The Internet’s 99 Greatest Hits – “So if you have a lot of free time, here are the [99] best things the Internet has to offer…”

Everything you ever wanted to know about LCD monitors – “If you come away with just one insight from this LCD technology expose, for the love of liquid crystal make it the appreciation that not all LCD monitors are the same…”

World’s Cheapest Car – “With no airbags or seat belts, safety is a concern for India’s Tata Nano…” But it only costs $2,500…

The Beginner’s Guide to Linux, Part 1: Finding the Right Distribution – “We are certain that many of you want to try Linux to see what it is like, but have no idea where to start or how to get into it. This article is the first installment in a four-part guide that will gradually introduce you to the Linux environment and how to adjust to it if you are a new user…”

The Many Benefits of Drinking Raw Milk – “If the cows are healthy, and it’s been handled properly (i.e., no one with diptheria touching it or coughing into it), the milk comes out of the cow naturally filled with “good” bacteria — the kind that eat bad bacteria (similar to why human breastmilk clear’s up baby’s cradle cap — the natural antibodies in the milk literally eats the fungus). Anyway, if that’s the kind of healthy milk you have, with robust flora, pathogens can’t grow in it. They die off. People (Little Miss Muffet anyway) used to drink soured milk, or whey — which you make by letting the milk sit out at room temperature for three or four days…”

Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid To Deliver V-8 Power, 26+ mpg – “Pure electric propulsion is the name of the game for cutting gas/electric hybrid fuel consumption, and Porsche claims to have taken it to a whole new level with the upcoming 2010 Cayenne S Hybrid…”

Top 10 cars to can – “Well, the party’s over for some cars too. Chrysler’s killing the Aspen, Durango and PT Cruiser (thankfully). GM has serious doubts about the futures of Saab and Saturn, and others have no definite demise plans announced as of this writing, but should follow suit. Here’s a look at 10 cars to can before it’s too late…”

Is the Internet Warping Our Brains? – “The Internet is no doubt changing modern society. It has profoundly altered how we gather information, consume news, carry out war, and create and foster social bonds. But is it altering our brains? A growing number of scientists think so, and studies are providing data to show it…”

What would Google do?

10 reasons to buy a Kindle 2… and 10 reasons not to – “Having used both Kindles 1 and 2, I thought it would helpful to list where the new Kindle excels and where it falters. The dead tree book will never die – I think it will even have more longevity and popularity than the boutique appreciation of vinyl records – but our generation will be the last to use “books” as our primary reading systems. Expect ebooks to hit colleges in perhaps five years and high schools and grade schools in about 7. That said, should you buy a Kindle now? Why and why not?”

The Evolution of Nintendo Portables – “It’s almost hard to imagine that, when the Nintendo DSi hits the North American territories on April 5th of this year, Nintendo has been in the portable game market for nearly 30 years. That’s close to three decades, people. You’d think someone would fall out of love of videogames in that amount of time, but no – Nintendo is clearly in it until death does it part…”

When good browsers go bad — and they all do – “Those who lived through the browser wars of the ’90s might think that hell has frozen over, were it not for one, small problem: Users still experience plenty of problems on the Web. A recent report issued by browser vendor Opera Software ASA showed that the average page on the Web strays from WC3 page markup specifications 47 times. Overall, just 4.13% of the 3.5 million Web pages Opera searched were fully standards-compliant when tested against the W3C validation suite…”

10 Secrets to Brighter, Whiter Teeth – “Have your pearly whites lost their luster due to teeth stains? Stained teeth can occur naturally as we age, but some common foods, drinks, and even mouthwashes can cause teeth stains. Do-it-yourself remedies can help whiten teeth, and avoiding substances that stained teeth can stop further discoloration. Use these secrets to whiter teeth to restore your bright smile…”

The slow death of handwriting – “A century from now, our handwriting may only be legible to experts…”

No kidding, the next Zidane? – “He is the player being touted as soccer’s next megastar, the new Zinedine Zidane, with a spectacular set of skills seemingly destined to propel him to greatness…”

Time For Marijuana Legalization? – “After generations of defending capital punishment and marijuana possession laws on moral, ethical and religious grounds, after years of declaring that the death penalty acted as a deterrent against violent crime and that pot smokers were more dangerous to society than, say, alcohol consumers, all of a sudden thanks to our economic crisis more and more mainstream powerbrokers are considering dramatic changes to our criminal justice system…”

Where’s the bridge? The 7 Biggest Things Ever Stolen – “We think of thieves on a spectrum from the kid who steals a candy bar from 7-Eleven, to the group of guys in a tuxedos knocking over a casino in an elaborate heist involving grappling hooks. But there is a level of thief even above them, guys who think a little bit bigger than everybody else. Too big, it turns out. That’s why they tried to steal things like… “

Marvell’s Plug Computer: A tiny, discrete, fully functional 5 watt Linux server – “That’s it, the entire computer is contained within the plug. When I first read about this new Plug Computer, I thought to myself “What a silly concept.” I even started writing this article from that point of view. However, the more I wrote the more I began to realize what Marvell has done here. While there are other plug-like computers available on the market (traditionally costing up to $200 more), including dedicated x86 platforms in form factors that are literally the size of a pack of cigarettes, this relatively new concept is a device whose time has come…”

Natural Cures for Depression – “In the eerily prophetic book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley foresees a future society “high” on mood-enhancing drugs. Cut to 2009–how right he was. Worldwide sales of antidepressants topped 30 billion dollars last year and while it’s clear this phenomenon isn’t going anywhere, there are a bunch of things we can try before trekking to the pharmacy…”

Hacking the planet: The only climate solution left? – “N A room in London late last year, a group of British politicians were grilling a selection of climate scientists on geoengineering – the notion that to save the planet from climate change, we must artificially tweak its thermostat by firing fine dust into the atmosphere to deflect the sun’s rays, for instance, or perhaps even by launching clouds of mirrors into space….”

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