How to Make Your Dog Vomit

This article is not as sadistic as the title implies.  Knowing how to make your dog vomit could save his or her life.
Dogs are natural scavengers.  Unfortunately this may mean that will scavenge for food in your kitchen or garbage which could lead to deadly consequences.  There are many foods which are safe for humans [...]

Ask The Readers: What To Do With Old Magazines?

This stack looks nothing like what I have at home currently, piled nearly two feet high are magazines that have been delivered over the last three years to my home.  I get most all of them promo’d to me, either industry related (from the photography I do) or tech related from work, they often have [...]

The Cheapskate’s Manifesto: 11 Ways to Save by Cooking at Home

This is a long overdue follow-up to Mike Panic’s Cheapskate’s Manifesto.  This time, Mike and I focus on saving you money by cooking at home.  Mike already showed you how to get the most from coupon clipping at the grocery store, and hopefully you’ve been able to apply some of his ideas when it comes to [...]

5 Must-Have Cleaning Aids for Pet Owners

I am a die-hard pet lover living with a fastidious neat-freak.  It sometimes causes trouble.  The following 5 products have allowed us to continue in our living arrangement in peace and tidy harmony.

Furminator. I am a huge believer in being proactive.  The Furminator allows me to be proactive in my method of cleaning up [...]

Griffin Powerdock multiple iPod / iPhone charging base

This is a guest post by Sarah of Living Vegan on her experiences with the new Griffin Powerdock multiple base charger for iPods and iPhones.
The Griffin PowerDock is for charging nearly every version iPod and iPhone and claims to eliminate family wars over power cables;  and it does just that. The PowerDock is available with [...]

96th Hour of Sobriety

I thought I’d make my comeback with an extravagant entrance. Picture a ticker tape parade with floats composed of people wearing burlap sacks and holding Zimas. Visualize a nun pontificating about abstinence and the benefits. Imagine a cop confiscating an 8th of weed and the criminal being delighted. This has been encompassing me for the [...]

Interactive LED Coffee Table

From today’s earlier article about fwdfwdfwd, this is something that Kevin was talking about in the diggnation podcast, and I found the link on the second page and the inner-geek in me wants this.

The table is built by none other than Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, the same people that made bristlebots more than 2 years [...]

How to Save Money This Holiday Season: Top 5

I’m as affected by the state of the economy as anyone, and it’s caused me to really curb my usual spending for the holidays. I have family and friends all over the country, so I have the added financial burden of having the majority of my gifts shipped - which this year means I [...]

Naked hand soap dispenser on the cheap

I’m a guy in every sense of the word, but I do clean because no one wants their home to smell like a guy’s house. Fine, I clean, no big deal. Most cleaning products have a decent scent, in my case I prefer citrus, but none the less, a scent works for most [...]

Things I Learned From Moving

I just moved across the country. Here, in no particular order, are the things I have learned and will probably screw up again:
1) Don’t give your mom a set of keys because she will surreptitiously bring boxes down to your apartment and sneak them into the moving truck without you even getting a [...]