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How cool would it be to have a secret passage or a secret room in your house? This video shows you several different options: There are several ways for you to do something like this: 1) Design in the passageway or the room when building a new house 2) Find a void in your existing [...]
I’ve seen a lot of headlines about GameCrush — the service that lets guys pay women to play PC or Xbox games with them, complete with voice chat and cam feed — over the last couple of days. But it took TechStuff’s Jonathan Strickland walking into my office to ask me about it for me to really think anything beyond, “I wonder what the Frag Dolls think of that?” (Answer: If they have an opinion, they haven’t said what it is yet in the Frag Dolls blogs or on Twitter.)
Here is one of those video essays that really makes you think about the state of the world: Why You Can’t Work at Work The modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized for interruptions, and interruptions are the enemy of work, the enemy of productivity, the enemy of creativity, they are the enemy [...]
Convicted Murderer Gets Stay of Execution in Texas
by Charles W. Bryant | March 25, 2010
I don’t know if anyone out there is following the story of Hank Skinner in Texas, but it’s pretty riveting stuff. The deals is that he was convicted of murdering his live-in girlfriend and her two sons in 1993. He contends that he was whacked out on codeine and booze at the time, but in the house. There was some forensic evidence that pointed to Skinner as the killer, but also some questions that were never properly answered.
Image enhancement has been a big part of crime shows and mystery movies for a long time. As demonstrated in the following video montage, it has become something of a cliche: Technology is starting to catch up with the imagination. If you have video (or multiple photos) rather than a still image, and if you [...]
I have great respect for people who are Photoshop experts. The modifications that they can make to photographs, and the original artwork that they can create with the tool, are amazing. This video gives you an example of the kind of things a “Photoshop pro” is thinking about when he uses Photoshop: To a mere [...]
Genetic polymorphism describes a basic fact of human life — that every set of genes is unique. However, scientists have been able to detect many physical traits from genetic markers. Tune in to learn more about five fascinating genetic markers.
Josh and Chuck tackle taxidermy, the practice of preserving and mounting dead animal skins for display, in this episode.
Fast cars will go even faster with electric power – “SOME people think sports cars are threatened with extinction by tightening restrictions on carbon-dioxide emissions and unacceptable fuel-guzzling. They fear the roar of the V8 will be replaced by the whirr of the electric armature—and that motoring will never be the same again. Well, it [...]
Do you think “Iron Man 2″ will be this summer’s biggest hit? Are you sure? Wanna bet on it?
Before you spit into your palm and go in for the handshake, you should know that this isn’t a figurative bet. I’m talking about real money here. Actual cold, hard cash. If you think actors, directors, studio heads and the like are the only ones who can make — or lose — money off movies, think again.
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