Monthly Archives: December 2006

DIY water-bottle tripod

Posted on December 18, 2006 by admin

Not a bad idea… DIY site Instructables shows you how to turn nearly any plastic bottle into a tripod (make that monopod) for your camera. All you need is a screw-on bottle cap and a couple of dirt-cheap nuts and … Continue reading →

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Unaware Driver + Traffic + BlackBerry = Accident waiting to happen

Posted on December 18, 2006 by admin

We can imagine that almost everyone has been guilty of trying to balance their morning commute between a cellphone, traffic, and their favorite morning radio show. We know it’s even more dangerous to drive with one knee, both hands on … Continue reading →

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Get the inside scoop with VirtualTourist

Posted on December 16, 2006 by admin

Planning a vacation anytime soon? Get seasoned travel perspectives from VirtualTourist.com, an online travel community that shares travel tips, stories, reviews, and much more. You can use VirtualTourist as a real-life travel guide written by people who have already "been … Continue reading →

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Compare maps with Flash Earth

Posted on December 16, 2006 by admin

Compare 8 different online mapping services with Flash Earth. Included here are maps from Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, NASA, and OpenLayers. The well-designed interface allows you to easily switch between services; you can sample each one’s particular representation of satellite … Continue reading →

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Geek to Live: The best apps of 2006

Posted on December 15, 2006 by admin

2006 was another wild and wacky year in software and web development. While Google launched or acquired a new product every week, Intel Macs made the unholy marriage of Windows and OS X possible, Joe Schmoe’s became the self-made video … Continue reading →

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Unique Auto Accident

Posted on December 15, 2006 by admin

I won’t even ask… Here’s one you won’t see on Wrecked Exotics. We should probably just turn this into a photo caption-a-thon, as we have nothing good to add. – Jonny Lieberman Related: The Retrun of Schadenfriday! The Bad, The … Continue reading →

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Maho Beach & Princess Juliana Airport

Posted on December 14, 2006 by admin

Pictures of Maho Beach on the Dutch Antilles island of St Maarten have been cropping up on the net for years – usually with people claiming them to be the result of a photoshopping competition. You see, the island is … Continue reading →

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DonationCoder.com – Some really nice software

Posted on December 12, 2006 by admin

I just stumbled on this website and they have some handy little programs (all for free): DonationCoder.com is.. .. the official home for tons of exclusive professional-quality freeware/donationware programs. .. the source of the most comprehensive reviews in the shareware … Continue reading →

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Run Windows and Mac software side-by-side

Posted on December 12, 2006 by admin

A promising way to run Windows software on an Intel Mac right along side native Mac programs. A few months ago, I detailed how to switch between the Windows and Mac operating systems on an Intel Mac using Parallels. I … Continue reading →

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How NOT to: Contracept

Posted on December 12, 2006 by admin

I was poking (heh) around the interweb this morning looking for the next tasty discount to serve you via another Dealbolt! post, good readers, when I stumbled across this item… Get it for less: order it used. Or better yet, … Continue reading →

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