Cleaning LPs with a bottle of wood glue is hardly an intuitive way to get more mileage out of that bottle of glue in your workshop or clean a beloved LP. The results, however, are quite impressive.Over at the music and audio-gear enthusiast site Audio Karma, one industrious user decided to test the old rumors in the audiophile community that you could clean a record with... [weiterlesen]

Oceans Bluefin Tuna Action "Stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna, prized as a delicacy in Japan, have plunged more than 80% since 1970, according to CITES". Ok, that's clear. Yesterday at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, 68 countries, opposed a proposal from Monaco for a trade ban, and 20 governments voted in favor. There were 30 abstentions. Something is just not right. "The abject failure of governments here at CITES... [weiterlesen]

Storing batteries at freezing or near freezing temperatures will greatly extend the amount of time they hold a charge, but only for some kinds of batteries. Read on to see which batteries don't need the meat locker treatment and which benefit.Photo by scalespeeder. Over at The Huffington Post, they highlight several unusual things they've put in freezers for some benefit—Voodoo masks? If you're concerned your ceremonial... [weiterlesen]

Forest Action against Nestle UK Greenpeace's controversial video slamming Nestle's Kit Kat for using palm oil and contributing to the destruction of the Indonesian rainforests (and the Orangutans that live there) is beginning to make waves. So far the video has been described as ‘gory’ by the media, but eye-opening nevertheless. It's bloody, but it's bloody right. Nestle and Youtube pulled down the video yesterday claiming a ‘breach of copyright’ but, that has just made... [weiterlesen]

Ever tried canceling a print job in Windows but feel like it takes ages before anything actually happens? It's a common annoyance, and one that helpful Reddit user Shikyo explains and remedies.Photo by The Oatmeal. In a nutshell, Shikyo explains that Windows is unable to cancel print jobs while the temporary file created for the print job is still being used by Windows. The solution: You've got to... [weiterlesen]

Keeping your computer—including its operating system and all the installed third-party software—up to date is extremely important, but it needn't be a hassle or inconvenience. Here's a look at three tools you can use regularly to keep your system current.Photo by junkDzine. The Windows operating system and all the software we use on it are constantly evolving, due in part both to the efforts of... [weiterlesen]

Besides listening to The Pogues and wearing green, St. Patrick's Day revelers do a lot of something that's pretty rough on their nutrition ambitions. Want to enjoy without gorging? The Cheap Healthy Good blog has some reasonable draft and cocktail compromises.Photo by Spiros2004. Most relevant to the day at hand, the post notes that Guinness—the draught version, not so much the stout—has fewer calories than regular beer in... [weiterlesen]

Rice farmers from the Yunnan Province Despite that the Chinese government has not yet approved the commercial cultivation of GM rice, a Greenpeace study released on Monday found genetically modified rice in supermarkets in China, such as US retail giant Wal- Mart (watch video here). The study was conducted last October and November in the supermarkets of eight Chinese cities and revealed the existence of transgenic rice in Chinese supermarkets under the brands of... [weiterlesen]

If you haven't fought a battle with desktop clutter and mess, you're either without a desk, or in a pleasant minority. The rest of us can keep clutter from accumulating by banishing the transient junk from our workspaces.Photo by Martin Grydén. Organization and productivity blog Productivity501 asks their readers a series of questions to drill down through desk clutter and its sources. While all the questions are great,... [weiterlesen]

Dear Lifehacker, I am thinking of decorating my cubicle with plants to make it feel less dreary and a little more alive/fresh, but I don't sit at a cube with access to a window. What sort of plants are good for cubicle-decorating?Photo by Caitlinator. Signed, Wagedomain Dear Wagedomain, Decorating your cube with plants is a great way to liven up your work space. Nobody has ever been tricked into thinking they were in a... [weiterlesen]