January 19, 2011

What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months?

"For six months, she took away the Internet, TV, iPods, cell phones and video games. The eerie glow of screens stopped lighting up the family room. Electronic devices no longer chirped through the night like "evil crickets." "

January 18, 2011

Quote of the Day

"I looked at the USB cables dangling there, and I laughed pityingly at them, and I thought, Whoever designed the connector of the USB cable was a man who despised the human race, because you can't tell which way to turn it and you waste minutes of your tiny day, crouched, grunting, trying the half-blocked connector one way and the next."

- Nicholson Baker, from his novel The Anthologist.

January 11, 2011

De-Crapify Your Windows Printer or Scanner Setup

"Your printer's manufacturer doesn't want you to use your printer to just print and scan. They want to install bloated apps, eat memory, and to constantly nag you for more ink. Trim your printer setup to the minimum with this five-step guide"

January 10, 2011

If This Fusion Restaurant's Website Could Talk.

Web designers: take note.

How to make your web site's shopping cart suck less

Not safe for work, but oh so true: The Oatmeal's take on how your site's shopping cart can be better.

January 05, 2011

The Importance of Vacation

"There is something truly decadent about turning off e-mail, quitting Twitter, signing off Facebook and going to the beach. The first few hours are a bit bumpy — I hallucinate the ping, ping, ping of my inbox — but I eventually get over the anxiety of my digital disconnectedness. And then I begin to enjoy it."

January 04, 2011

TrashMail - Disposable email addresses

"Create a new email address on trashmail.net. All mails to this address will be forwarded to your real email address for a number of times you can set up on the following form. When the limit is reached, the Trashmail.net email address will be automatically deleted. All following mails (like spam, newsletter, etc) will be rejected at Trashmail.net."