Every holiday season since 2003 gamers of all stripes have united to bring the gift of game to sick and hurting children being cared for in children’s hospitals all around the world. They’ve done this through a brilliant organization called Child’s Play Charity. Last year over $1.4 million was raised through donations of cash, games, and [...]
I’ve written before about ways to contribute to charitable organizations on the internet. You can do it without pulling out a credit card, just click a button. It’s quick and easy. But there’s other ways to help out, simply by doing what you do every time you’re on the internet.
Not too long ago I found [...]
(This is a repost from the archives, it’s still important and I will be reposting it from time to time.)
Not everybody has money to donate or time to volunteer. But there are things you can do to help many people in only seconds every day. Visit these sites, click the button and consider the advertisements. [...]
For those planning on installing real hardwood floors in their house by themselves, I have just one tip: don’t. Hire a pro, they’ll do it better, faster, and by the time you factor in materials and all the tools you’re going to have to buy or rent, it’ll probably cost the same.
MSNBC Tech & Sci has a great article on terrible tech habits that should be gone. My personal favorite is #6.
Forwarding scary warnings without doing your research
Based on some of the emails I’ve received from some friends-who-shall-remain-nameless, I had better watch out for rapists trying to knock me unconscious with drug-laced [...]
Scott Bourne over at TWIP posted on brand loyalty and the reasons behind it. I would slightly disagree on terminology with him, what he’s talking about is beyond brand loyalty. It’s personal identification, meaning, people get so attached to a brand name or product that they think they’re as much a part of it as [...]
There’s a lot of people on Digg and Slashdot that need to give this post at Photofocus a quick read through. It’s just an ever so quick primer on copyright law and common myths surrounding it. So many people claim they know copyright law, but so many of them are wrong.
(This is a repost from the archives, it’s still important and I will be reposting it from time to time.)
If you’re not, you should be. I am. On my quad core desktop, on my dual core laptop, and on my PS3. All of them run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All of [...]
…President Obama’s Civilian Defense Force?
I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’ is all…
The Microsoft Zune is a worthless piece of garbage. Let me spell it out for you. I bought a Zune just prior to leaving for Iraq back in February of this year. I was pretty happy to have all my music and porn videos available to me on the long flight to Iraq and for [...]