This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights]

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Willpower comes from marshmallows, Twitter is actually useful, and you save money on your major purchases in this week's most popular fare.
  • Learn Willpower Techniques from the Marshmallow Test
    Back in the 1960s, a researcher learned a lot about willpower from studying hundreds of four-year-olds left alone in a room with a marshmallow or cookie.
  • Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter (that Don't Involve Breakfast)
    Twitter has become a nationwide phenomenon, and like any phenom, all the Twitter talk grows quickly tiresome. But despite what you may think, Twitter isn't just for narcissists; it's actually insanely useful.
  • Top 10 Money-Saving Guides for Common Purchases
    The marketplace is an expensive place to get confused. Get more for your money when you buy laptops, air travel, eyeglasses, or other purchases with our roundup of thrifty buyers' guides for common purchases.
  • How Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Gets Things Done
    He travels the world, dances on TV, tinkers with hardware-oh, and designed the Apple I & II personal computers. Steve Wozniak answers our questions and shares his hacker-ish means of getting things done.
  • Five Best Screen Capture Tools
    Capturing your computer screen is a terribly handy trick in all sorts of situations, ranging from creating tutorials to capturing web moments for posterity.
  • First Look at Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
    The final release of Ubuntu 9.04 just hit servers, and award-winning Ubuntu author Keir Thomas takes a first look at what you can expect as a regular user.
  • Create a Simple Standing Desk for $20
    Standing desks are a popular solution for alleviating the aches and pains caused by sitting hunched over all day. This creative solution creates a standing desk with little fuss and for a mere $20.
  • The LCARS for Mac Desktop
    Reader momoses' desktop is the answer to an often-requested customization-turning his Mac desktop into a lookalike for the computer display in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • Know When You Should Unplug from the Internet
    Last week we gave you a few ideas for what to do when you're internet's out, but you shouldn't have to wait until your connection dies before taking advantage of the distraction-free time unplugged.
  • Get More From Cheap Vodka Than a Hangover
    The high alcohol content of vodka gives it all sorts of handy uses besides powering Jell-O shots. Find a use for your cheap swill with this handy list.
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