Apps | Parker-finds parking spaces, can pay & reserve spots
Tired of driving in circles? Have a meeting downtown and can’t find parking? Want to reserve a spot ahead before heading out to your favorite restaurant? Wish you could pay for parking with your phone?...
View ArticleWebsites | StillTasty – ultimate food life and scrumptiousness guide
Left pizza out overnight? Know how to defrost a whole fish? And what of the age-old question: are those eggs ok 2 weeks past the use-by date? Get the answers to a plethora of questions about how long...
View ArticleVideo | Further Up Yonder – exquisite timelapse space photography
Italian student filmmaker Giacomo Sardelli used thousands of photographs taken by astronauts in space and made an exquisite time-lapse video called Further Up Yonder. There have been a lot of these...
View ArticleThe Arts | The most creative & witty sculptures from around the globe
From kinetic sculpture to light sculpture to classic marble statues, these works of art are some of the most creative and witty pieces I’ve ever seen. A nice sampling from all over the world. . ....
View ArticleApps | GasBuddy – finds best gas prices where ever you are
This superb free app, GasBuddy, finds the cheapest gas prices on the go or at locales you know. GB is my BFF and he wants to be yours too. When gas prices rise at a rapid rate, large price...
View ArticleVideo | Earth – a look at the fascinating way science and art combine to...
There’s artistry to creating the world and Rob Simmon, art director of NASA Earth Observatory, shows us how. NASA’s collection of Earth-from-space imagery dates back to the Apollo 8 mission, when...
View ArticleVideo | why spiders don’t stick to their web
Video shows why spiders don’t stick to their web William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a...
View ArticleWebsites | top 10 inspirational websites
From time to time we can find ourselves out of gas, in a rut or even knocked to the ground, and can use a little inspiration to get going again. These sites could lend a hand. Top 10 Inspirational...
View ArticleApps | Top 10 traveling apps help you save money
Here are excellent apps to assist you in traveling around the world without busting your budget. Thanks to mobile technology, planning a trip is easier than ever. From booking hotels to buying plane...
View ArticlePodcasts | Hang Up and Listen-Slate’s weekly sports discussion
Hang Up and Listen is a weekly sports discussion from the online magazine Slate. It features Slate sports editor Josh Levin, writer Stefan Fatsis (author of A Few Seconds of Panic), and NPR sports...
View ArticleApps | Locates lost or stolen smartphone – Plan B, Find My iPhone
When your dear smartphone is lost, Plan B, Find My iPhone and other apps can reunite you. They find iPhones & Androids so check them out now before it’s too late! By David Pogue Last week, I lost...
View ArticleApps | BigOven – 250,000 recipes, your grocery list, menu plans & much more
The Big Oven app is a great demonstration of why recipe apps can be better than recipe books. It lists over 250,000 recipes, with a powerful search engine that offers many options for finding a recipe...
View ArticlePhotography | My Venice Neighborhood Project
My new year’s resolution was to create more images of a non-commercial, personal nature. Shooting whatever I see while walking my dog Nunzi around our Venice neighborhood. Seems I’m actually doing it...
View ArticleBusiness Hacks | win-win biz, helping the environment and humans in need
Flowers at weddings are beautiful—but their beauty doesn’t have to end there. People donate to Repeat Roses, who picks up the flowers, re-purposes them, and drops them off at hospices, hospitals and...
View ArticleApps | TED’s best apps to make your everyday life easier
You’ve likely heard about those smarties at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). I’ve enjoyed their fine podcasts for years and now their staff has come up with the 25 best apps to help make your...
View ArticleVideo | aliens among us–beautiful deep sea creatures
Mysterious and stunning alien life is indeed with us on Earth today, and they’re hanging out in the darkest depths of our oceans. The term deep sea creature refers to organisms that live below the...
View ArticleVideo | a hero saves a stranger’s life in NY subway
When someone had a seizure on a NY subway platform and fell on the tracks, a brave man sprang into action and saved him. Wesley Autrey, now dubbed the “Subway Superman,” was waiting on the platform...
View ArticleVideo | mystery hero saves man from home fire
When an elderly man is trapped in a burning inferno, a stranger happens along, bravely rescues the man and then disappears. It was a lazy Saturday morning when fire erupted from a duplex in a small...
View ArticleVideo | young teen heroes save bus driver and passengers
When a school bus driver had a heart attack and the vehicle careened out of control, a couple of middle school students heroically saved the day. It was a normal day for middle school students in the...
View ArticleVideo | man helps poor community with fresh food
Richard Joyner has led his rural community of Conetoe, N.C., to better health by helping students grow and distribute 50,000 pounds of fresh food a year.
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