December 31, 2014

Add Google Maps Driving Directions to Your Website

A free -- and difficult -- New Year's resolution

"Imagine that after a routine medical exam your doctor delivers some devastating news: Since your last checkup your cognitive performance has plummeted. Your ability to connect with others has eroded. And your memory for everyday events is no longer operating as it once did. But as it turns out, there is a cure and it won't cost you a penny. The treatment is simple. Would you follow the doctor's advice? All that's required is that you put away your smartphone."

December 30, 2014

Eliminate unwanted email subscriptions

How to Find Your Lost Windows or Office Product Keys

"If you’re planning on doing a reinstall of Windows but can’t find your product key, you’re in luck because it’s stored in the Windows Registry… it’s just not easy to find, and it’s impossible to read without some help. Luckily, we’re here to help."

December 27, 2014

20 Creative Alarm Clocks Guaranteed To Help You Rise And Shine In The New Year

"If your New Years resolutions include trying to be earlier to bed and earlier to rise, these alarm clocks might finally be the key to getting you out of bed to face 2015."

December 24, 2014

Why You Should Friend Your Child on Facebook

"For parents who already email, text, and call their children frequently, the occasional Facebook message might only serve to improve communication."

How Laws Restricting Tech Actually Expose Us to Greater Harm

"As things stand, the law requires that computing devices be designed to sometimes disobey their owners, so that their owners won't do something undesirable. To make this work, we also have to criminalize anything that might help owners change their computers to let the machines do that supposedly undesirable thing."

December 23, 2014

Seven Alternatives to Google Image Search - Comparison Chart

"This chart is designed to provide a quick overview and comparison of good sources of images for students' slideshows and other multimedia projects."

December 04, 2014

10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future

"It's impossible to know which pathogens will afflict us in the future, but by looking at technological and social trends, we can make some educated guesses about the kinds of diseases and disorders that are likely to emerge."