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  • Kitchen Cheat Sheet

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  • In The Shop: Great Innovations Ultimate Engineering Screw Chart

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    I was reading the following article about the Engineering Slide Charts and realized that it was now available as an App for my phone. Engineering Slide Chart in Play The slide rule may be a quaint anachronism in this age of ubiquitous computing, but there’s still a place for the slide chart, the volvelle, the…

  • UK Register Hardware Awards for2012

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    Reg Hardware Awards 2012: The Winners… …and The Loser By Register Hardware Almost 17,000 votes were cast by Reg readers when we asked you all to name the best – and the worst – tech products of 2012. We asked you to tell us which kit you though most warranted a Reg Hardware Award from…

  • Clean Carpet Conundrum

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    Whoever compiled this infographic had the audience in mind; with its visually stimulating and sharp arrangement it is more than easy on the eyes. It’s incredibly true for most of us that our carpets are not as clean as we’d like. 63% is a pretty high figure for the amount of people not satisfied with…

  • Verismo by SNL

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    Saturday Night Live parodies the Verismo, Starbucks’ at-home brewing system.

  • SIIInception

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    The photo on the right is the traditional picture of me, taking a picture of me, taking a picture … The broadcast on the TV is my Samsung Galaxy SIII with Jelly Bean on Verizon which now supports the All-Share Cast Dongle (or Hub) shown in this Video.  So for $90 you can pick up…

  • Why it Sucks to be the IT Guy

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    No one likes to be pre-defined! Even before meeting an IT person, people assume they "get" them.  Shows like The IT Crowd lead to misconceptions about information technology. There are many jobs IT workers specialize in. Of course no one person can do all of these things well, but often they are expected to be…