Improve Your Productivity on the Computer with SpaceSuit and Tracktime, written 1 day ago, I’m using the computer for chatting, socializing on social networks, school assigments, gaming, blogging, podcasting and more - but how can I focus my effort and energy on to one task at a time? If you’re ...

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance Animal Feed Ban, written 5 days ago, By Tom Johnston on 11/27/2008  

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Majestic Nasri inspires Gunners win, written 3 weeks ago, A dazzling brace by Samir Nasri ensured that a pulsating match between age-old rivals Arsenal and Manchester United at the Emirates ended with all three points staying in London. Arsenal went into the match without a win in three games, minu...

Parallel Word Processing with TextFlow Beta, written 3 days ago, I have just started to use TextFlow as a parallel word processor. I had become frustrated with collating the edited changes from 5 separate editors collaborating on the second edition of the toxicology textbook - using google docs an...

Happy Birthday Gaj-It.com!, written 17 hours ago, The UK gadget site, Gaj-It.com is celebrating the fact that it’s now been going for two years – quite an accomplishment for any blogging website - well done guys! I first became aware of them after I met them at the LG Secret launch event and hav...

SQL Server 2005 and 2008 - Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization, written 3 days ago, http://blog.ola.hallengren.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/1/3440068.html

Future Sonics Atrio model m5 (Black) Professional Earphones @ TestFreaks.com, written 2 hours ago, Title: Future Sonics Atrio model m5 (Black) Professional Earphones @ TestFreaks.com Review Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/future-sonics-atrio-model-m5-black-professional-earphones/ Review ...

CMC, Ritek obtain new CD-R, DVD+R/-R licensing from Philips, written 5 hours ago, CMC Magnetics and Ritek have reached a consensus with Royal Philips Electronics about new licensing terms for Philips' CD-R and DVD+R/-R patents. A new contracts are to be signed as early as the end of 2008, according ...

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TELUS sneaks out full Storm pricing details…, written 2 hours ago, TELUS is starting to pour out the Storm news. It seems that today they have updated their promo page showing the full pricing for the high anticpated BlackBerry Storm 9530. Pricing will start at $249.99 with three year term and end...

My debate with USA Today about new study on media & kids, written 23 hours ago, Today's USA Today features a debate between the editors and me on the question of the impact media has on children and what should be done about it. Their editorial argues that "Today's mass media penetrate deep...

Technology news on Nov 20, written 2 weeks ago, The Right Words: How to Ask for More Money Astros Head Out Again Vowing to Keep ToolsAstronaut: 'You're not going to see us lose another bag' of needed tools as spacewalk nears By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer HOUSTON November 20, 2008 (AP) A...

Elsewhere Links RSS Feed Fixed, written 3 days ago, Just a small Public Service Announcement: the Elsewhere links RSS feed was botched up for awhile and wasn’t getting updated. It’s now fixed and working just fine. Note that the full basement.org RSS feed includes all the Elsewhere posts as well...

Tim Nickless Extreme Makeover, written 4 days ago, Life has been overwhelming for Arlene Francis. Tonight you know why. Frank's family will be in the top rated ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". What can viewers expect? "To cry," Frank said in an exclusive inte...

Moving Voodoo, written 2 weeks ago, There is often some great content to be found at the Portable Film Festival and today’s Film of the day is no exception.  Beautiful music, moving, emotive animation and story, gorgeous visuals - I had to share this great short animated piece by Joaquin Baldwin.

Same Guys Remind Us That Yakking While Driving Is Really Bad, written 16 hours ago, A new study claims that talking on your cell phone while driving is more dangerous than talking to passengers while driving. It comes from the same group of researchers at the University of Utah that's been pumping o...

Debug mode build of Visual C++ application hangs after an extended period of time, written 3 weeks ago, This post specifically pertains to Visual C++ 6.0 SP5 and earlier. A colleague pointed out a strange scenario where one of our applications, developed in Visual C++, would hang after running for a...