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How cold water replaced caffeine in my sleep-deprived, new-parent, busy-morning routine

Download a free database of 600 conjugated Spanish verbs under a Creative Commons license courtesy of Professor Fred Jehle

A couple of tweaks for QmailToaster install to update CHKUSER 2.0.9 and improve DSPAM integration

Tips and tools for planning airline itineraries and mileage runs to achieve frequent flier status

Breathing new life into my Thinkpad X61 with 8GB RAM, SSD and x64 Windows 7

How much are you actually sleeping at night? The WakeMate knows all!

March was a busy month – we were upgrading and consolidating infrastructure around here which meant taking a 2U VA Linux 2230 server that had – quite literally – been serving mail for more than a decade, and upgrading it to a more contemporary machine for which spare parts exist. Knock on wood the [...]

Zack Steinkamp’s HOWTO/DIY for building a cool suit system for driving a race car. Staying cool improves performance and Zack shows how to do it for $100.

Reply to emails faster by only quoting the text relevant to your response using a new feature of Thunderbird 3

Ballast plate design and mounting for Mazda Spec Miata (1999-2005) plus downloadable template