…
What Mozilla and Opera are saying about Windows 7,... →
A Financial Times story today raised new concerns about the potential for Microsoft’s Windows 7 Release Candidate to give Internet Explorer 8 an unfair advantage over Firefox, Opera and other…
Redbox Extends Free Movie Monday Promotion →
Redbox just released a Press Release regarding free movie Monday’s. Check out the full release below…
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. – The redbox Free Movie Monday promotion, inviting consumers to…
KFC Free Grilled Chicken Promotion is Over,... →
In a move that surprises absolutely no one, KFC has ended its free chicken promotion. If you still have a coupon, visit a participating restaurant for a raincheck.(Side note: The president…
3D Cube using new CSS transformations →
Paul Hayes has been playing with CSS transformations and making 3D cubes:
The impression of a three dimensional cube can be created using modern CSS techniques, without the need for…
Twitter Crowns Bit.ly As The King of Short Links;... →
A little startup called Bit.ly has unseated TinyURL as the default link shortening service on Twitter. This isn’t just about shortening links, though. “The truth about Bit.ly,” enterprise…
The Problem with the Stock Market →
We had a bear market. We still may be in a bear market. We will have bear market rallies. We will have pullbacks. Buy on the pullbacks. The market will definitely be up in a few years. Thats all…